Chapter 79: Chestnuts fried in sugar
When An Yixin instructed the little girl to find the fine sand, Qiu Yue's eyes widened, and when An Yixin poured the fine sand she just found into the pot, Qiu Yue couldn't hold it anymore, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop An Yixin, "Are you crazy?" ”
An Yixin smiled, and there was an unfathomable light on his immature face.
Qiu Yue looked at her and withdrew her hand stupidly. This little girl can't do anything else, but she's quite good at tricks when she picks up food. In the past ten days, the small kitchen has completely become her world. What's more, although Young Master Yun Shen has never praised her, the eldest lady has asked her son to come over for dinner several times, but Young Master Yun Shen has turned a deaf ear and has never been there.
There are several kitchens in the inner and outer courtyards of the Lu Mansion, and although the eldest lady stipulates that no fire is allowed in the courtyard, this rule has never been enforced. There is a special servant in her own yard, who first goes around every day to see the eight dishes and one soup prepared in the kitchen, and then comes back with seasonal fresh vegetables and supplements.
Qiu Yue has always felt that even if the eldest lady's daily diet is not as good as the queen's mother, she is one of the best in the capital. Shen Gongzi is young, and he is used to eating the dishes made by his maid, but Young Master Yun Shen can't let go of such enjoyment, and An Yixin eats whatever he wants.
In Qiu Yue's opinion, An Yixin's age is too young, and her cooking skills are not as good as those of the cooks in Lufu, but she is not afraid of spoiling things and dares to try indiscriminately.
Qiu Yue watched An Yixin pour the fine sand into the pot, then pour in the oil and sugar, and finally pour in the chestnuts and start stir-frying, and couldn't help but pout secretly. What kind of weird method is this, and can the chestnuts made from this taste good?
Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar is a hard work, and you can't stop in the middle of stir-frying, and An Yixin sweats on her forehead and her arms are sore after not frying for a while. But before she could speak, Qiu Yue had already pointed to a little maid who was also attracted by this novel trick and asked her to take over An Yixin's stir-up.
An Yixin was also making fried chestnuts with sugar for the first time, and she looked at the stove fire by herself, not daring to burn too much. It wasn't until a little maid replaced him that the chestnuts in the iron pot were gradually fried, and the chestnut shells burst with beep and beep, and the unique aroma of chestnuts wafted along with the fragrance of sugar and sesame oil.
An Yixin smiled and began to count down, "Ten, nine, eight......"
"What are you doing?" Seeing that she suddenly began to count, Qiu Yue asked in surprise.
An Yixin didn't answer, just smiled and continued to count, "Seven, six, five......"
Before the words fell, Shen Yu rushed in, "It's so fragrant, Yixin, what are you doing delicious?" ”
"You're back? How is Miss Yun Wan? Seeing that it was Shen Yu, An Yixin hurriedly asked.
"Yuling said it was too exaggerated, and I was so excited. I look at the festering and it's still like that, it's just not as itchy. Shen Yu said as he looked into the pot, "Are you making chestnuts?" Belch...... How can there still be sand?
Shen Yu was stunned and looked up at An Yixin.
"If there are only chestnuts in the pot, the heat is not easy to control." An Yixin explained. "Miss Yunwan......"
"I looked at the medicinal bath, although it didn't have much effect, but Miss Yun Wan and Yuling were very excited, I will modify the prescription in a while, and let her soak it for a few more days." Shen Yu said, reaching out to take the spatula from the little maid's hand, "Is this chestnut okay?" Get me one first. ”
After asking about the effect of the medicinal bath, An Yixin put her mind at ease, and at the same time, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, the fragrance of chestnuts came out, why didn't that foodie come?
In the main room, Lu Yunshen sniffled, and immediately judged that the chestnuts were not ripe.
The aroma is getting stronger and stronger, and An Yixin has no experience, so he has to shovel out a chestnut every once in a while to peel it off and taste it.
"I think it's okay, it's time to turn off the fire." An Yixin said, only feeling that the chestnuts in his mouth were soft and sweet, and he was raising his eyebrows proudly, wanting to celebrate the success of the experiment, when the figure flashed in front of him, and Lu Yunshen suddenly appeared in front of the stove.
I don't know what technique Lu Yunshen used, the spatula instantly fell into the hands of the little maid. Qiu Yue immediately handed over the plate. Lu Yunshen flipped over his hands, and the plate was already full of steaming chestnuts.
Not a single grain of sand.
An Yixin was dumbfounded, what kind of martial arts is this?
"Don't turn off the heat, then stir-fry the next pot." Lu Yun said lightly, holding the chestnuts in one hand and Shen Yu in the other, and disappeared in a flash.
"Be careful." An Yixin was stunned, almost instinctively said.
Qiu Yue picked up the spatula, flipped it twice, and found the only remaining chestnut, and was so excited that tears flashed in her eyes, Young Master Yunshen, who loves chestnuts so much, knew that she hadn't eaten it yet, so he actually left one for her!
