I trade in both worlds

After breakfast, Xu Xu moved the old table to the well, washed it with water, wiped it dry, moved it to the shadow of the east wing door, put Xu Tingting in the cradle and moved it to the side for easy care. Xu Jin and Xu Zhun brought the dough-kneading board over, and Xu Xu took it and put it on the old table.

Xu Xu beat two liters of flour, added some salt, alkali and alum, so that it would taste better. After mixing the flour, he brought it to the kang table in the yard and looked at the three little guys: "Have you washed your hands?"

Xu Qiwei raised his two little hands and looked back and forth: "My hands are clean, no need to wash them."

Xu Jin and Xu Zhun came over, each holding one of Xu Qiwei's hands, and walked away: "Let's go wash our hands."

Xu Xu watched them wash their hands honestly, then took a clean cloth to help them dry their hands. He told Xu Jin to bring a bowl and put the old dough in the bowl. Xu Xu scooped some warm water from the pot and asked Xu Jin and Xu Zhun to dissolve the old dough together.

Afraid that they would pour too much water at once, Xu Xu took a small spoon, and Xu Jin added water little by little into the bowl with the spoon, while Xu Zhun kept stirring with chopsticks until the old dough was dissolved. Xu Jin poured the old dough into the flour, and Xu Zhun began to knead the dough with his hands, adding water while kneading.

Seeing his two uncles kneading dough, Xu Qiwei also wanted to play: "Mom, mom, what about me, what about me?"

Xu Xu comforted him, "Wait a minute, wait until your uncle has kneaded the dough, and then you will be responsible for making the dough sticks. Now you can go play first."

For Xu Qiwei, nothing is as attractive as playing with dough. In order to get started with playing with dough as soon as possible, Xu Qiwei stood beside Xu Zhun and kept urging him: "Uncle, hurry up, I've been waiting for a long time, why are you so slow, or let me do it."

Xu Zhun was annoyed: "Hey, stop bothering me while I work. It's all your fault. It took me so long to knead the dough."

Fearing that the two would start a fight, Xu Xu quickly comforted them, "Okay, okay, let's take our time. There's no rush."

Xu Qiwei snorted angrily and walked around Xu Jin and Xu Zhun twice. He was extremely anxious but had no choice but to let go and go play with the dog.

After the dough was kneaded, Xu Jin applied a layer of oil on the dough, covered it with a bamboo mat and began to ferment. Xu Qiwei found that the twins were covered in flour and dough lumps, and teased them, "Uncle is a big tabby cat, dirty and filthy."

The twins looked at each other and knew roughly what they looked like. They looked at Xu Xu with their big round eyes: "Sister, take a bath."

Xu Xu smiled and said, "Don't wash it yet. The fried dough sticks are not ready yet, and we still need to grind soy milk. Do you want to grind it?"

Xu Zhun, who had wanted to push the millstone for a long time, immediately responded excitedly: "Grind, I'll push the millstone."

Xu Xu reminded: "It's very heavy, can you push it?"

Xu Jin also wanted to try: "I will grind the mill with Xiao Zhun."

Xu Qiwei, who had no idea what grinding was, saw that Xu Jin and Xu Zhun were both trying it, and thought it must be fun: "I want to grind the mill too."

The little bean was half a head shorter than the twins, so how could he push the mill? Xu Xu refused directly: "No, you are too small to push it, but you can help scoop the beans."

Xu Qiwei didn't mind, as long as he could play: "Then I'll scoop the beans."

Xu Xu smiled and turned to get the soaked beans. She was going to drink black bean milk today. She would grind two red dates together. The soy milk would have the fragrance of red dates and taste very good. Xu Xu did not soak a lot of beans, but prepared two or three bowls for each person.

He took the twins to move the small millstone out of the west wing, placed it on the old kang table, cleaned it, and moved a stool for Xu Qiwei to stand on to scoop beans, while Xu Jin and Xu Zhun turned the millstone together.

After grinding for a while, their hands became red and painful. If they continued, blisters would probably form. Xu Xu took over the grinding and the three children took turns scooping the beans.

After the soy milk was ground, Xu Xu placed a filter bag on top of the pot and poured the soy milk into the filter bag, letting it filter slowly. At this time, the dough had risen, and Xu Xu started making fried dough sticks with his three children.

Xu Xu smeared a layer of oil on the chopping board, took out two pieces of dough and placed them on the chopping board, pulling them into long strips respectively. Xu Jin and Xu Zhun used small rolling pins to roll them into strips 1 cm thick and 10 cm wide.

Then Xu Xu cut it into 1.5 cm wide strips with a knife. Xu Qiwei stacked two of them together, pressed them down the middle with a bamboo chopstick, and then put the strips on the bamboo curtain, and then put them into the oil pan together.

After all the dough was processed, Xu Xu first added water to the pot in the back stove, and then boiled some water for Xu Jin and Xu Zhun to take a bath while cooking soy milk.

The soy milk in the filter bag on the shelf has been filtered clean, but Xu Xu still twisted it and then put the bean dregs away separately so that he could make egg and bean dregs cakes in the evening.

After the soy milk is cooked, you can start frying dough sticks. Xu Jin and Xu Zhun wanted to come in and fry together, but Xu Xu stopped them: "You are still young, so you can't fry. When you fry the dough sticks, hot oil will jump out and it will be easy to burn you. Go wash your hair and take a bath first. I will help you pour the water into the bathtub. Remember to use soap to wash. When you are done, it will be almost ready to eat."

Xu Xu moved the bathtub into the bathroom, poured hot water into it, adjusted the temperature, and let them bathe by themselves. Fortunately, the weather was hot now, so they were afraid of catching a cold if they bathed for too long.

Seeing Xu Jin and Xu Zhun start to take off their clothes, Xu Qiwei squatted at the door and watched, leaving Xu Tiantian alone in the yard. Fortunately, Xu Tiantian was very well behaved and basically didn't make a fuss. Without anyone to accompany her, she played by herself: "Okay, Weiwei, you watch your sister, mom will go fry dough sticks."

Pour soybean oil into the pan, and when the pan is 30% hot, gently pinch the two ends of the dough of the dough with both hands, and slowly pull it into a long strip about cm long. Put it into the % hot oil pan, turn it over while frying, so that the dough strips swell up, become plump, expanded and crispy, and fry until golden brown.

After the dough sticks were fried, Xu Xu discovered that several children had taken small stools and sat in a row at the kitchen door. They had also moved the rocking platform over. He asked with amusement, "Are you so greedy?"

Xu Qiwei nodded vigorously: "Mom, are the fried dough sticks ready?"

Xu Jin and Xu Zhun smiled shyly.

Xu Xu took a bowl, picked up 14 fried dough sticks and put them in a basket, then handed them to Xu Jin: "Xiao Jin, take the fried dough sticks to Second Uncle's house, and come back soon."

Xu Jin took the dough sticks and turned to run out. Xu Xu hurriedly shouted, "Slow down, don't fall."

Xu Jin immediately slowed down his pace, and started running again when he could no longer see Xu Xu.

Xu Xu put the fried dough sticks in a bamboo basket and brought it out of the kitchen. He found that there was no shade in the yard outside, so he brought the fried dough sticks back to the kitchen, moved the old kang table to the kitchen door, put the fried dough sticks on the table, scooped four bowls of soy milk, and just as he brought it out of the kitchen, he saw Xu Jin coming back with a basket.

Xu Xu said helplessly: "So fast, are you running there and running back? It's easy to fall like this, don't run like this next time, understand?"