The poor man grows watermelon

The method of making sugar from sugarcane originated in India.

The Tianzhu people squeezed sugarcane into juice, then dried it into syrup under the hot sun, and then boiled it until the syrup condensed into lumps, which was called "stone honey".

However, the sucrose blocks obtained in this way are black and red in color and have more impurities.Later, they improved the method of boiling sugar, adding milk or lime to the syrup and boiling it, which can make the syrup fade slowly and turn into light yellow granulated sugar.

For a long time after that, there was no real "white sugar" clearly recorded in ancient books until the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

The method adopted by Su Ye was taken from "Tiangong Kaiwu" by Song Yingxing in Ming Dynasty.

First squeeze the sugarcane juice with a ram, then pour the juice into a vat, and then slowly boil it into a yellow-black syrup. After cooling naturally, the syrup will condense into black sugar.

Su Qingzhu scooped up a small ball of black granulated sugar and put it in his mouth, his bright black eyes flashed, "Mmm~ so sweet!"

"Is it sweeter than sugar cane?" Su Ya'er was eager to move.

Su Qingzhu dug another ball and brought it to his mouth, "Taste it."

Su Ya'er stuck out her tongue and licked it a little.

"Evil~" Su Qingzhu shook his hands exaggeratedly, "You can eat as soon as you eat, why lick me?"

Su Ya'er was embarrassed by what he said, and annoyed: "I'm eating candy, not licking you!"

"Hey~ You just licked it!" Su Qingzhu chuckled while stuffing candy into his mouth.

Su Ya'er didn't bother to pay attention to him, so she dug a ball and wanted to feed it to Xiao Xuewa next to her.

The earthen pot was placed too high, Xuewa couldn't reach it, and the little guy was so hungry that he yelled, "Baby eat!"

Su Qingzhu separated Su Ya'er's hand that was trying to reach out, deliberately teasing him, "Call me Uncle!"

"uncle!"

"Oh, you really have no bones at all." Su Qingzhu shook his head and wiped a ball of the little guy's mouth.

Su Ya'er was so angry that he hit him, "Don't talk nonsense, the baby is only so old, what kind of bones are you talking about!"

"I followed my father into the mountains to hunt when I was younger than him!"

Su Ya'er curled her lips and muttered, "You used to live on the mountain."

Su Qingzhu chuckled, "I said you... are quite funny sometimes."

Su Ya'er smiled, straightened the round balls on Xuewa's head, and asked softly, "Baby, is it sweet?"

Xuewa grinned, her little face wrinkled into a ball, "Bitter~"

"Haha, what bitterness, it's sugar, it's sweet!" Su Qingzhu laughed with her arms crossed, "Come on, have another sip."

Xue Wabu kept hiding with his little head in a daze.

The two big ones were having fun while eating and playing. They were very happy.

When Su Ye slipped out carrying the washed tiles, he saw three twins eating happily around the crock.

As soon as he put the tile on the table, he took the bamboo board up and gave it to each of them for a while—except, of course, the cute little Xuewa.

"The sugar hasn't been refined yet, so I'll tell you to finish it first!"

Su Ye saw the candy on Su Qingzhu's mouth at a glance, and knocked on his forehead angrily, "Isn't it bitter to eat so much?"

"Bitter!" Xiao Xuewa replied honestly.

Su Ye bent down, pretending to be stern, "If you eat too much, be careful not to lose all your teeth."

Thinking of the toothless grandmother at the entrance of the village, Xiaoxuewa quickly covered her mouth in fright, and assured her sullenly, "Baby won't eat."

Su Qingzhu and Su Ya'er hid back without a trace, muttering in a small voice:

"My brother is so fierce!"

"Who told you to eat so much!"

"You didn't eat?"

"Well... not that much."

"(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~"

With his back turned to them, Su Ye couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth when he heard the two whispering pretending to be scared.

