"Grandpa Guo, Grandma Guo!" Jiang Qian shouted affectionately, Master Guo opened his eyes, saw that it was Jiang Qian, and sat up with a chair.

"It's a girl." Mr. Guo patted his wife's hand and helped his wife sit up.

"Grandpa Guo, this is my sister-in-law, we are here today to buy some oranges from your orange orchard!" Jiang Qian said.

"You want that orange!" Mrs. Guo said casually, "If you want to take a little directly, talk about what to buy." ”

"Yes, this orange peel is worth a little money after two or three years, it doesn't matter if I want to do it or not, this thing is not delicious, you just want to eat some of it." Master Guo said.

"Grandpa Guo, Grandma Guo, that's the case, what I plan to make, I may need a lot of these oranges in the future, if we need it in the future, I think we still set the price to sell, which will also save you a loss." Jiang Yuanyuan said.

"That's right." Master Guo stood up, "Yes, if you are sure that you want it, we will not do the business of tangerine peel in two years, this tangerine peel is not easy to sell, if you want it, we will sell it to you cheaper." Let's go, I'll take you to pick some back. ”

Master Guo said, bent down and patted his wife's hand, raised it and kissed it.

A few old people next to him were not surprised, smiling and chatting with tea and not being disturbed by this side at all.

When they came to the orange orchard, they found some ripe oranges and picked them, Master Guo gave them a basket and asked them to use it first, Jiang Yuanyuan thanked them for a long time, and finally the two picked a basket of oranges and went back, and when they left, they were stuffed with a few apples, the apples were big and red, so I don't love people.

Jiang Yuanyuan They rarely eat these fruits, even if this orchard is very close to them, they will not come to buy fruits, because the fruits are expensive, so expensive that they will not easily try these fruits, they will only go to the mountains to pick or eat their own growing, and now receiving these two apples, Jiang Yuanyuan does not know how happy they are.

Jiang Qian used to occasionally bring back an apple when she was doing things here, and there was an apple in the meal they had at noon, Jiang Yuanyuan would occasionally rub one or two apples like this, but she had never eaten a whole one.

She came to the field happily with the apple, everyone was concentrating on their own work, Jiang Yuanyuan ran to the kitchen, washed the apple with water, held it in her hand and sniffed it gently.

It smells so good!

She suddenly had a bit of a gluttony for applesauce, although this applesauce is something that some people eat to make pastries, but Jiang Yuanyuan once secretly ate it, it was when she accompanied Jiang Qian to the orchard, Jiang Qian suddenly fed her a spoonful, although there was only one spoonful, but the taste made Jiang Yuanyuan miss it for a long time.

Mellow, slightly sweet, with a fresh fragrance, refreshing, the nuts melt in the mouth, sweet.

It's a pity that this jar of applesauce costs five taels of silver, which is too expensive for her to afford.

Shaking her head, Jiang Yuanyuan took the apple cut into petals and placed it on the plate, she secretly ate one, crispy, delicious, and delicious.

Put the apples aside, Jiang Yuanyuan picked up an orange, she found two clean large bowls, washed and wiped the water, peeled the oranges one by one, put the peel in one bowl first, put the pulp in another bowl, after peeling four oranges, Jiang Yuanyuan did not peel it, she picked up the orange peel, buckled it upside down on the cutting board, and gently scraped off the white part of the orange peel with a knife, leaving only the orange red place.

After processing almost one-third of the orange peel, Jiang Yuanyuan grabbed the processed orange peel and washed it, soaked it in salt, washed it and drained it.

Tear out the white threads from the pulp, then cut them in half, remove the seeds inside, and put them in a bowl after they are ready.

After finishing it all, Jiang Yuanyuan found the sugar cubes, she broke off some fine pieces, sprinkled them in the pulp, and stirred them a few times with a clean spoon to make the flesh evenly stained with sugar.

I went out to take a look, the orange peel was also dried, took the orange peel, put it in the pulp, and after stirring twice, Jiang Yuanyuan found a wooden bowl, poured all these things into it, and then used a wooden awl to mash the contents of it.

After pounding a bowl full of orange juice, Jiang Yuanyuan looked at the large piece of orange peel in the bowl, connected to the white transparent skin of the orange flesh, and her heart twitched.

This pot is wasted and didn't run.

With a fluke heart, she boiled this pot, took a small stove and a small pot to make a small fire, and watched the oranges in the pot slowly bubble, Jiang Yuanyuan threw a large piece of rock sugar into it, stirred it for a while, and half of the rock sugar was still not melted.

I dug a little bit out and hid a bite, it was hot, sour and bitter, I don't know what it was, it was too unpalatable.

Trembling, Jiang Yuanyuan found a bowl to put the pot up.

After washing all the utensils, Jiang Yuanyuan pondered for a while, these skins should be cut into small pieces, rock sugar should also be small pieces, well, a layer of skin on the orange flesh should also be peeled off!

The second time I tried to do it, this time, Jiang Yuanyuan cut the orange peel into small and tiny pieces, and peeled off a layer of skin from the flesh, leaving only the full flesh inside, biting her fingers, Jiang Yuanyuan stirred the pot expectantly, watching the things in the pot gradually thicken, exuding a fragrance, Jiang Yuanyuan tasted it again.

