After saying this, he glanced at Tang Xiaotang unconsciously, but since everyone was standing together, this glance didn't seem so abrupt.
Xie Ci looked at her with a smile, "What do you need us to do?"
Song Yingwan said, "No, there aren't many things. Just a few of us will do."
Just wash the hawthorn and remove the core. There is no complicated process.
"Okay." He did have something to do later, although it wasn't anything important.
Xie Ci looked at Xu Lang who was still standing dumbly in the yard, frowned, and shouted, "Xu Lang."
"Ah?" Xu Lang glanced at him and asked doubtfully.
"Aren't you in a hurry to borrow some needle and thread to mend your shoes?"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of several girls were all fixed on his feet.
Xu Lang blushed, and his toes under the shoes moved unconsciously, but he still insisted, "I...I'm not in a hurry now. I should have thrown them away anyway. I can just buy a pair next time."
The more he talked, the more confident he became, and then he smiled cheerfully, showing a row of white teeth, "Besides, my sister Wan also wants to make candied haws for me, so why is this important?"
These words made Song Yingwan laugh out loud and responded, "Then I will do more today."
Tang Xiaotang also lowered his head and slightly curled his lips, but she was hidden behind the crowd and no one noticed.
Xie Ci looked at the two people responding to each other, shook his head helplessly, and said to Xu Lang, "Since there is no rush, then come over and help me chop wood."
When he turned around, he added another sentence, "There is no free lunch in the world."
Xu Lang was of course totally willing, but he felt embarrassed if he was asked to wait here to eat.
So after smiling at a few people, he thanked and went to grab firewood.
Song Yingwan looked at his back full of energy, and thanked him for staying with him. He was also a little cold, and he had a little more energy that a teenager should have. Maybe he didn't notice it himself, so people still need friends. .
"Xu Zhiqing's character is still very good." Song Yingwan sighed.
Tang Xiaotang nodded slightly.
After hearing this, Yang Xue turned her head to look at her, squinted her eyes and said, "What? Do you regret it?"
Song Yingwan pretended to glare at her, "What are you talking about? Xie Ci and I are fine!"
Yang Xue looked at her with disgust, "I know you two have a good relationship, and I never took my eyes off you when I thanked you just now."
After a while he added, "You're not much better either!"
She now has an inexplicable feeling that "my daughter can't help herself when she grows up".
……really weird.
Is it really that obvious that Song Yingwan felt uncomfortable being told by her?
Then he quickly changed the subject, "Don't I think Xu Lang is a nice person? I want the wealth to be kept within the family."
Yang Xue, "Stop it, I know what you are planning to do, I don't like this one."
Song Yingwan originally just wanted to make a joke to tease her and change the subject. When he heard this, he became interested, looked at her sincerely, and asked, "Then what do you like?"
Tang Xiaotang also became energetic and stared at Yang Xue with big eyes.
Yang Xue didn't hesitate and snorted, "You can cure me!"
“……”
Why does this girl look like she's not thinking very well?
Tang Xiaotang was stunned for a moment and asked sincerely, "Why?"
Yang Xue said, "I don't look down on ordinary people. You have to have some ability, right?" Then her voice lowered a bit, "I have a bad temper. If he can't control it, I will be a loser even after I get married."
When she said this, Song Yingwan actually felt that it made sense.
Tang Xiaotang, on the other hand, looked thoughtful, not sure whether he understood or not.
After a moment of silence, Song Yingwan said, "Do you still want to eat candied haws?"
"eat!"
"eat!"
The two said in unison, decisively!
Song Yingwan said, "Let's go and work."
Several people sat in a triangle to remove the cores of the washed hawthorns. There were no tools at hand, so Song Yingwan found some scissors and roasted them over a fire to disinfect them.
It took more than half of the hawthorns picked from the mountain to be washed, and the hawthorn cores were cleaned in half an hour. I also deliberately left some hawthorns without cores so that they could be stored longer.
Next, she started boiling sugar water. She used white sugar. She put the sugar and water into a pot and boiled the sugar over high heat. Then she burned it over low heat until the color of the sugar water turned darker and dense bubbles formed.
Song Yingwan was responsible for the production of candied haws, and Yang Xue and Tang Xiaotang started to work as fire-making girls. Needless to say, their skills were pretty good.
The next step is the critical moment. The two fire-making girls no longer care about the fire. They hold their breath and stare at the small cannon bulging in the pot, focusing and looking forward to it.
There were no bamboo sticks to buy at this time, so Song Yingwan had no choice but to use chopsticks to hold hawthorns and dip them in sugar. But he was eating it by himself, so he didn't care about the appearance.
Song Yingwan carefully picked one and put it in the pot to test the water. Wait until a layer of thick syrup hangs on it. Then place it on the oil paper prepared in advance and wait for the syrup on it to solidify before eating. .
After taking the first step, Song Yingwan's hands stabilized and her movements became more and more skillful. Soon the kitchen was filled with a large area of red food.
She tapped the ones she had just made with her chopsticks. The sound was crisp and clear, indicating that they had been dried.
Song Yingwan was busy adding sugar to the hawthorns, otherwise the syrup would become bitter if it boiled for too long, so she said to Tang Xiaotang, "Tangtang, you can put these in that basket, there is not enough space here. "
"okay."
After hearing this, Tang Xiaotang stood up, holding the basket in one hand and chopsticks in the other, and carefully put them in. The basket was also specially covered with a layer of oil paper to prevent the sugar from melting and staining the basket.
Several people had a clear division of labor and cooperated well. In a short time, they made a basket of candied haws.
It's just candied haws without skewers.
At this time, the syrup was almost used, and the layer on the bottom of the pot was useless. Song Yingwan cleaned the pot and then struck the iron while it was hot. She boiled the syrup with rock sugar and made sugar snowballs. This time, she wanted to make it simple. Many times, turn off the heat when the syrup reaches a stringy state. When the temperature drops, pour the hawthorns in. Use a spatula to stir constantly until white frost appears on the hawthorns.
Both Yang Xue and Tang Xiaotang saw this method for the first time, and for a while they were more novel than candied haws.
Tang Xiaotang watched helplessly as the sugar water turned into icing sugar, and asked in surprise, "Wanwan, is this also a candied haws?"
"It's called Sugar Snowball. Do you think the outer layer looks like snow?"
Then he picked one up and put it to her mouth, saying, "But the taste is not much different from candied haws."
Tang Xiaotang quickly took it and took a bite. It was sour and sweet, just like this. He said vaguely, "It's delicious."
Song Yingwan smiled, handed one to Yang Xue, and tasted it himself. The taste was very similar to those sold, and it melted in your mouth.
"How about you guys try the candied haws too? You're welcome."
Yang Xue, "Who are you being polite to?" After saying that, she took a big bite of the candied haws.
