talk about wine

Noticing that the little girl was in a daze, Meng Chuxi was slightly worried: "Are you tired?"

Zhou Qingwu shook his head, pursed his thin lips, two blushes appeared on his small face, but he gestured seriously: This is the first time someone came to pick me up.

Meng Chuxi was slightly stunned, and then smiled softly on his face: "I don't remember anything now, and the only person I can rely on is you. If you don't dislike it, there will be many times in the future. Of course, it's best if I go with you .”

Zhou Qingwu stared at her with big eyes, blinked and laughed, then nodded slightly.She nodded obediently, when Meng Chuxi over there suddenly stretched out her hand and moved closer, staring at her seriously.

Zhou Qingwu's breathing froze when he looked at the person who was so close.Meng Chuxi is really pretty. Looking at her from a close distance, her skin is fair and supple without any blemishes, and her eyelashes are too long. Zhou Qingwu didn't dare to move because she was so close, and she didn't know what she was going to do.

She didn't realize it until she saw the pine needles in her hand, and her face felt a little hot.

Meng Chuxi couldn't help touching her small face: "Why is Qingwu so shy?"

Zhou Qingwu: ..., his face turned red even more.Seeing Meng Chuxi laugh out loud, she walked over to pick up the basket but was stopped by Zhou Qingwu.

She shook her head: Shen.

Meng Chuxi didn't insist on carrying it alone anymore, and said, "I won't carry it alone, and I can't let you carry it alone. Let's carry it back together."

The last two people carried the rope of the back basket and carried the basket full of pine needles back home.The people in the village watched Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu come back from the mountain together, and couldn't help discussing it. The general meaning was that Meng Chuxi didn't belong to a rich family at all, but was exiled to Zhoujia Village to seek refuge, and now he could only obediently work with Zhou Qingwu.

It's not the first time this kind of words have appeared, Meng Chuxi doesn't take it to heart at all, she doesn't have the arrogance to be a lady, and she is also happy to go out to work with Zhou Qingwu.

A large basket of pine needles can't be boiled much, so put the things away first, Meng Chuxi plans to go early the next morning, and then carry some back.

In the evening, she didn't let Zhou Qingwu do the work. She was the one who cooked and boiled the water. Zhou Qingwu sat on the stove and burned the fire, staring at Meng Chuxi intently, and smiled from time to time. She really began to feel happy, and this kind of happiness is From Meng Chuxi.

The next day the two went up the mountain together, and brought back two baskets of pine nuts again. Aunt Liu saw them from a distance, and greeted them with a smile: "I came back from the mountain so early, what good things did I carry?"

Meng Chuxi also warmly greeted Aunt Liu: "Hello, Aunt Liu."

When Aunt Liu saw the pine needles in her basket, she smiled in surprise, "Hey, is this pine candy?"

"Yes, it turns out that my aunt knows her too. I found it by accident when I went up the mountain a few days ago. I thought I didn't have any candy at home, so I took some back." Meng Chuxi was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, the older generation has rich experience, and this kind of thing said It may have been discovered in ancient times and has been passed down.

"Can this stuff be boiled with sugar? When we met when we were young, we picked it directly as a snack. It's sweet, but it's too tasteless, and children eat a lot." It's not that it's not precious, but sometimes the amount is not enough, so A little thing, she never thought of making sugar with it.

Meng Chuxi took some pine needles and handed them to Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu has a taste of the sweetness. Actually, I will try it too. If it is finished, I will give you some to taste."

Zhou Qingwu also nodded.

Aunt Liu responded with a smile, and said again: "I told my family about the land you want to buy. He said that someone was looking for a buyer before. I asked him to help check it out. There should be news soon. "

Meng Chuxi was a little surprised: "Thank you Aunt Liu and Uncle Zhou, I'm sorry to trouble you."

The most important thing came to light, Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu happily went home with their things on their backs.Together with Meng Chuxi, when Zhou Qingwu met the person who was full of searching and pointing and discussing, he never hurried with his head down as usual.Meng Chuxi looked at Zhou Qingwu, who had a straight back and a gentle face, with a smile in his eyes.

It takes a lot of patience to cook pine nuts. The heat needs to be well controlled and it takes time.So as soon as he got back, Meng Chuxi boiled water and prepared to start.This was Zhou Qingwu's first time doing this kind of thing, so he stood aside to help.

Quickly pass the pine needles with cold water to avoid washing off the icing sugar and then put them into the hot water in the pot. Wait until all the sugar is incorporated and then remove the pine needles and set them aside.After washing three baskets in this way, the water in the pot also began to boil, and there were still some impurities in it, but the clear water had already begun to feel sticky.

While stirring, Meng Chuxi glanced at Zhou Qingwu and said, "Through this sugar water through and boil it slowly."

Zhou Qingwu nodded, and took the gauze used to make tofu at home, put it on another pot and set it up, and filtered the sugar water in the pot to remove the residue.

After the blue-gray sugar water was cooled and precipitated, Zhou Qingwu added firewood to heat it up. As the heating time progressed, the water in the pot gradually evaporated.After more than an hour, the sweetness of the sugar water in the pot became stronger and stronger, and the color turned from green to yellow, from yellow to sauce red.

