My village can't be like this

Chapter 431 Like Tutu
  "Sister Lan is here, come and try the peach gum gum I just made."

Zhou Lan just came over, and Li Yao, who had been bouncing around just now, immediately succumbed and looked like a good boy, completely losing his liveliness.

One can imagine how much this child is afraid of his fucking majesty.

"Why is this candy so soft yet so chewy? It's still warm to the touch. It must have just been made."

The two families had known each other for several years, and Zhou Lan was not polite to Zhang An. She took a piece from the basket and put it in her mouth.

After just a little chewing, Zhou Lan fell in love with the texture. It was soft, glutinous, and bouncy, which was different from sticky corn candy.

"Hmm, I made this in the afternoon. I just poured it into the mold and set the shape. It hasn't completely cooled yet, but these little naughty eggs can't wait any longer, so I took it out first to satisfy their cravings."

If you want to store it, you must wait until it is completely cooled.

But these are all taken out and eaten immediately, so there is no need to worry about it so much.

"I heard you said it's called peach gum gum. Are they made of peach gum?"

"It's made of peach gum, and it's the peach gum I just took back yesterday. It's still fresh. If Sister Lan likes to eat it, she can take some more back later. I made more than a hundred kilograms today..."

Zhang An also made some last year, but not much, so he didn't share it. Most of it went into Su Ying's mouth.

We have done so much this year, and we must share some of what we have to give among our friends and family.

"Okay, this candy is soft and glutinous. Yaoyao's grandparents will definitely be able to eat it."

Zhou Lan originally wanted to refuse, but after hearing from Zhang An that he had done a lot, he declined.

Her own parents-in-law are elderly and have bad teeth, so they rarely eat these foods.

Now, the gummy made by Zhang An does not require too much teeth, and the two old people can definitely eat it.

Moreover, the candy tasted like cherry, and she liked it very much.

Zhang An returned home and took out a mold. The fudge inside had almost cooled down.

So he poured out a plate, sprinkled it with powdered sugar, and loaded Zhou Lan with more than ten kilograms.

"Zhang An, don't decorate it. Just give me a few kilograms. You won't be able to finish it if you give me so much."

More than ten kilograms of gummy candies is not a lot, and it takes some effort to carry it into a big bag.

"Take it back. You can use it as a snack for Li Yao. Although this candy is sweet, it is different from other candies. If you eat too much, it will not damage your teeth. It will save him the need to buy snacks every day."

Many people know that eating too much sugar will damage your teeth, because there are many real-life examples.

Because these days, even if the policies are very strict, there are still many families with many children at home.

Many children cannot get breast milk, and milk powder is very expensive, so most of them grow up drinking sugar water and rice soup.

Don’t look down on white sugar, because many people simply can’t afford it.

After eating for a long time, many children's deciduous teeth are damaged.

There is a family in Changqing. Their grandson has almost lost all his teeth because he drank sugar water since he was a child.

Zhang An had seen this kind of situation, and his child was the most serious.

The child is now four or five years old, and it is not yet time for his teeth to grow. He doesn’t know if he will be able to grow new teeth after his baby teeth are replaced.

As for diabetes, it’s not that fashionable right now.

In this day and age, it is really rare to hear of people with diabetes, especially in rural areas.

After all, it is a disease of wealth. You have to eat well and drink well, but you also have to do nothing.

If nothing else, it's simply impossible in the village.

Even Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo, although their living standards are better, they still go to the fields often, and what they eat has been consumed long ago, so there is no way it can have any negative effects.

"You know how to pamper him. Your grandparents pamper him at home, and you will pamper him when he comes out."

When it came to Li Yao's frequent shopping for snacks, Zhou Lan didn't refuse.

Because even though Li Yao, a little guy, was banned from pocket money by his mother.

But there is no airtight wall in this world, and if Zhou Lan doesn't give it, there are still two old people like his grandparents.

After all, Li Yao is their grandson, although in their hearts they don't think Zhou Lan made a mistake in disciplining Li Yao.

But the second elder still doted on Li Yao for no reason, and often secretly gave Li Yao pocket money.

Of course Zhou Lan knew about this, but he didn't say it out loud, turning a blind eye and pretending he didn't know.

Because ultimately, she just wanted Li Yao to be more obedient.

Zhou Lan also didn't want Li Yao to eat too many snacks, but she had no choice. She knew that her son had no time in his mouth. The more he was not allowed to buy, the more he would avoid buying.

So it would be a good idea to take these candies back and give them to him as snacks. After all, they are made by Zhang An himself, so they are more reliable than those things.

