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

Xu Congyi stood blankly in the kitchen, totally at a loss as to where to start. She scratched her head and had no idea for the time being. After thinking for a while, Xu Congyi decided to make hawthorn water first. This drink tastes better when it is cooled, and it is just right to drink it at dinner time.

The method of making hawthorn water is very simple and only requires three ingredients: hawthorn, water and sugar.

These hawthorns are wild and taste very sour. If you want that sweet and sour taste, you need to add a lot of sugar to blend it. But fortunately, there is no shortage of sugar at home now, and there is still a lot of sugar stored in the warehouse.

First, pick the hawthorns. Each hawthorn is plump and bright, exuding a faint fragrance. There are hawthorns washed by Xu Congyi in the yard. When she was about to remove the seeds, Xu's mother and Li Dahahua took over. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat in the yard and removed the heads and tails of the hawthorns according to Xu Congyi's requirements. They used chopsticks to poke them to remove the seeds, wash them clean, and then rinse them with water.

Speaking of hawthorn water, it is an extremely beautiful memory in the hearts of Xu Congyi and her grandmother. When Xu Congyi was a child, there was no school in the village, and she had to go to school in the town every day. At that time, some children would bring drinks to school. After all, she was still a child, and occasionally she would stare at the drinks in other children's hands with envy. Grandma would pick her up from school every day. When grandma saw her staring at other people's drinks, she would understand her little thoughts and know that she wanted it too. However, when grandma offered to buy it for her, she shook her head sensibly and said no. Grandma felt sorry for her granddaughter, and in order to fulfill her little wish, she took her to the mountains to find wild hawthorns. They walked through the mountains together, and grandma carefully held her hand to help her avoid the rugged mountain roads and thorns. When she found the hawthorn tree, grandma would smile and encourage her to pick it.

After returning home, grandma would carefully wash the hawthorns and then boil them into sweet and sour hawthorn water. During the boiling process, grandma would gently stir the water to fully release the flavor of the hawthorns. The light fragrance filled the whole house, and grandma would put the boiled hawthorn water into her water bottle and let her take it to school. Every time Xu Congyi drank the hawthorn water boiled by grandma, she could feel her grandma's deep love for her. It was not just a bottle of drink, but also her grandma's care and love for her. This special gift allowed her to have her own drink at school, and this warm memory will always remain in her heart.

Thinking back to this, Xu Congyi smiled slightly. She turned her head and saw Xu's mother chatting with her daughter-in-law while processing hawthorns in the yard. She couldn't help but keep her eyes on Xu's mother's face until Xu's mother felt that her precious granddaughter was staring at her. She put down the hawthorns in her hand and asked Xu Congyi what was wrong. Only then did Xu Congyi come to his senses.

"Nothing, grandma. I was thinking about adding something to the hawthorn water to make it taste better!"

Only then did Xu's mother feel relieved and continued to remove the seeds from the hawthorn.

"grandmother!"

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just wanted to call you."

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After all the hawthorns are processed, just put them in a pot with cold water and boil them. Turn off the heat when the skin of the hawthorns cracks. The temperature in the pot is still very high at this time, so put the sugar in. Xu Congyi put a lot of sugar in until it tastes less sour and difficult to eat. The sweetness will increase after it cools down. If it tastes just right when it is hot, the sweetness will be greater than the sourness when it cools down. Hawthorn water should be a little sour to taste good.

The hawthorn water was made in a pot that could be moved down from the stove, so when it was no longer hot, Hunter Xu took the pot to the warehouse as his beloved daughter requested, so that it could be cooled down by dinner time.

After hesitating for a long time about what to do in the evening, Li Dahua was just about to go into the house to make a bowl of dough to steam buns. So, let's make vegetarian dough pies! Isn't it great to pair vegetarian pies with egg soup and cold rabbit? As for why I didn't make meat pies, firstly, my family's conditions have improved. I can eat meat every day in the past few days when I built a rabbit house, so I don't crave meat anymore. Secondly, dough and vegetarian fillings are both easy to digest, and they can be neutralized by cold rabbit, which is not easy to digest.