Shen Yu ran back to the kitchen after a while, and Lu Yunshen didn't suddenly appear until the second pot of chestnuts was fried and An Yixin shouted to turn off the fire again, and he took more than half of it with one move.
An Yixin secretly calculated that because his first pot was a test, he probably only fried three catties of chestnuts, even if Shen Yu ate half a catty, then Lu Yunshen ate more than two catties. The second pot had confidence, and it was fried more than the first pot, and Lu Yunshen took more than half of it......
Thinking of this, An Yixin silently turned out a can of fried malt, fried it slightly with water in another pot, and handed it to Qiu Yue. "Send it to your young master, and say it's my newly researched drink."
Qiu Yue glanced at An Yixin. She knows that fried malt and decoction water are appetizing. But the young master loves to eat chestnuts, and every year when the chestnuts come down, as long as he is in Beijing, he eats them as food, and he has never accumulated food.
Seeing Qiu Yue's gaze, An Yixin couldn't help but be stunned, thinking of Granny Fang's pancake that could kill a dog if she threw it out. She actually forgot that Lu Yunshen grew up in Wusheng Villa, and he had already practiced the Iron Stomach Skill.
The second pot was not swept away by Lu Yunshen, each little girl was given more than a dozen chestnuts, they only ate one and their eyes lit up, some couldn't wait to eat the second one, and some were reluctant to eat it anymore, so they wrapped the chestnuts in a handkerchief and ran out.
Although Qiuyue is not very interested in An Yixin's cooking, she also loves to eat sugar-fried chestnuts, and after eating a few in a row, she even pulled An Yixin's share over and wrapped it in a cloth. "You then fry the next pot, I will send chestnuts to the eldest lady and the little Mrs. Wang, as well as spring flowers, summer rain, and winter snow, and they must also love to eat them." As she spoke, she ran out of the small kitchen with a puff of smoke.
An Yixin was stunned, it's already past the time for lunch, and you still want to fry a pot? Isn't everyone eating?
When Shen Yu revised the prescription and asked Lin Qingshan to grab the medicine again, An Yixin also rushed to pack two packs of chestnuts and asked him to send them to Qingjiang Garden.
Chef Zhao learned an iron plate seafood, and Yuedi also gave himself two hundred taels of silver. An Yixin thought in her heart, although she tried her best to convince herself that sending chestnuts to Qingjiang Garden was for Yuedi to taste new, not for silver, but when she saw Lin Qingshan coming back with a medicine bag in one hand and a gift box in the other, An Yixin still laughed from her heart.
The next morning, Zhu Qing came to Crouching Tiger Xuan, and brought two small servants behind him, carrying a large basket of chestnuts together. "Mrs. Xiao Wang loves to eat the chestnuts you made, let you make more today and take them on the road tomorrow." She said with a smile, and took out another silver ingot, "These five taels of silver were given to you by Mrs. Xiao Wang." ”
"Chestnuts are made by everyone, and everyone has merit." An Yixin said with a smile, and in front of Zhuqing, he asked Qiu Yue to exchange the ingots for copper coins and distribute them to the little maids.
On this day, for the general's funeral, the people in the General's Mansion and the Lu Mansion were busy, but Crouching Tiger Xuan didn't feel this kind of hecticism at all, only the sweet fragrance of sugar-fried chestnuts shrouded the small courtyard at all times.
Mrs. Xiao Wang sent too many raw chestnuts, An Yixin did not fry them all, but deducted a small half basket, cooked a bowl of chestnuts in the evening, and prepared to make chestnut stewed chicken the next day.
As soon as he sat on the side of the long case and peeled the first one, Lu Yunshen walked in, and when he saw the boiled chestnuts, he immediately picked them up and threw them into his mouth.
"You haven't eaten enough?" An Yixin couldn't help but say.
Lu Yunshen didn't speak, waited leisurely for An Yixin to peel out another one, and snatched it without waiting for her to put it on the plate.
An Yixin was speechless, and glanced sideways at Qiu Yue, quickly get your young master away!
Lu Yunshen followed An Yixin's gaze and glanced at Qiu Yue lightly, "Pour a cup of tea." ”
Qiu Yue ran to find tea.
The oil lamp on the long case shone brightly, and Lu Yunshen looked at An Yixin's white and delicate fingers and the golden chestnut kernels on his fingertips, and squinted his eyes with satisfaction.
Although the little girl looks average, the chestnuts that have been fried for a day are covered with chestnut oil and gum, and she is sitting on the side of the long case at the moment, a small lump, as if the whole person is also soft and glutinous and sweet like a chestnut.
Lu Yunshen thought in his heart, knocked lightly on the table, and motioned for An Yixin to peel it quickly.
The cold coercion on his body has long since dissipated, and his posture is domineering and lazy.
An Yixin glanced at the handsome foodie beside her, but sighed secretly, why do I want to meet him when I can't fall in love?