mountain farmer

Chapter 122, Chapter 23

After these two days of food delivery, Liu Fugui has also accumulated some experience.

In fact, there is no need to pick them in the middle of the night to keep the vegetables fresh, and it is completely fine in the afternoon when you are free.Anyway, my own dishes are good, and it’s okay to pick them a few hours earlier.

Today is a small year, according to the past practice, it is also necessary to make a good meal, a small year is also a year.Especially in the villages, the importance of the New Year is much more serious than 520, Qixi Festival, these messy festivals.

It's just that during this period of time, the life in Liu Fugui's house was very prosperous. Although he couldn't meet the big fish and meat, he didn't eat less.

So let's keep it simple today, stew a big pot of goose meat, and then serve it with some refreshing dipping pickles.I really can't eat too much, even if Liu Fugui is good at eating, he can't resist eating like this every day.

Chen Erya's sisters arrived very early, Liu Fugui and the others had just finished breakfast when they arrived.It was the same three from last time, the round-faced Little Apple, the pointed-faced Yangyang, and the chubby Xiaxia wearing glasses.

Liu Fugui felt that these three girls were more polite than Chen Erya.As soon as we met, we greeted each other warmly, and they all carried fruits in their hands.

Originally, Liu Fugui wanted to invite the driver who brought them over to sit at home and spend the Spring Festival with them.But they politely declined and came to pick them up at night.

I don't know whose car this is, anyway, I haven't been here before.It seems that Chen Erya's sisters also have unusual families.

As usual, today's protagonist may be Liu Fugui.Because he has to be in charge of the stewed goose, the three new snacks are also very concerned about this big stewed goose.

It's just that today's situation is special, today is a small year.Liu Changshun wanted to make stove candy. This matter was really attractive to the girls. Even Chen Yihan had prepared it early and waited to see the novelty.

Drinking porridge in Laba, cooking sugar in the new year, keeping the year old in the new year, and having a Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day are all new year customs.It's just that the taste is somewhat weaker this year, and the customs of these years have all converged into one core, that is, eating.

Even at Liu Fugui's house, they didn't cook Laba porridge during Laba.I really don't think about it, are you all busy in the greenhouse, you have to work hard for your future life, don't you?
This year's New Year will cook stove candy, and I have to say that it is a blessing from Lele.Liu Changshun prepared this for his precious granddaughter. He was not at home in previous years, so he would not waste this time doing this.

This stove candy is actually boiled for the Stove Lord, and I hope that when the old man returns to heaven to report on his work, he will help him with a few words of kindness.It can be regarded as the most primitive bribery, for auspiciousness.

Stove sugar is not easy to boil, what is needed is craftsmanship and patience.Moreover, this preparation work is also very complicated, and it has to be prepared many days in advance.

For example, the malt must be released a few days in advance.You can't let the malt grow too fast, and the sugar that boils out like that won't taste good.It doesn't work if the growth is too slow, and the stimulation is not enough.This is just right until the true leaves grow.

Don't look at boiling sugar today, the preparations started after picking the vegetables last night.

Soaked glutinous rice, cooked directly.The malt was also chopped out by Liu Fugui with a kitchen knife, and it was very broken.Stir the two together, put them on the kang head and suffocate them with a quilt for a few hours to ferment, and this is considered to be the completion of the preparation work.

Seeing that everyone was very curious about making candy, Liu Changshun made more preparations this time.Three large pots were directly fermented, and I was afraid that the boiled sugar would not be enough to eat.

After bringing out the pots, Liu Changshun took a look at the fermentation situation inside.Very good, a lot of water came out, this water is used to boil sugar.

The work of squeezing the water was naturally handed over to Liu Fugui.Holding the gauze bag, even pressing and holding it, the three big pots took nearly an hour.

"Wow... There are three big pots of sugar water, how much sugar has to be boiled out." Looking at the water in the pot, Chen Yarong was a little uneasy.

"After boiling, there will not be much left. It's like boiling medicine. Three bowls are best boiled into one bowl. This sugar will consume more." Liu Changshun explained with a smile.

"Grandpa, I'll light the fire." Little Lele ran over happily when he saw that he was about to get serious and started to do it.

The glorious task of lighting a fire is naturally given to the little guy, who is a very serious fire leader.

All the soup was poured into the cauldron, and Lele started to light the fire.Without the lid on the pot, Liu Changshun stayed here.It's still very easy now, and it will be tiring after a while.

Boil sugar, boil sugar, what is important is the word boil.

The high fire is to boil all the water in the soup, and the rest is naturally sugar.Lele worked hard to burn the fire, and the sugar water in the cauldron started to boil after a while.

Liu Changshun stirred the bottom of the pot with a spoon every now and then, looking very leisurely.It's just that after the sugar water in the pot was much less, and the spoon felt a little stringy when stirring it, Liu Changshun became serious.

This process took a lot of time. Liu Fugui had already stewed the big goose by the side.

The high heat was changed to a low fire to cook slowly, and Liu Changshun kept stirring the cauldron with a spoon.At this time, the soup has changed from the original white to a golden yellow.

Now this process is very important. If you don't stir frequently, the sugar under the pot will be boiled, and then all the sugar in your pot will be wasted.There is still a lot of sugar boiled today, so Liu Changshun leaned on the pot with one hand and stirred it with the other.

"Dad, take a break first, let me try." Liu Fugui said.

"Sure, just stir slowly, and you can make good sugar without sticking." Liu Changshun nodded with a smile, and handed the spoon to his son.

This is also Liu Fugui's first time boiling sugar. He used to watch the excitement.As soon as he got started, he knew how difficult this job was.

Now the sugar water is still very thin and not boiled well.Wait for the moisture inside to go out again, and it will become sticky.At that time, it took a lot of effort to stir the spoon.

And even now, you're not stirring, you're not stirring, you're needing hours.Liu Fugui felt that it would be a dream to carry it all by himself.

Although this job looked a bit boring, the girls beside him watched it with gusto.One of them took a stool and ate tomatoes while taking pictures of Liu Fugui and Daguo.

In their lives, this is the first time to watch boiled sugar live, and they are very happy.Especially that Xiaxia, who looks eager to try.

Liu Fugui is considerate, it's not a critical moment, so it's okay to let them try.

The big girl and the little girls stirred for a few minutes, and then they were exhausted.Liu Fugui also hugged his precious girl and stirred a few times, and Lele rewarded him with a big incense.

Liu Fugui thought it was better to be his daughter, and the girls let them play without showing any sign.

It is estimated that if Chen Yihan and the others know his methods, they will kick him into the pot if they can't help it.

(End of this chapter)