My village can't be like this

Chapter 131
After Second Master Huang left, Zhang An was still staring at the golden eggs.

These golden eggs are very small, just a little bigger than pigeon eggs, and look not too different from wild eggs.

In later generations, some people went to the mountains to collect golden eggs and hatch them back, but they were fined in the end.

People with serious circumstances may have to be brought in to serve as umbrellas for the country.

But it's different now. Now this guy is not immune to the gold medal.

Zhang An can safely and boldly hatch these eggs.

He holds a night owl in his left hand and a golden egg in his right hand.

Zhang An returned to the room and went directly into the space.

As for the owl, Zhang An didn't think about what to do with it.

Just put it in the space, wait until it grows up by itself, and then get acquainted with Huatou.

Then put it outside, my yard is too big, and it is inside this field dam.

There are often mountain mice to patronize, although my family has a little cat.

But it can't take care of a single cat, so wait until the night owl gets familiar with its own animals before letting it go out to stand guard.

This night owl is the nemesis of mice and snakes.

Hey hey, rats at home, you are going to be in bad luck.

After entering the space, Zhang An released Ye Xiao and let him go to the fruit tree to stay by himself.

Then Zhang An went to the grass beside him and started looking for the silver chicken.

Zhang An just looked at it, and none of his hens brood.

So the plan to hatch the eggs outside would not work, so Zhang An went into this space to look for them.

See if there are silver chickens incubating eggs in the space right now.

Although Zhang An put a large number of silver chickens in the space, but after coming here for so long, the number has increased again.

Zhang An searched for a long time in the grass, and finally found a silver chicken that was hatching.

It seemed that they had just started hatching, so Zhang An directly put these golden eggs into the chicken coop and let them hatch together.

The silver hen who was squatting in the nest was dazed when Zhang An grabbed it.

When Zhang An finally put it back into the nest, he didn't realize that there were too many eggs under his belly.

Zhang An's mind is full of thoughts now, waiting for the fruit trees on the hill of his family to grow up in the future.

At that time, the silver rooster and the golden rooster will be released together.

What a beautiful picture that would be.

After solving the golden egg issue, Zhang An started to do other things.

After planting the tree during this period, Zhang An was quite busy, and he was not free until today.

The tree just planted on the mountain has been taken care of by Zhang An during this time.

Now it can grow independently, and there is no need for Zhang An to water it every day.

Some time ago, when the family dug up sweet potatoes and potatoes, Zhang An thought about getting some potato flour and sweet potato flour.

But after a series of people who were busy with that, they didn't have much time, so this matter was delayed.

I haven't had much time to do it all the time, and it just so happens that the weather is fine today and the sun is still out.

Later, after the potato powder is made, it can be dried in the sun.

Otherwise, if we call later, the weather will be cold, and there will be no sun in the sky, and there will be no place to dry it.

At that time, it has to be dried on a coal stove, but in that case, there will be a smell of soot in the powder.

The potato flour that Zhang An mentioned is potato flour, not the potato flour used for hot pot in later generations, but potato starch.

Today's potato flour is not needed for many dishes like later generations.

Zhang An and the others have a very common way of eating it, and many people have eaten it when they were young.

Sun-dried potato powder, boiled with cold water, and stirred evenly.

Pour the boiled water into it, and then keep stirring without stopping in the middle, otherwise it will not taste good.

You end up with a bowl of white, opaque goo.

Changqing people call it potato flour paste, a very delicious food.

The potatoes grown at home in the past, besides eating at home, there will be a lot of leftovers.

Most of the remaining households used it to cook and feed pigs, because no one came to the village to collect potatoes at that time.

Every time adults chop potatoes, they wash the potatoes before chopping them.

After soaking in clean water, fish out the potato pieces and cook pig food for pigs.

Then wait until the water in the basin has settled and pour the water out.

The remaining layer of white powder on the bottom of the basin is potato starch.

No matter who you are, you don't want to waste it, after drying it.

Not only can it be used when cooking some dishes, but it can also be made into potato paste for your own children.

Although potato flour is not comparable to something like meat.

But it is also one of the favorite things for rural children.

They may not know what potato starch is, but every one of them can drool when they say potato starch is mushy.

This is about the characteristics of starch. The prepared potato flour paste is not sweet without adding sugar.

But after the mouth, encountering the amylase in the saliva, it will break down to produce glucose and maltose.

At that time, there was no sweet food, and children liked things with a little sweetness.

This is why everyone cuts fresh corn stalks to eat after breaking the corn.

Because these are desserts that are within their reach.

Take Zhang An as an example. When Zhang An was born, Wang Fang's health was not good.

