Hard work

Chapter 150 Arrowroot Fen

When Lan Huaer was making fermented bean curd, Gaihua and Goudan had already arrived at home to prepare for the Chinese New Year before they could take it out to eat.

It's better to change to Huaxian's house, take some spicy cabbage, and transport it to the town.

When it was finally time for the winter vacation in Goudan Private School, the two came home together again.

Gaihua didn't bring many things home from the town this time.Because the prices of things in the town have risen with the things in Aozi Village.Some people even complained that these things are so expensive now that it is difficult to celebrate the New Year.

Lan Hua'er lives in the village by herself, and is generally self-sufficient, so she doesn't feel much.Moreover, this sudden high price cannot last for a long time. It is estimated that it will only take a little time in a year. After the previous craze of Liaozhai stories has passed, it is estimated that there will be no such craze in Aozi Village. .

The people in the town also have to live. If the things in the town are expensive, they will naturally go outside to buy.When no one buys the things in the town, the merchants will naturally lower their prices.

That's not something they need to worry about.

What Gaihua brought back from the outside were all things of little practical use.He also brought a wooden hairpin for Lan Huaer.A whole carved wooden hairpin, with lacquered plum blossoms on it, bright red, pink and tender, looks very beautiful from a distance.

Lan Hua'er liked it so much, she held it in her hand and looked at it.Don't reach out to touch it from time to time after it's on the head.

"It's not expensive," Gaihua said with a smile, "it's not as good as those made of silver. But I think it looks good. A-mei doesn't even have a decent hairpin, so the buyer came. Just as long as you like it. "

Zang Lang watched for a long time, then whispered to Lan Huaer:
"If you like it, little lady, I'll cut it for you."

When Lan Hua'er heard what he said, she couldn't help being stunned, she pursed her lips and smiled:

"Why, do you people in Beijing like to cheat girls by cutting things yourself? No wonder Ah Ning thinks that Lan Alang doesn't like her. So you people from Beijing often use this method to cheat girls? Yes, You have seen a lot of things, and the things you cut out are also good-looking. If this is the case, shouldn’t our family have more income.”

When Zang Lang heard this, he was also taken aback, his face turned slightly red, and he quickly waved his hands to defend:

"No... no... no cheating. This... is not..."

Seeing him like this, Lan Hua'er couldn't help but want to tease him.But both Gaihua and Goudan were there, she thought it was really not good to make too much trouble, so she pouted and smiled, and didn't pay much attention to Zang Lang's words.

Zang Lang himself is very serious.

Although Lan Hua'er didn't take it seriously, he took everything he said to heart.During the day, he was still outside with Yan Dalang thinking about making a stone mill, and in the short time before he went home for dinner, he started looking for wood to sharpen something for Lan Huaer.

Lan Hua'er had not allowed him to go to the mountains before, saying that he had enough to eat at home, but the snow was very cold at this time, and the stone mill at home was not yet ready, so let him stay at home and make a good stone mill Don’t run to the back hill either:

"You're not like me. You can't catch prey at other times. Spring, summer and autumn are the time to let you tentacles. There is no need to bully small animals when the weather is worst. At this time, the prey is also thin Very much. You just do things at home, dig the soil, and catch food next year."

Zang Lang has always listened to Lan Huaer's words very much. After she said so, Zang Lang naturally stayed in the village obediently.

So he couldn't find very good wood.

Lan Hua'er naturally didn't know what kind of wood he said so well.She didn't study this very much in modern times. The so-called good wood, she had only heard of agarwood, red sandalwood and huanghuali, but she had never seen it herself, and she didn't know how to score.

Zang Lang said that the wood in Fang Ning'ai's hands is very good, and Lan Hua'er only knows that it looks good, but if you want to talk to her about the wood and the price, she will have to lose her eyes.

"I don't want that either," Lan Hua'er said. "The ones at home just look good on them. Even if they go to heaven and are so expensive that they can buy a few acres of land, why should I sell the things you gave me?" Exchange money? If you want that, you can just give me money, why bother. I don’t want those things.”

Zang Lang scratched his head for a long time, and finally he hid silently to the side, and discussed with Lan Du and Yan Dalang where he could find some better materials to make some for Lan Huaer.

Lan Hua'er saw that he was serious, so naturally she wouldn't stop him, so let him go.

Gaihua brought back news from the town.

It is said that there are more merchants going to Dajin, but now the road there seems to be peaceful again, and their business is not much, and many caravans going there have already discovered this. The road has become peaceful, so I no longer go to the bodyguard bureau to hire bodyguards.

