After successfully building the first Kang in Jiangzhi’s main house, he immediately built another one for the previous charcoal shed.
I have been lying in the leaves for the past few days. Although I am thickly spread and wrapped in quilts, there is always cold air coming in from the ground.
Moreover, according to Xiao Manye, the season of continuous spring rains and humid weather is long overdue. Once it rains, it will never be sunny.
At that time, even if there is no rain in the shed, the leaves on the ground will become damp, and it will not be suitable for pregnant Qiaoyun to sleep.
Jiang Zhi built the first kang by himself, thanks to the short videos he watched every day.
The Eastern heating method is to set up a kang and burn the floor, while the Western method is to build a fireplace. Each has its own advantages.
Jiang Zhi feels that the kang is the most suitable for Chinese babies' physiques. When it rains, the kang can also be used to dry clothes and things, which is more useful.
Xu Errui and Xiaoman were not lazy at work and worked as coolies under Jiang Zhi's command.
Qiaoyun was also used to farm work, and she was never idle for a moment. When others were laying stones in front of them, she would use mud to smooth the walls up and down.
The four of them worked from morning to night, and in just a few days, the renovation was completed, with a decent main house of twenty square meters, a shed of more than ten square meters, and two kangs.
Xiaoman likes this kind of earthen bed called Kang very much. He helps build a kang on it during the day and repairs his house, and when he goes back at night, he builds it for his own home.
But that night, Mr. Xiao Man came to talk to Jiang Zhi.
He really wanted to be strong, but at this juncture he was still polite and considerate.
After Jiang Zhi heard that Mr. Man wanted to have a kang in his own home, Jiang Zhi was afraid that Jiang Zhi would not agree, so he brought five eggs as a gift. He suddenly felt dumbfounded.
After seeing the kang above, Mr. Man thought of his paralyzed eldest grandson at home.
Because of the cold winter, the eldest grandson did not dare to come out while lying in bed. Moreover, he had no feeling in his feet and legs and did not know whether it was cold or warm. He would only know if he would get sores from the cold or be burned by a kettle.
If there is such a heated kang, at least you won't have to worry about catching cold or freezing if you don't cover it properly.
It's just that this technique was taught by Jiang Zhi, and the children didn't have to spend money to learn it. Now if they want to build it at home, they have to give it a gift.
"Uncle Chang Geng, if you want to use the kang, just do it. Xiaoman has learned how to do it. There is no need to exchange anything for it. Your family just needs eggs." Jiang Zhi pushed the eggs out. Everyone in Xiaoman's family, including the elderly, children, and patients, all need to be replenished.
Mr. Xiao Man insisted on giving it: "His aunt, these five eggs are a little short and can't be used. It's more or less a wish. I, as an uncle, can use them to replenish Qiaoyun's health."
well! I am an old man who has no abilities now, so I only rely on this bit of backbone to survive.
It's also to blame for the current war below. If you had the skills in the past and let Xu Errui and Xiaotian go out to make people's kangs, you could earn some money in a month, but now you can only exchange for five eggs. "
The words were so good that Jiang Zhi had no choice but to accept them: "Uncle Chang Geng, your family can make a kang alone. In addition, you can build a fire wall. You can also hang things on the fire wall to dry in the future."
There is a fire wall, and the heat dissipation area is larger. Everyone in the family can stay warm, and even paralyzed patients can get out of bed and move around more.
After finishing repairing her house, Jiang Zhi asked Er Rui to help Xiaoman's family while she started to clean up Qinggangzi.
While building the house and building the kang, Jiang Zhi did not forget the green fruits he soaked, which would be everyone's next ration.
Water is brought into the pit every day to change the water and turn it over to ensure that every green fruit is immersed in water.
For the sake of taste, the longer the soaking time, the better.
In fact, there is another way to remove the slightly poisonous and bitter tannins of Qinggangzi.
That is to cook.
Boil and change the water again and again until the soup is clear and bright. This process can greatly reduce the time, but it will consume a lot of firewood.
Now the family is in a hurry to build a house, and everyone has no time to find firewood, so they use the simplest method of soaking.
After the house is completed, the first batch of soaked qinggangzi is basically ready to eat.
