Chapter 128: Sugar Production
Xie Xiaonian couldn't care about eating at this time, and immediately got up and walked forward.
Thinking of that possibility, Xie Xiaonian couldn't help but get excited, if it was true, then she would be able to make a lot of preserved fruits, canned food, and even all kinds of wine, and all kinds of pastries in the future.
Xie Xiaonian was excited, and when he stepped forward, he found that it was true, although it was not yet the ripe season, and the climate was not very adaptable, so the length was a little small, but this is undoubtedly sugarcane.
And it is not the common green-skinned sugarcane in the north, but the kind in the south, purple-red sugarcane, which has a high juice yield and is the best raw material for making brown sugar.
Although the growth of this sugarcane is not good, it is still enough to make some sugar for Xie Xiaonian and Xie Xiaonian's uncle's family to eat, after all, this sugarcane forest is not small.
However, because it would take another month to mature, Xie Xiaonian did not cut the sugarcane directly, but took out an iron shovel and prepared to dig some seeds into the space.
She doesn't have this sugarcane variety in her space, and after moving to the space, the sugarcane can grow better, and she can experiment with sugar production in advance.
After Xie Xiaonian only moved about half an acre of sugarcane, he entered the space and began to plant, because he wanted to harvest it early, so when Xie Xiaonian watered, he also mixed some space well water into it.
As for the sugarcane outside, Xie Xiaonian decided to let them grow freely, and when they are ripe in the future, they will be cut again
Because Father Xie and Wu Lihua followed the villagers up the mountain today, when Father Xie came back in the evening, he secretly brought back a bag of red dates and hawthorn.
Almost all the adults in the team who go up the mountain will secretly bring some snacks home for the children at home, and the cadres of the team are also blind to each other, as long as they don't go too far, so Father Xie's behavior is not a mistake.
And Wu Lihua didn't know where to get a big pomegranate, because the fruits of the pomegranate are seeds, so there are very few pomegranates on their side, and it is not easy to find them on the mountain.
Xie Xiaonian has never seen a pomegranate on the mountain since she came here, but there are many pomegranate trees on the mountain in her space, so this pomegranate is not too unusual for her.
But for Xie Xiaobao, it is indeed very rare.
"Mother, this pomegranate is so big, I want to eat it!" As soon as Xie Xiaobao saw the big red pomegranate that Wu Lihua took out, he said happily.
"Okay, let's eat after eating!" Wu Lihua is also very happy that she can secretly bring back a pomegranate.
Because their village only picks at the foot of the mountain, in less than 10 days when all the people are out of the cave, the sweeping of the mountain is over, and then after they are dried and handed in, the rest is distributed to each family.
And at this time, the sugarcane that Xie Xiaonian planted in the space had also grown up and could be harvested.
And the brown sugar that Xie Xiaonian has always wanted to make is also on the agenda, but Xie Xiaonian just knows the general process and has not really done it, so he has to experiment slowly.
Because there was no juice machine, Xie Xiaonian first went to the field to cut a large bundle of sugarcane, and then cut the sugarcane into sections.
Xie Xiaonian, who is a little clean, first took the sugarcane to the river and washed it, then peeled it, and then used the stone scoop that he bought before to thresh the rice, mashed the sugarcane little by little, and filtered out the sugarcane juice with a cotton cloth.
Although Xie Xiaonian had a lot of strength, he couldn't get the sugarcane juice out completely, so he cut a large bundle of sugarcane, and he also made about 15 catties of sugarcane juice.
Just this first process, Xie Xiaonian was tired, and after the sugarcane juice was ready, her hands were almost useless, but fortunately, she didn't need to spend too much effort in the future.
After Xie Xiaonian brought the sugarcane juice in the basin to the kitchen, he was ready to start boiling the sugar.
Because he hadn't done it before, Xie Xiaonian poured a little into the pot for the first time, preparing to try it first.
It's a pity that Lady Luck didn't favor her much, and the first time because she didn't stir, she was directly boiled; The second time, she kept stirring, but because she didn't remove the foam, the syrup that boiled out looked very undelicate, and it felt dirty.
After 3 or 4 experiments, Xie Xiaonian finally found the doorway.
Because there was no container, Xie Xiaonian boiled the reddish-brown syrup directly into a plate, and after it cooled and solidified, the finished product came out.
Although the finished product was just a brown candy cube, Xie Xiaonian broke a piece and put it in his mouth, and found that the taste was similar to brown sugar, which was particularly sweet.
Although the sugar made is not very good, no matter what, she can be regarded as making sugar, and she finally doesn't have to worry about sugar in the future, and she can better show her craftsmanship.
Xie Xiaonian used these sugarcane juices to successfully make a total of about 1 catty of sugar.
Obviously, this bit of sugar is not enough at all, but Xie Xiaonian is really tired, so he is going to stop first, and then continue to do it tomorrow.
Xie Xiaonian is ready to come out with a variety of sugarcane when she is free, and with this sugar rate, the sugarcane she planted is really not enough.
And here, after Li Pearl and Liu Yifan stopped working, they began to get mountain goods together with Xie Xiaonian.
