28: Chutney noodles
On the other end, Qingshantun in Daling Township.
"Aunt and aunt, sweet potatoes have really turned into flour!"
"It's not flour, it's starch."
Xie Jingqiong yawned and opened her eyes, and found that it was already more than ten o'clock in the morning, and the past two days had been quite peaceful.
Since showing off her good cooking skills, Xie Jingqiong finally found a suitable position for herself, and now the three meals a day of Lao Jiang's family have been contracted by her, and the adults and children are satisfied, and Xie Jingqiong also feels very happy.
She pushed the door open and saw several pots under the sun, each of which had only a thin layer to dry the starch so quickly, and now the starch was dry.
Collect all of them and have a small half bucket, which made Xie Jingqiong smile and bend her eyes.
Jiang Lu's kid is old-fashioned, but he is also dumbfounded at this moment: "Big ...... Auntie, we don't have wheat at home, but we also have flour at home? โ
He didn't know what to say, but he thought it was amazing.
In fact, Xie Jingqiong wanted to do this at the beginning, and she saw that the Lao Jiang family was extremely cooperative from top to bottom, which can be said to be very supportive, but in fact, she was not optimistic about it.
Recently, the old lady and the second daughter-in-law made those sweet potato residues into dry cakes, not to mention, they are quite crispy to chew, and there is a unique sweetness of sweet potatoes, which can be regarded as discovering a new way to eat.
However, now that the finished starch product is in front of him, Jiang Lu thinks, why is his aunt so powerful?
The eldest aunt is amazing!
"Let's go," Xie Jingqiong was also very happy, she waved her hand, "Let's make some crystal powder before everyone gets off work." โ
If it's delicious, you can sell it.
For example, she can open a vermicelli factory, which is specially used to produce this kind of crystal powder, and the money earned is shared by everyone, which is not speculation, but is called brigade communism, for the benefit of the collective.
"Then I'll help my aunt light the fire!"
Jiang Lu was also very happy, remembering that during the Chinese New Year last year, the brigade killed New Year's pigs, and the old Jiang family also shared a little meat, and made a large pot of pork sauerkraut stewed vermicelli at that time.
The vermicelli is fragrant, it tastes slippery, stained with broth and gravy, and Jiang Lu loves to eat vermicelli.
But the child was reserved, swallowing his saliva quietly, like a little adult, busy around Xie Jingqiong.
At noon, everyone finished their work and came back from the field, Qingshantun planted a little late this spring, so the autumn harvest was later than the next brigade.
There is the advance of the progress, the public grain has already been handed in, and their side has just begun the autumn harvest.
"Milk, come on, my aunt made hot and sour noodles."
"What hot and sour noodles, where does the chili come from? No, there's no vinegar at home. โ
The old lady looked confused, and Jiang Lu said: "The chili pepper was picked up by my aunt on the mountain, and the vinegar was brewed by the aunt herself. โ
"Can oranges still make vinegar?"
"My aunt said it was called fruit vinegar."
Jiang Lu pulled the old man and the old lady, and as soon as the others entered the courtyard, they smelled the fragrance, which was sour and spicy, and it was very appetizing.
The old lady's eyes lit up: "Today's food must be bad!" โ
The second daughter-in-law smiled: "That's, I really didn't know before, my sister-in-law's craftsmanship is so good." โ
Since Xie Jingqiong helped the family cook, the food at home has not been bad, to say that the shortcomings are not nothing, it is too oil-intensive, she dares to cook things, but compared to a large family to eat happily, oil consumption is a trivial matter.
Mrs. Jiang has already asked the second child to go to the oil mill, and he came back with two catties of oil, which is enough for a long time.
But Mrs. Jiang seemed to remember something, and suddenly her face turned pale: "Your sister-in-law is good at craftsmanship, but don't bully your sister-in-law, you know?" โ
"Usually at home, cooking or something, if she wants to be in charge, let her be in charge, but you have to help with washing dishes and vegetables, so as not to tire her out."
The second daughter-in-law couldn't help laughing, "Cheng, mother, don't worry, you can't be tired of your sister-in-law." โ
She said so.
Just as Xie Jingqiong came out of the kitchen with a large pot full of hot and sour noodles, she greeted with a smile: "Are you all back?" Rhythm,, go get the dishes and chopsticks, just so we can also eat. โ
"Uh-huh!" Jiang Lu happily agreed, he and Jiang Che were busy holding dishes and chopsticks, and the third and fourth children made a basin of water and asked the adults to wash their hands.
This is Xie Jingqiong's new rule, she can't control it after eating, but she must wash her hands before eating.
Especially when everyone goes to the field to do farm work, they always come back with dirt, if they don't wash their hands, maybe the sand, mud and dust or something, they will all be red and golden.
Soon, a large family sat around the table, and their eyes lit up.
Xie Jingqiong has already served hot and sour noodles for everyone, a big bowl for one person, and the children's noodles are made in another small pot, and there are no chili peppers in it, so as not to spoil the children's spiciness.
"Let's eat!"
As the patriarch, Old Man Jiang picked up the chopsticks, and as soon as he gave an order, the sound of snoring sounded, and for a while, the Jiang family's compound was full of the sound of powder.
"It's a good time!" Liu'er couldn't raise his head after eating, his cheeks were bulging, like a little squirrel, and he even drank all the soup and water.
"This vermicelli is so good, delicious!" Even Mrs. Jiang was full of bluffs.
Xie Jingqiong smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Mother, then look, can we exchange this for money?" โ
"Poofโcough, cough, cough!"
After eating hot and sour noodles, Mrs. Jiang was drinking cold water.
When I heard this, I choked suddenly.
She coughed for a long time before she looked up.
"What??"
"Zhan Ting's daughter-in-law, what are you talking about???"