Chapter 222 You can’t accuse me wrongly
Xia Chan was going to make some frosted hawthorn. She had planned to do it before, but Xiao Yunfan's arrival interrupted her plan. But she planned to make a little bit today to taste it. If the taste was okay, she would wait for Xiao Yunfan to leave. After eating it, they process it all, keep some for themselves, and sell the rest on the black market.
The end of the year is coming soon, and everyone’s demand for New Year’s goods is still quite large.
Moreover, the candied haws itself is something that only exists in winter, so it is not against the rules for her to take out the hawthorns at this time.
Xia Chan has been feeling unwell for the past two days, so naturally she cannot use cold water to wash the hawthorns. Although the temperature in the kitchen is not low and the water in the water tank is not particularly ice-cold, the water is still cold after all. She fills half a basin with cold water. , then added a little hot water to it, adjusted the water to warm water of more than 30 degrees, and poured the hawthorns that needed to be cleaned into it.
Just as he was about to sit down and wash the hawthorns, his arm was suddenly pulled.
Xia Chan looked up suspiciously and saw that it was Xiao Yunfan.
"Comrade Xiao Yunfan, are you okay?" Xia Chan asked confused.
Xiao Yunfan pulled Xia Chan aside, "What do we need to do now?"
"Clean the hawthorns one by one." Xia Chan said sheepishly.
Xiao Yunfan rolled up his sleeves, sat down on the chair, grabbed the hawthorns with his big hands and started cleaning them. He quickly cleaned half the basin of hawthorns, fished them into a small dustpan, and turned to look at Xia Chan, "Let's do it next. What?”
"Wipe off the water one by one with a cloth, and then use chopsticks to poke out the seeds. It's done." Xia Chan felt that her sheets were probably washed by Xiao Yunfan, because he had just pulled her away. He must have known that she was unwell.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but blush. Her sheets were washed for her by an outsider.
Xiao Yunfan placed the wooden basin on the table and stood at the table to continue handling it. Xia Chan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Comrade Xiao Yunfan, can I ask you a question?"
"Is it about Yuan Bingchao?" Xiao Yunfan turned his head and looked at Xia Chan.
Xia Chan was slightly surprised. She didn't expect that Xiao Yunfan could understand people's hearts so well. Then she nodded, "How is Yuan Bingchao now?"
"He has been sent elsewhere and will not come back for a year and a half." Xiao Yunfan said.
"Is there any danger?" Xia Chan asked worriedly. If it was because of herself that Yuan Bingchao was in danger, she would feel guilty. Her purpose was not to be disturbed by Yuan Bingchao anymore!
"Are you worried about him?" Xiao Yunfan raised an eyebrow, "Since you are worried about him, why don't you accept him? He has a good job and looks pretty good, so he should be a good marriage partner, right?"
"I don't like him, why should I accept him? Just because he has a good job and he pursues me, do I have to accept him? Is this what you gays think in your hearts? Whoever you fall in love with I have to be with you? The other party can't make any decisions?" Xia Chan said hurriedly.
What's more, is that what Yuan Bingchao should do when chasing someone? To pursue others, you have to pay something, what about him? Just write a few worthless letters, just want to have a partner and then a daughter-in-law?
Anyway, Xia Chan didn't see his sincerity. Even if he was really sincere and even if Mrs. Yuan didn't have those calculations, Xia Chan wouldn't accept him because Xia Chan didn't like him.
"No, I didn't think so, Comrade Xia Chan, you can't accuse me unjustly." Xiao Yunfan said hurriedly, he didn't think so, he would only make the person he likes his own through his own efforts.
I will never stalk others to influence others.
Xiao Yunfan quickly changed the subject, "It's just a normal work transfer, and it's not a mission. There's no danger. You don't have to worry, let alone think too much. Everything has nothing to do with you, and he's not the only one going there."
"That's good." Since there won't be any danger, Xia Chan doesn't have to worry.
After Xiao Yunfan had finished processing all the hawthorns, Xia Chan poured the sugar and water into the pot, then lit a fire and burned it slowly over low heat. After the sugar and water boiled, she poured the starch in and quickly Stir, then pour in some white vinegar, and then stir.
Stirring all the time is also a very hard thing. Xiao Yunfan took the shovel from Xia Chan's hand and said while stirring, "I'll do it! Remember to remind me what to do next."
When the syrup in the pot was almost boiling, Xia Chan turned off the heat. When the temperature dropped a little, she poured the processed hawthorns in and asked Xiao Yunfan to stir-fry the hawthorns until the hawthorns were covered with icing sugar, and then put the icing sugar on them. Put the hawthorn in a basin and wait until it cools before packing.
The red hawthorns were covered with white frosting, which looked very tempting. Xia Chan reached for a frosted hawthorn and put it into her mouth. It was sour and sweet, so delicious. I didn’t expect to make it for the first time. It was successful, and it seemed that she had another way to make money.
"Comrade Xiao Yunfan, you also want to try one." Xia Chan took a frosted hawthorn and handed it over. She thought Xiao Yunfan would reach out and take it, but unexpectedly Xiao Yunfan lowered his head and took it directly with his mouth, and his lips even touched it. Xia Chan's fingers, Xia Chan quickly retracted her hand as if she was electrocuted.
Xiao Yunfan looked at Xia Chan's shocked expression and said hurriedly, "I have been stirring all the time, and my hands are so sore that I can hardly lift them. I'm sorry, I..."
"How does it taste?" Xia Chan naturally knew that stirring the syrup quickly was very hard work, so she did not pursue this trivial matter anymore, but asked him about the sugar-frosted hawthorn.
"It's delicious." Xiao Yunfan nodded with a smile.
"Then when you leave, I will pack a few kilograms for Comrade Xiao to take with you." Today, most of the sugar-frosted hawthorns are made by Xiao Yunfan, so it is appropriate to pack more for him.
"Xia Chan, you can just call me Xiao Yunfan without adding the word "comrade", and as old friends who have been exchanging letters for two years, I feel there is no need to call each other "comrade" between us." Xiao Yunfan suggested.
He was always called "Comrade Xiao Yunfan", which made him feel like there were thousands of miles between them.
Xia Chan nodded and carried the sugar-frosted hawthorn into the house. Now Xia Chan's brothers were not at home, and it was not easy for Xiao Yunfan to be alone with Xia Chan at the kang table, so he did not go in, but planned to prepare lunch, staple food and ingredients. He also knows where to put it.
Moreover, when he was busy rebuilding after the disaster, he also used Xia Chan's kitchen to cook lunch for a period of time, so he didn't know anything about her kitchen.
After Xia Chan waited for the sugar-frosted hawthorns to cool down, she took out the oil paper bags and started to pack them. This was the first time she made them, so she shared them with everyone and won’t sell them, so she just filled an oil paper bag without weighing them.