Bianshanhan [farming]

In addition to panda-shaped candies, Li Qingwen also made cat paw candies, made of white flour and black sesame flour, with a white heart in the middle and four cute little fingers on top.

There is no pigment, and this playful pattern can be made with only black and white colors.

After the sugar juice was boiled, it was not completely scooped out, and the bottom of the pot was left, and then the mashed hawthorn puree was poured into the sugar juice and fried.

Li Maoxian and Li Qingmu were pulling the candy, and Mrs. Jiang took over the frying of the candy. It wasn't difficult. The hawthorn puree could be cooked after it became darker.

The fried hawthorn puree is spread out on a flat oil paper, and it is good to let it dry naturally or air-dry outside.

Except for Li Qingwen, everyone in the Li family knew that this kind of hawthorn was not tasty, but no one blamed him for using sugar juice indiscriminately, and they were looking forward to how it would taste.

They were still busy finishing the work, when they heard someone crying at the west end, Li Qingfeng stepped on the wall and glanced over there, then came back and said, "My grandma started to make trouble again."

The grandma Li Qingfeng was talking about was Zhang Shi, the widow of the patriarch's late brother. She had three sons and a daughter. Li Qingwen still had some impressions of this little old lady, because she was so rowdy.

These days, it is difficult for the man in the family to be alive. It is difficult for a woman to drag the child to the sky. Zhang's work is far worse than talking. With a mouth that can complain, he can get money and food from his brothers. , and married his two sons by virtue of his ability to cry whenever he said he wanted to.

Zhang's man is called Li Bengao, the third eldest, with an older brother and a younger sister, because he is the youngest of the men, Li Qingwen wants to call him Grandpa.

It happened when Li Bengao was in corvée. I heard that he was stabbed by something, and he died within a few days. He left his parents, wife, and children at such a young age, and all the villagers felt it was a pity.

However, these days, whether it is a child or a young person, there are too many people who cannot survive the disease or disaster, and it can only be said that their fate is unlucky.

Mrs. Zhang didn't think so, she felt that her man was doing corvée for this family, and if he was gone, the whole family owed them three bedrooms.Since then, she has not gone to the ground, and only when others dare to complain, she starts to cry, crying that the man is gone, and their orphans and widows are being bullied, so it is better to die.

Originally, their family was suffering because of Li Bengao's death. She made such a fuss, which made it even more troublesome. Later, she simply let her do whatever she liked. Anyway, there are only five people in the three-bedroom mother and son, and each family should do more. There is no need to listen to her mourning every day.

With such indulgence, Mrs. Zhang seems to have more support, not only does not work, but also distributes more food. The reason is that other families have a pillar, but theirs does not. .

As the nephews grew up one after another, Li Benshan and his eldest brother stopped giving food and money. This time, Mrs. Zhang didn’t make a fuss, but went to the two uncles’ homes to cry, saying that the two sons had no money to marry a wife, and the third room I'm going to die.

Li Benshan is the head of the patriarch, and has always advocated that people of the same clan help each other. He has been tortured by the Zhang family all these years, and I don’t know how many bowls he broke. Zoya borrowed money to get married to his two elderly nephews.

Li Maoqun, the youngest son of the Zhang family, is different from his mother who is a promiscuous and reckless mother. He was even ashamed of Zhang's actions. After he became sensible, he approached his uncles and uncles, saying that the food and money given by the two families over the years were all loans. Yes, he will definitely pay back in the future.

Li Maoqun couldn't understand how the elder brother and the second elder brother hid behind their mothers to get benefits, and they couldn't get married if they didn't earn money. They stayed like this until they were 29 years old.

Li Maoqun ran outside when he was free, Zhang had nothing to do with him, but Li Benshan was very concerned about this little nephew, and advised him many times to start a family first, and then take his time, but it was a pity that Li Maoqun seemed to be determined after eating the weight , just don't want to.

It stands to reason that for so many years, Li Benshan brothers have treated Sanfang with utmost benevolence. Thinking of their nephews getting married, they should be able to calm down and live their lives.Unexpectedly, she still didn’t get what she wanted, and Zhang still ran to them for ten days and a half months, crying, saying that the two daughters-in-law were not filial, and she didn’t know what evil she had done in her life. She finally raised the child. not towards her.

The people in the village don't know what evil she has done, but they only know that Li Benshan and his brothers have had bad luck for eight lifetimes, and they were infected by such a blood-sucking bug.

After finishing the work, Li Qingwen's family was drinking water. Li Benshan's two sons came in angrily. The two of them didn't say anything, and went to dig wood. The sugarcane bed had already been made, but this thing is not too much, isn't it? .

Jiang Shi and Chen Shi cleaned up the pots and started to cook. Sitting in front of the stove, the two mothers began to talk with each other.

"The old grandma is not young anymore, she has been crying for so long and her voice is not broken, she is really energetic!"

"She hasn't been tired since she got married. She hasn't suffered from working for so many years. It's not that she is more energetic than others. Besides, she doesn't really cry. She just forced your second grandfather and the others to come out and suppress those two daughters-in-law..."

"Second Grandpa and the others have been there several times. It's useless. Doesn't this make it difficult for them?"

"She doesn't care who is sad or not, as long as she feels better... But your grandma will have a hard time in the future. The two daughter-in-laws in her family are not good. It's enough for her, but she deserves it. She deserved it for the first half of her life. Toss others, and be tossed by others for the rest of my life..."

"It's just a pity for Maoqun. That kid is decent and has a good heart, but with such a mother, alas..."

The women's gossip stopped when the porridge in the pot was cooked.

As autumn approaches, the wind is getting stronger, and the fried hawthorn paste that is drying outside is gradually taking shape. Before dark, the hawthorn paste is rolled up from the oil paper to form long hawthorn rolls.

Use a knife to cut the hawthorn roll into palm lengths. The whole family sits together and pulls a piece into their mouths. After biting into it, it is a little hard, and soon the sour and irritating saliva will flow. Soothing, sweet and sour, really delicious!

"This food tastes much better after adding sugar!" Jiang said in surprise, she likes the taste very much.

In fact, hawthorn rolls are too simple to make, but the sugar is very expensive, and ordinary farmers are reluctant to buy them, let alone put sugar and hawthorn together to make snacks, so what Li Qingwen made surprised everyone in the family.

Li Maoxian thought more than the others, took a bite and saw that everyone in the family liked it, and asked, "Can we also make sorghum syrup in the future?"

Li Qingwen nodded. Compared with white sugar, the use of syrup is limited. In addition to candied fruit, canned food and stir-fried vegetables, it is also good to make hawthorn rolls and hawthorn cakes in hawthorn.