The black-bellied prince: the little princess of the chef

Chapter 3 Hot and sour jelly
The lower village of Pingle Village is not big, and the population here is no more than [-] households.Most of the people in Pingle Village are surnamed Xun, and most of the Xun family lives in Upper Village of Pingle Village, which is the upper reaches of the Xiaoqing River. It is a big village with forty or fifty families.

Not far from Ye's house is the winding Xiaoqing River.The river surface is not wide, the river water is not deep, the river water is clear, you can see groups of small fish swimming close in the water, and then leave with their tails.

Regardless of whether it is the upper village or the lower village of Pingle Village, the ancestors have relied on the water of the Xiaoqing River for generations. They regard this river as their mother river and never throw things into the river. They protect this river very well.

The patriarch and Li Zheng even gave an order that fishing should be divided into seasons. When the fish and shrimp breeding season came, the villagers would not be able to fish, so that the fish and shrimp could multiply.

Ye Qing was sitting by the river, throwing stones into the water one by one, seeing the stones sinking into the water with a plop, startling the fish and shrimps around, circles of water ripples formed on the surface of the water, towards Ripples in the middle of the river.

Ye Junbei ate the last bite of sweet potato, sat down next to Ye Qing, rubbed his hands on his body, stroked Ye Qing's fluffy hair, and coaxed her in a low voice: "Sister, put it down, try to see Looking far away, there are plenty of good men, why be unhappy about a bitch? Look, that man not far away might be your ideal husband-in-law!"

Ye Qing didn't say a word, but turned his head to look at Ye Junbei.At the age of eighteen or nineteen, with a square face and dark skin due to long hours of hard work in the fields, it gives people a maturity that does not match their age.His eyebrows were thick and thick, and his eyes were clear and bright. At this moment, he was looking at himself seriously.

"Brother, who said I was thinking about that scumbag?" She didn't have time to think about that Chen Shimei!

"Ah?" Ye Junbei was astonished, retracted his hand in surprise, and subconsciously fed his hand into his mouth.After a while, he said again, "It's best not to think about it anymore, but why are you still not happy? Parents have been worried for several days. When you wake up, you should..."

"Brother, are sweet potatoes delicious?"

When Ye Junbei was asked so nonchalantly by his sister, he didn't understand where it was at all.Dun Dun sweet potatoes are not tasty at all, but they can't eat the food at home if they have to sell it in the town for some money.Moreover, there was a severe drought last year, and it is good that they still have sweet potatoes to fill their stomachs at this time this year, so there is no time to think about whether the sweet potatoes are delicious!
"Is it delicious?"

Ye Qing asked again, Ye Junbei mechanically shook his head, he ate the sweet potato, he was flustered after eating it.However, if you don’t eat, you will be hungry!
"Little sister, don't you want to eat sweet potatoes? Then brother go down to the river today and get you some fish?"

Although fishing is now prohibited, but for the sake of his sister, he can't control so much.At most, he would be caught and sent to Lizheng and the patriarch to be scolded, but it was worth it to let my sister try something new!

Ye Qing turned around, looked into the distance, stood up after a while, pulled Ye Junbei up, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I saw the stone mill next door, you go to grind it, let's have delicious food tonight!"

"Delicious, what's delicious? Besides sweet potatoes, what else can we eat deliciously?"

Ye Qing thought that the sweet potatoes would be hard to swallow if they were boiled directly, if they were eaten as a refreshing hot and sour jelly, it would be delicious and delicious, it would definitely improve everyone's food.It's just that there is no ready-made sweet potato starch, so I have to grind it myself.

When she went out and wandered around, she actually saw a stone mill in the backyard of the house next door.She is a skilled cook, but she is not good at manual work.Coupled with Ye Qing's body that can be blown down by the wind, the heavy work of grinding and grinding naturally fell on Ye Junbei, who made him a brother who loves girls like crazy?

"Qingqing, is the hot and sour jelly you mentioned really delicious?"

When Xu saw her son and daughter grinding up and ruining the family's food like this, her heart was bleeding.What if a family's food ration is wasted?Why did this girl Qingqing act strangely after waking up?
She has never heard of hot and sour jelly, where did this girl hear about it?That's all it is, how can she do it?

"Mom, don't worry, just wait!"

Ye Qing poured the chopped sweet potatoes into the mouth of the stone mill, and added water, Ye Junbei was dubious, but the work in hand did not drop at all.

Mrs. Zhang stood aside and watched silently, her eyes full of surprise.

Grinding over ten catties of sweet potatoes, and taking a bucket of sweet potato juice, Ye Junbei complied with Ye Qing's request, took the juice home and poured it into a large pot to boil.Mrs. Zhang accompanied her to clean up the stone mill before thanking her and going home.

"Qingqing, is the sweet potato jelly you said true?"

Ye Qing nodded, then said, "Sister-in-law should eat more tonight." After saying that, he trotted into the kitchen!

At this time, a large pot of juice water is almost boiling!
Ye Qing was pleasantly surprised to put the gauze that Mrs. Zhang had washed and put aside to dry in the Shakei, staring at the pot with bright eyes, and when the water boiled, he used a gourd spoon to scoop the juice into the Shakei and filter it.I can only hear the sound of filtered water flowing into the bottom of the bucket under the bamboo shaukei, which is as sweet as a clear spring!
Seeing Ye Qing's skillful movements, Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were completely stunned.This girl is a female celebrity all day long and rarely cooks. When did she become so proficient in cooking?

Before a few people came back to their senses, Ye Qing had already filtered all the juice, removed the scum, and poured it into a clean cauldron.

"Brother, put down the fire, let's make a small fire!"

"Oh!"

Ye Junbei did as he did, and Ye Qing slowly stirred the filtered juice with a spatula, as time passed, the white juice under Ye Qing's hands slowly changed color, turning light brown.

Become!

Ye Qing was pleasantly surprised, took out the discolored juice and poured it into five large bowls, filled one by one, and put the rest into a basin.

"Okay, let's go out!"

"All right?"

Seeing the sticky juice, Xu felt distressed and dripped blood.So many sweet potatoes are wasted like this, hey, girl!
But what can she say?The daughter was wronged, and she took sweet potatoes to vent her anger and ruined the family's food. Could it be possible for him to beat her or scold her?
"Qingqing, this..."

Mrs. Zhang looked at the pots and pans of juice with a look of astonishment and bewilderment. Sure enough, she couldn't have too much hope!

"Sister, is this jelly?" Ye Junbei looked excited, his eyes glowing like a wolf and a tiger.As long as you don't eat sweet potatoes, you can drink soup!

Ye Qing glanced at Ye Junbei in surprise, and then nodded. It's still his elder brother who believes in her and has a good eye. Giving him an extra bowl at night is a reward.

"Well, you can eat it when it's cold and frozen, and it's just right for dinner!"

(End of this chapter)