Dressed as a peasant girl, the prince actually wants to seduce me

Chapter 119 Sweet in the Heart

Oranges born in Huainan are oranges, while those born in Huaibei are oranges.

“This one’s called Yuzu.”

"Grandpa loves to drink tea now, and grapefruit can also make some grapefruit tea."

"Can fruit be used to make tea?"

"Not only can it be used to make tea, the grapefruit peel can also be used to make grapefruit candy."

"Then I'll keep these peels." Several people collected the pomelo peels together.

"Little sister, how did you peel it so smoothly? I can't peel it any further here."

"There is a fascia here that needs to be removed." Su Mu demonstrated to him.

"okay."

"Look, little sister, I peeled it cleanly!" The third brother gave the peeled pomelo half to each of them.

"Third brother is so awesome." Su Mu praised while eating the peeled pomelo.

The third brother grinned and laughed, and the youngest sister praised me for being so awesome.

"There are a lot of beets in the warehouse. Let's try to make some sugar tomorrow."

"Okay." Su An was still concentrating on peeling the pomelo.

"Making sugar!" The emperor's eyes suddenly widened.

"Yes, let's try it tomorrow. I wonder if it will work." There is no need to hide the matter of sugar-making from the emperor. If he wants to know something, it will be easy for him to do so.

"Girl Su can even make sugar."

"Let's try it first." Su Mu said modestly.

"You will definitely succeed." The emperor had no idea that Su Mu could not succeed, and he believed very much that she could do it.

"Then I'll ask Grandpa Ji for his good words."

"Okay, okay. If Su girl wants to listen, I can continue to praise you." The emperor said in a serious tone.

Then the emperor began to praise Su Mu, and he used several different words to praise him.

"Grandpa Ji, stop praising me. You're making me shy. Am I really that good?" She felt like a fairy from heaven who had come down to earth after hearing that.

"Hahahahaha, girl Su is just so nice!"

A group of people were drinking tea and chatting happily.

The next morning, Sumu put a pile of beets in the yard.

First, wash all the beetroots thoroughly, including every corner.

"Mumu, are we going to take these to the workshop for processing in the future?" asked my mother.

"We'll see then. How is the workshop now?"

Wang smiled when she mentioned the workshop. "There are many people in the workshop now. Each person does one process at a time. The products are made very quickly and efficiently."

Although the Su family hired mostly villagers from the village, they all signed contracts and the villagers kept their mouths shut. In addition, with Wang's good management, the entire workshop was thriving.

"Now that the weather is cold, a lot of charcoal basins have been sent there."

"Mom, you're so thoughtful!"

"This is what I should do. Since Mumu has handed it over to me, I must manage it well."

It's really cold to wash things in this weather.

Wash the beets, peel them and remove any unpleasant parts.

Cut the peeled beets into slices, grind them into a fine paste, and use a grinding wheel and pestle to pound them.

Su Mu and Su Zhiwu started turning the millstone at double speed again. After this period of training, their physical strength had greatly improved and they didn't even feel tired.

The ground beet puree quickly came out of the discharge port.

While these two people are walking around, they can pour the pulp onto a thin cloth and put it into water to wash.

"I'm familiar with this job. It's the same as washing gluten for cold noodles." Several people took turns rubbing and washing the mud, and they washed several basins of beet water in total.

Su Mu put the water into the pot and boiled it. "It will take two hours to boil the water and turn it into brown sugar."

Everyone nodded to show their understanding.

"I thought only sugarcane could be used to make sugar, but I didn't expect that this humble beet could also be used to make sugar."

The syrup is boiling in the pot and the room is filled with warm steam. When the syrup boils, you need to stir it constantly with a spoon to prevent it from getting stuck at the bottom.

Keep boiling until the water inside evaporates, the syrup gradually becomes thicker and the color slowly darkens until it becomes the dark brown color of brown sugar.

"Little sister, is this okay?"

"Okay, we can pour it into the big plate."

A large plate is a very good choice for making cold noodles. It is not too high and has a large and flat bottom.

You can also put some chopped red dates on the brown sugar and wait for it to cool and solidify. There are also some pure brown sugar without adding anything else.

The brown sugar was left there to solidify first. Since it was ready to be made into candy, Su Mu also made some grapefruit candy.

Cut the grapefruit pulp into pieces, wash it, squeeze out the water, and cook it in cold water.

After cooking, take out, rinse with cold water, squeeze dry, boil water and sugar in equal proportions into syrup, add the grapefruit pieces into the syrup and stir-fry. This will make grapefruit candy.

The brown sugar has solidified at this time and will become a large lump. When cut with a knife, it will become small pieces of sugar. If you want to eat powdered sugar, you can chop or grind it.

"I succeeded in one try." Su Mu felt a sense of accomplishment when looking at the brown sugar. He could make brown sugar by himself!

"It's so sweet! It's even sweeter than the brown sugar sold here." Wang said after tasting it.

"There are also grapefruit candies here." The grapefruit candies were placed directly in the basin next to them.

“Grapefruit candy is surprisingly soft and sweet!”

"Really?" Nowadays, the candies on the market are generally hard candies made from maltose, which are crispy.

"Indeed, the soft texture of this grapefruit candy is amazing."

"Let's send some to Grandpa Ji to try."

"Su girl, is the candy ready?" The emperor looked at the sky and saw that although it was very late, he thought it would take two or three days. After all, it was not easy.

Moreover, the skill of making sugar is very important, and some families will keep it secret. The emperor would not stand next to them and watch them making sugar, which would be offensive.

"Yes, send some to Grandpa Ji to try." Su Mu held two jars.

"Why did you send so much?" The emperor looked at the two jars in surprise. "I can't eat so much. Keep it for yourselves. Don't send it all to me."

"Grandpa Ji, these two are one can of brown sugar and one can of grapefruit candy."

"Is this the candy made from grapefruit peel that you mentioned yesterday?" The emperor quietly stretched his head to see what the grapefruit candy looked like.

Su Mu opened the lid and placed it on the table, "Look, it's like this."

"Hey, this candy is different from other candies, it's soft and very sweet!"

“This brown sugar is also very good.”

“This brown sugar is really good.”

It would be great if the baby could be born in large quantities. The emperor thought that the common people seldom eat sweets, and children can only have sweets when the family has spare money or during the Chinese New Year.

"This brown sugar is made from beets, and beet cultivation is pretty good."

"About three pounds of beets can produce one pound of sugar."

Although sugar is not as expensive as pepper, it is still not cheap, with an average price of more than ten cents per ounce of sugar.

“Next year, I’m going to plant some beets and see.”

"Okay, okay, Miss Su is so nice."

The emperor took another bite of brown sugar with great care. It was so sweet that it seemed to sweeten his heart.