Chapter 802 The Lollipop that Swept the Tribe (Three in One
Very sweet? Delicious?
Although I didn’t know what the candy bar Shenzi was talking about, the people around me focused on the key points. After hearing the words ‘very sweet and delicious’, their eyes immediately lit up.
Shenzi's mouth is recognized as the most tricky in the tribe. Shenzi said it is very sweet and delicious, so I guess the taste of this thing called candy will not be any worse.
So, a group of foodies, stimulated by Han Cheng's suggestion that it was very sweet and delicious, moved quickly. In a short time, the fruits in the pot were completely cut into pieces.
Others hold knives in their hands and sip saliva from their mouths to ask if there is enough. If not, they can use another pot of peeled fruits and treat them in the same way.
Sure enough, foodies can always exert great power when it comes to delicious food.
Han Cheng quickly waved his hand and said that was enough, and asked these people to continue peeling the fruit here to prepare cans, while he and another person carried the large basin of crushed fruit towards the stone mill.
Then he found water, jars, spoons and other things, and poured water into it along the grinding hole. After carefully scrubbing the inside and outside, Han Cheng began to stand there holding the wooden handle and turn it around and around.
Stone mill.
On the side, the pregnant Bai Xuemei scooped up the chopped fruits with a wooden spoon and poured them into the grinding eyes. They cooperated with each other and seemed to have a tacit understanding.
Now Han Cheng no longer lets Bai Xuemei do any heavy work, after all, she is already a month old.
However, it is still possible to scoop up the crushed fruit and pour it into the eyes.
As the stone mill rotates in circles, the fruits poured into the stone mill are easily crushed by the stone mill. The juice mixed with the crushed pulp flows out from around the stone mill, and finally gathers together.
Flow into the clay pot placed below.
The most delicious thing about a fruit is not the pulp, but the juice contained in it.
If Han Cheng wanted to make fruit candies, he could only start with fruit juice.
There was no juicer in the tribe, so Han Chengcheng thought of the stone mill in the tribe.
This thing can grind soaked beans into juice, so it won't be a problem for softer fruits.
Just like ground beans, they need to be filtered.
However, with experience in grinding tofu, it is not difficult for Han Cheng to do such a thing.
As the stone mill rotated in circles, a large basin of crushed fruits was ground, and a jar and a half of fruit juice appeared on the ground.
Han Cheng found a sling made of fine linen cloth and sticks for grinding tofu. After cleaning it with water, he hung it on a horizontal bar not far away.
Find a clean basin and put it underneath, pour the fruit juice in the jar into it, then hold the two cross-shaped sticks on the sling with both hands, and shake them up and down, one behind the other.
Following Han Cheng's movements, the juice from these fruits turned into a line, flowing down from the lowest part of the sling.
In the end, all that was left in the sling was the ground pulp.
If you want to make the fruit juice sweeter, in addition to adding sugar to increase the sugar content, another way is to reduce the water content in the fruit juice.
It is easy to reduce the water content. You only need to pour the juice into a clay pot and boil it over fire. This is very similar to how the tribe boils salt.
The hand-pressed drill whirred, and soon flames started to rise.
As the flame continued to burn, the juice in the large jar began to boil, and streams of white gas came out.
As the water continues to evaporate, the juice in the clay pot also shows signs of thickening, and it also emits some sweetness.
Today is the second day of the tribe's three-day holiday. People in the tribe are relatively leisurely. Seeing Han Da Shenzi tinkering with things here, many people came to watch.
Those who were peeling fruit and preparing to make cans couldn't help it at this time, put down their work, and after arriving here, they joined the crowd of onlookers.
Smelling the rich, sweet smell of fruit in the air, and looking at the thickening and bubbling fruit juice in the jar, many of the people around started licking it.
The corner of the mouth!
"Remove more than half of the firewood below and reduce the fire!"
Han Cheng shouted to the person who was squatting there to light the fire, while using the long-handled wooden spoon in his hand to stir the pot vigorously.
Han Cheng had never done such a thing as boiling sugar with fruit juice, but when he was a child, he used white granulated sugar at home to boil the syrup.
When doing something like this, the fire must be low and the stirring must be rapid, otherwise the thick syrup will quickly become mushy and taste bitter.
At this time, as the water continued to evaporate, the juice in the clay pot became thicker and thicker, and it looked somewhat similar to the syrup he had cooked. Han Chenggong issued this order based on his childhood experience, otherwise, these syrups would be
What a pity it would be if it was about to happen, but ended up being ruined here!
Upon hearing this, the person who lit the fire immediately followed Han Cheng's instructions. When he saw that the charcoal fire below was very strong, he used a shovel to shovel some sand and put it into the fire pond.
