A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

My son studied very hard, but he accidentally caught a cold while reading by lamplight at night and was always coughing.

The last time I went home from vacation, I asked a doctor to prescribe some medicine. Although my cold was mostly cured, my cough kept lingering and was not completely healed.

Chen Yuebing thought that loquat could relieve cough and reduce phlegm, so the canned loquats she made would be perfect to send some to him so that he could eat them slowly.

Thinking of this, he asked if they could spare some canned food for him to take back.

After Leng Yan found out, he thought for a while and said, "Even if it's just a cough, canned loquat is not as good as loquat paste.

But the loquat paste is not ready yet, I will make a can of it when I go back tonight and send it to the academy."

Chen Yuebing was puzzled when he heard this: "What is loquat paste?"

"It's loquat juice, but loquat paste tastes better than loquat juice. You can just add water and drink it."

Leng Yan reacted and realized that the loquat paste at this time was called loquat dew, and the preparation method of loquat dew was more complicated, and various Chinese medicinal materials and loquat leaves had to be added. The taste was not very good and it tasted more like a single medicine.

The loquat paste that Leng Yan wants to make is simple to make. It mainly consists of loquat pulp, honey and rock sugar. It tastes good too and can usually be drunk as tea by mixing it with water.

When they heard that loquat paste tasted good, they all became interested, especially Leng Jiaren and her brother. They usually didn't like to drink the bitter traditional Chinese medicine, but if it was a sweet drink that could cure diseases and taste good, they would definitely try it to see how salty it was.

"Sister, I want some too. Please make me a jar of loquat paste so I can drink it when I get sick and cough."

"Yes, yes, yes. I want one too."

"You two kids are really..."

Chen Yueshu was listening from the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and she kept scolding her children for being greedy and quarreling and hoping to get sick.

As they were laughing and joking, Zhao Jingsheng knocked on the door and came in. Then they exchanged pleasantries and chatted for a while, and after they agreed on some things, they went their separate ways.

After returning home, Leng Yan took the loquats she brought back to the small kitchen, preparing to make loquat paste.

Leng Su followed and helped, peeling and cored the loquats, then adding rock sugar and honey in proportion and boiling them. During the process, she had to stir the mixture and keep an eye on the heat, which was very time-consuming and laborious.

Leng Yan had been busy all day, and Leng Su felt sorry for his niece, so he let her go back to her room to rest while he stayed by the stove.

"Sister Yan, I'll take care of this. You can go back to sleep first."

Making loquat paste looks similar to making cherry jam. Leng Su watched from the side and probably knew most of it.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, aunt."

Leng Yan was indeed very tired after being busy all day. After giving detailed instructions on some matters needing attention, he yawned and went back to his room to wash up and go to bed.

The next morning, when Leng Yan got up, he felt that he had a very good sleep last night.

She stretched herself and felt refreshed all over.

"You're up." Leng Su smiled in the yard: "Sister-in-law just sent someone to call for dinner, let's go to the dining room."

Leng Yan saw the dark circles under her sister-in-law's eyes and realized that she didn't sleep well last night because she was making loquat paste, and she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

"Let's go. What are you doing?"

Leng Su looked at her with amusement, "The loquat paste is ready. It's here."

As she spoke, she shook the two jars in her hands and joked, "You are not tall to begin with, and as your sister-in-law, how can I let you stay up late?"

Leng Yan: ...

Well, I feel guilty for nothing.

While eating at the table, the family looked at the freshly baked loquat paste, and everyone was curious about what it tasted like.

So after the meal, Leng Yan made a few cups of warm water with loquat paste and let everyone taste it.

Loquat paste has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing away heat and reducing phlegm. It tastes good, like drinking sweet water.

"Well, this loquat paste is really good after drinking it. I feel my throat is much more comfortable."

Chen Yueshu looked at the water in the teacup and nodded.

"I'm lucky to know that studying in the academy is hard. If I can drink a cup of water mixed with loquat paste when my mouth is dry, I will feel much better."

There were exactly two cans of boiled loquat paste, so Chen Yueshu ordered someone to deliver the other unopened can of loquat paste to Chen Xingshi in the academy.

After dinner, the family dispersed and went about their own business. Leng Yan and Leng Su first went to the grocery store to check on the progress of the renovation, and then went to the workshop to monitor the progress of the canned food production.

More than ten days later, Leng Su received a reply from her uncle Leng Huai.

It is said that the batch of soap that Leng Yan wrote to order a few days ago is already on the way to Beijing, being delivered by Liu Tiezi and his son Liu Bangbang, and is estimated to arrive in another six or seven days.

When Leng Yan received the letter, she was in the workshop checking the fifth batch of fresh fruits sent from the south.