The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

In the golden autumn of September, the sweet-scented osmanthus fills the air.

Under the osmanthus tree, Gu Yin and Ye Ningxin were pulling a piece of white cloth.

"Ruorou, be gentle, don't break the tree."

"understood."

Originally, Gu Yin wanted to climb up the tree to shake the osmanthus flowers, but was sternly rejected by the two of them, saying that they were scared when she fell from the loquat tree last time.

In the end, the person who climbed the tree was naturally Song Ruorou, which made Gu Yin very envious.

"There are a lot of osmanthus flowers on the branch above, shake them down quickly." Although it is a pity that I cannot climb the tree, it is also a pleasure to give orders from below.

After playing for a while, the white cloth was covered with osmanthus flowers. After picking out the small branches and leaves, they had a bag full of fresh osmanthus flowers.

"It smells so good. It will definitely taste delicious if I take it back to make osmanthus cake." Ye Ningxin's eyes sparkled.

Song Ruorou jumped down from the tree and said, "Yes, it's delicious. How about we pick some more?"

"Okay!"

As a result, they picked two large baskets full of osmanthus flowers in one morning.

Song Ruorou touched her nose and grinned, "Isn't this a bit too much?"

Although sweet-scented osmanthus cake is delicious, it will become greasy if you eat too much...

"It's okay, make more and let everyone have a taste." Ye Ningxin said with a smile.

Gu Yin looked at the fresh osmanthus flowers and suddenly thought of a snack that Dajichao probably didn't have, so she looked at the two of them, "Or... can we try to get something else?"

"Anything else? What other delicious food can you make?" Song Ruorou's eyes lit up.

"Let's go back and make it first!"

Thinking about the snacks that needed to be made next, Gu Yin took them to the pork shop.

When they were about to reach the pork shop, Song Ruorou suddenly pulled Gu Yinshen and asked mysteriously, "Ayin, do you think those pork sellers will choose the right dish for you based on your taste?"

Gu Yin was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"That's right... I've heard servants in the mansion talking about how some vendors in the vegetable market would sell their products at high prices just because they saw that the customers were well-dressed."

It turns out that this kind of thing also happened in ancient times?

"From what you said, it's not impossible."

"What should I do? I don't know how to bargain..." Song Ruorou said in distress, "Although we don't lack this little money, we can't let people with bad intentions take advantage of it!"

Gu Yin smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. Just compare prices from three different stores. They can't have all colluded in advance to decide how much the price should be raised, right?"

"Makes sense!"

Song Ruorou has always been a man of action. After hearing this, she immediately ran to a pork shop to inquire about the price.

I asked four companies in a row, and the prices they gave were all the same.

Song Ruorou ran to the fifth shop, but she didn't expect the price was still the same. She couldn't help but ask the pork shop owner, "Uncle, are all your pork prices the same?"

The pork shop owner was a fat old man. He laughed out loud when he heard this. "Of course! I will never cheat anyone."

"Don't you know that different customers quote different prices?"

The uncle was not annoyed when he heard this, but explained cheerfully, "Is this your first time buying meat, little girl?"

Song Ruorou nodded honestly.

"In other places, the situation you mentioned is inevitable, but this is Ning County."

"What happened to Ning County?"

"In Ning County, the county government will give a reasonable price every period of time. If we want to do business in Ning County, we must sell things according to the price given by the county government."

"Of course, you can also raise or lower the price according to your own items, but it cannot exceed a certain range. Otherwise, you will be fined if you are found out!"

Song Ruorou suddenly realized, "So that's it..."

Gu Yin was also a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect her father to be so powerful and could do this.

"Little girl, do you still want to buy meat?" asked the uncle.

Song Ruorou nodded quickly, "Buy it! I want..."

"How much do you want?" Song Ruorou looked at Gu Yin.

"Twenty pounds, please! I want thick skin." Gu Yin said.

The uncle paused holding the knife when he heard this. Customers often ask for more fat and thicker skin...but this is the first time I've seen that.

After buying the pork, the three of them went straight back to the backyard of the county government office.

Aunt Xie, the cook, saw the young lady buying a lot of pork and was a little confused, "Young lady...what are you planning to do?"

"Boil the pig skin!"

"Boiled pig skin?"

Gu Yin nodded, "Aunt, please help me process the pork first and cut out the skin. You can decide whether to use the rest for oil or cooking."

Although Aunt Xie didn't understand what the young lady wanted to do, she did as Gu Yin asked.

After the pig skin is separated, wash it clean and pour it into a pot of cold water. Add some white wine and blanch it together. Then it is another big project to scrape off the grease on the pig skin.

After all the operations, an hour had passed.

"Ayin, what on earth are you doing? Why is it taking so much effort?" Song Ruorou was extremely curious.

Gu Yin grinned, "Gelatin sheets."

"Gelatin sheets?" Song Ruorou was confused. "What is that? I've never heard of it."

"Look, even if I tell you, you won't know what's going on. You might as well just wait and see the finished product." Gu Yin spread his hands and made a face at her.

"How long will it take?"

"Uh... hard to say, I guess it will take two or three hours..."

Song Ruorou's eyes widened, "Doesn't that mean we can't eat today?"

"It's hard to say, how about you go back first and come back tomorrow?"

Song Ruorou shook her head, "No. Now that I'm here, I must be the first to eat in the evening!"

Gu Yin asked Aunt Xie to scrape off the fat from the pig skin and cut it into shreds, then wash it clean. Then it was time for the final step in making gelatin sheets - boiling the pig skin!

This step took them two full hours!

"It's finally done!" Song Ruorou threw away the fire tongs, and the overwhelming sleepiness was swept away.

Gu Yin stirred it, and the pig skin was already soft and the soup was thick.

Filter out the pig skin, leaving only the soup, then pour the soup into a large dish and spread it evenly. Wait for it to dry and you will get gelatin sheets.

"How do I eat this?" Song Ruorou felt at a loss as to where to start.

Gu Yin chuckled, "What we are going to make in the end is milk osmanthus jelly, and this gelatin sheet is just one of the raw materials."

Song Ruorou's face fell and she lamented, "No way..."

Then he urged Gu Yin to act quickly.

Gu Yin said helplessly, "We have to wait until the soup dries up before we can cook it."

"Air dry? Blow dry is okay?"

"of course can."

"Then I'll fan you with a fan!" Song Ruorou tried her best to cure her stuttering.

Gu Yin let her go.

Aunt Xie held the filtered pig skin and asked, "Miss, what should we do with these?"

"Put some seasonings in it, then separate them into small bowls, and put them in the well to cool. When they solidify, they will become a delicious pork skin jelly."

"Young lady knows so much!" Aunt Xie exclaimed, and went to work as Gu Yin said.

With gelatin sheets, the rest is easy.

Even so, by the time they ate the milk osmanthus jelly, the You hour had already passed.

Looking at the crystal clear and layered pieces of milk osmanthus jelly, Ye Ningxin was reluctant to eat them.

"Wow! How can I describe the taste? Refreshing and smooth, it's so delicious!" Song Ruorou felt that her day's work was not in vain.

After hearing Song Ruorou's words, the others couldn't help but move.

Gu Yin felt satisfied when she saw this. No one could resist the chewy texture of jelly!

When sending Song Ruorou out, Gu Yin stuffed a food box in her hand and said, "Take it back and let your cousin have some too."