Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 2654 Cut a flower (two more)

The rice noodle cake with a fresh fragrance is a good start for the festival.

The whole family had enough to eat and drink, and in the afternoon, Luo Tiejiang, Wang Cuilian, and Yang Ruoqing took Luo Baobao and Dazhi to the mountain behind the village to burn incense.

The chestnuts on the mountain are ripe, and there is also a fruit that is smaller than chestnuts but has a very similar shape. The ancestors in the village call it "Mao Li" for generations.

Whether it is chestnut or hair chestnut, it is Luo Baobao's favorite.

So when he set off, Blacksmith Luo specially brought a hatchet and a pair of pole ropes.

When going down the mountain, I picked up a load full of chestnuts and chestnut branches, and planned to go back to the yard to pick them up slowly, and punch out the pulp for the children to eat.

Blacksmith Luo, who has found a job to do, is much more fulfilled, and he doesn't feel so much lost.

As soon as Mao Li was peeled off on one side, the other side fell into the small mouths of Luo Baobao and Dazhi.

Seeing the cheerful appearance of the two children eating, the smile on Blacksmith Luo's face was indescribably relieved, and he became more motivated to work.

"The thorns here are thorny. If you get the hairy chestnut meat, go to other places to play first, and I will cook you more delicious sugar-fried chestnuts later!"

Yang Ruoqing came over and said to Luo Baobao and Dazhi while putting on hemp gloves.

The two children followed Tuobaxian to play elsewhere, and Yang Ruoqing and Wang Cuilian also joined the shelling camp.

The chestnut balls, one by one, are as big as an adult's fist, and they are all covered with thorns like steel needles.

After the mature big hair ball, there will be cracks on it. People at the foot of the mountain rely on the mountain to eat the mountain. The ancestors have already figured out the way to clean it.

As long as you follow this rule, you can easily break the big fur ball apart.

The plump and firm chestnut flesh inside, with a hard dark red shell, was pulled off and rolled into a bamboo sieve at the foot.

When the sieve was covered with a thick layer, Yang Ruoqing got up and picked up the sieve, sifting out the vegetation debris like sifting rice, and then carried it to the stove in the backyard.

First, soak the chestnuts in clean water for a period of time. When the shell on the top is a little soft, Yang Ruoqing brings the scissors.

Wang Cuilian said: "Do you still want to cut it? Let me do it."

Yang Ruoqing shook her head: "It takes some skill, I'll do it."

The chestnuts of the farmer's family are almost eaten raw, at most, they are dried in the sun, and then the crispy shells are smashed with a mallet, and ground into chestnut powder to make noodles.

Farmers generally don't have so much spare time to make sugar-fried chestnuts like Yang Ruoqing's.

There are fried chestnuts sold in town and in the county, but they are a bit expensive, and most people are still reluctant to buy them.

So when Yang Ruoqing said that she was going to make sugar-fried chestnuts, both Wang Cuilian and Yang Ruolan followed her curiously to the kitchen in the backyard to see how she made it.

"Qing'er, I know how to cut flowers, I have the skill, I'll help you." Yang Ruolan said.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and shook her head again: "No need, this thing requires not only ingenuity, but also brute force. Let me do it myself!"

Use scissors to cut the chestnut that has been drained of water, hold it between two fingers, and use the scissors with the other hand.

Each chestnut was cut twice and then thrown into a small, clean basket at the side. The movements were skillful and neat, and Yang Ruolan and Wang Cuilian were stunned.

The two of them couldn't help it, insisted on trying it out, but Yang Ruoqing had no choice, so she let them play.

I happened to spare time to go back to the backyard to collect my clothes, the sun was still hanging in the west sky before, and now suddenly it was cloudy again.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, there are also many thunderstorms, and it is estimated that there will be another rain in the future.

When she quickly put away her clothes and returned to the stove, she found that the two of them were standing by the pot with dejected faces.

And in the basket in front of him, two chestnuts were cut to pieces, it was impossible to see...

"Hahaha, isn't it a good job?" Yang Ruoqing asked with a smile.

Wang Cuilian shook her head and smiled wryly: "Look at Qing'er, you cut it so easily, it won't be the same when we do it.

Yang Ruolan also said: "I almost cut my hand, hey, I have to give in, you are the best Qinger."

Yang Ruoqing pursed her lips and smiled, "The ruler is long and the inch is short. I'm just a layman when aunt and sister Lan'er are good at needlework."

While chatting and laughing, the chestnut shells were cut, Wang Cuilian heated up the pot, and Yang Ruoqing rolled up her sleeves, picked up a spatula and started frying.

While frying, I did not forget to explain to the two 'apprentices' beside me, "Because the chestnuts are fried with sugar, salt and sugar must be added,"

"The main purpose of cutting out the flower knife is to let the taste infiltrate better, so that it doesn't taste like white."

Wang Cuilian and Yang Ruolan nodded one after another.

When the sweet smell permeated the stove, Tuobaxian also brought Luo Baobao, Dazhi and Yang Ruolan's daughter into the stove.

"The little ones can't wait long ago, they have to come to the backyard, they can't be coaxed anyway." Tuoba Xian said.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "It's just in time, and the candied chestnuts are about to be cooked!"

When the hot sugar-fried chestnuts came out of the pot, a lightning bolt suddenly struck outside.

After the sound of 'boom', heavy rain followed.

In the kitchen, Yang Ruoqing peeled open the chestnuts, and fed the soft, fragrant and sweet chestnut meat into the children's mouths.

"Is it delicious?" she asked.

Several children scrambled to nod, like chickens pecking at rice.

"Mother, I want more!" Luo Baobao shouted, and stretched out his hand towards the sieve filled with cooked chestnuts, but Yang Ruoqing stopped him.

"It's so hot, let the adults peel it off for you," she said.

Anyway, it was raining heavily outside at this moment, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The big guys all sat down around the kitchen table, peeled chestnuts for the children and ate them themselves.

Wang Cuilian said: "This way of eating chestnuts is not bad, it's delicious."

Tuobaxian said: "It is said in the book that chestnuts nourish the stomach, eating more can strengthen the spleen, it is good for the body, you can eat more."

Yang Ruolan said: "Delicious is really delicious, and nourishing is also really nourishing, but the workmanship is a bit labor-intensive, no wonder the sugar-fried chestnuts at the stall outside cost more than ten renminbi a catty, so expensive, there is a reason for it! "

Yang Ruoqing nodded with a smile, there are a lot of fried chestnuts today, and I will pack some for my relatives and friends at home later.

It was still raining outside.

Lightning and thunder continued, and the few children who were eating chestnuts with relish gradually stopped eating them.

The Yaya of Yang Ruolan's family was so frightened that she simply hid in Yang Ruolan's arms, "Mom, I'm afraid!"

Yang Ruolan put her arms around Yaya and covered her ears with one hand.

"Don't be afraid. Mother is here. Look, there are so many people here, including brothers and sisters. Don't be afraid."

(End of this chapter)