Chapter 34 Canned Sugar Water

　　Not long after, footsteps sounded in the courtyard.

　　Then another little head poked out from the crack in the door.

　　He was a boy of eight or nine years old, with two buns on his hair. He looked at the two of them and opened the door wider.

　　"It turns out to be Mr. Jiang and Brother Ye, come in."

　　These two little dolls are the children of Chen Maoyan and Yang Chi. The little girl is called Chen Lingling, three years old, and the older boy is called Chen Huaishu, who is nine years old.

　　Chen Huaishu spoke like a young adult. After opening the door, he leaned over and picked up Lingling and said, "Are you two here to see father and daddy?"

　　"My father is teaching in the town. He hasn't returned home yet. Dad went to visit a neighbor's house. You guys go inside and sit down. I'll call dad back."

　　The adults in the family were not here, and the two of them were too embarrassed to enter the house.

　　Ye Annian thought for a moment and said, "Then please go call your daddy. How about Dr. Jiang and I help you look after your sister?"

　　"Well," Chen Huaishu hesitated, looked at the little girl in his arms and said, "Lingling, she accepts life, I'm afraid she won't..."

　　Before she finished speaking, Xiao Lingling hooked her hand around his neck and stretched out her other hand towards Ye Anian: "Guo Guo... Piao Piao, Guo Guo!"

　　Chen Huaishu:...

　　Jiang Zhu laughed at the side: "It seems that this little girl is not acquainted with life, but with ugly people, right?"

　　Chen Huaishu looked embarrassed and pinched Lingling's little face: "Lingling~"

　　"Hey!" Lingling didn't know why her brother called her, so she agreed reluctantly.

　　"Lingling, eat candy." Ye Anyian opened a pack of wedding candies, took one out and handed it to Xiao Lingling.

　　Lingling didn't answer. She pointed her finger at Chen Huaishu and drooled.

　　Chen Huaishu had no choice but to take out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe Lingling's mouth, and then put her on the ground: "Eat. How about you play with Mr. Jiang and Brother Ye here? My brother went next door to find his father."

　　"Oh...okay!"

　　Lingling held the candy in her mouth and ignored everything. She said "Okay" without looking at Chen Huaishu at all, and hugged Ye Anyian's thigh.

　　Chen Huaishu:...

　　The child turned around and went out with a resentful look on his face.

　　The white and soft little dumpling hugged Ye Anyian's thigh and refused to let go. Ye Anyian couldn't help but reach out and pinch her bulging little face.

　　It's soft, the skin is tender and a little elastic.

　　This feeling is a little different from pinching Fu Zai's face, it's very magical.

　　Jiang Zhu looked at the big one and the small one, pinching their faces and eating sweets, feeling inexplicably warm .

　　"Do you like children?"

　　Ye Annian nodded. He really liked children like Ding Qiu, Fu Zai, Lingling, and Chen Huaishu.

　　Ding Qiu and Chen Huaishu are cute and sensible little adults, while Fu Zai and Lingling are soft and cute dumplings who can pinch their faces.

But if it's like Ye Anbai, forget it.

　　He was immersed in his imagination, and suddenly Jiang Zhu came close to him, smiling like a fox: "If you like it, let's have one too."

　　Ye Anyian:...

　　He froze suddenly, and then his face turned red.

　　"I, we..." He stared at Jiang Zhu's face and subconsciously made a swallowing motion.

　　Didn't they each get what they wanted when they got married? In modern times, it would be called marriage by agreement?

　　Seeing that his blush suddenly went from blushing to the tip of his ears, Jiang Zhu smiled so hard that his peach blossom eyes turned into crescent moons. He pinched Ye Annian's cheek and said, "I'm just teasing you."

　　"Look, Lingling has finished her candy and is asking for it from you."

　　Ye Anian came to his senses and saw the little girl holding his thigh, staring at him unblinkingly with a pair of big dark eyes.

