After several days of heavy stone pressing and a large amount of salt pickling, the pork strips were no longer as tender as they were at first, but rather a bit hard. Moreover, due to severe dehydration and a large amount of salt adhering to the surface, it does not look like the word "delicious".
Su Xuanhe poked at the pork strips that had become a little hard, and frowned in disgust: "Sister, this fresh pork is specially made like this, is it delicious?"
Su Qingluan glanced at the pork strips and said, "Our family has eaten a lot of pork these days." Although Su Qingluan had already marinated part of the pork, there was still a lot left to cook. Meat filling, "In a few days, let's try cooking with this bacon?"
Although you can taste it now, the water vapor inside the pork strips has not been fully dried and dissipated, so it cannot be stored for a long time. Su Qingluan wants to take advantage of the recent cool autumn weather and the dry and cool breeze to make the pork become Drier and harder.
Only after this is done, Yang and Su Guangfu can rest assured to leave a large amount of ingredients to her to handle as winter storage ingredients for the next few months.
As Liu Yunniang gradually became more proficient in handling sewerage, the Su family was gradually able to skip the early step of handling sewerage and directly take the cut sewerage for brine.
Su Qingluan would conduct random inspections every time for quality control. She found that although Liu Yunniang was not old, she was very careful in her work. No matter the shape or size of the water, or whether it was handled cleanly, she could complete it meticulously without thinking about it at all. Make more money and lower the quality of your work.
As for Mrs. Xi, since the Su family started to hire Liu Yunniang to work, she has not been as enthusiastic as before, bringing cooking cakes to Su Qingluan to eat, but Su Qingluan understood that the other party was not deliberately alienating, but was secretly more attentive. Keep an eye on the area around your water stall to see if there are any suspicious people.
Su Qingluan was busy at the sewer stall that day. The boy from the Xie Mansion who was almost regarded as a thief came over again.
This time, he did not go to the back of the long queue to get his number plate. Instead, he walked directly in front of Su Qingluan and saluted her: "Ms. Su."
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Brother, what's going on today?"
"Something's happening! And it's a happy event!" the boy said with a smile, "My master's shop has been tidied up!"
This sentence made Su Qingluan's originally smiling expression pause, and then he said in surprise: "Really?! That's great!"
"Of course it's true. How could I deceive my wife with such an important matter?" The young man also seemed very happy. "The master told me, you can use the shop whenever you want. There are dedicated staff there." The servant will hand it over to you."
Su Qingluan knew that what he called "handover" might refer to door keys and other chores, so he nodded and smiled: "It's hard for me to make this trip. Please allow me to come to the door to express my thanks to Young Master Xie another day."
Su Qingluan knew that although Xie Zian, as the owner of the shop, had the responsibility to deal with the stagnant water, it was an unexpected surprise that he actually kept his promise and rented the shop to himself for free.
Although Su Qingluan used a little "trick" at that time, she actually understood that as the saying goes, "one force can defeat ten societies", under the absolute power and class crushing, no matter how little she used, she would not be able to win. If the other party insists on refusing to admit what he promised, as a powerless commoner, she has no choice but to suffer the consequences of being dumb.
But the other party not only "kept the agreement", but Su Qingluan visited it several times during this period. Except for the part where water accumulated under the ground, Xie Zian even ordered the upper floor to be renovated.
Su Qingluan couldn't help but sigh - she was such a conscientious shop. Just for this reason, she had to prepare some thank you gifts.
...Although this thank you gift has some "ulterior motives" in a sense, Su Qingluan feels that such "ulterior motives" may be happy for Xie Zian to see it come to fruition.
When the young man heard what Su Qingluan said, he smiled and said, "My young master should like the lady's 'thank you gift' very much."
Su Qingluan said in her heart: Yes, she is used as a dessert ordering machine.
But she was actually very happy. Xie Zian happened to have a craving for food, which gave her room to show off. It just so happened that the "secret weapon" she had been preparing for some time could also appear on the stage.
The first few times, Xie Zian wanted to see Su Qingluan himself, but Su Qingluan just followed orders and went to Xie's mansion. But this time it was different. Since Su Qingluan wanted to take the initiative to see Xie Zian, he had to write a greeting note first.
While waiting for a reply, Su Qingluan felt like a social animal waiting for the result of the interview. It happened that today there was a big market, and the soup was sold out faster than usual.
After returning home, it was still early and there was no time to cook dinner, so she decided to cook something to relieve her nervousness. At the same time, she also developed the "Hongfu Lou" menu, which had not been updated for a long time.
Su Qingluan went over simple and delicious dessert dishes in her mind, and thought of using glutinous rice to make dessert—it happened that both glutinous rice flour and whole grains of glutinous rice were available at home.
After struggling for a moment, she decided to make some sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice-filled dates using glutinous rice flour and the red dates she bought earlier.
