Lin Yunchu lifted the lid of the pot and tested it. The beans were already cooked soft. He nodded and asked his mother to turn off the fire.
Get a colander and remove the soybeans from the pot and drain the water.
The next step is fermentation in piles.
When he was a child, Lin Yunchu often helped his grandmother to do it, so now he is very good at it.
Lin Yunchu found a bamboo basket, padded it with dry straw, and covered it with gauze that had been cleaned and dried in advance.
Lay out the washed and dried fermented black bean leaves one by one to form a circle.
Then pour the cooked beans in, carefully wrap it with gauze, tie it tightly, then wrap it with dry straw, and finally cover it with a flat bamboo basket.
Then he carried the wrapped bamboo basket to an empty table in the kitchen.
Lin's mother followed closely and watched Lin Yunchu busying himself. She had never done this before, so she just watched and didn't know how to help.
Seeing Lin Yunchu's actions, he was just curious and couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "Is this it?"
Lin Yunchu only said that he wanted to make something, and she couldn't tell what it was.
Lin Yunchu raised a hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then nodded with a smile.
"Almost done. Just wait for it to ferment for a few days."
This is not difficult to do, it just needs to ferment for a few days.
Mother Lin was confused. She didn't know what Lin Yunchu meant by "fermentation".
But looking at Lin Yunchu's expression, he seemed to be looking forward to this thing very much. It must be a good thing.
Seeing that it was still early, Lin Yunchu decided to go to the valley behind the mountain to pick the remaining ripe peppers.
It would be a pity if you don’t pick them now or they will fall off.
Lin Yunchu had just made chili sauce and had saved the seeds of the dried chilies he had picked yesterday. He planned to try breeding them after picking some more.
In the vegetable garden behind the house, Lin Yunchu had already told his mother about it and reserved a small piece for her to grow some peppers first.
Just as he was about to go out, the gate creaked open, followed by Lin Changan's joyful cry: "Mom, sister, look how many fish I caught."
When they heard the sound, they looked towards the gate of the courtyard and saw Lin Changan and Lin Changshun entering the courtyard.
Lin Changan walked in front, holding the fish basket made by his father, and followed behind him was Lin Changshun carrying a bucket of water.
When the two saw Lin Yunchu and Lin's mother in the yard, they immediately trotted forward and spoke excitedly to them.
"There are so many fish in the creek today. We caught so many in just a short while."
"That's right, it's enough for our family to eat for several days."
Lin Changan on the side echoed excitedly.
Lin Yunchu followed what the two said and took a look into the bucket. Sure enough, there were almost half a bucket of fish, and they were all alive and kicking.
No wonder she didn't see anyone when she came back from town today. She thought he had gone to the fields with Lin's father, but she didn't expect that he had gone fishing.
Originally, the fish in this river were very fishy and few people ate them. But after Lin Yunchu cooked the fish a few times, the Lin family liked them very much.
When I have free time, I will go to the river to catch some. If I can’t finish eating them, I will put them in the sink and keep them at home so that we can eat them whenever we want.
It just so happens that Lin Yunchu is going out to pick peppers, so he can make a new dish for the Lin family to try in the evening.
Thinking of this, Lin Yunchu asked her second brother Lin Changshun to put the fish in the tank first. It was still early, so she had to hurry to pick peppers.
Seeing Lin Yunchu holding the backpack, Lin Changan and Lin Changshun knew that she must be planning to go to the valley behind the mountain to pick those peppers.
Now that the Lin family knew that this thing was edible, they naturally wanted to pick it back. Moreover, they were worried about Lin Yunchu, a girl, going to the back mountain alone.
They asked her to wait for them for a while, and after they changed their clothes, they would go with her to pick peppers. They had just gone to the river to catch fish, and their clothes were a little wet. They were afraid of catching a cold if they didn't change them.
Lin Yunchu did not refuse and sat in the yard waiting for the two of them.
The sun was shining brightly at this time, penetrating the leaves and illuminating the ground in dots, and the breeze carried a faint scent of fruit.
Lin Yunchu raised his head and looked at the loquat tree in his yard, which was already full of bright yellow fruits.
She couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Two days ago, she couldn't help but pick a bunch to try.
acid!
Lin Yunchu couldn't help but frown. Her mother had told her that this loquat tree was dug up and planted by her father in the back mountain a few years ago.
It was originally a wild loquat and tasted very sour.
It’s not that the people in the village don’t like to eat it, but the wild loquats in the back mountain are too sour.
Originally, every household was not able to get enough food to eat, and after eating these sour fruits, they became even hungrier. So even though the loquat forest on the back mountain was full of fruits, very few people went to pick them and eat them.
Father Lin originally thought that the fruit was beautiful, so he dug one up and planted it in his own yard. He didn't originally intend to grow it for eating.
Lin Yunchu sat under the eaves, holding his chin with his hands, looking at the tree full of yellow fruits, and kept shaking his head with regret.
This is such a good fruit, but no one eats it. It would be a pity if it is left like this and falls to the ground when it is ripe.
The loquats I ate when I was a child were all improved and grafted loquats. They tasted sweet and delicious.
But he didn’t know how to graft, and Lin Yunchu had a headache.
I was originally thinking about how to improve it, but I couldn't think of a good way after thinking for a long time.
But seeing so many fruits that we couldn’t eat them, I felt very sad.
Suddenly, an idea struck her.
Got it!
It can be made into loquat paste.
This loquat paste has many benefits. It not only moistens the lungs and reduces phlegm, and relieves coughs, but the brewed loquat paste is sour and sweet and very delicious.
If you feel uncomfortable due to a cold, you can mix it with water and drink a cup of it, which will make you feel better.
"Sister, let's go."
Lin Yunchu was lost in thought when Lin Changshun and Lin Changan had already changed their clothes and came out. They took their backpacks from under the eaves and saw Lin Yunchu lost in thought while staring at the loquat tree in the yard, so they called out to him.
"This loquat is sour, you can't eat it."
Lin Yunchu paused, came back to his senses, smiled at the two of them, and without saying anything, he said a few words to Lin's mother and went to the valley in the back mountain to pick peppers.
There is no rush about this. She will think about how to make the loquat paste when she has time in the evening. She will go to the town to buy some sugar and try it next time.
If it is really done, I heard from Lin's mother that there is a large loquat forest on the back mountain, which can make a lot of loquat paste.
When the time comes, I might be able to make quite a bit of money by selling it in town.
The more Lin Yunchu thought about it, the happier he became. This was another way to make money.
It is good to go into the mountains to pick mushrooms and sell them to Yipintang, but it is not a long-term business after all. After a few months, when the mushrooms are gone, the business will naturally be gone.
I still have to find a way to make more money, Lin Yunchu thought as he followed Lin Changshun and the others, and soon they arrived at the wild pepper field.
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