On the other side, Uncle Shiqing in the car happened to meet Aunt Li who had returned from picking mountain goods, so he brought Jinbao's message to her.

Aunt Li got the message, thinking that she would be busy with Yi Ren to fry the seeds, and she didn't want to look after the children, so she immediately sent the three children home, let the eldest daughter-in-law Sujuan watch, and went straight to Yi Ren's house.

Yiren spread a cloth sheet on the ground, spread out the melon seeds, peanuts and golden chestnuts, and picked out the small ones, the empty shells and the poor quality one by one.

"Huh? Yiren, are you preparing? Or have you already got Jin Bao's letter?" Aunt Li saw Yiren sitting on the ponytail as soon as she entered the yard, carefully choosing.

"Auntie, you are here! Brother Jin Bao asked Uncle Qing for a message, and I was in the bullock cart when he said it. Brother Jin Bao wanted to avoid suspicion, so I asked Uncle Qing to bring you a message!" Yi Ren explained.

"Yi Ren, Jin Bao doesn't mean to be disgusted..." Aunt Li stepped forward to hold Yi Ren's hand as soon as she heard the word "avoid suspicion", and said hurriedly.

"Oh, Auntie, I understand!" Yi Ren supported the little Maza, stood up, stepped forward to hold Aunt Li's arm, and said coquettishly, "Brother Jin Bao is doing it for my own good too!"

Yi Ren knew in her heart that Jin Bao cared about her reputation, and Aunt Li cared about her thoughts, and they were both good people.And since I came here, if it wasn't for the help of Aunt Li's family, I'm afraid I'm in danger, I won't be able to eat, and Xiaotuanzi may have been sold by that vicious mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen. How can I have a good day to make money today!
"Then I'll move the sand, you're a month old, don't move!" Seeing that Yi Ren was not angry, Aunt Li immediately laughed and patted her hand: "How old is she! You're still acting like a baby!" work.

"Auntie, it's more troublesome to deal with golden chestnuts. Let's make golden chestnuts today!" Yi Ren took a basin to wash golden chestnuts.

Golden chestnuts are modern chestnuts, because they taste hard and crunchy, and it may be because they have not been cultivated artificially. These golden chestnuts are not as sweet as modern chestnuts, so no one in Daliang grows this crop.It’s just that when I go up the mountain, I will pick some, and make a full snack for the children at home, or put some when cooking mush or rice soup, as a staple food.

After the golden chestnuts were clear and clean, Yi Ren used a knife to scratch each chestnut. "Auntie, make a cut on this chestnut, and fry it with sugar later. The roasted aroma and the taste of sugar can enter the chestnut through this opening, and it will be more delicious!" She explained to Aunt Li while drawing road.

"What a coincidence! Yiren, you are so smart!" Aunt Li sighed as she fiddled with the golden chestnut she had just scratched.

Yi Ren thought to himself, this is the 5000-year wisdom crystallization of the Chinese people, how can I be smart!But there was no explanation in his mouth.

One or two catties of golden chestnuts is not much, and it will be processed in a while.Yi Ren poured the processed golden chestnuts on the bamboo curtain and steamed them for a quarter of an hour, let them cool down and put them aside for later use.

"Shouldn't it be time to move the sand?" Aunt Li thought about it, and understood the process of roasting seeds and nuts a little bit.

"Yes, auntie, I won't be polite to you! But the sand is heavy, so you can move it several times!" The river sand washed and fried last time was put in a basin by Yiren and put into the main room to save it from the wind. Rain dirty.Now I have to move from the main room to the stove in the yard.

The frying of melon seeds is still guided by Yi Ren, and Aunt Li is in charge of it, and only about ten catties are fried each time.

Although Aunt Li is just in her early forties, she is not too old according to modern age.However, the average life expectancy of ancient people was short, and the physical labor in rural areas was heavy, and nutrition could not keep up. Naturally, their health was not as good as that of modern people.Aunt Li's health is considered good, but she still has some old problems of working all the year round.

Therefore, in order to avoid frying too many melon seeds at one time, Aunt Li was unable to do what she wanted, and it was difficult to turn them, so she only fried ten catties each time.In addition, Yiren has to check each time after frying, and then explain the essentials to Aunt Li. After such a busy life, sixty catties of melon seeds have been frying for nearly an hour.

In the end, Peanut and Jinli were handled by Yi Ren.

While the sand was hot, she put the washed peanuts into the pan and kept stirring them.After a quarter of an hour, the outer shell turns slightly yellow, take out the charcoal that is burning vigorously, fry it for another quarter of an hour with the residual temperature, and put it aside to cool.The skin of the peanuts has changed from whitish to slightly burnt yellow, which is more appetizing. When the shell is opened, the red peanut kernels inside are crispy and fragrant.

"Auntie, try it quickly! It's a success!" Yi Ren smiled and beckoned Aunt Li to try it, and then went back to the stove to get busy.

She dug out the stone honey at home, boiled it with water, poured it into the sand, stirred it evenly, and fried it until there was no water, then dug out a large piece of lard, fried it, and poured the golden chestnut into it.After frying for a quarter of an hour, the sweetness and sweetness mixed with the unique mellowness of golden chestnut floats far away.

Zheng Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ma family, smelled the sweet smell that she had never smelled before, and swallowed unconsciously, but said in her mouth: "What kind of moth is that little bastard at the mouth of the village!" Zheng Shi He flicked his sleeves, his eyeballs rolled around, he didn't know what he thought, he suddenly laughed, turned around and went to the village
Aunt Li tasted the golden chestnut again. The taste was more novel than the fried melon seeds and peanuts before. It was fragrant and sweet, and it tasted soft and glutinous.

In the evening, I sorted and washed the mountain goods, and made another pot of stewed pork.Because of the busy roasting in the afternoon, it was late, Aunt Li didn't wait for Yiren's dinner today, and went home early to cook for the eldest daughter-in-law.

Yiren followed Aunt Li, brought some roasted seeds and nuts to Aunt Li's sister-in-law Sujuan and two children, and went to pick up Xiaotuanzi by the way.

"Yinyin, is it fragrant?" Yi Ren took out two fried chestnuts and shook them in front of Xiaotuanzi's nose.

"Xiang! Mother, what is it?" Xiaotuanzi was talking, but his big black grape-like eyes were staring straight at Yi Ren's hand, moving his eyes even when he stopped his hand.

"This is called sugar-fried golden chestnut!" Yi Ren stopped teasing her, opened one, broke off a small piece and fed it to Xiaotuanzi.The golden chestnut has not yet cooled completely, and it is soft and waxy, which is suitable for the small dumplings that still have millet teeth.

"It's so sweet! It's sweet and fragrant!" Xiaotuanzi quickly ate up what was in his mouth, then stretched out his head again, and opened his mouth to bite what was in Yiren's hand.

"Hmm~ Fenfen Nunuuo! Mom, it's delicious!" Xiaotuanzi narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, and smiled sweetly at the corners of his mouth. While eating, he didn't forget to comment.

Yi Ren suddenly realized: Fenfennuoxin?This kid is only over three years old, and he makes good evaluations. Could it be... a gourmet who can't be judged by his appearance?
The previous pancakes and roasted seeds and nuts were all inspired by Xiaotuanzi. This kid seems to have some talent in food tasting.
Thinking about it, Yiren decided that when he earned money, he would not be as busy as a spinning top, so he must train the little dumpling well, maybe he could raise a little food critic!

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