Han Cheng stirred for a while, and when he saw that the fruit juice was getting thicker and thicker, and the sweetness emitted became stronger and stronger, he asked someone to bring some clean pottery bowls over.
And he used a wooden spoon to scoop up the fruit syrup in the jar and poured it into the bowl.
The slightly yellow yet bright sugar syrup slowly slid into the pottery bowl, pulling out a bright and attractive silk thread in the air.
"Gudong!"
"Gudong!"
The people around him all consciously became quiet at this time. Smelling the rich sweetness in the air and looking at the extremely tempting candy in front of them, many people began to swallow their saliva subconsciously.
Because this thing looks so delicious!
Pure fruit juice consumes a lot of sugar to boil, and the temperature difference between day and night where the Qingque tribe is located is not large enough to wear fur in the morning and eat watermelon around the stove. This is not conducive to the accumulation of sugar in the fruit, so the sugar content is high.
Not too high.
That's why, from a large bowl of fruit, the syrup produced is only two and a half bowls, and it's also a small bowl.
After waiting like this for a while, the sugar syrup poured into the bowl has solidified into a lump, which is a bit translucent and looks good in color.
Han Cheng found a relatively thin copper knife, turned it around on the edge of the bowl and pried it off a few times, and the large piece of candy in the bowl was pried up.
Under the eager gaze of everyone, Han Cheng used the back of the copper knife to knock off a small piece from the top and put it into his mouth.
"Gudong!"
"Gudong!"
As Han Cheng put the candy in his mouth, there was a sound of swallowing all around, even Wu was no exception.
When the freshly brewed fruit candy enters the mouth, a sweet taste immediately spreads in the mouth, and it also carries the taste that Han Cheng calls red fruit.
It's not as sweet as honey, but it's better than canned fruit juice.
Overall, it tastes pretty good.
Han Cheng carefully tasted the fruit candy he had cooked by himself, with a smile on his face and nodding slightly from time to time to show his satisfaction with his craftsmanship.
When Han Cheng came back to his senses from the joy of successfully making fruit candies, he realized that everyone around him was looking at his mouth and swallowing.
This situation made Han Cheng panic.
It’s okay for primitive women to swallow saliva while looking at their own mouths, but why are you unshaven old men doing the same?
Han Cheng knocked off two more pieces with the back of his knife, gave one to Wu and the other to Senior Brother.
The two of them took it, held it in their hands and looked at it carefully, then put it into their mouths with some reluctance.
After taking the fruit candy into his mouth, Wu's eyes immediately widened, and there was a faint light in his cloudy eyes.
The eldest brother's reaction was the opposite to that of Wu. His eyes narrowed, but there was an expression of joyful enjoyment between his brows and eyes.
Look at Wu, Senior Brother, and the two of them who only care about eating sweets and don't even bother to talk. Then look at the greedy state of the people around them. Han Cheng, who was eating a piece of fruit candy in his mouth, sniffed slightly.
Okay, don’t think about leaving the little bit of sugar that you just boiled down.
Immediately, someone brought a clean pottery basin without any water. Han Cheng took the piece of fruit candy and a copper knife in his other hand and began to beat it with the back of the knife.
As Han Cheng pounded it, the bowl-shaped sugar cube began to break into pieces, and the yellowish sugar cubes fell into the pottery basin below, making a pleasant sound.
After knocking out a large piece of candy, Han Cheng did not stop to distribute candies to everyone, but used the copper knife in his hand to carefully pry out the other two bowls, and also smashed them with the back of the copper knife.
With so many people, just knocking off one piece is obviously not enough.
"Come on, eat sweets, eat sweets!"
Han Cheng put the copper knife aside, then took the crushed sugar cubes in the basin and said to everyone.
"Open your mouth, ah~"
Then he said this to the little girl with two braids who was closest to him, and opened his mouth wide as he spoke.
The little girl also followed Han Cheng's example and opened her mouth wide. Han Cheng picked up a piece of fruit candy and put it into the little girl's mouth.
"sweet!"
After taking the fruit candy that she had never eaten before, the little girl was excited all over. She popped the candy in her mouth and said happily.
As a result, the other minors also had their mouths widened, waiting to be fed by the Son of God. They looked a lot like the swallow babies with their big mouths waiting to be fed by the big bird.
Han Chenggong pinched the candy cubes with his hands and fed them all the way. When all the little guys were eating the candy cubes and chirping happily, only half of the small amount of candy was left.
Seeing the joyful appearance of these children, both Han Cheng and others in the tribe couldn't help but feel happy, even happier than when they had eaten candy.
