I wiped all the more than a dozen chestnut boards on the dining table with toilet paper, and wiped the ashes on the dining table, and then peeled one off and stuffed it into my mouth.

"How's it going?" Chen Yubin's eyes sparkled, looking at Xiaoxi expectantly, not treating himself badly, his hands were not idle, and he stuffed it into his mouth.

"Hmm~ sweet and glutinous, delicious and delicious, even better than fried chestnuts in sugar. "What is burned over charcoal is better than what is fried, it is a little drier, and it is sweeter, rusty and glutinous.

"Sister, what are sugar-fried chestnuts?" Hearing an unfamiliar food, Chen Yubin immediately asked.

Oh no, why didn't she say it carelessly, she "hasn't seen" this thing now. "Hmm...... I've heard about it, and I've heard it from the people in the school. ”

Xiaoxi has a habit of lying, that is, he stares wide, looks at the other party seriously, and when he finishes speaking, he nods slightly, as if he agrees with what he said.

Chen Yubin, who was peeling the chestnut board, didn't pay attention to it, glanced at it casually, and continued to peel the chestnut board. "I don't know which one you heard. ”

"You and I don't stay together all the time, and you still go to the girls' dormitory? I talked about it in the dormitory at night, so you don't know. Picked up the chestnut board on the table and peeled another one, "Chestnuts are chestnut boards, also called chestnuts, listen to them, there are fried chestnuts with sugar in the county, but they are delicious, sweet and glutinous." ”

"Oh~" looks like this. Let's just say, I haven't eaten it, why haven't you eaten it, I heard about it. "Then you haven't eaten it before, so why do you say it's better than fried chestnuts with sugar? You don't know. ”

I don't know, I don't know how many times I've eaten it, it's just that I haven't eaten it in my life, I'm just lying to you, I really believe it.

"I haven't eaten it, but I've heard them say it, what it feels like, what it tastes like, and think about the taste of cooked chestnut boards. Besides, my little brother's roasted chestnuts are definitely much better than the sugar-fried chestnuts sold on the street. In the end, I didn't forget to put a high hat on Chen Yubin.

Sure enough, when he heard this, he smiled happily and narrowed his eyes.

"Isn't it going to be a rush tomorrow, when we go to the county seat, we will buy some to eat, don't you know which one is more delicious." ”

"Ah~ But our family goes to Longyan to buy things for the New Year, and never goes to the county seat. Chen Yubin said regretfully.

"Tomorrow we will go to the county seat. Creek affirmed.

"Ah~ really, that's great. Chen Yubin exclaimed excitedly. Longyan is just a town, it is so lively, if you go to the county seat, it will definitely be even more lively. The last time he went to the county seat, it was when he came back from Beijing last year, just a quick glance, and then went home, this time he must have a good stroll, the New Year must be very lively.

"......Shhh Be quiet. Seeing that it attracted the attention of the old couple, Xiaoxi hurriedly grabbed Chen Yubin, who jumped up excitedly.

After the excitement, Chen Yubin thought of a question, looked at Xiaoxi in confusion, and asked, "Sister, how do you know that we are going to the county seat tomorrow, grandpa said it?"

"Hey...... It's a secret. The brook glanced at him mysteriously, made a zip-up motion, and went on to peel the chestnut board and eat it.

"Hmph~" Don't you say that I'm not rare to listen to. "Oh, you eat slowly, I'm done eating. Seeing that the chestnut boards on the table were decreasing one by one, Chen Yubin hurriedly snatched the only two remaining on the table and pinched them in his hand.

"Stingy, it's not like it's gone, let's roast it again. He threw the chestnut board he had peeled in his hand into his mouth, muttered, and took out some raw chestnut boards and threw them into the coals.

"Cut~" Chen Yubin on the side carefully peeled off the only two chestnut boards left in his hand, and then bit and ate them little by little, after all, the next wave of roasted chestnut boards will have to wait for a while.

Speaking of fried chestnuts with sugar, Xiaoxi remembered another kind of food. Oops, it's amazing, day by day, my head is full of food.

"Binbin, I remembered another kind of food, do you want to eat it?" Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow and said temptingly.

Sure enough, "If you want to eat, what is it?" did not disappoint Xiaoxi, Chen Yubin quickly took the bait, and the speed was very fast.

"Hey...... It is also made of chestnut boards, called chestnut cakes, and the method is what I have read in the book. ”

Chen Yubin did not doubt this statement, because when they went to Beijing last summer, they went to the library twice and once to the bookstore. Every time she entered, Xiaoxi plunged into the book, and stayed for a day, urging her several times before putting back the book in her hand and leaving the store.

Several times he saw Xiaoxi holding a recipe in his hand, and he even bought a few cookbooks when he got rich. So all along, when she made food that he had never seen or eaten, he didn't suspect it, thinking that she had learned it from a book.

"Okay, what are you going to do? When it came to eating, he began to be incoherent again.

"Well, I want your help. Xiaoxi took a basin and a basket, took out a basin of raw chestnut boards, and gave him a knife, "You see, like me, just cut a knife on the shell, and cut through the shell." "Hands-on gestures.

