Capítulo 93: Chapter 91 Haw Cake
After lunch, both children went to take a nap.
Ye Annian mentioned before that he wanted to visit Ye Xiaomei and Wei Feng. Jiang Zhu thought that he had picked a lot of hawthorn today and could make some hawthorn cake. They would keep some of it for themselves and they could take it when they visit Ye Xiaomei and the others. Up some.
As soon as he expressed his thoughts, Ye Anyian readily agreed and followed him to deal with the hawthorns.
Even though this hawthorn is a wild fruit that grows on the mountain, perhaps because of the sufficient sunlight, each hawthorn is bright red and the size is not small.
Ye Annian poured all the hawthorns they picked into a wooden basin and washed them twice with water. Jiang Zhu took a knife beside him to cut open the fruits and remove the core.
To make hawthorn cake, you need to put the cored hawthorn into a pot and boil it. After the pulp is boiled, use a mesh sieve to filter out the pulp and pick out the impurities inside. Mash the pulp into a fine paste, then add it with sugar. Stir together some lotus root starch, then put it into a bowl and wait for it to solidify.
They picked a lot of hawthorns. Jiang Zhu cooked a large pot full of hawthorns, and six large bowls of fruit pulp were taken out.
The prepared hawthorn cake was set aside to cool down, and the soup used to cook the hawthorn was not wasted. Jiang Zhu added some more sugar to it and made a pot of hot, sweet soup.
Fu Zai and Ding Qiu were still asleep, so Jiang Zhu was divided into two bowls, and he and Ye Annian shared the drinks.
The sweet soup is rich in juice, full of hawthorn flavor, with a little sourness, and is very appetizing.
Just after the two of them finished drinking the soup, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard. They thought it was the few people who followed Ye Annian's example of making mud and screaming.
Ye Annian got up and went to open the door, and saw Zhao Le, Zhao Nan, Aunt Wang, and Yang Chi holding Lingling standing outside the door. Only Xu Yan did not come.
However, he was in a special situation, and he had said before that it might be later, so Ye Anyian didn't bother and let a few people into the courtyard.
"Go sit down at the stone table first, and I'll get the mud and tools."
Ye Anian went into the house to get his clay sculpture tools, and Jiang Zhu came out to greet a few people and gave everyone a bowl of freshly cooked sweet soup.
Aunt Wang took a sip and praised how good the soup was: "It's sticky, sweet and sour, is it made by Brother Nian?"
Just when Jiang Zhu was about to answer, Zhao Le spoke quickly: "It must have been done by Mr. Jiang. I haven't seen Brother Nian touch the stove since he got married."
"Oh, look at my mouth." Aunt Wang felt that she had said the wrong thing.
She originally wanted to praise Ye Anyian for his good cooking skills, but she didn't expect that Ye Anyian didn't cook? Then doesn't this mean that Ye Annian is lazy and has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband?
Villagers, especially the elderly, always think that cooking and cooking are the work of women and men.
Men work hard outside to make money to support their families. It is women and their younger brothers who should do the laundry, cooking and raising children inside and outside the home.
Aunt Wang thinks so, but Zhao Le does not. He just said this to show off Jiang Zhu's good treatment of Ye Annian.
When Aunt Wang said "Ouch", he knew that his words had been misunderstood.
He quickly said: "Brother Nian is in poor health. Doctor Jiang takes good care of him, but he is not willing to do this."
Jiang Zhuzheng came out of the main room with the solidified hawthorn cake. Hearing Zhao Le's words, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Yes, An Nian usually has a hard time doing carpentry work, so I do more small things like cooking rice and making sweet soup. In fact, most of the time, we do the work at home together."
When Aunt Wang heard this, she felt envious in her heart and sighed: "There are not many husbands and wives who can be as loving and considerate of each other as you are now. It's really rare."
Not to mention husband and wife, it is rare for husband and wife to have such a relationship.
Hearing this, Jiang Zhu smiled modestly at her.
