Chapter 19 Roasting Chestnuts

  Dà bǎo hú yí de kàn zhe tā, "......nǐ yòng guō zuò shén me? nǐ yòu bù huì zuò fàn?!"

  Translation:

  Taobao looked at her suspiciously, “……what are you using the pot for? You can't even cook?!”

  Shen Si thought for a moment, staring at him without speaking. Da Bao touched his head and didn't dare to say anything else.

  She stared at him as he filled the pancake, washed the pot clean, and only then did she leave the kitchen. She saw that Er Bao and San Bao had peeled most of them, so she took out a pair of scissors and began to cut a small opening on each chestnut. This was also a big project, but with scissors, it wasn't too tiring. This was probably Shen Sisi's most motivated moment in eight years - she wanted to earn money, buy oil, buy meat to eat...

  "Tunuo, what are you doing?!" Er Bao and San Bao looked at her in confusion. In the past, when they wanted to eat chestnuts, they would just boil them in water, why use scissors to deal with them like this?

  Shen Sisi ignored them and ordered, "Don't ask too much, continue peeling."

  They didn't dare touch her head, and continued to peel peanuts with a resigned attitude.

  After processing, Shen Sisi put all the good chestnuts into the well water. This step was to force out all the wormy chestnuts. After soaking for about 10 minutes, they were immediately placed on a sieve to drain, fortunately, the sun was strong, so this step didn't take much time either.

  Zhong Gensheng and He Axiu returned at this time, saw them messing with the chestnuts, and smiled: "You picked so many today?"

  "Yes, Father, Tuniang had us pick them up..." Sanbao said.

  Zhong Gensheng patted the head of San Bao, knowing that they were there to fill their stomachs, and didn't say anything. He put down his hoe and sat down to rest. Da Bao brought them water and flatbread, and the two ate silently before resting for a while longer. Without saying anything, they continued on with their work.

  Dabao then cooked the pig grass and fed it to the pigs, just as he came out of the pigpen, Er Gouzi led a few younger followers and rushed in, "Let's go quickly, we're going fishing..."

  This is what happens every day, so Dabao was ready to pack up and go home, but today was unusual because the biggest foodie Shen Sisi smiled and said: "We're not going home today, something's come up at home..."

  Dabao's eyes widened in surprise, while Erbao and Sanbao stared at Shen Sisi in astonishment, thinking she had taken the wrong medicine.

  The two dogs looked at her with some discomfort, as they had also thought of not bringing her before, but after being beaten by her once, now every day, even if they forgot to catch fish, they would absolutely not forget to inform her.

  So he hesitated and asked, "You're really not going?!"

  "Really, something's up at home, let's talk about it tomorrow, you guys go ahead..." Shen Sisi said calmly.

  The two dogs could only take the suspicious person away, but they were a bit bewildered.

  "Sanbao said with a hint of grievance: 'Tuniu, what are we eating today?! Not fish soup again?! What's going on at home?!'"

  "Roasted chestnuts..."

  "What?! Three Treasures looked at her in dismay. To him, Li's charm was not even comparable to fish soup, and he suddenly felt a bit resentful."

  Shen Sisi stopped paying attention to him, and when the chestnuts were dry, she started working. In fact, roasting chestnuts requires sand, but it's hard to find so much sand, and if there is sand, the sugar and salt will be diluted, so more needs to be used. She didn't have such conditions to waste now, so she had to skip this step.

  Let the big treasure nod the pot, control the fire, Shen Sisi waits for the iron pot to dry, pour in salt, and simultaneously pour in drained chestnuts. She weighs the spoon slowly and stir-fries, making the chestnuts evenly heated. This is still a bit laborious for her eight-year-old self, but she is sweating profusely and doesn't dare to be careless, fearing that the chestnuts will burn.