Reborn Shanshui Family

Chapter 17 The Pecans Are Ripe
Under Qin De's urging, the vegetable garden at home was abnormal, and no outsiders knew about it, as long as the family members knew it in their hearts.Although the country now resists superstition, it still prevails in remote mountainous areas.

Qin Qing was secretly happy. There was no grass growing in this space, but the water in the lake was good.Half a pot of water can produce such a heaven-defying result. When she gives birth to a child, she can completely contract a hill to grow delicious walnuts like pecans. I believe she will become rich soon.But these lake waters are so against the sky, they can grow and bear fruit overnight, and they can mature in two days, so she has to be careful about how to make the lake water work, but not follow other people's ideas, so she must control the lake water. .

After being exposed to the sun yesterday, the small green walnuts on the pecans have matured.Qin De and Qin Shan didn't go to the field, they even went to Qin Ming's house and called Li Mei and Qin Ming to pick up hickory nuts on the ground together.A layer fell on the ground. I originally wanted to climb up the tree and knock the rest down.But Qin Qing thinks that there are people at home anyway, so it's better to leave naturally.The quality of mature walnuts is better, and the peel is pollution-free and the color is good.

It took two days for all the walnuts on the tree to fall off. The walnuts that fell first were exposed to the sun for two days and had a big opening. They were taken out with gloves on.It's rare that Li Mei didn't go out to visit relatives these two days, and peeled walnuts with her.There are no tools at home, so I can only do it by hand.

Pour it into a water tank that is half full, pick out the empty seeds and deflated seeds floating on the water surface, and then expose them to the sun for three days.

A tree grew densely, and it already felt like a lot. After drying most of the yard, when the walnuts were completely dried, Qin De weighed it and found that it weighed 380 catties.

"Father, all these pecans are left to eat?" Qin De calmed down and asked excitedly.

After hearing this, Qin Shan took a few puffs of dry tobacco and said, "Every family in the village will share two or three catties, give the second family twenty catties, keep twenty catties for my own family, and sell the rest in the county."

As soon as she heard that walnuts were going to be sold, Qin Qing had an idea. In her previous life, she wandered around Zhejiang with her assistants to collect materials. After processing it and selling it to the purchasing station, dozens of catties will be left in the house to be fried and put away, which can be eaten as snacks or given away.

Qin Qing once saw the salt-and-pepper flavor and butter-flavored hickory nuts fried by themselves. Knowing the general steps, she said softly: "Abba, I saw someone frying it in Shenzhen City. We will send it after we fry it." Give it to the people in the village. Raw pecans are jerky, and we give them away, and they have trouble eating them."

Qin Shan nodded and said, "Okay, since you know, let's listen to you, what you need to use, just tell me, your two brothers and I will cooperate with you."

"Okay, I'm going to draw a picture, and I'll let my second brother make a wooden mountain core steamer." After Qin Qing finished speaking, he went to the room and drew a picture.

Qin Ming has studied carpentry for three years and knows how to do some carpentry work. Although the craftsmanship is not very good, it is more than enough to make a wooden barrel for steaming mountain cores.

"It's simple, I'll do it right away, and it can be done in one afternoon." Qin Ming promised, and went home to start preparing things.There is a lot of wood in the house, and the sun has not set yet. Qin Ming has already made it, so he brought it to his sister.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Qing commanded Qin De to put the hickory nuts that had been selected and dried by water into a special steamed wooden barrel with small and large cores. This barrel was about 60 jin. After steaming for five hours, take it out and let it dry for three or four days to completely remove the astringency.Qin Qing steamed two pots, totaling more than [-] catties.

Liu Mei smashed a small walnut with a hammer, and the shell and shell were all broken. She could only pick up a few larger nuts from the table, put them in her mouth, tasted them a few times, and said, "Oh, sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Sister, try it too, it really doesn't have that astringent taste, it's very fragrant."

Li Mei's hands were quicker, and she knocked out several walnuts in succession for others to taste.

Qin Qing ate one and said with a smile: "What is this? I have asked my elder brother to find some seasonings for me. We will fry them into salt and pepper flavors later. I guarantee that you will really want to eat them."

"Yaomei has been educated, so she knows a lot." Li Mei praised. In the past, there were walnuts on the mountain, but after getting them home, they always tasted bitter and I didn't like to eat them.

Just as he was talking, Qin De came from outside and bought back the salt, cinnamon, fennel, and sweet licorice that Qin Qing wanted, and under Qin Qing's guidance, made salt and pepper water.

Qin De lit the fire, and Liu Guihua took a large spatula to stir fry the hickory nuts in the pan. After about 10 minutes, when the hickory nuts showed cracks of about one millimeter, take them out, and then immediately put the cracked and heated hickory nuts into salt, Cinnamon, anise, sweet licorice in the pool of ingredients.

Qin Qing looked at the time on the watch and said: "Soak for 15 minutes, take out the ingredients after the water seeps into the pecans, drain the ingredients, and fry for another 10 minutes."

"It tastes so delicious, I wish I could eat it now." Liu Guihua said with a smile, anyway, the family was fine, and everyone was making noise with Qin Qing, seeing the smile on Yaomei's face, everyone was also happy.

After a lot of effort, I finally cooked a pot of salt and pepper pecans.Qin Qing found a hickory nut with a relatively large opening, the skin was thin, and the frying time was just right. It was easy to peel off two semi-circular hickory kernels, put it in his mouth, and chew it slowly, um, the taste is really good.

"How does Yaomei taste?" Liu Guihua asked.

Li Mei couldn't wait anymore, she already peeled one and put it in her mouth, exclaiming, "Sister-in-law, it's very delicious, try it quickly."

Liu Guihua tasted one and said: "This taste is really good, it's Yaomei who has the ability."

"That's right, such delicious hickory nuts, I'm reluctant to give them to the villagers." Li Mei had already eaten several of them, and there was scum on the corner of her mouth.

Dahe ran in from the outside and said, "It smells so good, I want to eat it." Li Mei began to give Dahe to eat.

Qin Qing thought for a while and said: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, those who went out to the villagers, we kept them for ourselves, and there are still more than 200 catties left. After we fry them, we will sell them in the county. If they can be sold , the family can also earn more income, right?"

Liu Guihua nodded and said, "It's so delicious, it's sure to sell for a good price. It's just that raw walnuts only cost a few cents a catty. How much should we sell for the pecans that we've spent so much time frying?"

As soon as Li Mei heard that it was going to be sold for money, the hickory nuts were grown by the elders, and it was considered generous to give them twenty catties, but she really envied her sister-in-law for buying and selling for money.But thinking of the farce before, he put away his careful thoughts.

Liu Guihua and Qin Qing looked at each other and guessed that Li Mei had started to act mischievously again. As the elder sister-in-law, she didn't want the family to make trouble because of a small amount of money, so she said: "Li Mei, we are too busy with so many walnuts, come and help When the time comes, the money from selling walnuts will be paid to you.”

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Relatives came to my house today, I had a good meal, and I just left, so I uploaded it quickly.

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