Start with three days of hunger and nine meals, and become rich and tempting

Carpenter Tan's face fell. "I'll take charge of my sons' affairs. Stop worrying about what to do and just do it."

Seeing her husband's gloomy face, Gao didn't dare to argue any further, but she became more wary of Liu Siyu in her heart.

The days are short in winter and the sun sets early, so Wang prepares to store the dried fish.

I looked up and saw the brother and sister coming back.

"How's it going? Are all the boxes packed?"

Liu Sihan was filled with joy as she thought of the beautiful desk.

"Well, even my desk has been made. Carpenter Tan and his family are really proactive," he said with pride on his little face.

"You didn't see that Carpenter Tan now adores my sister."

Liu Siyu smiled and stretched out her hand to stir the glutinous rice in the winnowing basket.

"What's wrong? Did I not wash it well?" Wang hurriedly stepped forward.

Liu Siyu said: "Just clean them. We are going to grind them into powder for the New Year. I just want to see if they are dry."

Only then did Wang feel relieved.

"The glutinous rice is divided into two portions according to your request. One half is what you scraped, and the other half has been steamed."

When Liu Sihan heard that the rice was steamed, his eyes lit up.

"What day is today? Do you want to eat rice in the evening?"

Liu Siyu touched Sihan’s forehead lovingly.

"Little greedy cat, if you want to eat, I'll leave you a bowl. I'll make rice wine with the rest."

As he said this, he raised his foot to look at the glutinous rice, and Liu Sihan and Wang followed closely behind.

They are also curious about how rice wine is made.

Liu Siyu washed her hands, dried them with a cotton towel, and tested the temperature of the glutinous rice. It was still hot but not scalding, so it was a good time to make sweet rice wine.

"Mom, are all the jars dried?"

Wang smiled and took out the jar.

"When did I forget what you told me to do?"

Liu Sihan looked at the white and tender rice, and a faint fragrance of glutinous rice rushed into her nose.

I couldn't help but sniff hard a few times.

"Why do we need to put all this rice into jars?"

"Rice wine made in jars will be sweeter."

As Liu Siyu spoke, she had already rinsed the glutinous rice in cold boiled water.

Then sprinkle with wine yeast and glutinous rice and mix well.

Finally put it into the jar and flatten it.

Wang stared at it without blinking her eyes.

"Is this good?"

Liu Siyu picked up a clean rolling pin and found the middle to start.

"Almost. Just make another hole in the middle and seal the jar. The rest depends on time."

“Why drill a hole?”

Liu Sihan looked puzzled.

Liu Siyu smiled and explained patiently.

"One is to observe the juice yield of the wine, and the other is to cool the temperature in the middle."

“The most important thing is that the rice will accumulate very thickly in the jar, so the middle part will not be easily exposed to air.

The process of sweetening sweet rice wine actually requires oxygen. Digging a hole can allow the rice to better contact with air.

This is more conducive to fermentation, and it will not cause the rice in the middle to become sour due to the high temperature in the center during fermentation. "

Liu Siyu talked a lot incessantly.

Liu Sihan and Wang Shi only half understood what was said?

"What is oxygen?"

"The book also teaches people how to make rice wine?"

Liu Siyu then realized that she always said she read it in a book.

But her technique was so skillful and her explanation was so detailed that it was no wonder she aroused suspicion.

Start talking nonsense immediately.

"I forgot where I learned it. Maybe I saw someone do it in Qinghe County, or I read it in a book. It's more likely that I dreamed about it."

Wang's puzzled eyes wandered over Liu Siyu.

He said in a hesitant tone: "Why do I feel like you've changed a lot recently, like two different people from before."

Liu Siyu turned around pretending to be surprised.

"Really? Do you think I have an extra arm or a missing leg?"

"I was hurt so deeply by Zhang Zhiyuan, can't I change a little? Now I am not a traitor and I can provide food and drink for my family. Isn't that good?"

Wang smiled awkwardly, "I was just saying it casually, why are you angry?"

Liu Sihan also hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Sister, I like your changes, but you have become so amazing all of a sudden, and I still can't adapt to it."

Only then did Liu Siyu smile.

"Sihan is still the best. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to check on the fermented bean curd. It's cold so I warmed it up a bit. I wonder if the white hair has grown back."

When it comes to fermented tofu, Wang is even more enthusiastic than her.

"I secretly took a look this afternoon. It has grown a lot of white hair. It's almost the same as yours last time."

"is it?"

Liu Siyu happily ran into the room and brought out the fermented bean curd.

Sure enough, the white hair has grown back.

"Mom, go and prepare the food for me. I want to put the fermented bean curd into jars tonight so that I can eat it in a few days."

Wang hesitated slightly.

"If we make it now, will it go bad after the New Year?"

Liu Siyu rolled her eyes at her.

"You are stupid. It's so cold. It won't go bad even if you keep it for another month, let alone after the New Year."

The sun rose and the moon set, and as soon as it got light Wang packed up everything and went out.

Liu Siyu was a little curious.

"Sihan, do you know what mom has been doing?"

Liu Sihan shook his head.

"Mother only said she was going to town, she didn't say anything else."

Liu Siyu frowned. The family had almost finished buying the New Year’s goods.

Even if Wang wanted to buy something, she should have told them. She kept it so secretive. Nothing unexpected would happen.

The hateful face of Old Mrs. Qiao suddenly appeared in my mind.

I secretly wondered, could it be that Wang had returned to her parents' home?

After absentmindedly packing up breakfast, I started preparing rice candy.

Seeing her sister's worried look, Liu Sihan asked curiously, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Siyu stared at Liu Sihan for a long time, until Liu Sihan felt uneasy, then she said, "Can I believe you?"

Liu Sihan didn’t know what her sister was thinking, she just nodded vigorously.

"I certainly won't lie to you."

"Okay," Liu Siyu retracted her gaze.

"Then tell me, did your mother go to see your grandmother?"

Liu Sihan's face froze.

"Sister, you definitely can't. Grandma didn't get any advantage here last time. If mom comes over now, she will probably be scolded badly."

Then a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Don't you believe mother?"

Liu Siyu remained silent. Wang had been exploited by that family for more than twenty years, and many habits had become natural.

Although Liu Sihan said that he completely trusted Wang, he was still a little worried in his heart.

He was also afraid that his mother would do something stupid. Once she did that, it would touch his sister's bottom line and their relationship would become tense again.

Liu Sihan lit the fire carefully.

Liu Siyu was frying rice seriously and had a plan in mind.

If Wang really couldn't bring herself to do it, she would completely cut off ties with this family after she got married.

As for Liu Sihan, since he had a talent for studying, we supported him for a few years.

If he has no talent, just stay at home. When you can take control of the family, I will teach him how to do business.

After the glutinous rice was fried, it was placed in a winnowing basket. Liu Siyu cleaned the pot and started to melt the sugar.

Liu Sihan saw that his sister was busy with her work with her head down and had no intention of paying any attention to him.

His lips moved a few times, but he didn't know where to start.

When I looked up, I saw a person standing at the kitchen door.