Crossing the Farmland Happy Events

Thanks to the rice noodles sent by Situ Chenfei's family, Zhang Dazhuang's family has eaten well for two days, but no matter how good it is, it can't last for a few days. After all, the appetite of the three adults cannot be underestimated, so Ye Chengliang thought about it Get some wheat and make some caramel.That Situ Chenfei must have seen some of the world, he thought about asking Situ Chenfei to help him see if it would be okay to sell caramel.

The fact of making money is urgent.

Because all rice is grown in Anping County, wheat is not very common, and even if there is, it has been broken and ground into powder.Fortunately, this stuff is also used for medicine, so Situ Chenfei had it there, and Ye Chengliang had the audacity to borrow some.

He Yan came out with a small half bag of wheat and poured it into the pocket that Ye Chengliang brought over, saying, "Are you planning to break the husks and grind them into powder? If you want white flour, you don't have to bother. I'll get you some."

Ye Chengliang didn't see Situ Chenfei, and Situ Chenfei seemed to have gone out, so he said to He Yan, "I don't want to grind powder, but I want to make some sugar, which is the sweet kind of candy."

"Candy?" He Yan looked at Ye Chengliang in confusion, "Is it like stone honey?"

"Stone honey? It tastes the same, but it's not stone honey." After Ye Chengliang finished speaking, he quickly stopped He Yan, "These are almost done, Brother He, don't pour them out anymore."

He Yan put his pocket away, suddenly remembered something and asked, "Why does your pocket look so familiar?"

Ye Chengliang smiled, "Isn't it because the clothes you gave me were a little too big, so I changed them. I thought it would be a pity to throw away the cut pieces of cloth, so I put them together to make a pocket." One can imagine how tall that Haiqing is and how thin he is!

He Yan took a closer look and said, "Your craftsmanship is really good. None of us know how to do these things, and the clothes have to be ordered in the town, which is extremely troublesome."

I also want to be so troublesome!I beg for such trouble!Ye Chengliang complained endlessly in his heart!

Then, in order to be able to live that kind of life one day earlier, he carried the wheat back.He still needs to get some corn or glutinous rice. The most basic things to make caramel are wheat and starchy grains.In contrast, he hopes to get glutinous rice, because glutinous rice can be used after soaking and steaming, but corn needs to be hulled and ground finer, which is too troublesome.

It's a pity that Situ Chenfei doesn't have glutinous rice at home, otherwise he would have asked for some.

After Ye Chengliang returned home, he mentioned the matter to Zhang Dazhuang, and Zhang Dazhuang agreed to buy some glutinous rice.But after counting and counting, there are only ten copper coins left in him.Of the five, two bought four bowls, and three bought a piece of mutton liver, because Dr. Situ said mutton liver is good for the eyes.

How much glutinous rice can you buy with ten Wen?It's not enough to toss around once.

After thinking about it, Ye Chengliang felt that there were too few, so he asked Zhang Dazhuang, "Can I borrow some from someone? I will definitely pay it back when the time comes."

Zhang Dazhuang was still thinking about his mother telling him not to borrow money and things, so he hesitated.Seeing that the situation was not good, Ye Chengliang hurriedly carried out ideological education, "I said, why are you so stubborn? If I can make candy and sell it for money, won't there be more ways to survive? Besides, auntie sees a doctor and eats it. Medicines cost money, you used to have some money to look at, what will you do in the future? Are you going to give an IOU to Dr. Situ or are you going to work as a helper in his family? Even if you are willing to be a family member, can you afford it? The food at home is about to run out again, What shall we do in the future? Is the little money for firewood enough to buy rice and noodles for the aunt? I said you should grow some snacks, Big Brother Zhuang!"

One by one, how many things are not the top priority?Ye Chengliang didn't believe that Zhang Dazhuang didn't listen.

Zhang Dazhuang really took it to heart, but this village is full of plans, and the only ones who are willing to help him are Doctor Situ and Liu Datong's family, but Datong's family is not rich!

Liu Da is older than Zhang Dazhuang, and he grew up with Zhang Dazhuang almost as a child, and he is as simple and honest as Da Zhuang, with a good heart.It's a pity that after such a good man married a wife, he had a child who was born with a disease in the mother's womb. He was always a little silly, and he was not the same as children of the same age.Therefore, the couple can safely leave the child to the family and let the old man take care of it. When they are busy making money together, only Liu Datong of the Liu family goes out to work. Such a grandson insisted on complaining that the daughter-in-law was not good enough to give birth to such a child, so he asked Liu Datong to divorce his wife.Liu Datong refused, and this miserable old man and old lady would not recognize him as a son.

