He Zao knew that the torches mentioned by the Four Treasures usually had pine resin prepared in every household, and when they went out, they would dye the pine resin on the torches, and if they were lit, they could last about a quarter of an hour.

A quarter of an hour, in fact, is fifteen minutes.

He Zao's brows tightened, and he went down the mountain absentmindedly.

He Laosi sat in the shade at the gate of the courtyard and watched Wubao play, and smiled when he saw her come back: "I'm back early." He looked relieved.

He Zao was a little embarrassed, she was willful just now, saying that she was going to find someone but ran to the mountains to eat a meal before coming back, the fourth uncle must be worried about her.

She hurriedly walked over and touched Wubao's head and explained: "I thought that the fourth uncle went out of the village, so I walked along the river for a while, but fortunately, the fourth brother and Qibao went to find me." ”

"I'm such a big person, will I lose it?" He Laosi laughed.

As if playing a trick, he took out an oiled paper bag: "You don't care about eating, take this shortbread to eat, I just bought it for Wubao, and there is one left." ”

The shortbread is made with good noodles, with layers of oil, and sesame seeds are sprinkled on the outside, which is fragrant and crispy, and the price is expensive.

He Zao excused himself: "No, fourth uncle, I have eaten enough, and the fourth brother just burned several scorpions over there to eat." ”

Sibao understood, and also accosted: "Yes, Uncle Si, let Wubao eat." ”

Wubao ran to He Laosi with a blank eye, coquettishly grabbed his legs, and drooled: "Dad, I'm still hungry ......"

He Lao's face was flat: "I just ate two, and I still eat!" I'm not afraid to hold on, go play. ”

Wubao drooped his little head and looked at the shortbread reluctantly.

In the He family, eating shortbread is even rarer than eating meat buns. Because the economy is underdeveloped, the villagers are just barely able to achieve food and clothing, and what they are thirsty for during the New Year's festival is just to eat more meat, but the shortbread is just a lot of oil, and the good noodles are used, but there is no meat, but it is a few pennies more expensive than meat buns, so the farmers who will live will basically not buy shortbread to coax their children.

That is to say, He Laosi has spare money in his hand, and he is the owner of the distressed baby, so he is so extravagant.

"Morning, you can divide the food." He Laosi couldn't help but say that he stuffed the shortbread into He Zao's hand.

Of course, He Zao would not take advantage of this, so after thinking about it, he divided the shortbread into two, and handed the most half of it to Wubao: "Wubao, for you to eat." ”

Wubao happily took it and stuffed it into his mouth, as if he was afraid that he would be snatched away if he moved slowly.

He Laosi scolded with a smile, but his face was loving.

He Zao divided the remaining half into four small pieces, Qibao, Sibao, she and the fourth uncle each had a piece: "Fourth uncle, I think you must be reluctant to taste a bite, taste the taste of Li Ji's shortbread, what is the difference between it and our own drum bottom Xiao'e cake!" ”

He Laosi originally refused, but after listening to her statement, he smiled, and took it and tasted it, just a small piece, and ate it in two bites, and smashed it again: "It's oily, so it looks fragrant." ”

"The skin is brittle, too." Sibao chewed slowly twice and nodded.

Qibao narrowed his eyes happily: "Second sister, the shortbread is delicious." ”

But when You He tasted it earlier, he felt that it was a little worse than the shortbread in his previous life, probably because the oil used at this time was lard, which was fishy, and the noodles were not white enough and slightly coarse.

It's much stronger than the drum bottom Xiao'e cake at home.

The so-called Gudi Xiao'e cake came from the neighboring province of Shanxi, because Wuxian Town in Huaiqing Mansion is the junction of the two provinces, and it will eventually reach the territory of Shanxi if you go all the way to the mountain behind Lujia Village. It is close to each other, so many of the customs of Wuxian Town are similar to those of Zezhou Mansion in Shanxi. For example, Wuxian Town does not produce rice, but every household grows millet, that is, millet, so people with good conditions eat stewed rice at noon instead of rice; For example, the drum bottom Xiao'e cake from Zezhou Mansion is also a major feature.

Every household in Wuxian Town is equipped with a drum bottom bell, the bottom of the bell is bulging, when the cake is spread, add three times more water to the yellow noodles, and then put all kinds of vegetable leaves, stir evenly, it becomes a slightly thick corn soup, scoop up a spoonful with a spoon, sprinkle it from the bottom of the bell around it, and finally at a point in the middle, it forms a thin and uniform thickness, the color is yellow and bright Xiao'e cake, the part that is concave at the bottom is crispy, and the top is slightly sticky, with its own sauce and green onion roll, it will taste very sweet.

This kind of Xiao'e cake is more food-saving than ordinary cakes, so Wuxian Town generally eats Wowotou and it.

The pancakes that the He family ate last time were regular and real white flour cakes, which were different from the way they were spread, and the pots used were also different.

White noodles, in fact, can't be made into drum bottom cakes, because white noodles are softer than yellow noodles, they can't be spread, and they are sticky when eaten.

He Zao tasted the taste of shortbread, but in his heart he was thinking about the possibility of going to the town to sell Xiao'e cakes.

In the previous life, this drum bottom Xiao'e cake was a major feature of the place, and tourists bought a lot, which was easy to make, and the raw materials were also simple, saving money.

However, according to the attitude of He Laosan and Chen's that day, it was impossible to do business before they separated.

He Zao sighed and pressed the thought.

In the afternoon, the three brothers and sisters went up the mountain, and He Zao took the opportunity to tell him about the scorpion.

Someone in the village had sold scorpions before, so Sibao knew that the price was high, but the scorpions were not easy to find, so he couldn't help but hesitate: "We have to dig pigweed and pinch honeysuckle again during the day, how can we have time to move scorpions?" There's nowhere to put it, so don't let it run all over the house. ”

He Zao smiled: "I'm talking about the night, now the sky is long, our father doesn't work, the work in the field is also light, and there is nothing to do at night, let's go up the mountain together to go around the scorpion, fourth brother, you don't know, I heard that the habit of scorpions is to go out at night, and at night, this mountain is lively, and you don't need to look closely." ”

"I can't see it at night." Shippo blinked wide-eyed and asked a crucial question.

He Zao has been considering the advantages and disadvantages of kerosene lamps and torches, the village has a lamp specially used for night travel, also called "line lamp", the kerosene is lit, there is a cover, not afraid of wind and rain, but the illumination is not enough, and the modern flashlight is thousands of miles away, but there is grease on the torch, burning vigorously, it is still easy to go up the mountain to find a scorpion or something, but the burning time is not long enough, and it needs to be replaced in time.

Fortunately, there are many pine trees in the mountains, and every household has pine resin, otherwise the cost of pine resin will be added.

It's just that carrying torches up the mountain, there are many forests, and you need to pay attention to fire prevention.

She said her opinion, Sibao pondered for a while, but agreed: "That's right, that is, we have to try it ourselves at night, and don't tell the adults first, so as not to waste our efforts." As for fire prevention, you don't have to worry about this, we have lived by the mountains since we were children, how can we not care about the importance here! ”

He Zao was slightly relieved.

They decided to give it a try tonight.