Chapter 20 Try to make a rock sugar gourd

Xu Qing spent a while explaining that he was completely mentally normal, and asked Xu Qi where the hawthorn came from, but Xu Qi started the price of this product, and Xu Qing was stunned to give three copper plates before asking.

Soon, Uncle Zheng sent a bunch of hawthorns, and he didn't ask for money, so he drank a bowl of well water and left. After the well was built, everyone was very happy, the water was very sweet, and everyone's personal hygiene had improved significantly.

Hawthorn is there, but there is still a lack of maltose. I went to the county seat again, bought some back, and started to prepare for sugar making.

"Hello audience friends, today I am here to show you the ...... of making rock sugar gourds" Xu Qing looked at the three girls in front of him and said, and the three girls returned with cold eyes. It seems that I can't find a sensible audience, and I didn't applaud it, so let's make do with it.

Rock sugar gourd is a traditional Chinese snack, which is a string of wild fruits with bamboo skewers and then dipped in maltose syrup, which quickly hardens when exposed to wind. This is theory, easier said than done.

Rock sugar gourds are generally made of hawthorn skewers, but grapes, apples and even yams are OK, the sugar is cold and hard, and it tastes sour and sweet, and it is very icy. And the hawthorn is red, and it looks festive.

First, select fresh and plump, evenly sized hawthorn, wash it, remove the roots and stems, cut the hawthorn at the waist, dig out the core with a knife, and add your fillings such as bean paste and mung bean paste. Then close the two petals and string them together with a bamboo skewer.

Then, Xu Qing closed the doors and windows, because there can be no wind when boiling sugar, sugar and water are poured into the pot according to the amount of 2:1, boiled for about 20 minutes with a fierce fire, during which you can stir, after 20 minutes, the water is very little, boiling very much, and the sugar has come out of a fine dense foam, like a light golden beer.

At this time, Xu Qing dipped his chopsticks in the syrup, and he could pull out the silk slightly, indicating that the sugar was ready. If it takes too long, it will zoom and lose its original sweetness.

Gently turn the skewered hawthorn against the foam of the boiled hot sugar and wrap it in a thin layer. Tilt the pan so that the hawthorns are dipped in sugar.

The dipping process may seem simple, but it requires a lot of skill. If the sugar is too thick, you can't bite the fruit in one bite, and it is a failure. The sugar should be dipped in a thin and even layer, and it will be considered successful.

After an hour of busyness, Xu Qing was sweating profusely, and the women were puzzled. Until Xu Qing took out the first batch of rock sugar gourds and put them in their mouths.

"Quack, huh...... It's so sweet. "Satsuki ate one first.

Xiao Ru also tried one and said, "Quack, uh-huh, hawthorn is not sour at all." ”

"Quack, I'm going to try the mung bean puree......" Xu Qing ate it himself, and it tasted good.

Eh, Xu Qi: "Quack? Quack, quack......, quack

"Xu Qi, you eat slowly, eating too much hurts your teeth......"

"Quack? Quack...... Quack, quack, quack! Xu Qi squeezed his eyebrows and teased his eyes, leaving an expression to reply, but his mouth kept chewing.

Sweets are almost the universal food of all human beings, although some modern people don't like to eat sugar, but they are used to eating it, tired of eating, and few people don't like to eat sugar when they are young.

Seeing the girls eating happily, Xu Qing was also very happy, there is a market, a string down, counting artificial raw materials, and even firewood salary, the capital is at most more than two cents.

Xu Qing did not intend to monopolize it, he knew that the wisdom of the Chinese was amazing, as long as they knew what there was, they could make it immediately, and they didn't even see it.

The practice of rock sugar gourd, first tell the people in Zhuangzi, then occupy a part of the market, and then sell the secret recipe of rock sugar gourd, and then continue to develop new products to keep the market.

After making up his mind, Xuzhuang once again convened a congress of all tenants, which was attended by the big landlord of Xu, Comrade Xu Qi, the chairman of the food committee, the men in charge of each household, and Zheng Liu, the director of the women's committee.

The conference unanimously passed the proposal on the formation of a rock sugar gourd production team, with the owner of Xu Dadi as the team leader, and the team members took an oath of confidentiality and began to purchase and collect hawthorn. Of course, the main thing is to collect, because hawthorn is too sour, except for children who are gluttonous to eat a little, it is basically a wild fruit.

The initial set of five cents is a string of eight pieces, and the principal is taken out by Xu Qing, and when the time comes, it will be divided with the people in the Zhuangzi. Don't look at Jiuyi is very cruel, but this is a lot, a string of rock sugar gourds can earn more than two yuan, and there is a net profit of five or six hundred yuan if they sell two hundred strings a day, and they have learned technology, and the money is almost as good as work, and the work is not tiring, so this ratio is quite reasonable.

One day, in the calm county, there were seven Zhuang men, they were carrying brooms, no, no, they were bunches of red fruits, and they called rock sugar gourds were shouting.

"Rock sugar, gourd~~~"

"It's not sweet, it's not money~~~"

"Man, how much is a string?" There were many onlookers, but there were no people who bought.

"A string of five cents, hehe, the price is ......"

"Five cents, don't don't ......"

As a new thing, rock sugar gourd still can't be accepted quickly, and people's curiosity and vigilance reach a balance for a while, and at this time, one person needs to be the first to eat crabs and break this balance. Xu Qing had planned it early in the morning, he took Xu Qi and Xiao Ru Xiaoyue to mix in the crowd, and waited until the crowd gradually became denser.

Xu Qi pulled Xu Qing in a child's unique high-pitched voice and said, "Brother, I want to eat that ......"

Xu Qing pretended to be puzzled and said: "I don't know if that thing can be eaten yet, don't be greedy......"

"Brother, brother, do I want to eat......"

"This son, you can buy one for a young lady, it doesn't cost if it's not delicious...... This is appetizing and spleen-invigorating, and it is good for the stomach......" Uncle Zheng took the opportunity to say Xu Qingjiao's words.

"Brother, brother, brother, ......" Xu Qi continued to pester Xu Qing, but Xu Qing looked helpless: "Okay, let's have a string." ”

So Xu Qi is under the sight of everyone's expectation, "quack", if readers are familiar with Sprite ads, KFC ads, please make up for it yourself, if you don't know this, imagine yourself driving with a beautiful woman, driving a luxury car with a face to show off.

"Isn't it delicious?" Xu Qing asked suspiciously, "It's delicious, this is the best thing I've ever eaten, thank you, brother......" A picture of a brother loving his sister was frozen, which made everyone's hearts warm, and the children brought by these people finally rolled on the ground to eat. Xu Qing and Uncle Zheng secretly signaled and left. Something similar happened in several other men's places, but the first to eat rock sugar gourds became mother and son, uncle and nephew, sister, brother, etc.

Of course, these were all designed by Xu Qing, and the original taste of rock sugar gourds was excellent, and after a while, two hundred strings of rock sugar gourds were sold out, and even a few large families rushed over to order, and nearly 100 strings were pre-sold. The copper plate thumped in the pocket, Xu Zhuang and his party were not so happy, Xu Qing was not stingy, all the people who participated in the performance shared the profits of this word, and the adults and children all got more than 40 yuan, and they were so beautiful that they were bubbling.