pastoral wedding

Chapter 4 Bean Paste Buns

It was snowing again in the afternoon after eating, the shop in front was closed, and the whole family had nothing to do, so they all sat around in the living room of the main house to keep warm.

There was a brazier in the living room, burning vigorously, and it was placed in front of the big kang by the window. Su Tang was leaning on the kang table to make shoe uppers, and Mrs. Liu was also busy cutting out the cloth bought in the morning on the edge of the kang. To make clothes for brother Shuo, Su Jin stood aside and watched.

Su Shuang went to Su Shuo's room, where there was also a brazier. Su Shuo couldn't keep his hands cold if he wanted to read a book.Su Wenshan went to the neighbor's house to visit, and he could drink some wine by the way. He usually wouldn't waste this rare free time.

After watching it for a while, Su Jin felt bored, so she remembered the red beans and sweet-scented osmanthus sauce she had bought, so she stayed on the bed, pulled up her shoes, and went to call her second sister to come out to help.

Although Su Shuang has a cold temper, she is good at housework. She and the elder sister's ability completely freed their mother, Liu Shi, from housework. Except for the busy work in the front shop, the other Liu Shi Then let go of it.

The two sisters braved the snow and went to the big kitchen. Su Jin first checked the red beans soaked in the morning, and felt that it was almost ready, so she added water and put it on the big stove to cook. Su Tang helped her to light the fire, and the two sisters talked while cooking. Time passed quickly. After a while, I smelled the aroma of red beans in the pot, so I lifted the pot and poured some sugar into it. I didn’t dare to put too much sugar because I was afraid it would be too sweet. I tried pouring in some sugar. Go in, and change to a low heat to cook slowly.

When the red beans are completely boiled, take out the cooked red beans, put them in the sieve in stages, squeeze out the bean paste with gauze, then put the bean paste in a small pot, and cook slowly over low heat until Jin kept stirring with a spoon in his hand, so that most of the water could be removed.

When the red bean paste starts to dry, put in some sweet-scented osmanthus paste, stir until the sweet-scented osmanthus paste is completely melted, then add some meat oil, mix well and it's done.

After the red bean paste was ready, Su Jin didn't want to take care of other things, so she went directly to call her father, told her how to pack it, and returned to the living room after a long fire, sitting next to Su Tang and dozing off.

When she was in a daze, she heard someone calling her, opened her eyes and saw it was her father, Su Wenshan smiled and pinched her daughter's cheek, "Girl, go and have a look, Dad thinks it's almost time."

Only then did Su Jin remember her red bean paste buns. She got up, put on her jacket, and went to the kitchen. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she could smell the strong aroma of red bean paste. Baobaibai's plump ones are very soft, and they are indeed cooked.

After picking out the red bean paste buns one by one, Su Jin couldn't wait to reach out to get them, but her mother rushed over and slapped her on the back of her hand, "Today is Laba, and you have to respect the stove first when you eat new ones." Prince's." After finishing speaking, she picked up one and went to the yard without knowing what to say, and when she turned around and handed the bun to Su Jin, a small piece had been torn off.

However, Su Jin has nothing to be picky about. She picked it up and stuffed it into her mouth. As a result, she was scalded severely, tears rolled in her eyes, but she still ate it. She sighed in satisfaction while eating, just out of the oven. The red bean paste buns are delicious, and she sighs that she hasn't tasted this taste for many years.

Mrs. Liu and Su Wenshan each picked up one and tasted it, and they thought it was very good. Su Shuang also gave a rare compliment, saying that Su Jin finally did not waste those sweet-scented osmanthus sauces in vain.

Su Shuo also ran out of the house when she heard it, and even dragged her elder sister Su Tang. After tasting it, the whole family thought it was delicious, so they decided to sell the red bean paste buns when they got up early tomorrow.

In the early morning of the second day, Su Jin got up early because she wanted to make red bean paste buns. She stood by the stove and instructed her father and mother how to make it delicious. It was still Su Shuang who lit the fire. Cook breakfast at home on the small stove on the other side.

When the hot red bean paste buns were freshly baked and moved to the front shop, many regular customers who came to buy buns heard it, and Su Jin introduced with a smile: "This is a red bean paste bun, which is newly made by my father. Delicate and sweet, very delicious, all aunts and aunts buy it back and try it, it is not expensive, the price is the same as meat buns, four yuan a piece, this taste is not worse than meat buns, don’t believe me Try it Taste it." As he spoke, he broke two bean paste buns and handed them to the people in front of him. After tasting them, they all found it delicious, so they bought a few for the elderly and children to try.

But he said it was a coincidence, the pot of bean paste buns was almost sold out, Su Wenshan went to the kitchen to fetch a pot, Su Jin was seriously counting the copper coins he earned this morning, when he heard a clatter, the sound of copper coins , hurriedly looked up, and saw a cold and stern young man standing in front of the shop, his eyes were very sharp, which made her think of the young man among the group of people who were chased by officers and soldiers that she saw yesterday.

