Lin Ranran was almost bumped, grabbed the child, and scolded with a smile: "Tie Daner, what are you doing in such a hurry?"
Tie Dan ran out of breath: "Sister Ran Ran, there are two people looking for you."
"Looking for me? What kind of person?" Lin Ranran asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, my dad told me to call you quickly." Tie Dan said.
Lin Ranran had no choice but to tell Hongxia's sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, there are guests at my house, you pick them, I'll go back and have a look."
"Hey, then you go back. It's almost the end of the day, we'll pick another basket and go back." Hongxia's sister-in-law agreed, handed the full basket to Tie Dan, and asked, "Come here by yourself, brother and sister What should I do?"
Tie Dan said: "Look at my dad, he gets off work early today."
"Sister-in-law, I will cook today, so you don't have to hurry back." Lin Ranran picked up a big basket full of wild strawberries, and rushed home with Tie Dan.
Hurry up and rush home, before entering the door, I saw two people dressed as mountain people sitting in front of the steps, with two large baskets at their feet. Seeing Lin Ranran, the short boy stood up happily: "Sister!"
"Abu!" Lin Ranran exclaimed in surprise, and he was relieved after worrying all the way, "Why are you?"
The woman who was with Abu also hurriedly stood up, and said somewhat cautiously: "Are you the customer who bought honey with Abu last time?"
"This is my mother." Abu happily introduced.
Lin Ranran said with a smile: "Then please come in, let's talk after entering the door."
Both Abu and his mother were shocked by this simple and beautiful house, and they felt uncomfortable sitting on the carved chair. Especially when Lin Ranran brought a pot of mint tea and some snacks, Abu was stunned.
Abu's mother, Jin Duo, hurriedly stopped Lin Ranran from continuing to work, and first told her why she came.
Abu's father would get a little honey from time to time, but unfortunately he couldn't sell it at the market, so he could only exchange some rice to survive. The last time Abu was able to bring home so many things and money, the family was shocked and thought he had done something bad. When they heard that these things were exchanged for him by a sister, the whole family was very grateful.
Especially when they learned that Lin Ranran still wanted honey and grass fruit, their family was even more excited. The living materials of the mountain people mainly come from hunting and searching for mountain goods. Now Abu's father is lying on the bed, and his mother Jin Duo takes care of his father and does housework most of the time. Abu is still young, and his parents are not at ease to let him enter the mountain. Since Abu's father injured his leg, the family has lost their livelihood.
Now knowing that Lin Ranran will collect their honey and grass fruit for a long time and return the money, the whole family is very excited, and they see a way out.
Abu's family lives on a high mountain, and they can find grass fruit and other spices at the door of their house. In addition, they found a honeycomb, so they rushed to send it to Lin Ranran non-stop.
Abu took out a large clay pot from his back basket. This time the honey had been filtered out, and it was clear and translucent, weighing a full five catties. In addition, there are many wild goods, Abu told Lin Ranran one by one.
"Sister, here are three and a half catties of grass fruit and one catty of wild peppercorns. This bunch of mushrooms is for you, and there is also a pack of rice cakes."
Tsaoguo and wild prickly ash are both of good quality, and the bunches of mushrooms are strung with grass roots and dried in the sun. That's all, Lin Ranran opened the bag of glutinous rice cakes, his eyes lit up.
"Shenxian Tofu!" I saw that the kueh was wrapped in a big leaf, which was green tofu-shaped, a little elastic when pressed, and smelled a special green grass fragrance.
Lin Ranran will never admit to this taste. She once traveled to an ancient town in Jiangxi, where the signature feature is fairy tofu, and the taste and shape are exactly the same as this rice cake.
Abu was puzzled and said, "Sister, what kind of tofu?"
"Is this made of a kind of leaf?" Lin Ranran asked excitedly.
Jin Duo said: "That's right, there is a kind of tree growing on our mountain, and the leaves of this kind of tree can be kneaded to make kueh. There are many such trees on the mountain."
Lin Ranran suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and asked: "Then can you tell me what this tree looks like?"
Abu and Jin Duo carefully described the appearance of the immortal tree and Lin Ranran, and Abu also took out a branch with leaves from the basket: "This is it. I used it to line the pot."
This branch looks a bit like a tea tree, with dark green leaves with deep zigzags on the edges. Lin Ranran was overjoyed. This kind of fairy tofu is a life-saving food during the famine. With this fairy tofu, even if the village does not distribute food for half a year, she will not be hungry anymore.
Lin Ranran left Abu and Jin Duo to eat, and Jin Duo said softly but firmly: "No, his father hurt his leg, so he has to go back to cook. And there are wild animals on the mountain at night, so it's not safe."
"Thenbsp; The sticky glutinous rice cake sticks have a springy texture. Take a bite, and the sweet and sour strawberry jam will flow out, neutralizing the sticky and greasy taste of glutinous rice.
Hongxia's sister-in-law and Xie Fei nodded after eating: "Is this jam made from the wild strawberries we picked? This one can be made, it must be a good seller!"
