Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 263 Edible Paper
Yuan Guang stared blankly at his younger sister, she showed her fine white teeth and smiled brightly, just like the warm sun in winter.

It always makes people unable to move their eyes away. It seems that no matter what, things will gradually get better. For example, at this moment, even if the outside is so unstable, it can still be like this, and it can be dealt with no matter what.He also squinted his eyes and smiled, looking at the slim Pinellia, unexpectedly he also had the pride of a young daughter.

With Ban Xia's appearance, I don't know which kid is cheap, and then I read what my mother said, if I really want to be that ignorant kid, I'm afraid I'll wrong her.

I'm afraid it's just... Yuan Guang smiled again.

"What did you think of?" His eyes were full of pampering.

Once Ban Xia figured it out, the whole person suddenly became enlightened, and he was still thinking, "Brother, since this doesn't work, then it doesn't work, why don't you eat this paper!"

"Eat it?" Yuan Guang frowned and thought for a while, then he understood, "Would it be more troublesome to make paper that can be eaten?"

At least, he hadn't heard of it.

Ban Xia is satisfied in her heart, this is her family, she doesn't need to say a lot of things, if a perfect person suddenly hears her say this, she might object or something, but her parents and brother support her unconditionally, even if It wasn't quite right at first.

It's not that Su Youli and the others are well-informed, on the contrary, they just trust themselves.

Thinking of this, Ban Xia became more determined, "Brother, look at the porridge that has been boiled for a long time, and the things that floated on the earthen pot were scalded by the wall of the earthen pot, and there was a thin layer like paper. It’s not difficult to think about it, if it’s really wrapped in that paper, we’ll wrap it up, then take it out and eat it, and it’s also moisture-proof.”

Such a simple truth, why didn't I think of it before, and even thought about changing the original prescription, but I really made a mistake in my busy schedule.

"You mean, use rice?"

Banxia squinted her eyes and shook her head. In her previous life, she knew about glutinous rice paper, but glutinous rice paper is not made of glutinous rice. Most of it is starch. Not to mention better flexibility, the cost is also low. It is used to solve the problem in front of me. , couldn't be more appropriate.

There is such a good opportunity in front of you, it's almost like tailor-made for them.

"Brother, after Brother Lin harvested the grain, we started to store grain here." Ban Xia said again.

"Food?" After asking back, something flashed in Yuan Guang's eyes, and it became clear instantly.

"Brother, what was the first thing we sold?" Ban Xia asked with narrowed eyes, not in a hurry.

There is something Yuan Guang didn't understand. Back then, the family was so poor that everything was in Su Qian's hands. It wasn't because Pinellia discovered cassava, and they went to sell it together, so they got some copper coins. Back then, there was no place. They even searched for Di Yan's house...

In the dark, is everything arranged?

In this way, Yuan Guang is also a little excited, "Panxia, ​​we use cassava! Isn't this powder said to be used for mounting paintings? If so, it must be good, not to mention that we all have ready-made ones now, let's try it." !"

In the past few years, almost no cassava has been sold. One is that the family does not lack the money, and the other is that there are too many people who grow cassava outside. Naturally, this thing is not worth any money. .

When storing grain, a large part of so much cassava has already been cooked, sliced ​​and dried. Every household is like this, so it makes a house not panic when there is surplus grain.

Pinellia is almost the same, except that they have an extra part, which is used to smash, add water to pass through gauze, boil out a fine white juice, precipitate and dry, and it is fine starch.

Today, there are many of these things.

Say try.

Yuan Guang climbed upstairs and quickly took down half a barrel. The brother and sister lit the stove and started quickly.

Ban Xia sees that although Yuan Guang is studying and does not work, he is still doing things very neatly now, and he also thinks it is very good.

Melt the starch with warm water and make it into a paste. First, put a bowl on the brazier and slowly pour the starch paste with a spoon. It can become a paste, but it is not uniform, and some are not fully cooked. .

As for the question of whether it is fast or not, they haven't thought about it that much.

Then I brought the pot over again, still not satisfied, it was even more unsightly to cook this like fried eggs.

Seeing these, Yuan Guang was not satisfied, "Ban Xia is not in a hurry, at least it is half the battle."

"I'm not in a hurry, just..." I'm afraid that the other end won't be able to wait, and I'm not in a hurry on weekdays. If the other end is really waiting for these things, I can't hold back.

The two brothers and sisters hooked their necks and bent over, making various attempts meticulously.

When Mrs. Li entered the door, she saw Yuan Guang and Ban Xia huddling their necks aside, looking at the things on the tongs, besides were baked cracked bowls, scorched bottoms of pots, and things of different sizes. Strange chunks of white powder.

I don't know what I'm doing either.

Can't help but laugh a little, "What is this baked to eat? It's worth it?"

The ashes on the nose and face of the two of them didn't take it seriously. When Li Shi interrupted him, Yuan Guang was still blowing on the tongs, and the ashes in the brazier flew up.