Although the previous ones were all picked by Xie Xiaonian, now the pine nuts and walnuts are also ripe, and the wild sweet potatoes, yams and potatoes in the mountains can also be dug up, so they are even busier than before.
Fortunately, the three of them were not greedy, and if they got enough food for them, they would stop.
However, although they were busy, they did not treat themselves badly, and even when they could not catch their prey, they would slaughter one of the pheasants and hares they raised to eat.
On the 8th day of the first month of September, several people were drinking fragrant chicken soup when they heard Liu Yifan say: "The mountain goods we got and the dried sweet potatoes were all full in the cave and the cellar at home, which was enough to eat." And I see that the persimmons on the mountain are already eight ripe and can be made into persimmons, so I thought that we would start tomorrow and make persimmons directly, so we don't want to make mountain goods! ”
"Yes, I also think that there are enough things for us to eat in winter, let's make more sweet persimmons to eat, I like sweets." Li Pearl said excitedly.
"I'm okay with that, but do we need to prepare anything?" Xie Xiaonian agreed.
"Tomorrow we just need to bring a knife and peel the skin, but there is no big vat on the mountain, and when it is sun, we will take it back and put it in the jar in the cellar." Liu Yifan has made persimmons many times when he is at home, so he is very confident.
In the next few days, the three of them began to pick persimmons, peel them, and dry them, and they were very busy, but the results were still gratifying.
Next to the cave, the drying rack they made of bamboo was full of persimmons, and there were 3 or 400 of them, which was enough even if they were given away.
Before going down the mountain on the 11th, Li Pearl said to Xie Xiaonian: "Xiaonian, tomorrow Lin Xiaodan gets married, the two of us are going to Daoxi, so we can't come, the shelf for drying persimmons, if you can't get it, you won't dry it tomorrow, and it's nothing less than one day." ”
"It's okay, I'll just move slowly, don't worry! But when Lin Xiaodan gets married, you can be cleaner again, and she stares at you every day. ”
"Yes, I wish she had married out as soon as possible, if it weren't for the educated youths who came together, if we didn't go, it would seem that we were too ignorant, and I would be told by others, and I wouldn't be happy to go. With that money, I might as well buy something delicious for myself. Li Pearl pouted.
"But fortunately, the person she married and I are not in the same production team, and it is unlikely that we will meet in the future." Li Pearl didn't wait for the two to speak, and said with a smile.
Xie Xiaonian looked at her like that, smiled and shook his head, she is really a child.
After Lin Xiaodan's wedding, the villagers also began to be busy harvesting autumn and sowing winter wheat.
During this time, Xie Xiaonian was not idle, except for a few days in the later stage, in other free time, she was alone in the mountains, picked a lot of apples, and also used the space of the sugarcane in the sugarcane forest, picked the good ones, and cut back nearly half of them.
However, because it couldn't be put in the cave, Xie Xiaonian put the sugarcane directly on the empty place outside the cave, preparing to make sugar together when Li Pearl and the others didn't go to work.
When the autumn harvest was over, it was already October 11, and when the three of them went up the mountain together, Xie Xiaonian said, "Do you want to eat sugar?" ”
"Sugar? Where is the sugar, Xiao Nian, do you have sugar? I want to eat, I want to eat, since I came here, I have eaten less than 5 pieces of sugar plus a piece! Li Pearl looked at Xie Xiaonian and said expectantly.
"I don't have sugar." Xie Xiaonian wanted to tease Li Pearl, so he pretended to be helpless and said.
"Ah, no, why don't you say it, you hook my gluttony. Ay! The sugar tickets are too precious, Liu Yifan and I don't have them, we all blame me for coming suddenly, otherwise my mother would definitely prepare sugar tickets for me. Li Pearl said dejectedly.
She has a sweet tooth the most, but since she went to the countryside, she has hardly eaten sugar, not even sugar water.
And Liu Yifan, a boy, when he came, although the family gave him money and some food stamps, there were really no sugar stamps.
Xie Xiaonian saw that the foreshadowing was almost done, so he said proudly: "Although I don't have sugar, I can make sugar." ”
"What are you talking about, Xiao Nian, you can make sugar, really fake, you can make sugar? So powerful! Li Pearl stood still directly, her eyes widened, and she looked at Xie Xiaonian in surprise.
At this time, Li Pearl felt that Xie Xiaonian was a genius, she could do anything, there was nothing she couldn't do, and she could even make the most sought-after sugar.
And although Li Pearl was asking whether it was true or false, she already believed in her heart that Xie Xiaonian would make candy, because Xie Xiaonian would never say big things, and what she said would be done.
"Of course, although it's not like the candy you bought, it still tastes good, do you want to eat it, do you want to learn how to make it" Xie Xiaonian said proudly.
has been staying with Li Pearl for a long time, and Xie Xiaonian occasionally looks like a 16-year-old girl.
"Yes, of course, I haven't eaten sugar for a long time, how to do it, let's do it." After Li Pearl finished speaking, he pulled Xie Xiaonian and was about to run up the mountain.
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