HLnovel Chapter 290 The Old Lady Who Knows Business
Chapter 290 The Old Lady Who Knows Business
Tang Xin was much more relaxed at this moment, and told Shen Youyou:
"The grandmother of the Bai family at the entrance of the village knows how to make soy sauce. They also make soybean paste. Although almost all families make soybean paste, we buy soy sauce from her family. It is also cheaper for the villagers, 20 cents per pound."
As soon as she finished saying this, she was afraid that Shen Youyou would think it was too expensive, so she immediately added: "The soy sauce sold in the city is too expensive. Although Grandma Bai's soy sauce may not be as good as the ones sold in the city, people from several surrounding villages come to buy it."
Shen Youyou knew that it was very expensive in the city, so she quickly called her mother, "Give me a hundred copper coins to buy five kilograms."
Although she had money, she had no change.
And now her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, who are in charge of public funds, are not at home. They are in the earthen kiln on the west side of the river to burn charcoal and burn iron.
Li Jingshu said: "I don't have any change, your father spent it all."
Old Lady Hua was busy in the house. When she heard the voices, she took out a hundred copper coins, strung them together with a straw rope, and took them out: "I have it here."
Shen Youyou smiled and said, "Thank you, grandma."
She handed the change to Erya: "Tang Xin, could you please take my sister to buy it?"
Tang Xin said generously, "Sure, but five pounds? Can you eat it all at once? It's close anyway, so there's no need to buy so much.
Shen Youyou said it was useful. After all, she had not originally planned to put soy sauce in the jelly because it was too expensive. But now that it costs 20 cents per pound, it is not impossible to give it a try.
Of course, you can make soy sauce yourself, but it is still time-consuming and labor-intensive. Since there are cheaper ones to buy, and they are too busy for the time being, there is no need to make it.
And even if you make it immediately, it won’t be usable because it will take a long time to ferment.
The house they were temporarily staying in was not far from the entrance of the village, because all the houses here were built by outsiders, who were refugees like them, and were assigned here by the imperial court.
However, they were more than ten years earlier, so Shen Erya and Tang Xin came back soon, each holding a few bamboo tubes in their hands.
Shen Erya was holding a bowl of soybean paste in her hand, saying that it was given to her by Grandma Bai, and asked them to try it and see if it was delicious.
Shen Youyou was happy and thought, "This Grandma Bai is quite good at business. What do farmers usually eat in winter? Isn't it just soybean paste? I know they are fleeing famine and probably don't have time to make soybean paste this year. It tastes good, so I might as well go to her house to buy some."
Yang took the bowl of soybean paste from Erya and sniffed it: "It smells quite good. I'll clear the bowl and wash it. Erya, you take the bowl back to the owner."
Erya nodded: "Okay, that grandma is pretty nice."
Yang also happily went to clear a bowl. Shen Youyou got the soy sauce and heated some oil in an iron pan. Since there were no peppercorns, she just put a few cloves of garlic in it.
See the hot oil frying the garlic cloves until golden brown, pick up a basin of ground cabbage and pour it into the pot, add vinegar, soy sauce, and some salt, and stir directly.
After all, there are so many people, so they need to mix a lot of cold dishes. It is not easy to stir in a wooden basin, so they just use a big pot.
After mixing it, she served it out. Since there was still oil in it, she didn't wash the pot, but continued to heat the oil and stir-fry the garlic cloves:
"Just cook the cold dish like that, and you can use less oil. It's up to you. Next is stir-fried ground greens. We have dried bamboo shoots at home, so let's stir-fry the ground greens and bamboo shoots.
Ground radish is easy to cook, and the bamboo shoots can be cut into shreds. Put the bamboo shoots in first, stir-fry for a while, and then add the ground radish. "
Shen Youyou added the ground vegetables, stir-fried them in the pan with a wooden spatula, and then added salt, soy sauce and vinegar.
As the dish is stir-fried, the fragrant aroma of the ground ivy slowly emanates.
After frying the ground radish, she took the large bowl that Fourth Aunt had just washed, filled it with the food, and asked Second Sister to take it back to Grandma Bai.
Shen Luming and the other kids were drooling at the aroma of the ground vegetables.
"Sister, is this delicious?"
