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Liu Fugui sighed.

"My parents passed away a few years ago. I had no money for their burial, so I borrowed some money. Later, I sold the family property, leaving only these three tiled houses."

"I have been away from the village for six or seven years. If I run for village chief, I am afraid the villagers will not accept it."

"Then there is the situation at my home..."

When Liu Fugui said this, there was a glimmer of pain in his eyes.

"I'm already in my early 30s, but I only have two daughters. The clan has asked me to divorce my stepmother and marry another one many times."

Liu Siyu's eyebrows were furrowed when she heard this. If the first thing affected his election as village chief, the second thing was someone else's family affair and had nothing to do with the election as village chief.

She really didn't understand why a girl couldn't be the village chief?

"why?"

"Oh," Liu Fugui sighed.

"I am the only son. If I don't have a son to inherit the family line, my family will be wiped out in the future. To elect a village chief, we must first get the approval of the clan leader."

"For someone like me who is waiting to be wiped out, not only the clan leader, but even the villagers would not accept it."

When Liu Fugui said this, he heard a clang behind him.

The two turned around and saw the sugar water shattered all over the floor. Wan Niang's eyes were full of tears, and she stared at Liu Fugui helplessly.

Liu Siyu watched this scene and also wanted to test Liu Fugui's character.

"This is really a pity. Do you want to… for your future…"

"Absolutely impossible," Liu Fugui interrupted Liu Siyu before she could finish her words.

"I went out to make a living with no money. When I was about to starve to death, it was my stepmother who saved me. Not to mention she gave birth to two daughters for me. Even if I had no children in my life, I would never do such a heartless thing."

Liu Siyu nodded secretly.

Liu Fugui is still a kind-hearted person.

He had already made up his mind to nominate Liu Fugui, but he did not show it on his face. He chatted for a few more minutes and then left.

When I returned to the yard, I saw that Wang had picked a lot of jelly fruits and was laying them out on the bamboo mat to dry.

Liu Siyu rubbed the ones she picked first with her hands, and they were almost done.

He moved a stool and started to peel the seeds, with Wang's help. In the afternoon, they had peeled a lot of seeds.

Liu Siyu felt pain in her waist after sitting for a long time, so she stood up, straightened her back and started to get busy again.

First, wash the seeds clean, wrap them in gauze and soak them in water, then start rubbing them after about 10 minutes.

Layers of pectin squeeze out from the gauze, it is sticky, and when you scrub it out of water, it will produce a lot of foam.

In order to reduce foam, Liu Siyu was very careful and kept the gauze and hands soaked in water as much as possible.

Wang also washed carefully like Liu Siyu did.

It is done only when the basin is filled with sticky pectin.

Pour the lime water prepared in advance and stir evenly, and the first basin is ready.

Liu Siyu looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had already set.

He stood up and pounded his aching waist.

"Mom, go make dinner. I'll cook the remaining pot."

Wang looked at the pot of sticky and slippery pectin with great curiosity.

“Can this be delicious?”

Liu Siyu gently smoothed a basin of pectin and said expectantly, "You'll know in a while."

Wang walked into the kitchen half-believingly, and Liu Siyu began to scrub the second basin and move the finished ones into the ice cellar.

They had noodles for dinner, and there were three or four dishes on the table. Now that life was better, Wang was not as stingy as before.

As long as Liu Siyu is at home, there are always eggs and meat on the table.

Liu Siyu picked up an egg with chopsticks and joked with a smile.

"I found that my mother is much more generous than before. There are both meat and vegetables on the table. This is how people should live."

Wang glared at her and said, "I'm not a miser by nature. Besides, you are the eldest daughter of our family. No one can let you down."

As he said this, he picked up a portion of green pepper and lean meat with chopsticks and put it into Liu Siyu's bowl.

"Eat more. I finally gained some weight. I went on a long trip and lost a lot of weight. A girl still looks good with some meat on her body."

Liu Siyu felt warm in her heart, as if she had returned to her previous life, feeling the care from her father.

After dinner, Liu Siyu secretly took out the ice jelly, touched the precipitated pectin, which had already solidified, and then carefully cut it into pieces with a kitchen knife.

The bouncy ice jelly is placed in a coarse porcelain bowl, with some diced fruit on top. To enhance the taste, some sugar water is added.

These are all we have at home right now, so we have to make do with what we have.

Liu Siyu couldn't wait to take a bite. Although it wasn't as delicious as the ice jelly she had in her previous life, she still felt satisfied.

The reason why the taste is bad is because there are not enough ingredients. If you add milk, dried fruit pulp, crushed peanuts, etc., the taste will definitely be different.

Thinking of this, he handed the other bowl to Wang.

"You can try it too..."

Wang took a bite and was instantly stunned.

"How can grass seeds be made into something so delicious?"

"Do you think it tastes good?"

"Hmm," Wang nodded and took another bite.

"It's cool and smooth, and the sugar syrup makes it extra sweet. The plums on top are sweet and sour, perfect for summer."

After hearing what Wang said, Liu Siyu became more confident about ice jelly.

The next morning, we found Manager Han.

The restaurant used the existing milk, crushed peanuts and raisins, added some diced fruit, and the ice jelly was also kept in the ice cellar in advance.

When a bowl of cool, sweet and refreshing ice jelly was placed in front of Shopkeeper Han.

A hint of excitement appeared on Manager Han's ever-changing smiling face.

Liu Siyu saw him holding the spoon with excitement on his face, just like a child seeing his favorite food.

I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Try it and see how it tastes."

Han Dongyi was also watching eagerly from the side.

Shopkeeper Han scooped a spoonful under the gaze of the two people.

The moment the icy cold ice jelly entered his mouth, Shopkeeper Han's eyes lit up.

"What is this made of? Why does it taste so cold?"

Liu Siyu laughed secretly in her heart. Of course, the purpose of eating ice jelly is to be cold. She had already frozen it in the ice cellar. Only in this way would it taste better.

But the ice cellar is her biggest secret, so it naturally cannot be exposed.

However, she had already thought of an excuse before coming.

That's the simple ice-making method.

The lime in the corners of the wall can be made into saltpeter, which can freeze water into ice.

Of course, this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the amount of ice that can be frozen each day is very limited.

However, this was the only thing she could think of.

Han Dongyi listened with curiosity, "Can that really be made into ice?"

Liu Siyu nodded affirmatively, "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can try it."

"Why haven't I heard you say that before?"

Han Dongyi continued to ask.

Liu Siyu was too lazy to argue with him about these things and looked at Manager Han.

"Manager Han, what do you think of this ice jelly?"

Shopkeeper Han nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, but there is a problem now. You said that this thing needs to be kept frozen all the time. I have ice cellars in all three restaurants, so this is not a problem."

"The difficulty is that you are the only one, how are you going to shuttle back and forth between the three restaurants?"