Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 173

"Sugar-fried chestnuts, fresh sugar-fried chestnuts, don't miss it when you pass by, brothers and sisters, brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts, come and have a look, take a look, it's not sweet, it doesn't cost money..."

The crisp childish voice and the brawny man wielding a shovel stir-frying chestnuts in front of him seemed inexplicably harmonious in this crowded market.

As soon as Chunqiu finished yelling, he stopped quickly, picked up the water bottle on the side and poured it into his mouth, drank a little half in one breath, and finally recovered, Phew, Chunqiu breathed a sigh of relief, this series of words is really refreshing. It's long and hard, if her memory can't keep up, she would have forgotten the words long ago.

Chunqiu was standing next to the stall set up by their family at this time, and her father Yang Weibai was wearing a short coat and frying chestnuts in an iron pan. Because of the high temperature, Yang Weibai's short coat was already soaked with sweat, and the beads of sweat were even smoother. Seeing her forehead ticking down, Yuan Shi on the side felt sorry for her husband, and picked up a handkerchief to help wipe the sweat away.

There was already a circle of people in front of their stall. These people were all planning to buy sugar-fried chestnuts. Because the chestnuts were not out of the pot, they waited patiently.

I want to ask why Chunqiu's stall is so popular?Most of the reason is due to Chunqiu, who told her to go to the market to sell things every now and then, and people who go to the market for a long time will naturally know Chunqiu, and every time Chunqiu sells things It is also very delicious, which is like the celebrity effect. Chunqiu is now the little celebrity who is famous in ten miles and eight villages. Seeing Chunqiu come again, there is nothing to say, so naturally they queued up to buy it.

In front of the line was a middle-aged woman who looked very kind. This person was known by age, and she often came to buy tea eggs when Chunqiu sold them before, "Aunt Guo, are you buying this for the brother who gave birth?" Aunt Guo chattered about homework. Aunt Guo was from Beizhuang, Xiawa, and she was from the same place as her grandma, Yang Li.

The son Chunqiu talked about was Aunt Guo's only son, who was 5 years old this year. The tea eggs that Aunt Guo bought before were used to nourish the newborn son.

"Yeah, I'm hungry for the tea eggs you made after having a baby. As soon as you leave, I have to go to Aunt Li's shop to buy them." Aunt Guo smiled while covering her mouth. In the same order as Aunt Guo's husband's family, Mrs. Guo still calls Mrs. Yang and Li her aunt, but she is usually called by Aunt Li and Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Li haven't returned to Beizhuang for a long time, so she doesn't pick on her. reason.

Chunqiu also laughed. At this time, the chestnuts that her father Yang Weibai had cooked were already out of the pot. Chunqiu hurriedly took out a small round woven pot, put kraft paper in it, and then dug a spoon with an iron spoon and put it in. Chunqiu bowed his head Group it, group it, tied it with a straw rope and handed it to Aunt Guo who had been waiting for a long time.

Before leaving, Chunqiu asked the other party to come often when he was free, then lowered his head and started to get busy...

There were a lot of people in line in front of her. After Chunqiu and her mother Yuan Shi wrapped up the pot and sold it, there was a crowd in front of her again. Her father, Yang Weibo, was not idle either. The servings are full, and that's not enough for Chunqiu and her mother to take out the food.

As for why it is called chestnut?Or Chunqiu himself "deliberately" brought it up, as for the reason?Of course, the name of the burr ball is too ugly, so it is called sugar-fried burr ball?Therefore, Chunqiu directly changed the name of the burr ball to chestnut, and fried chestnut in sugar, which also fulfilled the glory of later generations.

Before the few people came, they also specially set the price of sugar-fried chestnuts. After calculating various expenses, they decided that a spoonful of chestnuts would be 5 Wen, and a spoonful of chestnuts would cost more than half a catty, which could be wrapped in kraft paper.

Just like this for 5 cents and 5 cents, Chunqiu and the others sold out all the bags of chestnuts they brought over in one morning. You know, it takes about half an hour to fry a pot of chestnuts normally, that is, 40 minutes ( All kinds of factors have to be counted), they fried 5 pots in one morning, and the average pot was 30 catties. Chunqiu silently calculated the selling price today. remain!

This is big business!Chunqiu thought of the chestnuts piled up half the warehouse in the backyard of their house, and laughed in his heart, this is a good deal.

Mrs. Yuan was busy cleaning up the stall. She raised her head and glanced at the smirking girl beside her, and said directly, "Qiu'er, what are you smirking about? What are you eating for a while?"

Yuan Shi and Yang Weibo discussed it, and the sale was good today, and they planned to eat here before leaving.

"Huh? Come here" Hearing her mother calling her, Chunqiu came back to his senses, and quickly reached out to help clean up.

Seeing that her daughter didn't answer, Yuan Shi shook her head helplessly. Forget it, she was asking while eating.

Heavy things like stoves and iron pots were carried by her father on the bullock cart alone. Chunqiu wanted to remind her father to buy sugar. The family used it to make sugar-fried chestnuts, and the sugar was used up. If they want to continue selling next time they come over, Yuan and the others must buy before they go back.

The three of them ate chaos, and the chaos stall was right next to theirs. Chunqiu wanted to eat cooking cakes, but the lady who sold cooking cakes was a stall away from them. Take a bite to pad your stomach.

The three of them ordered three big bowls of Chaos, and her mother ordered two steamed buns for her father. With the free pickles from the store, they started eating.

The chaos of the ancient times was not as good as that of the later generations. The chaos that was boiled out of the pot had been stewed long ago. When Chunqiu picked it up with chopsticks, it still fell straight down. As a last resort, Chunqiu had to use a spoon on the side to eat it, which was relatively unsightly. On the outside, the chaotic taste of this chaotic stall is still quite delicious, but there is too little meat inside, which is obviously made of pork and cabbage. As a result, Chunqiu saw a few sporadic pieces of meat in a large pile of cabbage stuffing. Forget it, who made this big bowl of Chaos only 4 pennies.

After several people finished eating, her father Yang Weibo first drove to his own grocery store in the town, and bought 20 catties of white sugar, 20 catties of vegetable oil, and 10 catties of brown sugar, which are the main ingredients for sugar-fried chestnuts. , the husband and wife discussed it and decided to go to the shop to have a look at the situation. Chunqiu didn't object, although it was only ten days since the last visit, Chunqiu still missed her grandma very much.

After the three people agreed, Yang Weibo drove the ox cart to the restaurant of Yang’s family. They caught up with the meal, and Mrs. Yang and Li were too busy to greet them. Yuan and Yang Weibo looked at each other, parked the ox cart and hurried in. The shop helped and was busy until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when Yang and Li finally got energy, Chunqiu and the others talked for a while, and then handed over the dividends of the previous two months plus this month to Yuan, and Yang and Li sent a few people away.

It was already night when I got home, Yuan Shi

(End of this chapter)