Wei Jin didn't expect that her request to her younger brother would have such an effect, she was just worried that Dabao was not in good health, and he only studied and did not exercise, afraid that he would not even be able to pass the college exam, but she didn't expect that it would also benefit other students.

At this time, she was still thinking of starting a side hustle.

The work of making pots and helmets at home has been handed over to the second sister to do, and the wife of the second brother-in-law came to help.

There is no technical content in the hot powder, the proportion of the powder is prepared and kneaded into a ball by Wei Jin in advance, and the sister-in-law only needs to pull a lump down and stuff it into the iron cylinder to press it hard, and the powder will naturally fall into the pot. There are no ingredients these days, and the oil and salt will not be unpalatable.

The second brother-in-law's family had a heavy burden, the old mother died early, the father injured his body and bones while doing farm work, and the family relied on the two brothers to earn back their food. Now the two brothers are following Wei Jin's second brother-in-law to do a fur workshop, and the sister-in-law is helping in the Wei family's flour shop.

Sihua'er is small, and she still helps her second sister make cakes and collect money as before, and now she has a job to make cold drinks. That is, the black plum hawthorn bought in the pharmacy is added with mint leaves and licorice, boiled into a sweet soup and then iced in the well, and then replaced with a can after selling it, saving the cost of making ice.

This recipe is a simplified sour plum soup recipe, but because it is sweet and sour, it is so hot to drink a bowl that the pores of the whole body are stretching, not to mention how good the taste is.

Every morning, Sihuaer has to boil a big pot in the house, and then take half of it and ask the Zhang brothers to help send it to the second brother-in-law's workshop. The rest of the ice was in the well, and it tasted just right by noon.

After this side is on ice, boil another pot, and take it with ice, which is extremely convenient.

The sisters and sisters at home are all busy, Wei Jin watched for a few days, and after seeing that there was nothing for her to worry about, she began to think about a new livelihood.

The people regard food as the sky, and it is not as convenient to sell anything as it is to sell food. She pondered for several days, writing and drawing to come up with a recipe for making tempeh.

Tempeh is sold in many places, and the method is different, but one thing is the same: soybeans are soaked or steamed or boiled, and then fermented after they are fully cooked.

Wei Jin combined with the local reality and went to the village to order a batch of wet bamboo sieves to ferment tempeh.

A wet bamboo sieve is not a blistered wet bamboo sieve, but a bamboo sieve that refers to a bamboo sieve made directly after the newly cut bamboo has not been dried in the shade. This kind of bamboo sieve is very skillful, and the wet bamboo sieve made by inexperienced craftsmen will be deformed and damaged after natural drying, and the bamboo sieve is still strong and durable after the craftsmanship is well dried.

The wet bamboo sieve used to make tempeh also has to choose bamboo, generally using nanzhu, so that the fermented tempeh has a longer and sweeter fragrance.

The first time she did it, she didn't dare to do too much, so she used the shelves left in the yard to dry goods, and put two bamboo screens on one floor, and twelve bamboo screens were just filled in a row.

The beans are soaked before they can be steamed. It takes nearly a day to steam thoroughly, and you have to add water to the iron pot in the middle, not dry steaming.

This steamed tempeh is relatively dry and well-grained. If you want to eat the soft kind, you need to cook it.

Drain the steamed tempeh, wash the thick flat bamboo roots and leaves in advance in the bamboo sieve, then put the drained beans into it, and fold the extra flat bamboo roots and leaves around to wrap the beans for initial fermentation.

This fermentation requires a certain temperature, and it is most convenient to make tempeh in hot weather, and it can be successfully fermented in two or three days.

When the beans are bothered, this step of fermentation is successful.

Next, it starts to dry, and it takes about a day to two days to dry the beans.

Finally, salt and spices are added, the tempeh is kneaded into a ball, put it in a large jar, and the tempeh is formed in about half a month to 20 days.

The first batch does not do much, the finished product is golden in color, rich in aroma, and is fried in an oil pan after being broken, which is good for stir-frying vegetables or mixing noodles.

The first time Wei Jin used tempeh to cook, she made a simplified version of the back-to-the-pot pork.

The palm-sized pork is boiled in water and thinly sliced. Stir-fry a little in the oil pan, and the meat slices will be rolled into the shape of a lamp, and then add the tempeh to stir-fry, add a little rice wine and garlic sprouts, there is no chili pepper to enhance the flavor, but the rich aroma of tempeh is enough to make people who smell the taste feel stomach acid surge, and they want to take a piece directly from the pot into their mouths.

At noon that day, Wei Jin called his second brother-in-law and the man who helped the cook and sister-in-law to come to dinner together. The two men directly mixed all the oil on the plate with rice.

"This tempeh is also delicious when used to steam fish. Second brother-in-law, isn't there a small ditch next to your workshop? Let your brothers' children help catch fish, and if you don't want the big ones, just the little warped fish that are two fingers wide, and I'll pay them when you come back. ”

"What do you want to pay for?" The sister-in-law interjected, "A few boys in my family don't do serious things at home all day long, and if the third sister wants it, I'll let them catch it." ”

Wei Jin didn't refuse, she only said that the reward was to be given, otherwise she wouldn't dare to accept it.

The next day, sure enough, a child brought a fish basket over, and the fish in it were all processed and the belly was cleaned.

Wei Jin let a few children into the house to eat noodles, and when she was done, she fried the small fish in oil, then fried the tempeh, and then put the fish on top of the tempeh, and steamed it together.

The green onion and ginger are mixed with the tempeh, and the oil of the fried tempeh is not wasted, mixed with cold skin and side dishes, and sandwiched in the pot helmet for a few children to eat and play.

Their family is not a solid family, it is good to be able to mix seven points full on weekdays, and a few small ones have never had the experience of eating. On this day, at Wei Jin's house, a bowl of noodles and a pot helmet made several children's stomachs bulge.

Only the eldest one, glanced at his sister-in-law, and quietly hid the pot helmet in his arms.

Sihua'er is quick and fast, and he is not allowed to put it on his body. There is soup and oil residue in this dish, and if you don't get it right, you have to be mushy.

"I, I just want my dad to taste it."

The eldest child looked down and didn't dare to look at his sister-in-law's face.

"Cut, it's ready early, you know filial piety."

The sister-in-law muttered angrily, unhappy.

She thinks that she is still very good as a daughter-in-law, she can be filial to her in-laws, and she can take care of her younger siblings and children. These two hundred and five younger brothers are like this, as if she doesn't care about the old people in the family.

Wei Jinquan didn't see the embarrassment between them, so he asked Sihua'er to bring a basket over, which was packed with noodles and side dishes, as well as several fist-sized tempeh dumplings.

"You ate what was given to you. Bring back the ingredients for your father's mother, your sister-in-law prepared them this morning, and she hasn't had time to explain them to you yet. Let your sister-in-law tell you, listen to it together, write it down and go back to tell the person in charge of the house. ”

The eldest sister-in-law lifted her waist and wiped her hands, and put the sun-dried rice noodles and cut and cooked mutton and haggis she bought with her money into the basket.

"You guys will go back early after eating, and don't just play on the way. There is another one, when you have nothing to do in the morning, you will go to help chop wood and boil water, and Sanniang will make tempeh, and you can't be busy alone. Those who come to help are paid according to the day, how do you arrange to go back and discuss with your parents. Can't you say no, don't come, don't you hear? ”

Her brother-in-law grinned embarrassedly, and kept nodding and saying that he had written it down.