Chapter 21 Food made with soybeans
The rouge rice in the fields is growing well, so there is no need to observe the growth every day. After seeing large pieces of soybeans grown in the rice fields, Wei Xi came up with an idea.
After two days of idleness in the village, Wei Xi started to act.
First, he drew a structure diagram of a stone mill and asked Lai Fugui to find a craftsman who could use stone carvings.
When the craftsman came, he had a detailed structure diagram of the stone mill and Wei Xi explained it. In less than three days, a small and simple stone mill was made.
Fu Yuheng tried to turn the mill on it a few times and looked at his little daughter with a smile, "What strange thing did Xier think of again?"
Wei Xi was taking Xiaoqi and Madam Rong and others to pick beans and replied casually: "Prepare to make seeds and food."
"Oh," Fu Yuheng looked at the big basket of round beans selected on the ground, and then looked at the stone mill under his hands. "Could this food be made of beans? Could this stone mill be used to grind beans?"
Wei Xi praised him for being so smart.”
Fu Yuheng smiled with his eyebrows and eyes.
I finally picked the beans in the evening and soaked them in a pot. Because it is summer now, it can be soaked lighter.
The next morning, Wei Xi washed up and had no time to drink water, so he went to her workshop that was temporarily released next door, took out a bean from the basin and squeezed it.
Xiaoqi followed with a glass of water and saw Wei Xi's actions, "Miss Second, have the beans been soaked?"
"It's almost done," Wei Xi drank all the water in the cup, "you can start grinding beans after breakfast."
Before leaving the table at the breakfast table, Dong Xueqing called Wei Xi who was about to leave, "I heard that Wei Er's sister was going to use soybeans to make a new food. Xueqing was curious, and I wonder if she could watch?"
Wei Xi paused slightly, "If you want to come, come." He said that, he took her mother's hand and walked out.
Dong Xueqing's face froze, and she bit her lip and chased after her.
Everything in the workroom is in order.
Xiaoqi and his servants followed Wei Xi's instructions and cleaned the stone mill carefully three times. The clean wooden barrel was placed beside the wall, half filled with water.
The soaked beans are also filtered off and clean water is placed next to the stone mill.
The filter cloth has also been set up, and the brand new wooden racks are neatly placed on the cabinet.
Another part of the house even added a simple stove.
Standing in the middle of the house, looking around, although it was a bit crowded, it was still in order.
But Fu Yuheng, Dong Xueqing and the servants, who didn't know what Wei Xi was going to do, looked confused.
Wei Xi had already walked to the stone mill now, and Xiaoqi quickly let him go aside and stared at his lady's movements.
The lady said, she had to watch it carefully, let her use the stone mill later
The little maid who was given the heavy responsibility had a straight back and could not be more serious.
Wei Xi scooped a spoonful of beans and poured them into the feed hole on the mill, added another spoonful of water, and began to shake the handle. Soon, the slurry outlet on the grinding plate below began to slowly drip milky white juice.
After doing it several times, Wei Xi stopped and looked at Xiao Qi, "Have you learned it by doing this?"
Xiaoqi nodded.
Wei Xi took a step back and gave the place to her, "Shake it at this speed so that the juice will be evenly returned. If you are tired of shaking, take a break."
Xiao Qi was just when his hands were about to move. He shook his head suddenly when he heard this, "Xiao Qi will not be tired."
Wei Xi smiled faintly and said nothing.
Xiaoqi, who had learned martial arts, was much more powerful than Wei Xi. In a short while, a bucket of juice filled.
Wei Xi ordered the two servants to lift the bucket before the filter cloth to start filtering.
After the several buckets of juice were filtered, add water to the pot and start cooking.
As soon as the fire was burned, the workshop immediately began to heat up, and the ice cubes placed in the corner of the house quickly turned into water. Dong Xueqing was the first to be unable to stand it and retreated first.
After a while, Fu Yuheng also took Wei Xi's hand and retreated, and at the same time ordered Madam Rong, "Pick up some more ice cubes and put them in."
When the people inside came out to report that the juice in the pot had boiled for three times, Wei Xi just went in. Looking at the milky white soy milk in the pot, he couldn't help but bend his eyebrows and eyes, "Get the bowl."
