Having ideas alone is not enough. Although it is possible to make pastries in an iron pan, it is too time-consuming. If you can have a ceramic cake mold like the one in Fuxianglou, making pastries can be much more efficient.
Yang Donghu couldn't think of a better way on his own, so he thought of asking Zhu Cuilan if there was any way to save effort.
Zhu Cuilan didn't often make snacks, so she didn't know much about this kind of thing. However, Zhao He often walked around the town, and he had actually seen people using mud to build earthen kilns to bake things.
This kind of earthen kiln was not a difficult task for Zhao He, a bricklayer, and he agreed as soon as Zhu Cuilan told him about it.
However, there is an urgent job in the town these days, and they are busy finishing the work. After these two days, Zhao He can find some time to pile it up without much effort.
Zhao Luochuan is not here, and Yang Donghu's current identity is a brother, so it is not easy for him to go directly to the restaurant owner. Besides, except Zhao Luochuan, the others have no relationship with the owner. It is better to wait for Zhao Luochuan to come back and let him go, so that the chances of success will be greater.
It rained for two days in a row, and today it was finally sunny for half a day. Yang Donghu took advantage of the moist and soft soil to sort the rapeseeds and plant them one by one. With enough rain, the rapeseeds would germinate faster.
The melon seedlings I wanted to buy to plant around the vegetable patch have not been bought yet because of the rain. Since it is raining and the market is not open, I can only hope for a sunny day.
Ever since Zhao Fangchu knew that his brother Dong wanted him to be a taster, he has been sticking to Yang Donghu even more than before. The remaining peach blossom cakes from last time were eaten by Zhao Fangchu, except for Zhao He who came back to taste them.
It’s not that we don’t leave any for Zhao Luochuan and Zhao Fangyu, it’s just that we can’t keep any freshly made pastries for them to take back.
Anyway, there is still peach blossom honey, so it’s not too late to do it after they come back.
After Zhao Fangchu finished eating the peach blossom cake, he started thinking about other food. Making these things was the best way to kill time. Yang Donghu made him red bean rice cake to shut him up and prevent him from being like a bee that kept bothering him all day long.
There were still two handfuls of peanuts left from the New Year's porridge he had bought. If he didn't eat them, they would get infested with insects when the weather got hot. Yang Donghu soaked the peanuts in cold water, removed the skins, and cooked them with rice until soft.
Then go to the house of someone who has a stone mill in the village, borrow the stone mill, and grind it into a fine and rich peanut paste. Go back and boil it, then let it cool slightly. Wait until a thick milk skin forms on the top, then drizzle a spoonful of honey on it. It tastes sweet and moisturizing. It has been cold these two days, and this is the best way to warm your body.
If you want to be more particular, you can replace the peanuts with almonds or walnuts, and it will taste different.
There was a lot of peanut milk, so Yang Donghu distributed it to his neighbors, and then sat in the yard with Zhao Fangchu to chat.
They were both young and greedy. Zhu Cuilan stopped after drinking only one bowl. Yang Donghu was afraid of cold, and after drinking the bowl he felt warm, so he couldn't help but drink another bowl. As for Zhao Fangchu, he simply loved to eat.
The three of them were talking animatedly when they suddenly saw two figures, one big and one small, coming in from outside the yard. They didn't knock on the door or call out for help. When they saw Zhu Cuilan, they enthusiastically called her "Auntie".
"I guessed that my aunt was at home, and look, I was right."
Zhu Cuilan looked at the person who came over, and seemed a little surprised. She responded, "Su He? Didn't you go back to your parents' home? When did you come back?"
As he said this, he welcomed her into the yard and went into the house to bring out a stool for her to sit on.
The girl in front of him, named Su He, was wearing a duck egg blue gown. She was dressed simply but neatly. She had a bright smile on her fair oval face, and her manners and speech were graceful, which made it easy for people to like her.
"Come here, this is Xiao Yamanashi, oh my, you've grown so big in just a year. Do you still remember me? Call me grandma."
Su He took the stool Zhu Cuilan handed over and pulled the child, who was about three or four years old, to sit next to Zhu Cuilan. She spoke with a familiar tone: "He is very shy and doesn't like to talk much."
Zhao Fangchu was acquainted with her, so he took the initiative to speak: "Sister Su He."
Su He responded with an "Ah", then turned her gaze to Yang Donghu, who was sitting with Zhao Fangchu, with a scrutinizing look in her eyes.
Yang Donghu and Zhao Fangchu were of similar age, so he followed Zhao Fangchu and called Suhe "Sister".
Su He also responded with a smile, retracted her gaze, turned around and asked Zhu Cuilan with a smile: "When did a handsome boy appear in our courtyard? Could it be that Fang Yuxin got married?"
Zhu Cuilan was having fun with the children. Following Su He's words, she looked at Yang Donghu and said with a smile: "Fang Yu is not so lucky to let Dachuan take the lead. This is the husband that Dachuan brought back."
I don’t know if it was Yang Donghu’s illusion, but Su He’s expression froze a little when she heard that she was Zhao Luochuan’s husband. It was only for a moment. Although Yang Donghu felt it was weird, he didn’t take it to heart and just thought he was seeing things.
Su He quickly collected her expression and asked in surprise, "Dachuan? Wasn't Dachuan engaged to be with Yang Chunxue, the daughter of the Yang family? How did he become a boy?"
Su He had a miserable life. Her parents' home was far away, and her husband fell seriously ill and was bedridden not long after she got married. He passed away two years after their marriage, leaving Su He and her daughter alone and helpless.
She had no parents-in-law and her husband had passed away. She only had five or six acres of thin land and a house deed in her hands. Her husband's relatives were eyeing the little things she had in her hands. In order to have a guarantee for herself and her children in the future, she had no choice but to sell two acres of good land as travel expenses and rush to her parents' home dozens of miles away for protection.
Life is not easy for a daughter who marries out in her parents' home. Su He lived in her parents' home for a long time with the money from selling the land. When she had money, her brother and sister-in-law could still tolerate her, but the money would eventually run out. After Su He refused to pay out money, her brother and sister-in-law's attitude became worse day by day.
Su He was stubborn by nature and refused to live under the thumb of others, so she gritted her teeth and returned to her husband's house. She would rather deal with difficult relatives than be looked down upon.
She had been away for so long and knew nothing about what had happened during that time, so she was so surprised when she learned that Zhao Luochuan had married Ge'er.
Although a long time has passed, Zhu Cuilan still feels so angry when she mentions it, and she pours out her bitterness like beans from a bamboo tube.
Yang Donghu sat aside and listened quietly without interrupting, with the unfinished peanut milk in his hand.
The child snuggled up to Su He, sucking his fingers, stared at the bowl in Yang Donghu's hand.
Yang Donghu understood and got up to go to the kitchen to fill two bowls of rice milk and handed them to Suhe. Xiao Shanli was shy, and Yang Donghu was afraid that she would not accept it if he handed it to her, so he gave the bowl to Suhe and asked her to feed it to the child.
Su He's life was not easy. She just wanted to have enough food and clothes to eat. She had no intention of making such delicate food as rice milk. Xiao Shanli was still a child. She wanted to eat everything she saw. Now she was drooling with greed. She stared at the bowl in Su He's hand, afraid that the bowl would disappear in the blink of an eye.
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