Put the books away and get ready to make the ice powder.

Fresh Xue Li fruits are green, shaped somewhat like lotus leaves, and look like figs when cut into pieces. The pulp contains a packet of small seeds.

Use a spoon to dig out the small seeds, which are the ice powder.

Put the ice powder into a clean cloth bag and rub it in cold boiling water. Some sticky and transparent substances will soon appear on the surface of the bag.

Squeeze these transparent substances into the water to distribute them evenly. Finally, add the clarified quicklime water and mix well. After a while, it will become a jelly-like ice powder.

All that's left is to boil brown sugar and brown sugar into sugar water and set aside.

"Shu Yi, you also know where there is ice powder fruit in Rongshan." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "It's pretty awesome, isn't it?"

"Didn't I tell you that I have a good friend who went to Shenzhen City after graduating from junior high school?" Jiang Shuyi smiled and said, "She took me there."

"Do you still have contact?"

"It's not easy to contact her. She keeps changing addresses." Jiang Shuyi shook her head.

"You still only communicate through letters? She doesn't even call you?" Zhou Zhi felt a little speechless about such a "classical" contact method.

This time Jiang Shuyi didn't say anything and just shook her head.

"Cousin An An is going to Shenzhen City to develop, so I can ask her to ask when the time comes."

"It's better not to use it. Your cousin will definitely be very busy by then." Jiang Shuyi said, "I am just writing letters to my friends to chat, and it is not something important."

"Okay then." Zhou Zhi said: "I will take you to find another kind of ice powder seeds another day, the kind that won't dirty your hands."

"Is there another kind of ice powder seed?"

"Yes, in fact you must have seen it before. It's called lantern flower, and the fruit looks like a paper lantern with four sides."

Jiang Shu thought for a moment but couldn't recall: "The wild sweet potatoes that Yang He took us to dig last summer were quite delicious."

"How about you go with me tomorrow? Let's play for a day and then come back?" Zhou Zhi immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick.

Jiang Shuyi is very self-disciplined and doesn't care about this: "That won't work. You have to go early and come back early. You promised Aunt Su that you should study hard."

Zhou Zhi had no choice but to give up, put the boiled brown sugar water in a basin, and then put it in the cold sink to calm down: "I'll go to the intersection to buy some braised pork, and I can eat whatever I want at night."

"I went upstairs to visit grandma." Jiang Shuyi also finished cleaning the house.

The intersection has also undergone big changes this year, because there are more mobile garbage trucks in the county, and the huge garbage dump at the intersection has finally disappeared.

There used to be a public toilet there, but now there is a sewage treatment plant. All the public toilets along the street are connected to the sewage treatment plant through pipes.

This public measure has become a great virtue in the county. In the past, when there was heavy rain, the tragic situation of feces and urine overflowing into the old houses on both sides of Laohe Street has been completely eliminated.

Therefore, the intersection is now clean and tidy, and Secretary Hua can be called a reborn parent in the eyes of the residents next to the public toilets on Laohe Street.

There used to be a row of braised pork stalls at the intersection, but it was strange. Obviously there was a garbage dump public toilet not far away, and the taste of these braised pork stalls was particularly good.

The sixth sister went to Manzhou, and even when she was pregnant with Nong Nong, she was still thinking about this.

The braised pork in Jiachuan is called "roasted meat". In addition to beef, chicken wings, duck feet, and chicken gizzards, pork head meat, elbows, and hooves need to be mixed with seasonings to make them particularly fragrant.

This word is also used in Cantonese, including braised dishes and cured meat dishes. The barbecue shop in Jiachuan also sells bacon sausages and salted duck in autumn. They are all the same way. Zhou Zhi believes that the vocabulary from the two places did not flow to each other.

, but are also the preservation of ancient Chinese.

Last year, behind these stalls was Brother Dayong's video game area, so Zhou Zhi was also familiar with several of the bosses here.

When you cut into half of a braised duck, don't add the neck half, you have to add the duck head and duck butt. This is the rule.

I also cut a piece of pig ear and a piece of walnut meat, and asked the boss to mix them according to the method of cooking pork.

Thinking that today was the first meal at home and it would be impossible to eat it alone downstairs, Zhou Zhi mixed up another vegetarian dish.

I ordered two more pieces of dried tofu, and asked the boss to cut half of them thin so that my grandma could eat them.

On the way back, I bought a few pieces of the now popular "triangle cake".

Triangular cakes are actually similar to steamed cakes and oil parfaits, but they are not steamed, but oiled and baked in molds. They have a more oily and burnt aroma than steamed cakes. My grandma also loves to eat them.

Carrying two bags of things and walking slowly on the shady side of the street, Zhou Zhi suddenly realized that even if he traveled back in time, it had been a long time since he had experienced the feeling of walking in an ancient small county town.

It seems like you are always busy?

"Brother Jiuzi!" A three-wheeler passed by, and a girl on top turned around and waved to Zhou Zhi: "Master, stop for a moment, we'll get off here!"

But it was Zhang Ziyuan and Zhang Xinyi.

"Aster came just in time. Come with me to see grandpa."

The grandfather Zhou Zhi was talking about was Zhang Ziwan and Zhang Xinyi's grandfather, Imperial Physician Zhao. His apprentice's medical clinic was between the intersection and the tax bureau. It was a large shop, and Imperial Physician Zhao was there for consultation.

There is a canvas tent outside the hospital, which is not exposed to the sun. Some people selling small items are squatting on the stone steps in front of the hospital. In front of them are baskets or picks. Inside, there are insoles, aprons and other red goods, or cattail fans.

Sunflower fans and other handicrafts, as well as unsold vegetables.

"The elbow is back?" There were few patients in the afternoon. Doctor Zhao was looking through an old medical book with vertical layout. When he saw Zhou Zhi and his two granddaughters coming over, he put down the book and said with a smile: "I heard that you went to the capital and had fun.

Those places?"

"I only visited the Forbidden City and the Museum, but didn't even go to the Summer Palace." Zhou Zhi took out two triangular cakes and handed them to Imperial Physician Zhao, and then said: "The old man is really a fairy. I don't understand why you don't have a good time in the summer.

Sweating? It’s not like we are in such a miserable state. It gets extremely hot even if we move a little bit, so we can’t live without fans and air conditioners.”

"Fans and air conditioners are not good, but this is the best." Dr. Zhao ordered the medicinal tea brewed on the table and added: "A calm mind will naturally cool down."

"Brother Zhou Zhi invited us to eat ice powder." Zhang Ziyuan said, "Sister picked it this morning."

Doctor Zhao smiled and said: "Go ahead, don't eat too much, it's your elbow... Here is a piece of chrysanthemum for your grandma. She wants to steam the pig liver to smoke her eyes."

"Actually, is it more effective if taken internally?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"This is not the time for internal use." Doctor Zhao said: "After the beginning of autumn, you can come back and get some rehmannia glutinosa, wolfberry, and chrysanthemum. I will teach you how to make pig liver porridge for your grandma."

"Okay, let's go, old man. Xinyi and Ziyuan are playing at our house today. I will take them home after dinner."

Zhang Xinyi patted the schoolbag he carried with him: "Grandpa, I have some homework that I need to ask Zhou Zhi for help."

"Go." Doctor Zhao looked at Zhou Zhi who was stunned. This child never expected that his granddaughter would give him homework on the first day he came home. He couldn't help but feel funny: "You even brought me rice cakes specially, thank you.

Already."
Chapter completed!