　　"Tangtang, Guoguo..."

　　"You can only eat one more. If you eat too much, your teeth will get damaged."

　　No one could resist the cute offensive. Ye Annian took out another candy and stuffed it into Lingling's mouth.

　　After a while, Chen Huaishu came back, followed by Yang Chi.

　　Ye Annian looked at the man wearing a light green gown who came in through the door. He finally understood why Lingling was so cute. Lingling looked more like Yang Chi.

　　Yang Chi has a charming look between his eyebrows and eyes. He is gorgeous and outstanding. Even after giving birth to two children, his charm is still intact.

　　He had also seen Chen Maoyan. Even though Zhou Zheng had a regular appearance with a bookish air, Chen Huaishu looked more like him.

　　He remembered that the two seemed to be childhood sweethearts , and their relationship had always been good since childhood.

　　Tsk, I have to say that this scholar has good taste, and he got such a beauty for himself since he was a child.

　　"Why don't you two come into the house? Why are you standing in the courtyard?" Yang Chi said with a smile.

He stepped forward, picked up Lingling, and led the three of them into the house.

　　After entering the room and sitting down, Chen Huaishu sensibly went to make tea for Ye Anian and Jiang Zhu, while Yang Chi held Lingling and talked to them.

　　"We are getting married in a few days, and you and Chen Xiucai must take these two children with us."

　　As Jiang Zhu spoke, he handed over the wedding candies and invitations wrapped in red paper. Thinking of the two children of the Chen family, he also gave them the package he just opened.

　　Yang Chi was very happy and took it and put it on the cabinet: "I must go there. What date has been set?"

　　"July 25th." Ye Anyian said.

　　"Maoyan should be taking a bath that day, but it's a coincidence." Yang Chi said, "We will all go there as a family."

　　"Okay." Jiang Zhu responded and asked again, "By the way, I remember you planted a few peach trees behind your house. I wonder if they have peaches? I'll exchange some with you."

　　"There are a lot of knots." Yang Chi said as he stood up and walked outside the house, "Maoyan is always away from home, and my two children and I can't eat much. If you want, take more and eat it back."

　　When he turned around, a bunch of big peaches came in from outside.

　　The peach was big and red. Ye Annian touched it and found that it was hard. It looked like it had just been picked and it hadn't softened yet.

　　"We're afraid we won't be able to eat so much." Ye Anyian said.

　　Yang Chi insisted on giving it to the two of them: "Take it, there are two big bamboo baskets at home."

　　Yang Chi was too enthusiastic, so Jiang Zhu didn't shirk anymore and just said: "Then I'll keep it."

　　"Actually, I plan to take it back and make sugar water to eat. When it's ready, I'll send you a few cans."

　　"Okay." Yang Chi was very happy, "I'm clumsy and can only cook, so I can't get these things."

　　While several people were saying this, Chen Huaishu brought hot tea. The child had worked hard to make it. Ye Anian and Jiang Zhu drank a cup of tea in honor of him and praised him for making it well.

　　We chatted for a while before we came out. When we got home, the sun was already setting.

　　All the wedding candies and wedding invitations were sent out, but they came back with a large basket of peaches.

　　While it was still early, the two of them packed up apricots and peaches in the yard.

　　Wash and remove the core, then peel and cut into pieces. The two of them worked together and worked very quickly. In a short time, the two large basins of apricots and peaches were all finished.

　　During this period, Ding Qiu and Fu Zai were sitting next to them. Ding Qiu was reciting "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", and Fu Zai was playing a ball tossing game with copper coins.

　　Occasionally, Ye Anyian pinched a piece or two of apricot and peach meat and stuffed it into the mouths of the two children. Ding Qiu was a little shy at first, but Jiang Zhu didn't say that he was not serious about his endorsement, so he relaxed.

　　The most unexpected thing is that Copper Coin is not picky at all and eats fruit peels from the ground.

