sultry

Chapter 260

The three mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking with different expressions, and then a little girl outside came to report: "Sister-in-law Wang, who is in charge of the small kitchen, is here."

Su Jin thought that Mrs. Wang came to ask for instructions because she couldn't make up her mind about dinner, so she ordered her to come in.

Who knew that Mrs. Wang knelt down after she came in, and seeing her red eyes from crying, Su Jin hurriedly got her up and asked her what was going on.

Sister-in-law Wang choked up and said, "I don't know who was so careless and poured water on a bag of wheat, and the bag of wheat sprouted."

At this time, food is in short supply, and that bag of wheat weighs more than a hundred catties!This is a waste of food.

After listening to Mrs. Wang's words, no one in the room spoke.Su Jin told Lichun and Lixia to take care of the three children, and then said to her mother-in-law: Go to the kitchen and have a look by yourself.Then he took Sister-in-law Tian and Qingcha Jasmine, and followed Sister-in-law Wang to the small kitchen.

The small kitchen of Chunxi Courtyard is not far from the main room.When Su Jin walked over, she looked at the girls and women along the way.They all held their breath, not even daring to let out the air.

Su Jin frowned, secretly thinking: Am I that unreasonable?Just for a sack of wheat, how else can I punish you?
After entering the small kitchen, I saw a sack connected to the door of the small warehouse, because the wheat inside had germinated and had deformed.

"Open the bag, let me have a look." Sister-in-law Wang stepped forward to open the bag herself, looking at the sprouts of wheat inside, Su Jin fell into deep thought.

Such a large bag of wheat weighs at least one hundred and eighty catties.It's such a pity to throw it away.If other people know about it, they might not be able to bury it in the Junjun's mansion, it's too prodigal!
But this germinated wheat can’t be eaten, can’t be eaten, can’t it be eaten?Suddenly a thought flashed through Su Jin's mind, so fast that she couldn't grasp the clue.

But she was not reconciled, and went through her thoughts again, and finally thought of how to make up for it.

"Sister-in-law Wang, you take someone to pour out the wheat, spread it in several big baskets, and put it on the big kang that is burning with fire, so that the wheat sprouts will grow again, and then soak some glutinous rice."

After giving these orders, Su Jin returned to the main room.When Mao saw it, he hurriedly asked, "How far has the wheat germinated? Is it really not edible?"

"Mother, don't worry, I'm thinking about it and see if I can do something else."

"Wheat that has sprouted, what else can I do?"

"I'll give it a try. It will take two days to know if it succeeds or not."

When Gu Chen came back at night, he also knew that the wheat at home had germinated.Just tell the servants at home, especially those in the kitchen and warehouse, you must be careful in the future.When something like this happens, it's one thing to ruin things. If it spreads outside, what will people outside think about the people of our county government?

Hearing Gu Chen's words, only the family knew the seriousness of the situation. Fortunately, Su Jin told everyone not to speak out when something happened. Except for the people in Chunxi's courtyard, only Mao and Jiang Xiaoyu knew about it.

The next day, Su Jin instructed Wang's sister-in-law to chop up the three-to-four centimeters of malt sprouts, mix them with steamed glutinous rice, and put them in a warm place to ferment.
Sister-in-law Wang got orders from her grandma, and she and another woman in the kitchen watched in shifts.I didn't go to see my grandma until I saw the fermented water, which was almost the same as what the grandma said.

Su Jin came over to see that it was almost done, so she asked them to do as they said, filter out the fermented juice, and boil it over medium heat to make it sticky.The process is to keep stirring, not to paste the pot, and to beat the white foam floating on it.

When the first pot of amber-colored maltose came out, Su Jin asked to put it into a clay pot and carry it back to her room.

While the next pot was being boiled, Su Jin asked to boil it for a while longer, and asked Erlang and Saburo to help them make peanut candy wrapped in crushed peanuts.

The eyes of those who have tasted it are brightened, they have never tasted such sweet candy before.Su Jin asked each courtyard to send a plate.Looking at this basket of peanut candies again, someone filled three portions and sent them to Prince Cheng's Mansion and the General's Mansion respectively.

Who knew that the boy who went to Chengwang's mansion to deliver candy came back with Manager Yang.Manager Yang came in and asked, "Sister, how much peanut candy is there?"

"There's still half a basket left!"

"Sister, take our house to see!"

"Okay!" Su Jin took him to the kitchen, saw the half-basket of peanut candy, Manager Yang picked up the basket and walked out without saying a word.He still didn't forget to tell Su Jin: "Sister, you are doing more, this old brother took it away first."

Looking at the back of Chief Manager Yang, Su Jin became annoyed. After two days of busy work at home, she only got one dish in one yard, and even Cheng Wang's mansion ran away with the bamboo baskets.

Looking at the eager ones, who came to ask for peanut candy, big and small children, Su Jin resigned to her fate and asked Mrs. Wang to take someone to soak wheat.

In the evening, when Gu Chen took a bite, his wife couldn't help but praise the peanut candy she had secretly hidden for him. "It's delicious! Daughter-in-law, this is the best candy I've ever eaten."

Gu Chen is not exaggerating at all, the sugar at this time is not purely sweet, but also mixed with some other flavors, like the sugar made by Su Jin, not only has no peculiar smell, but is also very mellow.That Ji Shun refused to let Lian Woduan, how could he be worthy of him!

Looking at the two treasures who were so greedy that they were drooling, Gu Chen secretly put a small piece into their mouths while the daughter-in-law was not paying attention.

Although, the daughter-in-law refused to give Liang Bao candy any more, for fear of affecting their teeth.But he couldn't bear to see the cute little children.

Gu Chen secretly gave the candy to Liang Bao, and made a silent gesture, meaning: Don't let your mother know.Otherwise, I will be dealt with together.

The two treasures understood, closed their little mouths, and covered their little mouths with their little hands, so as not to let their mother see.

Seeing the movements of the three of them, Su Jin gave Gu Chen a hard look.Just at this glance, Gu Chen felt that his bones were brittle.

Su Jin let him go for the time being, and asked the little girl to bring warm boiled water to dry, and gave Liangbao a sip of water.I am afraid that the child will eat too much sugar and have an uncomfortable throat.

The next day, Su Jin singled out a yard and asked Mrs. Wang to take them to make peanut candy. This time is good. In the past two days, Erlang, Saburo and Goro always said that it was boring to stay.

This time I have something to do, go stretch the candy, pull the candy!Seeing the work of the grandsons in full swing, the old man was envious and led his two sons to join in.

This year, peanut candy was the most popular item sold in the capital. The price kept rising, but the supply was still in short supply.

Many merchants from other places flocked here, attracting all the compradors of the imperial merchants in Daqi.

The imperial merchant's comprador saw that there were too many people waiting for the goods, so he directly took the owner's post and went to Chengwang's mansion.Chief Manager Yang personally met them, learned of their intentions, and reported to His Royal Highness Cheng Wang.King Cheng immediately said that he asked Yang Yong to go to the Junjun's mansion quickly and pack all the peanut candies in their mansion.

Over the years, Da Qi has helped Dayan a lot. Whenever the Beirong raised troops, Dayan would ask Da Qi for help. Da Qi never disappointed Dayan every time.

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