After Mr. Huang left, Zhang An was still staring at these golden eggs.
These golden eggs are very small, just a little bigger than pigeon eggs, and look similar to wild eggs.
In later generations, some people also went to the mountains to retrieve golden eggs and hatched them, but in the end they were fined.
Those with serious crimes may be taken in to serve as paradise umbrellas for the country.
But it's different now. This guy doesn't have a death-free medal yet.
Zhang An can safely and boldly hatch these eggs.
He holds a night owl in his left hand and a golden egg in his right hand.
Zhang An returned to the room and entered the space directly.
As for the owl, Zhang An didn't think about how to control it.
Just put it in the space and wait until it grows up and becomes familiar with the flowers.
Then put it outside, my yard is too big, and it is inside this field dam.
Mountain rats often come to visit me, even though I have a little tabby cat at home.
However, it cannot be taken care of by a cat, so wait until the night owl becomes familiar with its own animals before letting it go out to stand guard.
This night owl is the nemesis of rats and snakes.
Hey hey hey, rats and mice in the house, you are going to be in bad luck.
After entering the space, Zhang An released the night owl and let it go to the fruit tree on its own.
Then Zhang An went to the grass nearby and started looking for silver roosters.
Zhang An had just seen it and found that none of his hens were laying in the nest.
Therefore, the plan of hatching the eggs outside was not feasible, so Zhang An went into this space to look for them.
Check to see if there are any silver chickens hatching eggs in the space now.
Although Zhang An placed a large number of silver roosters in the space, the number has increased again after being here for so long.
Zhang An searched in the grass for a long time and finally found a silver chicken hatching eggs.
It seemed that they had just started hatching, so Zhang An directly put the golden eggs into the chicken coop and let them hatch together.
The hen silver chicken that was originally squatting in the nest looked confused when Zhang An caught him.
When Zhang An finally put him back into the nest, he didn't notice that there were too many eggs under his belly.
All Zhang An can think about now is waiting until the fruit trees on his hilltop grow in the future.
When the time comes, release the silver rooster and the golden rooster together.
What a beautiful picture that would be.
After settling the golden egg matter, Zhang An started to do other things.
After planting the trees during this period, Zhang An was quite busy, and he didn't have any free time until today.
The trees that were just planted on the mountain have been taken care of by Zhang An during this period of time.
Now it can grow independently, and Zhang An does not need to water it every day.
When the family dug up sweet potatoes and potatoes some time ago, Zhang An thought about making some potato flour and sweet potato flour.
But there was a series of people busy with that, and there was no time, so this matter was delayed.
I never have much time to do anything, and it just so happens that the weather is nice today and the sun is shining.
After the potatoes are floured, you can dry them in the sun.
Otherwise, if you fight from behind, the weather will be cold and there will be no sun in the sky, so there will be no place to bask in the sun.
At that time, you have to put it on the coal stove to dry, but in that case, the powder will have a smell of soot.
The potato flour Zhang An mentioned is potato flour, not the potato flour used in hot pot in later generations, but potato starch.
Today's potato flour is not needed for many dishes like later generations.
Zhang An and his colleagues have a very common way of eating it, and many people have eaten it when they were young.
Mix sun-dried potato flour with cold water and stir evenly.
Pour in the freshly boiled water and stir continuously. Don't stop halfway, otherwise it won't taste good.
You will end up with a bowl of white, opaque paste.
People in Changqing call it potato flour paste, which is a particularly delicious food.
In the past, besides eating the potatoes at home, there would be a lot left over.
Most of the remaining people used it to cook and feed pigs, because no one came to the village to harvest potatoes at that time.
Every time adults chop potatoes, they wash them clean and then chop them.
Then soak them in water, take out the potato pieces, cook them and feed them to the pigs.
Then wait until the water in the basin has settled, then pour the water out.
The remaining layer of white powder at the bottom of the pot is potato starch.
No one wants to waste it after drying it.
Not only can it be used when cooking some dishes, but it can also be made into potato starch paste for your children to eat.
Although potato flour is not comparable to meat.
But it is also one of the favorite foods of rural children.
They may not know what potato starch is, but when they talk about potato starch, they can all salivate.
This is about the characteristics of starch. The prepared potato starch paste is not sweet without adding sugar.
But after entering the mouth, it will be decomposed into glucose and maltose when encountering the amylase in the saliva.
There were not many sweets to eat at that time, and children liked anything with a little sweetness.
This is also the reason why people chop up fresh corn stalks to eat after breaking off the corn stalks.
Because these are the desserts they have at their fingertips.
Take Zhang An as an example. When Zhang An was born, Wang Fang was not in good health.
