Back to the era with space supplies

Chapter 284 Cookies
The overall appearance of the cookie is caramel-colored, and it looks very good. It is carved out of the same mold as the "Fun Duoduo" cookies sold in later generations.

Si Ningning picked up a piece and tasted it. The sweetness was moderate, similar to nuts, and the taste was very good. The only difference was in the texture.

Because it has not cooled completely, it is not so crispy.

Si Ningning moved the tray to the front of the stove, turned on the range hood and blew it on for a while. After about three to five minutes, the heat on the tray was almost exhausted.

At that time, Si Ningning picked up another piece to eat, and as expected, he tasted the crispy taste in his memory.

There are still a lot of unopened nuts outside the space. Si Ningning has already made a decision in his heart. When he turns back and knocks out all the nuts, he must make the second and third rounds of similar cookies, and each time The number of productions must be increased by one.

No way, who makes it delicious?

To dissipate the heat, Si Ningning found oiled paper and tied two small packages that could hold 20 yuan cookies, and replaced the thin hemp ropes that were not tied with plain woolen ropes.

Excluding the cookies that hit the package, there were still a lot left in the tray, Si Ningning packed them in a snack box, planning to eat slowly when he turned around.

After finishing all this work, she didn't stay in the space for a long time. After licking the food for the chickens and pigs, she went out of the space to sleep and rest without hesitation.

Si Ningning thought that he had a lot of things to do, so he rarely got up early the next morning after everyone else, and when he went out to fetch water and brush his teeth, he had a face-to-face meeting with the security team who came over to patrol early in the morning.

Si Ningning and Huo Lang looked at each other, smiled and nodded tacitly, the two of them didn't speak, they only had a brief eye contact in the early morning light, and then they turned around to get busy with the things at hand.

After washing up, he put all the unsightly places in the house back to the eye, and the dew outside the house has almost receded, so Si Ningning took the lotus seeds and the golden cherry seeds with the small thorns pulled out to dry.

Carefully carrying the two rabbit cages to the door to ventilate the air, Si Ningning made a cup of malted milk and brought it to the door steps, taking a sip from time to time while cooling down, while busy cracking nuts.

At noon, He Gu and San Miao ran over, carrying two overripe pomegranates with big openings in their arms, saying that they were for Si Ningning to eat.

Si Ningning temporarily put down the hatchet, took one of the pomegranates and broke it in half along the opening with a "zika" sound, and handed one half to San Miao and the other half to Hegu, Si Ningning bent his lips and said, "You guys Eat first, my hands are dirty, I will eat after I am done."

There was another big pomegranate, so He Gu and San Miao didn't think much about it, and sat next to Si Ningning on the left and right, eating the pomegranate seeds.

"Si Ningning, why are you knocking this?" He Gu asked.

On the side, San Miao tilted her head and looked at Si Ningning with a confused face, waiting for Si Ningning to answer her confusion.

Si Ningning rolled his eyes and smiled slightly, "Of course it's delicious."

"How can this be delicious?" He Gu asked doubtfully.

Growing up next to the mountains, He Gu also ate fresh nuts. The taste is similar to that of freshly pulled peanuts from the field. Although it is not unpalatable, the taste is definitely not delicious.

He Gu doubts that such a thing can really be made delicious?
"Of course." Si Ningning nodded earnestly, got up after a while and clapped his hands and walked towards the well, "I made some in the morning, and I'll give you a taste later."

He Gu sensed Si Ningning's intentions, and quickly got up and followed to the well.

The buckets in the pool were full of water, which the male educated youths filled before going out in the morning.

When Si Ningning bent down and squatted down, He Gu's two small hands were already pressing on the handle of the bucket, holding the bucket and slowly tilting it, pouring out a small stream of water for Si Ningning to wash his hands.

"You're so good." Si Ningning praised without hesitation. Instead of being shy or embarrassed by the praise, Si Ningning raised his chin, looking very unhappy.

Si Ningning laughed for a while, after washing his hands, he took He Gu's place, called Sanae to come with him, and walked back with the two little guys after washing their hands.

At the door, Si Ningning picked up the basin containing the nuts. Si Ningning weighed it twice, and there was a ragged sound of "thumping" in the basin. Sit down and wait for me for a while. "

"Oh!"

Let the two little ones sit down at the table in the main room, Si Ningning put the pots containing the nuts together on the table, then entered the room with his back to Sanae and Hegu, opened the mosquito net and took out the food box from the side of the bed .