Shen Youyou laughed out loud: "What a greedy cat."
But the conversation between the siblings sounded like thunder to Tang Xin and the others. She pointed at Shen Youyou and said, "You...you..."
Then he pointed at Shen Luming and said, "Call you sister?"
Shen Youyou nodded: "Yes, this is my younger brother."
Pointing at Yuan Bao, he said, "My cousin. The rest of them are my brothers and sisters."
Then he told Shen Luming and the others, "These are all sisters. Have you called anyone yet?"
The little kids were also smart, and they all called out to Tang Xin and the other girls, "Sister."
Although Shen Youyou didn't think about it in other ways, Wang Taohua was careful and explained:
"When we were fleeing from the famine, we were afraid of accidents on the road, so we all wore men's clothes. Yoyo was used to wearing men's clothes, and she is a girl."
As a result, the girl from Tangjia Village suddenly realized: "No wonder you are so beautiful."
After blurting out this sentence, her face turned red with shyness.
After Sister Taohua reminded her, Shen Youyou also remembered that she was wearing men's clothes. She came to her senses and said to the girls from Tangjia Village: "You look good too!"
Tang Xin blushed to her ears: "Not as pretty as you, you're so white."
Finally, Shen Youyou made a bowl of ground vegetable and egg soup. The eggs were pheasant eggs that the uncles and aunts had picked up in the bushes when they were clearing the land that morning.
They have nothing now, let alone a place to raise chickens. Everything has to wait until they have their own house.
Ground ivy and egg soup is easy to make. Just use the ground ivy as seaweed and it will taste very delicious.
Tang Xin and several other girls also learned how to make vegetable steamed bread from Li Jingshu.
When I went back, I was all smiling, after all, I learned how to cook several dishes at once.
They picked a lot of ground vegetables during the day and cooked them outside at night, which could also change the taste for the adults at home.
It was gradually getting dark. Shen Zhiqiu and his companions came back from the west side of the river. Before they even entered the gate, they heard Shen Mazi say:
"What did you make today? It smells so good."
When the little kids heard the voice, they jumped and clapped their hands: "Daddy is back, it's time for dinner."
This is obviously because he is waiting impatiently!
But the wait was worth it, as today's dinner was very sumptuous, with cold-mixed ground vegetables, stir-fried ground vegetables with dried bamboo shoots, and a ground vegetable and egg soup.
There’s also the jelly that the little kids have been craving for, which makes them so happy.
All are fresh food.
After Tang Xin and the others left, Shen Youyou started to make goat's milk jam, and it is almost ready now. The jam is easy to make, but picking the seeds takes some effort.
However, they had a lot of manpower and finished it quickly. The goat's milk was ripe and quite sweet.
But when making jam, you still need to add some icing sugar.
She asked her sisters to make the jelly directly in the bucket, or they could cut it into cubes piece by piece, but she liked to eat it piece by piece, which she felt was more delicious.
Each person has a bowl. If you like sweet food, add jam. If you like salty food, add minced garlic, vinegar, soy sauce and salt.
"Sister, it's delicious, sour, sweet, and smooth. It doesn't even make my stomach feel hot after I eat it."
The little ones were the first to eat it, and needless to say they all loved the jam.
"I used saltpeter to chill it. It will definitely keep you cool after eating. But you can only eat one bowl each. Be careful not to get an upset stomach if you eat too much."
Shen Zhiqiu likes salty food, so he put the sauce in and stirred it gently. A sour smell came to his nose and he couldn't help but saliva.
“It would be nice if there were some chili peppers.”
Shen Youyou rolled his eyes. This was the umpteenth time he had heard his father complain about the lack of chili peppers. If chili peppers could sneeze, their branches and leaves would tremble all over.
Father Shen took a bite and said, "This thing is like tofu, but even more tender than tofu. It's just right to eat it now. It feels a lot cooler after each bite."
"This ground vegetable is also delicious. It tastes crispy and is similar to black fungus, but it is more tender and more fragrant."
Li Quan is obviously a good eater.
In fact, most men prefer jelly, mainly because it is hot. They have worked all day and are too hot. Jelly is slippery, cool and refreshing, and the sour taste of vinegar makes it very appetizing.