Therefore, Zhang An did not breastfeed for a long time and basically stopped breastfeeding after a few months.
I grew up eating rice cereal and potato flour.
At that time, the conditions of Zhang An's family were not good. They also received milk powder, but not much.
But this baby An is very picky. Every time he eats it, if there is no sugar in it or it is not very sweet, he will cry.
So every time Wang Fang makes potato flour paste, he will put some sugar.
This is probably the reason why Zhang An’s front teeth are not good, he eats too much sweets.
But now there is nothing wrong with Zhang An’s teeth.
Even so, Zhang An was not tired of it.
So today Zhang An plans to chop some potatoes and sweet potatoes and make some flour.
It had been a long, long time since he had eaten potato flour and he still missed it when he thought about it.
I brought out a bag of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the cellar. Today's job is to chop them all.
Because there is no crusher specifically for crushing potatoes and sweet potatoes in the village, if you want to grind them into powder, you have to slowly chop them yourself.
Then I found a big pot and a stubble knife for chopping chili peppers at home, because Wang Fang used to use this.
Zhang An first washed the big wooden basin at home, and then started to prepare potatoes and sweet potatoes.
It's really a bit slow to wash so many potatoes by myself.
Then Zhang An looked at the road and saw Zhang Tie running around with a bunch of dolls. He thought they must be quite idle.
So Zhang An decided to target them.
"Zhang Tie, come here, I have something to ask you."
Zhang Tie heard Zhang An calling him and ran over with his friends.
"What's the matter, Brother An?"
"Are you guys okay? Come over here and help me wash the potatoes."
They were all very willing to ask Zhang An to do something with them.
Because from past experience, every time Zhang An asked them to do something, he would give them some hard work.
This is the kind of treatment you don't get at home. After all, all the work you do at home is for nothing, and if you don't do it well, you'll get beaten and scolded.
The money given by Zhang An was not much, just ten cents each time.
This dime sounds small, but it is the most appropriate.
Because if there are too many Zhang Ans, it will be easy to spoil them into bad habits.
When you have money, you become bad. This is not just for men, it applies to everyone.
Children this age are no exception.
Nowadays, one dime can buy a lot of things, which is enough for them to buy the snacks they want.
And this can also teach them a lesson in advance.
If you want to get what you want, you have to take practical actions.
This is something that their generation must know in society.
Especially Zhang Tie, who now knows how to save money without spending it.
The army of dolls in the village just do what they say without any hesitation.
One or two people found a handful of hay and squatted down beside the big pot of potatoes.
Pull up your sleeves, hold a big potato in one hand, and wash with a straw handle in the other.
With their help, Zhang An quickly washed a large pot of potatoes.
Later, Zhang An asked them to continue washing, while he picked up a knife and began to chop the potatoes in the basin.
Many people see that their children love to help Zhang An with things, but most of them think it's nothing.
Instead, I felt that Zhang An was helping them control their children, which was a good thing.
Rather than letting them run around, it is more reassuring to squat in one place and play.
There are a few adults who feel a little uncomfortable. Why should they control our children?
But knowing that Zhang An gave the money, they felt it was nothing.
Later, when Zhang An found out about it, he stopped asking his children to help him with things because he didn't want to leave any quarrel with others.
Zhang An used a stubble knife at first, but in the end he found that the chopper speed was not as fast as a kitchen knife.
So I decisively switched to the big kitchen knife I had at home, and sure enough the speed improved.
Moreover, Zhang An felt that even a kitchen knife was not enough, so he used both hands to chop.
In a short while, a large basin was chopped into pieces.
Zhang An chopped the potatoes very finely, because the starch is in the pulp of the potatoes.
Only by chopping it into enough pieces will you get more starch.
Soak the chopped potato pieces in water and wash them back and forth several times.
The starch in the potatoes will dissolve in the water until the water in the basin becomes clear.
Just take out the potato pieces and use them to feed pigs or fish later.
Just like that, a pot of starch came out.
"Brother An, are you making potato starch?"
Zhang Tie and others saw Zhang An doing this, so they asked Zhang An.
"Yes, I'm making powder."
"Then we don't need any money. When you finish mixing the flour, you can stir the potato flour into a paste for us."
It can be seen that these little kids also like to eat potato flour paste. Now they don’t even want money and want Zhang An to make it for them.
"You also like to eat, and you don't even need money."
"Hey, Brother An, I can't buy potato flour paste with money, and my mother won't make it for me."
These brats are pretending to talk now, a bit like combing their hair like adults and imitating what adults say.
