vrcanaries Chapter 131 Mung Bean Jelly
Chapter 131 Mung Bean Jelly
"Sister-in-law, why serve this? Just let her make it herself. Two bowls of rice are easy to make."
"Hurry up and bring it over. This soup tastes good. Bring a bowl to your wife and mother so that they don't have to worry about lunch. It's not a good thing, so why don't you bring it over?"
Without waiting for him to leave, Old Lady Zhou had already scooped out some sour soup with a few fish fillets in it, and then stuffed the small basin into his hands.
Looking back, I saw that almost all four dishes had been eaten. This grown man is really capable.
"Sanya, the only thing we have for pickled fish is sour soup. Can we still eat it? The soup alone is a bit sour. Is there any other way to eat it written in the book?"
Old Mrs. Zhou knocked on Zhou Mingshu's door to see if he had any other good suggestions.
"Yes, grandma, if there is more soup base, we can save it for cooking noodles."
Zhou Mingshu jumped off the bed. There was some pickled fish she cooked left over. Could it be that it was not to everyone's taste?
"Oh, that's not enough. There's only a small basin left." Old Mrs. Zhou gestured with her hands to indicate the remaining amount.
"This amount is definitely not enough. We can just heat it up and eat it with steamed buns in the evening."
"Okay, let's do it. I can't bear to throw away such good soup. This soup is quite tasty."
The three sisters-in-law were washing dishes in the kitchen and smiling. My mother-in-law is so cute, haha.
When Zhou Mingshu heard that there was only a small bowl left, he thought that they must have all been eaten.
"It's okay. If you all like it, I'll make it again next time when there's fish in the basket."
"Okay, let's make it again next time. We made so many pots this time, and they were all eaten by the uncles. We didn't eat much of them ourselves."
Old Mrs. Zhou took all the basins on the table back to the kitchen, washing those that needed to be washed and putting away those that needed to be put away.
Since it had nothing to do for her, Zhou Mingshu called Zhou Mingqi to go to the kitchen to pour out the settled mung bean water.
There is a layer of white substance left in the basin, which is the raw mung bean starch slurry.
Bring the mung bean starch slurry and mung bean water back into the house, add a little bit of salt after mixing them in the right proportion, and then start to simmer over low heat. During the simmering process, you need to stir it constantly with a spoon until the mung bean starch slurry becomes viscous. Finally, when the slurry is transparent and flaky and bubbles are bubbling, it means everything is done.
Pour the green paste into a bowl and wait for it to cool naturally.
"Okay, it's done. You can eat it after it cools down naturally."
The paste is light green in color, which looks pretty nice, but when Zhou Mingqi thought about it being something he was going to eat, he couldn't help but think of the wild vegetable paste he had eaten before.
These are the things that everyone is tired of eating, and now San Ya is making them in new ways and eating them again. Does she want to "recall the bitter past and think of the sweet present"?
Forget it, let her do whatever she wants.
Today’s pickled fish is very delicious. This green stuff shouldn’t be too bad.
Old Mrs. Zhou and the three Zhou brothers were packing things in the backyard.
The unused thatch was piled in the corner, and the extra bamboo was carried aside.
They planned the extra adobe bricks and built a small platform on the outside to place some things.
"Oh, it's pretty good, very neat, I feel like I can even sleep in it at night, haha."
Old Mrs. Zhou was very satisfied with her donkey shed. "Don't wait any longer. Go shovel some wood ash and spread it. We'll move the chicks and ducklings over later."
"Yeah, okay."
Boss Zhou picked up the dung basket, put two bundles of straw underneath it and went to shovel the wood ash.
Old Mrs. Zhou went back to the house and cut out some scraps of cloth.
The chickens and ducklings at home have grown up a lot, and it's time to let them out to get some fresh air.
Especially those dozen or so ducks, they deserve to swim in the river.
Old Mrs. Zhou tied small strips of cloth on their feet, made the Zhou family mark, opened the door of the chicken coop, and took them out for a walk.
Zhou Mingshu fished out the soap he had made earlier from under the bed, lifted the straw on top, revealing the soap filled with the scent of gardenia.
It has been almost a month now, and the inside should have been completely saponified.
She drew a basin of water and tried to wash her hands and face.
The faint scent of gardenia is fresh and gentle. After washing my face, I feel like a cool and beautiful girl.
If you use it to wash clothes, I believe that within a week, the clothes will be filled with the scent of gardenia.
This time, Zhou Mingshu got four pieces of gardenia soap. He ground their outer edges to make them round and cute.
The gardenia's flowering period has passed this year, so I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy its fragrance again.
I gave one piece to the eldest wife, kept one piece for myself, gave one piece to my aunt, and used the last piece as a sample to discuss cooperation.
After Zhou Mingshu ground the soap, he placed it on the windowsill. After a while, it was blown dry by the wind.
There were a lot of bamboos by the wall. She took a machete and selected a few suitable ones to split. Then she knocked out the bamboo nodes inside and chiseled two small holes in the middle for drainage. In this way, a green bamboo soap box was made.
After wiping the sweat off his head, Zhou Mingshu put the soap in, which was just the right size.
Then give the things to them one by one.
"Wow, it smells really good, a light scent of gardenia~" Zhou Mingqi liked it very much, "I don't even want to use it to wash clothes."
"Haha, this soap can be used to wash your hair and face, as well as to take a bath and wash clothes. Don't be reluctant to use it. After the wheat is harvested, we will make more. I guarantee you won't be able to use it all."
"Okay, then we can make a lot of soap and make a lot of money~"
Several sisters were playing under the window, while Zhou Mingqin was embroidering flowers nearby.
Life at home is so good now, with happy things happening every day. But when she thinks about meeting her husband in the fall, she can't help feeling a little sad.
When it was dinner time, Zhou Mingshu opened the bowl and saw that the mung bean jelly had turned into jelly, which meant it was a success.
Taking the kitchen knife and washing the chopping board, she turned the mung bean jelly upside down and cut it into long strips of even thickness.
Chop the green onions, mince the garlic, drizzle with soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, and finally add a spoonful of mushroom sauce, and a bowl of mung bean jelly is ready.
Everyone watching was stunned. This bowl of green stuff looked so springy and soft, and the salty and fragrant taste went straight to everyone's head.
"Sanyah, what are you making? It looks like tofu, but when you look closely it doesn't." Liu looked around and realized she had never seen this thing before.
"Aunt, this is the mung bean jelly I made with mung beans. Come and try it and see if it tastes good."
Zhou Mingshu stirred it with chopsticks to make the sauce more evenly distributed.
Each person took a sip of the small bowl of mung bean jelly, and it was finished in one go.
"delicious."
“This thing tastes better than tofu.”
"After eating this mung bean jelly, I feel like my whole body has become cooler."
"It's so bouncy and delicious that you don't want to stop eating."
Everyone was commenting on the taste of the mung bean jelly, and suddenly someone appeared behind them, "What are you eating?"