As a traditional Chinese condiment, soy sauce can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty.

Confucius once said very ironcladly: If you don't have sauce, you won't eat it. This means that different meats are paired with different sauces, which shows the importance of soy sauce in cooking.

However, this is also because Old Man Kong was born in the right place, so he can say this sentence so hardly, otherwise, if he was born in Japan and South Korea, wouldn't he starve to death, because the sauce-making technology was not passed on until the Tang Dynasty monks crossed to the east.

Most of the soy sauce on the market today is made by fermenting soy sauce as a by-product of soybean processing, but in fact, the earliest soy sauce was made by fermenting meat sauce.

According to the record in Zhang Dai's "Night Sailing Boat": Suiren's family made preserved meat, the Yellow Emperor made roasted meat, and made soup for soup. 醢 is the earliest soy sauce.

If this account is true, then the period of soy sauce is 3,000 years earlier.

It can be seen that our status as a big foodie country in the world's three major culinary countries is deep-rooted and has existed since ancient times.

Even in the primitive era of Ru Mao drinking blood and slash-and-burn farming, he did not forget to explore the flavoring of food, how delicate and valuable this pursuit is.

However, Guan Lang's raw material for making soy sauce today is not meat sauce, but soybeans, because soy sauce made from soybeans and meat sauce are actually very similar in flavor, and the price will be cheaper.

According to Qin Yanxi's instructions in advance, Guan Lang and Wu Yazhen poured out a bag of soybeans they had just bought, and these soybeans were bought at Guan Lang's high-end ingredient store.

It's all Northeast soybeans, not genetically modified beans.

Although he didn't know the difference between the soy sauce made of the two, since Qin Yanxi said so, he also spent a little more time.

Discard the moldy and spoiled soybean kernels.

The remaining plump soybeans are the raw materials that can be used for brewing.

"Next up... Soak in water. ”

Guan Lang took out a large iron basin for washing vegetables, washed the soybeans and soaked them in water.

It takes about three or four hours to soak.

Soak and prepare in advance now, and when Qin Yanxi comes at ten o'clock, the soaking will just be completed.

There are many steps to make soy sauce, but the most critical part is the step of making koji, so the preparation can be carried out smoothly even if Qin Yanxi does not have "presence and guidance".

After inspecting the bonsai on the balcony, Chiaki slipped into the kitchen after basking in the sun.

Jumping over the puddles of water on the ground, and jumping onto the shoulders of Guan Lang, who was bending down to wash beans.

Guan Lang turned his head to look at it.

Chiaki stared at the two of them like an overseer.

Guan Lang ignored him, but the little cousin looked up at it frequently and beckoned to it.

It's a pity that the falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, and Qianqiu has no idea of interaction.

It was quite afraid of water, but it still wanted to stay by Guan Lang's side, as if an instinctive existence drove it.

For some reason, since it woke up in the morning, it felt that the closeness in Guan Lang's body had strengthened.

As long as you are close to him, there is an atmosphere of peace and nature, as if returning to the mother's body.

After the two of them washed the soybeans, they didn't have much to do during the time they soaked in water.

Wu Yazhen began to clean the kitchen.

Guan Lang went to clean up the "devastation" left by the rainstorm last night on the balcony.

Clean up clutter and rehang clothes on the drying rack.

Qianqiu still wanted to stick to him and not get down, but unfortunately he was driven down by Guan Lang, who disliked it for being heavy and in the way.

Chiaki then explores the house with a cat and continues to search for treasure, and he likes to collect furry or furry items.

This is also its own entertainment at home on weekdays.

Three hours later, I went back to the studio to practice a few line drawings of Guan Lang, and when the time was almost up, I went to look at the beans soaked in the kitchen.

At this time, the beans have absorbed water and swelled, and the beans are full and shiny, and there are no wrinkles on the surface.

He was about to start the second step of steaming the beans when there was a knock at the door.

It should be Qin Yanxi who has arrived.

Guan Lang opened the door for her.

Look at the big bag of things she was carrying in her hand.

"Sister Xi, what are you doing with so many things?" Guan Lang was a little puzzled, he had already bought all the raw materials according to the list she gave.

"Come on, help me lift it, it's a little heavy. Qin Yanxi glanced at him lightly, why didn't this wood have any gentlemanly demeanor at all, he just stood there blankly and asked questions.

"Oh. Guan Lang hurriedly took the red bag and tossed it in his hand, it didn't seem to be heavy.

"Didn't you say you wanted to brew the best autumn oil?" Qin Yanxi walked into the apartment. "The list I sent you earlier is not all the ingredients, I went back to my grandfather's house to get some good soy sauce koji essence and pollen, there is a time-honored soy sauce workshop there, and I bought koji mold there. ”

"Uh-huh. Guan Lang didn't understand anything, so he could only nod.

"If you want me to say, why do you suddenly want to make your own soy sauce on a whim, even if you are tired of eating the soy sauce produced in the factory, just go to some old workshops and buy some handmade soy sauce. Qin Yanxi said in a somewhat puzzled way as she walked.

But although she was puzzled, and even felt that Guan Lang was a little stupid, she was actually happy in her heart, if she was going to buy it, then what else would she do, she liked this feeling of being asked by Guan Lang, so she never reminded Guan Lang that she could go to the workshop to buy this option.

Guan Lang raised his eyebrows and smiled innocently, he forgot about it at first, but when he thought about it later, he felt that since he had asked Qin Yanxi about making soy sauce, it was not appropriate to give up halfway, so he prepared hard.

"It's more reassuring to brew it yourself. Guan Lang casually said a reason, but this argument is really untenable, the two of them, plus the little cousin is three, they don't know much about stuffed soy sauce, how can there be a professional workshop to rest assured.

Fortunately, Qin Yanxi also had her own careful thoughts, and nodded to accept his words.

"Sister Xi, you're here!" Wu Yazhen just took down the sorted garbage and threw it away, and when she walked in the door, she saw Qin Yanxi's figure, smiled and waved her hand lightly to say hello.

"Yazhen, I just came back from taking out the garbage, your cousin is too bad, and he asks you to do things all day long. Qin Yanxi said with a smile.

"No... No, I did it myself, otherwise I wouldn't have anything I could do to help. Wu Yazhen closed the door, and the corners of her mouth twitched into a smile.

Guan Lang put the bag in his hand into the kitchen.

"Guan Lang, what about the cat you raised?" Qin Yanxi also followed, looking left and right to find the cat figure that Guan Lang had said before.

"Nu, isn't it right there, that silly cat. Guan Lang pointed to Qianqiu in the living room.

It was standing upright at the curtain next to the floor-to-ceiling window, jumping and hitting the hairball at the end of the curtain drawstring.

Guan Lang glanced at it with some disgust, obviously his IQ was not low, and he could even understand what he meant from time to time, but he was still addicted to this stupid game of grabbing.

Maybe it's the predator instinct that runs through its genes.