Gan Xiaotang is strategic, after eating the chestnut cake, he said to Tang Xiaowen Let's cut the chestnuts, and then boil them with water to peel them, so that Grandma doesn't have to work hard to cook vegetables or snacks when she comes back, just use them directly.

Tang Xiaowen felt that it was okay anyway, so she brought scissors and bowls, but Gan Xiaotang was not allowed to touch them, "You are still young, be careful that the scissors hurt you." ”

Gan Xiaotang once again choked this small body was really in the way, and he couldn't help anything. "You have to cut it twice, horizontally and vertically, so it looks good."

Tang Xiaowen cut open the chestnuts in the two large sea bowls and poured them into the pot, when she went to scoop the water, Gan Xiaotang threw a handful of brown sugar into it, and felt that it was not enough to make up for it, and Tang Xiaowen was not allowed to pour too much water, just not over the chestnuts.

"It's all about boiling water." Tang Xiaowen said worriedly.

"There was too much water, and the chestnuts were cooked." Gan Xiaotang said, "After boiling the water, we will burn it on a small fire, and wait for his skin to simmer and peel it better." ”

Tang Xiaowen felt that it made sense, Gan Xiaotang snuggled up to her and sat by the stove to light the fire, Gan Xiaotang suddenly thought that there was still a little bit on the recipe, and she wanted to put some oil to prevent the peel from sticking, she jumped up in a hurry, dug a spoonful of lard and threw it into the pot.

"Eh, what did you put in there?" Tang Xiaowen asked.

"A little bit of oil, so it looks better." Gan Xiaotang said. "Close the lid and cook faster."

Tang Xiaowen felt strange, and thought that maybe Gan Xiaotang saw Grandma do this, she shrugged, "You tell me, you suddenly jumped up and startled me." ”

Gan Xiaotang sat next to her again, Xiaohuo only needed to ensure that there was firewood burning in the stove, Tang Xiaowen took a firewood stick on the ground to teach Gan Xiaotang to read and write, Gan Twelve was not fun sitting outside, and he also staggered in and sat down on the other side of Tang Xiaowen.

"Did my sister go to school too?" Gan Xiaotang asked.

"No, the school doesn't accept female students." Tang Xiaowen said, "It was my father and mother who taught me to read and write, and then after I was seven years old, I invited a female master to teach at home, and I came here to learn cooking, and the master went back temporarily." ”

"What do female masters teach?" Gan Xiaotang asked again, girls don't even have the right to a fair education now, and they have to hire a private tutor one-on-one, which must be expensive.

"Learn some women's rules, women's history and the like, my father said that you can also learn the Analects and Poetry Classics." Tang Xiaowen said, "This master's chess skills are excellent, and he also needs to learn." ”

Gan Xiaotang nodded thoughtfully, these one-on-one are all specialist teachers, there are few general teachers, even if there is, I'm afraid I can't afford to invite them, what will Mr. do, what will the students learn, Mr. will not, the students can't do it, how many teachers can you invite?

"Does Eleven want to learn too?" Tang Xiaowen said, "My brothers in the family have all read, so it should be no problem to enlighten you, and after that, if my master is still at home at that time, you will come to my house to study with me." "The Gan family has a thin background and a heavy burden, which she often hears from her family, although she has sent all the boys to the school, but it is difficult to invite Mr. to come to the house to teach Eleven. The Tang family was the first to have only one daughter, and she was willing to spend money on her, but when she was pity, she would let her father ask for a few more years, so that Eleven could also study for two years, which was better than nothing.

"This is at least after the age of five, and I will talk about it then." Gan Xiaotang said.

Tang Xiaowen was amused by her tone, "Little person, why is it so interesting to speak." ”

Zou Xiaoxi saw this scene when she went home, the three of them sat in front of the stove talking and laughing, and her hanging heart was put down, otherwise a half-grown child with two children at home, she couldn't feel at ease.

"Mother." Gan Xiaotang shouted sweetly.

"What's boiling in the pot? Are you hungry? Mother will get you food right away. Zou Xiaoxiao said that she lifted the wooden lid, and a burst of smoke came, the water in it had been boiled dry, and some black and small stone-like things were in the pot.

"Oops, the water is all boiled dry." Tang Xiaowen stood up and said crampedly, "Originally, I boiled chestnuts, thinking that it would be easy to peel the shells, but I forgot to look at the water." ”

Zou Xiaoxi comforted her and said that it was okay, and turned the chestnuts a few times with a spatula, ready to serve them, the burnt smell mixed with the sweet fragrance permeated, and the chestnuts were cut, revealing the yellow flesh inside, "Show me." Gan Xiaotang jumped to his feet and said, this taste is the taste of fried chestnuts with sugar.

The chestnuts that had just come out of the pot were hot, Gan Xiaotang watched Zou Xiaoxi peel one and put it in his mouth, and when he ate it was very fragrant, he peeled it off and gave it to Gan Twelve, and then it was her turn.

Sweet and dry glutinous, Gan Xiaotang said it was delicious.

"It's better to eat it like this than to eat it dry, and add extra sugar." Zou Xiaoxi said that she took out all the chestnuts, divided small bowls for them to eat, and kept the rest for those who didn't come back.

Gan Xiaotang took two half-cold chestnuts to her eldest brother, Gamboli was making a nest for rabbits in the backyard, rabbits will make holes, the ground must be tamped, Gamboli is still like an eel pond with broken tiles paved with earth ramming, surrounded by wooden stakes, wrapped with bamboo strips.

"Big brother eats chestnuts." Gan Xiaotang raised his hand.

Gamboli took the chestnut and ate one for himself, and the other peeled Segan Xiaotang's mouth, "Is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious." Gan Xiaotang said, "Big brother, you make the rabbit nest bigger." ”

"Why? How big does a little rabbit need a nest? Gambury laughed and said, "I'll keep it with little land." ”

"But rabbits give birth to baby rabbits, just like hens with chicks, there will be many, many more." Gan Xiaotang said innocently.

Gambury was stunned, "You still want a baby bunny?" ”

"Sister Xiaowen also wants it, and Sister Yanwan also wants it." Gan Xiaotang snapped his fingers and said, "The baby rabbit is cute." ”

Gamberley looked at the little rabbit on the side and made a difficulty, this is to give birth to a little rabbit to have a male and a female, this rabbit is male or female, in other words, how to divide the rabbit into male and female?

Gan Xiaotang didn't know what Gamberi was struggling with, she just said it, and believed that her eldest brother would do it for her.

When the sunset was full, Liu Sanniang and they came back, full of the harvest of the two big cars, Liu Sanniang came in with her back, "Don't worry about unloading it from the car, and get it tomorrow." ”

Zou Xiaoxi was cooking in the kitchen, and Tang Qian'er came out to answer, "Mother-in-law is tired today." ”

"Hey, it's not okay to be old, I think when I lived in the mountains, it was okay to climb up and down such a mountain a few times, but now it's not good, this old waist is tired." Liu Sanniang said, "Hard work Sister Chun, Yuan Niang is busy with me, I'm tired today, Sister Chun will bring a piece of meat back." ”

Sister Chun waved her hand, the family will definitely have a good meal.

Zou Xiaoxi came out of the kitchen with a bamboo basket, covered with a bowl of vegetables, "The chestnut roast chicken I ate tonight, here's a big bowl, you can take it back as a side dish." ”

"That's embarrassing." Sister Chun rubbed her hands.

"Take it, it's hard to go into the mountains with me today, and you don't have to come home tomorrow, take a good rest at home, my old bones, you also have to rest well."