After Zhou Lan left, Zhang An poured out all the fudge from the mold, mixed it with powdered sugar and filled it all.

"Is anyone home?"

At this time, there was a sound of knocking at the door.

"Yes, it's Grandma Lu. You can come in directly."

Zhang An went out to take a look and found that she was an old woman, a resident of Dongli Courtyard.

"There are too many big dogs in your house. They are scary to look at. Don't dare to go in if no one is home."

Xiaohu and these big dogs will make even young people feel angry when they come, let alone the elderly Grandma Lu.

"It's okay. I'll drive them away. You can just come in."

Zhang An is not like others, telling people everywhere that his dog is very good and does not bite.

There is no dog in the world that doesn't bite, especially my own dogs.

Zhang An waved his hand, and the tiger cubs lying on the ground immediately understood and immediately got up and returned to their kennels.

"Zhang An, help me catch a rooster and a rabbit. The rabbit doesn't need to be too fat."

After entering the yard, Grandma Lu told Zhang An the business of coming here. She was here to buy live chickens.

There are not many residents in Dongli Courtyard, there are already more than a dozen families.

For their sake, the village also picked a place on the grain drying ground as Changqing's vegetable market.

Every morning, people in the village would bring what they had at home to sell, including radish, cabbage, eggs, duck eggs, etc.

Although it is not very complete, it is already very good.

Even Lin Youde himself collaborated with his brother to buy pigs and kill them. His brother sold them in the town and he sold them in the village.

But if you want to buy live chickens and ducks, you can't buy them at the grain drying farm.

Because people don’t want this thing every day. Catching it every day is just a waste of effort and can easily scare them. After all, chickens and ducks are notoriously timid.

So if they want to buy poultry on a whim, they have to buy it at the villagers' homes.

Zhang An sets high prices for his chickens, ducks, and even eggs because he doesn't want to compete with other villagers for profit.

In this way, if others want to buy, they will first go to the villagers in the village.

After all, the money is nothing to him, but it is not a small amount to the villagers.

However, the aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, and the same is true for their chicken, duck and goose. Because it is delicious, it is remembered by people.

Although the price is relatively expensive, sometimes those in the city who want to eat delicious food will come to their homes to buy it.

Just like Grandma Lu today, she has come to their house to buy chickens several times since she moved here.

"Then you and I will go to the circle and have a look. Can we pick which one you like?"

Zhang An was afraid that what he caught would not be to the old lady's liking, so he planned to take the old lady to the chicken coop to pick out the chickens himself. Of course Grandma Lu is very happy. If she can choose by herself, she must choose one that she is satisfied with.

"Grandma Lu, you can't choose except for the one standing and sleeping over there. Point to the other ones that you like, and I'll catch them for you."

Zhang An pointed to the big sleeping rooster standing on the chicken stand and said, because that rooster was the one Wang Fang kept as a breeder chicken, and it was very precious.

Moreover, its status in the chicken flock is unusual. There will be no chickens around it competing with it for position. This is a sign of leadership.

"Haha, you don't need to tell me, my old lady knows."

The first time she came here to buy chickens, she took a fancy to the big rooster.

It's just that Wang Fang didn't agree to sell it to her no matter how much money she paid.

"Xiao Zhang, just the one in the corner."

Grandma Lu looked around the chicken pen and finally found the big rooster she was satisfied with.

Zhang An grabbed a handful of chicken food and walked over, scattered it on the ground to attract all the chickens around him, and then immediately caught the one pointed by Grandma Lu.

In fact, if the chickens are not caught for food, the chickens will not hide from Zhang An.

But Zhang An didn't want Mrs. Lu to think that these chickens were stupid, because they were really not stupid.

After catching the chicken, Zhang An took the old lady to the rabbit pen again.

But this rabbit is not so easy to choose, because all the rabbits in Zhang An's family are quite fat.

If Mrs. Lu wants a rabbit that is not too fat, she needs to spend some time selecting it slowly.

"Xiao Zhang, you'd better kill it for me."

After catching both the rabbit and the chicken, Mrs. Lu asked Zhang An to help kill them.

The first time she came to buy chickens, she brought them back shortly after catching them and asked Zhang An's family to help butcher them.

This is because Zhang An’s chickens are too energetic and different from other chickens.

Mrs. Lu and Mr. Lu are old, so it is not easy to kill them.

The chicken was killed by Mr. Lu. There was a big hole under the neck, but it couldn't die and could still run around.

So whenever they came to buy chickens later, they would ask Zhang An's family to help butcher them.