So Zhang An didn't breastfeed for a long time, basically weaned in a few months.

I have always grown up drinking rice cereal and potato flour.

At that time, the conditions of Zhang An's family were not good, and they also ate milk powder, but not much.

But Zhang An is very picky. Every time he eats, if there is no sugar in it or it is not very sweet, he will cry.

So every time Wang Fang puts some sugar when making potato flour paste.

This is probably the reason why Zhang An had bad teeth before, he ate too much sugar.

But now Zhang An's teeth are fine.

Even so, Zhang An didn't get tired of it.

So today, Zhang An plans to chop some potatoes and some sweet potatoes, and make some flour.

It has been a long, long time since he has eaten mashed potatoes, and now he still misses it when he thinks about it.

Bringing out a bag of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the cellar, today's job is to chop them all up.

Because there is no special grinder for crushing potatoes and sweet potatoes in the village, if you want to make flour, you can only chop it slowly by yourself.

Then I found a big pot and stubble knife for chopping peppers at home, because Wang Fang used this to make it in the past.

Zhang An cleaned the big wooden basin at home first, and then started to wash potatoes and sweet potatoes.

It's a bit slow to wash so many potatoes by myself.

Then Zhang An looked at the main road, Zhang Tie was running around with a large group of dolls, and they should be quite free.

So Zhang An put his mind on them.

"Zhang Tie, come here, I have something to ask you."

Hearing Zhang An calling him, Zhang Tie ran over with his little friend.

"What's the matter, brother An?"

"You guys are okay, come and help me wash the potatoes if you're okay."

All of them were very willing to ask Zhang An to ask them to do something.

Because from past experience, every time Zhang An asked them to work, he would give them some hard work.

This is the treatment that you can't get at home. After all, all the work at home is for nothing, and if you don't do it well, you will be beaten and scolded.

Zhang An didn't give much money, just a dime each time.

This dime sounds small, but it is the most appropriate.

Because if there are too many Zhang An, it is easy to get them used to bad habits.

If you have money, you will turn bad. This is not just for men, it applies to everyone.

Children of this age are no exception.

Now a dime can buy a lot of things, enough for them to buy the snacks they want.

And it can also teach them a truth in advance.

It means that if you want to get what you want, you have to put in practical actions.

This is the truth that their generation must know in society.

Especially Zhang Tie, who knows how to save money now that he has money and doesn't spend it.

The dolls in the village do what they say, without any hesitation
One and two found a handful of hay and squatted down next to the big potato pot.

He picked up his sleeves, held a large potato in one hand, and washed it with a grass handle in the other.

With their help, Zhang An quickly washed a big pot of potatoes.

Later, Zhang An asked them to continue washing, while he picked up a knife and started chopping the potatoes in the basin.

Many people saw that their children loved to help Zhang An, but most of them thought it was nothing.

On the contrary, I think Zhang An is helping them control the baby, which is a good thing.

Compared with letting them run around, it is more reassuring to just squat in one place and play.

And there are a few adults who feel a little uncomfortable, why should they order our children.

It's just that they knew that Zhang An gave the money, so they felt nothing.

Later, when Zhang An knew about it, he stopped calling their children to help with things, and didn't want to leave a quarrel with others.

Zhang An used a stubble knife at first, but in the end he found that the chopping speed of the stubble knife was not as fast as that of a kitchen knife.

I decisively replaced it with a large kitchen knife at home, and the speed really increased.

Moreover, Zhang An felt that even a kitchen knife was not enough, so he started chopping with both hands.

After a while, I chopped a big pot.

Zhang An chopped the potatoes very finely, because the starch was in the flesh of the potatoes.

The more starch you get, the more you chop it finely.

Soak the chopped potato pieces in clean water and wash them back and forth several times.

The starch in the potatoes is dissolved in the water, wait until the water in the basin is clear.

I just fished out the potato pieces, which can be used to feed pigs or fish later.

In this way, a pot of starch came out.

"Brother An, are you making potato flour?"

Zhang Tie and the others saw Zhang An doing this, so they asked Zhang An.

"Yeah, I'm making powder."

"Then we don't need any money. After you make the flour, you can stir the potato flour for us to eat."

It can be seen that these little kids also like to eat yam paste, and now they don't even want money, and want Zhang An to make it for them.

"You guys like to eat too, you don't even need money."

"Hey, brother An, you can't buy potato paste with money, and my mother won't make it for me."

These little ghosts are now talking and pretending, a bit like combing their hair to look like adults, imitating the way adults speak.

