I Was Called a Poor Widow, But I Relied on My Supernatural Powers To Fight Back In Ancient Times

Chapter 48: Boil sugar

 ‘Sure enough, the whole family is plotting against him, trying to treat him like an old scalper, but there is no way. ’

Bai Anchen concealed the emotion in his eyes and handed the fish to Lao Si, "What mother gives you is yours, what are you doing with me?"

 ‘You bastard, you have bad intentions. His so-called good intentions are all just a joke on him. It’s a shameful thing like resisting a package, so he just doesn’t help to hide it, and he even yells about it everywhere. I wish the whole dock knew that he couldn't live a dignified scholarly life and came to the dock to make a living. ’

Baiyunxi listened to their thoughts and finished breakfast in silence.

"Okay, everything is eaten. Mom will divide the work for you. An Chen did well yesterday and earned two days of food. Let's continue to work hard today. The fourth child will follow so that no one will bully me."

Bai Anyi was happy and nodded, "Don't worry, mom, as long as I'm here, I promise that no one will bully my eldest brother."

 ‘Of course, I won’t let my eldest brother be lazy. ’

Bai Anchen pursed his lips. Without even a chance to refute, my mother turned her head to Bai Anyan.

“Second brother, fifth child will continue to open up wasteland, and Mr. Li will stay. We have to dig out all the beets we found yesterday. Your sister-in-law and I are having a hard time, so you can stay and help.”

 Listening to my mother’s arrangement, no one had any objections.

Bai Anyi took the dry food prepared by Du Shi and urged directly, "Brother, let's go. We're going to be late and we won't be able to get the number."

Bai Anchen clenched his fists. The soreness all over his body made him annoyed, but looking at the stares of everyone, he gritted his teeth and couldn't help but refuse.

Bai Yunxi narrowed his eyes as he watched the two of them help each other go to the pier to resist the baggage. The boss was a proud and selfish boy. He was most afraid of being looked down upon by others.

“Mom, what should we do next?”

Baiyun Xi came back to his senses and said, "Wash out the two pots, put water in the big pot, cut the beets into slices and put them in to cook."

Seeing Mrs. Du and Mrs. Li doing her work according to her instructions, Baiyunxi returned to the house, found a piece of clean cotton cloth, and went to the utility room to pull out a few wooden sticks, and asked Mrs. Li to help hammer them into the soil to fix them and filter the beet pulp. It is easy to use and saves effort.

Li worked quickly, cutting a bowl of beets into slices in a short time and pouring them into a large pot to cook them, just like stewing radishes.

“Mom, can you really make sweet candy like this?”

"Yes, you will be able to smell the sugar soon." Baiyunxi checked the water in the pot, and then directed Mrs. Li to chop the rest of the beets.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she found a few more square grinding tools for making cakes, dried them in the sun, and then cut them into pieces.

 The number of beets is limited, so it is not feasible to make separate grinding tools.

 After finishing the work, I just took a breath and heard Mrs. Li shouting,

 “Mom, we really smell the smell of sugar.”

Baiyunxi walked over, picked up a piece with a pick and tasted it. Almost all the sugar was boiled out.

“Pull out the beets with a strainer, squeeze out the water inside, and scoop it into another pot together with the remaining soup water in the pot to continue boiling to evaporate the water.”

Bai Yunxi guided the two daughters-in-law in their work, talking and demonstrating at the same time.

“Boiling sugar is a long process and requires endurance. The further you get to the end, the more patient you have to be. You have to keep stirring to prevent it from boiling.”

 The vacated pot continues to pour beet slices, and the other pot begins to collect the juice and concentrate the sugar.

When moving, in order to prevent insects from crawling in around the shack, Baiyunxi once asked the second child to ask Doctor Yang for some lime powder to sprinkle on it.

 (End of this chapter)