Chapter 149

The next step is to boil the syrup. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a key step, which is related to the color of the appearance of the sugar gourd. After the syrup is boiled, it needs to be dipped in sugar. Tilt the pot so that all the hawthorn is dipped in sugar. Gently turn the skewered hawthorn against the foam of the boiled hot sugar and wrap it in a thin layer. The dipping process may seem simple, but it requires a lot of skill. The sugar should be dipped in a thin and even layer, and it will be considered successful.

Rock sugar gourd, after coming out of the pot, the outer sugar will cool quickly, and the bite is crunchy and not sticky to the teeth at all. To achieve this effect, boiling sugar is the most critical, pay attention to the heat when boiling, it is easy to get sticky if the heat is not enough, and it will stain your teeth when eating; The heat is too large, not only the color is heavy, but also bitter to eat. The boiled syrup, the naked eye can see that the syrup is thick, it can't be dipped in thickness, it can't be hung up when it's thin, it's pale yellow, pick it up with chopsticks and see the drawing, put the chopsticks into cold water, the syrup can be quickly solidified, and the bite is hard. When the sugar is slightly drawn, immediately turn off the heat and pour it on the sugar gourd. Otherwise, the syrup will become dry and hard and cannot be further made. You can't throw the sugar gourd into the pot for convenience, otherwise the fruit will be crispy.

It took an hour to finally make the fresh Roche rock sugar gourd baked. Luo Ran and the others have done a lot, and there are more than 100 strings of various plus pieces, all of which can fill two sugar gourd targets.

Luo Ran thought that if he took it out and sold it, he would definitely be able to sell it.

However, with such a lot of effort, Luo Ran definitely didn't do it to make this little money.

Keep it for home. also asked people to send fifty strings to Luo Wenxuan in the academy, and they could eat and send their classmates by themselves.

In the academy, we have been together for almost a year, and everyone knows that Luo Wenxuan's family often sends delicious food, which not only tastes surprisingly good, but also unique. In this way, Luo Wenxuan captured the hearts of several classmates with food, made many friends, and lived well in the academy.

This time, when I saw Luo Wenxuan bring something again, I saw that it was a sugar gourd, but this sugar gourd was not all made of hawthorn, and it was not polite one by one, and each person had a string.

is the master of the academy, Luo Wenxuan also sent five strings over. When the master saw that it was the child's food, he immediately looked bad. However, after eating a bunch with someone on my back, I felt very delicious. The remaining four skewers were taken home and given to the two children in the family.

When I went to class the next day, I faintly praised Luo Wenxuan. After class, I stayed to talk and asked a few questions.

For a long time, the master didn't mention punctuality. Later, Luo Wenxuan took the initiative to say that there was still a sugar gourd, and it was better to give it to the children of the master's family as a snack.

The master touched his short beard and praised Luo Wenxuan's knowledge in his heart.

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After the Chinese New Year, it has just entered February. The snow has long since melted, and there is only one tail left in winter.

Although the wind in February is cold, it is no longer bitter, the temperature is shallow and soft, and the air is filled with a faint smell of spring.

The willow tree had already pulled out its emerald green branches and spit out clusters of tender green shoots to welcome the arrival of the spring girl. There are shallow and tender grasses everywhere, and the tender people are in a particularly comfortable mood.

The atmosphere in Luo Ran's house became tense. Because Luo Wenxuan was going to take the county exam for a while.

Earlier, the county announced the examination time of the county examination, which will start on February 20, with a total of five exams, and it is estimated that the examination will be completed on the second day of the first month of March.

In this era, every candidate who takes the county examination must have a joint guarantee of the township neighbors and several talents before they can take the exam. Luo Wenming's baoju is the village chief and several classmates who have already won the show.

You need to register for the prefectural exam, and I have already registered with the insurance book a few days ago.

Now Luo Wenxuan has not gone to the academy for a while, and is preparing at home.

Luo Ran and Zheng thought about the law every day to cook food for Wenxuan. Eating fish nourishes the brain and eyes, and sheep liver is indispensable for liver protection and eyesight. So these two things are indispensable on the Luo family's dinner table these days.

Luo Wenxuan was nervously preparing for the exam, and the rest of the family was not idle. Zheng is even busier.

Last year, the family was too busy to raise pigs, and this year, Zheng has mentioned several times to buy a few piglets to raise.

After breakfast that day, and sent a plate of snacks and tea to Luo Wenxuan's study, Zheng led Wei to Wang Dazhu's house in the next village to catch pigs, and Luo Ran took Chen Chunyan to follow.

A few days earlier, I had already agreed with the daughter-in-law of Wang Dazhui's family to keep a few more little piglets.

When I arrived at Wang Dazhui's house, as soon as I entered the gate, I was greeted by a big smell of pig dung. Wang Dazhui's family has several sows, and several pigstys are built on the left side of the entrance. Unlike other families in the village, Wang Dazhui's family does not farm, and the family raises sows every year, so that the sows can give birth to piglets and sell them for money.

In several villages around here, if anyone raises pigs, they basically catch piglets at his house.

Luo Ran saw that the circle of sows and piglets was relatively clean, probably because the little piglets had weak resistance, and if they wanted to survive and be strong, they needed to be carefully cared for.

Now there are three piglets just laid, in three pigsty.

The daughter-in-law of Wang Dazhui's family. Half a pot of pig food was poured into the big trough and the small trough, and when the sow and a few little piglets saw it, they all rushed up to eat the pig food, and at the same time screamed.

The large trough and the small trough are of different heights and sizes, and they are prepared for sows and piglets.

Luo Ran looked inside, those little pigs were very strong, not only occupied a good terrain, but also ate very deliciously.

"Sister-in-law, look at how happy these few are eating, and they are eating." Serving food is their local language here, which means to be able to eat.

Most of the piglets were white, and one had a gray spot the size of an adult's palm on its back, and one had two gray spots on its neck. The sows are white, and there are two pigs in the pens below that are black.

After looking at the other two pigsties, Zheng finally picked five little piglets, three white-skinned pigs, and two gray ones.

Wang Da Hammer jumped into the pigsty and caught all five little pigs. The upper scale weighed it, and it was a total of one hundred and two catties. Each catty is 55 yuan, and the price of silver is 5,610 yuan.

Luo Ran took out five taels of silver and counted six hundred and ten cents to her.

The Zheng family bought a lot, and they still paid cash directly, and it is rare for people to catch five little pigs and lambs at a time, let alone pay so happily.

Wang Dazhui's daughter-in-law happily took the money, and Wang Dazhui also used his own car to help send the little piglet back home.

The pigsty was newly built, right next to the wall next to the vegetable garden. There is some distance from the front yard and the house in the back yard.

The wall on one side of the pigsty is a courtyard wall, and this side is made of leftover broken bricks, and the floor of the pigsty is also paved with a layer of bricks. A cart of earth was pulled back and sprinkled in the pigsty to form a soft ground on which the pigs liked to roll the most.

In a corner of the pigsty, on higher ground, a simple shed was built on top of it, leaving a place for the pigs to rest and shelter from the rain. (To be continued.) )