"Oh, how much sugar would that cost, don't do it!"
Man Bao froze for a moment, hesitated and said, "But sister-in-law, I want to eat."
She felt that since she had promised her nephews and nieces, she had to do it. After all, she was an elder, so she could lead by example.
After thinking this way, Man Bao insisted even more, "Sister-in-law, what to do, I'll buy the brown sugar."
The big head didn't run away anymore, he lay at the door and looked at his mother eagerly, and if Xiao Qian wanted to refuse, he twitched on the tip of his tongue, even the youngest Sanya and Sitou ran up to him, raised his little head and looked at her mother eagerly. she.
Xiaoqian thought, it's winter, and it's rare for the children to relax, so let's make some snacks for them.
She reluctantly agreed, but asked Man Bao: "Do you know how to make candied haws? I don't know."
Man Bao immediately said: "I'm going to read a book!"
Keke has carefully searched the relevant records and integrated them for her. In fact, the production of candied haws has the same effect, and yam beans are just one more step than fruits.
That is to cook it.
Xiaoqian is very talented in cooking. Manbao told her to cook many things that Manbao wanted to eat. Sometimes she couldn't explain clearly. There was no specific amount, but Xiaoqian was Know how much to add.
Feng's, He's and Zhou Xi all took turns to cook, but if the Zhou family had to choose from all the old and young, they were very willing that Xiaoqian was in charge of the kitchen all the time.
It's a pity that she is very busy, and Mrs. Qian doesn't want her daughters-in-law to stick to one thing. In her opinion, if Mrs. Qian is only in charge of the kitchen at home, then the old couple will be gone, and the six bedrooms will be separated. Xiaoqian must not be proficient in other things about the house, and the other daughters-in-law must not be very good at cooking.
So even though Little Qian was the best cook at home, Qian didn't let her stay in the kitchen all the time.
It's the same this time, Manbao doesn't know how to make candied haws, and she hasn't even seen it before, but as soon as she said that the yam beans should be boiled first, then dried, and then skewered on skewers, Little Qian knew how to do it.
She asked Da Ya to wash the yam beans, and then boil the yam beans.
The family has eaten yam beans several times. She figured out a way to peel them by herself. She boiled them at high temperature, took them out to dry and let them cool down, then scraped the skins with a bamboo knife, and rubbed them lightly. The skin of the bean comes out.
It is much more convenient to peel it with a knife than when it is still raw, and it is so easy to itch when it is raw.
Man Bao drooled over the yam beans, then ran to borrow brown sugar from the village chief's house.
At this time, it is too late to go to Daji to buy, so I borrow it first, and then buy it back tomorrow and then pay it back.
While running, Man Bao asked Ke Ke, "Is yam, bean and candied haws really delicious?"
Koko said nothing.
Man Bao didn't need him to answer, he said to himself, "If it's delicious, then I'll eat two more skewers, yam beans are so delicious, its candied haws may be delicious..."
Thinking about it this way, Man Bao finally looked forward to it, and ran even faster towards the village chief's house.
When she brought the brown sugar back, Xiaoqian had already chopped up the chicken and stewed the yam beans. The big head and the others were hard at work peeling the yam beans. It was a benefit of having more children in the family. Someone would do this scattered work. No need for adults to waste time.
Then, while looking at the fire, Xiao Qian took Manbao into the kitchen to study how to hang candied haws on the candy.
Of course, Man Bao read according to the information given by Keke. Xiaoqian listened to her memorization, and she didn't understand many words very well, so she had to explain.
When she finally figured it out, the chicken and yam beans were cooked too.
Xiaoqian took out the dishes and cooked some cabbage, then went out with the cabbage, and said to the children who were excitedly rubbing their skins: "Okay, let's eat first, and then cook after eating, big head, go quickly!" Call grandpa, grandma, father, mother, uncle, aunt and aunt to come back for dinner."
A group of children have already smelled the aroma. Although meat is often eaten at home this year, they still can't help drooling at this time.
Datou turned around and ran towards the next door, Daya and the others also stopped and went to set up tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks.
Man Bao was responsible for standing aside and waiting for food. Of course, she was checking how the yam beans were peeled.
Although Xiaoqian agreed to make candied haws, she didn't want to spoil the children. She put away more than half of the yam beans in the two big bamboo baskets, boiled and peeled the rest, and put the peeled ones away. To the pot and stew with the chicken.
She has never made candied haws, so she is not very confident about it, so she poured a lot of it into the pot unceremoniously, thinking that if the candied haws fails to be made successfully, she will stew it with chicken, at least it will not be wasted, right
She thinks that the dishes stewed with chicken are delicious. You can tell by watching the adults and children at the dinner table keep picking up the yam and beans in it after eating the chicken.
So for the remaining yam beans, after Xiaoqian cooked them, she found that there were only seven skewers. She glanced at the children, and decisively peeled off each skewer and put it on another bamboo stick. Well, there were eight skewers. skewered.
Eight children, none missing.
After Man Bao taught Da Ya the characters they were going to recognize today, when he ran over and saw it, he said, "Sister-in-law, why are there so few strings?"
"A lot, there are seven or eight on each string."
Little Qian began to boil sugar.
Sugar is not cheap, and brown sugar is more expensive than maltose. Xiaoqian was afraid of spoiling the sugar, so he kept the fire very low, planning that if it really couldn't be boiled, he would cook it with a spoonful of water to make sugar water for everyone to drink.
Brown sugar nourishes the blood.
Man Bao, who knew nothing, squatted beside him, drooling while looking at the brown sugar in the pot.
For the convenience of operation, Xiaoqian did not use a large pot, but a small pot.
Man Bao swallowed and said: "It smells so good, it's more fragrant than the candy we usually eat, sister-in-law, I won't eat maltose or candy from now on, can I eat brown sugar?"
Knowing that Man Bao doesn't like sugar very much, Xiaoqian nodded after thinking for a while and said, "That's fine. From then on, I'll boil eggs with brown sugar for you to eat every morning."
Man Bao asked, "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious," Xiaoqian said as a matter of course: "Eggs are delicious, and brown sugar is also delicious. Putting two delicious things together will definitely taste better."
Man Bao doesn't think eggs are delicious, but the brown sugar looks really delicious. Anyway, it is impossible for her not to drink egg water. It is not bad to eat boiled eggs with brown sugar.
Man Bao happily complied.
The brown sugar became more and more viscous, and Xiaoqian reckoned that it would be ready soon, so she clumsily put the skewered yam beans into the pot and picked them up. Seeing that the brown sugar kept falling and couldn't catch the yam beans, she used them again The spoon hangs up a bit.
The first string was not very smooth, making Xiaoqian sweat.
But she didn't hesitate, and quickly picked up the second string...