pastoral wedding

Chapter 12 Making Soy Sauce

Back home, Su Wenshan went to the front to look at the shop, changed to Su Shuang and came back to help Su Jin soak soybeans. The soybeans used to brew soy sauce must be soaked in water first, but the time should be appropriate, so that the soybeans can be maximized. It can absorb water as much as possible, but also prevent it from becoming sour after soaking for too long.

Su Jin thought about letting it soak for an hour, and when she saw that the bean skin was wrinkled, she took it out and poured it into a basket. After draining the excess water, she poured it into the steamer, added water and started to cook.

"How long will it take to cook this?" Su Tang sat in front of the stove and lit the fire. Her face was flushed under the light of the fire, and she looked extraordinarily rosy and beautiful.Su Jin walked over and sat next to her, stretched out her hand to warm herself, "It will take four to five hours, after steaming, spread it out on the bamboo basket I just set up to let it cool."

When fermenting, it needs to reach a sufficient room temperature, so it is still placed in the kitchen. Because of the needs of the family's business, the stove in this kitchen is almost never extinguished. It is either a big stove or a small stove. Although it took some firewood , but in this winter, it is a good place for the whole family to keep warm.

Not to mention that the fermentation of soybeans takes five or six days, but since Su Shuo took the rainbow buns to the school, it has attracted everyone's attention. Although Qingshi Town is not closed, there are many merchants coming and going, but this Rainbow Baozi had never met anyone, so they gathered around Su Shuo to watch the fun during lunch and dinner.

This school is the largest school in Qingshi Town, so there are quite a few rich children in it, all asking where the rainbow buns came from, and when they learned that it was made by the Su Family Steamed Bun Shop, they all kept it in their hearts and prepared to wait for it. After school, I also go to lie down, buy some more or less to try something new for myself or to show my family a novelty.

But who would have thought that they would also go to the Su's steamed stuffed bun shop, but they didn't sell it, they only said that they made it to try something new.Su Wenshan is an honest man, he doesn't know how to be flexible in what he says and does. Fortunately, Su Shuang heard about it, so he took over the conversation and asked the person who wanted the rainbow buns to pay the money to make an appointment, and they can come to pick it up early tomorrow morning.

Since then, the Su family has been busy again, making hundreds of rainbow buns. This is not a small job. It is mustard juice and dough. It took most of the night to get the buns out.

After not sleeping for a few hours, it was dawn, and the brilliance reflected by the snowdrift at the door of the house made people unable to open their eyes, but hearing the sound of buying buns in front of them, Su Jin felt that the tiredness of last night was worth it, especially in the After seeing silver.

The rainbow buns have meat fillings and vegetarian fillings. The ones with meat fillings cost five pennies, and the ones with vegetarian fillings cost four pennies. Five hundred meat buns plus three hundred vegetarian buns are more than three taels of silver, plus ordinary buns The money from the sale can earn more than four taels of silver no matter what.Seeing such a large pile of copper coins, the whole family couldn't keep their mouths closed from laughing.

In view of Su Jin's excellent performance, it was the first time that Liu had the idea of ​​leaving the third girl to inherit the family business, but as soon as he said this, Su Wenshan stopped him. Such an excellent daughter like him If you stay to inherit the family business, you will have to recruit a wife. If you recruit a wife, you will not find a good husband. You can't waste your daughter's life because of your temporary greed.

This rainbow steamed stuffed bun is not only good in color, but also tastes good, but it is not amazing, but because it is rare, and there is only this one, the popularity has really been maintained for a long time.

A week later, yellow-green aspergillus and yeast appeared on the surface of soybeans. Pour it into the tank, add water and stir, wait for the soybeans to absorb enough water, then pour out the excess water, put them into bamboo baskets, and cover them with quilts It continued to ferment, and after a while, when Su Jin went to check, she could already smell the faint scent of soy sauce, which made her really happy.

Put the fermented soybeans into the tank for brewing, put a layer of soybeans, sprinkle a layer of salt, and pour water once, so that they are put into the tank alternately, and the top layer is salt.Then cover the jar lid and seal it with kraft paper.This time it will take a few months to wait for it to come out of oil.

Besides, although Rainbow Steamed Buns made a lot of money for the Su Family Steamed Bun Shop during this period of time, it also brought disaster to the Su Family.

At noon this day, Su Jin was guarding the shop in front. The sun was finally out, but because of the melting snow, she couldn't feel any warmth. Fortunately, there was still a brazier lit in the shop, and Su Jin stood in front of the brazier and closed it. Rest with eyes closed, business is good these days, everyone in the family gets up early and goes to bed late except brother Shuo, she can't hold on right now.

A carriage stopped in front of the Su Family Steamed Bun Shop, and a green-clothed maid got out of the carriage, patted on the counter and said, "I am the maid next to the third girl of the Zhu family. The nobleman who came here specially asked me to order a hundred rainbow buns from your place. I have to buy other things right now, so you can send them to the mansion. Well, this is a tael of silver, and you don’t need to look for the extra. Well, it's our girl's reward."

