21. Chapter 21 Roasted chestnuts with sugar

Author: Next door Lao Huang 007

On the other side, Uncle Qing happened to meet Aunt Li who was returning from collecting mountain goods, so he brought her Jinbao's message.

After receiving the message, Aunt Li thought that she and Yi Ren were busy roasting seeds and could not take care of the children, so she immediately sent the three children home and asked the eldest daughter-in-law Sujuan to watch them, and went straight to Yi Ren's house.

Yiren spread a piece of cloth on the ground and spread out the melon seeds, peanuts and golden chestnuts in categories, removing the small ones, empty shells, shriveled ones and poor quality ones one by one.

"Eh? Are you making preparations, Yiren? Or have you already received Jinbao's letter?" As soon as Aunt Li entered the yard, she saw Yiren sitting on the pony, choosing carefully.

"Auntie, you are here! Brother Jinbao asked Uncle Qing to bring you a message. I was on the oxcart when he told me. I think Brother Jinbao wanted to avoid suspicion, so he asked Uncle Qing to bring you a message!" Yiren explained.

"Yiren, Jinbao doesn't mean to dislike her..." As soon as Aunt Li heard the word "avoiding suspicion", she stepped forward and held Yiren's hand, saying hurriedly.

"Oh, Auntie, I understand!" Yiren supported Xiao Maza, stood up, stepped forward and took Auntie Li's arm, and said coquettishly: "Brother Jinbao is also doing it for my own good!"

Yi Ren knew in her heart that Jin Bao was thinking about her reputation, and Aunt Li was concerned about her inner thoughts. They were both good people. Moreover, since she came here, if it hadn't been for the help of Aunt Li's family, she would have been in danger and wouldn't be able to eat, and Xiao Tuanzi would also be afraid.

He was betrayed by that vicious mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, so how could it be a good day to make money today?

"Then I'll move the sand. You're a month old, so don't move!" Seeing that the beauty was not angry, Aunt Li immediately laughed and patted her hand: "How old you are! You're still acting like a baby!"

Work.

"Auntie, golden chestnuts are troublesome to handle. Let's make golden chestnuts today!" Yiren took a basin and prepared to clean golden chestnuts.

Golden chestnuts are modern chestnuts. Because they taste hard and crisp, and probably because they have not been artificially cultivated, these golden chestnuts are not as sweet as modern chestnuts, so no one in Daliang grows this crop. They just pick some when they go up the mountain.

, make a filling snack for the children at home, or add some when cooking rice soup to serve as a staple food.

After the golden chestnuts were clear and clean, Yiren used a knife to score each chestnut. "Auntie, score this chestnut and fry it with sugar later. The caramel aroma and sugar flavor of the frying can enter through this opening.

Chestnuts will taste better!" She explained to Aunt Li while rowing.

"What a coincidence! Yi Ren, you are so smart!" Aunt Li sighed as she looked at the golden chestnut she had just cut.

Yi Ren thought to herself, this is the crystallization of the five thousand years of wisdom of the Chinese people, how can I be smart! But she did not explain it.

One or two kilograms of golden chestnuts was not much, so it was all processed in a while. Yiren poured the processed golden chestnuts onto the bamboo curtain and steamed them for a quarter of an hour, then let them cool and put them aside for later use.

"Is it time to move the sand this time?" Aunt Li pondered, and finally understood the process of speculating.

"Yes, Auntie, I won't be polite to you! But Sha Zhong, please move it several times!" The river sand washed and fried last time was put into a basin by Yiren and put into the main room to avoid being blown by the wind.

The rain made it dirty. Now it needs to be moved from the main room to the stove in the courtyard.

The frying of melon seeds is still guided by Yi Ren and Aunt Li operates, only frying about ten kilograms each time.

Although Aunt Li is just in her early 40s, she is not too old according to modern age. However, the average life span of ancient people was short, the physical work in rural areas was heavy, and nutrition was not up to par, so naturally her health was not as good as that of modern people. Aunt Li is in good health

Yes, but there are still some old problems from years of hard work.

Therefore, in order to avoid frying too many melon seeds at one time, Aunt Li was not able to stir them well, so she only fried ten kilograms at a time. In addition, Yi Ren had to check after each frying, and then explained the essentials to Aunt Li, so

After a lot of work, sixty kilograms of melon seeds were fried for nearly an hour.

In the end, Yi Ren took care of the peanuts and golden chestnuts.

While the sand was hot, she put the cleaned peanuts into the pot and stir-fried them constantly. After a quarter of an hour, the shells turned slightly yellow, pulled out the burning charcoal, stir-fried them with the remaining heat for another quarter of an hour, and set them aside to cool.

.The skin of the peanuts has changed from white to a slightly burnt yellow color that makes people more appetizing. When the shell is broken open, the red peanut kernels inside are crispy and leave a fragrant aroma in your mouth.

"Auntie, try it quickly! It's a success!" Yiren smiled and asked Auntie Li to try it, and then returned to the stove to get busy.

She dug out the stone honey at home, dissolved it with water, poured it into the sand, stirred it evenly, and stir-fried it until there was no moisture. Then she dug out a large piece of lard, stir-fried it, and poured the golden chestnuts in. Stir-fried for a quarter of an hour, it was fragrant and sweet.

Mixed with the unique aroma of golden chestnuts, it floats far away.

Zheng, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ma family, smelled the sweet and sweet smell that she had never smelled before. She swallowed unconsciously and said, "What's wrong with that little bitch in the village?" Zheng

He shook his sleeves, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't know what he had in mind. He suddenly laughed, turned around and walked towards the village.

Aunt Li tasted golden chestnuts again. The taste was more novel than the previous fried melon seeds and peanuts. It was fragrant and sweet. It tasted soft, glutinous and gritty. Aunt Li was full of praise.

In the evening, I sorted and washed the wild products, and made another pot of braised pork. Because I was busy roasting vegetables in the afternoon, it was late, so Aunt Li didn't wait for Yiren's dinner today, so she went home early to cook for her eldest daughter-in-law.

Yiren followed Aunt Li and brought some roasted seeds and nuts to Aunt Li's sister-in-law Sujuan and her two children. She also went to pick up Xiaotuanzi.

"Yinyin, does it smell good?" Yiren took out two sugar-roasted chestnuts and shook them in front of Xiaotuanzi's nose.

"Xiang! Mom, what is it?" Xiaotuanzi was talking, but his big black grape-like eyes were staring straight at Yi Ren's hand, moving his eyes and stopping when he stopped.

"This is called stir-fried golden chestnuts with sugar!" Yiren stopped teasing her, opened one, broke off a small piece and fed it to the little dumpling. The golden chestnuts were not yet cooled down, and were soft, waxy and sandy, which was perfect for the little dumplings with millet teeth.

"It's so sweet! So sweet and fragrant!" The little dumpling quickly finished the food in his mouth, then stretched out his head and opened his mouth to bite the food in the lady's hand.

"Hmm~ Pink and glutinous! Mom, it's delicious!" Xiaotuanzi narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, grinned sweetly, and didn't forget to comment while eating.

Yiren suddenly realized: "Pink and Nuonuo?" This child is only over three years old, and his comments are clear and reasonable. Could it be that... he is a gourmet who cannot look beyond his appearance?

The previous cakes and roasted seeds and nuts were all inspired by Xiaotuanzi. This kid seems to have some talent in food tasting.
Chapter completed!