Peasant woman's day

Chapter 58

Fu Rong has nothing else to do now, except that after finishing the housework, she is peeling those ground chestnuts.In fact, ground chestnut is water chestnut, just a common name here.Furong liked to eat this thing very much in modern times, but in ancient times, this is the first time I have seen this.

She peeled a few first and scalded them with boiling water.Yuanyuan has been standing beside her and watching her.When he saw that Furong picked up a small white fruit and stuffed it into her own mouth, but did not let him eat it, a trace of grievance flashed in Yuanyuan's eyes, and she stamped her little feet on the spot: "Mother, eat it with Yuanyuan!" Little ginkgo."

Furong didn't dare to show it to him first, so she took a bite herself. It was crispy, sweet, and melted into slag. It was indeed original and pollution-free.It doesn't seem like what Gu Qingchen said.Furong cut off the half she bit off, and put the remaining half in her hand to Yuanyuan's mouth.Yuanyuan took a bite hard and chewed several times: "Mom, I still want to eat."

Furong tasted several of them one after another, except for one or two that were slightly milder in taste, they were basically sweet.She just let Yuanyuan eat three or four, and then sent him to play with Gu Qingchen.She sat down again and began to peel the ground chestnuts.The peeled ground chestnuts are all watered in clear water, all of them are white and fat, and they look very cute.

Furong's dinner today is a big pot of porridge stewed.When Gu Qingchen saw it, his eyes flickered.Farmers work harder and are much hungrier. When the family was poor, they used to count rice and cook porridge. Now that the harvest season has just passed, every family has a lot of food, so it is natural to eat rice every meal.Gu Qingchen's family's land was planted with the help of Gu Boss. Gu Qingchen seldom did hard work, but his appetite for a grown man was still very large.

Fu Rong then brought out several steamed buns made of white flour, and patted Yuanyuan's hand that was stretched out to grab the steamed buns: "Go and wash your hands." Yuanyuan took Gu Qingchen to wash her paws, and came back with wet hands to grab the steamed buns .Gu Qingchen wiped his hands for him, gave him half a steamed bun, took a bowl of porridge from Furong, and said with a smile: "Isn't our family unable to open the pot anymore?" As he spoke, he took a bite of the steamed bun and drank the porridge .

As soon as he took the first sip, he felt that the porridge tasted different from the porridge he had eaten before, and seemed to have a faint fragrance.He took another two sips, raised his head and asked Fu Rong in disbelief, "Is this made of those ground chestnuts?"

Fu Rong nodded, and asked expectantly, "Is it delicious?"

Gu Qingchen nodded: "It's not like the chestnuts we usually eat. The taste seems to be different."

"That's natural. I added some millet to it." The millet that Fu Rong'er went to the town to buy came in handy. "I added a little rock sugar to it."

Gu Qingchen smiled: "It's not like rice, it's like sugar water." As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help reacting: "Daughter-in-law, do you want to do the sugar water business here?"

Fu Rong sighed: "I really want to. It's just that people here don't like to eat this food, so it's better not to invest money hastily." Although the workshop has been making money, Fu Rong is still frightened.This kind of experience once is enough, money, it is better to hold some money in your hands.

When Gu Qingchen saw Fu Rong's appearance, he was thinking about another thing in his heart.However, since Furong is still struggling with this matter, she should think about it again.This may be a good way, but judging from the current environment, it is obviously not mature.

In the afternoon, Gu Qingchen had just sent away a few fellow villagers who came to see a doctor. Furong led Yuanyuan over, and Yuanyuan carried a small basket in her hand.Gu Qingchen bent down and picked up Yuanyuan, put it on his lap, and kissed his little cheek: "Did Yuanyuan not play with his brothers and sisters today?"

Yuanyuan raised the basket in her hand high, which contained several light red pastries.Yuanyuan took out a piece with a smile, and handed it to Gu Qingchen's mouth: "Yuanyuan makes cakes, daddy will eat them."

Gu Qingchen took a big bite, deliberately showing an exaggerated expression: "It's delicious. Did Yuanyuan make it?"

"Yuanyuan washes fruit, add red." Yuanyuan shouted excitedly, stuffed the whole piece into Gu Qingchen's mouth, and handed another piece to Fu Rong, "Mother, eat."

Furong poked Yuanyuan's forehead with her finger: "You ghost, you have made trouble for me and got water everywhere, and you are still claiming credit here. You are such a nasty little guy, he clings to your father, every time he sees you Your father, you just forgot about me. A little heartless."

"Puchi." Just as Fu Rong finished speaking, there was a chuckle from the door.Furong turned her head, it was none other than Aunt Gu San.Gu Qingchen was about to stand up in a hurry, but Aunt Gu reached out her hand to stop him: "I just came here to drop by casually, so you don't have to be polite. If it keeps like this, I won't dare to come to the door next time."

