Chapter 2: Maltose(2/2)
"Oh, go and put malt sugar."
He Jiawen jumped all the way to the next door, and Zhou Guilan happened to get off work.
"What are Jiawen doing so happy?"
"Aunt Zhou, I'll put malt sugar."
Zhou Guilan followed him to the kitchen and found that Qin Hao had already boiled the malt sugar.
"Mom, try the maltose you just made."
Without waiting for Zhou Guilan to refuse, Qin Hao had already stuffed a grain of maltose into her mouth.
A strong sweet smell spread in the mouth, and Zhou Guilan was moved in surprise.
Qin Hao filled He Jiawen's jar with maltose, and at the same time reminded: "Don't put it in a place with too high temperature, it's easy to melt."
"Yeah." He Jiawen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, holding the jar with both hands, and was so precious.
"Sister Qiufang, this is yours." Qin Hao added another piece to the jar to make up ten yuan.
Zhang Qiufang rubbed her hands: "Then I'm not polite."
"I can't make maltose without your toothpaste skin. We call mutual help and win-win results, so we're welcome."
As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, He Jiawen said angrily: "From the future, all the toothpaste skins in our house will be kept for you."
"Haha, this girl."
Zhou Guilan was amused.
He Jiawen went home with the jar in his arms, and as soon as he entered the door, the grandmother of the He family waved to her.
"Grandma, you look at a lot of maltose." He Jia Wenxianbao picked up the jar.
Grandma He was surprised: "Did you change these four toothpaste skins? So many?"
"Well, our family has gathered four, and Sister Qiu Fang has gathered two, so our family has more than theirs." He Jiawen said proudly.
Grandma He frowned. In her simple concept, four toothpaste skins are only worth eight cents, and eight cents cannot buy so much maltose, which obviously takes advantage of others.
Just as the grandmother of the He family was thinking about how to repay this favor, Liu Meixin, who was in confinement in the room, called He Jiawen in.
"Mom, you look at a lot of maltose."
Liu Meixin asked curiously: "Where did it come from?"
"Qin Hao gave it to me, we exchanged it for four toothpaste skins. It's a good deal. You guys say I'm stupid." He Jiawen pouted and said angrily.
Liu Meixin swallowed: "My second child will also take a piece for her to taste."
"Oh." He Jiawen picked the largest piece and handed it to Liu Meixin.
Although the sweetness of maltose is only about 40% of white sugar, it was already a precious thing in the 1960s. Liu Meixin held maltose in her mouth and was reluctant to bite it with her teeth. She just waited quietly for it to melt in her mouth.
"Jiawen, let's put this jar here with me. You're too young and will be troublesome if you fall."
He Jiawen subconsciously protected the jar tightly.
"This kid is afraid that my mother will steal it for you. Besides, you don't think about who the toothpaste skin belongs to? If you don't have toothpaste skin, why would you exchange for so much maltose?"
He Jiawen had no choice but to hand over the jar to Liu Meixin, and at the same time he was worried about his advice.
"Mom, don't eat too much, my sister and I will save it for the New Year."
"This girl, mom can't eat your malt sugar. Go out quickly. I'm going to feed your sister."
He Jiawen pouted and turned around and left the room one after another. He Jiali glared at her: "There is one of mine in it, so why did you hand it over it?"
"But...mom..." He Jiawen's mouth sagged and he was about to cry.
He Jiali said disgustedly: "It's useless, I know how to cry."
Grandma He family glared at He Jiali: "Why do you say that to your sister?"
Then I went to comfort He Jiawen.
When He Changsheng got off work, he found that the atmosphere at home was not right, so he looked at his mother.
"Mom, is something happening at home?"
Grandma He family told the situation again. He Changsheng came to the inner room and opened the jar and saw that there was really a lot of malt sugar.
"When did the Qin family have this skill? The malt sugar produced is really good."
“It’s quite sweet.”
He Changsheng said tactfully: "At least you leave some for your child, Jiawen is crying."
"Hmph, I'm in confinement now, what's wrong with eating some maltose? If you have the ability to get me brown sugar."
He Changsheng had no choice: "Are I trying to figure out a solution? The main reason is that all the candy tickets in our family have been returned..."
These days, people with a shortage of avatars like candy are usually reluctant to eat at home, and they are used when they are urgently needed. If anyone lacks it, they will ask other people to borrow it and return it back.
Last time, Liu Meixin borrowed all the confinement period. She only paid it back recently. Now she has another third child, and she really can't get it.
"You have to give your child two pieces to satisfy your cravings. Besides, if it weren't for the child, you wouldn't be able to eat this maltose."
Only then did Liu Meixin reluctantly pick out two pieces for He Changsheng.
He Changsheng shook his head and took it out to coax his daughter. He Jiawen was so cool. Candy immediately stopped crying when he got into his mouth.
He Jiali was not satisfied: "I'll give me one piece in the jar."
"I gave her all the delicious food at home, it's unfair."
He Changsheng patted his eldest daughter on the back and comforted her softly: "Your mother just gave birth to a child and needs nutrition."
"You are the eldest sister in the family, and you should set an example and respect your elders. Looking back, I will see if there is any delicious food, so I will leave you a copy."
He Jiawen hurriedly interrupted when he heard this: "I want it too."
"Okay, one or two are all greedy cats, you have them too." He Changsheng was both angry and funny.
At the same time, Qin Hongqi was surprised when he was off work, looking at the large can of malt sugar.
"Is this really done by Haozi himself?"
"Otherwise, we can still buy it, how can we have so many sugar tickets in our house?"
Qin Hongqi was amazed: "When did Haozi learn to make maltose?"
"It's said that I went to school by reading books." Zhou Guilan said with emotion: "It's right for you to ask Haozi to go to school early. He is so smart, he must be a good source of study."
"Look, I just said that, I don't know who felt sorry for the tuition fee for one year before."
"The blind cat meets a dead mouse, why are you showing off? Let's prepare for dinner."
"Okay."
While having dinner, Qin Hao suddenly said.
"Dad, mom, the main cost of making maltose is wheat and glutinous rice. The cost is quite low. We can use it to exchange for something."
Zhou Guilan and Qin Hongqi's expression changed drastically when they heard this: "Son, don't do this, this is speculation."
Chapter completed!