Since the incident of Zhu Erlin happened, the Zhu family and the Xin family have not interacted with each other. Only Zhu Xiu'er came secretly once.

"My second brother was beaten so badly, Lang Zhong said that he couldn't get out of bed for half a month. My father and mother felt so ashamed that they didn't dare to see you. Moreover, Brother Xin Ping was angry and said that he would let the second brother walk around your house in the future. Zhu Xiu'er said extremely lonely.

"Jiao Niang, I'm sorry. Can you talk to Brother Xin Ping, don't be angry with our family. ”

Zhu Xiu'er said this very naïvely, others bullied her home, how could Xin Ping not be angry. But the lady can understand her. The girl with a spring must be sad when she sees that her sweetheart is dissatisfied with her family and herself.

After this time, Zhu Xiu'er never came to the Xin family. Jiao Niang guessed that Aunt Zhu and Uncle Zhu were still a little angry in their hearts, and they would complain about themselves to some extent. After all, Zhu Erlin was beaten not lightly this time, and it had something to do with her.

No longer caring what the Zhu family thinks, Jiao Niang has been thinking about how to do some side hustles recently. Although the production of vermicelli at home is an input, it is necessary to pay wages, prepare a large amount of firewood, hoard food, and eat and drink for several people in the family. I can't save any silver taels at all.

Jiao Niang thought, how to make more money. Strive to stock up on more supplies when the cold winter comes.

She remembered that it was written in the book that in the winter of the death of Xin's father and mother, the weather was unusually cold. What's even more terrifying is that this winter was very long, and the snow was overwhelming. Many elderly and sick people in Panyun Village froze to death, and in the end, there was not enough food or firewood. That's why Lin Qi proposed to go hunting in the mountains!

Brother Xin Ping also died tragically in Panlong Mountain because of this. Because of the lack of food and firewood for heating, his younger brother Xin An fell ill with frostbite and finally died.

Thinking of this, Jiao Niang couldn't help but clench her fists. I didn't feel much reading before, but now Xin Ping Xin'an is her relative. No matter what, she must protect them!

On this day, Xin Ping was going to the town to deliver noodles again, and Jiao Niang proposed to go around the town with her. The mother and daughter of the Lin family took the initiative to say that they could take care of Xin An at home. Seeing this, Xin Ping agreed to take Jiao Niang with him.

This is the first time Jiao Niang has visited an ancient town, and it is naturally fresh everywhere, and her eyes can't stop looking left and right. Xin Ping was afraid that the absent-minded girl would get lost, so he had to hold Jiao Niang's hand firmly.

Arrived at the back door of the "Tongfu Building", Xin Ping went to deliver vermicelli. Because he was afraid that Jiao Niang would be hit when she entered the back kitchen, he asked her to stand outside the door and wait for him for a while, and she was not allowed to walk around.

Jiao Niang stood at the back door bored, and found an old man in ragged clothes at the entrance of the alley, the old man looked at the passers-by in front of him, and there was a basket of things in front of him. People came and went, but no one asked the old man to buy it.

Jiao Niang was a little unbearable, and walked over to look at the contents of the basket. But he screamed in surprise. Isn't this the southern sour jujube!

When Jiao Niang was still Xin Zhi in modern times, her parents were busy with work, and her grandparents brought her up. Jiao Niang remembered that my grandmother liked to make sour jujube cake to eat, because sour jujube cake is very beneficial to the human body, for qi stagnation and blood stasis, chest paralysis and pain, palpitations and shortness of breath, and restlessness. Eating stagnation, abdominal pain, and drunkenness have good effects.

"Old man, how much is your basket of sour dates?" Jiao Niang leaned over and picked up a handful of sour dates, there was no bad one, and the size was also well-proportioned, it was a very good southern sour date.

When the old man saw that someone had finally come to buy his jujubes, he said excitedly, "Girl, I have come a long way to sell these dates." Look, Twenty-five Wen, can you take this basket too? ”

"Yes! Where are you from, old man? Jiao Niang took off her purse from her waist and took thirty yuan and stuffed it into the old man.

"I'm from Daishan Village, east of town. Girl, you gave five more words. The old man counted the money and found that Jiao Niang had given an extra five cents, so he hurriedly returned it to her.

Jiao Niang took the basket and waved her hand: "Just let me order another basket with you!" My brother came to town once every three days, and happened to pass by your village. What is the old man's surname, I asked my brother to pick it up when the time comes. ”

"Don't be surnamed Ding, and the bridge at the head of the village is my house. I thank the girl! Ding Laohan gratefully bowed his hand to Jiao Niang and left tremblingly, and Jiao Niang also returned half a salute and looked at the old man's back.

"Hee-hee, you girl is so funny. This sour date is so unpalatable. You give a few dollars to the old man. I continue to buy this unpalatable sour date. A slightly hoarse male voice appeared behind Jiao Niang.

Jiao Niang turned to look, it was a richly dressed young man, standing behind her with a hippie smile, thinking that she had seen the whole process of Jiao Niang buying sour dates. Jiao Niang sneered: "First, Uncle Ding is not a beggar. And by their own labor for money. Very respectable. Second, sour dates are delicious. ”

The young man seemed to be shocked by Jiao Niang's remarks, and was stunned for a moment and said, "I just tasted it, it's hard to eat!" ”

Jiao Niang said seriously: "That's if you don't know how to eat it, it's delicious when made into sour jujube cake!" What I make is delicious. ”

The young man touched his chin, took out a tael of silver from his purse and threw it to Jiao Niang: "Well, three days later, let your brother send the sour jujube cake to the "Tongfu Building". Don't cheat, I'm familiar with the shopkeeper, I can find your home! With that, the boy turned around and entered the restaurant.

Now it's the girl's turn to be in a daze. When Xin Ping came out, he saw the girl standing at the entrance of the alley in a daze, and she also carried a basket of sour dates. Before he could ask, he saw Jiao Niang looking up to the sky and laughing: "Haha, people are stupid and money comes quickly." "It almost didn't scare him out of the slip.

Back at home, Jiao Niang ran into the kitchen and began to prepare to make sour jujube cakes. Wash the sour jujube first, then steam it through water, and wait until most of the sour jujube skin is broken. Wait until it is not so hot, and peel off the core of the sour jujube meat while it is hot.

Take a large bowl again, take a pair of chopsticks and vigorously stir the sour jujube meat and core, the core will gradually break out, and pick out the core that comes out to the side while stirring.

Maybe it's the role of silver two, Jiao Niang is very neat in her work. The mother and daughter of the Lin family couldn't intervene if they wanted to help.

After picking up the jujube pits, the next step is to steam the sweet potatoes and wait until the sweet potatoes are steamed. Jiao Niang put the jujube paste and sweet potato puree together in a ratio of 1:2. Stir and add an appropriate amount of sugar.

Wait until the jujube paste is evenly stirred, and Jiao Niang takes out a large sieve and a few pieces of oiled paper. Dripping the jujube paste into small cakes, and then take the sieve to the yard to dry.

Jiao Niang, who was busy with all this, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the jujube cake comfortably, stretching his waist.

"Sister Jiao, you are so powerful. Anything will be done. Lin Ruyi was empathetic and brought a glass of water to Jiao Niang. Jiao Niang happened to be thirsty, so she smiled at Lin Ruyi and took it and drank it.

After drinking the water, Jiao Niang said what the old grandmother told her about the recipe. The mother and daughter of the Lin family are very convinced of this statement, and they have always said that good things are rewarded. I'm embarrassed to praise the girl.