As soon as she entered, Jiang Yuanyuan frowned.

"Phew!" Jiang Yuanyuan spit out the things in her mouth, the sour is not sour, but why is it so bitter!

What went wrong?

Looking at the remaining oranges and the flesh on the table, thinking about it and not knowing what she did wrong, she looked at the sauce in the pot in annoyance, and drooped her head.

Sure enough, no!

No way! Gotta try again.

Standing up without admitting defeat, Jiang Yuanyuan cleaned up the utensils and started her own production journey again.

She tasted a little sugar-pickled orange flesh, although it was a little astringent and a little sour, but it was not so bitter, so this bitter taste did not come from here.

Looking at the orange peel, Jiang Yuanyuan tried hard to recall what her grandmother did in the first place. She remembered that the white part of the orange peel was bitter, so it was not allowed to be eaten, but she had removed the white parts of the orange peel, how did this bitter taste come about!

After eating a small piece of orange peel, it doesn't seem to be so bitter!

"Hmm......" Jiang Yuanyuan tore off a piece of orange peel and chewed it twice, chewing and chewing, she felt the bitterness gradually come out, she spit out the orange peel in her mouth, took a big sip of water.

Could it be that it's because of the hardships?

But grandma did boil orange peel and orange flesh together, she still remembered that there would be orange peel in the boiled ginger, the orange peel was not bitter at all, but very sweet, chewing two bites to eat very delicious!

She must have missed a step.

What step is missing, it seems that there is no problem after thinking about it.

"Yuanyuan!" Jiang Xuan walked in from outside the house, "I bought a batch of late lotus seeds with a lotus pond master today, let's eat fried lotus seeds today!" ”

As he spoke, he put a large basket on the ground, full of baskets of lotus seeds, all of which were dark green, and they looked like old lotus seeds.

Jiang Yuanyuan subconsciously grabbed a handful and ate one, it was very hard and difficult to chew, and the lotus seed heart inside was still bitter.

"It's so bitter, and it doesn't taste good when fried." Jiang Yuanyuan frowned and threw the remaining lotus seeds in her hand into the basket.

"Later, boil the water first, and then fry it, it won't be bitter." Jiang Xuan said indifferently, he groped for another basket, found a small bench and a knife to cut the side of the lotus seed one by one.

Jiang Yuanyuan's eyes widened! Yes, you can get rid of the bitterness by boiling it, why did she forget.

Clapping her hands, Jiang Yuanyuan suddenly realized.

"Yuanyuan, is this a new food you made?" Jiang Xuan saw the two bowls placed on the side, he smelled it curiously, seeing that Jiang Yuanyuan didn't look at this, he dipped some of his fingertips into his mouth and stuffed them into his mouth, the bitter taste instantly filled the entire big brain, Jiang Xuan opened his mouth wide, "Wow!" What is this? It's unpalatable. ”

Baba spit on the ground twice, Jiang Xuan made a bitter face, and his whole face was wrinkled together.

"Hey, hey." Jiang Yuanyuan smiled embarrassedly, "This is, just a failure." ”

Sticking out her tongue, Jiang Yuanyuan staggered and continued to make the next pot, this pot should be successful.

Put the orange peel in hot water and boil it, until it is transparent, then scoop it up, dry the water on the orange peel, Jiang Yuanyuan looked at the yellowed water in the pot, tasted a little, and it was really bitter, an indescribable bitterness.

Shaking her head, Jiang Yuanyuan cut the dried orange peel into pieces, mashed it, boiled it, and the sweet smell permeated it, looking at the boiling almost, Jiang Yuanyuan took a bite, well, very good, sweet and sour, um...... It's just too sweet, and you should put less sugar in the next pot.

"It worked! Elder brother! It worked!! Jiang Yuanyuan held her face and squinted her eyes happily, she dug another spoonful, it was sweet and delicious, and the thick and mellow touch echoed in her mouth, although it was a little hot, but it was still delicious.

"Brother, do you want to taste it!" Eagerly ran to Jiang Xuan's side, Jiang Yuanyuan handed over the spoon in her hand. Jiang Xuan looked at the spoon in front of him and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he subconsciously leaned back, and both jaws were squeezed out by him in fright.

"Don't be like this, this is really delicious, delicious and delicious!" Jiang Yuanyuan pouted, a little unhappy.

"I, I, I, I, I!" Jiang Xuan blinked, thinking about the feeling of just eating it in his mouth, looking at the things in front of him, and then looking at Jiang Yuanyuan's little face in anticipation, and taking it in one bite as if he were dead!

The expected bitterness did not appear, on the contrary, a sweet smell surrounded him.

"Hmm!" Jiang Xuan's eyes widened, "It's delicious!" It's really delicious. ”

Suddenly came to mind when grandparents were still alive, grandma was boiling this sauce in the kitchen, grandpa was helping grandma dry herbs in the yard, mother was making clothes, father was chopping firewood, tying firewood, he was playing with his toys on the side, sister followed grandma in the kitchen to talk, a moment later, grandma came out with fragrant sauce, sister jumped happily, clapped her hands and shouted that they came to eat.

Tears suddenly slipped from the corners of his eyes, Jiang Xuan suddenly woke up, and he naturally wiped the moisture from his eyes.