The Space Doctor Became the Favorite of the Exiled Powerful Minister

Chapter 24 Tenderness

 “No, no, I still have things to do at home, so I’m anxious to go back.”

Although Liu Tingan wanted to taste something so delicious, he still held back.

 He can't cause trouble to Brother Cui just for this little food.

 Speaking, he quickly walked towards the yard.

Jiang Zhiluo didn’t say much.

There happened to be two boxes of leeks that were ripe. Jiang Zhiluo wrapped two of them in oil paper, handed them to Cui Hejin and said, "You can give them to your friends when they are just made."

After handing it to Cui Hejin, Jiang Zhiluo turned around and continued to stare at the leek box in the pot, turning it from time to time to prevent the leek box from getting burnt.

Cui Hejin walked towards the yard. When he came to the door, he handed the two chive boxes wrapped in oil paper to Liu Ting'an and said, "Take it!"

 “Brother Cui, I...” Liu Tingan was very embarrassed.

Cui Hejin, as cool and cold as ever, said: "If you treat me as a friend, take it."

 Liu Tingan knew that Brother Cui looked cold-tempered, but he was actually a very nice person.

 “Then…then I’m not welcome.”

"Um."

Liu Ting'an couldn't help but take a bite. Although it was a little hot, the fragrance lingered on his lips and teeth, "Brother Cui, I didn't expect Madam You's cooking to be so delicious."

Cui Hejin’s expression changed and he said calmly: “Maybe!”

Liu Ting'an knew that Cui Hejin was not willing to talk much, but he didn't mind. He was smiling all over his face while eating delicious food.

 When Liu Tingan left, he did not forget to remind Cui Hejin that he had to go to school tomorrow.

Cui Hejin nodded.

 …

After Jiang Zhiluo fried all the leek boxes, it was getting a little dark, so she finally boiled the sugar.

 After boiling, she took it out and put it away. After it cooled, she could cut it into pieces of brown sugar.

Mrs. Cui looked at the color and rubbed her eyes vigorously to make sure she saw it correctly. "Zhiluo, it's really boiled. Is this brown sugar?"

Jiang Zhiluo knew that her mother couldn't believe it, so she picked up a small piece with chopsticks and handed it to Mrs. Cui and said, "Mom, you have a taste and you will know if it is true."

Mrs. Cui carefully put it into her mouth and tasted it. Her eyes lit up instantly. Her eyes widened with excitement, "Zhiluo, it's really sweet. It tastes very sweet, just like the brown sugar."

Mrs. Cui immediately became excited when she thought that brown sugar was so expensive and hard to buy.

Hands holding the chopsticks were trembling and unsteady.

 She really felt like she was in a dream.

 The daughter-in-law is so awesome, she can even make brown sugar.

 So, if my daughter-in-law said she could make candles, she would definitely be able to make them too.

At this moment, she couldn't see clearly. Jiang Zhiluo went to the yard to look at the small wooden barrels and found that the grease candles had cooled down.

 She used a knife to split the outer barrel shell.

 So it is a candle.

Jiang Zhiluo happily took it into the house and lit one with a flint.

“Mom, look, this is a rosin candle.”

Mrs. Cui nodded happily, "Yes, it's bright, it's really bright, it's a candle."

Jiang Zhiluo took out the other eight candles, handed one to Mrs. Cui and said, "Mom, this one is for you. You can use it at night. We will use this one in the house. Put these six candles away first."

Mrs. Cui looked at the candle in front of her and felt unreal.

 She held it in both hands.

The color of this candle is a bit dark, completely different from the red candle, but it can burn and illuminate the same without affecting it at all.

Just buying so many candles would cost at least several hundred pennies.

 So Mrs. Cui held it carefully, for fear of being dropped.

“Mom, it’s okay, I’ll just do it after you use it.” This candle just doesn’t look good, but it’s still useful for lighting.

 In this ancient time, many villages were built on the mountains.

The advantage of building on a mountain is that it is convenient to cut and use firewood, and it is also convenient to collect and use whatever is on the mountain.

Mrs. Cui said happily: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work."

 “Mom, it’s not hard, it’s easy to do this.”

 She only got so much rosin halfway up the mountain. If she went further up the mountain, she might find more.

And there was a lot of rosin on the mountainside, so she only got a part of it.

 The room is filled with a strong fragrance.

 While eating, Cui Hejin washed his hands and sat down. He was quiet from beginning to end.

Jiang Zhiluo looked at his quiet and beautiful expression, and felt that under the candlelight of the rosin candle, his cold eyebrows seemed to be dyed with a gentle color, and the shadows of the lights seemed to float in his picturesque pupils like twinkling stars. .

Looking at his appearance at this moment, Jiang Zhiluo couldn't help but think that if he was gentle, he should also be gentle and warm people's hearts.

Jiang Zhiluo’s expression moved but she said nothing.

 While eating, Mrs. Cui ate the leek box and praised it full of praise.

“Zhiluo, these leeks are really good. They are delicious when stir-fried, and they are also delicious when wrapped in this leek box.”

Mrs. Cui thought to herself, this is just like making steamed buns, with fillings inside, but the steamed buns are made of yeast dough. This leek box can be made without yeast dough, which is simpler and more delicious.

 Since being exiled, she has never eaten such delicious food.

Mrs. Cui was a little moved just by eating.

This leek box is indeed delicious.

Cui Hejin also ate quietly. Although he didn't say anything, Jiang Zhiluo saw that he ate more than usual, so she knew that he liked to eat these.

 After dinner, Mrs. Cui packed up her things. Jiang Zhiluo fished out the wheat that had been soaked yesterday, then found a clean grate, spread a layer of clean cotton cloth on it, and spread the wheat flat.

 After three or four days, you can make maltose.

But you can go to town early tomorrow morning to sell brown sugar and give it a try.

She plans to sell it piece by piece. If it is sold by the kilogram, ordinary people cannot afford it.

 Most people just buy one or two pieces.

Jiang Zhiluo plans to sell them piece by piece, so that ordinary people may be willing to spend one or two cents to buy each piece.

 She planned to sell it for two cents a piece.

 The brown sugar boiled with beets in the afternoon was cut into more than thirty or forty pieces.

 Can earn more than 70 pence.

This does not include the cost of beet, because beet is a vegetable that is available at home.

If you use beets to make more brown sugar later, you will have to collect it from the village.

 After deducting the cost of beets, you can get more than sixty cents.

 The main reason is that beets are cheap, almost a penny a pound.

If you collect it in the village, the price may be cheaper.

If you can sell it every day, you can make at least one silver a month, not counting the subsequent maltose or food business.

 If everyone is doing well in business, there will naturally be no need to save so much on food.

 Now that you have capital in hand, you can do some other business later. When you earn more, you can buy a foundation and build a tile-roofed house.

The current Cui family's house is an upright house, and it is also a mud house. The place is too small and there is no courtyard wall.

 She wanted to build a better house in the style she designed so that the family could live comfortably and it would be much more convenient to wash and shower at night.

Chui Hejin likes to read and read. He would be happier if he had a separate study room.

 (End of this chapter)