Chapter 8 is not simple
The three sisters and brothers talked as they walked, and Chi Yueshen said mysteriously that he would know when the time came.
Keeping their curiosity, Chi Hao and Chi Xin harvested sugarcane much faster in the afternoon, and after returning home, they urged Chi Yue to demonstrate how to boil sugar.
Zhou was curious, and he also propped up his body and followed out to see.
Chi Yue took her younger siblings to wash the sugarcane in small sections, and then put it into the stone mill to squeeze it into juice, and then took the juice with a clean bucket, so that Chi Xiaoxue looked at the sugarcane juice and was careful not to leak it.
"Haohao, you go and make a fire." Chi Yue saw that a bucket of juice was almost there, so she and Chi Xin carried the bucket into the kitchen together. Because of the poor equipment at home, it is not easy to boil brown sugar.
Chi Yue tried many times, spent several large bundles of firewood, and every time he boiled out the foam, he changed the pot and then boiled, and after repeating five or six times, he finally boiled out a pot of sugar paste, and first gave everyone a taste of brown sugar paste, which was naturally unanimously praised.
Especially the two little ones who haven't eaten candy for a long time, their eyes are wide open, and they have expressions of begging for feeding.
Zhou looked at this sugar paste that no one had ever boiled, and was very curious: "Yue'er, how do you know that this sugarcane can be boiled into brown sugar?" ”
Chi Yue scratched her head, and then made it up: "I got a lot of novel ideas after I walked through the ghost gate, not to mention, I dreamed last night, and the gods told me ......" She smiled and said foolishly: "Actually, I also think it's very magical." ”
Zhou was stunned for a moment, and suddenly walked out and chattered to God, probably thanking the gods.
Chi Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and waited until the water in the sugar paste had almost evaporated, and then she scooped the sugar paste into the basin and stirred it constantly, so that the sugar paste shrank and crystallized, and divided into pieces.
The process doesn't seem to be very difficult, but it takes a lot of manpower and time, and by the time it's over, it's already late at night. Everyone was so tired that they didn't bother to wash up, so they fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Chi Xin and Chi Yue didn't bother to make breakfast, and rushed to the town to set up a stall with the boiled brown sugar.
In the past, no one knew that sugarcane could be eaten, and naturally no one knew that sugarcane could be boiled into brown sugar.
"Little girl, what is this?" The lady who sold vegetables curiously leaned over to take a look, and the child who followed behind her had a very smart nose, and leaned over and said greedily: "Mother, it's sugar!" Fragrant, want to eat sugar ......"
Chi Yue smiled and pinched a piece of brown sugar and introduced, "This is brown sugar, it's very sweet." ”
The little one is very noisy and attracts a lot of passers-by.
The eldest lady had never seen this candy and didn't really want to pay for it, so Chi Yue directly brought the child over, handed it to him and coaxed: "Don't cry, I'll give this to you to taste." ”
The little guy didn't answer it immediately, and glanced at the eldest mother: "Mother? ”
The eldest lady hesitated: "Can this be eaten?" I've never seen it! ”
There were a lot of people next to her, and Chi Xin was a little flustered: "I can eat it, our family also ate brown sugar last night, it was very sweet." ”
As soon as he heard that it was very sweet, the little guy's eyes lit up, and he looked at the eldest lady with a blank eye, and many people around him came to watch and discuss something in a low voice.
Chi Yue's eyes blinked, she raised her hand and pinched a piece, eating it with relish, and while explaining the taste for everyone, it seemed to be really fragrant.
For a moment, several children came to see it, and it seemed that they could smell the sweetness.
The eldest lady thought that she didn't have to spend money, so she let her son take it.
The little guy did not disappoint, and seemed to have a great sweet tooth, and when he took a bite, he exclaimed, "How sweet! Delicious...... Mother, you taste. ”
Chi Yue looked at the eldest lady who was a little embarrassed and handed her a piece: "Auntie also taste it, brown sugar is good for qi and blood, and it is very good for a woman's body." If you eat brown sugar for a long time to recuperate, your face can be much more rosy. ”
The eldest lady took it and tasted it, and praised: "It's really good." I've never eaten this brown sugar before, but it's very strange. ”
When many girls heard this, they all gathered around and asked the price.