　　Ye Anian slapped her on the butt twice, and she groaned in aggrievedness.

　　Jiang Zhu pinched a piece of peach and threw it to it.

　　The puppy waggled its tail, jumped on its front feet, and took the food into its mouth. After eating, its tail waggled even more happily.

　　After cleaning up the pulp, Jiang Zhu went to boil a pot of water, poured a basin of chopped peach and apricot meat into the pot, poured half a jar of rock sugar from the jar, and grabbed a handful of wolfberries. Throw it in.

Ye Annian looked at the pot of sweet fruit pieces and became a little excited.

　　In his impression, as long as it is made by Jiang Zhu, there is nothing unpalatable.

　　Well, of course, except for the decoction.

　　The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and soon the pot began to boil. Jiang Zhu didn't cook for a long time, so he took out some firewood from the stove, simmered the fire for a while, and then turned off the fire.

　　If cooked for a long time, the pulp will become soft and rotten, which will not taste good and will destroy the taste of the sugar water.

　　After waiting for the sugar water in the pot to cool down, Jiang Zhu found a few clay pots and put the sugar water in the pot into four pots.

　　He fetched some cold water from the well under the old locust tree and filled the jar. Jiang Zhu said that he could eat it after the evening meal.

　　Eat cold locust leaves made from river bamboo in the evening. Use young locust leaves to pound into juice and mix with noodles. Then stretch them into noodles. After cooking, pour hot oil over them, then soak in cold water. Finally, make a sauce for mixing noodles, or make a Toppings, mix into the noodles when eating.

　　It was hot in summer, so the four of us ate on the round terrazzo table in the courtyard at night.

　　A full bowl of green noodles was filled with minced meat sesame seeds as toppings. After taking a bite, the noodles were chewy and refreshing. The sesame seeds were soaked in oil and some stir-fried green and red peppers were added. It was fragrant, crispy and numb, with a little bit of flavor. Spicy, perfect for rice.

　　The four of them each ate a large bowl and burped until they were so full.

　　When Jiang Zhu brought a jar of iced sugar water, Ye Anian managed to see Fu Zai's little wrinkled face.

　　"I can't eat anymore, brother..."

　　Fu Zai rubbed his belly and looked at Jiang Zhu with a resentful look on his face: "Doctor Jiang is so bad. The cold food is so delicious. I even forgot there was sugar water to drink."

　　Ding Qiu stretched out his hand to rub his belly and said, "If the sugar water doesn't occupy your stomach, you can have some."

　　"Yes." Jiang Zhu smiled and served a bowl to each of the three of them.

　　The sugar water that has cooled at this time is clear and transparent, showing a clear light yellow color. The pulp inside is clearly defined, occasionally dotted with a few bright red wolfberries, which looks very beautiful.

　　"Gulu..."

　　Fu Zai stared at the sugar water in front of him, feeling as if he had an appetite again.

　　He first took a sip of sugar water with a small spoon, and a cold and sweet taste suddenly slipped into his throat. He felt that he swallowed it before he could taste it.

　　Waving the small spoon, I scooped out a piece of peach meat. The peach meat had been cooked until it was soft, but not too soft. It still had a "crunchy" texture when you bit it into your mouth, and it still had the original taste of the peach, but it was softer. Sweeter.

　　But apricot meat is softer than peach, but it is also delicious, a little sour, more sweet, and particularly delicious.

　　Fu Zai's eyes are sparkling, he likes it very much!

　　Ye Anyian and Ding Qiu also quickly finished the sugar water in their bowls, and then filled up another bowl.

Sure enough, no matter what era, canned sugar water is very popular with children, Ye Annian thought.

　　"Tomorrow let's send a can each to the Chen family and Aunt Li."

　　There were four cans in this big pot. Two cans were given away, and they could keep two cans, which was enough for a few days.

　　Jiang Zhu thought for a moment and said, "Okay."