Chapter five hundred and thirty first sauce block
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The word "drunk" made the old man suddenly silence, and he didn't even notice when Lian Shouxin and Goro left.
Lian Man'er's family had already prepared a few gifts and delivered them to Lizheng, Wu Yuchang and several other families who helped mediate the land rent dispute.
Lian Man'er didn't know if Mr. Lian knew it. He was thinking about Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi, or rather, whether the ancient man Lian Shouren was really drowned, but Mr. Lian never raised any objections to this matter.
Even the old man had nothing to say, even Shouren, Shouyi and others were dissatisfied with him, and there was no room for him to speak.
Even if this matter is settled.
When the family sits together in their spare time, they can’t help but talk about this again.
"I guess my grandfather hasn't eaten well these days and can't sleep well, so he's thinking about this." Lian Man'er said, "My grandfather's heart is that he treats my uncle's family with ten. How high his expectations for my uncle's family are, it's definitely not easy for him to figure it out. Why did he really drown my uncle and the others?"
Even the old man never thought he was spoiling Lian Shouren and Jizu. He just put the future of the family on his eldest son and grandson. In order to make the eldest son and grandson shine, he would rather take the lead and set an example and gather the strength of the family to support the eldest son and grandson. Even the old man should not think that it was offering. He should think that those are necessary conditions for the eldest son and grandson, that is, for the development of the entire family.
Goro's words were a bolt from the blue, and no one had ever told Mr. Lian over the years. It was very difficult for Mr. Lian to figure this out. And after Mr. Lian figured it out, all that was left was regret.
However, "I can die in the morning and even if I understand it a little late, it is better than being so confused all my life.
"My grandfather is now openly looking to my uncle and second uncle. My milk seems to have changed, and my milk doesn't even say anything about these things." Xiaoqi said while eating the fragrant roasted sweet potato slices.
The roasted sweet potato slices taste the same as the whole roasted sweet potato. They just wash the sweet potatoes, cut them into large slices of appropriate thickness, and then put them on the stove lid to roast them. Zhang is very addicted to a few children when eating. Sometimes he even put oil on the bottom of the big iron pot and put sweet potato slices in and bake them, which is also very delicious.
In addition, Lian Man'er sometimes cuts sweet potatoes into shreds, just like fried shreds of potatoes, but you don't need to soak them in water to remove starch. The shreds of sweet potatoes in this way are sweet, soft and glutinous, and very delicious.
"I think the old lady is a little crazy. She just tormented the master's wife." Zhang said.
Zhou was trying to deal with the Gu family, but no one from the Lian family came out to stop him. Lian Man'er was cold and felt that even the old man was vaguely supporting him. And no one spoke to the outside. He just collaborated with the matchmaker and deceived his sister-in-law to marry an old man who was almost 80 years old, which made the serious merchants despise Gu family.
"In my opinion, she was a little crazy when she came back. It was almost done these days. She listened carefully to the land rent and other things. Now every meal there is cooking, she still holds the meal and how much rice it needs to be put, which is no different from before." Lian Man'er said, "But she won't help her uncle, the second uncle and the others. This is true."
"I'm so cold. With Xiu'er's affairs on her, she will never be able to face those two people like before in her life." Zhang said.
The whole family nodded, thinking that Zhang was right.
The reason why Zhou forced Lian Xiu'er to save this family was that she listened to the instigation of Lian Shouren and Shouyi and others. She did not expect that it would bring such bad luck to Lian Xiu'er. Now, Zhou understood that her eldest son and second son were just coaxing her, and after she was deceived, she went to coax Lian Xiu'er.
Zhou regrets it, but she will not hate herself. With her personality like that, she will always make excuses for herself, so she can only hate others twice as much. Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi are her son after all, so she passed all her hatred onto Gu. At the same time, she no longer used to Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi.
"The day my grandfather fainted, didn't my third uncle come back? You see, my mother saw that my third uncle was so close. We found a doctor, paid for medicine, and asked them for rent. You see, she didn't scold us as much as before, but there was no extra word. She just held my third uncle's hand and cried." Lian Man'er said.
Although Lian Shouli didn't take advantage of anything, among the sons, among the few sons, the only one who could control Zhou and was reliable was Lian Shouli.
The Zhou family could not control Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi. However, Lian Shouxin could be reliable, but the Zhou family could no longer control it.
"Your mad, that's not an ordinary person." Zhang said.
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After finishing the matter of the old house, Lian Man'er's family began to work on their own affairs. The second crop of wheat planted in the field, namely cabbage and soybeans, is time to harvest.
The cabbage was taken home and sent to the sauerkraut workshop to make sauerkraut. Because the time was short, most of the soybeans were still in the same state as green beans. These were sold by Lian Shouxin, restaurants, etc. The ones that could not be sold for a while were transported to the cellar for storage. When storing, they were connected to the soybean seedlings, which could be stored for a longer time.
