Little wealth

In the morning at the morning market at the entrance of the village, he saw someone selling two large baskets of lotus roots, so Josh sent them to their homes.

Seeing that the villagers sent such two large baskets of lotus roots, it goes without saying that they were all bought by their daughter-in-law.Zhao Amu immediately felt a little headache, stretched out her hand to press her temples, and asked, "Why did you buy so many lotus root, there are only a few people in our family, how can we finish it?"

Looking at the two piles of lotus root lying on the ground, I didn't think it was too much when I bought it, but now it seems a bit too much?But thinking of sour vinegar lotus root slices, lotus root stewed pork ribs, glutinous rice, lotus root and sugared lotus root, Josh felt that such a little amount of lotus root is not much, "It's okay, if we can't finish it, we can make it all into lotus root candy, which is more durable and can be put in Eat it during the Chinese New Year. You can also give it to relatives when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.”

Zhao Amu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it could be released instead of letting them eat it all at once, "That's okay." Looking at the lotus root still covered with mud, he asked: "This is the lotus root that needs to be washed first. Shall I wash it? Do you want to make lotus root tonight?"

"I'll make glutinous rice and lotus root for lunch, and fry lotus root with sour vinegar at night. We still have mutton at home. If we eat mutton at night, we won't cook lotus root soup. We will save a few lotus roots to stew lotus root soup tomorrow, and the rest will be Let's make glutinous rice, lotus root and lotus root candy...Hey, hey, what do you want to do, Zhao Xiaonian?" Seeing that their little brat was silent, he went to drag a lotus root out, and Josh almost beat him up.

"Don't touch, don't touch." Zhao Amu was afraid that her daughter-in-law would beat her grandson, so she hurriedly pulled the little grandson over. Seeing that the little paws were covered with mud, she had to quickly take the little grandson to wash his hands, "Let's go, Ah? You go wash up."

Ah Nian also knew that she had done something bad, so she glanced back at her father with big eyes, and obediently followed Ahma to wash her hands with a look of guilty conscience.

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Josh looked at the little boy who was taken away, he couldn't laugh or cry, if his mother hadn't dragged him away quickly, he would have spanked this little boy's ass, it would be a day without spanking!

Caixia covered her mouth and smiled, and asked: "Master, should we clean up first and go wash?"

"Well, let's wash it first, save three or four for tomorrow's soup, and wash the rest." Seeing the lotus root still covered with mud, Josh asked someone to wash it first, then Remembering to make glutinous rice and lotus root later, the glutinous rice needs to be soaked in advance, so he went to the kitchen, found a bag of glutinous rice, poured some glutinous rice into the basin and soaked it first.

Caixia was washing the lotus roots on the table outside the kitchen. The lotus roots had been washed away from the silt to reveal their plump bodies. Each section of the lotus root looked very fresh and delicious.

After finishing his work in the morning, Ah Qiu had nothing to do, so he also came to help wash the lotus roots.Just looking at his washing movements, it looks like someone who hasn't done much work.

"This lotus root looks pretty good. I don't know if this lotus root is pink or crisp." Coming out of the kitchen, Josh picked up a lotus root and took a look, but he didn't know how to distinguish it.

Caixia picked up a section of lotus root and told their master, "Look, master, this lotus root has more holes, and the color is a bit dark. If it is not so white, it should be pink root. If the one with white color and fewer holes The lotus root is probably the crispy lotus root. The lotus roots you bought back are very good, master."

"Oh, that's good." Josh nodded half-understood, remembering that the next time he went to buy lotus roots, he had to count how many holes there were. The ones with the most should be the lotus roots?

Seeing him, Mu took the children to wash their hands, he said, "Mu, take Niannian out to play." This kid will not always do bad things when they are not paying attention.Obviously under their noses, this kid can always take advantage of their distraction to do things that make them dumbfounded.

Even if he does nothing every day and just stares at this little brat, he feels exhausted.But the good thing is that there are quite a few people in the family, and there are people who help him look after this little brat every day, which saves him from being tortured to death by this brat.

"Okay, I'll take him out for a walk outside." Zhao Amu also knew that his grandson would become more mischievous as he got older, and no one could watch him.

"Mum, remember not to let him play in the backyard." Ah Huang has been guarding the kennel in the backyard for the past two days. The daughter-in-law took it home and gave birth to a litter of cubs.

It's not easy for them to drive away Ah Huang's wife, let alone a litter of pups, even though they haven't seen the pups yet.

In the past few days, their Master Zhao has been feeding the dog in the morning and evening. They adults have rarely been to the backyard. The most worrying thing for Josh is that their son who has grown feet will run around, and he is afraid that the child will sneak away by himself. Go to the backyard to find Ah Huang.

