A happy wife and a bun

Chapter 278.

There is a stone mortar in front of Li's house, the kind that is buried in the ground and stepped on with your feet.

Usually, the stone mortar is just to pound some powdered beans or peanut noodles, wheat millet and so on.

When you really want to smash the chili powder, you have to choose a separate day and pack it well, in case a wind blows, it will make people feel spicy.

Zhao Hongmei called her man to help grind the mill and asked Dani to fill in the beans.

And Zhao Hongmei was waiting in the kitchen, waiting for Rong Qiqi to dry the spicy kang.

This chili is not enough to use dried chili.

To choose dried hot peppers, wash them with water. There is dust on the hot peppers that have been dried for a long time.

Then dry it on the kang a little bit in the pot.

It's not just one pass.

If it feels almost dry, take it out to dry for a while, the spicy pepper will regain moisture, and then put it in the dry pot.

Repeat this three times before bringing it to the mortar and start smashing.

At this time, use a small broom made of sorghum spikes to keep sweeping the surrounding peppers, lest the peppers come out.

And this job is the most painful, because it will irritate the eyes.

While Zhao Hongmei and a few children were smashing chili peppers outside, Rong Qiqi started to fry peppercorns and sesame seeds again.

It's okay to say that peppercorns can be crushed even if they are fried, but sesame seeds can't be used.

If it is fried, it will taste very bitter.

So Rong Qiqi fried the sesame seeds first, and then the peppercorns.

Put the fried sesame seeds aside, but bring the fried peppercorns to the door and throw them into the chili.

In this way, the aroma of the spicy pepper is perfectly combined with the hemp of the peppercorns.

Afterwards, Rong Qiqi added some spices that she usually made.

Sieve out the smashed hot peppers, and make hot sauce separately from the coarse and fine pepper noodles.

Rong Qiqi prefers to eat chili oil.

Maybe this is a hobby of many people.

Rong Qiqi used sheep oil, because the suet made from lard is too cold and tastes too greasy to make chili oil.

Not as delicious as suet's came.

In fact, it is better to use soybean oil or sunflower oil.

This is not willing to part with it.

At the foot of the mountain, they are more fond of animal oil.

Stir the chili powder and crushed salt evenly, and then pour the hot sheep oil on top little by little.

While pouring the hot oil, stir quickly.

The unique taste of mutton oil and the aroma of chili peppers stimulated by hot oil make the mouth water.

The children were so greedy that they wanted to dig and eat.

The weather is very cold, so the chili oil will solidify soon.

Rong Qiqi was very happy when she saw the chili oil she had made.

Dig a spoonful of this when eating noodles, and the taste is absolutely amazing.

And Zhao Hongmei's man and Dani also finished grinding the beans.

"Don't look, I'll order tofu later, and you can eat it with chili oil!"

How could Rong Qiqi let a few children really dig chili oil to eat?

Seeing the mention of the filtered bean juice in the kitchen, Rong Qiqi put the big iron pot on the stand, and poured two buckets of bean juice into it.

Boiling soybean juice is a patient job. It is not enough to boil it. It must be stirred all the time to prevent the pot from overflowing, and also to prevent it from being boiled, and the taste will be very bad.

"Big sister, I'll go get the brine!"

Zhao Hongmei thought about the bittern she bought at the market before, afraid that Rong Qiqi might not have it here.

How could Rong Qiqi not prepare, how about making tofu?

"Sister-in-law, don't be so busy, help me keep an eye on the pot, and I'll knock some brine!"

Bittern is a kind of pink crystal, very cheap, a piece costs only a few cents, and a pot of soybean juice needs at most a little bit of leftover water.

Rong Qiqi melted the bittern with warm water, then took the ladle from Zhao Hongmei's hand.

Stir constantly, and watch the changes of the soybean juice constantly.

Zhao Hongmei was very moved when she saw the milky white bean juice and smelled the slowly changing smell of beans:

"I haven't eaten tofu for a long time. I didn't expect to be able to make tofu this year!"

There were disasters in the past two years, where can anyone know how to make tofu?

In addition, the beans in the village are not only used for planting, but also used as rations for cattle.

Really, cows at this time eat beans.

As for the reason, Rong Qiqi couldn't remember.

"Then let's eat enough today, I still have some beans left over, at worst, I'll make another pot at the end of the year!"

Looking at the little heads slapped outside the kitchen, Rong Qiqi simply didn't plan to make today's tofu into shape, and it is estimated that one person can finish a bowl.

Zhao Hongmei nodded when she saw the expectant eyes of the children.

Isn't it just some beans, she can still take them out.

The kids outside were all excited.

If you want to eat a full set of tofu, the tofu must be indispensable.

Rong Qiqi scooped out the soy milk that had boiled for a long time, one bowl per person, sprinkle some sugar if you like it sweet, add salt if you like it salty.

Rong Qiqi likes the original flavor, and he drank a bowl by himself, feeling comfortable all over.

Then start the brine.

Because I thought I could make tofu if I couldn’t eat it, so I didn’t make tender tofu nao. There was a little more salt in it, and all of them became tofu flowers.

At this time, the tofu has been removed from the fire, so it must be stirred constantly, and then wait for the tofu to start to solidify slowly.

"Sister-in-law, watch out, I'll make some sauce!"

Anyway, eat all of them, so eat to your heart's content.

Rong Qiqi is confident that the sauce she made herself will not be bad.

At this time, there is soy sauce and vinegar, and it is brewed from real grains, so there is no need to worry about counterfeiting.

Blend according to a certain ratio, then add some mashed garlic and two drops of sesame oil.

Serve with chilli oil and serve on the table.

Bowls of bean curd were served out.

The children were all excited and began to add sauces according to their own preferences.

Moreover, Rong Qiqi also took out the chive flower sauce made in autumn, and scooped up a spoonful of it, it was delicious as hell.

Plus the chilli oil you just made.

This smell is definitely far away.

Then someone knocked on the door to beg for food.

"Big Brother and Big Sister, please do me a favor! Pity us, there is really nothing we can do!"

There was the mother and son kneeling on the stone slab with a cane at the door, Rong Qiqi didn't expect a beggar to come.

Zhao Hongmei took a bun and handed it to them, telling them to go.

But the mother and son smelled the bean curd and insisted on begging for a bowl.

Rong Qiqi thought that it was doing a good deed, so he gave each of them a bowl.

The results also give cause and effect.

People stay at the door and don't leave, uh.

"Are all the beggars so powerful these days?"

Rong Qiqi asked Zhao Hongmei curiously.

Zhao Hongmei was also pissed off, eating well, disgusted by such a mother and son.

What the hell reason is to take them in for food?

"Sister, sister-in-law will handle this matter, you go first."

Rong Qiqi nodded.

If it was her, just throw it out.

The most annoying people who don't measure up.

There are so many poor people. In winter, there are people who come to beg for food every day.

Looking really pitiful, Rong Qiqi would not let him leave empty-handed, but that doesn't mean he would be willing to be relied upon.

"Big sister, look at the conditions of your family, take our mother and son to live, and we work for you, how can you have the heart to drive us away?"

(End of this chapter)