When the stewed soup started bubbling, Su Qingluan had already fished out all the eggs from the rice vinegar, rinsed them with water, and set them aside to dry.
After the brine is boiled, it needs to be left to cool completely. It happens to be that the eggs dipped in vinegar have to be completely dried, so Su Qingluan simply puts the small clay pot where the salted eggs are placed aside and turns her attention to Take out the eight eggs individually.
Because quicklime is needed to make preserved eggs, Su Qingluan was originally a little entangled in the difficulty of obtaining this material.
However, when we were renovating the house, we calcined a lot of limestone and fired quicklime. We still have a lot of them at home, which are stored in the sundries warehouse. We usually leave a lock on the door, for fear that the two little ones will not be able to get in. Be careful of getting hurt.
Naturally, Su Qingluan didn't need to be afraid of such low-level mistakes as burning her hands with quicklime - after all, let alone going to college to do experiments in her previous life, even when she was doing fun experiments in elementary and junior high schools, the teacher had told her many times to protect her skin and avoid direct contact with quicklime. .
Finding Su Guangfu's sheepskin gloves, Su Qingluan used a shovel to very carefully shovel out some quicklime, and used an iron hook to hook out the ready-made plant ash from the furnace, added salt, put it into a small basin, and carefully followed it along the Slowly add cold water to the wall of the container.
In order to prevent the cold water from splashing out, Su Qingluan specially used a pair of chopsticks as a tool to divert the water, added a little water, and carefully stirred in the mixture of quicklime, plant ash, and salt.
Later, as more water was added, the mixture became more viscous, so Su Qingluan could only use a spoon to stir the mixture back and forth until it became muddy.
Su Qingluan carefully touched the small ceramic basin. Even through sheepskin gloves, she could feel the amazing heat generated by the quicklime mixed with water.
There was still some time before the mud cooled down. Su Qingluan thought for a while and put the mud on the top shelf of the kitchen shelf. This way, even if Su Xueyan accidentally touched something when she came to the kitchen out of curiosity later, she would not be affected by it. You may accidentally get burned by quicklime.
As for her, she had to take advantage of the time when the mud cooled down to clean up the little quicklime and plant ash scattered everywhere, otherwise it wouldn't be good if the chickens and ducks ran over and got burned accidentally.
After cleaning up the scattered quicklime and plant ash, the temperature of the mud used to pickle preserved eggs also dropped. Su Qingluan used gloves to evenly paste the mud on the surface of the eggs, put it into a dark brown ceramic jar, and covered it with an oilcloth. Seal and place in a cool and ventilated place.
The stew needs to be left to cool for a long time. Su Qingluan looked around and saw that the sky was gradually clearing up, and it was only just past noon. It was still early and it was not time to make dinner yet.
So she said hello to Sun Guixiang, and told Su Xueyan that she was going out, then turned around and continued to go to Mu Xingzhi's place to start playing the annoying Party A who was evil-minded and evil-minded. As for the tortured Party B, In fact, in addition to Mu Xingzhi, there was also a Song Bo with two big heads on his head.
Recently, when Song Bo looked at Su Qingluan, he didn't look at her like "a studious and smart little girl", but like "You little girl, why do you have so many troubles?"
However, Su Qingluan said: Although she is Party A with Mu Xingzhi, she is Party B with Xie Zian!
After running around for half a month, the results are still there.
In the end, the four tea-flavored jams of the "Four Seasons" series were put into four exquisite yet elegant porcelain jars. The glaze patterns on them were designed by Mu Xingzhi based on each flavor and the overall theme, and the final The wooden box on the outer layer retains the carved board with Mu Xingzhi's pattern, but the overall shape is unified. At first glance, these four models are one series.
When Su Qingluan rushed to the last moment and sent these four kinds of jam to Xie's house, Xie Zian raised his eyebrows: "The packaging is so exquisite, how come the jam that was presented to me earlier was so crude?"
Su Qingluan had dealt with this middle-class and troubled boy several times. Although he didn't like this guy, he still had some understanding of him.
Therefore, before Xie Zian opened his mouth, she guessed that this person might want to make things difficult again. She was already prepared, so she calmly bowed and said with a smile: "Xie Xiaolangjun, this is wrong. Xiaolangjun used it." Jam, although it looks a little crude in appearance, is the first batch. It is better because of its freshness and unique style. No matter how exquisite the container is, it cannot be compared."
When Xie Zian heard Su Qingluan's words, his unhappy face finally turned cloudy. But if he is so easy to talk to, how can he be Xie Zian if he doesn't act like a monster?
So he rolled his eyes and patted the mahogany table in front of him: "Su Qingluan, you are so brave. You dare to present jam that is not as good as mine to my grandmother! I don't think you take my grandmother seriously." Bar!"