Although there were not much fruit candies left in the basin, Han Cheng still used his strength to let everyone in the tribe eat the first batch of boiled fruit candies.
This seemingly difficult problem simply couldn't trouble Han Cheng.
Because when he was in the first grade of elementary school, a friend in his class covered the mouth of his schoolbag with his hand when he came to school one day, and then proudly announced to everyone in the class that he was going to give out candy to everyone, and
It’s still like ten pills per person!
At that time, the whole class was excited, and everyone looked at this impressive classmate with admiration and expectation.
Han Cheng was also very nervous.
Ten candies!
For the children of that era, it was really not a small amount!
Then, with everyone watching expectantly, this guy proudly took out a one-pound bag of white sugar from his schoolbag...
Han Cheng will never forget the scene when that guy handed out ten candies to each of the thirty or forty people in the class, and the candy bag looked as if it was full...
With this guy's excellent operation in front, it would be strange if Han Cheng couldn't find a way to let the remaining people in the tribe taste the first batch of candies produced.
“Delicious! Sweet!”
Although except for a few adults, the rest of the people, under the arrogant manipulation of Han Da Shenzi, only received a little bit, but this did not prevent everyone from giving this newly made by Shenzi, called
The candy bar stuff is highly rated!
“If it’s sweet, make more of it!”
Han Dashenzi waved his hand very proudly and said.
Anyway, since he came here, fruits and other things have played a supporting role in the tribe's recipes and become a decoration for after-dinner meals.
And many fruits are used to make fruit vinegar and fruit wine, as well as canned fruits.
And under Han Cheng's conscious promotion, the people in the tribe threw away some miscellaneous trees around them and planted fruit trees.
Among them, Bugs Bunny, a dedicated gardener, is the most skilled at these things.
Under such circumstances, the Qingque Tribe's fruit would not be wasted because it had so much fruit, but it was true that it was abundant.
It’s okay to use it to boil more sugar.
So, people who had agreed to take a three-day vacation spontaneously ended their vacation on the second day, picking ripe fruits, cutting fruits, and grinding...
…started the business of making sugar in full swing.
The minors in the tribe became very enthusiastic after tasting the delicious hard fruit candies. They followed the adults to pick up the fruits and offered all kinds of help, but they couldn't drive them away.
That kind of.
Therefore, for a period of time in the future, the entire Qingque tribe would be enveloped in the sweet aroma of boiled fruit candies.
Just when people were still satisfied with eating the beaten fruit candies, the well-informed Da Shen Zi had already asked Hei Wa to bake a batch of glazed pottery plates with many small pits.
That kind of.
Then pour the boiled sugar syrup little by little into these small pits. After cooling and solidifying, you will get regular small pieces of sugar.
When not eating, just put it in the bamboo tube. When eating, just pour a few pieces out of the bamboo tube. No wrapping paper is needed, which is very convenient.
When it comes to pouring the boiled sugar syrup into the mold, the second senior brother who often scoops up the copper juice and pours it into the mold is very skilled. This is where practice makes perfect.
And when people were excited about the invention of Shenzi, Han Dashenzi had another new invention.
When the second senior brother was pouring the cooked syrup into the mold again, Han Cheng came over with a handful of small bamboo branches cut into small sections.
And he inserted the small bamboo branches in his hand one by one into the sugar cubes that had not yet solidified.
After the candy has solidified, use your fingers to lift the small bamboo branch up gently, and a lollipop will appear.
As soon as this candy, which the Son of God called 'lollipop', appeared, it was immediately popular among everyone in the tribe.
Not only the minors like it, but also the adults in the tribe love this lollipop.
Because after eating this kind of candy for a while, you can hold the bamboo branch in your hand. In this case, you can eat one candy for a whole day!
So, in today's Qingque tribe, I saw an unshaven, tall and thick old man with a lollipop in his mouth. From time to time, he would take it out and look around, and after waiting for a while, he would put it back in his mouth again.
Don’t be surprised at all when you go there to eat...
This method of using molds to shape the candy, and the idea of tying a small bamboo branch on the candy before it hardens, so that the piece of candy can be held in your hand and eaten.
It opened a new door for the handy Heiwa.
In addition to the most conventional rectangular model, he also thought about and came up with some other more complex types of models.
Among them, the most popular candy among the tribe is the butterfly-shaped candy with two wings.
Many people are reluctant to eat it when they hold it in their hands.
The most frightening thing is the candy shaped like a green bird.
This thing was not created to be eaten, it was simply made to be worshiped.
In the entire tribe, except for Han Cheng, the ferocious son of God who can eat this green bird-shaped candy without any scruples, the rest of the people dare not eat it. Wu, the unsuccessful old magic stick, even wants to take it.