"Okay, you go ahead and wash it, and I'll give you the money. When it's dry, I'll make potato flour paste for you."
"Okay."
Hearing Zhang An's words, these little kids were very happy.
When washing the potatoes and sweet potatoes one by one, they became more serious.
After chopping the first pot, there is still a second pot.
Zhang An spent a whole morning chopping, and it was only when he took out more than a hundred kilograms of potatoes from the cellar that he was finished.
The starch content of potatoes is generally around 15% to 20%.
Especially potatoes dug during this time should have the highest starch content throughout the year.
Zhang An estimated that it would weigh twenty or thirty pounds if dried in the sun.
After taking the precipitated potato starch to the third floor to dry in the sun, Zhang An was ready to start chopping sweet potatoes.
Now it was time for everyone to eat, and the children in the yard were called back to eat by the adults.
Before leaving, they reluctantly looked at the potato starch that Zhang An was drying.
Zhang An smiled, took out some change, and gave it to them one by one.
Let them come back in the evening. The potato flour has not yet dried.
After it dries in the evening, stir them into a paste with potato flour.
After they heard what Zhang An said, they went home to have dinner.
After dinner in the afternoon, I saw Zhang An making flour, and Wang Fang also started to prepare some dried sweet potatoes.
Dried sweet potatoes, also known as dried sweet potatoes, are very simple to make.
Wash the sweet potatoes, peel them or not, cut them into strips and cook them in a pot.
But don't cook it too well, otherwise it will easily burn or break into pieces.
Generally, you have to take the sweet potato fries out of the pot when the water in the pot boils.
Be gentle when fishing, otherwise it will break easily.
After the sweet potato fries are cooked, it's time to dry them.
If you want to make dried sweet potatoes delicious, you cannot save the effort of steaming and drying them three times.
Nowadays, people don’t have much snacks. People with children usually make some and give them to their children as snacks.
In later generations, not many people would be willing to do it, mainly because there are factories that specialize in it, and it is quite cheap to buy it in stores.
But no matter how cheap the food sold in the store is, it is still clean and safe to eat at home.
When it got dark and late at night, the army of dolls who came to wash potatoes and sweet potatoes during the day came to Zhang An's house one by one.
Zhang An is considered a big foodie, and these guys are considered small foodies.
Take out some of the recovered potato flour and pour it into the pot to start mixing.
This time I did a lot, and just using chopsticks is no longer useful.
Zhang An could only use a spoon to break up the starch.
Because too much is made, the method of brewing it with boiling water will not work.
You can only put it on the fire and stir slowly while heating.
Zhang An also took out the honey syrup and dropped some into it, but not too much.
Because Zhang An's honey is very sweet, adding too much sweetness will easily affect the taste of the potato flour paste.
While Zhang An was holding the pot and stirring it over the fire, the children below were a little impatient to wait.
One by one, they lay down next to the coal stove and watched Zhang An stir, their mouths almost watering.
Finally, under their eager eyes, a pot of potato starch paste was finally ready.
Zhang An only poured half a bowl of flour, but a big pot came out.
Zhang An didn't even need to shout, Zhang Tie had already taken out the bowl from the cupboard.
When he came to Zhang An's house, it was like returning to his own home.
Zhang An scooped out a bowl for them and asked them to eat it by themselves, being careful not to burn it.
There was still a lot left in the pot at the end, and they ate it very deliciously.
Zhang An, the greedy man, also came out, took a bowl and scooped out a bowl for himself to eat.
Well, it still tastes like when I was a kid, much better than sesame paste.
The children gathered around the table ate very carefully.
I eat it bit by bit with chopsticks, reluctant to take a big bite.
It's a bit like when Zhang An was a child, he bought a popsicle but was unwilling to bite it.
I just licked it with my tongue, fearing that it would be finished in two bites.
It seems that he is afraid that he will finish it in two bites and then only see others eating.
"Hurry up and eat. I still have some left in the pot. There will be half a bowl for each person later."
Seeing that they were reluctant to eat, Zhang An had no choice but to speak.
When they heard Zhang An say this, they ate more.
After they all finished eating, Zhang An started to clear away the dishes.
The little glutinous rice dumpling that originally ran out to play with everyone came back again.
"What's wrong, little dumpling?"
"Uncle An, let me help you wash the dishes."
It turned out that this little guy thought he had eaten something and should help wash the dishes.
No one else came, she was the only one thinking about this matter.
"Go and play with them quickly. I will wash these bowls in a moment, and you can't reach our dishwashing table."
Zhang An smiled and told her that this was why Zhang An liked this little girl better.
Although he is young, he is very sensible and polite.