Returning to the main room with the food box, Si Ningning lifted the lid and pushed it to the center of the table. Just as he said "Taste it" to a few people, he turned to the side and poured two cups of cool white tea from bamboo cups and pushed them to San Miao and He He respectively. In front of the valley.

Si Ningning was on the chair opposite the two yesterday, with his hands on his chin and a gentle smile on his face, he looked at the two little ones, "See if you like it?"

The metal food box is not big and is made of cold steel, but the color of the appearance is very similar to that of a tin lunch box. If you don't hold it in your hand to distinguish carefully, it looks like it is made of tin at first glance.

The food box is square, not big overall, and the inside is loose and loose. There are about ten pieces of cookies in it. Sanae is shy and dare not reach out for it, but Hegu does not. In Si Ning After Ning finished saying “Try it”, he had already picked up a piece.

He Gu was not in a hurry to eat, he held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again.

The biscuit smells sweet and sweet. Although I haven't tasted it yet, judging from the feel of holding it in my hand, I know it is very crispy.

He Gu knew that the taste of the biscuit must be the same, but before putting it into his mouth, he used his imagination, "Si Ningning, do you think this biscuit looks like a nest of hanging bees?"

Stilted bees are hornets. The honeycomb is generally not big, showing an inverted lotus pod. From the surface, the protruding nut kernels on the cookie are like "holes" and the holes at the entrance of the honeycomb surface. There is indeed a slight similarity.

"It's somewhat similar." Si Ningning nodded.

It's not a bad thing for a child to have a rich imagination, Si Ningning thought, and picked up a cookie and handed it to Sanae, the moment Sanae reached out tremblingly to take it, she smiled and asked, "What does Sanae think it looks like?"

"Hmm..." Sanae turned her head to one side, her dark eyes stared aimlessly at the beam above her head, and after a while, she turned her eyes to Si Ningning again, and gestured with her small hands together: "It's like a lotus pod, and it's also like a cotton field." .”

There is no need to explain the fact that it looks like a lotus pod, it does look like it on the surface.

As for San Miao saying that cookies are like cotton fields, Si Ningning can more or less understand.

She once watched cotton planting videos on the Internet, and knew that planting cotton was not as simple as digging a small hole and planting seeds like other crops.

Cotton seedlings need a separate nursery. This nursery is actually mixed with soil and water. It is mixed into a state that can be kneaded into a ball without loosening, and then the mud is kneaded into small regular mud balls the size of a fist. , Press down a small hole in the middle, and that small hole is where the cotton seeds are placed.

This description may not be so appropriate, but Si Ningning thinks Sanae's bold association is worthy of praise.

"San Miao is awesome, she has a lot of imagination, I have to keep it up." Si Ningning praised with a smile.

He Gu straightened up and put his hands on the table and knelt on the bench, "What about me? What about me, Si Ningning, am I good or not?"

"Bang, you are the stick of the stick." Si Ningning stretched out his hand and flicked He Gu's forehead, and said angrily, "Sit down, and I'll knock out the hard-earned millet teeth in a while."

He Gu pursed his mouth, covered his head with one hand and his mouth with the other and sat back on the stool obediently.

Although I have seen He Gu and the others recently, Si Ningning has been busy with various trivial matters, and Si Ningning has never spared time to check He Gu and San Miao's homework.

Taking advantage of the short break and the two of them happened to be in front of her eyes, Si Ningning hit the nail on the head, whoever swallowed the food first, He Gu or San Miao, she would ask first, and after the question and answer, Si Ningning was very satisfied.

Even without her urging, He Gu and San Miao have done well in their homework, they have memorized everything they need to memorize, and they have memorized everything they have said before, which can be regarded as hard work.

"You are still young, it is time to learn when you have a good memory, but don't put too much pressure on yourself, learn when you should study, and play when you should play, you understand?"

"I understand Si Ningning/Sister Ningning."

"Okay." Si Ningning stood up on the table, "Because it's still a while before lunch, you two go play, don't run too far, just play under the shade of the tree."

"Oh!"

The two little ones nodded in unison, biting the biscuit in their hands, but neither of them wanted to leave and go out to play.

Si Ningning didn't pay much attention to it, and put the elephant trunk pot with cold water on the table and put it on the table, and took away the food box containing the cookies, reminding the two cubs to pour water for themselves if their mouths get dry after eating.

After giving these instructions, Si Ningning started to get busy again, looking through the lotus seeds and golden cherry seeds, and feeding the rabbit. After finishing the trivial work, the next step was cooking.

