I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

Just after lunch, the servant came again in a carriage, carrying a wooden box for popcorn for the next day, peppers and milk for Xu Congyi. The milk weighed 50 kilograms, and the servant drove the carriage carefully for fear of spilling it, so he set out early today. Hunter Xu helped the servant carry the milk down, and Xu Congyi was very surprised. She thought that milk in this era should be very precious, and it would take a long time to buy so much milk. Unexpectedly, she said yesterday that it would be delivered today.

"Is it so easy to buy milk?" Xu Congyi couldn't help but ask. She had previously told Tang Wenhao that the high price of popcorn was due to the sugar and oil extracted from milk. If buying milk was so easy, she would have to come up with another excuse.

“No, no,” the servant denied. “Milk is very rare. It’s just that my young master’s pastry shop wants to make the pastries taste better than others, so we have to add milk. So in order to have a long-term supply of milk, the young master and the foreigners bought a lot of black and white spotted cows. These spotted cows are amazing and produce a lot of milk. You can’t buy this from outside!”

As expected, it was Tang Wenhao's "money ability". Xu Congyi's mouth twitched subconsciously, "How much is this milk? I'll give you money." Xu Congyi thought that this milk must be not cheap. If it was too expensive and she couldn't afford it, he would just deduct it from her share.

"Miss Xu, the young master has said that this milk is free, as it is our family's property and is for our own use, so you can take as much as you want," the servant replied Xu Congyi politely.

"Okay then," Xu Congyi did not refuse anymore. If she could make it, it would be enough just this once. Her goal was just to make butter.

After helping the servant deliver the popcorn to the carriage, Xu Congyi went into the bedroom, intending to look for detailed methods of making homemade butter in the space.

After entering the space, Xu Congyi found the tablet. There was only a Taobao app on the tablet, so everything had to be bought from Taobao. Xu Congyi carefully selected and bought a book on homemade baking ingredients. When he opened it, he found that there was a method to make butter using only milk.

After leaving the space, Xu Congyi found rice paper and a brush and wrote the recipe on the paper. She had never made it before, so she could take a look at it if she forgot the steps. She didn't dare to take the book directly into the kitchen. Sometimes her family would come into the kitchen, and if they saw a book that was obviously not in line with this era, they would definitely ask questions. In order to avoid trouble, she just copied it by hand.

With the copied recipe, Xu Congyi left the bedroom. She planned to make some to try. The milk sent by Tang Wenhao weighed fifty kilograms, so she would just make half. There was a banquet in the next village today. Hunter Xu went to the next village to help with the pig slaughter and was not at home. To make butter, you need an egg beater. Xu Congyi planned to split the bamboo to make a simple egg beater, which would also be convenient for beating. Xu Congyi told her grandfather what she wanted to make. Old man Xu was also a man of action. After a while, he made two for Xu Congyi to use first. He even polished the handles considerately, fearing that his precious granddaughter would feel uncomfortable holding them.

When everything was ready, they began to try to make butter. Twenty-five pounds of milk were poured into the pot, and Old Man Xu helped his granddaughter to light the fire. The milk was boiled over medium and low heat until it boiled. During the process, it needed to be stirred all the time, otherwise the pot would easily get stuck, and the butter made would not have the pure milk flavor. It was boiled for about ten minutes, and then the milk was completely boiled, and then it was boiled for a while. The milk here was very fresh and not sterilized, so it needed to be boiled at high temperature to sterilize it, otherwise eating it might cause diarrhea.

There is no need to scoop out the cooked milk. Just turn off the fire and let it cool to room temperature and transfer it to the warehouse. Xu Congyi specially chose a large pot that could be taken down from the stove and carried over together with the pot. Xu Congyi covered the pot with a lid, and according to the temperature in the warehouse, he left it for the night to make butter.

Just after putting the pot into the warehouse, Hunter Xu came back with a set of cleaned pig offal and clean dishes packed by the host. It was funny to say that the Xu family basically didn't eat pig offal before, but now with Xu Congyi around, they miss it after not eating it for a while. Xu Congyi stewed the pig offal directly, and baked some pancakes with dough in the evening, which was a very good meal with the braised pig offal and the dishes packed back.

After dinner, Xu Congyi asked his father to bring out the milk from the warehouse. It was cold now and the temperature in the warehouse was low, just like a refrigerator. When he took the milk out, he saw that the milk in the pot had formed a thick layer of milk skin. Because it was fresh milk and not processed like modern milk, it was rich in fat and must have tasted very mellow.

Scoop the thick milk skin into the basin, and the bamboo egg whip that Old Man Xu made in the afternoon comes in handy. Use your hands to beat it in one direction. This hard work is given to Hunter Xu. Hunter Xu has strong hands. After a while, the milk and fat in the basin are separated, and it becomes like tofu dregs. Then pour them all into the gauze and squeeze out the water. The temperature is low at night, so tie the gauze with a rope and hang it up. By tomorrow morning, the water in the butter will be completely separated, and there is no need to worry about the butter melting. The remaining milk is what modern people often call skim milk. Cover the pot and take it back to the kitchen. You can save it for tomorrow morning.

Thanks to Xu Congyi, the whole family drank milk in the morning for the first time. Although it was skimmed and lost due to evaporation, there were still about 20 kilograms of milk left. Each family member drank two large bowls and there were still about 10 kilograms left. Moreover, there were still 20 kilograms of milk that had not been processed. For the first time, the Xu family felt what "milk anxiety" was. Although it was sent by Tang Wenhao, milk was very precious after all. It would be a pity if it went bad if it could not be finished.

After breakfast, Xu Congyi walked to the yard and carefully took the butter from the hook. She gently broke off a small piece with her fingers and put it in her mouth to taste. The rich milky aroma instantly melted in her mouth, and the taste was even more delicious than the butter she bought from the space. Xu Congyi was very happy. She asked her grandmother to help her weigh the butter. Grandma weighed it with a weighing tool and found that 25 kilograms of milk actually made 3 kilograms of butter. This ratio surprised Xu Congyi. She planned to try making popcorn with this homemade butter today.

As for the remaining skim milk, Xu Congyi planned to make some fried milk to eat. When the servant took away the popcorn in the afternoon, he asked him to take some to Tang Wenhao as well. It happened that there was freshly made starch at home, which could come in handy.