Ye Anyian brought out the clay and tools and saw them talking and laughing. He came over and asked, "What are you talking about? It's so lively?"
Yang Chi teased him: "Tell me how much in love you two are."
Ye Anyian:...
Why is it so good? It's all on him and Jiang Zhu.
Fortunately, Lingling saw the hawthorn cake on Jiang Zhuduan's side and couldn't hold it anymore. She stretched out her little hand to eat it.
Jiang Zhu placed a plate of hawthorn cakes on the stone table and asked them to take it themselves.
"Then you're busy, so I won't disturb you."
After saying that, he turned around and left. When he passed by Ye Anyian, he paused, blinked at Ye Anyian, and smiled brightly.
Ye Anyian:...
He was confused by Jiang Zhu's sudden look.
What's wrong with this man? He looks like a peacock with its tail spread.
However, he didn't think much about it. After cutting four small pieces of clay and giving them to four people, he started today's teaching.
Today, Ye Anyian taught them how to pinch a little clay cat.
Compared with yesterday's birdie, it can be said to be a degree more difficult.
But Ye Anyian's teaching was also very detailed. He divided it into many steps and explained each step in detail.
An hour passed, and Zhao Nan was the last one to finish pinching, but he was also the best.
Yang Chi's made it look a little more realistic, but Aunt Wang's was... still a bit abstract.
Not to mention Zhao Le, Ye Anyian looked at the little clay cat in his hand and felt that the cat was showing its teeth and claws, as if it was here to ask for its life.
Several people had finished pinching the first time, and Xu Yancai was late.
The young man still looked cautious and apologized to Ye Anyian before entering.
"I'm sorry, Brother Ye, there was a lot of work at home today, so I was delayed."
"It's okay, they have just started to get started." Ye Anyian moved a chair for him and placed it next to Yang Chi.
Xu Yan lowered his head and sat down. When he saw that the table was already filled with various little clay cats, he knew that he had missed what Ye Anyian had just taught.
He was a little anxious, his face was red, but he didn't dare to say anything.
Seeing this, Ye Anyian first brought him a bowl of sweet soup to drink, and then gave him the remaining pieces of hawthorn cake on the plate to let him calm down first.
Xu Yan was very embarrassed: "I'm already late, so I can't eat your food again."
"Eat it," Ye Annian insisted, "They have all eaten just now, this is your portion."
In this way, Xu Yan couldn't refuse, so he finished the sweet soup with a bowl in his hand, and also ate all the hawthorn cake.
Only then did Ye Anyian put away the bowl with satisfaction and teach his little clay cat alone today.
Xu Yan did it very quickly today. I wonder if he has started to get started. The things he produced are not bad. It can be said that he has made great progress compared to yesterday.
Ye Anyian was very satisfied and felt that this child was somewhat talented.
After Xu Yan finished, Ye Anian asked them to rest for a while, and then said: "After these two days, I have a pretty good understanding of everyone's level. You don't need to come over tomorrow and practice at home for a day, and we will have a session the day after tomorrow. A small test may eliminate one or two people."
As soon as they heard what he said, everyone suddenly became nervous.
"I've taught you all the methods. All that's left is to practice more. If you spend more time throughout the day, you can still make some progress." Ye Annian comforted you.
"Just choose one of them, kitten or bird, and practice it. Practice whichever one you feel is good at."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
After sending a few people away, it was already evening.
Jiang Zhu was busy in the medicine house, while the two children and the cat were playing in the west room, muttering and wondering what they were doing.
Ye Annian packed up the things on the table, put the little clay cats everyone had made on the windowsill to dry, and then entered the medicine house.
"Let's go to town to see my second sister tomorrow. I let them take a day off and go home to practice."
Jiang Zhu was grinding medicinal materials. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "Okay."
"I'll put some of the hawthorn cake I made later, and I'll buy some snacks when I get to town tomorrow."
"Yeah." Ye Anyian nodded.
