A successful jelly should be as smooth and elastic as jelly, but the one Li Ping'an made for the first time was obviously not very successful. It was not fully solidified, and there were many small particles on the surface. Even the brown syrup was boiled. Brown sugar water.
"It's not very good, but it's still edible. I'll just go back and make it a few more times to gain experience and improve little by little."
He was not disappointed, after all, it was expected. In many cases, it does not mean that you can make it just because you know how to make it and follow the steps. Stir-fried home-cooked food and stir-fried large pot dishes are both stir-fries, but there is a big difference between them.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoshan originally wanted to seize this opportunity to mock Li Ping'an, but after thinking about it, he held back. This was the first time he had seen this thing. He didn't know what it would look like to make it well. In his opinion, it was Li Ping'an's first time doing it. If he ridiculed him at this time, Li Ping'an counterattacked and asked him to do it. Because of this, he didn't have even the slightest certainty to achieve the effect that Li Ping'an achieved now.
"Big pot, is it ready to eat? I want to eat!" At this time, Xiao Ruyi held the bowl and swung her legs and came over. She came back almost when the jelly was out of the pot. She had been waiting for as long as the jelly had been left to dry. Morning I can’t wait to try the new food that Da Guo mentioned.
"You just took your own bowl?" Li Ping'an smiled and took over Xiao Ruyi's exclusive wooden bowl. While filling the jelly, he glanced at a large group of eager little ones, "Hurry up and get your own bowl, too. Everyone has a share.”
The crowd dispersed immediately, and each one wished they had two more legs and ran home as hard as they could, fearing that if they came back too late, they would be eaten out by others and they would not be able to eat. Some of them fell down while running poorly. Seeing that their brothers and sisters didn't turn around to take a look, they didn't care to cry. They quickly got up and continued running without patting the dirt on their clothes.
"Can Ruyi and grandma have a bowl together?" Li Ping'an filled a bowl for little Ruyi. After pouring the brown sugar water on it, he did not hand it back to little Ruyi, but handed it to grandma, "Milk, you and Ruyi Let’s eat a bowl and taste the taste together. Although it may seem like a lot to make this time, it’s still a lot to share. I’ll eat enough when I make more later.”
"How dare you eat enough? This grass is worthless, but brown sugar is very valuable." Mrs. Zhou smiled and squinted her eyes. After taking the bowl, she took a spoonful and fed it to little Ruyi first, "Ruyi opens her mouth, ah~"
"ah--"
Little Ruyi opened her mouth wide and held her head up like a nestling bird waiting to be fed. After taking a bite, her big eyes suddenly turned into a crescent shape. After swallowing, she praised with unfinished content: "It's sweet and cool. , it’s delicious, milk, you can eat it too!”
Mrs. Zhou dug out a small piece and tasted it, "It does taste good. Can this weed be used to make such delicious food?"
Looking at the jelly grass in the basket, she was amazed. Her ancestors had lived on this land. This kind of weed that can be seen everywhere is usually removed as a weed. Only when there is a famine, they have to dig weeds to satisfy their hunger. I dug some out and ate them as vegetables. I didn't expect that Li Ping'an could use it to make such fresh food.
"What's going on here? Didn't I just say it? It wasn't very good the first time. When I do it a few more times, it will taste even better. Just wait for the milk." Li Ping'an gave his younger brother and sister They filled the jelly and talked to grandma with a smile, "Grandma, do you think this jelly can be turned into a business?"
"How do I understand this?" The wrinkles on Mrs. Zhou's face were squeezed into a pile, and she looked at Li Ping'an with admiration and relief in her old eyes. "My father and I are both just digging in the fields. When it comes to doing business, Your father and brothers combined are not as good as you, so if you think you can achieve something, you can definitely achieve it."
"If I have breasts, I can do anything."
"You can say nice things to coax breast milk." Mrs. Zhou was elated.
Li Ping'an smiled and said, "Don't feed Ruyi milk all the time. Eat some yourself. I will definitely make it every day these days. Are you still worried that Ruyi won't be able to eat it?"
"Well, don't worry about the milk, it will take care of you."
Li Ping'an didn't care anymore and was busy filling the jelly for the little ones. He didn't give out half a bowl to each person. The main reason was that he couldn't share it. He just had to taste it first. After the portioning, there wasn't much left, so he put it in a bowl and gave it to everyone. Send it to the parents and rich people who are busy in the field.
Before leaving, he asked Zhang Xiaoshan and Cao Ya to go up the mountain to collect firewood after eating. Next, they had to make jelly continuously, and he was not the only one to do it, which required a lot of firewood.
The land being opened up was not far from home. When Li Ping'an arrived, Li Erlin and Chen Dajuan were sweating profusely with their hoes. Fugui was squatting on the edge pulling weeds. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that his dark little face was sunburned. Got to be red.
Li Ping'an silently recited his sins and called his parents. When they saw it was Li Ping'an, Li Erlin and Chen Dajuan stopped and called Fugui over with their hoes.
"Brother, what delicious food did you cook?" Knowing that Li Ping'an was going to make new food today, Fugui kept looking at the basket covered with a cloth.
"Good stuff to cool off the heat." Li Ping'an opened the cage cloth and took the bowls to his father, mother and Fugui in turn, "We divided them at home, so there are only these left. You eat first, and we will make more later. Let’s try it again for everyone.”
"Those who work eat first, how can anyone eat first at home?" Chen Dajuan muttered, looking at the pitch black stuff in the bowl, "Are you sure this dark stuff like medicinal soup can taste good? "
"I told you that this is a new food, so you have to taste it first. My little sister said it is delicious. Mother, please try it quickly."
"She didn't say anything about the delicious food..." Chen Dajuan couldn't help but complain again. She didn't use chopsticks. She took a sip first and spit it out as soon as it entered her mouth. "Did you put brown sugar in it?"
"It just has to be poured with syrup to make it taste better."
"You're not going to boil all the brown sugar, are you?"
"It's all boiled. I originally wanted to boil it into syrup, but it wasn't enough, and I added too much water and boiled it into brown sugar water."
Chen Dajuan suddenly felt extremely distressed. She glared at Li Ping'an and said harshly, "If it doesn't taste good, let's see if I beat you!"
At this time, Li Erlin and Fugui had already finished eating. Li Erlin handed the empty bowl to Fugui, smacked his lips twice, and said two words: "Comfortable!"
"It's cool. I feel less dry after eating it." Fugui also said.
"Yeah, in such a hot weather, it would be so comfortable if I could eat a bowl of jelly every day." Li Ping'an looked at Chen Dajuan who was chewing slowly with a smile, "Mom, what do you think, you say I will sell this Jelly, okay?"
"If I don't tell you, why don't you sell it?" Chen Dajuan glared at Li Ping'an again, still feeling extremely distressed, "Would it not taste better if I added brown sugar water?"
"Why do you just say that brown sugar water is added? It's still delicious even without brown sugar water!"
"Then you add brown sugar water?"
"..." Li Ping'an touched his nose, "It just tastes better with brown sugar water!"
