After lunch, Chu Xiumei went down to take care of the vegetable garden, while Ran Wenyue took the rest of the people to start preparing to make preserved fruits and candied fruits.

Look at the plums, peaches, plums, cherries, and loquat in the back basket, among which the plum is the most, most of the back basket is half, and each fruit is separated by thick leaves.

Wen Wenyue lightly took them out of the basket and put them into the wooden basin that had been approved in advance.

"Sister, how are we going to get these?" Ran Wenxing looked at the fruits placed separately and asked suspiciously.

"These, let's make some preserved fruits and preserves, and when they are ready, we will take them to the town and sell them."

These fruits, used to be eaten, but they were all directly picked up the mountain, there are very few people who can make preserved fruits, preserved fruits and candied fruits are very expensive, and many techniques are only in the hands of those who specialize in making preserved fruits and candied fruits, and others will not.

"Sister, do you know how to do it?" Ran Wenbo asked a few people what they were thinking.

Ran Wenyue patted her chest and swore a promise. "Of course you know how to do it, you can rest assured."

Seeing that she was so confident, Chu Tian originally wanted to say something but didn't say anything again, but he had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't say it.

Ran Wenyue said that she would do it, explained to them the cleaning of the fruit, and then divided some for each person and began to make it.

Several people worked together for two hours, and finally got the fruits in their hands right, some candied fruits and preserved fruits, and some were directly cut into pieces and put aside in a bowl.

"We're done with the fruits, and now let's start making the plums." After Ran Wenyue finished speaking, she began to choose the plums in the pot.

"You're here to help pick and peel it off." After that, I explained to them how to choose the best one. "In fact, the best way to make preserved fruits is to pick out or eat them directly if they are yellowed and ripe."

But now most of the plums they picked are only six or seven times ripe, and some have turned yellow, and there are not many that are just eight times ripe, so when they peel this side, they have to pick them out.

Choose green plums with green colors and intact skin, peel them off one color, wash them, wash them several times, remove the stems, and then dry the water.

"Sister Yueyue, what will you do after this is dried?" Chu Tian looked at the dried plums, his eyes were full of curiosity.

"Put the green plums in a clean container and pour in the right amount of salt. Gently rub the green plums, first rub each one, let it sit for an hour or two, and then rub it, you can wrap it with salt, so that each green plum is coated with salt. While explaining, Ran Wenyue kept rubbing the green plums on her hands.

With Ran Wenyue's explanation, Chu Tian, Ran Wenbo, and Ran Wenxing also began to rub together.

Ran Wenbo rubbed the green plum in his hand, feeling that the more he rubbed it, the more interesting it became, and the more he rubbed it, the more fun it became, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, hey~" I don't know if it's telepathy between twins, Ran Wenxing also laughed hey, hey, hey.

Seeing them smiling so happily, Ran Wenyue also smiled knowingly.

When Chu Xiumei came back from tidying up the vegetable garden, she saw a few people laughing. "What's the matter, so happy?"

"Mother, this is so fun!" Qingmei, who raised her hand, said with a smile.

"The plush poke tickles in the palm of my hand." Ran Wenxing also said, and after speaking, he showed her the small fluff on the green plum.

"You guys, two little monkeys, this is for food, not for fun." Chu Xiumei looked at the two of them and smiled helplessly, and after speaking, she put down the things in her hand and went back to the house.

"Alright, now that we're done, we'll just have to wait for tomorrow to get back to it." After Ran Wenyue kneaded the plums with salt, she quietly put them in the basin.

Looking at her yesterday and asking in confusion, "Is this okay?" Why do you have to wait until tomorrow to get it, can't you get it all at once? ”

"That's it." After Ran Wenyue finished speaking, she told him about the next steps.

"After sitting in the shade for about 10 hours, the salt melts completely, and some water will seep out, and the seeping water will be poured out.

Pour cool boiled water into the container (be sure to cool thoroughly), let the green plums soak in light salt water, and soak them in a cool place for 2 days.

Take out the green plums, drain the water, and put them in the sun for 2 days, if the sun is not very big or cloudy, you can dry it for 2-3 more days, and you can dry it until the skin is wrinkled.

The skin is wrinkled, there is still some fluff on the surface, the greenness is gradually gone, and it smells natural fruity, and it is salivating at the moment!

Find a clean jar, place a layer of green plum and a layer of sugar in turn, and cover it with a lid to preserve.

After two days, the sugar gradually melted, and the plums floated upward, and the juice was clear.

A few days ago, shake the bottle to let the sugar melt evenly, then put it in a cool and dry place, wait patiently for three months, and then you can eat the delicious umeboshi! ”

As soon as he heard that he would have to wait three months to eat, Ran Wenbo was a little disappointed. "It's going to take so long."

Ran Wenyue looked at him and comforted: "It's okay, don't we still have so many fruits, I'll make something for you to eat later." ”

"What's delicious?" Ran Wenxing looked at her and asked with sparkling eyes.