Place it with the totem pole.
"Bang bang!"
Watching Han Cheng bite off the whole head of the green bird-shaped candy in his hand and chew it with a crunching sound, Wu's body trembled for a while.
This is really cruel!
Seeing Han Cheng eating so sweet and relishing it, Wu finally gave up the idea of putting the candy in his hand with the totem pole after a lot of mental struggle, and instead put it to his mouth.
After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't open his mouth and bite it.
Instead, he gave the candy in his hand to Han Cheng and found an ordinary lollipop to eat there.
Han Cheng no longer asks his second senior brother to make candies in the shape of green birds, otherwise if he continues to make them, he will definitely get into trouble...
The appearance of candies made the entire Qingque tribe suddenly become more colorful.
After a few days of this, people who were busy with the autumn harvest began to carry tools, food and other things, and headed west along the previously built road.
The autumn harvest has passed, and after a short rest, it is time for them to continue building this very important road.
However, compared with before the autumn harvest, there were fewer people going to build roads.
Because although the large-scale autumn harvest is over, there are still many piecemeal jobs that need to be done.
Picking fruits, making wine, making vinegar, etc., harvesting the three to four hundred acres of hemp, cleaning the hemp ponds, repairing some of the land that was opened up, repairing some of the drainage ditches that were washed away by water in the summer, and arranging some people
We will continue to open up farmland in Yanshan, and people will be needed to do this.
In addition, a certain amount of manpower is needed to cut the grass, dry it, and then store it for easy use in winter.
The number of livestock in the tribe is increasing, and they need a lot of fodder throughout the winter.
Although the tribe has harvested a lot of soft millet stalks crushed by stone rollers, which can be used to feed the livestock, it is not possible to simply feed the millet stalks. The livestock do not like to eat them, and they also lose weight easily.
It is necessary to use collected and stored hay and feed it together with millet stalks.
To put it bluntly, this hay is equivalent to food for livestock.
Hei Wa, Second Senior Brother and other people were not idle either, and began to cast bronze thorns on a large scale to attach to the vine shields.
Lai and the others were not idle either and continued to weave helmets and other things.
The Qingque tribe, which had taken a short rest, once again began to operate at full capacity.
On days like this, Han Cheng did not go out, because these things were already done by the people in the tribe and did not require his guidance. They could do it as long as they were arranged.
In addition to this reason, another reason is that Bai Xuemei's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and Han Cheng himself is not worried about traveling far away at this time.
Although it was not the first time for Bai Xuemei to give birth, Han Chengcheng was worried, and he couldn't take it calmly like many male adults in the tribe.
During this time, Han Cheng lived a very leisurely life.
It's okay. I took Xiao Wandou and Bai Xuemei, the big-bellied woman, followed by Gouzi, and went to the field to catch some grasshoppers to feed the little ducks in the tribe.
Sometimes I would go picking fruits with the people in the tribe.
In autumn, the sky already looks high and far away, especially now, when the crops in the land around the tribe have been harvested, it looks even more vast.
Walking outside at a time like this always makes people feel open-minded.
As for the yellow leaves that sometimes sway down, in Han Cheng's eyes they simply become butterflies, and he doesn't feel the loneliness of autumn at all...
Autumn is here, and the air becomes cooler at night, but sometimes the autumn tiger still shows off its power.
Just like now.
There was not a single white cloud in the blue sky, and not even a single flapping bird was seen. There was only a big white sun in the sky, which was constantly emitting heat.
Looking around, there is dazzling sunlight everywhere.
There was no wind, and the air was so hot that it was almost suffocating.
When a person sits in the shade, even if he does not move, his body will sweat.
Fu Jiang lay listlessly on the ground with his long tongue hanging out, and the two pandas just stayed in the pool and refused to come out.
In this kind of weather, it really makes people wonder if this is autumn.
Sultry weather not only makes people feel uncomfortable, but also seriously affects people's appetite.
At noon, the tribe prepared food and started eating. In the past, people who were very excited when it was time to eat could no longer get excited at this time.
Except for a few people represented by the second senior brother, the rest of the people had a lot to eat but nothing to eat.
Since Huo Yihuo Er passed away one after another, he became the oldest shaman in the tribe. He only ate less than half a bowl of millet porridge and stopped eating.
Han Cheng also had no appetite. He looked at the rice in the bowl and just didn't want to put it in his mouth.
This can't go on like this! Not being able to eat is a big problem.
For this foodie, nothing is more worrisome than this.
"Why did you forget this thing!"
Han Cheng suddenly slapped his head and stood up in surprise...
