Chapter 598 Hawthorn
"Auntie, let's talk about this when the New Year is resting. The county town is too cold at night, and I don't want to get frozen here." Mu Xiu waved his hand and refused.
"It's also true. Let's go back to the village during the New Year." Zhou Dujuan nodded.
Mu Xiu was sitting in Chen Jianqiang's ox cart, and the two returned home. As soon as they arrived, Mu Xiu saw two jars of red hawthorn fruits piled in the yard...
"This... where did the hawthorn fruit come from?" Mu Xiu pointed at the hawthorn with a look of surprise.
"In October, Xiaohua was greedy and had food accumulation every day. The doctor in the village asked some hawthorn to eat, saying that hawthorns can eliminate food accumulation. Xuhui came back to help with the work. He said that there were a few hawthorn trees on the mountain that were just ripe, so he took your father to pick the trees bald... This hawthorn is really good. Xiaohua ate a few a day and never had food accumulation again..." Zhou Shuilian explained.
"The hawthorn fruit is filled with more than 20 jars and stored in the cellar. I cook pickles at home today. If there are not enough jars, I will free up two." Aunt Chen said from the side.
"What should I do with this hawthorn?" Mu Xiu asked.
"This hawthorn tastes good, sour and sweet. It's just like eating two teeth and it's time to pour it. Except for the small flowers, no one will eat it. We won't pick so many things next year. It's a waste if no one eats them." Zhou Shuilian didn't think about how to deal with these hawthorns. She felt a pity if she threw them away. There were so many at home if she didn't throw them away...
"Let's make candied haws!" Mu Xiu clapped her hands excitedly. She just saw the hawthorn and remembered the candied haws.
"I want to eat candied haws!" Li Hu's ears were the sharpest. As soon as he heard Mu Xiu finish speaking, he ran over and shouted happily.
"I want to eat too!" Foodie Xiaohua ran over immediately.
"Second Auntie, I want candied haws!" Mu Chunfeng also shouted.
6 Ruomeng also came over. Although she wanted to eat, she didn't say anything. She just looked pitiful, revealing that she wanted to eat too...
"Everyone has it! There are so many hawthorns, enough for you to eat them." Mu Xiu promised.
"Xiu, you can also make candied haws?" Zhou Shuilian came over and asked curiously.
"Yes, we can't finish making it and eating it, so we can send it to the city to sell it! We can still earn some travel expenses!" Mu Xiu replied with a smile.
"This is the reason, how do you do it? What do you think we need to do?" Zhou Shuilian became interested when she heard Mu Xiu say this.
The vermicelli made at home this year, from all villages to buy it. They said that the vermicelli made at home tastes better. By selling vermicelli, they have added a lot of income to the family. Now, when Mu Xiu said that she is selling candied haws, Zhou Shuilian agrees very much!
This time I learned from Mu Xiu that my family can also sell candied haws next year. After this, I can make a lot of money in a year!
Mu Xiu arranged for several people to clean the hawthorn. After the hawthorn was washed, Mu Xiu took out six long cylindrical tubes with silver light and gave them one by one to everyone.
"Is this?" Chen Xuhui looked at the long tube. The tube looked really strange. One third of the tube was hollow, one end had a round handle, and the other end was sharp zigzag.
"You see how I operate it. This is a tool to get to the hawthorn core." Mu Xiu raised a tube and gently pierced the section with the serrated part facing the middle of the hawthorn. The tube passed through the hawthorn, and a round hole immediately appeared in the middle of the hawthorn, and the core inside appeared in the hollow of the tube.
Mu Xiu took off the hawthorn at this time and raised it to everyone to show it. He saw that the originally plump hawthorn turned into a hollow ball hawthorn at this time.
"This thing is great! You don't need to spit out seeds from the candied haws made like this, you can eat them directly!" Zhou Shuilian looked at the hollow hawthorn ball and his eyes lit up.
"Yes, the hawthorn has been kerneled like this. You can also put walnuts or other wild fruits in the hollow area. The candied haws made are delicious and beautiful." Mu Xiu bought tools because he thought the candied haws outside were not as good as he liked, so he bought tools and planned to make them by himself.
Unexpectedly, this set of core removal artifact has not been used several times before, but now it can be used.
"I want to eat, I want to eat!"
"Cook it quickly, I want to eat it!"
After listening to Mu Xiu's narration, the children became even more excited. Everyone was shouting and wanted to eat candied haws immediately.
"If you want to eat it, hurry up and remove the core of the hawthorn, and I'll cook the syrup." As soon as Mu Xiu finished speaking, several people couldn't wait to do what Mu Xiu had done just now.
"Dad, make some bamboo sticks and wear candied haws later." Mu Xiu explained to Mu Shui.
"Okay." Mushui turned around and went to peel bamboo sticks.
Because sometimes the family had to help Zhou Dujuan make some snacks, a lot of sugar was stored. Mu Xiu took out the sugar, put it aside for use, and then came out to pick up hawthorns.
"Brother Chen, I remember there should be kiwis in the mountains now, right?" Mu Xiu asked Chen Xuhui while packing up the hawthorn.
"Yes, I saw it two days ago." Chen Xuhui thought about it and replied.
"Where is the pecan?"
“It seems to be there too.”
"Brother Chen, let's go pick kiwis and pecans!" Mu Xiu stood up suddenly.
"Okay." Chen Xuhui has always listened to Mu Xiu's words. Mu Xiu said he would go, and he immediately executed it.
"You pick some and come back. It's dark early, don't run around." Zhou Shuilian told the two of them.
"knew."
The two of them went into the mountain together. While picking kiwis and pecans, they encountered a large piece of sea buckthorn fruit. Mu Xiu was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, they were already frozen and there was still this one.
When the two of them picked all this and returned home, the hawthorns had been piled high and Mushui had made a lot of bamboo sticks.
"Second Aunt! Come and make candied haws!" Li Hu said swallowing his saliva when he saw Mu Xiu.
"Here you come." Mu Xiu responded to Li Hu and said to Chen Xuhui: "Brother Chen, pick out the kiwi fruit you can eat, put it in the very stiff ones first, and smash some pecans, and wash some of the sea buckthorn fruits."
"Okay." Chen Xuhui went to do things after answering.
Mu Xiu wears hollow hawthorn with bamboo sticks. Hollow hawthorn is not as easy to wear as solid hawthorn. Hollow hawthorn is easy to wear crookedly, or the position is wrong and shakes left and right. At this time, you should choose a position for it, which will not affect the beauty or damage the overall structure.
Mu Xiu picked the smallest and most inconspicuous fruits at the bottom, and placed them on the top, so the candied haws made in this way look good.
String hawthorn, put the Mu Xiu flat on the basin and pour it clean with clean water to dry it, otherwise she would always feel a little unclean...
After watching Mu Xiu do these, they learned them. A few young people continued to go to the hawthorn core. Mu Xiu then freed up his hands and started to boil the candy.
Chapter completed!