The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 71

When the oil press made of hardwood and pig iron was carried home by Lin Qiulai and Lin Xialai, the weather was already so cold that it was close to zero degrees, and there was only no snow.The lard in the kitchen had already condensed into white grease.

The oil press is a pig iron bucket with a funnel underneath, and the lid made of pig iron can be put into the iron bucket.The shelves are made of hardwood.Put the fried soybean flour into the iron bucket, then cover the lid, and put various heavy objects on it to press down until the soybean oil flows out of the funnel.

Lin Qiu came to fetch water to clean the oil press, and wiped it several times with a dry cloth.Fang Yumin was holding a notebook, on which she recorded the steps of extracting soybean oil.In fact, none of them had ever squeezed soybean oil, and Fang Yumin had only played simulation.

Lin Xialai didn't come home either, he wanted to see how to extract soybean oil?The younger sister-in-law is very capable, and he also believes that this behemoth may really be able to extract oil.

Fang Yumin first ordered them to wash the soybeans, and then put them in the stone mill to grind them into powder.Put the soybean powder into the pot and steam it over high heat, and then dry-fry it to get the aroma. The bean paste is ready, and then the last and most important step is to press.

Under Fang Yumin's command, Lin Qiulai first put a pre-woven linen cloth into the bucket to prevent the soybean flour from being squeezed out.Then put the fried soybean powder into the iron bucket and cover it.

Then there is the weight squeeze.Lin Qiulai and Lin Xialai pressed a few big stones on top of the lid, and then put a strong wooden stick on top of the stone.The two brothers pressed down hard on the two sections of the stick. After a while, a transparent yellow oily liquid slowly dripped out from the lower end of the funnel. As the pressure deepened, it gradually connected into a line.

"The oil is coming out." Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang, who were squatting on the side watching, jumped up and shouted excitedly when they saw the oil coming out.

Fang Yumin also jumped up happily, and then squatted down to watch.I didn't expect it to be really successful. Now that it's done, I don't have to buy oil in the future.Thinking of this, Fang Yumin couldn't help laughing hahaha.

Lin Qiulai and Lin Xialai also smiled and watched the lines of oil flowing from the funnel into the tank.The two of them worked even harder, almost jumping up and pressing down, the oil came out faster.

Although the weather was cold, Lin Qiulai and Lin Xialai were sweating profusely after squeezing all the soybean flour, and even their backs were soaked.

In fact, the rate of oil yield is not high when pressed by manpower in this way, but it is still more cost-effective than buying soybean oil.Because soybeans are pungent and easy to grow, no matter how barren the land is, there can be a harvest, and even some corners of the land can be planted. Therefore, the price of soybeans is also very cheap.Holding the can of soybean oil, everyone is very happy.

Lin Xia came to wipe off his sweat and asked Fang Yumin directly: "Sister and brother, can we use your oil press to extract soybean oil in the future?"

Fang Yumin nodded: "Of course, you can come here if you want to use it."

"Thank you then."

"Brother, thank you so much. Also, the dregs of soybean flour after pressing can be fed to pigs. Second brother, why don't you raise two pigs in your family? Apart from soybean dregs, sweet potato dregs can also be fed to pig food. Well. See how fat my four pigs are? The pig's face and belly almost fell to the ground." Fang Yumin thought for a while and suggested to Lin Xialai.It is really difficult to make a living by farming alone, and it must be farmed.

As long as the pigs raised are fat enough, they can be sold for a good price when the Chinese New Year is approaching.The four fat pigs in Fang Yumin's family weighed over 120 catties each, moved slowly, and were so ugly that everyone was angry.But in everyone's eyes, they are all shining with the dazzling light of silver.

Lin Xialai nodded: "My family also raises a pig, but it is not as fat as yours. The price of piglets in winter is cheap. I will ask in a few days and buy two piglets to raise."

"Will it be cheaper in winter?" Fang Yumin's eyes lit up.

Lin Qiulai smiled: "It's cheap, it's hard to get pigweed in winter, and everyone will buy piglets in spring."

"That's it, come autumn, go buy a few and bring them back."

Everyone laughed loudly when they saw Fang Yumin's greedy look.

"Second brother, today you can work harder and help us extract more oil. Anyway, soybean oil will not solidify in winter."

Lin Xialai readily agreed.

Fang Yumin took Xiaoyang and Xiaoming into the kitchen to prepare soybean flour.

A total of three cans of soybean oil were squeezed, and Lin Qiulai and the others stopped.Fang Yumin sent a can to Lin Xialai to take home.

With soybean oil, the storage method of meat does not have to be marinated. You can also chop the meat and glue it into meatballs, and then fry it in a frying pan.It can be stored for a long time without breaking.

Fang Yumin looked at the small Taiji-shaped iron pot that he brought back at the same time and wanted to eat hot pot.This hot pot soup base is the big bone soup at home now, which Fang Yumin's family has prepared all year round.Another hot pot soup base is spicy soup base, this one has to be adjusted.

When eating hot pot, the best hot pot ingredient is fat beef, but in ancient times, cattle were family wealth, and sometimes they were even more expensive than people, so don’t even think about eating beef.Other ingredients are nothing more than pork belly, offal, fresh fish and vegetables, etc.