So Jiang Zhi and Qiaoyun peeled off the hard shell of the green sprouts, and then ground the nuts into a pulp in a stone mill.
Aeolian seeds and acorns belong to the same family, and they are both large evergreen trees of the Fagaceae family.
The starch content in the fruit exceeds that of soybeans. As long as the toxic tannins can be dealt with, it is a delicious food.
Stone grind the slurry, rinse repeatedly to filter out the starch, add water and boil it into a thick paste, then ladle it into an earthenware bowl and let it cool.
Qiaoyun was pregnant with the child, so Jiang Zhi was doing all these things alone.
It's a pity that she has the heart of a chef in modern times, but her cooking skills are comparable to those of a full-level alchemist. The final product depends on God's will.
Now that I'm here, my original background is that I'm not very good at cooking, so my cooking is barely reliable.
And they don’t have to worry about no one to support them. Anyway, Qiaoyun and the others eat delicious food when they are hungry.
The jelly was dark brown and looked very unappetizing. Jiang Zhi cut it into thin finger-shaped strips with a knife.
Now that I have just moved to the mountains, everything is a new beginning.
There were no ready-made chives, ginger, garlic, or soy sauce and vinegar in the kitchen, so I couldn't bear to use the few chilies that I had left behind. I only had old salt water and pickled radish in the jar.
You can't eat jelly without the spicy flavor. Jiang Zhi added crushed dogwood and Sichuan peppercorns to the seasoning to give it the same spicy and salty flavor.
Looking at the dark jelly, Qiaoyun was both scared and curious. Even though she watched these things being made bit by bit with her own eyes, she still couldn't believe it.
I can make do with the online pictures.
"Mom, is this really edible?" she said while looking straight at the black jelly.
Although she can now eat thick porridge every meal, and even eat greasy meat twice, as her child gets older, Qiaoyun still feels uncomfortably hungry every day.
Jiang Zhi put the jelly that he had prepared with seasonings in front of her: "Of course you can eat it, but you are pregnant with a child, so you need to eat less to get used to your gastrointestinal tract!"
Qiaoyun could already smell the sour and spicy taste, and she felt her stomach churning, and a stream of saliva flowed out from under her tongue. When she heard that she could eat it, she couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and take a big bite.
"Ah! Mom, this tastes good! Can I have more? Eat this bowl and then another!"
Qiaoyun drank half a bowl in two mouthfuls, her eyes gleaming as she ate. At this time, she felt that even if the green onions were poisonous, she had to fill her stomach first.
Jiang Zhi shook his head: "No, you can only eat one bowl and boil an egg later."
Although Qinggang jelly is not toxic, it is very starchy and difficult to digest. Pregnant women are advised to eat less.
"Only one bowl?"
Qiaoyun was disappointed. Even letting herself eat an egg was not particularly attractive to her at this time. She had to listen to her mother-in-law and only regretted that she had eaten so hard just now.
Jiang Zhi also tasted the taste of Qinggang jelly, and it didn't have the astringent taste she expected.
There is an indescribable refreshing taste when eaten in the mouth, and the remaining trace of bitterness actually adds to the rich and sour taste. No wonder Qiaoyun couldn't put down the bowl after eating it.
In the evening, Xu Errui helped set up the Kang at Xiaoman's house. He came back after dinner and was curious when he saw the dark Qinggang jelly.
He knew that his mother and daughter-in-law had been soaking green kangzi in the water a few days ago, and today was an even busier day.
When he heard that this thing was edible, he didn't take Qiaoyun's caution at all. He directly took a large bowl, poured on the condiments and toppings, and started eating.
While eating, I exclaimed: "I only knew that Qinggangzi could be burned and eaten before. Why didn't I think of making it into frozen skin like this?"
When he was in the village, every year when there was a shortage of food, he, Xiaotian, and other children in the village would secretly pick up green onions and burn them without telling the adults. They smelled the burnt aroma, but they still tasted bitter and astringent. hard to swallow.
Jiang Zhi smiled and said: "These are only ground into a small basket. I will grind more tomorrow. After grinding into powder, I can eat it every day."
