Because Jiang Yunhua brought back a lot of fungus and mushrooms, at noon, Ye Shi made chicken stewed mushrooms according to Jiang Zhiluo's words.

Fish soup stewed with fish.

After lunch, the family sat down together and talked for a while.

In the middle of the afternoon, Jiang Zhiluo and Cui Hejin went home.

However, Jiang Xiangchuan and the Ye family also brought a lot of things to Jiang Zhiluo.

There are fish caught by his two younger brothers in the river, and a bowl of chicken stewed mushrooms.

At noon, my mother left a big bowl for her to take home for her mother-in-law to eat.

I also brought her some rice cakes, which were made of millet that my mother specially bought.

It's equivalent to a rice bun, just like a bun, but it's millet, and sugar is added to it, so it tastes very sweet and delicious.

This kind of food is a rarity in the village.

When she was about to go home, Jiang Zhiluo saw some pine trees on the hillside behind Shanxing Village, and said to Cui Hejin: "I want to go over there and see if I can get some oil, do you want to go home first or come with me?" ”

Jiang Zhiluo originally wanted Cui Hejin to go home first.

It's just that he accompanied her back to the door, if he was allowed to go back alone, so that the people of Donghe Village could see it, it was estimated that he would have to gossip, which would not be good for Mrs. Cui and Cui Hejin.

So Jiang Zhiluo asked out loud.

There is only a little candle left in the house, and every time they light it at night, they are very economical to light it.

If you buy candles, the price of candles is also expensive, and a candle costs 50 yuan a piece.

Jiang Zhiluo felt that it was dark early at night, and she couldn't sleep, if she could light candles, it would be convenient for her to do something else.

I can't afford to buy candles, so I might as well make my own candles.

She didn't see any pine trees on the hill in Donghe Village.

But there were pine trees on the mountain in Shanxing Village, and Jiang Zhiluo suddenly thought of pine resin.

She can make candles out of pine resin, which doesn't look good, but it works well.

In this way, there is no need to save candles.

Although Cui Hejin was puzzled and didn't know what Jiang Zhiluo was going to do, she still said softly: "I'll accompany you over for a trip." ”

In this way, Cui Hejin accompanied Jiang Zhiluo to the halfway up the mountain.

Jiang Zhiluo found the stump of the Extremely Fast Pine Tree and collected some oil.

Looking at the collected grease, Jiang Zhiluo was very happy, and now she can make a lot of candles.

In this way, there is no need to save candles at home, and there is no need to buy candles in a short time.

Cui Hejin looked at the bright smile on Jiang Zhiluo's face, her expression was dark, but she didn't ask anything.

On the way home, Jiang Zhiluo thought that Cui Hejin would ask something, but he didn't ask anything.

He was cold and cold all the time, and he didn't seem to be interested in her affairs, and he didn't want to ask about it.

The smile on Jiang Zhiluo's face narrowed, she wanted to explain something, but she didn't say anything after opening her mouth.

After returning home, Mrs. Cui was very happy to see them back.

Especially when I learned that Jiang Zhiluo's father and mother also brought a lot of rice cakes and a bowl of chicken stewed mushrooms, I sighed in my heart.

Her in-laws are really superb.

Mrs. Cui was still worried about making brown sugar, so she pulled Jiang Zhiluo and asked, "Zhiluo, that, do we still make brown sugar, I will put all the firewood on the stove and burn the fire at any time." ”

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Mother, I want to trouble you to boil those beets on the fire, and boil the sugar water in the beets." ”

"I'm thinking of boiling this grease so I can make candles."

When Mrs. Cui heard the candle, her expression became excited, and she suspected that she had heard it wrong.

"Wax ...... Candle? ”

"Zhiluo, do you know how to make candles?"

Candles are very expensive things, and if you have to do it at night, Mrs. Cui doesn't light candles.

I can't use it at all.

Because a candle is gone, you have to buy a new candle, which is so expensive, you can buy a lot of food.

So when she heard Jiang Zhiluo say that she could make candles, she suspected that she had heard it wrong.

When Cui Hejin was fetching water and washing his hands in the yard, he heard Jiang Zhiluo's words, and the movements in his hands also stopped.

He looked sideways at Jiang Zhiluo, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes.

It turned out that she had gone to get the grease to make candles.

However, the secret recipe of candles is in the hands of a very small number of merchants, how can ordinary people know the secret recipe.

Thinking of some of the words of his wife's younger brothers and sisters, Cui Hejin looked at Jiang Zhiluo and his expression deepened.

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said: "Mother, this grease can be used to make candles, we have candles, we don't have to save so much at night, we can light candles if we want to." ”

"Okay, okay."

Mrs. Cui was very excited in her heart.

She actually wanted to do some embroidery work at night with candles.

But when she thought that candles were so expensive, Mrs. Cui was reluctant to light them.

If these things can really be used to make candles, she can light candles at night to do embroidery work, and if she does more embroidery work, she can go to the embroidery shop in the town to sell them, and she can earn a little money.

Old Madam Cui was warm and excited in her heart.

"Zhiluo, you can just be busy with you, and my mother will cook these beets on the fire."

The beets are cut into small pieces to make it easier to make the sugar water. ”

Jiang Zhiluo set up a small jar in the courtyard, put firewood in it, put a small basin on it, put the grease on it, and started to burn the fire below.

After melting into water, Jiang Zhiluo removed some of the magazines.

The filtered grease water is easy to use.

Jiang Zhiluo put a few small wooden barrels from her father upright, put a long rope in them, and then poured grease into them.

When it cools, it can be used as a candle.

Nine small barrels were poured in a row.

Jiang Zhiluo carefully fixed them, thinking that after they cooled, they could remove the barrel mold on the outside, and the candle would be fine.

Let the things cool down first, and Jiang Zhiluo helped Mrs. Cui look at the pot, stirring and stirring with a spoon.

Time passes little by little, and when the sugar water in the pot boils out, you can smell the sweet fragrance of the sugar water.

Jiang Zhiluo fanned lightly with her hand, and a smile appeared on her face.

It's as if I saw brown sugar.

Mrs. Cui lit the fire and said excitedly: "Zhiluo, do you smell the smell of sugar water, it smells very sweet, it smells so good." ”

Before, Mrs. Cui was still skeptical in her heart, and she was a little skeptical.

But at the moment, she smelled the smell, and she believed that this thing could really make sugar.

Mrs. Cui was enthusiastic in her heart, and she was more active in burning the fire.

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, mother, it's the taste of sugar water, but it will have to be burned for a while." ”

"Okay, we have enough firewood, we can burn it for as long as we want."

Jiang Zhiluo looked at it, so she went to prepare a large basin, and then got a clean cheesecloth for filtering.

After staying, Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mother, it's okay, you don't need to burn the fire first." ”

"Okay, is that all right?"

Jiang Zhiluo said: "Scoop it out first, and continue to burn the fire later." ”

Jiang Zhiluo used a large mesh spoon to scoop out all the things in the cauldron little by little.

The beets were netted with cotton cloth, and the sugar water was filtered into a large basin.

After that, pour the sugar water into the pot and continue to burn.