"It's nothing to do." Gaihua scratched her head and said, "It's nothing to do. The escort knew you were alone at home, so he specially asked me to come back early to accompany you. I think it's better to run a few more times in this case. Come on, sell more things to celebrate the New Year. And I don’t feel at ease if Goudan is alone in the town.”

By the time the Goudan private schools started their holidays, it was already the twelfth lunar month.

Lan Huaer went to look at the cubes of tofu that had been placed there before.It was probably because the air was not too humid. When she counted ten days to go to see it, the tofu cubes hadn't molded well.So she went to look at it a few days later, and finally saw that there was a white layer of mold growing on the small tofu cubes.

Zang Lang followed Lan Hua'er and watched twice, each time with a look of horror and disgust on his face.

Lan Huaer laughed at him and said:

"Don't look at the way you are now. When the time comes, you will really make it. I think you will eat it until you can't bear to let it go. Why, you have a look of disgust now, and you are said to let you eat first? Just If you’re like this, I’ll see if I’ll forget it, you definitely won’t dare to eat it.”

When Zang Lang was told by Lan Hua'er, he straightened his face immediately:
"Who wouldn't dare to eat it. I'll eat first, I'll eat first."

Although he said so, the expression on his face was still a little scared and disgusted with the moldy tofu cubes.Lan Huaer deliberately teased him, saying:

"In this case, let me eat it for you first. You don't need to take the bowl and chopsticks, I'll just feed it to your mouth."

Zang Lang hesitated for a moment, and with an expression of "the strong man will never return", he nodded in agreement, and reached out to grab the hairy tofu cube.

Lan Hua'er was made to die of laughter by him, and was taken aback by him, so she quickly patted the back of his hand:
"I'm joking with you. This thing hasn't been cooked yet, so how can I eat it. You see that it's really long hair now, where can I eat it. Isn't it going to be soaked in spicy oil after that? No soaking Once, I might have diarrhea after eating it. Don’t put your hand back yet.”

Zang Lang said "Oh", but he was still a little hesitant looking at the expression of those tofu cubes.

Lan Hua'er simply ignored him, dragged the jar containing pepper and salt over by herself, washed her hands, and put those small tofu cubes into the jar one by one.

Do not squeeze them tightly when placing them, and leave a little space between each piece of tofu so that they have room to ferment.

After placing one layer, put it staggered for the second time, try not to let the tofu pieces squeeze each other.

Lan Hua'er put it slowly and carefully, Zang Lang watched for a while, and wanted to come over to help, but Lan Hua'er drove him away to draw a circle.

It took half a day just to pack the jars like this.

It was the first time for Lan Huaer to do this, and she was worried that if she used too much force, the tofu cubes would be broken, so she was extra careful.She felt like doing an aerobic exercise once she got it off like this, and she was sweating a lot behind her back.

She didn't dare to tell Gaihua and Goudan in advance how the fermented bean curd was made.

Anyway, she thought that she must be the one to try this thing first.If it is the same as what she ate before, then there is no problem at all, and it may be served to everyone normally.

After you eat it, as long as you feel delicious, your body will be fine, and who cares how it is made.

This time when Chang Hua’s family came, I brought her some powder that was said to be produced in the south. It was said to be sticky after being boiled in warm water. It could be boiled and eaten. After some seasoning, it was given to patients or children. Eating is the best.

Lan Hua'er looked at it, and thought it was the arrowroot powder she used to cook in the past.

She used to be used to thicken it when cooking, and she used this kind of arrowroot powder.Boil the water first, make a paste, and then get it into the vegetables.She also once asked the shopkeeper if he had anything similar, but the shopkeeper said that he had never heard of such a thing, so Lan Huaer gave up the idea of ​​buying it.

She has searched all over the back mountain, but she has not seen any plants such as wild taro and sweet potato.

She thought that this place didn't grow such things, and she didn't have the habit of eating them.Looking at it now, it is estimated that Dayin is also a place as large and rich as ancient China, with a huge span from southeast to northwest.Some crops only grow in a certain area.

Gaihua said it was a gift from the owner.

The owner saw that the girl of the Zhao family was good at tea and rice, so after the goods arrived, he gave some flowers to Gaihua, and asked Gaihua to bring them home.

It is said that the owner said——

"Look at what delicious things this can do."

"Your boss buys goods, don't you know how to make them and eat them?"

After changing the flower, I scratched my head:

"The boss told me that he bought it after seeing the novelty. He wanted to ask how to make it delicious, but they wanted to charge him 500 taels of silver, but he refused to do it."

　T_T~ My stomach hurts, I feel like I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die... I'm sorry, please wait for me...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)