Chapter 164 (2/2)

It couldn’t be better to use this kind of rice grains as the major ingredient for Swell Candy Rice.

While taking the rice, Yuan Zhou wore thin gloves to protect the rice grains from being contaminated. After all, the rice grains couldn’t be washed.

What Yuan Zhou used was a primitive puff rice machine, which required the most delicate craftsmanship. Specifically, it required very high proficiency and good command of heat control. Otherwise, the puff rice wouldn’t be eatable and it would be quite disgraceful.

The manual machine emitted a slight noise of “Zhi Ya”. Yuan Zhou watched the machine carefully with great focus to judge the temperature inside the firepot.

When the Sweet Rice Cracker was almost done, Yuan Zhou suddenly asked, “Can the sound be eliminated?”

The system displayed, “This kind of hand-type machine uses great air pressure to make the explosions, so the sound cannot be eliminated. However, you can turn on the segregation mode.”

“As long as it isn’t heard by people outside, it’ll be good,” Yuan Zhou didn’t want others to hear the loud sound. It would be much too troublesome to explain the sudden big sound from the restaurant.

After the necessary preparations, Yuan Zhou began to uncover the machine filled with the puff rice.

With a sound of “Peng”, the white and fat puff rice dropped into the connecting cloth bag.

Yuan Zhou revealed a smile of reminiscence. Such familiar sound had long disappeared from people’s life.

The system naturally prepared all the tools necessary, including a small wooden box to shape the Sweet Rice Cracker and a hard bamboo knife to cut it into small pieces.

Nonetheless, the most important thing for now was to melt the sugar.

Sugar melting consisted of water melting and oil melting. The water melting was simple to operate and easy to do, but the sugar syrup melted this way wasn’t transparent in color. Also, it had a slightly different taste and hence couldn’t melt well with the puffed rice.

The oil, however, differed from that. It was difficult to control the flame while the sugar was being melted. Yuan Zhou nevertheless, didn’t really want it to become overcooked. But comparatively, the oil-melting sugar was superior to the water-melting sugar, as it was sweet in taste; smooth in texture, and bright in color.

Of course, Yuan Zhou chose to use the oil to melt the sugar. He added some edible oil in the wok and then poured the white sugar into the oil to let it melt. With a wooden spoon slowly stirring the oil, the white sugar gradually melted and the fragrance of the sugar likewise slowly emitted.

When the white sugar completely melted and became yellowish, Yuan Zhou turned off the fire and poured the warm puffed rice into the big wok and then swiftly stirred it evenly. After that, he poured the puffed rice into the box again to make the final shape.

“Hua La”, Yuan Zhou scraped the extra sugar liquid with the bamboo knife. After being made smooth, the Sweet Rice Cracker emitted fragrance along with heat and was then placed aside to cool.

Having wiped the perspiration, Yuan Zhou pulled open the door and found that Jiang Changxi was already waiting out there next to Mu Xiaoyuun.

“Boss Yuan, you were definitely making the Sweet Rice Cracker just now,” Jiang Changxi sniffed using her nose at the fragrance from the melting sugar.

“Humm, it’ll be ready in no time,” Yuan Zhou nodded.

“I’m looking forward to it. Then I’ll wait a bit longer,” Jiang Changxi sat in her chair quietly and started to wait.

As a three-lost woman, it was rare for her to be so quiet and obedient.

Yuan Zhou just disregarded her. He took up the box of Sweet Rice Cracker and directly turned the box upside down, leaving the snack on the azure stone countertop that was covered with the bamboo mat. It was no longer scalding but still soft. Then he picked up the sharp bamboo knife and began to cut it.

The Sweet Rice Cracker was easy to cut when it was neither too rigid or too soft.

“It smells so good. I want to eat right now,” Jiang Changxi stood up and leaned her upper body on the countertop ungracefully.

“Watch out for your drool,” with a mask covering his mouth, Yuan Zhou’s voice was a little hollow but still could be heard.

Jiang Changxi wiped her mouth indifferently and didn’t care when she found there was none. She just gazed at Yuan Zhou cutting the Sweet Rice Cracker.

“Keep away from it, otherwise your drool will drip inside,” this time, Yuan Zhou made the point clear. However, it only made her restrain herself a little bit.

Right now, the 2cm thick and 25cm wide Sweet Rice Cracker had fully occupied all of her heart and mind.

On the surface of the Sweet Rice Cracker, there was a bright, sunny yellow layer, which wrapped the white puffed rice grains arranged orderly. It emitted a tempting scent and simply made people recall their childhood when they were waiting for the instant that the Sweet Rice Cracker was ready while drooling from their mouth.

How eager she was to eat it immediately.