In the hearts of two people with feelings, this may be the shortest stretch of road in the world. Along the track paved with coal flowers, there is a curve and a straight road. Across the road is the street light of the dormitory trail of the agricultural machinery factory.

"We're here." Jiang Shuyi said.

"But I still want to give it away."

"Goodbye. If we go any further, we'll reach the basketball court. My parents will see it."

"Shu Yi, let me ask you a question."

"Um."

"Why don't you like us talking when we are alone together?"

"Well...I can't explain clearly, I just like this quiet feeling." Jiang Shuyi lowered her head: "But if you don't like it, we can find another way."

"That's not necessary. I actually quite like that feeling."

"The hands are warm." Jiang Shuyi took Zhou Zhi's hand out of his pocket.

"My heart feels warmer." Zhou Zhi said it so casually.

"You're like this again..." Jiang Shuyi wanted to run away again: "Then you come to me first tomorrow, and then we go to Xin Yi's house together?"

"Well, it's necessary."

"Goodbye then." After Jiang Shuyi got the answer, she turned around and ran towards the path under the street lamp.

"Goodbye Shu Yi." Zhou Zhi shouted to Jiang Shuyi's back.

After returning home, Zhou Zhi took out the squid and magnolia slices and served them. Winter bamboo shoots are not something you can just buy. The traditional three-fresh squid is actually made of magnolia slices.

The so-called magnolia slices are actually dried slices of bamboo shoots made through special processing technology.

This thing can only be made from moso bamboo shoots harvested from after the winter solstice to before the Qingming Festival of the following year.

First dig out the bamboo shoots; shake off the sediment - do not wash them with water at this time; chop off the old stalks, steam the bamboo shoots with their shells in a wooden steamer; after steaming, take them out to dry in the shade, peel off the shell, and put them into a sieve.

Baking is done inside.

The baked semi-finished products are placed in a large bucket, soaked in water for about an hour, taken out, filtered out, and steamed in a sulfur box for a day and night. The finished product is white and crystal clear. Not only is the color beautiful, this process also sterilizes and prevents mildew.

Effective and easy to store.

This thing also depends on the location. The best essence is made from budding bamboo shoots before the beginning of spring. The bamboo shoots are smooth and pointed, yellow and white in color, tender in flesh, plump and plump, soft and slightly brittle, shaped like a pagoda and dragon horns, and are the best in magnolia slices.

Top grade. Therefore, it is also called "Baojian", "Golden Pagoda" and "Dragon Horn". In fact, it is basically impossible to see it on the market.

The next level is called "dong slices", which are made from winter bamboo shoots before the rain. They are in the shape of half slices, with flat and smooth slices, white color, thick slices, tender meat and close pitch.

Further down the hierarchy, there are "Peach Pieces" and "Spring Flowers".

The peach slices are made from bamboo shoots that have not yet been unearthed between the rain and the awakening of insects; the spring flowers are made from the spring bamboo shoots between the Spring Equinox and the Qingming Festival.

What we see most on the market is actually the last one - spring flowers.

The soaking process is also different. If it is spring flowers, soak them directly in boiling water and cover the container tightly.

After ten hours, pour the magnolia slices into the pot and cook. After the water boils, simmer for about ten minutes and drain out the cold water. It is considered ready.

Zhou Zhi used Baojian that Lao Mu got from the forest farm. It was small in quantity but high in price and had a delicate texture. Therefore, it could not be treated like spring flowers and had to be soaked in cold water.

It is best to use rice water, soak it for ten hours, change the water every three hours, soak it until no white stubble is visible when it is cut, which means it has become thoroughly soaked, and then soak it in warm water for half a day.

Soak the magnolia slices in rice washing water, and then process the squid.

The squid at home was sent by the third brother. Now that he is an uncle, the third brother has become a lot more stable. He opened a store in Manzhou, one-third of the products sold are cosmetics, and the remaining two-thirds are.

The latest styles of foam and lace bras and women's briefs were blatantly displayed.