"I know, I know, I'll take him to the front to play and not let him go to the back." Zhao Amu said while holding the hand of the little grandson and going outside.

Looking at the one big and one who left, and hearing their children chattering in the distance, Josh couldn't help but smile.After someone helped him take away the child, he was much more relaxed and concentrated on making their lotus root candy since there was no child around who needed to be watched all the time.

After washing the lotus root, peel off the skin, and then boil it in a pot. After the water boils, boil it for a while, then pick it up, and then cut it into a suitable thickness.

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When the knife is cut down, the lotus root makes a crisp sound, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Caixia was in charge of cutting the lotus root, picked up a piece and asked, "Master, is it okay to be so thick?"

"It's ok, it's almost like this. Don't cut it too thin, it won't taste good when you eat it." When he was tired from standing, Josh asked Ah Qiu to help him move a stool and sit on it, directing people to work, I just use my lips.

Put the sliced ​​lotus root slices back into the pan to fry, this time with sugar.If you like it sweeter, add a little more sugar; if you don't like it too sweet, just add an appropriate amount.

"Add a little more sugar, the lotus root candy will be sweeter." Josh likes to eat sweet lotus root candy, so he asked Caixia to add a little more sugar when cooking.Hearing what their master said, Caixia poured some sugar into the pot again and asked, "Is it all right?"

"Almost." Josh was satisfied this time.

Ah Qiu also followed, staring at the lotus root being boiled in the pot, smelling the sweet smell from the boiled sugar, and licking his tongue, he likes sweet food, the sweeter the better.

After all the sugar in the pot is fried and melted, and every piece of lotus root is coated with syrup, and the syrup in the pot is almost dry, then the lotus root is taken out, put on a plate piece by piece, and placed in the oven outside to bake.

This time the roasting time was relatively long. It was almost noon, and their glutinous rice and lotus root were steamed on the steamer. The lotus root candy was baked for half a day before it was ready.

"Let's take out a plate and try it out first." Josh was not sure if it would be okay to bake it for such a long time, so he asked someone to take out a plate to have a look.

"I'll go get it."

Hearing this, Caixia went to open the oven, and pulled out a baking tray with roasted lotus root candies on it. The roasted lotus root candies turned burnt yellow, and there was a layer of white sugar sand on the top. She didn't understand Is this lotus root candy baked, so I asked her master, "Master, take a look, is our lotus root candy ready?"

"I'll give it a try." Before eating, he smelled caramel and lotus root candy. Josh picked up a piece of lotus root candy and took a bite. The sugar on the outside was a bit sweet, but the lotus root candy inside was a bit hard It's not like boiled lotus root.

Probably because it should have been roasted for such a long time, the water in the lotus root was dried out, and the rest was the dried starch, which tasted more delicious and a little sweet. He quite liked eating this kind of lotus root candy.After taking a bite, Josh nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes, it's ok. You guys should try it too, it's delicious."

After waiting for such a long time, the lotus root candy was finally ready. When they heard that their master asked them to eat it, Aqiu took a slice unceremoniously.After taking a bite, he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, it's delicious!"

"It's not bad." Caixia also wanted to know the taste of this lotus root candy, so she took a piece of lotus root candy to try, and found it quite delicious.

Thinking that this lotus root candy is not difficult to make, Caixia had an idea in her heart, and suggested to their master: "Master, I think this lotus root is not expensive, but it will cost some sugar and firewood. Why don't we make more. The people who came to get the oil want to sell it, so we can also sell some to them, what do you think, master?"

As soon as he heard that he could make money, Aqiu also became interested. He made a small calculation in his heart and agreed with this master very much, so he followed his prodding master and said, "Yes, master, I think Caixia's idea is good."

"Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? There should be many people buying these snacks. Anyway, when they sell oil, they also sell it, and they also sell lotus root candy. This thing is both lotus root and sugar, so they have to sell it no matter what. It must be more expensive than oil, we will give them an extra penny and a catty to make a profit, and someone should help sell it."

"You can say whatever you want. But there are only a few people in our family..." What Josh thought was that there were only a few people in his family. If he wanted to make lotus root candy, he might need two more people to help. Taking advantage of the good business at the end of the year, it is also possible to earn a little more money for the New Year.

And if there is one more thing to sell, the men who sell oil can also earn a little more money to go home for the New Year, which is really a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

"Don't Zhang Shun and Zhang Wen not have much work in the afternoon? Just let them stay and help in the afternoon." Caixia thought of the Zhang family brothers who finished the work in the morning and went back at noon, and thought that it was completely ok. The two of them were left to work until evening before they were released.