By the time Ye Jianjun carried the bamboo basket of peaches and apricots back home, before he could even catch his breath, new work came up.
When washing peaches and apricots, you also need to remove the peach skins and the peach pits.
"Third brother, come on!"
"Only you can do such a delicate job."
Ye Liuqing was very considerate and helped Ye Jianjun get a small stool.
"Is this true?"
Ye Jianjun, who was originally about to complain, suddenly became energetic.
"Really?" Ye Liuqing said frankly and sincerely, "Third brother, you may not like to work, but as long as you work seriously, you can do a better job than others."
"Let's not talk about other things, just take this fire-making as an example. I can't make it, but my second brother can never control the heat."
"Unlike you, Third Brother, you are really good at lighting a fire. You can make it big or small as you like."
Ye Liuqing knows how to motivate people.
After a few words, Ye Jianjun felt relieved.
He had forgotten about complaining and sat down on the small stool to wash the peaches and apricots.
"Little sister, you have good taste! You understand your third brother's kindness! Isn't it just washing, peeling and cutting peaches? Don't worry, your third brother will definitely do it well for you!"
Ye Liuqing was waiting for Ye Jianjun to say, "Keep going, Third Brother, you're the best!!!"
"Okay!" Ye Jianjun's hands moved very quickly.
Ye Jianhua, who was lighting the new kiln, was secretly glad in his heart.
They were twins born from the same litter. Fortunately, he was the older brother and not as stupid as this silly roe deer.
What a blessing in disguise!
If you want to remove the astringency of wild peaches and apricots, you must soak them in salt water.
Wild peaches only need to be soaked for about ten minutes, while wild apricots need a little longer, about half an hour.
After Ye Liuqing mixed the salt water, he helped Ye Jianjun share the task of washing the fruit.
Ye Jianjun just needs to peel off the skin and remove the core.
In a short while, the peaches were cleaned and soaked in salt water.
Large pieces of dry wood were added to the kiln.
Ye Jianhua freed his hands and went to the stove to help Ye Liuqing light the fire.
Water was boiling in a large earthenware pot. Ye Liuqing took out the jar that contained the newly made malt sugar yesterday, scooped several large spoonfuls of it with a spoon, and put it into the water.
After tasting it and confirming that it was sweet, Ye Liuqing put the soaked peach meat into the sugar water to cook.
The fresh fragrance of peaches mixed with the sweet scent of sugar filled the entire kitchen and drifted into the yard through the small window.
So delicious!
I really didn’t lie!
Ye Jianjun took a deep breath and his hands moved faster.
Half an hour later, the wild peaches in the pot had become transparent.
That's fine.
Ye Liuqing carefully scooped up the peaches with a colander, and laid them neatly, one by one, on a bamboo sieve made of bamboo strips.
This is a delicate job.
Ye Liuqing worked very carefully and it took him eight bamboo strips to spread out all the peach flesh.
As for the peach juice left in the pot, you can drink it directly.
Ye Liuqing scooped out three bowls of peach syrup from the pot.
The three siblings split up.
After adding sugar and boiling, this peach juice does not have the sourness of wild peaches. It is sour with a hint of sweetness and has a strong peach flavor. It is not inferior to the peach juice Ye Liuqing has drunk.
Gulp gulp~~~
After drinking a bowl of peach syrup, Ye Jianjun still felt unsatisfied.
"Little sister, you really didn't lie to me. This sugar water is really delicious."
“The best food is yet to come!”
Ye Liuqing's gaze passed through the window and fell on the bamboo strips drying in the yard.
Ye Liuqing poured the remaining peach syrup into a large enamel basin and hung it in the well water to keep it chilled so that he could send it to Ye Dagang and Liu Cuilan later.
The place where they work is far from their homes, so they usually take some dry food for lunch when they go out in the morning and return home after work in the evening.
By the time the peach flesh is dried, the rinsed apricot flesh has also dried.
Ye Liuqing put the apricot meat in a large earthenware jar and continued to add malt sugar.
One spoonful, two spoonfuls, three spoonfuls...
Ye Jianhua was frightened by what he saw.
Putting so much sugar is too luxurious!
Ye Jianjun was very happy to see this.
With so much sugar in it, it must be so delicious that you’ll want to swallow your tongue!
Compared with peach preserves, the preparation of apricot preserves is relatively complicated. They need to be pickled with sugar and then boiled, then pickled again after boiling, and finally picked out and dried and roasted.
We have to wait for another day.
The fire in the kiln has been burning for almost an hour, it's almost done.
The peaches are ready to be grilled.
Remove the firewood from the kiln, shovel out the ashes in the kiln, and then plug the chimney, then you can put the dried peach meat into the kiln to roast.
Ye Liuqing made two racks made of iron wire that could be stacked up, so that he could roast two racks of peach meat at a time.
In order to prevent the peach flesh from being contaminated with the smell of iron wire during baking, Ye Liuqing also wrapped it with a layer of oil paper.
Put the peach pulp into the kiln and block the entrance with wooden boards.
The rest, leave it to time!
After Ye Liuqing went through the process, Ye Jianhua vaguely guessed something.
"Little sister, are you planning to exchange these wild peaches and apricots for money?"
"What? Little sister, you want to do something big?"
Ye Jianjun's eyes suddenly lit up. He had had enough of digging in the fields every day.
"Remember to bring me, your third brother, with you. We can do anything together."
Ye Liuqing did not directly answer Ye Jianhua's question, but asked him a question instead.
"Second brother, how do you think I can make money with these preserved fruits?"
"There's only one place, the black market." Ye Jianhua looked at Ye Liuqing with burning eyes, "It's a place where all kinds of people mix."
The smile on Ye Jianjun's face disappeared instantly and he fell silent.
"If you want to make this money on the black market, little sister, you'd better not go."
"If you don't want to collect pig grass, then Third Brother will help you in the future."
"Listen to my brother, we really can't go to that place."
"If I get caught, I'll..."
A smile flashed in Ye Liuqing's eyes.
"What will happen?"
"Second brother, third brother, don't worry, I won't go to this black market."
Ye Liuqing raised his head and looked at the vast sky, the light in his eyes was bright and charming.
"My goal is the sea of stars."
Ye Jianhua's body shook, and his gaze towards Ye Liuqing gradually became confused.
The sea of stars?
Now, is there still a sea of stars?
…
"What sea of stars?"
Ye Jianjun knows how to ruin the atmosphere.
Ye Jianhua swept away the slight sadness he had felt before and said, "Read more books when you have nothing to do!"
"No, how does this have anything to do with reading?" Ye Jianjun was completely stunned.
"Guess?"
"Guess?"
Ye Liuqing and Ye Jianhua said in unison.
"..." Ye Jianjun grabbed a piece of dried peach flesh and stuffed it into his mouth, "I, no, guess!!!"
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