Defeat natural disasters with farming

Now the only things that need to be carefully considered are household chores. As for the major issues related to Jiwang City, they have basically been resolved. Next, they only need to continue to develop step by step. When the population grows, the scale of the city can be expanded, and there will be sufficient labor force , Ye Yu's other plans can be realized.

These include the inspection and selection system for officials, and various inventions and creations that are not high in technology but can improve living standards, and so on.

Therefore, as winter approaches, Ye Yu gradually relaxes and begins the long but warm winter life between him and Chu Xufeng.

In fact, they didn't have much to do during this period of time, except for eating and drinking. Ye Yu made a lot of food with various ingredients at home, and what they wanted to do today was creme brulee.

The method is also simple, you only need two things, one is reddish-brown caramel fried with sugar, and the other is pudding made with eggs, flour and milk.

When Ye Yu made caramel, he poured water into the pot to slightly submerge the white sugar and maltose. Then, as he stirred the spatula in his hand, the white sugar slowly changed color until it turned reddish brown, and there was a smell The sweet taste comes out from it, and when the juice is collected, the remaining syrup is caramel.

"Taste how it tastes." He dipped the caramel on the tip of the chopsticks and brought it in front of Chu Xufeng.

Chu Xufeng put it in his mouth and tasted it, then nodded quickly and said, "It's very sweet."

Ye Yu retracted her chopsticks upon hearing this, "Because our candy is of good quality."

When he was talking, he still didn't forget to throw the chopsticks into the clay basin, and just wash it with plant ash later.

"Help me bring the little round cup here."

The so-called small round cups are short and fat pottery cups with round mouths. Ye Yu specially asked the master to help pinch the embryos when the pottery was fired this year. After firing, each cup is complete, and there are complex lines made by flames on the cup wall. , don't have a simple beauty.

But it doesn’t matter how it looks, the most important thing is its usefulness. Ye Yu usually uses it as a utensil for desserts. A small cup is just right for it. It is typical, and my family likes it very much. I hope today's creme brulee can bring the same surprise.

After Chu Xufeng brought the cup, Ye Yu rinsed it with water, then poured caramel into the bottom of the cup.

The next step is to start making pudding. Ye Yu first pours the milk that he just squeezed in the morning into the pot and heats it up. When it is steaming, he slowly pours it into the egg liquid that Chu Xufeng has beaten evenly.

Ye Yu poured hot milk into his hands while stirring, and chatted with Chu Xufeng while he was still free, "You are very proficient in beating eggs now, and at least there will be no more eggshells falling into the bowl."

Chu Xufeng was helping him hold the bowl at this time, and said with a smile: "How long ago did that happen, why do you still remember?"

That was what happened when Chu Xufeng came to their house for the first time. When he was about ten years old, he helped break eggs and made a "chicken flying egg fight". .

Ye Yu said cheerfully: "It's rare for you to embarrass yourself once, and I won't remember it well."

These words caused Chu Xufeng to laugh softly, and then leaned over while Ye Yu was not paying attention, and when he straightened up again, Ye Yu's cheeks were flushed, and even the corner of his lips was bitten, and he was shining brightly. His eyes stared at Chu Xufeng.

"You don't want to eat pudding."

"Okay, I won't eat." Chu Xufeng said along with him, but Ye Yu became even angrier when he heard this, and ignored him for the next half a day, only concentrating on making pudding.

The milk and egg mixture has been stirred evenly and filtered twice, and it becomes extra smooth and delicate. Ye Yu carefully scraped off the foam on the top with a spoon to ensure that there are no air bubbles inside, and then poured it smoothly into the short cup .

They don't have an oven, so they use a steamer for steaming buns, just put a short cup on it and cover it with a lid.

Slowly steaming on low heat for half an hour can be out of the pot, but it can't be eaten now, so it has to be put in the yard to cool down.

Given the temperature outside, the pudding was completely cooled in the blink of an eye.

Ye Yu opened the lid of the cup and took a look, only to see that the pudding inside was light brown, and it collapsed when pressed with a spoon, but when you let go, the collapsed place will return to its original shape, which is enough to prove the pudding's The elasticity is excellent, it should be made successfully.

"Here." Ye Yu handed Chu Xufeng a spoon, "Dig and eat."

Chu Xufeng accepted it honestly, and didn't ask any inappropriate questions like "Didn't you say you won't give me pudding?"

Ye Yu didn't care what he was thinking, and was concentrating on eating the pudding. The pudding was very sweet, not greasy at all, full of milky taste, especially when he ate the bottom, the slightly bitter sweetness of caramel came up, It adds a bit of layering to the overall taste.

When Ye's father and Ye's mother came back from the old house, Ye Yu brought them the rest, and Ye's mother nodded after taking a sip: "It's delicious, but you can go to the shop with Shuangpi Nai and Jiang Bang Nai. I think a lot of people will buy it."

Ye Yu thought for a while and said, "Let's try it later. There are many materials used, so the price must not be set too low, but in this way, not many people are willing to buy it to satisfy their appetite."

