Fast-paced era: a warm and leisurely life

Everyone was bent over and working hard to cut the rice. The rice was soaked by the rain and the humidity was high. Firstly, it was very difficult to dry it, and secondly, it was very easy to mold and sprout.

Grain stations will not accept moldy or sprouted grains.

If it just sprouts, you can still eat it, but if it's moldy, you can only throw it away...

The food we were given was barely enough to last for a year, and if it got moldy, the whole family would have to starve!!!

There was no need to worry about moving forward and urging them to do so. Everyone just wished that the sickles in their hands could cut faster!!!

When the bell rang, everyone stopped working and collapsed on the ground.

After stopping, Gu Nuanyi's right hand couldn't stop shaking, and she didn't even have the strength to lift it up.

Gu Hongzhe strode towards Gu Nuanyi, sat beside her and rubbed her right hand: "You must be exhausted, go back and take a bath to relieve your fatigue later."

Gu Nuanyi said weakly: "I'm so tired! But we have harvested a lot of rice, so it's worth it even if we are exhausted."

Gu Hongzhe turned around and said, "Come on up, I'll carry you back. If you sit down any longer, you'll catch a cold!"

Gu Nuanyi no longer hesitated and lay directly on Gu Hongzhe's back.

Gu Hongzhe carried Gu Nuanyi on his back and walked towards home step by step

Aunt Guihua used the sickle in her hand to support herself and stood up: "Oh, I am an old woman now, I can only walk back by myself..."

"You, come on up, I'll carry you back too!"

"You? Forget it, don't hurt your waist."

"Hey, are you looking down on your old man? Then I will definitely let you see how powerful your old man is tonight..."

"Can you think of something serious all day long, old man?" Although Aunt Guihua said she disliked him, she still took the initiative to climb onto her man's back: "Oh, I also enjoy the feeling of being carried home~~~"

As soon as they walked home, Gu Nuanyi fell asleep on Gu Hongzhe's back.

Gu Hongzhe whispered, "Xiao Nuan, we're home. I'll go boil some water. Let's take a hot bath and have dinner before going to bed, okay?"

Gu Nuanyi wiped her face and said, "I fell asleep... I'll go back and boil some water for myself. You're soaked too, so go home and take a shower."

Gu Hongzhe looked at Gu Nuanyi's right hand with concern: "Your hand is so weak, I will burn it for you before I go back."

Gu Nuanyi clenched her fist, and her hand immediately began to cramp: "Hiss~~"

"Look at you, you are so stubborn!!!" Gu Hongzhe quickly gave Gu Nuanyi a massage to relax her

Gu Hongzhe boiled water for Gu Nuanyi before leaving: "I'll cook, come over and eat after you finish your bath."

"it is good!"

Gu Nuanyi used her left hand to laboriously untie her wet clothes, took out the spiritual spring water from the space and added it into the bathtub, just enough to add cold water.

As soon as I soaked in the water, my entire right hand was wrapped in a warm current, and the stiffness gradually faded away.

It was so comfortable that I almost fell asleep in the bathtub.

It rained almost every day afterwards, so everyone had to rush to harvest the crops, otherwise they would rot in the fields...

In just 5 days, Gu Nuanyi lost a lot of weight

Then we need to find a way to dry the food.

Fortunately, after two days of rain, a sunny day came.

Gu Qianjin quickly asked people to move the grain out to dry in the sun.

But God likes to play jokes on you. After giving you half a day of sunshine, it starts to rain again...

The grain could not be dried, and Gu Qianjin was so worried that several of his hair turned white.

Finally, the grain was dried until the last day of grain payment.

Gu Qianjin quickly organized people to weigh and bag the grain and transport it to the grain station.

I thought it was the last day and there shouldn't be many people queuing up, but it turned out to be the same as last year, with a long line.

Gu Zhigao ran to the front to take a look and came back to say: "The food that several teams had handed in before was too wet, so they took it back and dried it again."

“It’s not been easy for everyone this year…”

The people at the grain station are also most afraid of rain during the autumn harvest, which will increase their workload a lot.

Fortunately, this year's public grain was delivered smoothly. Gu Qianjin touched his forehead and said, "I can finally sleep peacefully tonight..."

The ones used to pay the public grain were selected from the best, and the sprouts were naturally kept in their own brigade.

When the grain was distributed, every family was given some sprouted rice.

Gu Nuanyi quickly poured the sprouted rice from the cloth bag onto a winnowing basket to dry in the sun. The rice that had just sprouted a little bit could be eaten, but the taste was not as good. If the sprouts grew more, it would be even more inedible because the shells could no longer be peeled off.

So when the rice just sprouts, it must be dried quickly.

Gu Nuanyi looked at the sprouting rice and suddenly thought of maltose.

Maltose Maltose, as the name suggests, is made from malt

Gu Nuanyi is not short of food, so it is still possible to use some wheat to make maltose.

So I went to the cellar and took out a small pot of wheat. I soaked the wheat in warm water and spread it on a dustpan covered with gauze. Then I covered it with a lid and waited for it to germinate.

Seeing Gu Nuanyi guarding a large round dustpan every day, she had to spread the water three or four times a day, Gu Hongzhe asked curiously, "Xiao Nuan, what are you doing?"

"I'm letting the wheat germinate so I can make maltose!"

"Can we do that with sprouted rice?"

Gu Nuanyi shook her head: "Not really. The starch in rice is not as much as that in wheat, and the rice won't taste as good as wheat. But after husking the rice, you can make rice candy, which is also delicious."

"Then I'll bring some wheat over, and we can make maltose together, okay?"

"No need, I make a lot here, I'll just give you a can when the time comes."

After four days, the malt has grown green and tender. It is almost time to

Gu Nuanyi asked Gu Hongzhe to buy glutinous rice in the black market in advance. After soaking the glutinous rice, pour it into the pot and cook it until it is soft. The cooked glutinous rice needs to be cooled slightly before it can be used.

After the glutinous rice is cooked, Gu Nuanyi takes out the malt, cuts it into small pieces, and puts it into the slightly cooled glutinous rice. After stirring evenly, pour it into a basin, cover it with a lid, and place it on the pre-heated kang to ferment.

After the fermentation is completed, filter out the juice with gauze, then pour the filtered juice into the pot, boil it over high heat first, then simmer over low heat. During this period, you need to stir constantly to prevent it from sticking to the bottom. This time-consuming and laborious task was handed over to Gu Hongzhe by Gu Nuanyi: "Brother Azhe, you have to stir it constantly to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Wait until it becomes thick and can be hung with flags."

"Okay! Leave it to me!"

After boiling for about 70 minutes, Gu Hongzhe shouted outside the kitchen: "Xiao Nuan, it's done!!!"

Gu Nuanyi took out her chopsticks, dipped a little and put it in her mouth. It tasted familiar.

He picked up another chopstick and dipped some into Gu Hongzhe's mouth: "It's sweet! Let's pack some and make the rest into Ding Ding Candy, okay?"

Gu Hongzhe looked at Gu Nuanyi lovingly: "Okay! Let's make Ding Ding Candy."

Gu Nuanyi took out two clean glass jars and put the boiled maltose into them.

The rest is used to make Ding Ding Candy, which is actually just pulling the maltose repeatedly until it becomes milky white, and then it becomes Ding Ding Candy after it hardens.

Pulling maltose is a time-consuming task. If you don't have enough time to pull it, you won't be able to do it...

The sweat on Gu Hongzhe's head was pulled out, and Gu Nuanyi didn't let him stop until she felt that it was enough.

“It’s so hard to eat a candy!!”