60s: Petite Wife

Shen Jiao looked at the clock on the cabinet. It was a little after nine o'clock. If she did it faster, she could catch up with Grandpa and Zhu Siya for lunch. She quickly took out a handful of mangosteen seeds. Small, like sesame seeds.

Seeing these black seeds that he had never seen before, Han Sigui asked curiously, "What are these? Can you make jelly?"

"This is the mango lotus seed, which is the fruit of a plant called mango lotus. You don't produce it here. This plant is only found in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. People there like to use the mango lotus seed to make jelly and eat it. It's delicious."

Shen Jiao explained patiently, washed her hands carefully, then took out a clean gauze, put a handful of mangosteen seeds into the gauze, tied it with a rope to form a gauze bag, and then put the cold boiled water that had spread out in the morning. He brought it over, holding the gauze bag in his hand and squeezing and rubbing it in the basin.

Making mango lotus jelly is actually very simple, that is, wrap the mangosteen seeds with gauze, and then squeeze and rub hard, and a transparent and viscous juice will flow out from the gauze and mix with cold water.

The key to making jelly jelly is, firstly, that the mangosteen seeds should be full and high-quality, and secondly, the water quality should be better, preferably mountain spring water, secondly, well water, and thirdly tap water. , like the water from the farm in Q province, the condensation will not freeze, and the water quality is too hard.

Shen Jiaxing used to send people up the mountain to pull the spring water in order to eat the best mango jelly.

Shen Jiao squeezed a dozen times before some jelly-like juice flowed out, and the originally clear and transparent water in the basin began to solidify.

"This thing is quite interesting, can it be delicious when made?" Han Sigui doubted whether this thing would be delicious.

Shen Jiao gently wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her left hand, pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Is it delicious? I'll make it later, and I'll know after eating it!"

Qi Huarong and Han Sili came over with refreshing cakes. The pale green cakes were cut into beautiful diamond shapes by Qi Huarong, and they were neatly stacked on a plate. There were about a dozen pieces per plate, and they brought two plates in total. .

"Hey, what are you doing?"

As soon as Qi Huarong stepped into the room, he saw Han Sigui standing beside Shen Jiao quietly watching Shen Jiao. The atmosphere was very harmonious, which made Qi Huarong feel a sense of crisis.

When did Han Sigui become so friendly with Shen Jiao?

When Han Sigui looked back to see her, she smiled and said, "Shen Jiao wants to make jelly jelly. I'm watching how she does it."

Seeing that Han Sigui treated her like before, Qi Huarong felt a little at ease, but she was even more angry with Shen Jiao.

She just made the Qingliang cake, and you, Shen Jiao, will make the jelly jelly. If she didn't deliberately go against her, her name would be written upside down!

"Sigui, Sister Shen, take a break and eat cake, now it's all cold, it's delicious time!" Qi Hua tolerated his anger and invited a few people to eat cake with a smile.

Shen Jiao looked at the cake on the plate, and couldn't help but laugh in her heart, this Qi Huarong is really good at pretending, it's obviously mung bean cake, and it has to be called Qingliang cake!

When did Qingliang cake become mung bean cake?

This girl is so good at pretending!

Shen Jiao didn't have much interest in the mung bean cake when she saw it. On a hot day, she just wanted to eat some smooth and refreshing jelly jelly, but she didn't want to eat the dry mung bean cake. Qi Huarong's mung bean cake looked like the way of Kyoto, without adding any oil. , it tasted a little dry, not too suitable for her taste, she still prefers to eat southern mung bean cakes.

"You guys eat first, I'll do the work first." Shen Jiao politely refused.

Qi Huarong didn't say anything. Anyway, she didn't want Shen Jiao to eat it. Now it's better for Shen Jiao to not eat it herself, so that others can't pick out her fault.

Han Sili and Han Sigui ate several pieces, but they also drank a lot of water. Han Sili said like a young adult: "Sister Qi, your cake is not cold at all, I have to drink a cup of tea after eating a piece of cake. My stomach is full!"

"Oh, I'm going to pee."

The little guy ran towards the thatched hut very quickly with his legs tucked, and came back after a while with a contented face, reaching out to grab the cake to eat, Qi Huarong frowned, but didn't say anything, but Shen Jiao couldn't stand it any longer. He reprimanded: "Li Yazi, have you forgotten to wash your hands after convenience? If you eat like this, there will be worms in your stomach, and a stomach of worms will scramble for food from you."

Han Sili was so frightened that she hurriedly ran to wash her hands and soaped her hands. It was fragrant. Then she sighed reassuringly, "I can save my food now."

Shen Jiao couldn't help laughing. She hurriedly lowered her head and continued to squeeze the gauze. After kneading for about half an hour, the water in the basin basically became gelatinous, and the mangosteen seeds on the gauze became slag, and the juice could no longer be squeezed out.

Shen Jiao sighed, put the gauze aside, washed her hands, took out a packet of lotus root starch from the cabinet, and scooped two tablespoons of lotus root starch into the basin. Otherwise, the juice will always be in a gelatinous form and cannot be frozen.

Then I picked a few mint leaves from the front of the house, put them in the mortar and mashed them into juice, dropped them into the basin, stroked with my hands to mix well, and smoothed them out. When the water cools down, you can eat refreshing and delicious jelly jelly.

The transparent and crystal clear jelly looks very pleasing to the eye, making people feel a lot cooler before eating. Han Sili swallowed and asked, "Sister Jiaojiao, when can I eat this jelly?"

Han Sigui also showed a longing look on his face~www.wuxiaspot.com~ looked at the basin eagerly, making Qi Huarong even more jealous.

"I'll be able to eat it at noon. I'll put it in the pool to keep it alive." Shen Jiao picked up the basin and placed it in the mountain spring pool in front of the house, where the sun would not shine, and it was as cool and cool as well water.

"We all use mung bean starch or lotus root starch to make jelly in Kyoto. What does Sister Shen use? Never seen it before?" Qi Huarong asked intentionally.

Han Sigui hurriedly replied, "It's the mango lotus seeds. Shen Jiao said it was her way of doing it. It's delicious."

"I really haven't heard of mangosteen seeds, but is there any evidence to check? Sister Shen should be more careful, some wild food should not be eaten indiscriminately."

Qi Huarong's words almost didn't make it clear that your Shen Jiao's mango lotus seeds are poisonous, but Han Sigui has a straighter temperament than Moso Bamboo, and Han Sili is a seven-year-old boy no matter how smart, so the two of them didn't understand Qi at all. Hua Rong's allegation, looked at her ignorantly, not understanding what she was talking about.

Shen Jiao was too lazy to shiver with her, and said directly, "You have to find out where you eat something, Miss Qi, you really know how to toss. Besides, why can't you eat wild food? What people in the mountains can eat can't be eaten by people in the city. Now? Miss Qi, you are living in the mountains, drinking water from the mountains and eating vegetables from the mountains every day, and you have never been sick!"

Han Sili understood this time. Qi Huarong was saying that the mountains are not good, and immediately shouted angrily: "What's wrong with our mountains? It's a treasure of feng shui!"

Qi Huarong hurriedly smiled and said: "I didn't say that the mountains are not good, Xinquan Village is of course a good place, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and a good place with outstanding people, I just asked Sister Shen to be careful about food, and don't use everything for food. "

Shen Jiao said angrily, "Then don't eat it!"