Lin Daguan heard the words and asked, "What are you selling?"
"You don't care! Go, go, take the child home! I have something to do at Ranran's house, so I will go back very late!" Sister-in-law Hongxia said disgustedly.
Lin Daguan always felt that his wife had something to hide from him: "What do you guys want to do? What's wrong with me?"
"Let's go, go back! Don't eat!" Hongxia's sister-in-law pushed Lin Daguan out, confusing the simple and honest man.
Lin Ranran smiled and said, "Wait, the jam rolls just came out of the pan!"
A pot of beautiful strawberry jam rolls was hot and fragrant, Lin Ranran packed a few and handed them to Tiedan, and the father and son were driven home just like that.
Sister-in-law Hongxia closed the door tightly, then returned to the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves and said, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get busy!"
Sister-in-law Hongxia and Xie Fei picked another two full baskets of wild strawberries, and now they have a lot of work to do.
The three of them divided their work, and Xie Fei, who was the most careful, was responsible for cleaning the wild strawberries. They also picked a lot of raspberries. Xie Fei also picked out the raspberries and put them in one place, carefully rinsing and cleaning the floating and sundries on the wild strawberries.
The wild strawberry jam is gurgling in the pot, and it needs to be stirred constantly to avoid sticking to the bottom of the pot. Lin Ranran demonstrated it to Hongxia's sister-in-law, and she took it over and handed it over to her. Hongxia's sister-in-law is used to farm work, she has great strength and is much more agile than Lin Ranran.
Xie Fei brought in the last two pots of washed wild strawberries. In order to save time, Lin Ranran directly mashed the wild strawberries, added honey and stirred them evenly. the difference.
The production of raspberry jam is a little more troublesome. The stalks of each raspberry had to be removed. The raspberries were very small, and this was a delicate job. Fortunately, Xie Fei had enough patience to deal with most of the raspberries in the pot.
The taste of raspberries is more sour. Lin Ranran adjusted the recipe several times before finally reaching the perfect taste, and made a small jar of orange-yellow raspberry jam. Raspberry jam has a more sour taste than wild strawberry jam.
The three of them worked for a long time before they used up all the wild strawberries and made twenty-three bottles of wild strawberry jam.
Rinse the remaining juice of pickled wild strawberries with some plain water, and it will be sweet and sour wild strawberry juice. The three took a breather while drinking wild strawberry juice, and admired the fruits of their labor together.
The wild strawberry jam is bright red in color, and after cooling, it becomes a semi-solidified pudding, which is as beautiful as a work of art in a shiny glass bottle.
"It's beautiful, why am I willing to eat it? I don't want to sell it to me." Sister-in-law Hongxia loved the jam bottle and couldn't put it down.
Xie Fei held the bottle thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Miss Ranran, do you have any paper?"
Lin Ranran found a piece of paper for her, and Xie Fei wrote a simple label "wild strawberry jam". Her handwriting is actually very beautiful, correct and elegant: "Write your name, and others will know what we are selling when they see it. It will be easier to sell."
Lin Ranran couldn't help but look at her with admiration: "I didn't expect you to have a business mind."
Xie Fei pursed her lips and said shyly, "I figured it out on my own. Is this label okay?"
Lin Ranran smiled and said, "Okay, people will definitely like to buy it when they see it."
Sister-in-law Hongxia said: "Wild Strawberry Jam, Wild Strawberry, Wild Strawberry, this name is not acceptable. Think about it, there are wild strawberries all over the mountains and plains, and people will definitely think that our stuff is worthless after hearing this."
Sister-in-law Hongxia¡¯s thoughts represent the general thinking logic of the public: wild strawberries are worthless, how can I be willing to spend money on them?
Xie Fei asked: "What should it be called? Strawberry jam?"
"Isn't that a lie? I've eaten canned strawberries, and this doesn't look like strawberries." Aunt Hongxia vetoed it.
Lin Ranran thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Wild strawberries are called raspberries in the West, so they are called raspberry jam?"
Xie Fei thought for a while and nodded: "This name sounds nice."
"Then call it this!" Sister-in-law Hongxia decided.
Lin Ranran found a piece of kraft paper, cut it into about 20 small rectangular strips, and asked Xie Fei to write a label and stick it on the jam bottle.
The dark yellow kraft paper is very simple, with four beautiful italic characters written on it: "Raspberry Jam." There is also a line of small characters written beside it: sweet and sour, delicious and nutritious. The glass bottle was polished brightly, and the jam inside was bright red, so the jam looked very tall.
Holding the jam bottle, Hongxia's sister-in-law once again questioned her soul: "If our jam is put in the supply and marketing cooperative, how much will it cost!"
"That's right!" Lin Ranran slapped his head, "I forgot the price. How much should we sell this jam for?" (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com)If the jam is placed in the supply and marketing cooperative, how much will it cost! "
"That's right!" Lin Ranran slapped his head, "I forgot the price. How much should we sell this jam for?" (Remember the website website: www.hlnovel.com