"Today?" Father Su was stunned for a moment, then he drank the tea on the table in one gulp, "Okay, today is today, you tell me what to do, don't do anything, just stand at the door and give orders."

"I definitely won't do it, it's too heavy, but I have to watch you while you're boiling the sugar, otherwise I'm afraid you'll have to boil two pots of syrup."

Su Ziling carried a chair and walked into the house. "Grandpa, the stone wok you made will be put to use. First, we need to clean it and assemble it. Then, we need to rinse the sugarcane."

After hearing her words, everyone started to work and started by moving the tables and benches in the yard into the house.

Grandpa Su and Su's father were responsible for cleaning and assembling the stone twisters, while Su Zizhong, Lu Yan and twenty others were responsible for cleaning the sugarcane.

Su's mother went to find a clean bucket and a large basin to hold the sugarcane juice later.

This stone squeezer is specially used to squeeze sugarcane juice. Su Ziling told Grandpa Su what it looked like. The old man spent a long time chiseling it. During this time, he even tried it with bamboo. He kept adjusting it when it didn't fit.

This stone grinder is similar to a stone mill, or in other words, it is two rotating stone mills that are stood upright and placed side by side. There is a gap between the two stone mills, which is used to hold sugarcane.

A large wooden board is used to fix the millstone, and the two holes on the millstone are made into rotating axles, and a wooden stake is placed in the round hole on the millstone.

A bottom trough was made of dragon bamboo under the stone mill. The squeezed sugarcane juice flowed out of the bamboo tube and finally into the bucket.

It can be pushed by hand, or pulled by a cow or donkey. (Stone twister picture)

After this stone winch was made, it was kept in the yard and was never used. Everyone thought it was useless. Several times when Su's mother was sweeping the yard, she complained that it took up too much space.

I asked twice if it was still needed. If not, I would move it outside the door. If Su Ziling hadn't said that it would be needed soon, I'm afraid the stone rope would have been sent outside the door.

"Okay, what do we do next?"

No one had ever seen brown sugar boiled before, and everyone was extremely excited.

"Let's lead the cow out, and then we can squeeze the sugarcane juice." Su Ziling was also excited. She had wanted to try this sugarcane for a long time, but the skin was too hard to bite. After chewing a piece of sugarcane, her teeth were gone.

Su's father and old man Su each led a cow, and each cow pulled a stone winch. Su Zizhong was responsible for putting the sugarcane, and the others were responsible for washing the sugarcane beside the well.

Sugarcane juice slowly flows out of the stone trough, then flows into the bamboo tube, and finally into the bucket.

Su Ziling couldn't help it, so he took out a gourd ladle, scooped out a cup and distributed a cup to everyone.

"How's grandma?"

"Sweet, much sweeter than the sugar I bought." Looking at the sugarcane residue thrown aside, she asked, "Are those sugarcane residues still useful?"

Su Ziling shook his head. "You can use a woodcutter to butcher it, and then feed it to pigs and cows."

"Okay, then feed them to the pigs and cows. I thought it would be a waste if I threw them away."

Su's mother held the cup in one hand and Edamame in the other, feeding him sugarcane juice in small sips.

"This sugarcane juice is really delicious. Look at this little guy, he's holding on to the cup and won't let go."

Little Maodou is already over one year old. He has twelve teeth and can eat by himself on weekdays.

After drinking the sugar water, he was so happy that he kept giggling, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he held the cup with both hands tightly. If it wasn't for Su's mother holding the cup, he would have swallowed it in one gulp.

"Mother, let him drink less. Eating too much candy will damage his teeth." Su Ziling pinched his little chubby face.

Hearing this, Su's mother quickly took out the cup and said, "How can this damage teeth? Then he can't eat it. When the teeth grow out, it will be bad if they are damaged."

After saying that, he drank the rest of the sugarcane juice in one gulp, then handed him the cup and said, "Look, it's gone. I've finished it. I can't drink it today. I'll drink it tomorrow."

Maodou was a little confused. He tilted the cup upside down and tried to drink for a long time, but didn't drink a drop.

He turned the cup upside down in disbelief and shook it up and down with his hands. It was really gone. He looked at Su Ziling with a pout.

She cried out aggrievedly, "Aunt."

"Oh my, let me see what's wrong with our little Maodou?" Su Ziling leaned over and touched his head.

The little guy curled his lips, tears filled his eyes, and he cried and said, "It's gone."

"Then let's not drink this. Auntie will give you some candy. There are other delicious foods in Auntie's room. Do you want some potato chips?"

His eyes lit up when he heard about potato chips. He stuffed the cup to Wang Anan and said in a baby voice, "I want it."

After saying that, he walked towards Su Ziling, came to her side, hugged her legs, and looked up at it, "Auntie, I want potato chips."

"Okay, you want potato chips, let's go get some." Su Ziling took his hand, "Mother, you guys keep an eye on him first, I'll go and coax him to sleep."

These potato chips were made two days ago. Su Ziling was so greedy that he couldn't help but fry a pot of them. The potato chips are fragrant, crispy, spicy and numbing. Not only children, but adults also love them.

"This kid doesn't even bother with you or him, he just likes to stick with Xiaoqing." Looking at the two people's backs, Su's mother shook her head.

Wang Anan smiled happily, "He wants to be closer to his aunt, not too clingy to me, and not too clingy to his father either."

She felt helpless when talking about this. Her son didn't love his parents, but his aunt and ancestors.

When I coaxed Maodou to sleep and came out, two buckets of sugarcane juice had already been squeezed in the yard.

"The sugarcane juice is ready. How do you make it?" Su's mother asked quickly when she saw her come out.

If she didn't come out, they didn't know what to do.

"Use this gauze to filter the sugarcane residue. The sugarcane juice must be pure and free of impurities." She handed the new gauze to Su's mother, then looked at Wang Anan, "Sister-in-law, have you washed the pot?"

Wang Anan responded, "I've washed it. I've brought out two new pots as you said. We're just waiting to light the fire and start cooking."

Su Ziling nodded, and watched as Su's mother and the others quickly finished filtering the food, then they headed to the kitchen.

Su's mother lit a fire, Su Ziling watched from the side, and Wang Anan was in charge of the work.

After the sugarcane juice was put into the pot, Su Ziling called his mother to light the fire, "Mother, you can light the fire now, just a medium or low heat will do."

"Okay, sure." Su's mother started to light a fire quickly. "I'm not very good at cooking, but I'm good at lighting a fire. If the fire is not hot enough, just tell me."

"Mother, just keep the heat on medium or low. Don't use a high heat, otherwise it will burn," Su Ziling said, then looked at Wang Anan, "Sister-in-law, you are responsible for stirring. Keep stirring in one direction, otherwise the sugar will burn."

"Okay." Wang Anan nodded, rolled up her sleeves and started working. In the two years since she got married, she ate better and was not as tired. She had gained some weight, but still had a well-proportioned figure.

He is also very strong and works much more efficiently than Su Ziling.

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