"Oh~" Holding a chestnut board in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, he made a knife on the shell like a stream. However, the first knife was a bit heavy, and it cut through the flesh.

"Slow down, the shell of this chestnut board is a little slippery, don't hurt your hands. Seeing that he was a little clumsy, Xiaoxi instructed uneasily.

"Yes, I know. Chen Yubin replied without raising his head. He also knew that this thing was slippery, and the knife in his hand was sharpened very sharply by Old Man Chen, so he only stared at the chestnut board in his hand carefully and carefully knifed.

Because the chestnut board is small, I have to work hard to pinch it, and my hands will be sore after a while, and I will stare at it all the time, and my eyes will be sore, so I will stop and rest for a while. "Sister, why do you want to cut a knife on the shell?" Chen Yubin didn't understand, why did he bother so much.

Xiaoxi simply stopped and rested for a while, "These chestnut boards will be cooked in the pot later, and then the shells will be peeled." Make a cut in this way, and when you cook in the pot later, it will be opened. Just peel the shell directly, open it as soon as you break it, and it is easier to peel it, and you don't have to break the shell so hard. ”

"Oh~" I see, increase knowledge.

After resting for a while, the two continued. In this way, I worked for a while and rested for a while, about thirty or forty minutes, and a pot of chestnut boards was all opened.

Go down to the pot inside, because the pot in the middle is small, it can't hold this full pot of chestnut boards, add water and boil it.

There was nothing to do, Xiaoxi stood by the stove and watched Granny Chen's fried crispy pork.

"I don't have any paste. Granny Chen said without raising her head.

"How much more?" asked Old Man Chen, looking up.

Xiaoxi found a problem, whether it was in her previous life or now, she never seemed to have heard Old Man Chen and Granny Chen call each other's names, but as long as the other party spoke, she knew that it was for him (her).

This is probably the so-called tacit understanding honed in life, and Xiaoxi is very envious.

Granny Chen looked up at the few ribs left next to the batter basin, and said, "I should get another half of the basin." "Crispy pork is not only meaty, but also vegetarian.

Old Man Chen got the firewood at the bottom of the pot, got up to wash his hands, and scooped flour to make the batter.

Because a large amount of flour is needed today, so as not to run back and forth and waste time, a small bag of flour is mentioned in the stove room and placed on the board for easy use.

Xiaoxi sat in front of the stove door to help make the pot, because she knew that Old Man Chen would be busy next. "Master, mix more batter, and eggplant. ”

There are no eggplants in winter, but there are long eggplants in the creek space. Old Man Chen didn't think much about it, so he scooped two more scoops of flour and poured them into the basin and added water.

Pour the prepared batter into the batter basin just now, "Binbin, go to the courtyard dam and pinch two handfuls of fennel back." After pouring the batter, Old Man Chen remembered that the fennel had not been pinched back, so he instructed Chen Yubin to pinch it.

There was a bush of fennel on the side of the yard in front of Xiaoxi's house, and it had been for many years. In spring, young branches are produced, and the leaves are pinnately divided, and the lobes are linear, and in winter the branches become old and dry out, but some young branches and leaves will come out at the roots, not much. The branches and leaves are so tender that they fall off when they are pinched, and this is exactly what they eat.

Like fennel, it is washed and soaked in a kimchi jar, and it is also very good to eat it after soaking it.

The smell of fennel is very strong, and Xiaoxi only accepts soaking it to make kimchi, or wrapping it in batter and frying it, and she really can't accept the smell of the rest.

"Oh. Hurriedly stuffed the chestnut board in his hand into his mouth, patted the ashes on his hands, and walked out of the house.

Before returning to the board, the basin did not need to be washed, just scooped a few scoops of flour into it, beat two eggs, added water and formed a dough.

After a while, Chen Yubin pinched two handfuls of verdant fennel and put them on the board. Seeing Old Man Chen making noodles on the board, he had to run to the washstand to wash his hands and stand quietly beside Old Man Chen.

Cut the dough into small balls with a kitchen knife without leavening.

Sprinkled a layer of thin flour on the board, Chen Yubin took a ball of noodles, learned from Mr. Chen to pick it up twice, pull it into a long piece, fold it in half several times, fold it in half again, and then roll it into a round strip, and cut it into small lumps with a kitchen knife.

Throw the small gnocchi into the oil pan and fry it until it is golden brown, which is the fried fruit. Because of repeated kneading and folding, it is crispy when fried. In the past, it was necessary to make a banquet like fruit and crispy meat, and it was necessary to start preparing it two days before.

Seeing that the two of them were busy with other things, Xiaoxi added firewood, got up, scooped water and washed the fennel and served it to Granny Chen, and fried this when the ribs were fried.

I touched a dozen or so long strips of eggplant, washed them, cut them into long strips, filled them with a full basket, and brought them to the stove.

Xiaoxi looked at the fried fruit in the pot and remembered something, "Mother-in-law, what about fried fruit." ”

Sure enough......