Of course, although his voice was high, the housekeeper who watched this wayward young man grow up could clearly see that when he said this, Xie Zian's tone was very relaxed, with a mischievous cunningness, and it seemed that he wanted to make fun of him. Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan naturally understood that unless Xie Zian took the wrong medicine, he would not suddenly get angry for no reason at this time, but she was really tired of Xie Zian's moody attitude.
She looked at the jam that was close at hand, grabbed it into her arms at lightning speed, hugged it tightly and held it up in the air.
Xie Zian originally felt that Su Qingluan was neither humble nor arrogant, and was not as obedient to him as an ordinary servant, trying his best to flatter him, so he felt very unhappy. But in fact, he didn't really want to do anything to Su Qingluan at this time.
After all, he still had to count on Su Qingluan to please his grandmother with the jam in his hand, and see if he could return home early this New Year - but he was fed up with this lonely life far away from the prosperous capital and his friends from the aristocracy.
Unexpectedly, Su Qingluan suddenly changed from his usual calm demeanor, raised the jam in the air like a madman, and shouted sternly: "You bastard, you actually slandered my hard work for many days, if you can't do it no matter what, If you are going to be framed like this, why not just prove the crime and let the jam go to the dogs!"
"Don't-don't!"
"Ms. Su, please calm down!"
"Go catch the box!"
No one expected that Su Qingluan would suddenly go crazy and come out like this. Everyone present in the Xie Mansion, including Xie Zian, was frightened out of their wits.
joke! Xie Zian has already boasted and sent the letter back. Now the old lady's reply will probably arrive in a few days!
If the jam is thrown away at this time, Xie Zian, as a descendant of the Xie family, will only be "exiled" for a few more days, and sooner or later he will have to go back to be his rich and idle man, no matter how unhappy he is. Not so with this group of servants!
Therefore, Xie Zian was afraid that his plan to go home early would come to nothing, and the people below were afraid of being implicated. Everyone stared at Su Qingluan in horror: Never, never drop the box in your hand!
Of course Su Qingluan didn't really want to cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid that the box in her hand would be knocked or dropped - how could she only make one copy of such an important thing?
From the very beginning, Su Qingluan had made at least three times the backup of the wooden boxes, porcelain jars, or jam itself needed for the outer packaging, for fear of any accidents and mistakes - after all, apart from Xie Zian is an unstable factor. The material of the porcelain jar itself is fragile and must be guarded against.
So now she is holding the box without any pressure at all.
She knew that Xie Zian was really afraid when she saw that Xie Zian across from her was no longer as elated as before, but was staring at her hands with a pale face. She didn't even have time to care about Su Qingluan's "rude words". There is something wrong with this jam.
In this case, she is not afraid anymore.
So she continued to go crazy: "I finally understand, you don't want this jam at all, you are just trying to make me, a little commoner, have fun! Even if this jam today pleases the nobles, so what?" ? Isn’t this stuff all over the streets in the bustling areas of the capital?!”
Su Qingluan's words made Xie Zian suddenly understand something: why he was so nervous about the jam made by Su Qingluan - it was because there were so many jam-making shops in the capital before, and he had never tasted such delicious jam. Jam.
The jam made by Su Qingluan is not just sweet, but sweet and sour. Even except for the tea leaves, it still has an indescribable unique flavor.
If Su Qingluan knew what the middle school boy was thinking, she would know that the "unique flavor" that Xie Zian tasted but could not clearly distinguish was the aroma of a little salt and spice water that she added.
Originally, the saltiness of salt can adjust the sweetness and sourness and improve the taste - even many modern candied fruit snacks add salt to adjust the flavor in addition to sugar.
Spices that are not too spicy can enhance the rich taste of jam, making the taste of jam more varied.
It's just that the wild fruits Su Qingluan chose are relatively sour in nature, and a large amount of sugar is added, so the taste of salt and spices is masked. Although it will become the background of the taste, it is difficult to detect it alone.
Su Qingluan was going "crazy" here, but he kept paying attention to Xie Zian's expression from the corner of his eye. Seeing that his expression became even more ugly after her words, but he was still staring at her hands, she was sure that her jam, even if it was made in the capital, was innovative and unique in taste.
In this way, it is not easy to be replaced, so it is more precious!
After secretly taking a reassurance, Su Qingluan relaxed from the nervous mood just now, so the original fake crying turned into real crying with some fear. Especially when she thought that in this era, there were more than one person who was so cheating and could kill her whole family with just one finger, she wanted to cry even more.
"Su...Ms. Su, please don't be so sad. I...I don't mean to blame you..." This is probably the first time I have seen a "crazy woman" like Su Qingluan who doesn't act according to common sense, and I am afraid that she will really After throwing the marmalade, Xie Zian no longer missed the mark, nor did he embarrass others. His words were all cautious.
