Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

Chapter 473 Brown Sugar

Xu Zhi quietly pushed the door open and walked out of the room. Seeing the two people cuddling in the yard, the corners of her mouth curled up in an auntie's smile, then she quietly closed the door again.

"Ayuan."

"Ok?"

"My shoulders are a little sore from carrying a lot of firewood these days. I heard that you are good at massaging shoulders. Could you help me with that later?

"Gu Qinghan, who told you that?"

Xu Yuan was a little puzzled. She was so good at shoulder pinching that she didn't even know it.

"I forgot." Gu Qinghan boasted with his eyes open.

Xu Yuan looked at Gu Qinghan, his eyes full of "let me see whether I believe what you say or not."

Gu Qinghan curled the corners of his lips, leaned close to Xu Yuan, and whispered in her ear.

The next second, Gu Qinghan felt a sudden pain in his waist.

"Ayuan, see, I was right, with the strength of your pinching, it would be a pity not to pinch your shoulders." Gu Qinghan joked.

Xu Yuan glared at Gu Qinghan, then looked away, pushed away the man who had rested his head on her shoulder, and stood up.

"Okay, when I'm done, I'll give you a good shoulder massage." Xu Yuan raised the corner of his lips and rubbed his fist.

Gu Qinghan suddenly felt a chill in his spine, but he didn't show it on his face. He looked at Xu Yuan with a smile on his face.

There was less than half a basin of sugarcane juice. Xu Yuan went to carry another sugarcane and quickly began to peel it. Then, instead of cutting it into different sized pieces, he placed the whole piece directly in the groove for squeezing the juice. Gu Qinghan then began to press the squeezing rod.

After a while, a piece of sugarcane was squeezed out.

"Gu Qinghan, go over there and light the fire."

Since Gu Qinghan was willing to help, she couldn't refuse his kindness.

In a corner of the yard, Xu Yuan specially built a stove so that in case he needed to cook something extra, it would not delay cooking in the kitchen.

There was some dust in the pot as it had not been used for a long time. Gu Qinghan picked up the iron pot and cleaned it.

There was not much charcoal ash accumulated in the stove, so Gu Qinghan quickly lit the fire. After the water vapor in the pot dried up, Xu Yuan poured the basin of sugarcane juice into the pot.

Xu Zhi was sewing a shoulder bag in the room. This was her elder sister's latest idea, and she was implementing it. She was clumsy at first, but now she was skilled and proficient. When she came out again, she saw that the stove in the yard had been lit. Gu Qinghan was sitting in front of the stove watching the fire, while Xu Yuan was washing the sugarcane bed.

The sunlight was not very strong at this time, and a shed was built on the stove in the courtyard. A gentle breeze blew, dispersing the white smoke coming out of the pot.

"Ayuan, the water is boiling." Gu Qinghan shouted to Xuyuan.

Xu Zhi came over and took a look at the pot. The sugarcane juice inside was bubbling and making gurgling sounds. She felt that this method was somewhat familiar. Yes, malt sugar had these steps, but the sugar made by her elder sister this time seemed to be simpler than malt sugar. It did not require germination, boiling and stirring of glutinous rice, or fermentation.

She couldn't help either. The only thing she could do was already done by Brother Gu. Seeing that it was getting late, she went into the kitchen to cook.

"Gu Qinghan, we don't need such a big fire now." Xu Yuan lifted the washed sugarcane bed to dry in the sun, then picked up a newly made wooden shovel with a long handle and came to the stove.

Bring the sugarcane juice to a boil over high heat, then continue to simmer over medium heat.

Make a wish and stir the pot with a wooden spatula to prevent it from sticking.

After two quarters of an hour, the sugarcane juice in the pot had changed from tumbling small bubbles to dense large bubbles, and the original sugarcane juice had also become much less.

Gu Qinghan was a little surprised as he watched the pot of sugarcane juice change from a clear emerald green color to its current burnt yellow color.

"Ayuan, will it take a long time to make sugar?" Gu Qinghan also figured out the trick. It seemed that one had to keep boiling it for a certain period of time.

"Yeah. When it becomes thick, you can pour it out. After it cools down, it becomes sugar."

Xuyuan replied that it was getting late and it was time for many Japanese fruits and the others to finish class.

"Gu Qinghan, do you want to go home for dinner or eat here?"

"I'll go back and eat. My mother said I can't always eat at your house. It's not in accordance with etiquette."

Gu Qinghan replied as he stirred the sugarcane juice in the pot with a spatula.

"Well, your mother is quite right."

Xu Yuan was stunned by what Gu Qinghan said. She wondered if the man would have stayed if Aunt Xu hadn't reminded him. Xu Yuan thought about it and felt that maybe he would have stayed. After all, he was thick-skinned. That's what he said. She sat up from the stove, took the shovel from Gu Qinghan's hand, and took over his action.

"It's not too early anymore. It will be almost time if you come back earlier."

"Okay, then I won't come over later. I'm going to the mountain."

Gu Qinghan nodded and prepared to leave, but suddenly remembered something.

"Ayuan, can I massage your shoulders tonight?"

Ok?

"No." Xu Yuan refused. It was just an ordinary shoulder massage. Why did it sound different coming from his mouth?

"Okay, I will come secretly." Gu Qinghan read the reply, pinched Xu Yuan's cheek, and left with a smile on his face.

What the hell?

Xu Yuan was completely confused. What did Gu Qinghan say? He was really shameless.

"Sister, where is Brother Gu?" Xu Zhi came out of the vegetable garden with a large bunch of cabbages in his hand. Xu Yuan was the only one in the yard, and he asked in confusion.

"Your elder brother Gu is not eating at our house. He wants to go back to eat."

Xu Zhi nodded and took the dishes in to wash them. She thought that Big Brother Gu would also come here to eat like he did some time ago. With Big Brother Gu around, Xuanyi and the two little kids were very happy and they didn't have to wash the dishes.

Just then, the sound of many Japanese people laughing came from outside the courtyard gate.

The gate of the courtyard was not closed. When many Japanese people stepped into the courtyard, they noticed a very strange stool placed in the sun to dry, and Xu Yuan standing in front of the stove in the courtyard, stirring something in the pot.

Their intuition told them that his elder sister had started making good things again. The strange stool instantly lost its appeal. The two of them didn't even have time to put down the shoulder bag hanging in front of them. This shoulder bag was made by Xu Zhi with the leftover cloth that Xu Yuan asked him to sew. This peculiar style was very popular among children, so Xu Zhi and the three girls, Li Juanhua and Zhu Xiaoque, made a small profit from this.

"Sister, what is this lump of yellow mud?" Many people stood on tiptoe, holding the edge of the stove, and when they saw Xu Yuan stirring something of a strange color, with dense small bubbles appearing on the surface, they asked curiously.

"not……"

Guozi guessed with a shocked look on his face.

"Stop, Guozi, what are you thinking about?" Xuanyu patted Guozi's head gently and spoke in time to interrupt the unreliable thoughts in Guozi's mind.