Happy pastoral event: a wonderful wife

Chapter 7: Making Pumpkin Pie

Although pumpkin is not a seasonal vegetable, fortunately it is easy to preserve. If it is stored properly, it can be kept for a long time. Some farmers should have it in their homes now.

After listening to her explanation, Yunwen didn't have any doubts, she just muttered, "If you want to make pumpkin cakes, you need pumpkins. Our family doesn't have pumpkins, but Aunt Zhou's family seems to have them. Sister, we can buy them from Buy a pumpkin from Aunt Zhou, let’s try it first.”

Aunt Zhou?
Shen Yunjin remembered that Mrs. Zhou was an honest and kind-hearted woman. Her husband died of illness a few years ago, so she shouldered the burden of supporting the family alone and lived with her daughter Zhou Linger.

Zhou Ling'er is Shen Yunjin's best friend, and Aunt Zhou is also an excellent woman. Shen Yunjin and Zhou's family have a very good relationship, and they live very close, with only two families in between.

So it should be no problem to buy pumpkins from Aunt Zhou.

"Okay, then you two stay at home obediently. My sister will go to Zhou's house and ask about pumpkins." Put the money into the cabinet in the back room.

After Shen Yunjin left the house, he didn't take a few steps before arriving at Zhou's house. The house of Zhou's house was not big, it was just a very ordinary small farm house. The gray tiles on the roof were all chipped. The wooden door is very dilapidated, and it creaks when touched, which shows that the conditions of the Zhou family are not very optimistic.

After she pushed open the wooden door, she saw Aunt Zhou was washing clothes in the yard with her sleeves rolled up. Seeing her coming, Aunt Zhou put down the wet clothes in her hand and said with a smile, "Yunjin is here, come in and sit for a while." .”

Shen Yunjin felt a little strange, why didn't he go to the small river in the village to wash clothes in such a fine weather.

She went over and asked, "Ms. Zhou, why do you wash your clothes at home? It's so troublesome to change the water. Why don't you go directly to the river?"

"It's okay, it's just a matter of fetching water a few more times and changing it a few times. It's nothing to bother." Aunt Zhou smiled and shook her head, "It's better than going to the river to listen to other people's gossip."

Hearing this, Shen Yunjin understood that Mrs. Zhou was worried that she would run into other people in the village after she went to the river, and be chewed by some gossip women.

Aunt Zhou is a widow. Although she has done nothing wrong and has a good relationship with the people in the village, there are always a few women with vicious mouths who will talk about her status as a widow. Aunt Zhou is not I'm afraid of them, it's just that hearing too much gossip will affect your mood, so it's better to avoid them.

When Shen Yunjin thought that she was also a woman without a husband, she suddenly understood Mrs. Zhou, maybe one day she would be gossiped by a few gossips.

Aunt Zhou continued to wash her clothes, "Yunjin, sit here and wait a while, Ling'er just went shopping, and she will be back in a while."

Shen Yunjin didn't find a stool to sit down, it was more important to get down to business, "Ms. Zhou, I'm not looking for Ling'er, I'm in a hurry and I want to ask you. Do you have pumpkins at home? If so, can you please?" Sell ​​me one."

"Pumpkins? I have plenty at home." Aunt Zhou wiped the water from her hands, stood up and said, "I'll get you one right now."

Aunt Zhou went to a small thatched hut next to her. After a while, she came out with a pumpkin in her hand. The pumpkin in her hand was very big, with a fruity yellow skin, and it was well preserved.

"I specially picked a big one for you." Aunt Zhou said, and put the pumpkin into Shen Yunjin's arms.

Shen Yunjin handed over ten coins and said with a smile, "Ma'am, this is money for buying pumpkins."

Aunt Zhou immediately waved her hand, "I keep this pumpkin for myself to eat, and it's not for sale, so you can just take it, no money is required."

Shen Yunjin guessed that Aunt Zhou would say that, and when Aunt Zhou was not paying attention, she quickly stuffed the money into Aunt Zhou's pocket, and then quickly ran out the door with the pumpkin in her arms.

She ran and shouted, "Ma'am, take the money first, don't be polite to me, I have something urgent, so I'll leave first."

Aunt Zhou stood at the door, sighed helplessly, and said, "This child, what money do you give me back?"

After returning home, Shen Yunjin put the pumpkin on the table and started to make pumpkin pie.

She told her younger siblings, "Jing'er, go to the firewood outside and get some firewood, Yunwen, bring some cornmeal, my sister is making pumpkin cakes now, and I'll let you try my cooking when it's done." .”

"Okay!" Jing'er ran out to fetch firewood in a lively manner.

Yunwen also took a copper basin and took noodles from the grain jar.

Shen Yunjin washed the pumpkin with clean water, cut off a small piece first, then put the remaining pumpkin in a basin and set it aside.She cut the small piece of pumpkin into thin slices, put it in the pot, lit the fire and steamed the pumpkin.

Not long after, there was a delicate melon smell in the room. Jing'er smelled it with her nose, and felt that the pumpkin smelled really good.

Shen Yunjin opened the lid of the pot, took out the pumpkin inside, and took out two slices for Yun Wen and Jing Er to eat first, and then she mixed the remaining pumpkin slices with corn flour until the flour was evenly mixed until.

The noodles mixed with pumpkin were kneaded into the shape of round cakes, put into the pot and continued to steam.

Yunwen was a little curious, "Sister, is it done like this? It's too simple."

"That's it. Pumpkin pie is not difficult to make." Shen Yunjin slowly explained, "It's just that our conditions are limited, and we don't have white flour and glutinous rice flour, so we have to substitute cornmeal first. I hope the taste will not be too bad. Right. We don’t have sugar at home, but this pumpkin is very sweet, so it doesn’t matter much if we don’t put sugar in it. Let’s see if the pumpkin pie we made is worth selling.”

After a while, rising steam rose from the lid of the pot, and the aroma of the cakes also overflowed. Shen Yunjin took out the firewood under the stove, opened the lid, and golden and plump pumpkin pies appeared in front of him.

It smells good and looks good, this is already half the battle, the next step is to look at the taste.

Shen Yunjin brought two pumpkin pies to his younger siblings and asked them to eat first.

As a result, after Yunwen and Jinger ate two mouthfuls, they both boasted that it was delicious. Yunwen smiled and said, "Sister, this cake is really delicious. It will definitely sell well if you sell it in the town."

"It's so delicious, let's sell it tomorrow, sister." Jing'er said vaguely with a pumpkin pie in her mouth.

Hearing that his siblings agreed, Shen Yunjin picked up a piece of pumpkin pie and took a sip.

The taste is slightly sweet, and there is a mellow aroma after the entrance. The pumpkin neutralizes the roughness of the cornmeal, and it tastes soft and delicate, and it is also very chewy.

Shen Yunjin was overjoyed, the pumpkin pie was better than she expected.

Although no good ingredients were used, but only the most common cornmeal and pumpkin were used to make it, this simple method gave the pumpkin pie a pure taste, very fragrant and mellow. If you sell it, you will be recognized, and the cost is not expensive.

At this moment, Shen Yunjin felt that he was simply a genius.

She looked at her younger sister and younger brother happily, "My sister didn't disappoint you, right? Let's go to the town to make a small fortune tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)