Chapter 531: The sauce is made, the New Year holiday

After she washed her hands and came out of the bathroom, she saw Wang Ailan using a spatula to scoop out a large piece of ground soybeans from the pot, and then put the piece of ground soybeans on the cutting board and beat it. It looked like Extremely difficult.

So she walked up to Wang Ailan and asked, "Aunt Wang, do you need my help?"

"Yes, come here and I will teach you."

"Okay." After Shi Qinghuan finished speaking, he pushed up his sleeves and walked towards Wang Ailan.

When she came to Wang Ailan's side, she said to Wang Ailan: "Aunt Wang, what do you say, I will do it as you say."

"It's very simple. You pound the ground soybeans for two or three minutes, and then shape them into bricks for easy storage."

Shi Qinghuan said hello after hearing Wang Ailan's words, and then she picked up the crushed soybeans and started beating them.

When she was about to smash the crushed soybeans into pieces, she asked Wang Ailan: "Aunt Wang, why do you have to beat the pieces of soy sauce? Can't you just shape them into bricks?"

"Of course not. Our ancestors have been making it according to this step for generations, so we must also follow their steps, otherwise we will not be able to make authentic Northeastern miso."

"I understand, what do you think of my beating?"

After Wang Ailan heard what Shi Qinghuan said, she looked at the piece of sauce in Shi Qinghuan's hand, and saw that the piece of sauce that Shi Qinghuan beat was of a special standard.

So she said to Shi Qinghuan: "Very good, it's no different than beating me."

"Then you leave the work of breaking the sauce cubes to me. You know that I am very strong, so this little job is nothing to me."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. I'll get the newspaper to wrap up the sauce cubes."

Shi Qinghuan nodded after hearing Wang Ailan's words. Then she put the beaten cube of sauce aside, then scooped out a crushed piece of soybean from the pot and continued beating it.

More than an hour later, Shi Qinghuan smashed the last piece of sauce. Then she moved her slightly sore wrist and asked Wang Ailan, "Aunt Wang, how long does it take for this sauce to ferment before it can be used to make sauce?"

"Two or three months. We have a set date for making the sauce. Usually the sauce is made on the 19th or 29th of the second lunar month. If you can't remember the time when the sauce is made, just put the sauce cubes at my house and wait. When it’s time to make sauce, I’ll ask you to come to my house and make sauce together.”

"Okay, then I'll put the sauce cubes at your house. By the way, the Chinese New Year will be here in just over a month. Do we have a holiday during the Chinese New Year?"

"Of course we do. Civilian workers like you get half a month's vacation during the Chinese New Year, but skilled workers are not as lucky as you. They only get one week's vacation."

"That's good. You have to know that factory employees have even fewer holidays, so the benefits of our research institute are pretty good."

"I feel much better now that you are talking to me like this. Otherwise, I would always think about your Uncle Yong's seven-day vacation, and I would just feel so confused."

Shi Qinghuan smiled after hearing Wang Ailan's words, and then she asked Wang Ailan: "Aunt Wang, will you go back to your hometown for the Chinese New Year this year?"

"If I don't go back, there won't be many people in our hometown anymore. Besides, the holiday is too short and I can't even stay for two days, so I won't bother. What about you, are you going back to Beijing for the Chinese New Year?"

"I don't know yet. It mainly depends on my brother. If he replies, I will reply."

(End of chapter)