"It's okay, it's just sold together with lo-mei anyway." Ye Mu couldn't help but sigh with emotion when she said this: "I really didn't expect our family's lo-mei business to be able to start."

They set aside an extra space in the rented shop and set up a counter to start selling all kinds of braised meat. The recipe is the same as before, but because the types of spices have increased a lot, the flavor of the braised meat is more fragrant.

Ye Mu, who has nothing to do at home, is in charge of making the lo-mei, while the two employees they employ sell the lo-mei.

Maybe it’s because it’s almost Chinese New Year, but the business of braised mei is very good. Many people like to buy some to eat at home, and the price of meat dishes such as stewed chicken feet, stewed duck feet, stewed chicken hearts, and stewed chicken gizzards is really not that high. It’s expensive, so they can basically sell out the braised ones every day, and even if they can’t sell them all out, it doesn’t matter, each of them will lose a cent.

When Ye Yu was thinking, Mother Ye suddenly said: "People who like to buy lo-mei say that the spicy one is the best, but it is too spicy. Ask me if I can reduce the spiciness."

In fact, it is not considered spicy anymore. Ye Yu has reduced the spiciness as much as possible, and now it is between slightly spicy and medium spicy. It is true that there is no need to add less chili, otherwise the taste will not be there, but he also understands those people. It means that they are really not satisfied with the five-flavored food, and they want to eat spicy food but are afraid of it. In short, they love food and eat it.

So Ye Yu shook his head and said, "If you reduce the spiciness, it will lose the taste."

After he finished speaking, he pondered for a while, when a new idea suddenly popped up in his mind, "But we can also sell some cheap sweet water with it, which is the best to relieve the spicy heat."

If you want to say that it is spicy and cheap, the first recommendation must be milk, but the output of milk is too small to be considered suitable, and the others are either fruit juice or soda. Ye Yu's eyes lit up when he thought of this, he remembered once I read a method of using pine needles to make soda in a book. If it can be made, the raw materials of pine needle soda are cheap and the production method is very simple, so it is very suitable for their current situation.

Moreover, there are many pine trees that are more than ten years old growing near Jiwang City. Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng found a six-year-old pine tree just by looking around. They picked the pine needles from the branches, probably only a small handful. , Ye Yu is going to take it home and try it out first.

Ye Minghui, who was guarding the gate today, saw them coming in fully armed and carrying a bamboo basket, so he asked suspiciously, "Where did you two go in such a cold day?"

Ye Yu showed him the pine needles, and then replied: "I'm going to make something new, and I'll give you one if I succeed."

Ye Minghui glanced curiously, "Success, then I'll just wait."

After the two of them returned home, Ye Yu rolled up his sleeves, scooped out a basin of water from the water tank, and then spread flour on the pine needles. After two or three washings, the pine needles were basically clean.

Next, use small scissors to cut the pine needles into small pieces that can be put into clay pots. Add water and an appropriate amount of sugar to the clay pot filled with pine needles, cover it and put it on the kitchen cabinet.

About three days later, the sealed pottery can be opened. Ye Yu lifted the lid in front of everyone's eyes with some trepidation. I don't know if I can drink it. After all, he didn't do it himself. He just read the steps in the book and reproduced it.

Ye Yu thought about it, first took out a bowl with a spoon and put it in the chicken coop, and waited until the chickens had finished drinking but were still alive and kicking, then filled a bowl for herself.

He originally wanted to drink it by himself, but he didn't expect Chu Xufeng to pass him and take the bowl and take a sip.

After tasting it for a while, Chu Xufeng commented: "It's generally sweet, but not as fragrant as fruit juice."

Chu Xufeng allowed Ye Yu to try it after he was sure that there would be no problems.

Ye Yu lowered his head and took a sip of the soda with small bubbles. It may be due to the lack of carbonic acid. It doesn’t taste very steamy. It’s sweet water with soda at most. Just like what Chu Xufeng said, the taste is not strong, only white sugar sweetness.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, and drinking the whole bottle of soda will cool you down, and you can't help but feel refreshed.

Ye's father and Ye's mother also scooped up a bowl and tasted it. They both nodded and said, "The advantage is that the price is cheap. It might sell well in the lo-mei shop."

Ye Yu still remembered telling Ye Minghui to give him a soda, so when his family finished drinking, he filled it into a water bag and sent it to Ye Minghui's house.

After getting his praise, Ye Yu decided to put the soda on the shelves and sell it together with the lo mei. The price was set at a low price. A big bottle enough for the whole family would only cost five copper coins. Of course, the utensils for soda should be prepared by the buyer .

What he didn't expect was that the sales of soda were booming, and even those who didn't buy lo-mei would come here to buy a bottle of soda, saying that it was to take home for Xiao Tian'er.

After all, if you really think about it, buying soda is much cheaper than buying candy bars. It is very suitable for coaxing children. In addition, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, we always have some New Year’s goods at home. A bottle of soda can last for a day, which is very affordable.