Craftsman: I continue to learn for the sake of the saints

Chapter 16

"Brother Luo can still blow sugar figures?"

"Hey, this is an old technique..."

"Brother Luo, the oral job is not bad..."

"Blessed is Tea Sister."

"You know how to drive a broken car every day, drive a broken car, what else do you do besides driving? It's... the picture above, Hundan!"

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There was a lot of noise in the live broadcast room.

Qin Luo glanced at it, but didn't care, and set the pot on fire.

Explain casually.

"The blowing sugar is maltose, which should have been boiled in advance, but it's too late today, so I can only use the ready-made syrup."

"It's really troublesome to boil this stuff."

"I'm going to talk about the formula and craft here. Friends who like it can try it at home, and it can be used as a handicraft class for children."

"First of all, wash the wheat or barley grains and soak them in wooden barrels or clay vats. When soaking in water, use cold water in summer and warm water in winter. After soaking the wheat grains for 24 hours, remove them, put them in a basket, and cover them with a damp cloth. Sprinkle water properly, pour warm water two or three times a day, and the water temperature should not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. After 3 to 4 days, keep the appropriate temperature, and the malt can be produced. When the malt grows two leaves, cut it off and cut it into pieces segment, add water, grind finely, and set aside.”

"This is the first step, and it will take three or four days."

"Then the second step is steaming. Soak the glutinous rice in water for 4 to 6 hours. After the rice grains absorb water and expand, cook it into porridge. When the porridge is cold to warm, add the previously ground malt. After stirring, cover the pot and seal it tightly. , keep warm, and wait for it to produce a saccharification reaction. It will take about 3 hours, and then filter out the sugar residue.”

"The last thing is to boil sugar..."

"Put the malt soup in the pot and cook for about two hours. During this period, you need to keep stirring, and you need to keep adding and reducing the fire according to the bubbles and smell in the pot."

"If the heat is not enough, the boiled sugar will be weak and have no toughness, and it will be difficult to shape when making sugar figurines."

"If the heat is too high, the sugar will become mushy easily, and the color will not be good."

"There is a trick here. When boiling, use chopsticks to pick up a piece of sugar and taste it. If you don't hear the sound, it means that the heat is not enough. If you hear two or three popping sounds in your mouth, it means that the heat is just right. .”

"However, it's not good to have too much sex, that's what I said."

For these, Qin Luo has long been familiar with them.

Of course, the last step "blowing", he didn't say.

It's not that I cherish myself.

It's just that this lecture is not clear, and I have to be taught by the master.

I was in the system space, and the master taught me from mouth to mouth, and I learned for a full year before I started.

It took five years to achieve great success.

This is the crystallization of the wisdom and sweat of the predecessors. Every step and every little skill has been tempered thousands of times.

In ancient times...

A candy pick is the responsibility of supporting the family, and the life of the whole family depends on it.

Of course, it definitely won't work now.

In the age of industrialization, this efficiency is too low. Who has the patience to learn this for so long?
You don't make money after learning.

People are not short of sugar intake.

This traditional skill can only be regarded as a "handicraft" and a childhood memory of many people.

Thinking about this, Qin Luo felt a little sentimental, but didn't show it.

Some words, just keep it in your heart, if you say it hypocritically, others don't like to hear it.

When he explained...

The live broadcast room is still noisy.

In short, all kinds of driving are related to "blowing".

Sister Cha watched from the side, only vaguely feeling that Qin Luo had an inexplicable aura at this time, calm and focused.

This made her look slightly engrossed for a while.

Staying in the live broadcast room at that time was also attracted by the concentration during the wood carving.

quite handsome.

She couldn't help smiling slightly, which was completely different from the usual tumult, but Qin Luo naturally didn't see this smile.

Qin Luo started to boil sugar.

The syrup I made by myself before was placed in the freezer of the neighbor's house next door, and it was vacuum-packed. It was a big piece of brownish-yellow crystals, which had already been frozen hard.

Take it out now, although more than half a month has passed, but it has been sealed very well, and it should not have deteriorated.

Put it in a pot, add water, readjust the ratio, and cook...

The sugar icing gradually melted.

During this period, Qin Luo kept stirring.

Bubbles popped out.