When Mrs. Yang saw Su Qingluan wandering around the kitchen, she couldn't help but be curious: "Da Ya, is it too early to be busy making dinner now?"
Su Qingluan smiled and said: "Mom, I want to eat some sweets and make some snacks."
"Hey, it's rare that you want to eat something. I don't have the skills like you, but at least I can help you." Yang said, coming over and asking, "Do you need to make a fire?"
Su Qingluan nodded sheepishly: "Sorry, mother." It had been three or four months since time travel. She quickly adapted to the various lifestyles of this era, using various kinds of equipment that Su Qingluan considered to be very backward and cumbersome. Tools, but there are still many tools that are not used proficiently.
For example, how to use the wind box to burn the stove fire more vigorously.
Every time Su Qingluan lit a fire by herself, she would either use too much force and blow out the sparks that finally burned, or cause thick smoke to spread for some unknown reason, and even once almost set the kitchen on fire.
As a chef in her previous life, she almost ordered the kitchen in this life. This was an experience Su Qingluan had never expected.
So the job of lighting the stove was left to Yang, and Su Qingluan had given up on this job that she couldn't grasp anyway.
By the time Yang lit up the stove, Su Qingluan had already cut the prepared red dates in half and removed the date cores. Then he kneaded the glutinous rice flour with hot water into a smooth and non-sticky dough, and cut it into appropriate sizes. , like a white and fat mini dough, sandwiched between two half jujubes.
Seeing Su Qingluan throw in the jujubes mixed with glutinous rice dough, Yang laughed and said, "Just steam them like this?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "Just add a little osmanthus nectar to the pot." In fact, the two jars of "secret weapons" in her cabinet can also be poured on top, but considering that they have special uses, Su Qingluan could only change it. I used osmanthus honey which was a little too sweet for her.
After the glutinous rice and dates were steamed, Su Qingluan put them one by one on a plate and poured a layer of osmanthus honey on the surface. Then Su Qingluan picked up a date and handed it to Yang: "Auntie, you Try it?"
Ms. Yang shook her head: "You children like to eat these sweets the most, so leave them to the two strong and three Ya! My mother-in-law doesn't want to eat them."
In fact, Su Qingluan understood why Yang was "unwilling to eat"? It was clearly "reluctant to eat".
"Auntie," Su Qingluan said with great disapproval in her tone, "My younger brothers and sisters are still young, especially my younger brother who is losing his teeth. Eating too many sweets will inevitably lead to tooth decay. How can we let them eat so many glutinous rice and dates freely? not to mention……"
Yang turned her head and was waiting for Su Qingluan's next words. Unexpectedly, Su Qingluan caught her by surprise and quickly put a cold glutinous rice date into Yang's mouth.
"Auntie, you've got this jujube in your mouth, so you better eat it." Su Qingluan smiled like a little fox.
Yang shook his head, carefully took a bite, and then raised his head: "No date core?"
"It's easy to accidentally chip out your teeth if you have a date stone," Su Qingluan said in a teasing tone, "My second brother has just grown back his new lost teeth in the past few days. If a tooth is chipped by a date stone, he will still be crying. ?”
Yang heard Su Qingluan's joke, shook her head and said with a helpless smile: "You, you like to tease your younger brothers and sisters every day." After saying that, he chewed the glutinous rice date in his mouth.
Due to long-term high-temperature steaming, the skin of the jujube, which originally hurt the throat and made people cough, has softened a lot. The originally kneaded and very pliable glutinous rice dough is steamed at high temperatures and becomes soft, glutinous and chewy.
The jujube originally has a rich sweetness, but the high temperature brings it out even more. However, the sweetness of jujube is more intense, and the addition of osmanthus honey adds a layer of soft sweetness. The two sweetnesses overlap and blend with each other, forming a more layered sweetness.
Although Yang said "I won't eat it", who can really refuse a soft and sweet snack? So she unknowingly ate several glutinous rice dates.
So it was no surprise that this glutinous rice jujube was sought after by her younger brothers and sisters. Of course, Su Qingluan also ate it because she wanted to "calm down her mind".
As for Su Guangfu, he can be said to be the only one in the family who really doesn't like sweets, so he only tasted them symbolically and didn't eat any more.
Maybe it's because human energy is not enough to sustain tension for too long, or maybe Su Qingluan really calmed down her anxious mood by eating sweets, but she is really not as nervous as when she first planned to come to say thank you. .
So on the next day, when Su Qingluan received a notification from Xie Zian's house that Xie Xiaolangjun would be free and could see her in two days, Su Qingluan was not too excited or nervous.
Two days later, Su Qingluan solemnly took out the two carefully prepared small jars from the cabinet and murmured: "Winning or losing depends on this, let's see if you two can create a way to get rich for the folks. "
