Chen Huizhi opened the pot again, well, the water was just boiling dry, and the chestnuts were crispy and crispy, Chen Yuezhi picked up the spatula and began to press it in the pot.

While carrying the chestnut powder, sprinkle the sugar, because it is very hot, the sugar melts immediately, and then continue to roll, and then put a small amount of melted lard.

Chen Huiqing couldn't help but swallow her saliva and said: "Sister, the cake you tossed out like this must be delicious, and it is sugar and lard?" ”

"Hehe, just put sugar, that's not necessarily delicious, when I'm done, you taste it again, that's called delicious." If it weren't for the fact that there were no ovens in the countryside now, she wouldn't have had such trouble.

After the chestnut powder is mixed, take it out and let it cool, Shangguan Lei's dough is also kneaded, Chen Yuezhi demonstrates to everyone, it is actually very similar to making dumplings, first pinch a small agent, spread it into a round cake shape with a rolling pin, dig a little chestnut dough with a spoon and put it in, wrap it up like a bun, and then knead it into a ball, put it into a baba tray, and press out the pattern.

"Ah Yue, the stone here is always hot, put a handful of water, and it was immediately dried with a thud, is this okay, do you want to continue to burn the fire?" Chen Wei shouted outside.

"Keep the medium heat and don't put it out." Under Chen Yuezhi's demonstration, Chen Huizhi, Li Qingxia, and Fu Guihua have already made ten small chestnut cakes neatly.

Everyone didn't do it first, Chen Yuezhi meant that she would do it when she succeeded, and if the slate baking couldn't be successful, then make chestnut steamed cakes.

So everyone watched cautiously as Chen Yuezhi held these ten raw cakes, walked to the front of the slate, first smeared a layer of sesame oil on the slate, and when the oil was hot, then put the chestnut cakes down one by one.

"Ah Yue, isn't this just a pancake, why is it not in the pot, do you have to use a slate?" Li Qingxia was a little incomprehensible.

Chen Yuezhi couldn't explain it, anyway, he told them that the slate was smeared with oil. In order to prevent the crust from sticking to it, the real effect is actually the heat of the large stone slab that transmits it, and finally bakes the cake.

She thought about it. It's an experiment, and if it succeeds, it's best, and if it fails, then use a steamer. Anyway, don't suffer.

Chen Yuezhi instructed Chen Huizhi to stay next to the stone slab, and turn over the cake regularly to prevent it from being too burnt.

Everyone sniffed and said, "It's so fragrant, it's different from the taste of frying in the pot, and it has a fresh taste that seems to be close to nature." ”

"I smell it, and the aroma of chestnuts?" Zhang Mengmeng was cleaning the osmanthus flowers, shrugging the tip of her nose from time to time.

Chen Mingzhi and Shangguan Lei are two foodies. Around the slate, the eyes released little stars, and every once in a while, I had to ask Chen Yuezhi, okay, can you eat it?

Chen Yuezhi looked at the clock, and according to the experience of his previous life, combined with the time of the oven, he estimated that the proportion should be about the same. Let Shangguan Lei pick a central one to taste first, and break it to see if it is ripe.

The chestnuts inside are cooked, and the main thing is that the flour is roasted.

Shangguan Lei picked it up, and the crispy skin baked outside fell straight down. Chen Mingzhi hurriedly shouted, and put his hands together: "Ouch, don't waste it." ”

"Why is it so loose and crispy?" Shangguan Lei hurriedly changed his hand, because it was too hot, he kept pinching his ears and jumping his feet. Regardless of it, he took a bite directly.

While fanning the wind in his mouth, he swallowed it in his stomach, and said vaguely: "Well, it's crispy, crispy, delicious, and there's a faint sweetness, I ate chestnuts, it's delicious, it's delicious, it's delicious." ”

"Hey, you leave me some, Shangguan Lei." Chen Mingzhidu's saliva flowed when he heard it, and when he saw that Shangguan Lei didn't seem to think of sharing it with him, he immediately grabbed it.

"Don't rob it, isn't it still on the slate, we peeled five catties of chestnut meat and cooked such a big pot of chestnut powder, enough for you to eat, can't you eat it first?" Li Qingxia laughed and scolded.

There were a total of ten roasted on the big stone slab, and it was divided up in a blink of an eye, Shangguan Lei ate two by himself, and the others happened to have one each.

"Oh my God, Chen Yuezhi, how did you say your head was long, how did you think of making such delicious things in such a strange way? I've never eaten anything when I'm so big, I mean really, I haven't even seen it in the capital. Shangguan Lei was satisfied, so he hurried over to pat himself.

Chen Yuezhi pursed her lips proudly, it was natural, this kind of shortbread would not appear for at least a few more years, and she also put the essence of plants and trees, the taste was naturally excellent, and it was different.

