first-class pretty peasant woman

Chapter 103 Jelly (3)
The raw material for making jelly is a plant called jelly seed that grows in the mountains.The jelly seed plant is green all over, with trident-shaped branches on the upper part, prismatic cylinder on the stem, and purple flowers.After the flowering period, the petals wither, and the jelly seeds of the fruit grow slowly. The fruit looks like a lantern and is green in the early stage. As the seeds mature, the color gradually turns yellow-green and yellow.Although the outer shell is dry, the jelly seeds are inseparable for life.

The inside of jelly seeds is filled with countless small particles with a diameter of about half a millimeter.

What Jinxiu needs to do now is to crush all the jelly seeds, then wrap them in a white cloth, and rub them vigorously, so that the substances that can be made into jelly are squeezed out bit by bit.

It was some sticky substance, transparent and colorless, like jelly, but more viscous than jelly.Jinxiu asked Qin Chunlan to wash the fruits first, put them in a small basin, washed her hands, and crushed them all.He turned around and went into the house, found a square white cloth, went to the well, and washed the cloth with clean water.

Zhong Hong's fruit is almost pinched.

"Come on, Chunlan, pour them on top of this cloth." She took another wooden basin, spread the white cloth in it, and put it beside Qin Chunlan.

All the broken fruits were poured into the white cloth, Jinxiu gathered the white cloth around and tied it with a cloth strip.

Then, he began to knead the fruit inside the cloth vigorously, and slowly, transparent mucus began to ooze out from the outside of the cloth little by little.

Since kneading jelly seeds requires a lot of strength, Jinxiu felt sweaty and weak after kneading for a while.

"Sister-in-law, take a break and let me try."

Jinxiu was not polite, she let go of the cloth bag and took a step back to make room for Qin Chunlan.

In the final analysis, Qin Chunlan was similar to Jinxiu, and she also got tired after only a few strokes.

At this time, Qin Dayong suddenly appeared behind the two of them, and said something abruptly.

"I'll come."

"Master? Have you made the chair?" Jinxiu saw Qin Dayong's bare arms, water dripping from his arms, jumped up with joy on his face, and looked towards the place where Qin Dayong was sitting just now.

"Wow—I'll try it first." Qin Chunlan raised her head, and saw a streak of water blue passing in front of her eyes. Where was the splendor just now?This is obviously a crazy woman.

Qin Chunlan had to sigh deeply at this moment, a girl is like a mother, sister-in-law and Zhixue can be said to have interpreted this sentence to the fullest.

The serious state can be switched to the crazy mode in an instant.

"Haha, Mr. Xianggong, you are really capable, this is exactly what I want!" Jinxiu nestled in the middle of the big bamboo chair, leaning her head lightly on the back of the chair, just in time to see all the scenery on the opposite slope, really What a treat.

Qin Dayong's hands are really clever.She didn't say anything, but he actually knew how to make the curvature of the chair according to the curvature of the person's body, and then didn't use hard wooden sticks or other supports, so as to follow the movements of the person, he could lie down as comfortably as he wanted.

"Hey, Jinxiu, is it comfortable to lie down? Can, can you let me lie down too." Sun Guangcai, who had been playing with Zhiyu in his arms, felt that his back was going to be broken.At this moment, looking at Jinxiu lying on the bamboo chair, she couldn't help but feel a little bit of envy in her heart.

Jinxiu nodded when she heard the sound, stood up hastily, and walked towards Sun Guangcai.

"Yes, yes, come, Xiao Yu'er, come to mother's place. Uncle, go and try it. If it feels good, let's ask Dayong to make another one, so that you don't have to worry about your back hurting every day."

When Sun Guangcai heard this, he touched his head and laughed.He walked slowly to the chair, held the handles on both sides, and sat on it.

"Uncle, put your head down, don't be afraid if you put it down, I won't fall you." Because the bamboo chair is soft, it will move with people's movements, after all, Sun Guangcai is using it for the first time, and he can't let it go. hands and feet.Jinxiu hurriedly hugged Zhiyu with one hand, and lightly placed the other on Sun Guangcai's shoulder, comforting her softly.

"Okay, just use your hands and feet to try it out, does this chair look like you're on a swing?" Sun Guangcai kicked his legs, and the bamboo chair immediately swayed, making Sun Guangcai laugh straight out of joy.

"Comfortable, this chair is really comfortable, Dayong, this time uncle must have the cheek to ask you to make another one, it really suits me."

"Okay! I originally planned to make one first. If it's good, I'll make one for each of us. Then every summer, our family will put the chairs under the tree and arrange them in a row, and sleep on them to cool off at night. .”

"Okay, okay, Dad, do my sister and I have one?" Zhixue was peeling the fruit in her hand while looking at the big chair under her uncle's buttocks with joy in her eyes, wanting one too.

Qin Dayong laughed immediately, this girl wants everything.

"Yes, you and your sister are the same age, how about it?"

"Okay, I like to sit with my sister." The whole family enjoyed themselves until the afternoon.

Jinxiu mixed the slurry Qin Dayong kneaded with an appropriate amount of water, found some lime from the house, melted it into a bowl of water, and sprinkled it into the wooden basin little by little.

Sa Jinxiu felt that it was almost ready, and carefully placed the wooden basin on top of the wooden barrel, and put the jelly paste into it with a hook.

There are no refrigerators in this era, and the weather is hot, and there are no ice cubes, so we have to put them in the well to cool down.Then the whole family started to do other things, such as slaughtering pig grass, making dinner, feeding pigs, feeding pigs, and eating.

After all the busy work was done, Jinxiu, in anticipation of the family, slowly pulled the rope tied on the top of the well, and pulled the jelly up little by little.

"Wow, Miss, I really want to eat delicious food made by my mother." Zhixue stood in front of the group of people, holding her face in her hands, looking impatient, and gossiping with Qin Chunlan chatted.

After all, Qin Chunlan was an elder, so even though her heart felt itchy, she still pretended to be serious and nodded the little girl's forehead.

"You gourmet, didn't you just eat?"

"That's different. I eat rice every day, but this is the first time!"

"Yes, yes, you have a lot more sense than me, you ghost girl, just wait, your mother will definitely feed you enough later." She also wants to eat enough!
Under everyone's expectation, Jinxiu carried the basin and went straight into the house without even glancing at them.

On the table, they didn't know why they prepared ground peanuts, sugar water, vinegar, and a bunch of small bowls and small wooden spoons.

"Come in quickly, and see what I did." This might be their next way to make money, not only to know how to eat, but also to learn how to cook.

(End of this chapter)