"Okay, you can wash it with oil, and I'll give you the money, and when it's dry, I'll make potato batter for you."

"Great."

Hearing Zhang An's words, these Piwazi were very happy.

When washing potatoes and sweet potatoes one by one, they are more serious.

After chopping the first pot, there is a second pot.

It took Zhang An a whole morning to chop, and the more than 100 catties of potatoes he took out from the cellar were considered completed.

The starch content of potatoes is generally around 15.00% to 20.00%.

Especially the potatoes dug out during this period should have the highest starch content throughout the year.

Zhang An reckoned that it would have weighed twenty or thirty catties after being dried in the sun.

After taking the precipitated potato starch to the third floor to dry, Zhang An was ready to start chopping sweet potatoes.

It's time for everyone to eat now, and the children in the yard were also called back to eat by the adults.

Before they left, they still reluctantly looked at Zhang An's yam powder.

Zhang An smiled, took out some change, and distributed it to them one by one.

Let them come back in the evening, the potato flour is not dry yet.

When it dries in the evening, it's time to stir them into a potato batter.

When they heard what Zhang An said, they went home to eat.

After dinner in the afternoon, seeing Zhang An making powder, Wang Fang also started to prepare some dried sweet potatoes.

Dried sweet potatoes are also dried sweet potatoes, and the method is also very simple.

Wash the sweet potatoes, you can peel them or not, cut them into strips and put them in the pot to cook.

But it can't be overcooked, otherwise it will be easy to paste, or it will be broken directly.

Generally, when the water in the pot is boiled, the sweet potato fries in the pot have to be taken out.

When fishing, try to be lighter, otherwise it is easy to break.

After the sweet potato fries are cooked, they will be taken to dry.

If you want dried sweet potatoes to be delicious, you can't save the effort of steaming and drying them three times.

Now everyone doesn’t have any snacks, and people with children usually make some, and usually give them as snacks.

Not many people are willing to do it in later generations, mainly because there are factories specializing in it, and it is quite cheap to buy it in a store.

But no matter how cheap the store sells it, it’s better to make it clean at home, so you can rest assured.

When it was dark and night, all the dolls who came to wash potatoes and sweet potatoes during the day came to Zhang An's house.

Zhang An is considered a big foodie, and these are considered snacks.

Take the recovered potato flour, take out some and pour it into the pot and start to adjust.

This time I did a bit too much, just using chopsticks is no longer enough.

Zhang An could only use a spoon to break up the starch.

Because it is too much, the method of brewing with boiling water will not work.

It can only be placed on the fire while heating and stirring slowly.

Zhang An also took out bee sugar and dripped some into it, but not too much.

Because Zhang An's honey is very sweet, putting it too sweet will easily affect the taste of the potato paste.

When Zhang An was stirring the pot on the fire, the dolls below were a little impatient.

One by one, they lay down on the side of the coal stove and looked at Zhang An, their saliva almost flowed out.

Finally, under their eager eyes, a pot of yam paste was ready.

Zhang An only poured out half a bowl of flour, but it turned out to be a big pot.

Zhang An shouted, Zhang Tie had already taken the bowl out of the cupboard.

When he came to Zhang An's house, it was like returning to his own home.

Zhang An scooped up a bowl for them all by himself, and asked them to eat it by themselves, being careful not to burn it.

In the end, there was still a lot left in the pot, watching them eat very deliciously.

Zhang An's glutton also came out, took a bowl and scooped a bowl for himself and started to eat.

Well, it still tastes like when I was a child, much better than sesame paste.

The children around the table ate very carefully one by one.

They all eat bit by bit with chopsticks, reluctant to take a big bite.

It's a bit like when Zhang An was a child, he bought a popsicle and didn't want to bite it.

He just licked it with his tongue, as if he was afraid that he would finish it in two bites.

It seems that I am afraid that I will finish eating in two bites, and then I can only see others eating.

"Hurry up and eat, I still have some in this pot, and there will be half a bowl for each person later."

Seeing that they were reluctant to eat, Zhang An had no choice but to speak.

Now that they heard what Zhang An said, they ate more.

After they had finished eating, Zhang An started to clean up the dishes.

Xiao Tangyuan, who ran out to play with everyone, ran back again.

"What's the matter, little glutinous rice balls?"

"Uncle An, let me wash the dishes for you."

It turned out that this little guy thought that he should help wash the dishes after eating by himself.

No one else came, she was the only one thinking about it.

"Go and play with them, I'll wash these bowls in a while, and you can't reach our sink."

Zhang An smiled and told her that this is why Zhang An liked this little girl better.

Although young, she is very sensible and polite.

(End of this chapter)