Feeling almost done, Qin Luo casually said: "Go to my pickup truck and take that wooden load off."

Sister Cha suddenly came back to her senses, and ran towards the pickup truck next to her with her long legs. After a while, she came back with a candy load in her hands.

This is the sugar burden that Qin Luo had prepared earlier.

This burden is also particular.

There are four compartments in the sugar melting tank, and the bottom is curved. Because the maltose must be heated for a long time, otherwise it is easy to solidify, so there is still a fire under the bottom of the tank.

However, the fire should not be too large, otherwise it will burn easily and become useless.

It can't be too small, too small and easy to destroy.

It has to be kept warm for a long time.

Fuel should not be too expensive, otherwise there will not be enough fuel money.

Therefore, the fuel here is "sawdust".

After igniting the sawdust, a tile has to be covered on it to control the temperature and let it release heat slowly.

Even so, it takes a long time to master the heat.

It can be said that this job looks simple, but there are details everywhere.

Qin Luo scooped up four spoonfuls of sugar juice and put them in the sugar tank, then quickly took out a bamboo stick, squeezed the gypsum powder into a sugar mortar, squeezed it into an air bag, and pulled out a trachea to blow air into it.

At the same time, the fingers kept pulling, pulling, pulling, and pinching, like magic, with extremely fast speed and dazzling movements.

This thing is all about speed and precision.

More than oral work?

Handwork is also required!

The sugar bubbles keep changing and soon form a lifelike Monkey King.

Not yet painted.

In the next to the burden, there is food coloring.

But Sister Cha obviously couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that the "Monkey King" had already taken shape, she reached out to grab it: "Wow, it's so beautiful, so amazing!"

"Give it to me, I want to eat!"

"It looks delicious!"

The lifelike sugar figurine, shining golden in the bright afternoon sun, is indeed complete in color, fragrance and type.

Qin Luo glared at her: "Go get a bowl and continue! The sugar juice here is still hot, be careful!"

Sister Cha hurriedly hummed, and hurriedly ran to get the bowl.

Then Qin Luo smiled and said to the live broadcast room: "This is called Houlaxi. Although the name doesn't sound good, it still has a weird image."

"As soon as you poke its butt, the sugar juice inside will flow out and flow into the bowl. It's very enjoyable to suck and lick."

"This sugar has been stored for half a month. It should not be bad, but I don't know if the bacteria have exceeded the standard. Let Sister Cha test the water first."

A group of viewers in the live broadcast room: ...

"Hahahahaha... I can't laugh anymore."

"This scene is called, Brother Luo's Revenge."

"Sister Cha, run! He wants to turn you into a jet fighter!"

"Use both hands and mouth, good work!"

"Wow... It's the first time I've seen someone make sugar figurines live. There's a lot of knowledge in it, so I paid attention. I'll make two more anchors."

When blowing sugar figurines, the heat in the live broadcast room is higher than when doing stone sculptures.

perhaps……

It's because it's food.

And it is a childhood memory for many people.

After all, there is emotion.

And more grounded.

When Sister Cha came back with the bowl, Qin Luo casually handed the rare monkey to her, glanced at the comments, thought for a while, and said, "OK, let's make another one."

"Show everyone the top level of difficulty, Fu Lu Shou Samsung."

"These three are connected, but the appearance must be distinct, a character is a character, and they must all be lifelike."

"It's no exaggeration to say that there are not many people in the country who know this skill."

After Qin Luo finished speaking, he continued to play.

This time on the full set of jobs.

From sculpting to coloring, Qin Luo's movements are much faster than before, and it is almost impossible to see clearly. His hands are busy like a spinning top, but there is a special sense of beauty, which is not messy at all, and is in order.

Less than 1 minutes.

The three lifelike Fu Lu Shou Samsung sugar figurines are fully formed.

"The rattle drum turns the windmill, the colored glass rattles and blows the sugar man."

"Children laugh at Yan Yan unintentionally, chasing the sugar man all over the street."

"Tong Yan Wuji wants to be an apprentice, learning art is only for a taste of sweetness, hey, that taste of sweetness!"

Qin Luo finally hummed a couple of doggerel lines.

The whole process, just two words - authentic!
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(End of this chapter)