"Okay Grandma Lu, do you want this rabbit with skin or without skin?"

Zhang Jianguo usually helps with this matter, but today he is not here, so he can only ask Zhang An, but killing chickens and rabbits is just an easy thing for Zhang An.

"Oh? What's the difference between the one with skin and the one without skin?"

Mrs. Lu rarely eats rabbits at home, so she doesn’t know much about it.

"When fried with the skin on, it will be more pliable, tender and crispy. If it is cooked without the skin, it will be more tender and smooth."

Zhang An's family usually eats rabbits with their skins on, just like beef and mutton.

"Then let's keep the skin on."

The old lady decided to keep the skin on without even thinking about it.

After all, we are from the south, and like mutton, most people like to eat it with the skin on.

It took some time to butcher the big rooster and rabbit. The old lady paid the money and thanked her before going home.

I looked at the time and it was almost time to make dinner.

Zhang An walked to the kitchen and looked at the white fungus he had soaked in the morning. It was now soaked.

So I washed the foamed white fungus and put it into a casserole along with the peach gum left at noon to prepare a pot of peach gum and white fungus soup.

He prepared this for his wife and mother, because this thing has the effect of beautifying the face, replenishing qi and activating blood circulation, and is a treasure for women.

Moreover, Zhang An used space spring water to brew it, so the effect is definitely better.

In the evening, when Zhang An and his family were having dinner, Mrs. Lu came over again.

This time she also brought a child with her, who seemed to be her grandson.

The child seemed to have just cried, and was sobbing a little, with tears on his face.

"Grandma Lu, come and have dinner with us."

Regardless of whether they are relatives or not, if someone comes to your door during meal time, it is normal etiquette to greet them.

"No, no, I've already prepared it at home. I came here now because I wanted to buy two more rabbits. I'm really sorry for disturbing your meal."

Mrs. Lu quickly waved her hand, declined the invitation from Zhang An's family, and then explained her purpose.

"Okay, I'll take you to catch the rabbit, but if you want to kill the rabbit, you have to wait a while because the boiled water has run out."

In the afternoon, Mrs. Lu just bought a rabbit weighing about four or five pounds, and now she wants to buy two more. Maybe there are guests at home.

However, Zhang An didn't ask. After all, they were not relatives or neighbors, and they hadn't gotten to know each other very well yet.

People are here for consumption, as long as you can hide their needs from others, it's inappropriate to ask so many questions.

But as soon as Zhang An finished speaking, Mrs. Lu's grandson, who had been sobbing just now, immediately started crying.

This shocked Zhang An, who thought he had made the child cry.

"Oh, okay, okay, Rarity, if you don't cry, we won't kill the rabbit, let's take it back and raise it for you, okay?"

When Mrs. Lu saw her grandson crying, she quickly knelt down and comforted him.

Coaxing him from left to right, it took him some time to coax the little guy to behave.

But her little turned-up nose was still twitching, and she felt like she could cry at any time.

"Xiao Zhang, I don't need to kill the rabbits I want to buy this time. Please help me find two smaller ones. They don't need to be too big and can be fed."

After coaxing her grandson, the old lady smiled bitterly and started talking to Zhang An.

It turns out that the old lady came to buy rabbits in the afternoon just for her grandson.

Because her son called in the morning and said he would bring his grandson over to see them.

Of course Old Mrs. Lu was very happy, so she prepared delicious food and drinks.

While on the phone, the grandson kept telling the two elders that he wanted rabbits, because the old lady mentioned Zhang An’s rabbits on the phone.

The grandson started talking, so when the old lady went to Zhang An's house to buy chickens, she also bought a rabbit.

It's just that she misunderstood the meaning. Her grandson liked living things, but she thought they were delicious.

So, after she finished cooking the rabbit meat, her grandson came over and called his grandma for the rabbit.

The old lady happily pointed to the braised rabbit meat and spicy pepper rabbit on the table to show to her grandson.

Her grandson saw that there were plates of food instead of hopping rabbits, so he started howling.

Only then did they realize that their grandson liked living rabbits.

Seeing their grandson crying so sadly, the two elders could only coax him and tell him to take him to Tutu.

Ever since, there was an incident where the old lady didn't even eat and took her grandson to Zhang An's house to buy rabbits.

"Okay, I'll pick two for you that are easy to feed."

Zhang An was also a little bit confused about whether to laugh or cry at this time. It seemed that the child's crying was really his own fault.

Because he just said he wanted to kill the rabbit, it was probably those words that made the little kid cry.

(End of this chapter)