Crossing the Splendid Farmhouse

Chapter 19 It's So Delicious
Tang Kun just came back from the town today, so he naturally knows that there are a lot of chestnuts sold in the town.

Moreover, most of them are from Lishan Village.

After all, the chestnuts in Lishan Village are famous.

"Father, don't worry. The chestnuts we sell are different from the ones they sell. They need to be processed. I will make some preparations in the afternoon. In the evening, I will show you whether the chestnuts I fried are good or not..."

Tang Lier spoke confidently.

What she wants to sell is naturally the fried chestnuts in sugar that are popular in all streets and alleys in modern times.

Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar is the favorite snack of modern Tang Lier.She is also extremely proficient in frying methods, and practice makes perfect. The chestnuts she stir-fries are much more delicious than the chestnuts specially sold on the street...

"No matter how processed chestnuts are, they are still not chestnuts..."

Tang Kun muttered.

However, looking at Tang Lier's sparkling eyes and a completely different spirit than before, he couldn't say anything against it.

Well, just a kid.After she knows how hard it is to make money, she will naturally not have such a whimsical idea...

Although the one tael of silver was quite a lot, it was nothing to be sorry for making Tang Lier so energetic.

"Fried chestnuts? I've never eaten them. Second sister, are fried chestnuts delicious? Can they really be sold for money..."

Tang Jie and Tang Mei'er didn't understand Tang Kun's entanglement at all, but instead asked with great interest.After receiving Tang Lier's confirmation, they immediately cheered and said that after a while, they will also go to the chestnut forest behind the house with their sisters and brothers to help pick chestnuts.

Seeing the children's high interest, Mrs. Tang Kun and Mrs. Zhao couldn't bear to let them down. Instead, after eating sweet potatoes with wild vegetables, the whole family took bamboo baskets and went out to pick up chestnuts.

Tang Lier also followed everyone to the chestnut forest behind.

The chestnut forest in their family is indeed very large, with dozens of chestnut trees.Chestnut trees are easy to live in. These chestnut trees were planted by Tang Kun's family in the year when they separated from the old house. It has been ten years.

The chestnut trees are tall and straight, and the chestnut trees are covered with withered and yellow leaves.However, the top of the chestnut tree is not bare, the big chestnuts covered with thorns and green leaves with a little yellow, many chestnuts have opened their mouths, revealing the black and plump chestnut kernels inside.

Mrs. Zhao swept the dead leaves on the ground into a pile with a broom, and prepared to put them in a basket and go home to make a fire.Tang Lier followed Tang Xinger, Tang Jie, and Tang Meier happily looking for chestnuts blown to the ground from the pile of dead leaves.

Tang Qiaoqiao skillfully smashed the prickly chestnut ball open with a stone, and found out the chestnut grains inside.

After Tang Kun waited for Mrs. Zhao to sweep all the dead leaves to one place, he found a big bamboo stick and slammed it on the chestnut tree, and the chestnuts fell like rain.Tang Lier, Tang Xinger, Tang Meier and the others continued to pick up the smashed chestnut grains on the ground, but Tang Jie was following Tang Qiao's example and smashing chestnut balls with stones.

However, he obviously couldn't control the strength, and many chestnuts were deformed by him, exposing the yellow chestnut flesh inside.So, he simply ate it while smashing it, and he was very busy.

The whole family worked together, and soon there were more and more chestnuts on the ground.Then, Tang Kun and Tang Qiao began to transport chestnuts home.Zhao took over Tang Kun's work, playing chestnut balls and smashing chestnuts.

Tang Xing'er also smashed the chestnuts together, while Tang Li'er and Tang Mei'er were responsible for picking up the chestnuts.This was repeated until the evening, and the family returned home with a full load.

Back home, Tang Lier wanted to do something herself, but Tang Kun and Zhao Shi refused, so she had to be the commander temporarily.

Arranging for Zhao Shi and Tang Xing'er to wash the chestnuts, she asked to wash all the fluff on the chestnuts.

She asked Tang Kun to find a tool to fix the chestnut, and then use a knife to cut a small hole on the round side of the chestnut.

Because chestnuts are round and smooth, they can be cut directly on the cutting board, which is easy to cut.

Tang Kun quickly thought of a way. He directly drilled a few chestnut-sized holes in a thick piece of wood.He put the flat side of the chestnut directly into the small hole, and then used a knife to make a cut on the bulging side so that the chestnut would not move.

Soak the small-cut chestnuts in a wooden basin for about 10 minutes, and then Tang Lier takes out the soaked chestnuts to dry.

Because the skin of the chestnut is smooth, the chestnut will be almost dry in a short while.

Now comes the main event.Tang Lier first asked Mrs. Zhao to take out all the salt and sugar she bought at the small shop in the village not long ago, and then boiled the iron pot for cooking.

"Chestnuts, sugar and salt are not cheap. I haven't heard of anyone who needs to fry chestnuts with salt and sugar..."

Seeing that Tang Lier was about to pour all the big bag of salt he had just bought into the iron pot, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help reminding her again and again.Such a large bag of salt is enough for their family to use for more than half a year.

"Mother, don't worry, you don't need so much salt every time you stir fry. Moreover, these salts can be collected and reused."

Tang Li'er, on the other hand, resolutely poured all the salt into the hot pot, then quickly poured the soaked chestnuts into the pot, and started frying them neatly with his hands.

Tang Jie was in charge of lighting the fire. While he was lighting the fire, he heard the sound of "thunderbolt" of chestnuts in the iron pot. After a while, a strong sweet fragrance wafted out.

Seeing Tang Lier's thin and pale face showing a little blush and sweat protruding from his forehead, Mrs. Zhao quickly picked up the spatula and quickly started frying instead of Tang Lier.

Tang Lier really couldn't stir it up anymore.

She put down the spatula, seeing that the frying was almost done, she hurriedly put a small half of the white sugar she bought into it.

After Zhao's frying for another ten minutes or so, the color of the chestnuts became more and more mouth-watering, and Tang Li'er announced that the stir-fried chestnuts with sugar were finally ready.

Tang Kun quickly removed the iron pot, then fished out all the fried chestnuts in the pot, and put them aside to cool.

Mrs. Zhao found a large bowl, put the remaining salt in the pot to cool down in the bowl, and then put it away and waited for the next time.

"Father, let's go to the river to get some river sand tomorrow. You don't need to use so much salt today to stir-fry sugar and chestnuts with river sand..."

Seeing Mrs. Zhao's distressed face, Tang Li'er said with a smile.

"River sand can replace salt? Why hasn't Dad heard of it..."

Tang Kun asked with a look of surprise.

"Chestnuts can be substituted if they can be substituted. If you have to use so much salt every time, no matter how delicious this sugar-fried chestnut is, you won't be able to eat it a few times in the future..."

Tang Lier was thinking about how to accept the effect of Hesha on Tang Kun, but Mrs. Zhao directly made the decision for her.

She was also happy to play dumb.

Anyway, he will always understand later.

"Father and mother, please try it quickly, this candied chestnut is fragrant and sweet, it's really delicious..."

"My God, it's so delicious. I've never eaten such delicious chestnuts..."

(End of this chapter)