Rebirth of the leisurely life in ancient times

After that, neither of them spoke, and they just focused on eating the food on the table.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Xinyue put down the bowl of mushroom soup in her hand and said, "This soup is really delicious. If I wasn't full, I would have another bowl."

Xia Zixuan looked at her and said with a smile, "I told you not to eat so much. If you don't listen, sit down and take a rest! I'll go make hawthorn."

Jing He and the others took the dishes and chopsticks back to the kitchen, "Miss, please teach us how to do it!"

Xia Zixuan walked to the kitchen and responded, "Okay, bring the hawthorns to the kitchen and I'll teach you how to make them. First string the hawthorns into a string. Five or six will do."

"Yes, girl." Jinghe took Zhiqiu and the others to take the hawthorns to the kitchen and put them away, while Xiaomeng also left her girl in the yard alone.

She helped Jinghe and the others to get hawthorns. One reason was to help, and the other was to see how Xia Zixuan cooked it. She wanted to learn from her, because she had a girl who loved to eat!

Xiao Meng walked up to Xia Zixuan and bowed slightly, saying, "Miss Xia, can I watch you make hawthorns?"

She was afraid that Xia Zixuan might misunderstand something, so she quickly explained, "I have no other intentions. I just thought that I could make it for you when I return home. If it is inconvenient for you, then just pretend that Xiaomeng didn't say anything."

Xia Zixuan looked at the little girl with clear eyes and said with a smile: "Sure! It's nothing. Even without my teaching, you can learn it by yourself after a while."

Xiao Meng said happily: "Thank you, Miss Xia."

Xia Zixuan smiled and nodded, then said, "To make candied haws, you just need to control the heat and boil the syrup well."

"Jinghe, go get the rock sugar out, we'll make the syrup first." Xia Zixuan ordered.

"Okay, girl." Jinghe agreed and went to get some rock sugar from the cabinet nearby.

"Mandong, come and help me light the fire." Xia Zixuan called Mandong who was standing beside her.

She poured water into the pot. The ratio of rock sugar to water should be two to one, not too much.

"Girl, we have the rock sugar. Shall we put it in now?" Jinghe walked over and said.

Xia Zixuan took the rock sugar and said, "I'll put it in, you guys watch."

"Yes, young lady." Except for Zhishu Jinghe, the other two surrounded Xia Zixuan and looked at her.

After Xia Zixuan poured the rock sugar in, she instructed: "The fire doesn't need to be too big, just a low fire will do."

"Yes, girl, I understand." Mandong took out some firewood and turned down the fire.

“Keep stirring until the rock sugar melts, then simmer for two cups of tea until big bubbles start to form, then continue simmering until the rock sugar turns slightly brown…”

Xia Zixuan saw that the syrup was almost done, "Jinghe, bring me a pair of chopsticks, I'll take a look at the syrup, it should be ready."

Upon hearing this, Jinghe quickly took out a pair of chopsticks from the cupboard and said, "Girl, bring the chopsticks."

Xia Zixuan dipped a little syrup with chopsticks and put it in a basin of cold water. When she saw that the syrup solidified, it meant it was ready.

Xia Zixuan took a skewered hawthorn and said, "Come on, each of you three, take a skewered hawthorn and follow me to learn how to coat it with syrup."

Xia Zixuan quickly rolled the hawthorn in the syrup twice, took it out and placed it on a plate aside.

"Do you understand? You have to work quickly, otherwise the syrup will become useless when it gets cold. Also, don't sink the whole hawthorn, or the syrup will be too thick and won't taste good." Xia Zixuan warned.

"Yes, Miss (Miss Xia), we got it." Several people replied.

"Oh no! It's broken." Xia Zixuan had just finished giving her instructions when she heard Xiao Meng's voice. She turned her head and saw that Xiao Meng's hawthorn was completely inserted.

Xiao Meng cried, "Miss Xia, this..."

"It's okay, you'll get it after doing it a few more times. There's no rush!" Xia Zixuan comforted softly.

Jinghe held hers and showed it to Xia Zixuan, "Miss, can you look at mine?"

Xia Zixuan looked at Jinghe's candied haws and said, "Well, it's OK. It would be better if it was lighter. The same goes for Zhiqiu's."

"Well, girls, we know how to do it." After Xia Zixuan taught them, she used another pot to make hawthorn candy snowballs and hawthorn cakes.

In fact, hawthorn snowballs are easy to make. First, boil the syrup. This time, make the syrup produce small bubbles. Add a spoonful of white vinegar, then pour in the hawthorn and stir until it is no longer sticky.

Xia Zixuan used the remaining hawthorns to make two cans and two bottles of hawthorn wine, and gave one to each of Wang Xinyue. She put the remaining two bottles in the space, and they should be available soon, but Wang Xinyue would have to wait three months before she could drink the wine.

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