Meng Chuxi dipped his chopsticks in the sugar water, and the sugar water fell drop by drop, pulling out a few strands of sugar. Zhou Qingwu probed over to have a look, with a little joy in his eyes: It's really possible.

Meng Chuxi took another pair of chopsticks and dipped them in sugar water and handed them to Zhou Qingwu: "Ah~, come and taste."

Zhou Qingwu looked at the chopsticks sticking out of his mouth, and was a little twitchy, but Meng Chuxi looked at her, his amber eyes were full of smiles, and there was a little coaxing in his gentleness, just like coaxing a child.

She didn't hold back in the end, and obediently opened her mouth to put the chopsticks in her mouth. She opened her big eyes and looked at Meng Chuxi brightly.

"How is it? Is it sweet?" Meng Chuxi was amused by her small appearance, and the corners of her eyes were filled with smiles.

Zhou Qingwu gave a thumbs up and nodded again and again: Sweet.

Meng Chuxi stirred slowly, looked at the sugar water in the pot, raised her eyes and glanced at Zhou Qingwu, and said in a cheerful voice, "From now on, Qingwu will have sugar to eat."

Zhou Qingwu tilted his head to look at her, and finally lowered his head quickly, shifting his gaze to the pot.

The remaining sugar water is simmered slowly through a slow fire, the area is greatly reduced, and the large and small yellow and red bubbles that burst out continue to burst.The spatula in Meng Chuxi's hand was constantly shoveling to prevent the bottom of the pot from burning. On the other side, Zhou Qingwu cooperated very well, and the fire in the stove became smaller and smaller.

Seeing that the syrup at the bottom of the pot had already formed, Meng Chuxi picked up the syrup with a spatula, and there were thin strips of sugar hanging on the shovel.The sugar row sticks to the shovel and does not fall off. Put it in a bowl of cold water. If the sugar row neither disperses nor melts, it is ready.

"Qingwu, it's almost time."

Zhou Qingwu put out the fire, and watched Meng Chuxi put the syrup up and let it dry.

Zhou Qingwu gestured: Is that all right?

Such a large lump of sugar is red in color, exudes a sweet smell, and the aroma of turpentine, which is indeed attractive.

Meng Chuxi shook her head: "When it gets colder, you have to keep pulling it until it turns white."

Pulling the syrup was a physical effort. When the temperature was right, Meng Chuxi tied up the hem and sleeves of his clothes, and Zhou Qingwu wrapped the syrup around it with a rolling pin, and the two began to tug there.

Meng Chuxi soon became out of breath, and Zhou Qingwu strained his strength to hold the rolling pin and kept pulling it backwards.She is small, and although she is bigger than ordinary girls because of her hard work and vigor over the past few years, she has lost weight after all, which made Meng Chuxi feel a little distressed.

"Put this in the millstone and insert it, and I'll just pull it off."

Zhou Qingwu was empty-handed, watching Meng Chuxi struggling to pull the syrup, a layer of sweat broke out on Bai Jing's forehead, she probably felt a little uncomfortable, she could only tilt her head to rub it with her hands empty.Seeing this, Zhou Qingwu quickly pinched his clean sleeves to wipe Meng Chuxi's sweat.

Meng Chuxi stopped her hands and poked her head slightly, waiting for Zhou Qingwu to wipe her face.Zhou Qingwu was extraordinarily serious when doing things. Just like this moment, those clear and bright black eyes completely fell on Meng Chuxi's face, with a serious and focused expression.

She got close to Meng Chuxi and focused on her. She had been in Zhoujia Village for almost a month, and their food during this month was not very good, but it was much better than when Zhou Qingwu was alone.Three meals a day can satisfy the little girl, and occasionally there are a few fresh dishes.

After such a month, the originally sallow and thin complexion has obviously improved, showing the freshness that a girl of this age should have.The body is still a little thin, but it is obvious that some flesh has grown.

Meng Chuxi looked focused and pleased, with a gentle smile in his eyes. After wiping off his sweat, Zhou Qingwu saw her eyes and realized that his gesture was too intimate. He quickly took a step back, pointed at the syrup and compared: You are tired I'm sweating, here I come.

Meng Chuxi knew that the little girl was considerate, so she watched her busy.The two took turns to fight, and just after Meng Chuxi's hands became sore and weak, the syrup finally turned white.

Flattened the sugar and cut it into slices, Meng Chuxi pinched a slice and fed it into Zhou Qingwu's mouth, and tasted a slice herself.

"How about it?"

This pine candy is a bit hard to bite after being cut, but it is soft and sweet after chewing. It is more delicious than caramel, and it is indeed delicious.

good to eat.

Meng Chuxi smiled and narrowed her eyes: "This pine candy weighs a catty or two. Let's keep a can and give the rest to Aunt Liu, okay?"

Zhou Qingwu also nodded with a smile, and helped put the candies together.The two were busy together, and the small courtyard was filled with the sweet smell of pine sugar, which seemed extraordinarily sweet and beautiful.