kvmb Chapter 155 Starch Jelly
Chapter 155 Starch Jelly
"What?" Li Weikang was shocked and asked anxiously, "Mom, what did you say?"
In contrast, Li Benfu was much calmer and looked at his wife quietly.
“Although we moved down the mountain and became neighbors with the Fang family, and felt their enthusiasm and help during our daily interactions, we didn’t know each other very well, and our time together was relatively short.
Taking all this into consideration, I told them that they could go up the mountain together, but it would depend on their own ability to find a shelter on the mountain to avoid the rain and settle down. "
"Then, Uncle Fang said that he went up the mountain to collect herbs some time ago and accidentally found a cave on the mountain. There was a river nearby." Chen Youmao lowered his eyes, looking listless, his fingers constantly tapping the hem of his clothes.
Li Benfu and Li Weikang's expressions changed slightly.
"Could it be..."
"Yes, it's the cave where we suffered the disaster last year. The Fang family wanted to invite us to live in with them, but I politely declined." Chen Yuzhen's tone was calm, with a hint of sadness in her eyes.
The past was painful, and after a long silence, Li Benfu said, "Qingyue came to see us two days ago. She saw that it was raining too hard and was worried about us, so she came to see if we had gone up the mountain."
As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Yuzhen and the others all looked up.
"Is Qingyue okay?"
"She told us not to worry about her, and said there was a lot of rain this year and there might be floods, so she asked us to move to the mountains as soon as we saw the situation was not right."
Chen Yuzhen: "There is no time to lose, let's get going. The villagers are sympathetic to the crops that have grown with great difficulty in the fields, and most of them have no intention of moving to the mountains for the time being. We should settle down as soon as possible while there are few people on the mountain."
As they were talking, three people from the Fang family came to the Li family carrying large and small bags on their backs. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two sides met up and went up the mountain together in the rain.
Riverside cave.
Arriving at the familiar place, the Li family couldn't help but fall into memories of the past and were secretly sad. The Fang family once again invited the Li family to live with them.
The Li family declined the invitation on the grounds that there were too many people and it would be inconvenient to bother them.
Although the Fang family felt it was a pity, they didn't say anything else and told them that if they had any difficulties in the future, they could come to them anytime.
When they were parting, Chen Youmao, who had walked some distance, suddenly ran back, and the three members of the Fang family were still standing at the entrance of the cave watching them go.
"Uncle, aunt, sister Xiaoyu, there may be villagers moving up from the mountain behind. You must be careful and don't easily accept help from others. Some people may look good on the surface, but they are evil inside. People's hearts are hard to predict..."
He stared at Fang Xiaoyu for a while, then resolutely turned and left.
"What did you tell them?" Li Weisheng stared at Chen Youmao with sharp eyes.
"Mao'er?" Chen Dawei's expression was serious.
Facing his family's questioning with scrutinizing eyes, Chen Youmao honestly said: "I reminded them to be careful, and I didn't say anything else. I know you are worried. After what happened last year, I know what can be said and what cannot be said."
They were like frightened birds about that incident. Their bodies looked the same as normal people on the surface, but in fact, they were already full of wounds inside and could not withstand any more torture.
After walking a few steps, Chen Youmao turned around and gave a gentle smile to Fang Xiaoyu who was also looking at him worriedly.
He said to himself: Xiaoyu, just hold on for a while, and everything will be fine when we get down the mountain and go home.
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Tiankeng.
It was another rainy day, and Xia Qingyue was almost moldy staying at home. Due to the continuous rain, the air was humid, and the cave room was damp, and some things were moldy.
She had to get out the unburned charcoal from the winter, burn it in a small stove, and put it in the room where she slept to drive away the dampness.
This kind of weather reminded her of the return of the south wind in her previous life. It rained endlessly, and the doors and windows of the house were not closed tightly, so everything was wet. Water was dripping from the walls and windows, and the washed clothes would not dry even when hung up, and they smelled terrible.
With nothing to do, Xia Qingyue ground the peas and mung beans that she had soaked last night using a stone mill. There were dozens of pounds of taro left in the cellar, so she washed them and ground them too.
This job may seem simple, but it is very tiring for one person to do it manually.
I stopped and rested for a whole morning and a few hours in the afternoon, and finally ground all the more than 80 kilograms of peas, more than 40 kilograms of mung beans, and taro.
After grinding, put it in a large wooden basin to settle.
Filter out the powdery bean dregs and put them into a hot pan, stir-frying continuously until there is no water left. Fry them until they are dry, and store them in cans. You can feed them to chickens and ducks later, and she and Heihei can also eat them.
Wait until night, pour out the dirty water in the starch water, and add water to continue sedimentation.
The next day, before dawn, she poured out the dirty water and added a layer of sediment. After practicing archery for more than an hour, she was sweating and wiped her body with hot water.
Then I slowly make breakfast. Recently, I usually eat porridge in the morning, fry some scallion omelette, and stir-fry a vegetarian dish.
After dinner, she poured out all the water that had precipitated the starch. There was a layer of snow-white and clean starch at the bottom of the basin and bucket. She scraped it out and poured it into a colander covered with a layer of gauze.
Without sunlight, the starch can be placed next to the stove to dry.
There are more than ten kilograms of starch made from peas and more than four kilograms from mung beans. She intended to make some dry vermicelli with the two kinds of flour, but the weather was not good.
There are seven pounds of taro flour. If stored well, it can be used to make taro jelly. When I found it last year, it was winter, so I didn't use it to make jelly.
At noon, she made some taro flour and added water in a 1:1 ratio. She poured three bowls of water into the pot, and when it was slightly boiled, she poured the flour water in, stirring while pouring until she felt resistance in her hands and it became difficult to stir. Then she reduced the heat and stirred for a while to ensure it was cooked.
Pour the cooked taro flour into a large bowl while it's still hot and place it in cold water to cool.
Cold dishes taste better only when they have a lot of ingredients. She took some water celery that she had soaked some time ago from the jar, cut it into small pieces, crushed some garlic, and boiled a handful of deer ear chives.
The cooled taro flour solidifies and becomes light gray and transparent in color. It is bouncy and soft when cut.
She cut two large bowls, one bowl with chicken and duck eggs was for Heihei.
The other bowl had side dishes, the one with rice vinegar, bacon and chili oil was hers, and it had an attractive color after mixing.
"It smells so good. With so many ingredients, it would be delicious even if mixed with shoe soles!" She picked up the chopsticks and couldn't wait to eat.
It is cool and delicious, with a sour and spicy flavor. The texture of the jelly is a bit like jelly, soft and chewy, much better than the emerald jelly made from turtledove leaves.
She thinks that this jelly can be made sweet, which would be very refreshing and heat-relief when eaten in the summer.
After eating, she touched her slightly swollen belly and looked at the vegetable field with worried eyes, "If it rains so heavily again, the crops in the field will be destroyed."
The rice seedlings in the vegetable garden have grown to the size where they can be planted. Rainwater has flowed into the paddy fields, and the amount of water is increasing day by day. To prevent the water from overflowing, she dug a small hole in the two paddy fields yesterday to allow the water to flow into the canal.
There are paddy fields and rice seedlings, but due to heavy rain, they cannot be planted in the fields.
If you are not careful when planting, the seeds will be flooded.
There are also various melon seedlings, taro, sweet potato, ginger and other crops planted in the sandy soil on the slope of the vegetable field. After the rain washes away the sand, their roots gradually become apparent.
Half of the seasonal vegetables, such as cucumbers, eggplants, and peppers, planted in the vegetable garden were blown down by the wind.