There are also stockings, long nylon stockings in various patterns.

That storefront is much smaller than Zhu Dazhang's lamp market, but the profit cannot be underestimated. Even Zhou Zhi's mother and Tingting's mother are fans of the third brother, but those two mothers are embarrassed to hang those kind of underwear on the big balcony.

I only dare to dry it secretly in the toilet.

Because the idea came from Zhou Zhi, the third brother was also very grateful to the old Zhou family. Every time he came back from Guangdong, he would bring a bunch of souvenirs or novelties that he didn't even know.

Those novel gadgets often run into trouble. For example, Zhou Zhi once came home and saw his grandmother holding a buzzing black plastic stick against his neck and shoulders.

Seeing Zhou Zhi come back, grandma put the stick in Zhou Zhi's neck: "Your third brother brought it back. He heard it was called a massage stick, so he took it and said he was filial to me. He knew that my legs and feet were given to me by Dr. Zhao's son-in-law."

Good massage.”

"Ah this..." As a time traveler who has watched many movies, Zhou Zhi certainly knows the true function and curative effect of the stick in her grandmother's hand, but this thing is so advanced that even five years later, Jia Chuan was once sold because of it.

When one goes out, the whole county is shocked and rushes to tell everyone.

So he didn't dare to say anything because he was afraid of being beaten to death by his mother.

Another time, the third brother gave Guan Tingting a coconut. The coconut was very big, probably weighing more than ten kilograms. I guess it took a lot of effort for the third brother to move it back.

Guan Dabin opened a coconut for Tingting. He finally broke the coconut shell and found something like brown silk inside.

Guan Tingting watched her father continue to peel off the coconut silk. She waited until her watching turned into despair, but the coconut had not yet been peeled off.

The coconut that was finally obtained was more than two-thirds less than the original one, just over a cup, and the taste was still bland, not even as good as the hot coconut juice made from Dongtian brand coconut powder. Guan Tingting was so angry that she burst into tears.

It was Zhou Zhi who scooped out the coconut meat from the inner shell of the coconut, mixed it with the coconut milk mixed with coconut powder, and stewed pigeons for Guan Tingting, and then used the coconut shell to make a bracelet for Guan Tingting. This was considered a cure.

However, except for some unreliable novelties and weirdness, most of the local specialties brought back by the third brother are quite popular.

Among these local specialties, the most common ones are dried seafood that Jiachuan people don’t know how to prepare - dried fish, dried shrimps, scallops, fish maw, squid, flower branches, shark fins...

Except for those who can eat it directly, 80 to 90% of them are not good at it even for Tingting’s mother, who is well-informed in catering. The third brother sent it several times, and the difference was the same between upstairs and downstairs.

Comments, so they all were sent to Zhou Zhi, giving him a big advantage.

To make squid, first remove the squid head, then put water in a basin, submerge the dried squid in the water and soak it until soft, then cut it into large pieces, and then soak it in hot water.

Normally this process takes eight hours, but Zhou Zhi continued to reduce the size of the dried squid during the process, and finally turned it into soft small cubes. He kept the fire low in the middle to keep the water warm, saving half the time.

Next, fish out all the squid. First, identify the inside and outside of the squid. The skin is more wrinkled on the outside, and the side with bones is the inside. When cutting, the inside should be facing up. The skin on the outside plays a connecting role.

Cannot be cut off.

Cut each piece of squid into diamond-shaped squares diagonally. This step is more demanding on the knife skills. You must use moderate force to cut to the appropriate depth without cutting off.

The next step is to officially soak the hair. At this time, use baking soda water and adjust the water temperature to almost 50 degrees. Then add the squid pieces and alkaline water to the thermos bottle and close the lid.

The size of the squid will increase four to five times after soaking. Now it has doubled in size. The remaining three times of changes will occur tonight.

The advantage of using a thermos bottle is that it can maintain the water temperature, greatly shortening the soaking time, and does not require so much alkali, which is also very beneficial for removing the alkali smell later.
Chapter completed!