The filling of the vegetarian pie is made from local ingredients, which is cabbage, carrots and eggs mixed together. The vermicelli is broken into pieces, soaked in water for a while and then put into the filling. It would be better if there were dried shrimp skins or something like that, but it would be equally delicious without it.

Li Dahua was better at making pasta, so the vegetarian pies were handed over to her mother. Xu's mother was baking pies nearby, and Xu Congyi was no longer needed in the kitchen, so she went out to find something to do for herself. While no one was in the house and everyone was busy in the kitchen, Xu Congyi closed the door of the warehouse and bolted it, then slipped into the space, and then bought a sealed glass jar and two white porcelain jars from the space and took them out, and put the already cooled hawthorn water into the refrigerator in the space, so that when she wanted to drink it in the space, she could drink iced hawthorn water. The porcelain jar was prepared for Tang Wenhao. There were no glass products in this era, so she bought a porcelain jar, and also put a portion of cold rabbit in the refrigerator waiting for Tang Wenhao to take it back. There was no need to worry about the shelf life of the things in the space, because they would not go bad, so there was no need to rush to drink them, and they could drink them whenever they wanted.

After putting the hawthorn juice in the refrigerator, Xu Congyi hurried out of the space. After all, she was in the warehouse, not her own room, and she was still a little worried about being discovered.

As soon as they came out of the warehouse and closed the door, the two brothers Xu Congwen and Xu Cong'an came back from school. Xu Cong'an was so excited that he threw his backpack on the stone table and ran to the kitchen. He threw it too quickly and the backpack fell to the ground as soon as he turned around. Xu Congwen behind him shook his head helplessly, bent down to pick up his brother's schoolbag, patted the dirt and put it back on the table. Xu Cong walked to his eldest brother's side, and the brother and sister smiled at each other.

"I'm done with school! What delicious food did you make tonight? Let me have a taste!"

Xu Cong'an successfully launched himself to the kitchen stove like a missile, but saw that his grandmother and mother were not cooking, but making pies. Upon closer inspection, they were vegetarian pies. Xu Cong'an's smiling face, which was as bright as a flower, suddenly fell.

"Grandma, Mom, didn't we say we'd make rabbit for dinner today? Why are there only vegetarian pies?"

Xu Congwen looked around the kitchen and lifted the lids of the two pots on the floor. Both were empty. He couldn't help but sound a little disappointed.

Li Dahua couldn't help scolding her second son in her heart, "You little brat, what's with that expression? Aren't the pies your mother baked fragrant enough?" But she didn't say it out loud. In fact, it would be useless even if she said it out loud. Xu Congan's answer would definitely be, "Of course not as fragrant as rabbits!"

"It's done," seeing her grandson's disappointed face, Xu's mother spoke up, "Cong'an, bring the bowls and chopsticks into the house. When your grandfather and father come back, we can have dinner."

"Okay!" Upon hearing that his sister had made a rabbit, Xu Cong'an's mood immediately changed from cloudy to sunny, and he happily went to get the dishes and chopsticks.

Xu Congyi followed behind and teased his second brother intentionally, "Brother, I'm sorry, I ruined the rabbit and it doesn't taste good, so I threw it away."

"Ah!" Xu Cong'an's face fell again, and his face turned from sunny to cloudy. "Why did it fall over? Even if it's done badly, it's still meat. Wouldn't it be a bit of a waste if it fell over..." His voice became smaller and smaller. At the end he sighed, but turned around to comfort Xu Congyi again, "It's okay, sister. Failure is the experience of success. You will definitely get it right next time. After all, you are so smart. I believe in you!"

Xu Congyi burst out laughing, "Brother, I was just kidding. I made a very very very delicious rabbit. You can have it for dinner!"

Xu Cong'an's mood was up and down today as the cloudy sky turned sunny again. However, he felt it was all worth it as he could eat delicious rabbit.