Since the first case of slate scones was successful, everyone was not ambiguous, and they quickly got busy, making cakes, oiling, turning over, adding firewood, and there was a very tacit understanding in the division of labor and cooperation.

The smart Chen Lizhi even dug another kang directly, and ran to move a cleaned slate over, and did the same, and roasted Chen Mingzhi and Zhang Mengmeng.

When it was dark, a large pot of chestnut dough was all done, Chen Huizhi quickly counted them, and made a total of more than 300 cakes, not counting the ones that had already been eaten.

"Where can I sell all these breads? It's only one morning. Chen Huizhi said with some worry.

"Eldest sister, how can there be so many cakes for sale? You see that this cake is new, my grandfather must send a little, the aunts who are good to our family around us will send a little, the village chief's family will also send a little, our own family will keep some food, and the aunt's family will also send a little, Shangguan Lei and Zhang Mengmeng will go home the day after tomorrow, we will let the family bring some back. When Chen Yuezhi was counting with his fingers, he suddenly saw his father, looking at him with some Chen Baba, the meaning in that look, she immediately understood, thinking that Chen Taikang was quite honest for a while now, and he took Hong Xiao'e to death, and he didn't seem to come to her house to make trouble.

"My grandparents' family also sent a little, and there wasn't much left." After Chen Yuezhi finished speaking, he found that Chen Wei really grinned, and he also smiled flatteringly at Li Qingxia.

Li Qingxia pursed her lips and didn't squeak, which was considered to be the meaning of agreement, and Chen Wei's eyes immediately narrowed with joy.

Chen Huiyi thought, it's not this reason, so speaking, three hundred cakes is very few.

Zhang Mengmeng was eating a mouth full of crumbs, and when she heard Chen Yuezhi's words, she immediately wiped her mouth and said, "Don't count us as us, we have already eaten so much." If you are really polite, just bring me a pound of raw chestnuts when the time comes. ”

Shangguan Lei agreed with Zhang Mengmeng this time, and said that he was here alone. If you bring too much, you can't eat it and waste it.

No matter what the two of them said, anyway, Chen Yuezhi had an account in his heart first, and then began to distribute it while the iron was hot.

Yao Xiaomei's family, Jiang Grandma's * Grandma's family and other eight neighbors who usually get along well, each family has five cakes. Let's get a taste, and that's how it goes.

The village chief Li Haoren's family and the second uncle's family each sent ten, and the last time Shoucai happened, thanks to the village chief and the second uncle as witnesses, they also helped to distinguish them in the village and wash away the sewage spilled by the second child of the Chen family.

Chen Taikang's family sent ten cakes, if it was just the two of them stuttering, it would be enough. As for the second and third elders of the Chen family, Chen Yuezhi didn't think about it at all, when they hid in the house to eat meat. Have you ever thought of giving the Chen family the eldest a sip of soup to drink?

My grandfather's family wanted to send more, because there was still an uncle and a second uncle's family, so he sent fifty cakes, and my aunt's family sent twenty cakes, and his family did not have many families, but Chen Yuezhi had other ideas, so I won't talk about it here for the time being.

When Shangguan Lei and Zhang Mengmeng go back, they will bring at least ten cakes back for each of them, so that their families can taste it.

And he was to keep forty loaves of bread for his own use, so that two hundred loaves were removed at once.

And a hundred loaves. If you can't sell it, you can bring it back and eat it yourself, and if it sells well. Then tomorrow Li Qingxia and they will go to pick chestnuts to do it.

In the evening, they simply didn't cook the main meal, anyway, everyone ate a stomach full of chestnut cakes, and they all burped, but the cakes were always too dry, Chen Yuezhi and Li Qingxia cooked another pot of sweet potato porridge, and the water was made with water with the essence of plants and trees. It's naturally nutritious and delicious, and everyone who drinks it straight can't wait to swallow their tongues.

The sweet chestnuts and osmanthus chestnuts over there are basically ripe, and now they are stuffed in the pot and must be simmered for at least one night, so that the flavor can get into the chestnut meat.

Now everyone is sitting around the table, just discussing the price of these chestnuts. There are also people in the market who sell raw chestnuts, according to the size of the head, and weigh them in pounds.

The large and plump raw chestnuts are about to sell for two and 1 catties a piece, and the small ones are eight cents to 1 catty a piece. Cooked chestnuts only have a sweet taste, and the price is about five cents more than raw ones.

Chen Wei found out the scale at home, and it turned out that the scale was used to weigh rice, which was too heavy and too big, and the key was that except for Chen Huizhi, everyone didn't know the scale.