After serving three bowls of soy milk and adding some honey, Wei Xi took a sip in the bowl, and his eyebrows and eyes stretched out.
Fu Yuheng also tried to take a sip with his daughter, and looked stunned. Then he finished a bowl of it in a few sips, "Another bowl."
Dong Xueqing saw Wei Xi and Fu Yuheng drinking, then took a sip with a spoon, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes.
The entrance is smooth, the beans are rich in fragrance, and there is a hint of sweetness that seems to be there or there is nothing, which makes it surprisingly delicious.
Wei Xi specially scooped out a bucket of soy milk and told Madam Rong to hang it into the well, "It's hot now, and it's just right for you to drink iced soy milk. Now I'll work hard for everyone. When I finish my work, I'll have a bowl of it."
Everyone was stunned at first, then they were happy again, and they all shouted respectfully: "Thank you, Miss Second."
Just looking at the expressions of the wife and the two ladies, you can tell that the soy milk must be very delicious. Unexpectedly, even they had a portion, and everyone worked more actively for a while.
When the temperature of the soy milk in the pot dropped, Wei Xi got up and took out the homemade salt brine jar from the cabinet beside him, walked to the edge of the pot, and scooped the brine with a spoon and slowly dripped in, stirring occasionally.
Fu Yuheng didn't have time to stop it. When he wanted to stop it, he saw Wei Xi's serious look on his face, so he had to quietly walk over to protect the person in case his little daughter was accidentally burned.
I glanced into the pot inadvertently and saw that there were white flowers blooming in the pot at some point, "What's going on?"
After looking for a while, her eyes fell on the slowly dripping water in the spoon in Wei Xi's hand, thinking about something.
When Wei Xi took back her hand and left the edge of the pot, Fu Yuheng pointed to the brine jar in her hand, "Xi'er, what is this? Is this kind of thing that makes the soy milk change?"
"Well, this is brine." Wei Xi nodded, "This thing can separate the soy milk from the water in the pot, and at the same time let the soy milk solidify into blocks."
"So amazing?" Fu Yuheng raised his eyebrows and looked at the jar with curiosity, "What is this made of?"
"Salt. Salt is placed in a humid place and melts the dripping water." Wei Xi said as he raised his eyes and glanced at the surroundings full of curious eyes. His heart jumped and he hurriedly reminded him, "But this thing cannot be eaten, it is poisonous."
When they heard it was poisonous, everyone's curiosity disappeared.
But the most nervous one is Fu Yuheng.
Mrs. Wei, who has always been good-tempered, rarely turned cold, "You still hold it if it's poisonous, put it back quickly."
Wei Xi: "······"
I knew it would be like this.
After she put the jar back, Dong Xueqing frowned at her, "Sister Wei Er, since this brine is poisonous, then drop them in this soy milk..."
Wei Xi glanced at her: "Although salt is poisonous, it is tiny but not hindered. Don't worry, you won't kill anyone."
Dong Xueqing couldn't speak anymore.
Wei Xi didn't care about her, she was busy with her own things. After all, compared to delicious and healthy foods like tofu, the little toxins of salt can be ignored.
At least, she didn't know that anyone would be poisoned to death because of eating tofu.
Seeing that the soy milk in the pot had been completely condensed into tofu, Wei Xi hurriedly ordered someone to take the tofu press mold, lay gauze, take out the tofu, put it on the mold, cover it with gauze, press it on the board, and press it on the board, and put it in a cool place.
After all these things were done, Fu Yuheng took the time to ask, "What are Xier going to do?"
"Make tofu, and you will see it in half an hour. Let's eat this at noon."
"Okay, that mom is waiting."
During the half hour of waiting, everyone took the soy milk hanging in the well and each person in the room was divided into a large bowl.
Everyone was satisfied with drinking it. Even if they didn't add honey, it was a rare and delicious food, and it was also novel.
After drinking iced soy milk, everyone washed their hands and started a new round of busyness.
However, compared to being confused at the beginning of not knowing what to do, this can be said to be full of energy.
Chapter completed!