Seeing Daddy's smile, Xuewa's little mouth, which was sticking with sugar grains, also grinned.

Su Ye rubbed the little guy's head, and when he straightened up, he gave him a habitual support.

Su Qingzhu's eyes flashed, and he ran over to hold his arm in two or three steps, and asked nervously, "Does your back hurt? Did you twist it?"

It was the first time he had seen Su Qingzhu like this, and Su Ye was stunned for a while.

Su Qingzhu paused, and said in a muffled voice: "My father also had injuries on his waist before, and his back hurts when he was tired from work."

Su Ye was silent, thinking of Uncle Su's identity and the intricate relationship among them, he couldn't help but marvel at the magic of fate.

Su Ya'er said softly, "Xiaoye, let's play with Xuewa for a while. You can teach me the next job, and I will do it."

Su Qingzhu raised her hand, "And me!"

Su Ye raised the corners of her mouth, and her heart felt hot, "There's no rush, we have to wait for Brother Feng to come back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Feng turned around from behind the house, holding a large wooden barrel about two feet high in his hand.

Before he could speak, a hearty smile appeared on the man's face, "Aren't you in a hurry? I just met my aunt by the river and helped her untangle her clothes for a while."

Su Ye smiled, "There's no rush, it's just right."

Yu Feng put the wooden barrel by the table, rubbed his son's head, and put his arms around his partner's waist without any trace, and said very manly: "You guys rest, I'll come."

"Okay." Su Ye nodded with peace of mind.

Next, the three children, three children, one child, and four children sat around the table, eating the sour wild hawthorn, and watching Yu Feng work alone.

These hawthorns were all sent by Shao Ping, two big baskets full, Su Ye picked out a basin of good quality, washed it clean and set it aside.

Su Qingzhu watched him throw them into his mouth one by one, and his mouth was sour, "Brother, don't you feel sour?"

Su Ye smacked her lips, "It's really a little sour."

"Just 'a little' sour?" Su Qingzhu grinned, picked one up and stuffed it into Su Ya'er's mouth, "Try it."

As soon as Su Ya'er took a bite, she shivered violently, her whole body was not well, "The teeth, the teeth are sore..."

Su Ye blinked, is that an exaggeration?

The three of them cast their eyes on Xue Wa at the same time.

The little guy took the initiative to put his white hand into the basin, picked up one, took a big bite, and then... tears flowed out.

"Xuan, Xuan..." Xue Wa grinned, shedding tears as she burrowed into Su Ye's arms.

Even so, the piece of hawthorn in his mouth was still reluctant to spit it out.

——Daddy said, don't waste food!

The three unscrupulous twins, plus Yu Feng's stinky father, laughed unkindly.

Everyone laughed for a while, and continued to watch Yu Feng work.

The tile drain that Su Ye just took out was actually a tile funnel. According to what he said, Yu Feng first blocked the leak with clean wheat straw, then poured black sugar into the funnel, and waited until the black sand slowly When it condensed into a ball, the straw was removed, and the water in the bucket was poured into the funnel with a ladle.

Su Ya'er looked at the water in the bucket, blinked, and asked in confusion, "Brother Feng, where did you get this water from? Why is it a bit cloudy?"

Yu Feng chuckled, "This is yellow muddy water, it's fine if it's muddy."

Upon hearing this, Su Qingzhu stood up from the chair with a whoosh, and said abruptly, "That's sugar! Why did you pour mud into it?"

Seeing his anxious appearance, Su Ye laughed out loud.

Su Qingzhu was dissatisfied, "Don't tell me to take care of him, but still laugh!"

Su Ye restrained his smile, and patiently explained: "That's not mud, it's yellow mud water. Not only is yellow mud water not dirty, but it can also remove impurities from black sugar. If you don't believe me, look——"

Su Qingzhu looked in the direction Su Ye pointed, and sure enough, as the yellow muddy water was poured down, black slag flowed out from the small opening at the bottom of the funnel, and at the same time, the sugar in the funnel was getting bigger and bigger. whiter.