Furong smiled and asked Aunt Gu to sit in the main room, and Aunt Gu waved her hand: "It's right here, I don't care too much. Yuanyuan, come, Third Mistress, see if you have grown taller again. "

Yuanyuan carefully stuffed the basket into Gu Qingchen's hand, and climbed off Gu Qingchen's lap.He raised his head, asked Gu Qingchen to take the small basket, held it in front of Aunt Gu, and said with a smile: "Third Grandma, eat some cakes."

Aunt Gu touched his head, took a piece of pastry, ate a piece, her eyes lit up: "The third daughter-in-law is really handy. This pastry is made of hawthorn. It seems that there is something inside. Quite refreshing."

Fleur smiled and nodded.Aunt Gu San didn't continue to ask, and said with a smile: "I have nothing else to do here today. The dog at home has given birth. I think your home is far away, and the door is usually wide open at home. If I feed a dog, I feel more at ease."

Yuanyuan clapped her hands first: "Dog, we have puppies." Fu Rong was a little hesitant: She was afraid of nothing but dogs since she was a child.She was about to say something when Gu Qingchen said, "Then thank you, Third Aunt."

"Yuanyuan, go take a puppy home with Grandma Three, okay?" Seeing that Gu Qingchen agreed, Aunt Gu turned her head to hold Yuanyuan's little hand.Yuanyuan nodded hastily, then remembered that she didn't get Fu Rong's consent, and turned around and called out sweetly, "Mother."

Fu Rong nodded with a smile, but she was a little entangled in her heart: When this dog comes to the house, he must be taught well when he is young.By the way, there is also Yuanyuan, who is not happy to sleep with a puppy.He is still young and his resistance is weak.This is a place without antibiotics and rabies vaccines, so be careful.

The two father and son set off to fetch the dog, and Fu Rong went back to the kitchen to start peeling the remaining ground chestnuts.If this thing is really going to be used for business, there are two problems.The first one is the season issue, and the second one is the peeling issue.And this labor cost is doomed that the price of this thing will not be very low.And if the price of this kind of pastry and sugar water is not cheap, I am afraid that the market will not open.Furong thought silently in her heart: If she sells it by herself, she must ensure that the things are clean, and the best thing is to rent a shop to do it.But that would cost more to ship the raw material.While thinking about it, Fu Rong put the ground chestnut into the water.Seeing the starchy white substance floating on the water surface, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: yes, this is a way!
Fu Rong worked happily in the kitchen all afternoon, trying hard to think about the types of horseshoe cakes she had eaten.She tried the one with hawthorn, the original one, the one with rock sugar, and the one with various flavors mixed together.The raw materials at home were still not enough, so Fu Rong decided to go to the town to visit the grocery store tomorrow.

She made up her mind and ran out of the kitchen happily.As soon as she walked out of the kitchen, she met two pairs of wet eyes.One pair is round, and the other pair... Fu Rong muttered to herself, "Chinese garden dogs."

The current puppy can only be called a Chinese pastoral milk dog for the time being, but those eyes, round and round, seem to be carved out of a mold.Fu Rong, who is so afraid of dogs, couldn't help squatting down when she saw a puppy that could be lifted up with a slap, and said to Yuanyuan, "What's his name?"

"Yibai!" Yuanyuan shouted excitedly.

Furong looked at this yellow dog, and the corner of her mouth twitched. Fortunately, Yuanyuan didn't call uncle or uncle, that's enough, such a young child should teach it slowly.She turned around and went into the kitchen, fiddled for a while, and made some porridge for the puppy to eat.The puppy sniffed and stuck out his tongue to lick.Yuanyuan kept stroking the puppy's head: "Yibai, you have to eat more to grow as strong as Yuanyuan."

Fu Rong walked to Gu Qingchen's side and said, "From now on, I will give Yibai a bath every day, and the cleaning is also yours."

Gu Qingchen hugged Fu Rong's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Daughter-in-law is afraid of this little thing?"

Fu Rong punched Gu Qingchen: "Who's afraid? Such a small guy can't even walk steadily, and he can't bite. How could I be afraid." She was talking, suddenly felt her trousers tightened, and she lowered her head , Yibai was holding her trousers in his mouth, shaking his head.Gu Qingchen laughed out loud, Furong glared at him, squatted down, carefully took out her trouser legs, handed the dog to Yuanyuan, and repeatedly urged: "The dog is still young, Yuanyuan also wants to let the dog The dog rests."

The next day, Gu Qingchen and Fu Rong went to the market and handed Yuanyuan to Aunt Huang.Seeing Yuanyuan and Tiger's head surrounded by white, Furong's face was depressed. This kid actually forgot about his old lady, and even thought about her when he ate and slept.Seeing her having fun with a puppy, Gu Qingchen couldn't help laughing.Along the way, he kept teasing her, causing Furong to pinch him several times. Gu Qingchen held her in his arms, and seeing her blowing up, he was in a surprisingly good mood.

(End of this chapter)