Chen Fan followed Zhang Wenliang to his house.

In fact, it is not his own home, but the home of his father, Zhang Guangwen, the captain of the 5th team, a blue brick house with "one positive and four fans", which was also allocated back then.

Later, the whole brigade, and even the whole commune, almost all of the newly built earthen wall houses copied this pattern, which is also the most popular house type of the construction team masters.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a busy figure in the hall, Chen Fan greeted the Zhang family, and then gathered at the table to watch the excitement.

Against the wall of the table is a jar of syrup, or maltose syrup, and next to it rests a few baskets of rice and cooked sesame seeds.

Rice is not popcorn, popcorn is made from corn kernels, and the same is true for rice, but the raw material is rice.

Pour the rice into the "human cannon", commonly known as the "food amplifier", burn it for a while, and then "bang", and what comes out is the rice flower.

Zhang Wenliang directly picked up the basket and handed it to Chen Fan, "Taste it." ”

Chen Fan smiled, grabbed a handful in his hand, and stuffed it into his mouth, and a smell of rice instantly filled his mouth, "Hmm, it's delicious." ”

At the table, Zhang Wenliang's mother poured the rice into an enamel pot, picked up the spoon, and kept scooping the syrup into the pot and mixing it with the rice.

Then take a boxy frame, pour the rice mixed with syrup into the frame, and then use a long wooden strip to press it tightly, and remove the wooden frame, which is a piece of "rice candy" about two centimeters thick.

Such a large rice candy is definitely not convenient to eat, so you also need to use a kitchen knife to cut the big rice candy into small pieces, and then put it aside, wait for the syrup to completely solidify, break it, and it is the millet candy that can be taken at any time.

I made three pieces in a row, used up all the rice flowers, and then made sesame candy and peanut candy.

Peanut candy is thicker, but much thinner than rice candy, only half a centimeter thick, if it is thicker, it is not easy to bite off, but there are also one centimeter thick, people love to put it in their mouths and chew slowly.

The thinnest is sesame candy, which is only one or two millimeters thick, and the thin piece is fragrant, crispy and sweet in the mouth.

In addition to these kinds of sugar, there are also small twist flowers, pig ears, and Jingguo strips......

Chen Fan ate a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and it didn't take long for him to feel full.

These things are all high-calorie foods, and it is easy to feel full, Chen Fan looked at the time again, and it was already half past nine, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, and wanted to leave.

Zhang Wenliang didn't keep him, but after sending him out of the door, he put an oiled paper bag in his cloth bag, "Take this back and eat it." ”

Chen Fan weighed it, looked at him and said, "Give so much, it's not a year?" ”

Zhang Wenliang laughed and slapped him on the shoulder, "This little thing will be a snack for you, you can take it." ”

After a pause, he said, "Tomorrow for the New Year, Captain Xiao's house will kill pigs, and then we will have another good drink." ”

Chen Fan nodded, "I remember this, and I will make a pig killing dish in the Northeast tomorrow." ”

The two jars of sauerkraut that I pickled for him before should be about the same.

Then he exchanged a few polite words with Zhang Guangwen before turning around and leaving.

……

Running all the way home, putting down the things first, Chen Fan opened the paper bag, and sure enough, it was full of desserts made by the Zhang family.

Rice candy accounts for half, sesame candy, peanut candy, small twist flowers, pig ears, and Jingguo strips, there is no shortage of everything.

Although the amount is a little small, but this bag of things, you will not lose face wherever you carry it, even if someone gets married, it is enough to use this gift.

Chen Fan smiled, walked out with the paper bag in his arms, and found Jiang Lili in the kitchen.

When Jiang Lili saw him come in, she turned around and smiled, "You're back, I'll cook after I finish frying this pot." ”

Then he saw the thing in Chen Fan's hand, "Ah, where did this come from?" ”

Chen Fan put the paper bag on the dining table and said with a smile, "Company Commander Zhang made New Year's goods at home today, so he wrapped these for me to bring back, I was already full there, and I gave these to you." ”

Jiang Lili's heartbeat suddenly stopped, then her face was flushed, she lowered her head and hooked a strand of hair, and said in a panic, "No, no, you can keep it for yourself." ”

In some places in Yunhu, men and women go on blind dates, if they look at each other, the man will give the woman a bag of desserts, and if the woman accepts it, it means that she agrees.

Therefore, it was later derived from the men's dim sum for women, which is the meaning of determining the love relationship.

This Xiao Chen, does he know this custom?

If you made yourself a cake the day before yesterday, it can be said that it was to celebrate your birthday, but now?

How did Chen Fan know that she had so many ideas, and said with a smile, "Of course you have to share good things, do you have something delicious, will you not keep it for me?" ”

Hearing him say this, Jiang Lili couldn't help but pout, and was faintly disappointed in her heart.

Sure enough, this guy doesn't understand anything.

But in this way, she was much more relaxed, otherwise the pressure in her heart was really a little great, so she raised her head and smiled, "Okay then." ”

"That's right."

Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction, praised her, and looked at the pot by the way, "What are you doing with fried soybeans?" ”

Jiang Lili kept moving in her hands, looked at him and said with a smile, "Make New Year's goods, you will also be a teacher in the future, and the people who follow you to study veterinary medicine will definitely come to pay you New Year's greetings, you can't take out anything to entertain others." So I want to make you some New Year's goods,......"

Saying that, he pointed to the oil paper packet, "Actually, it's similar to these, but this rice candy is popped in a popcorn machine, which is softer, and I can only fry it in a large pot, and the fried rice is a little harder, but more crispy, and each has its own flavor."

There is also this soybean, after grinding into flour, add glutinous rice flour, and then wrap it in syrup, you can make snow dates and soybean crisp, add a little salt to make salt and pepper soybeans,......"

She talked about the methods of several snacks in a row, and Chen Fan was salivating when she heard it, so she quickly grabbed a handful of soybeans from the pot, threw one into her mouth after blowing it cold, and then said, "In this way, you prepare the materials first, and when I come back from work in the evening, we will do it together." ”

Jiang Lili smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, I can finish this by myself." ”

Chen Fan, "No, I will also make dim sum, and see if I can make something different when the time comes." ”

Jiang Lili then remembered that when it came to cooking, Chen Fan was much better than herself, so she nodded, "Okay." ”

Chen Fan thought of another question, "Where did the sugar come from?" The bag of candy you bought isn't enough, right? ”

I used to buy a pound of sugar when I was in the market, and I used a lot to make cakes, and then I made a few brown sugar eggs, and now I only have a little more than half a catty left, which looks like a lot, but it is definitely not enough to make New Year's goods.

Jiang Lili said with a smile, "The 10th team mill will have syrup to sell these days, just go over and buy it." ”

Chen Fan blinked, "That's it." ”

There is still some regret in the words.

I also plan to buy wheat to sprout and make my own maltose, but I don't want to give myself a chance.

He doesn't care if it can sprout in winter?

Jiang Lili said while frying soybeans, "Every year, there are very few sugar tickets allocated to the brigade, and even fewer are distributed to each household.

Therefore, every year during the Chinese New Year, the brigade will allocate a batch of wheat to the mill, let them boil the syrup, and make their own sugar, generally from the 20th of the lunar month to the end of the 25th of the lunar month, during this time the members of the club can go to buy sugar, no sugar tickets. ”

Chen Fan gave a thumbs up, "This thing is done beautifully, and the team headquarters must be praised!" ”

(End of chapter)