Chapter 13 Candied Sweet Potato
"Since you are so unreasonable, I will no longer treat you as human beings."
After saying this, Wu Yuetang walked to the corner outside the yard, where her family usually stored firewood. She walked over and picked up a wooden stick that was almost as thick as her wrist and walked back.
He walked up to Aunt Sun and Mrs. Liu, and without saying a word, he raised his stick and pretended to hit them.
"I wanted to save some face for you, but since you don't want it, don't blame me for beating the dog!"
Wu Yuetang howled and smashed the stick down without mercy. Although he didn't hit anyone, the stick slipped past Liu's face, scaring the Liu family so much that they collapsed on the ground.
"Oops, I was standing too far away. I almost missed. Let's do it again."
Seeing that he didn't hit anyone, Wu Yuetang said something with some annoyance, then took a step forward and raised the stick in his hand again.
"Oh my god, murder!" The first one to shout was Aunt Sun, followed by Second Aunt. They stood up and ran out of the crowd, not caring about Liu and her husband at all.
The second uncle also reacted, pulled up Liu who was slumped on the ground, glared at Wu Yuetang fiercely, looked at the stick in her hand, helped Liu turn around and leave.
Aunt Sun watched as the helpers she had called for were beaten away, leaving her alone, and she instantly felt scared.
She looked at Wu Yuetang fearfully and saw her smiling at her.
"What should I do? All your helpers have run away."
The smile on Wu Yuetang's face at this moment could be described as creepy, which made Aunt Sun step back step by step. When she saw Wu Yuetang raising the stick, she ran away.
"Tsk, boring."
Seeing everyone running away, Wu Yuetang curled her lips and threw away the stick in her hand. These people really can't stand being scared at all.
"Let's disperse, let's disperse. The troublemakers have all run away. There's nothing fun to watch."
Seeing this, the villagers who were watching the excitement also left one after another. Soon, the gate of the Wu family's courtyard suddenly became quiet.
Wu Yuetang dusted off her hands, turned around and prepared to open the gate, when she saw the surprised looks of her three brothers.
"What are you looking at? Come into the house!"
After saying that, he rolled his eyes, then opened the gate and walked in. As soon as he entered, he was pulled over by Li.
"Is your grandma here?"
Wu Yuetang looked at the trembling hand holding her arm and felt helpless. She knew that the original owner's mother was very afraid of her mother-in-law and her family. Although she was very domineering at home, she was nothing compared to the Liu family. There was no comparison at all.
"Yeah, but I beat him away."
"Beat him away?"
Li didn't understand what it meant. Was it literal?
Wu Qingeng came over and recounted what had just happened at the door. Li and Wu Shoutian fell silent after hearing this, especially Wu Shoutian. He knew what kind of person his mother was, but he really didn't expect that they would come and add insult to injury after they had already separated.
Wu Shoutian said nothing, silently walked to the table, picked up his pipe and started smoking. Li Shi, for some reason, felt a little happy. She looked at Wu Yuetang with a look of disdain instead of the previous one, and was actually a little touched.
Although Wu Qingeng and Wu Yongqiao are big and strong, they are well-trained from doing a lot of farm work. They are not like Wu Yuetang who is brave and resourceful, can scold people and fight violence with violence.
If Tang'er hadn't been here today, I guess we would have had to ask the village head to come and settle this matter.
Wu Yuetang had no idea what they were thinking. She only had one thing on her mind right now, which was to cook. She was almost starving to death.
"Third brother, give me the rice."
Wu Zhiyun immediately took out five pounds of rice from the backpack. Wu Yuetang directly scooped two large bowls of rice into the pot, rinsed it with water, and then simmered the rice.
Then he went to the cellar and got some sweet potatoes, peeled them, cut them into pieces, and set them aside.
After calling the third brother to help light the fire, he cut a large piece of lard and started to make lard in the pot. In an instant, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of lard. He even seduced the eldest and second sisters-in-law who had been hiding in the house to avoid suspicion.
"Little sister, are you roasting meat again today?"
The second sister-in-law came out first. She smelled the tempting aroma from a distance and ran straight to Wu Zhiyun to ask.
"Well, today I went to town with my younger sister to sell herbs. We made over 680 coins, and my younger sister wanted to have a good meal."
When Wu Shoutian heard what Wu Laosan said, the pipe in his hand almost fell down.
"What? More than 680 coins? She spent it all?"
Wu Zhiyun shook his head. "My younger sister bought five catties of rice, sugar, cornelian berries, and pork. I still have more than two hundred coins left."
Hearing that not all the money had been spent, the two elders breathed a sigh of relief. However, when they thought that only more than two hundred yuan was left out of more than six hundred yuan, they still felt the pain in their hearts.
But Wu Shoutian didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In this situation of natural disasters and man-made disasters, it was still a problem to have a few full meals. Since his daughter had a way to make money, he let her do it.
Wu Yuetang had no idea that after the battle just now, the impression of the original owner in the minds of the two elders had been reversed, and she was even almost becoming the backbone of the family.
After a cup of tea, the lard was refined. The sweet potato pieces were evenly coated with flour and then fried in the hot lard. The fried sweet potatoes were taken out and cooled. The sugar cubes were poured into the remaining lard in the pot and the syrup was started.
Wu Yuetang tested the syrup's consistency and found it was just right. She then poured the fried sweet potato chunks directly into the pan, carefully stir-frying them until all the sweet potatoes were coated in the syrup before serving.
Wu Yuetang tasted a piece. Although the syrup was not as delicious as modern ones, it was good enough for that era. When she brought the candied sweet potato to the table, everyone was stunned again.
This dish was really unheard of and unseen before, and Wu Yongqiao couldn't help but ask questions after seeing it.
"Little sister, how on earth did you learn to cook all these dishes? You never cooked before."
Wu Yuetang was stunned. She forgot to make up a reason.
"Because I love delicious food, I had nothing better to do so I thought of some new ways to cook it. This is also my first time making it, so you can try it. This dish should be eaten while it's hot."
In order to avoid them from asking further questions, I quickly changed the subject.
After that, several people took a piece and put it in their mouths. It was smooth and fragrant, with the unique sweetness of the syrup. Under the syrup were the crispy fried sweet potato pieces, but the sweet potato was still soft inside. It was really magical.
This dish covers almost all tastes, and several people kept eating it and couldn't stop.
Wu Yuetang shook her head, turned back to the kitchen, and quickly cut the pork tenderloin into thin strips. While no one was paying attention, she took out light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chicken essence and cooking wine from the space, added some flour and water, and marinated the pork strips.
Then cut the dogwood into shreds. When the pork is almost marinated, the rice is steamed.
Wu Yuetang cut some more lard and poured the shredded pork directly into it, stir-frying it over high heat. Then he added dogwood and salt to season it, and after a quick stir-fry, he served it directly out of the pan.
After she served each person a bowl of rice, she topped it with a portion of shredded pork with dogwood leaves and brought it to the table.
The steaming rice and the sizzling pork shreds made everyone swallow their saliva involuntarily.
The neighbors smelled the tempting aroma again tonight, in addition to the rich aroma of meat, there was also the fragrant aroma of rice.
You can tell from the aroma of the rice that it is not porridge. The farmers next door are extremely envious. It seems that the Wu family is living a better and better life.
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