Anyway, there are many children in rural families, and Liu Datong is not bad. Liu Datong also felt that his parents were unreasonable, so he separated and brought his wife and children out to come alone.It's just that Liu Datong's family hasn't saved much for all these years because they are busy working outside alone and want to treat their children.If it weren't for the fact that Liu Datong and Zhang Dazhuang went out to serve corvee and earned some money back then, I don't know how to live today.

Ye Chengliang originally came to borrow glutinous rice with Zhang Dazhuang, but when Zhang Dazhuang said that he went to serve in corvee with Liu Datong, he wanted to ask a few more questions, but Liu Datong went out to open up wasteland and was not at home.

Zhang Dazhuang and Ye Chengliang stood one meter away from the gate and talked to Li Yufen, "Sister-in-law of the Liu family, we have nothing else to do, just want to borrow some glutinous rice from you. I heard Brother Datong said that you planted glutinous rice last year."

Li Yufen was a little embarrassed standing behind the door.If it was just grinding the rice, it would be fine, but now it is March, when every family is in short supply, how can there be extra rice and noodles, and it is not easy for her family, so she said: "Daddy!" Brother Zhuang, you also know about my family's situation, if you can borrow it, my sister-in-law will specify it clearly, but there is really no need for it."

Ye Chengliang saw Li Yufen's difficulty, and said directly: "Sister-in-law, how about some exchange? I will exchange rice noodles with you for glutinous rice." Anyway, he must get glutinous rice this time, he has to try first Let's make some caramel, let Situ Chenfei see it.

Li Yufen nodded, "That's fine, but I really don't have much left here, and I don't know if it's enough for you."

Ye Chengliang calculated the amount of wheat in the house before saying: "It's better to have more than three catties, otherwise it's useless if it's too little."

Li Yufen didn't expect it to be so small, so she readily agreed, "I still have three catties, I'll fill it up for you, you wait here for a while, brother Da Zhuang, help me watch, don't let Xiaotong run out .”

Xiaotong is the son of Liu Datong, who is seven years old this year.Ye Chengliang found that the child had been sitting in the yard playing alone since they came here, without making a sound or making trouble, very quiet, as if there was no one else around.Moreover, this child seems to be very focused on everything, and outsiders cannot enter his world.Ye Chengliang also saw this kind of child in the orphanage when he was a child, but he was not sure what caused it.

When Li Yufen came out, seeing Ye Chengliang staring at her child, her heart felt sore, and she hurriedly said, "Xiaotong is not in good health, so don't take it for granted that he doesn't say hello to you."

Zhang Dazhuang knew the situation of Liu Datong's family, so he just said: "Where is the sister-in-law, Brother Datong and I are not outsiders."

Ye Chengliang smiled and also expressed his friendliness, but when he took the bag of glutinous rice, he always felt that it was more than three catties. At first, he thought it was Li Yufen's mistake, but then he remembered that half a catty in ancient times was eight taels in modern times, so three catties A catty weighs about five catties in modern times, no wonder it looks too much.

Glutinous rice is usually eaten with some glutinous rice pancakes during the Chinese New Year. It is not very useful on weekdays, after all, it is not so easy to digest.Li Yufen was curious, so she asked Zhang Dazhuang what he wanted the glutinous rice for. Useful, my sister-in-law will know later."

Li Yufen didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, and just said: "My sister-in-law still has some food at home, and I can eat it for another ten and a half months. If you take a few days, you can pay it back, and you can also give me glutinous rice. Aunt Zhang is not in good health." , I’m afraid it’s not easy to digest this glutinous rice.”

Ye Chengliang saw that this person had a good eye, so he thanked Zhang Dazhuang and wanted to take the glutinous rice and leave, but when he turned his head, he saw two women looking at them.One is in her 40s, and the other is in her early 20s and pregnant.

The middle-aged woman gave Zhang Dazhuang a disdainful look, and then said to her daughter: "I saw that he was not a promising person back then! Fortunately, he didn't marry into their family!"