At home, there are safe people taking care of the sauerkraut workshop. Zhang, Lian Zhier and Lian Man'er go over to check it out every day and calculate the accounts.
It was a sunny day. After breakfast, Zhang arranged to pick beans and it was time to prepare the sauce cubes.
The farmers always put the sauce on their own, and usually put a tank of soy sauce at a time, which is enough to eat for two years.
Lian Man'er's family is now large, and even Jishou has to use sauce. They have to put three jars of sauce every year. The first step to putting sauce is to make sauce pieces at this time in late autumn.
Xiajiang is a major event for the merchants.
There are servants at home, but Zhang still has to do the matter of raising the craftsman by himself, and even Zhier and Lianman'er cannot be idle. The housewife of the village household does not know how to use the craftsman, so the two sisters should follow Zhang to learn this craft.
Zhang, Lianzhier, Lianmaner, Han Zhong’s wife, and a little Xi, the master and servant started to work hard. First, they picked the beans, and they had to pick the best beans with sauce, especially those that could not have insect eyes. After picking the beans, they washed them, put them in a large iron pot and add water to the pot.
Cook the beans into pieces, remove them, control the moisture, and then grind them on a small stone mill. Grind the beans into pieces so that they can make the sauce blocks.
The master and servant were all wearing aprons, their hair was wrapped tightly in a veil, and their own sewn muslin masks were also worn on their faces. To succeed and make a good-tasting sauce, the first thing to do is to ensure hygiene. All utensils must be clean and there must be no oil. Otherwise, the sauce that was put out would either break or taste weird and difficult to put in.
If you use the same ingredients and take the same steps, the dai sauce made by different people will have different flavors. Everyone in the farmer knows that each sauce has a flavor of one, and no two sauces have exactly the same flavor.
The sauce made by Zhang looked good and tasted fragrant, which was also famous in the village. In the past, some people had to make some exquisite dishes when treating guests, and needed to use sauce, while some people took a bowl and had to serve one and a half bowls of them at Lao Lian's house.
The stone mill for grinding beans is fine grinding, not particularly heavy. People can push the stone mill handle without moving. The ground beans slowly flow out from the notch underground in the millstone and flow into the large basin placed below.
Next, the grinded beans are sorted into a ball by hand, that is, the sauce block. In order to make the sauce blocks tightly organized, pressing them with hands is not enough, and you have to beat them. Finally, the sauce blocks are beaten and trimmed into sturdy rectangles. This work is considered complete.
The prepared sauce cubes should be dried in the sun. When the moisture is dried, it will be stored in the house and placed one by one on the beam of the sauce to ferment naturally.
These sauce pieces will not be used to add sauce until they are fermented the next year.
My mother and some of them made sauce at home. Lian Shuixin had already brought the long-term workers to harvest the cabbage and soybeans from the field. Next, Lian Shuixin began to recruit people again, and they had to dig out a few lotus ponds and fish ponds before the winter was frozen.
Their family pays fairly and the food they provide is real, so many people are willing to come to work.
Erlang also came, and he found Lian Shouxin directly.
Zhao Xiu'e was missing. Erniu Niu was still consuming milk, but now she didn't have milk, so she could only drink some rice soup every day. Sorghum rice soup is not good, but millet soup is still enough. Erniu Niu was born a little thin, but now because she was not careful in taking care of her and her food was not good, she was even weaker like a kitten.
Erlang wanted to come to work to save food for his family, and at the same time he could have a full meal himself.
"...Uncle Fourth, I eat a lot, but I do a lot. I also do a lot of work, wages, etc., just give me some millet, Erniu Niu..." Erlang choked up.
Because of Zhao Xiu'e, and Erniu Niu is a girl, she is not valued in the Lian family.
Seeing such a big boy crying in front of him, he couldn't bear it.
"Your Fourth Aunt told you, the girl Man'er and the girl Zhier that day, you are busy these days and have no time to care about it. If you want Xiaomi to give it to your child, what else can you do? I'll get rice for you." Lian Shouxin said.
Lian Man'er's family has no bad impression of Erlang. Erlang is taciturn and dull, and can't do anything, but he is really stupid and does not do anything. Zhao Xiu'e didn't know where she went, so she threw a baby who was not over one year old to Erlang. No one was willing to help him take care of him. He was lazy, even Ya'er was young, so she didn't know how to take care of her children. The whole family felt that Erlang was pitiful.
They also inquired carefully. When they were in Taicang, Erlang himself did not do evil.
For Erlang and Erniu Niu Niu, Lian Man'er and others were willing to lend a helping hand.
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