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Chapter 473 Mushroom Powder

Early the next morning, Su Zizhong got up before dawn. He and the other twenty-two people ground the soybeans before going out for a walk. When he came back, Su Ziling had already gotten up, filtered the bean dregs, and put the soy milk in a bucket.

There was hot soy milk in the pot. I scooped out a few bowls and made the rest into tofu curds. The bean dregs on the side were not wasted. I added a handful of flour, chopped some wild vegetables, beat two eggs, and fried them. A bowl of bean dregs cake came out.

Eating these alone was not enough. The noodles had risen a lot last night, so she took some out to steam the steamed buns. There were many wild vegetables these days, so she steamed some steamed buns.

She hadn't eaten sweet potatoes for a long time, so she cooked some. The sweet potatoes had been dug for a long time and were wilted when left in the house, but the wiltier the sweet potatoes were, the sweeter they tasted.

Su Ziling had finished cooking and was about to go out to see if Su Zizhong was back. As soon as the door opened, she saw two people not far away.

"Brother, where have you been?" Su Ziling asked, looking at their trouser legs that were wet with dew.

"We went out for a walk, is the meal ready?" Su Zizhong picked up the bamboo rat in his hand and curled his lips slightly, "I caught a little gadget."

Su Ziling's eyes brightened slightly. This bamboo rat was quite fat. It would probably weigh a pound of meat when killed. "You guys went to the bamboo forest?"

Su Zizhong said softly, "Hmm," "I happened to see it when I was passing by."

Su Ziling didn't care whether they were passing by or not, "Are there any bamboo shoots?"

"Yes!" Twenty promised loudly, "The rain this year is pretty good, and the bamboo forest is full of bamboo shoots. Do you want to eat them? If so, we will dig them tomorrow!"

"Yes! Dig more!" Su Ziling nodded repeatedly. The meat of winter bamboo shoots is thick and plump, with a crisp and tender texture. It is suitable for stir-frying and stewing.

After eating, everyone went about their own business. The crops in the fields could not be harvested yet, and there was nothing else to do. Mr. Su and Father Su continued to lead the cattle to open up wasteland.

Mother Su continued to cut the unfinished radishes, while Su Ziling started making mushroom powder.

She can't make MSG, but she can still make mushroom powder.

She lit up the kiln fire in the yard, put the dried mushrooms in and roasted them slowly over low heat. Thinking that Uncle Li and the others still had some shrimps, she put them in and roasted them all at once.

The shrimps are relatively small, so you have to pay attention to the roasting time. After roasting for a cup of tea, she took them out to dry.

The mushrooms were roasted for half an hour. During this time, she cut out the radish tassels. One radish tassel was cut into pieces, and each cut was about as long as a finger.

Turnip tassels are quick to cut, just wash and dry them after cutting, and they can be pickled almost tomorrow night.

After she finished cutting, the mushrooms were roasted. After they were dried, they were put into a pestle and mortar together with the dried shrimps, and then slowly pounded and ground.

After pounding, it needs to be sieved once to filter out the coarse ones and skin. The ground powder can be directly stored in a small jar. Such a jar can be eaten for about two months.

She doesn't make much, because the storage conditions are limited now, so she only makes two months' worth. There are a lot of mushrooms at home, so she can make them again after eating them.

Su Ziling's eyes widened as she looked at the two jars, one large and one small, in her hands and the fragrance in the air.

The larger jar is used in restaurants, and the smaller jar is used at home.

After making the mushroom powder, she took a basket and said, "Grandma, I'm going out."

"Where to go? The olive delivery guy will be here soon."

Knowing that their family harvested olives, everyone started going up the mountain to pick olives early in the morning. Some people didn't even come back for breakfast, so they asked their children to run over and deliver food to them.

The Chinese New Year will be coming in a few days, and everyone wants to take this opportunity to earn more. Every penny more is a penny, and it will be better to have a good year and eat a meal of Baba silk.

"I'll be back soon. I'm just on the edge of the field. I'm going to cut some spicy Polygonum and come back to make some distiller's yeast and some sweet white wine. I can boil the white wine eggs to eat during the Chinese New Year."

Su Ziling took her hat and sickle and walked out the door.

"If someone comes to deliver olives, you can help weigh them, or you can wait until I come back. I'll be there quickly."

These things have to be put on the agenda. Get ready early. Su Ziling has made up his mind to have a good year this year.

She walked very quickly, fearing that those people would come to deliver olives. Guang Su's mother and Su A'nai would be too busy at home.

She didn't go far, but looked for it on the edge of the fields. Polygonum spp. likes to grow in places with water or in ditches.

There was a ditch beside the field, and the side was covered with dense Polygonum. She cut two handfuls at will. When she saw the tender plantains on the side, she dug up another handful. She just went back to eat it cold.

I also picked some water celery, which can be used to stir-fry meat, and water celery, which can be used for cold salad, fried eggs, and soup. I thought that after all, I couldn't go back empty-handed, right?

She simply pinched a handful and didn't take more. It was enough for one meal. If it was too much, it would become wilted after being put away for a long time, and the wilted ones would no longer be fresh.

Even though she was fast, the yard was still crowded with people when she got home, and she met some on the road from time to time.

There are many more people today than yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, more than 500 kilograms were collected. Looking at the sacks in this yard, Su Ziling made a rough estimate, and it would not be less than a thousand kilograms.

Su A'nai is getting older and has been complaining that her waist can't bear it. Su's mother has slowed down a lot.

It wasn't until they saw her coming back that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Aunts, give way, give way, and I will weigh you."

Su Ziling squeezed all the way in, and when they heard her voice, everyone turned around to look.

"Ah! Xiaoqing is back?"

"What are you doing? Why are there water on your pants legs?"

Su Ziling pursed her lips and smiled, "I went to the field to pick up two handfuls of coriander and celery. I didn't expect all the aunts to come so quickly."

Hearing her voice, everyone looked behind and saw a basket beside the well containing some water coriander and celery.

"Isn't the coriander a little old these two days? We have to wait for another two months, February or March next year, when it will be tender."

"It's okay. I took it back and chopped it into pieces to make an omelette. You can't eat it when it's cooked." In fact, the coriander Su Ziling pinched was from the edge of the ditch. It wasn't old, but it didn't taste as good as the ones in February and March. so good.

"Goudan went into the mountains today and picked up two handfuls of mushrooms. They are already dried. I said they can't be eaten. This kid, I have to say that he can eat them. I saw you picked them. Please help me take a look. Is this edible?" Goudan Niang He was carrying a basket with most of the dried blue fungus in it.

"It's edible. This is fungus. You take it back and soak it in water. After soaking, wash it and blanch it. Then you can eat it cold or stir-fried. It tastes better than gray fungus."

"Is it edible? That's it!" Goudan Niang smiled from ear to ear, "How do we know if these are edible? We eat gray gray fungi every year. This year, we have recognized a lot of fungi from you. But we don’t dare to try that thing easily.”

Goudanniang was also one of the helpers who helped Old Su's family pick up mushrooms, and she made a lot of money by doing this.