The young woman didn't talk to her, her eyes stayed on Ye Chengliang, she didn't even look at Zhang Dazhuang, she finally smiled thoughtfully, and took the middle-aged woman along with her.Ye Chengliang vaguely heard her say something, "So poor that I can't even afford decent clothes, I have to borrow food to eat porridge, and want to raise a rabbit son? My brain is really kicked by the donkey."

Ye Chengliang let out a chuckle in his heart, raised his eyebrows and asked Zhang Dazhuang, "Know him?"

Zhang Dazhuang scratched his head stupidly for a long time before saying, "It seems to be my sister-in-law in the lobby? I can't remember..."

Ye Chengliang rolled his eyes, and after pulling the bear man to go back, he started to germinate the wheat.

Zhang Dazhuang collects a lot of firewood, and the house is always burning hot, which is extremely beneficial for the germination of seeds.But after all, there is only this chance, and if it really fails, Da Zhuang, who is stubborn, must not let him try again, so Ye Chengliang is very careful when doing what he does.

The method of maltose is also simple. Sprout the wheat. When the sprouts grow to about three centimeters, cut them off and chop them up. Steam the soaked glutinous rice and let it cool down to [-] or [-] degrees. Mix it evenly with the broken malt in proportion, wait until the juice is filtered out, then pour the juice into the pot and boil it until the water evaporates, and finally it becomes a sticky jelly.If it is cold, you can take the sugar outside and freeze it, sprinkle some white flour or starch on the outside to prevent it from sticking, and it can be stored for a long time. When you eat, you can knock off a piece or put it in a hot place to melt It is gelatinous, and can be rolled and eaten with chopsticks.

Ye Chengliang had eaten caramel when he was a child, but it was not pure caramel, but mixed with peanut kernels, melon seeds, and sesame seeds into the boiled caramel, and then frozen into sheets about one centimeter thick , the kind that is cut into the size of common sugar cubes when eating, nut caramel.At that time, it was a very precious thing. There were so many children in the orphanage, how could there be enough points? It was because he had been performing well that the dean's mother secretly cut him two pieces. Others had nothing to eat.

However, Ye Chengliang really didn't expect to live a poorer life than in the orphanage in his lifetime. The situation of this big and strong family is simply amazing.There is no need to save money until the weather warms up soon. It is an eye-opener to fill the stomach.

Zhang Dazhuang was very strong, so he helped Ye Chengliang fish out the soaked wheat and put it into a dry wooden bucket, and carried the bucket into the house together, and then came out and said, "Ah Liang, I'm thinking about what to do tomorrow." At the beginning, I also went to Kaishan, you help me take good care of my mother at home, but don't let her get bumped."

Ye Chengliang thought for a while and said, "I'll go to the mountain with you early tomorrow morning to have a look before we talk about it."

"You?" Zhang Dazhuang looked at Ye Chengliang suspiciously, "What can you do on the mountain?"

"Of course it depends on where you grow the land! The crops grown in different terrains are also different. Do you think it's the same wherever you grow?"

"Is it different?"

"Nonsense! They all grew out of the ground. You are so tall and I am so thin. Can this be the same?!"

"I was born, you grew out of the ground? No wonder you are so thin, it must be because your mother didn't fertilize you well."

"Damn it! Planting, fertilizing and watering are all a man's business, and my mother has nothing to do with it!" Ye Chengliang was so angry that he was about to jump up. His biggest pain now was his thinness. "Anyway, let's go together tomorrow morning, you Don't even think about sneaking away! If you dare to sneak away, I won't give my aunt a proper meal!"

"Again, this kid..." Li Jinge shook his head in the room and laughed.Ah Liang always used this trick to threaten her son, but her stupid son still believed it.In fact, this child is not so bad-hearted. Don't look at her big mouth, but she has a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart. I don't know how filial she is, even if you have a child.It's just that the occasional mouthful of dirty jokes is really dumbfounding.

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small theater:

Zhang Dazhuang: Ah Liang, don't threaten me again!

Ye Chengliang: What's the matter?How dare you resist?

Zhang Dazhuang: I, I dare not resist, but I dare to sow seeds, turn the ground, fertilize and water your fields with all my might!

Ye Chengliang: Get out!This land of mine is not under your control!Let's talk about you first if you can afford the mu tax!

Zhang Dazhuang: Then, how much will it cost! ?

Ye Chengliang: At least 3000 taels!

Zhang Dazhuang: ⊙△⊙...