Ban Xia was anxious, "Brother, it's almost over!"

Reaching out to take it, Li's eyes were straightened, and he slapped it, "It's a skill! Dare to take red-hot pokers!"

Seeing Mrs. Li, Banxia smiled.

It was only then that Mrs. Li discovered that there was a scorched sieve on the tongs, but how could there be such a small piece of the sieve?

"Mom, I know, my sister folded it out of the dustpan! I'm too bad at living. A good dustpan is made like this. I made this thing with my brother, and I wasted a lot of starch. It has no taste at all. How can I sell it?" Get out!" Gu Ya'er complained grandly from the side.

Ban Xia's head is full of black lines, looking at Gu Ya'er's contemptuous eyes, it's almost like saying you two prodigals.

That's not all, Yuan Chen on the side also nodded maturely, "Well, Gu Ya'er is right, it has no taste at all."

When did they come to eat secretly, the two of them didn't know at all.

Mrs. Li also became a little suspicious when they said, "You guys, what are you doing?"

Ban Xia shook her face and laughed even more embarrassingly. She just had this idea, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. She coughed twice and admitted embarrassedly, "Mother, that dry food will be stained on the outside of the package. Not to mention things that are easy to get damp, the storage time will be shorter, and things will be wasted if they get wet..."

Mrs. Li knew about the small piece of dry food, not to mention its deliciousness. Ban Xia said that eating a piece of dry food would not make you hungry. She didn't believe it at the beginning, thinking that this girl was raised, but it seemed to be crooked. Yes, people fall into the eyes of money, and then I tried it myself, and it was really like that.

"Then don't worry, let's not sell it for now." Li Shi has always been lenient, and in her opinion, there is nothing that must be done.

Yuan Guang said, "Mother, it was fine before, but now."

"Brother—" Ban Xia was a little anxious.

Yuan Guang looked at the blush on Ban Xia's face, and said with a straight expression, "Mother, you don't know, it's okay to do it normally, but you see that there are so many people fleeing outside now, when will the chaos be serious?" I don't know yet, we don't want to be that profiteer, but if we can sell this dry food, it will save a lot of trouble when others are on the road, and it can be regarded as helping the family to accumulate virtue."

Ban Xia heaved a sigh of relief, looked towards Yuan Guang, and couldn't help being a little amused seeing his serious look, this educated person is really amazing, he raised things to another level so quickly.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li was no longer so careless, "That's the case, but what are you doing?"

Ban Xia said: "Mother, isn't that easy to stick? We have no other way, thinking about the starch made from our cassava, if it is made thinner, isn't it like paper? It can prevent moisture and be edible. , the best of both worlds, but..."

But the idea is beautiful, but it is suffering to realize it.

Mrs. Li curled her lips and laughed, "I didn't say it earlier."

After finishing speaking, he swiftly took it away with tongs, "Add charcoal!"

Seeing Li Shi's chest full of feet, Ban Xia winked at Yuan Guang, and the two honestly lit up the fire.

After a while, Mrs. Li came over with a pot. She didn't care about it so much, and just put it upside down on the brazier. In the other hand, she held a writing brush that they couldn't use. I don't know how Mrs. Li supported it. , into a flat shape.

With water on his hands, Mrs. Li put two drops on it to test the temperature, then used the self-made brush to brush the paste, and pulled it up, and there was a reaction.

She ignored it, turned the pot around, and after a circle, the first thing that was brushed up could be peeled off.

When Mrs. Li wiped off her first sweat, there was already a layer of edible paper on the dustpan.

Ban Xia and Yuan Guang were amazed and stuck out their tongues.

He went over to wipe Li's sweat, "Mother, take a break, you are still the most powerful in our family."

Li's face was rosy, after doing this, he smiled and said: "Is this all right?"

Ban Xia went over to hold the thing and rubbed it with her fingers, "It's almost there."

"It needs to be dampened again, and it's almost done. It's too dry and easy to break. Do you want me to find someone for you? This thing is also fast to make. Make it early, and you can use it directly when it softens." Since listening Said that this thing can come in handy and help those poor people who fled, Li Shi also became active.

Ban Xia pondered for a while, "Mom, it's good to invite my aunts to do this, but I thought that since this thing is painted like this, it doesn't have much toughness, and it will cost money to hire labor. Do it with us. Rice noodles are almost the same, why not go to see if there is a big copper pipe outside, then make a wheel, adjust the paste and it will come in handy, and finally steam it, and then press and cut, it saves worry and effort, and the things made fine."

Yuan Guang talked to Ban Xia again.

Seeing that her daughter is so clever, Mrs. Li is also satisfied, but she deliberately cast a glance, "Yes, yes, that's good, mother can only make pancakes for you, Gu Ya'er, let's have cassava glutinous rice cakes for lunch!"

Seeing Gu Ya'er running over with dog legs to beat Li Shi's back, Ban Xia laughed, but didn't say anything, and continued talking to Yuan Guang about what happened just now.

(End of this chapter)