She rubbed her eyes and took a closer look, but it was the same person. She took a step back suddenly in fright, and asked stammeringly, "You, what are you going to do?"

The boy's cold voice was very clear in this cold winter morning, "What else can you do here, buy buns, fifty meat buns, wrap them up for me quickly." Those few red bean paste buns, "What is that?"

"It's red bean paste buns. It's delicious. Why don't you come and try some?" Seeing him asking about red bean paste buns, Su Jin felt that this person was nothing to be afraid of. What's the matter, thinking of this, the voice became louder and began to solicit business.

The boy nodded, still expressionless, "Twenty."

Su Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and called her father, "Dad, there are customers who want to buy twenty red bean paste buns, pick the hot ones and wrap them up quickly." She kept shouting, waiting for her father to take the twenty red bean paste buns. When she wrapped it up and brought it, she had already wrapped fifty meat buns in her hand, and handed them to the boy together, "The red bean paste buns cost the same as the meat buns, and they cost four copper coins each, so there are seventy buns in total. Baozi is 280 Wen."

The young man raised his hand and threw her another string of money, then pointed to the two strings of money on the counter, "There's no need to look for it." Then he turned and left.

Seeing this, Su Wenshan hurried to stop him. Who would have thought that the young man left in a hurry and disappeared in a blink of an eye, so he had no choice but to give up, and told Su Jin that if he saw this man and came to buy buns someday, he must give the remaining money to him. Just give it to others.

Su Jin was also very stunned, could it be that they are still leaving?There were so many officials searching everywhere yesterday, how dare he come out to buy steamed stuffed buns, isn't he afraid of being arrested?
After Su Wenshan went to the back kitchen, the young man came back in a blink of an eye, bluffing Su Jin, he is not easy to mess with.

The boy glanced at her, and sneaked in from under the counter. Su Jin was startled, and before she could say anything, her mouth was covered, and she was a little panicked. Just as she was about to struggle, she met her Looking into the cold eyes of the young man, "Shut up if you want to survive!"

"Well..." When she is easy to bully, but this is her home, how dare he do such a murder?While he was looking out, Su Jin struggled and bit the tiger's mouth on his left hand. The boy took a breath, but did nothing, still staring outside.

Now Su Jin was also a little curious. Just as she was about to ask something, she heard footsteps and hurriedly raised her head to see a few officials standing in front of her counter. Seeing her showing her head, she asked, "Little girl, did you see a The boy in the navy blue shirt passed by here? If you see it and provide clues, the government will reward you."

Big reward?Su Jin couldn't help answering: "How much reward?"

"50 taels of silver." A yamen servant answered without knowing whether he thought she should know, or what.

50 taels?Oh my god, her family only earns a few taels of silver by selling buns for a day. Su Jin sniffled, and just about to speak, she felt her stomach was held back by something. When she looked down, it was a shining knife, and her face turned pale. , quickly shook his head and said: "No, I haven't seen it."

Those yamen servants probably also felt that she was a little girl who didn't understand anything, so they turned around and left without embarrassing her.

"Let go of me! Otherwise, I'll yell and bring those yamen servants back." Su Jin gritted her teeth and stared at the boy, "I didn't say I'd expose you, you put the knife away quickly, it won't be good if you accidentally injure me gone."

The young man glanced at her blankly, put away the knife and turned to leave, but Su Jin yelled softly from behind: "50 taels, remember you owe me 50 taels."

Hearing this, the young man glanced back coldly, just when Su Jin thought that he would throw the money bag to her handsomely next time, and said to give you the 50 taels, the young man went straight away.

"This man..." Su Jin was annoyed, "If it wasn't for the fact that you came to buy buns, I really wish the government officials would arrest you quickly, I'm so angry..."

"Girl, what are you talking about?" Su Wenshan came back from the back kitchen with a steamer of red bean paste buns. Seeing what she was talking about alone, he asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I said it's so cold today." Su Jin smiled, and said that his father would be worried, maybe they won't let their sisters come to the front shop in the future, it's better not to say .

The new bean paste buns launched by the Su family have also gained a good reputation among the neighbors. Besides, the buns made by his family are delicious, and after adding new tricks, more people come to buy them. Many maidservants from wealthy families also came to buy them.

The Su family has made a lot of money relying on this bean paste bun these days, but this bean paste bun is not a rare item, and the production is not complicated, so it was quickly imitated by other bun shops. It wasn't as hot as before.

Originally, Su Jin thought about ordering some buns with other fillings, but seeing that the Chinese New Year was just around the corner, the business in the shop was naturally getting colder and colder, so she stopped thinking about it and thought about waiting until the Chinese New Year was over and the spring began. .

(End of this chapter)