Chen Yuezhi thought that some people in later generations sold chestnuts, and they didn't pay attention to what they called or not, and directly used a medium small cup, and a flat cup was a dollar.

She searched for a long time in her kitchen, and finally found an old water scoop, and first tried to fill a cup of raw chestnuts, so that Chen Wei weighed it, but she didn't expect it to be just right, it was a pound of weight.

"Look, isn't it convenient to do this, when it is sold tomorrow, it will be said that raw chestnuts cost one dollar per flat scoop, sweet chestnuts are two pieces, and osmanthus chestnuts are five dollars a piece."

"Okay, that's pretty convenient." Chen Wei immediately laughed, originally he thought that if the children really didn't recognize it, then he would accompany the children to sell it tomorrow.

Shangguan Lei lowered his head and thought about something, suddenly raised his head and said: "In case someone wants to buy a lot of catties of chestnuts, then you have to take something to pack it, you can't let people walk with their hands in their hands, right?" ”

He remembered that when he was in the capital, when he bought snacks and things, everyone had them wrapped in oiled paper, so it was clean and convenient to hold.

"Yes, Shangguan Lei reminded me. Dad, you hurry up and go to the back mountain to cut some long grass, and we will use the grass to make a small basket with rope. Mom, last time I didn't take a lot of rags from Cousin Wu's shop, you quickly bring them, and then bring a pair of scissors, and I'll tell you how big a piece of cloth to cut into in a while, and then let Dad take them to rub the straw rope, and we'll make cloth bags. Chen Yuezhi had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately thought of a good idea.

Chestnuts are not afraid of the same as others, they will make something different, it is not surprising that the streets are full of oil paper bags, but if there are any fresh gadgets, I believe it will attract everyone's attention.

"Okay, then I'll go mow the grass immediately." Chen Wei changed his shoes, took a flashlight and went out, and when Chen Yuezhi came to him, he ordered him to cut some resilient grass.

Li Qingxia's mother and daughter are also busy here, and Zhang Mengmeng is of course obligated to help.

Chen Yuezhi asked her grandmother to make ten catties of raw chestnuts first, and then put them on a piece of rag, tie the four corners together, see how much area is needed, and then cut them out according to the pattern.

"Ah Yue, how to make this cloth bag, is it sewn into a boxy?" Zhang Mengmeng asked.

Chen Yuezhi shook her head, it was too much trouble to do that, she taught everyone to roll the strip of cloth into a long cylinder, sew it directly at the bottom of the inside, and sew it at the other end, leaving a hollow, and then put the rope through, and then collect it, and a simple cloth bag will become.

"Oh, Yuezhi, you're so smart, how did you think of this, this little cloth bag is not only not easy to leak, but also very convenient to make, and it looks weird and good-looking." Zhang Mengmeng took the simple bag with a floral cloth head and touched it lovingly.

"It's a fool's errand." This kind of drawstring-style simple bag has not yet been made by people, and it will take at least seven or eight years before it will be popular?

Chen Yuezhi remembered that there seemed to be colored silk threads in her drawer, which were left over from Li Qingxia's embroidered tiger head shoes a few years ago when she helped a neighbor's aunt's grandson, and she quickly found them.

After threading the silk thread, according to the color of the fabric, they embroidered different things on the simple cloth bag they made, whether it was a butterfly fluttering its wings, or a small bird, or a cluster of flowers.

Don't look at it just a little embellishment, but it immediately makes the original ordinary small cloth bag become different, and the embroidery method is unique, very exquisite, those small animals or flowers, look like the real thing.

Zhang Mengmeng and Shangguan Lei were stunned, Chen Yuezhi embroidered a small cloth bag with a cartoon character image of a kissing pig, Zhang Mengmeng immediately snatched it and hugged it in his arms: "Ah Yue, Ah Yue, oh my God, you still embroider, woo, I don't want to live anymore, you have good grades, good skin, and kung fu, and now you can embroider, I feel inferior." But I like this chubby little pig so much, can you give it to me, please. ”

"What's this, you can take it if you like." Chen Yuezhi didn't care at all, when Chen Huizhi asked, he also said that he saw Li Qingxia's embroidery before, so he pondered it himself.

Li Qingxia does know some embroidery, but it is very rough, and she usually takes some work to help newborns embroider some tiger head shoes or something.

Now seeing that my daughter embroiders so well, although I have some doubts in my heart, I think that my daughter is smart and figured it out by myself, and I don't care much.

Chen Yuezhi has not embroidered for a long time, this time of rise, I can't stop, first embroidered the cloth bag of eight flowers, and as soon as the recipe was run, the fatigue disappeared, and he began to embroider the zodiac with great interest.

It's just that she uses a cartoon version, which is easier, but it's just a few stitches, and it makes people feel vivid. (To be continued.) )