Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 181 Teaching Ke Jiangshi to Make Popcorn 2
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"I didn't do it to save money, so I bought a smaller one and asked the craftsman to make the stove smaller." Ke Jiangshi laughed.

Seeing that it was almost done, Ke Hanxue said again: "Third Aunt, you can put it down."

After burning on a low fire for a while, when there was almost no sound inside, Ke Hanxue opened the lid of the pot, poured an appropriate amount of white sugar into it, and kept stirring with a spatula until the sugar melted and touched the rice flower.

As soon as the rice flower was finished, Qin'er and Zhu'er rubbed their eyes and ran into the kitchen.
"Sister Xue'er, what delicious food are you doing? We can smell the fragrance in the room." Zhu'er blinked and asked.

"Oh, these two little ancestors came out without any coats on, go back to the house and put on clothes, don't be cold." Ke Jiang pulled the two daughters back to the room in a hurry, and came out after getting dressed ．
"Come on, Qin'er, Zhu'er, do you have a taste of the popcorn made by sister Xue'er?" Ke Hanxue said and threw a few popcorns into their mouths.

"Sweet and sweet, delicious." Qin'er said with a smile.
"Sister Xue'er, I want more." Zhu'er shouted again after swallowing the rice flower in her mouth.
"Qin'er, Zhuer, although this rice flower is delicious, you can't eat too much, or you will get angry." Ke Hanxue warned.
"Yes, we will eat after breakfast." Ke Jiangshi also said.

"Third Aunt, how much does the village head's wife charge you for buying these corn kernels?" Ke Hanxue asked again.

'"The village chief's wife asked me for two pennies."

Ke Hanxue looked at the half of the corn kernels left by the stove, thought for a while, and said, "San Aunt, when you go to Tuqiao Village later, bring a small bowl of rice crackers to measure, and a bowl will cost you a penny." , I think it should be able to sell."

"Well, a penny should be enough." Ke Jiangshi also murmured. They used to sell half a bowl of peanuts for a penny. She also tasted this popcorn just now. , will definitely like it.
"Okay, third aunt, then I'll go back first. I felt hot when I was busy just now, but it's quite cold now." Ke Hanxue flinched.

"Then go back and get dressed, don't catch a cold."

"I almost forgot, I haven't given New Year's money to Qin'er and Zhu'er yet!" Ke Hanxue took out a few copper coins from her arms as she spoke, and gave Qin'er and Zhu'er ten copper coins each.
"Xue'er, you are still a child yourself, what lucky money do you give!"

"Third Aunt, I can earn money now, of course I have to give it."

Ke Hanxue walked out while talking. Before closing the door, she did not forget to confess that Ke Jiangshi could not tell others what the popcorn was made of. She was worried that others would not dare to buy it when they heard that it was chicken food.

As soon as he walked out the door, when the wind blew, Ke Hanxue couldn't help shivering again: "It's really cold."

Ke Hanxue walked home with her arms crossed like this. When she came out, she ran in a hurry so she didn't pay attention. Now, at a glance, there are firecracker ashes in front of every house, red, really beautiful, and also It was very festive, and Ke Hanxue felt a little bit of the New Year.
Just turning out of an alley, I met Ge Yunzhang who was going to fetch water from the river.
"Ge Yunzhang, good morning!" Ke Hanxue greeted him.
Looking at Ke Hanxue whose teeth were shaking from the cold, Ge Yunzhang frowned and asked, "Where are you going so early?"

"Let my third aunt go to Tuqiao Village to pick up gold!" Ke Hanxue winked at him and smiled.

"You don't want money!" Ge Yunzhang snorted coldly, glanced at her again, and left with the bucket.

"Did I provoke him again?" Ke Hanxue, who was in a good mood, suddenly became depressed when he saw Ge Yunzhang's gloomy face.
Walking halfway, Ke Hanxue met a few women in the village who were going to wash clothes by the river, and said happy new year to each other before leaving.

Back home, Ke Hanxue was so cold that his nose came out, so he hurried back to the house to add some clothes, and then ran into the kitchen. It happened that Ke Zhongshi had cooked the porridge and drank a bowl of rice soup before feeling better.

"Xue'er, where did you go so early in the morning?"

"Third aunt's house."

"If you want to go out, you don't wear more clothes. What if you catch a cold during the Chinese New Year?" Ke Zhong reprimanded softly.
Ke Hanxue took Ke Zhongshi's arm and laughed twice: "Mother, don't worry, I am very strong, and I don't catch cold so easily."

"Don't be silly, go and see if your sister is up, I'll heat up the leftover dishes from last night and then we can have dinner."

"Understood, mother."

Ke Hanxue walked out of the kitchen excitedly, and sneezed a few times as soon as she arrived in the hall.

You don't really have a cold, do you?Ke Hanxue frowned.

After breakfast, Ke Hanxue felt a little dizzy. She touched her forehead, and she didn't seem to have a fever, so she felt relieved.
Ke Jiangshi finished breakfast, carried popcorn in a cloth bag, and brought Qin'er and Zhu'er over.

"Ke Jiangshi, let me see what the popcorn Xueer said looks like?" Ke Mengshi said and asked Ke Jiangshi's cloth bag.
During breakfast just now, Ke Hanxue told everyone that Ke Jiangshi was going to Tuqiao Village to sell popcorn. Everyone was curious about what the popcorn was.
"Come on, everyone have a try, see if it tastes good?" Ke Jiangshi opened the mouth of the bag and let everyone try it.
Everyone gathered around to have a look, and they all smiled and said, "This shape really looks like a flower."

"Third Aunt, let me try it." Ke Hanchun grabbed a handful and threw it into his mouth, then said, "It's quite delicious."

Everyone tried it, and they all thought it was okay.

Several people were discussing, Ge's mother and son entered the yard.

"Happy New Year, everyone." Ge Shi walked into the living room with a smile.
"Aunt Ge, Mr. Ge, happy new year! Are you going to the theater so early?" Ke Meng said with a smile.
"Ms. Ge, Mr. Ge, sit down quickly." Ke Zhong said and asked Ke Hanxue to boil water.

Ke Hanxue replied sleepily, and dragged his heavy steps into the kitchen.
Ge Yunzhang just glanced at Ke Hanxue lightly, and knew that something was wrong with her, so he frowned secretly.
"Yunzhang, give the children lucky money!" Seeing that her son was absent-minded, Ge reminded her aloud.
Then Ge Yunzhang remembered, hurriedly took out the copper coins, and distributed lucky money to Hong'er and Zhu'er sisters.

"Aunt Ge, Mr. Ge, how can you be so embarrassing?" Ke Jiangshi looked anxiously at the ten cents in the hands of Qin'er and Zhu'er, which seemed too much, because the neighbors in the village usually give the children lucky money , are only one or two pennies, after all, everyone's conditions are limited.
"It's New Years, let the children be happy." Ge said with a smile.
Ke Hanxue brought out the boiled water, and another person sat down listlessly.
After Ge Shi drank a glass of water, Ke Meng Shi asked Ke Zhong Shi to enter the inner courtyard to call out Ke Shuisheng and Ke Baosheng, and prepared to go to Tuqiao Village to watch a big show with the whole family.
"Grandma, I'm a little tired, so I won't go." Ke Hanxue sneezed and said.

"Xue'er, did you catch a cold?" Ke Mengshi asked worriedly.
Ke Hanxue squeezed out a smile and said, "No, I just didn't sleep well last night, and I want to sleep for a while."

(End of this chapter)