There is no fresh pork at home, Fang Yumin's desire to eat hot pot has cooled down a little.It is said that in this ancient village, unless you go to the market or slaughter pigs, there will be no fresh pork to eat.

There are live chickens, fish and rabbits at home without pork.These hot pot ingredients are also good, Fang Yumin almost drools at the thought of the bright red, numbing and spicy taste.

"Qiu Lai, you have worked hard today. To reward you, let's have hot pot tonight."

Qiu Lai chuckled: "Okay, but I think you want to eat it. Just now you just looked at these small iron pots and swallowed."

Xiao Ming also smiled and said, "Mom, I heard that too."

Xiao Yang didn't speak, but she also pursed her lips and smiled.

Fang Yumin waved her hand generously and said, "Then do you want to eat?"

"miss you!"

"I think it's time to divide and cooperate. Xiaoyang will kill two rabbits; Qiulai will kill a chicken and two fish; Xiaoming will go to the greenhouse to pick vegetables and wash them; I will adjust the hot pot ingredients."

"Okay, let's go right away."

Fang Yumin went to the side room where the spices were stored to fiddle with the ingredients for the spicy soup base. She was going to make a mandarin duck hot pot in a while, with red soup and white soup at the same time.The red soup is naturally a spicy soup base, and the white soup is a bone broth soup. Put some red dates, corn and carrots in it, and the soup will be more delicious and sweet.

In addition, the most important and most critical thing to eat hot pot is the charcoal stove.Although there is no need to use charcoal for burning fire dragons at home, Fang Yumin thinks about cats eating hot pot, and there is no induction cooker, gas stove, etc. in this house, so she asked Lin Qiu to prepare charcoal early on, even with charcoal I also made several stoves.

There is soybean oil at home, Fang Yumin will not be stingy with oil.This charcoal fire is already difficult to heat a pot of soup. If there is no layer of oil covering the soup, when will the raw meat be cooked in the hot pot?

Everyone was busy, Fang Yumin prepared the red soup ingredients and boiled it with high soup.When the spices are heated, they will slowly emit a unique aroma. With those dried red peppers, garlic cloves, ginger, and scallions, etc., the taste will gradually come out, and it will become more and more intense.

The fragrant and spicy spicy hot pot soup base, mixed with the fresh and sweet taste of the big bone soup, formed a tempting aroma that permeated the kitchen, attracting the father and son who were busy in the yard.They looked up at the tumbling red soup and sniffed vigorously.

"It's so fragrant, Xiao Min, what did you put so fragrant?" Lin Qiulai asked.

"Well, it smells so good, it must be delicious. Mom, what did you put?" Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang.

Fang Yumin rushed them impatiently: "Secret! If you want to eat, hurry up and make the hot pot ingredients. I even made the charcoal stove, and I'm waiting for you."

"Okay, it'll be ready right away!" The father and son dispersed immediately, speeding up the processing of the ingredients in hand.

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By the time the family of four sat on the pit and started enjoying the hot pot, half an hour had passed.I saw the mandarin duck pot on the charcoal stove tumbling, red like fire, white like milk.

"Let's start, throw in whatever you want to eat, and eat it when it's hot." Fang Yumin said while picking up the fish fillets and putting them in a colander and brushing them in the spicy soup. When the meat turns white, pick them up and put them in separately In the bowls of Xiao Ming, Xiao Yang and Qiu Lai.

Xiao Ming couldn't wait to pick up the fish fillet and put it in his mouth: "Hiss, it's so hot. It's delicious and fragrant."

Qiulai and Xiaoyang also started to eat it when they heard it, it was really delicious.

When she looked up, Fang Yumin was already blanching chicken slices. She was busy with her hands, chewing in her mouth. There were already a lot of chicken intestines, livers, and fish fillets in the bowl, which were shining red with oil.

Fang Yumin glanced at them and said, "Do it yourself, you will have enough food and clothing!"

As soon as the father and son heard this, they acted immediately.

Another satisfying dinner.

Lin Qiulai's family was fed up again, and the four of them braved the cold wind for a walk in the yard to digest their food. The heat from eating the spicy hot pot just now was still in their bodies, so they didn't feel cold.

Lin Qiulai smacked his mouth and praised: "Xiao Min, the hot pot you came up with is really fresh. It's the most suitable to eat in such a cold weather."

"Hey, isn't it delicious?" Fang Yumin was very proud.This red oil soup base is actually not authentic, because there are really few spices here, and there are no spices with unique flavors and uses at all, so Fang Yumin had to fumble for it by himself.Unexpectedly, the effect is also good.

Everyone nodded: "Delicious."

"If it's delicious..." Fang Yumin rubbed her chin with a sinister smile.

"Is mother going to sell this hot pot?" Xiao Ming looked up at Fang Yumin and asked, Xiao Yang also looked at it with wide eyes, probably he had the same idea.

Fang Yumin said with a smile: "Mother wants to sell this hot pot, but not to sell the recipe, but mother is going to make spicy hot pot sauce by herself. This spicy hot pot sauce can not only be used as a seasoning for hot pot soup, but also can be used to make It's time to eat, and by the way, sell the soybean oil at home at a high price, hehe."

As soon as the words fell, the father and son headed by Lin Qiulai all looked at Fang Yumin with admiration: "Xiao Min (mother) is really good at making money."

(End of this chapter)