I saw more than a dozen villagers standing outside the courtyard, looking inside.

"Do you still have any white squishy things that your family gave us yesterday? A few of us wanted to buy some more and try it. ”

Zhou Huihui hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes." ”

After saying that, he beckoned the villagers to come in, and asked Jiang Mengliang to hurry to the kitchen and carry a bucket out.

"How do you sell it?"

"The shops in the town sell four cents a catty, everyone is a villager, so let's sell you three cents a catty."

If you make soup with a pound of tofu, you can eat two meals, and everyone has no objection to the price.

After a while, all the remaining 20 catties of tofu at home were sold, and everyone said that they would buy it if they finished eating.

Because the tofu business was not good, Jiang Mengliang did not stay at home all day, but went to the mountains to chop some firewood and put it at home to prepare for the winter.

The rented house does not have a fire kang, and he is not good at moving other people's houses, so he still has to wait until he builds his own house in the future to build a fire kang.

The family discussed, planning to survive this winter, build a house in the spring, when the weather warms up, the sun is better, and you can make some bricks by yourself.

The kitchen at home was already full of firewood, and Jiang Mengliang went to the mountains to find a few good trees to prepare wood for building a house.

Every time he goes to the mountain, Jiang Xiaonian always goes with him, just to see what new things are on the mountain.

She found that there were orange trees, plum trees, and peach trees, all of which were also found on the hills of Wangjia Village. There are also chestnut trees that are not there, and now is the right time to ripen.

Seeing the tall chestnut tree, Jiang Xiaonian was very happy, and hurriedly picked up the burr ball that fell from the ground and put it in the back basket.

Others were in the trees, and she pounced on some more with her stick.

Jiang Mengliang was chopping trees on the side, his head was hit by a burr ball, and when he saw Jiang Xiaonian pounced with a stick, he said curiously: "Xiaonian, what are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Xiaonian said while jumping and fluttering chestnut balls: "Dad, I saw it in the bookstore in the town before, this thing can be eaten with a thorn ball, and I actually encountered it here." ”

Jiang Mengliang didn't know why there were so many records of new things in the town, but he didn't doubt it, according to his previous experience, Jiang Xiaonian was right from the book.

After cutting down a tree, he joined the group of scavenger balls, and it wasn't long before the chestnut balls filled the basket.

After the two returned home, Jiang Xiaonian asked Jiang Mengliang to sharpen two pointed wooden sticks for her, and the two of them were tinkering with chestnut balls in the yard.

First step on it and knead it, and knead the thorns on the chestnut balls until they lie on the chestnut balls, so that they will not prick your hands when peeling, and you can also knead most of the chestnut balls open.

Wait for the chestnut ball to open a hole, and then pick it open with a wooden stick, and the full chestnut inside will come out.

Of course, there are also chestnut balls that are ripe and naturally open, so you don't have to be so troublesome, just peel them directly.

The two of them peeled for half an afternoon, but their hands were inevitably pricked several times, and finally all the chestnuts were peeled.

"Miss, how do you eat this?"

Jiang Xiaonian took out one, put it in his mouth and bit it directly, revealing the light yellow flesh inside, and said, "This one can be eaten directly after peeling off the shell, you taste it, it's very crisp and sweet." ”

Fleur peeled one after following her example, and after putting it in her mouth, her eyes lit up a lot, and she nodded again and again: "It's delicious." ”

Jiang Xiaonian took the basket containing the chestnuts to the room, and asked Fu Hui to pack up the thorn shells in the courtyard and go to the room as well.

The two of them sat in the room peeling chestnut meat.

Jiang Xiaonian said while peeling it: "This chestnut can be eaten raw or stewed in soup, after stewing, the taste is powdery and fragrant." ”

Fu Hui looked at Jiang Xiaonian with big eyes while peeling off, and listened very seriously.

"However, the best way to eat it is to fry it in a pot, and it is best to add some sugar to make fried chestnuts and eat them."

"There are so many ways to eat this thing? Miss, let's all try it! ”

Jiang Xiaonian nodded with a smile and said, "Let's just peel a bowl and stew chicken tonight." ”

Although Zhou Huihui ate some of the chickens and rabbits she brought from Shuangxi Town on the way and gave some to the Tang family, she still kept two.

Jiang Xiaonian went to the mountains in the past few days, pretending to hit pheasants and hares, and took out one by one in the space and added them to the backyard.

Now the backyard is as lively as ever.

It's just that she can't take out the vegetables in the space again, Zhou Huihui left the seeds and planted a small piece of land in the courtyard, if she suddenly took it out, it would arouse suspicion.

Jiang Wei was reviewing his homework in the room, and Fu Hui took a handful of peeled chestnuts to try it for him, and she was very happy to see Jiang Wei eating very satisfied.

At night, half of the chicken was stewed, and the other half Jiang Xiaonian hung it on the stove with a straw rope to make cured chicken to eat.

Chestnut stewed chicken is nutritious and fragrant, and everyone is very satisfied with the taste of chestnut as a fresh food, and they are extremely happy to eat.

During the meal, Jiang Xiaonian told Jiang Mengliang and Zhou Huihui about fried chestnuts, and if it was delicious, it could be brought to the town to be sold.

Zhou Huihui was very interested, and nodded again and again, it just so happens that the tofu business is not good now, and there is nothing to do, if you can do something else to make money.

After eating, Jiang Xiaonian buried his head in drawing something in the room, and it didn't take long for him to walk out with a piece of silk cloth.

"Miss, this is a very precious thing for Childe, why did you use it to paint?"

Jiang Xiaonian hurriedly shushed at Fu Hui and whispered, "Don't let my brother know, I stole it from his room." ”

This silk cloth is still a gift from Jiang Wei who passed the children's test last time, and Jiang Wei has been stored in a wooden box like a baby.

Jiang Xiaonian handed the silk cloth to Jiang Mengliang and said: "Dad, it is very difficult to fry chestnuts in the pot at home, and it is easy to burn due to uneven firepower, I pondered for a while and drew something, can I let the blacksmith in the town make it?" ”

Jiang Mengliang took it and looked at it, and there was a cylinder-like thing drawn on it, with a shaft in the middle, which could be rotated.

Jiang Xiaonian was afraid that he wouldn't understand, so he pointed to the exploded view on the side and said, "This is the exploded view I draw, which can be assembled, as long as it is made according to this size." ”

After Jiang Xiaonian's detailed explanation, Jiang Mengliang finally understood the whole picture, and nodded again and again: "Okay, Ming'er's father will go to the town." ”

The size that Jiang Xiaonian asked for was not as big as she saw in modern times, but it was enough, and one pot could fry dozens of catties.

The next day, Jiang Mengliang went to the town after making tofu, and Jiang Xiaonian and Fu Hui went into the mountain.

There are also several chestnut trees there, which were picked for less than a tenth of yesterday and have to be picked more today.

The two of them carried two burr balls with baskets on their backs and walked down the mountain, Jiang Xiaonian deliberately circled around the mountain again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were persimmon trees in the mountain.

Although it is late this year, and the persimmons are ripe and fall to the ground, you can pick them early next year and make persimmons to eat.

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