The maid casually threw the one tael of silver on the counter, with a somewhat contemptuous attitude.Su Jin clenched her fists, feeling a little annoyed in her heart, but she tried hard to convince herself that for the sake of the one tael of silver, she endured it.

After returning to the backyard and saying hello to the family, Su Tang came to see the shop, and Su Shuang went with her to Zhu's house.

The Liu family also said earlier that this Zhu family is also one of the four major families in Qingshi Town. Like the other rich families, the Zhu family’s yard occupies more than half of the street. Looking at the two stone lions, their eyes are as big as copper bells, which makes people feel terrified.

However, it is impossible for sisters like Su Jin to enter through the main entrance. After taking a look, the two sisters turned to the back door, knocked on the door and told others, and then they were led into the mansion by a special person Originally, it was just delivered to the maid of the third girl on the second door to pick it up, but the maid said that the third girl wanted to meet the person who made the rainbow buns, and she was waiting here to bring Su Jin and the two of them in.

Su Shuang glanced at her third sister, and asked with her eyes, Su Jin nodded lightly, thinking in her heart that she had never seen the inner courtyard of this boudoir since she came here, is it the place where the girls in Dream of the Red Chamber lived? generally.

The servant girl brought the two of them in, explaining some rules as she walked, saying that a nobleman is here today, so they must not run afoul of Yunyun.

After entering the second gate, there is nothing to see, all the eyes are gray and white in winter, even the third girl's yard is the same.

Although a lot of flowers and plants have been planted, it is a bare area in such a cold day, but the house of the third girl is different. There is a smoker and a brazier lit. It is fragrant, the cold air all over the body seems to be driven away, and it is very warm and comfortable.

"Hehe, I don't know which of these two is the one who made the rainbow buns?" A young woman wearing a light-yellow jacket, a tassel bun, and a jasper-chan phoenix hairpin came out from the inner room. It might be the third girl, but I didn't expect two people to follow behind her. One is a young woman, wearing a gold silk eight-treasure bun, wearing a narrow gold satin jacket with a hundred butterflies and bright red flowers, the lake is as beautiful as you want The other one is also a young girl, all in white, with a delicate and delicate face, only a lavender velvet flower on her head, and no other accessories, only a pair of slippery eyes Turning around, people are not happy.

"I am." Su Jin smiled and nodded at her, and looked at the people in front, "I don't know why the third girl is looking for our sisters?" The attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, without the flattery that everyone imagined, very indifferent, but still With a bit of curiosity, Su Shuang next to her was much calmer, she didn't even look sideways, only looking at her own sister.

Sure enough, the woman in the goose-yellow jacket stepped forward and looked their sisters up and down, curled her lips, and said in a disapproving tone, "I heard from the second master of the Yang family that your sisters are all very good-looking. I met you today." It's nothing more than that, look at what he's wearing, it's so rustic, I really don't know what Second Master Yang looks like!"

Hearing this, Su Jin became angry, her small face puffed up, and she was about to say something when she realized that the second sister held her hand and shook her head at her. They are now alone in Zhu's mansion, and there are Zhus inside and outside. The people at home, if they really want to make a noise, it will be the two of them who will suffer.

"Don't say that about the third girl. I think these two girls are very good-looking. Although they are not as good-looking as the ladies in the capital, they are among the best in this Qingshi Town." He looked up and down, nodded with a smile, and then asked the girl beside him to give them two taels of silver and let them go out.

The two sisters walked out all the way, Su Shuang took her sister's hand and said in a low voice: "In the future, don't act impulsively, and worry about things when you get home."

Su Jin nodded. She was quite angry at first, but after hearing what the second sister said, she thought about it. This is the way it is in this era. The rich and powerful will always have the capital to surpass ordinary people like them. If you want not to be bullied, Then there is only one way, and that is to be richer and more powerful than them. Thinking of this, Su Jin secretly clenched her fists, she must work hard, and cannot live like this for the rest of her life.

"Young master!" Just after passing through the second gate, the maid who led the way retreated and was replaced by a young servant, but before they could take a step, two people walked up to them, and the one in front was a man in a scarlet padded robe. The man behind him was wearing a long bamboo-blue gown, but both of them looked familiar.

not good!Isn't the person in front the one who molested the eldest sister on the Lantern Festival, and the person in the back is Han Zicheng, the second young master of the Han family?Why is he with this pervert?It seems that these two must go together.Su Jin was secretly cautious, lowered her head and did not dare to raise her head, but Su Shuang and the other two had never seen each other before, so she didn't care, and just let a few people pass by.

At the moment when several people passed by, Han Zicheng suddenly turned his head and stared at Su Jin's back. Su Jin was so frightened that he hurriedly quickened his pace and walked away very quickly.

(End of this chapter)