Early the next morning, the family of four got up early, ate some simple breakfast, packed their things, and drove the ox cart on the road.
When he went to visit Ye Xiaomei this time, Ye Anyian brought his two children with him. It could be said that the whole family went out.
Since they had the bullock cart, they were not in a hurry and waited until the sun came up before setting off. They planned to reach the town before noon.
I am more particular about visiting other people's homes. I usually go in the morning, not in the afternoon.
Sit there for a while. If you don't plan to eat, you might as well come back early.
When the four of them arrived in town, the streets of Sweetwater Town were already bustling with activity.
Shops where customers come and go, hawkers setting up stalls on the street, groups of ladies and aunts wandering the streets carrying baskets, girls and boys buying together, and the man pulling the cart, all around. , an endless stream.
After all, this is Fu Zai's second time in town.
Ye Xiaomei came here once last time when she got married, but she was in a hurry at that time and didn't go shopping. She just went straight to the restaurant when there were guests.
They originally wanted to buy some gifts today, so they visited a pastry shop first and bought some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and jujube cakes. They also bought some dragon beard candy for the two children.
Just in time for the market, Jiang Zhu parked the ox cart under a big tree outside the market, and took the two children in for a walk with Ye Anian.
There was a sea of people at the gathering, so Jiang Zhu and Ye Annian held hands for fear of getting separated. Then Jiang Zhu held Fu Zai with one hand, and Ye Annian held Ding Qiu's hand, and the four of them walked slowly.
Fu Zai was lying on Jiang Zhu's shoulder, and everything he saw was strange.
But he didn't clamor to buy it, he just kept asking: "Brother Jiang, what is that for sale?"
Jiang Zhu looked in the direction of his finger: "That's tobacco leaves, crushed and smoked in a pipe pot."
"Oh~" Fu Zai suddenly realized that this was the thing inside the cigarette bag he saw his grandfather smoking.
"What about that one?"
"That's distiller's yeast, used for making wine."
"There are flowers! There are also birds!"
Seeing a stall selling flowers and birds in front of him, Fu Zai exclaimed, there really is everything in this episode!
Ye Anyian's side was relatively quiet. Ding Qiu couldn't see his eyes, and Ye Anyian had been protecting him carefully.
Dante Qiuye is a child after all, and he is also excited in such a lively occasion.
He has a sensitive nose and will squeeze Ye Anyian's hand when he smells an unusual smell.
"Brother Ye, is this a makeup stall?"
Ye Annian nodded: "Yes, we sell ointments, powders, and sachets in lacquer boxes."
"Is this a seller of sesame oil?"
"Yes, freshly squeezed sesame oil."
"I seem to smell the fragrance of flowers," Ding Qiu twitched his little nose, "There are a lot of things for sale in this episode."
The two children were in high spirits, and Jiang Zhu and Ye Annian naturally did not leave empty-handed. They bought two bottles of sesame oil and two boxes of tea for Ye Xiaomei and the others.
Ye Annian saw that the flowers sold at the stall were good, so he couldn't help but buy two pots of ink chrysanthemums, planning to put them in the east and west rooms, one pot in each room.
The flowering period of ink chrysanthemums is around November. By then, the weather will be cold and everything will wither, so they can enjoy the chrysanthemums in the house.
After buying all the things, seeing that it was almost time, they went straight to Wei's house.
Wei Feng's house was in a narrow alley. Jiang Zhu parked the ox cart outside and tied it up, picked up his things and followed Ye Annian inside.
Fu Zai led Ding Qiu and followed behind. The two of them had just eaten Dragon Beard Candy, and their mouths were still stained with sugar residue.
The two children were paying attention to their appearance at this time. Fu Zai first wiped his mouth, then took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Ding Qiu.
"Okay, Brother Qiu, it's all wiped clean."
"Yes." Ding Qiu nodded and was pulled by Fu Zai. The two of them stood behind Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu with their backs straight.
——Knock knock.
Ye Annian knocked on the door.
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