Luo Hao carried the hawthorn, drinking water and honey he bought, and walked towards the old man who was burying his head in making sugar gourds.

The old man is very skilled in making sugar gourds, he holds a narrow-edged knife of about two inches in his right hand, removes the head and tail of the hawthorn, and then puts the hawthorn in his hand, together with the hawthorn that has been processed before, wears it with a bamboo stick, uncovers a pot that is heating next to it, gently turns the foam of the hot sugar that the hawthorn paste has boiled, and wraps a thin layer on the hawthorn skewers; After dipping the hawthorn skewers in the sugar layer, the old man put the freshly made sugar gourd on a water plate to cool.

After finishing the work in hand, the old man raised his head and found Luo Hao standing in front of the three wheels, and asked, "Young man, buy sugar gourds?" Here's what I just finished, five dollars a string. ”

"Uncle, I want to learn how to make sugar gourds from you." Luo Hao showed the old man his intention.

"Oh?"

The old man picked up the cloth and wiped his hands, and asked, "I have the freshly finished ones here, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to buy them directly?" Do you think I'm not clean? ”

The old man's tone was a little displeased.

Originally, when Luo Hao was looking at it from a distance, it was indeed out of this consideration that he thought of making sugar gourds by himself; But after approaching and watching the process of the old man making sugar gourds, that idea was dispelled by him, and he wanted to learn to make sugar gourds now, completely out of the fact that when Yunxi wanted to eat sugar gourds again in the future, he could make it himself, without having to run around on the street.

"Uncle, you're too worried." Luo Hao waved his hand and explained to the old man: "My daughter-in-law especially likes to eat sugar gourds, but now it is difficult to find a place to sell sugar gourds, I think if I can learn to make it myself, I can make it for her in the future, and I don't have to look for places to sell sugar gourds on the street." ”

Hearing Luo Hao's explanation, the old man's face looked better, looked at Luo Hao a few times, and said: "Seeing you is like seeing me when I was young, and I learned it because my wife likes to eat sugar gourds." Since you want to learn, then I will teach you. ”

"The most important thing to make sugar gourd is to boil sugar and dip sugar, and now the sugar layer of the sugar gourd sold outside is wrapped by a machine, and there are not many craftsmen who can really boil sugar and dip sugar by hand."

The old man swept his eyes, Luo Hao took the honey in his hand, and said: "This sugar boiling is very particular, you can't make good sugar with honey alone, your bottle of honey can only be made into pickled hawthorn at most, not sugar gourd." ”

"Uncle, then I'll use the sugar you boiled in a while, and I'll give you this bottle of honey." Luo Hao pushed the honey in front of the old man and said.

"You're going to have a quick brain." The old man laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll accept this bottle of honey, and I can't suffer a loss, old man, right?" ”

Luo Hao stood aside and followed the old man to learn from dealing with hawthorn and stringing hawthorn; This string of hawthorns seems simple, but it is really not easy to operate, Luo Hao skewered several hawthorns one after another at the beginning, and poked several holes in his fingers.

After working for more than half an hour, under the reminder and guidance of the old man, Luo Hao finally found the trick and quickly got started, and it didn't take long for him to string more than a dozen strings.

"Okay, this string of hawthorns is just the foundation, and dipping sugar is the knowledge." The old man waved his hand to Luo Hao, who was still busy, and said: "This dipping sugar, the sugar layer can't be dipped too thick, and if you bite into it, you can't bite the hawthorn." For a successful sugar gourd, the sugar layer on the outside of the hawthorn should be thin and brittle, and it will not stick to the teeth at all when bitten. You taste what I made. As he spoke, the old man handed Luo Hao a made sugar gourd.

Luo Hao took a bite of it, and it was really crunchy, not sticky to his teeth at all, and sweet and sour, very delicious.

When Luo Hao was learning how to dip the sugar layer on the hawthorn with the old man, Han Mei was driving in the direction of the hospital, and Qin Manlan was sitting in the co-pilot. After Han Mei sent the chicken soup to Luo Hao again, she remembered that she hadn't taken the fruit at home, so she rushed back to get the fruit, and took Qin Manlan to the hospital by the way.

"Isn't that Xiaoxi's car?" Qin Manlan pointed to Luo Hao's Audi A5 parked at the entrance of the alley and said, "Why did this girl run out?" ”

Han Mei stopped the car and looked into the alley, just in time to see Luo Hao holding a hawthorn skewer to learn the sugar layer.

"It's Xiao Hao, he seems to be making sugar gourds?" Qin Manlan looked at Han Mei with a puzzled expression.

"It must be Xiaoxi's girl who wants to eat sugar gourds, so Xiaohao came out to buy it, this girl has liked to eat this thing since she was a child." Han Mei said: "Xiao Hao probably thought that when Xiao Xi wanted to eat again in the future, he would be able to cook it himself, so he learned it here." ”

"For Xiaoxi's girl, Xiaohao is really willing to do anything." Qin Manlan said with emotion.

"When Xinting left, Xiaoxi was the most relieved, now she can find a good home, Xinting has knowledge under the spring, and she doesn't have to worry about that girl anymore." Han Mei sighed and said: "Before, I have been matching Xiao Xi and Xiao Ke, now it seems that Xiao Xi's vision is better than any of us, the last time I heard the old man call, saying that the matter of 'dragon thorn' can be decided when Xiao Hao comes back, I estimate that there will be news in the next few days." ”

"That girl in my family, if I can find the same as Xiaohao, no, as long as Xiaohao is half good, I can wake up with a smile even if I sleep." Speaking of her daughter, a trace of worry flashed in Qin Manlan's eyes.

Qin Manlan's daughter is called Yun Bing, who is outstanding and has a high education; But he couldn't be idle, he ran around, and some time ago he went to Africa to shoot the rainy season savannah, which made Qin Manlan angry for several days.

"Let's go, let's go to the hospital first." Han Mei put down the handbrake, stepped on the accelerator, and said to Qin Manlan: "Since Xiaohao has been driven out to buy sugar gourds, Xiaoxi's girl must have woken up." ”

Luo Hao tried several times, but he still couldn't evenly dip the sugar layer on the hawthorn, either too thick, or thin and thick on one side, which made Luo Hao very distressed.

"Young man, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the same is true for sugar gourds dipped in sugar layers." The old man said to Luo Hao with a smile: "It's not too early, I should also close the stall, remember what I told you about the proportion of boiling sugar and the trick of dipping sugar, and go back to practice a few more times to get familiar with it." ”

Luo Hao raised his hand and looked at his watch, only to find that he had been out for almost three hours, and he was busy saying sorry to the old man and giving the old man money; But the old man smiled and waved his hand, pointed to the bottle of honey and the half bag of hawthorn, and said, "These are enough for tuition." ”

Luo Hao packed the strings of sugar gourds he made in paper bags, and after saying goodbye to the old man, he walked towards the car and drove away, and began to guess what Yunxi's reaction would be when he ate the sugar gourds he made.