Su Qingzhu's eyes lit up, "This is..."

"White sugar." Su Ye said warmly, "It's sweeter than black sugar, and it has no peculiar smell."

When the white icing was ready, Su Ye scraped off some with a small spoon and fed them to the mouths of the three of them one by one.

The three little pairs were so sweet that their eyes narrowed - they had never eaten such a sweet thing!

Yu Feng stood aside and coughed heavily.

Su Ye turned her head and joked, "Is your throat uncomfortable?"

Yu Feng looked at the small wooden spoon in his hand, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Su Ye smiled, and slowly dug into the funnel.

The corners of Yu Feng's straightened mouth slightly raised.

Su Ye raised her eyebrows, and the wooden spoon suddenly turned a corner and put it in her mouth.

Yu Feng paused, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

Su Ye was still laughing smugly one second, and bumped into a hard chest the next second.

This is not over yet, in front of the three little twins, Yu Feng grabbed Su Ye's lips without hesitation, kissed and gnawed, and his domineering tongue stuck in while Su Ye was dazed. .

Su Qingzhu opened his mouth wide, stared blankly, and blushed quietly for some reason.

Su Ya'er immediately turned her back and covered Xuewa's bright eyes.

Although the little guy couldn't see, he was still grinning with his mouth open - Smelly Daddy is eating Daddy again, and Daddy will definitely beat Smelly Daddy again!

Sure enough, not long after, the little guy heard a familiar crisp sound, no, it should be louder than usual.

Yu Feng clutched his chest that didn't hurt at all, and grinned with a deep smile.

When it was over, he leaned close to Su Ye's ear without fear of death, and whispered, "Xiao Yezi is so sweet today! Aww—"

Su Ye kicked him away angrily, pretending not to care at all.

He does look quite composed - if you ignore those popping ears.

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The cooking of white granulated sugar was fairly successful.

The next step is to refine rock sugar—whether it is candied haws or snowballs, or the delicious ones made with rock sugar.

The practice of rock sugar should be based on white granulated sugar.Put the sugar into the pot, fry it over a low heat, and then slowly add the egg white liquid, which can further remove impurities.

The process of boiling sugar must be guarded by someone, otherwise it will be very easy to burn.

At the same time, take a few knots of blue bamboo and split them into small pieces about an inch long. When the syrup becomes clear, throw the bamboo sticks in and let it stand overnight to condense into a sweet and translucent rock sugar.

Although rock sugar is made of white granulated sugar, it has the incomparable advantages of white granulated sugar—it is not sticky to the hand, it is sweet, and it can be carried in your pocket, and you can take it out and lick it whenever you want to eat.

As a result, as soon as rock sugar came out, it immediately took the place of granulated sugar and became the new favorite of the twins.

Xiao Xuewa watched eagerly as Yu Feng tapped the candy with a wooden mallet, so she kept calling her daddy.

Yu Feng looked at his son and said helplessly, "Your little daddy told you not to let you eat too much candy."

The little guy flattened his mouth and begged softly: "Daddy, I don't know."

Yu Feng pursed his lips, pretending to look at him seriously.

Not only was the little guy not afraid, but he stretched out his white paws and grabbed his sleeves and shook them, "Daddy~ Eat Bingbing~"

Hearing Xiao Shuang'er's soft tone, Yu Feng's heart softened immediately.

He sighed, picked up the smallest piece very stingily, stuffed it quietly into his son's slender hands, and imitated Su Ye's example: "Don't eat too much, or your teeth will fall out!"

Xuewa nodded her head obediently, and then swished the whole candy into her mouth while he was not paying attention.

Yu Feng was startled, and just as he was about to snatch it out, the little guy bent his eyes towards him, smiling cutely and warmly, almost melting the whole world.

The tall man let out a long sigh and compromised again.

There is really no way!