After thinking about it, Si Ningning stewed the rest of the chicken. The educated youth will have a holiday tomorrow, and the big guys will definitely go to the town to buy it, and Mo Bei will certainly be among them.

Although the chicken is still fresh and hasn't changed its taste, if you wait until tomorrow night to eat it, then it may not be so.

Si Ningning went to the kitchen to take out the rest of the chicken. When he went to the well to clean it, just as a bucket of water was fetched, He Gu gathered it up.

He hadn't finished chewing and swallowing the cookies in his mouth, but his little hands were the same as before, pressing the handle of the bucket to help Si Ningning pour water.

Si Ningning laughed for a while, and told He Gu to pour water slowly. After the two washed the chicken, they went into the house. Si Ningning poured water into the pot to prepare the chicken. He Gu rushed to pour water, and now Sanae rushed to help light the fire.

Si Ningning thought that when Huo Lang was not at home, Sanae could cook and eat. There should be no problem with the fire, and with her watching, nothing would happen, so he didn't say much. With two little ones huddled in front of the stove, you lit a fire with leaves and I with small sticks.

After all, it was an era when supplies were relatively scarce. Even though Huo Lang often cooked a small stove for the two little ones at home, when they smelled the fragrance coming from the pot, Hegu and Sanae still couldn't help shrugging their noses:
"It smells so good!"

Si Ningning smiled, and raised his spatula earnestly: "This chicken belongs to someone else, we are not greedy, and you will eat it when I buy meat next time."

"Oh!" He Gu rolled his eyes, and while remembering Si Ningning's words, he murmured silently in his heart: When I get back, I will tell my elder brother to go buy meat!

Si Ningning was busy with the work on the stove, so he didn't notice Hegu Ghost's little expression for a while, so he took some free time and asked, "What do you want to eat at noon? Boiled sweet potatoes or not? Or should I eat?" Boiled eggs?"

"We're just here to play, we're not here for lunch." He Gu stood up in response, and dragged San Miao up as well, as if he was afraid that Si Ningning would keep them for dinner, and moved San Miao horizontally, "Brother is at home Let's go back and eat!"

Seeing that the two children just wanted to run, Si Ningning held the spatula and hurriedly chased them two steps, "Then you walk slowly on the two roads, don't fall. By the way... give me a word, just tell your elder brother , Tomorrow the educated youth will rest."

These words made people confused at first, but Si Ningning knew that as long as Huo Lang heard these words, he would understand what she meant.

"understood!"

Watching the two little ones run away, Si Ningning continued to work.

According to the date, today is not the day for Si Ningning to cook, but right now there is nothing to do, the fire in the stove has also been raised, Si Ningning puts the chicken cans and puts it aside, ready to finish cooking Simmering in the pusher stove.

The front pot was cleaned and refilled with water, and a bamboo steaming plate was put on the shelf. Si Ningning went to the front room to fetch personal rations, processed them one by one and put them on the tray. When it was her turn, she didn't want to eat the staple food again, so, I took a separate bowl and cracked two eggs, mixed with some water and seasonings and steamed together.

It might be because of her aunt's arrival in the past two days, Si Ningning's appetite has not been very good, so she planned to eat a bowl of custard at noon to deal with it.

She was busy with her work when suddenly footsteps came from behind her.

Before I had time to turn around, I heard Jiang Yue's anxious voice: "I didn't see the rations in the front room, so I knew you did it."

Si Ningning turned around and raised his eyebrows with a smile, "The water is on the table in the main room, drink some water and take a rest?"

Counting the days, it happened to be Jiang Yue's turn to cook these few days.

Jiang Yue fanned herself with her hat, and craned her neck to take a look into the pot. The rations were all on the table, and now she just had to wait for it to be cooked.

Jiang Yue didn't refuse, and ran towards the main room with a smile on her face, "Then I'll go drink some water and take a rest, wash my hands later and help you crack the hazelnut shells."

"Yeah." Si Ningning nodded, put the lid on the pot and put two sticks of firewood into the stove, and then followed Jiang Yue to the main room.

The food box on the table in the main room has not been confiscated, and there is still more than half of the box of cookies left in it.

Si Ningning took advantage of the situation and pushed Jiang Yue forward, "Here."

"Why? Give me something to eat?" Jiang Yue asked cheaply, "You are so nice?"

"I just made it this morning, and it's just these few yuan. Do you want to eat it? If you don't eat it, you'll lose it!" Si Ningning gave her a blank look, and made a gesture to close the food box.

Jiang Yue hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Hey, hey, eat! Eat! I didn't say no!"

(End of this chapter)