Chapter 126 Roasted chestnuts with sugar
Chapter 126 Roasted chestnuts with sugar
Yu Yuanzheng looked in the distance where Jiang Hua pointed.
"Hey, it looks familiar. Let's go take a look.
As they got closer, Yu Yuanzheng saw clearly who it was.
"Yuying, Yuying!" Yu Yuanzheng shouted at the top of her voice.
Yue Yuying was just focused on walking forward and didn't pay any attention to the people in the distance.
She was wearing a neat trouser suit and even had a small backpack on her back. The two maids beside her were wearing the same outfit.
When she heard the shout, she immediately looked up and saw that it was Yu Yuanzheng. She waved her hand happily: "Yuanzheng."
Yue Yuying didn't expect to see her good friends here, and she trotted over to them.
There was a thin layer of sweat on her little face, and her hair was tied into a braid.
She is dressed like a typical country girl.
"Greetings, Young Master." Yue Yuying greeted Shangguan Ziqi first, then looked at Yu Yuanzheng with a smile.
"Yuying, are you going up the mountain to pick wild fruits?" Yu Yuan guessed what they were doing as soon as he saw her outfit.
"Yes. Why are you here? Oh, I remember now, this farm is the dowry farm of Princess Rong." Yue Yuying suddenly remembered.
"Then why are you here?"
"That farm over there belongs to our family. After that incident, my mother asked me to come to the farm to hide for a while."
"Oh. What a coincidence. We live so close to each other. We are going to stay here for a while. Come and play with me when you have nothing to do." Yu Yuanzheng invited.
"Of course. I don't have any friends in this countryside. I didn't expect you to come. Young Master, from now on your wife will belong to me during the day. You can't snatch her from me." Yue Yuying joked and made a face to provoke Guan Ziqi.
Yu Yuanzheng likes girls with this kind of personality.
Lively and cute, yet without losing personality.
"I would love to have more people to help me take care of my wife." Look how good Shangguan Ziqi is at speaking.
"Come, look at the wild fruits I picked." Yue Yuying put down the backpack as if presenting a treasure and showed it to Yu Yuanzheng.
"Chestnuts? This is the season to eat them. Chestnuts are nuts. They're so good. Let's go back and make sugar-roasted chestnuts." Yu Yuanzheng's mouth was watering when she saw this delicious thing.
She had hardly any morning sickness during the three months of her pregnancy, which made her very satisfied.
The food has been particularly delicious in the past two days. Whenever I see food, especially my favorite, I can't help drooling.
"Can you fry?" Yue Yuying doesn't know how to do that.
“Well, I haven’t fried them, but I’ve seen them.” In my previous life, the sugar-roasted chestnuts sold on the street were all fried and sold right on the spot. You could eat them while they were still hot. They were so delicious.
Don’t think about it. The more you think about it, the sooner you can eat it.
"Yuanshan, take a look at the creek and see if there is any sand. We need coarse sand. Please help us get a few pounds to take back." Yu Yuanzheng acted immediately.
Yuanshan emptied the backpack that Yue Yuying was carrying and went to the creek to fill it with sand.
The stream is crystal clear.
There is a lot of coarse yarn, which can be fished out from the bottom of the riverbed and is very clean.
The group returned to Zhuangzi together.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they came back, Aunt Yang was waiting at the door of the main courtyard where they lived.
"Master, Madam, these are the eggs I cooked. I dyed them red for good luck and celebration. I sent them to Madam so she can eat them first." Aunt Yang smiled kindly.
He was holding a small basket with a dozen red eggs in it.
"Aunt Yang, why do you want me to eat it first? Is there any reason?" Yu Yuanzheng was puzzled. She really didn't know who would care about this.
"Madam, you are my daughter-in-law's savior. This is to express my gratitude. You are also pregnant. Eating red eggs means good luck and success. I hope your childbirth will be smooth."
"Oh, so that's the meaning. Then I'll eat a few more." Yu Yuanzheng took one and peeled it and ate it on the spot.
Aunt Yang asked everyone else to take a portion and gave the rest to Jiang Hua.
"Yuan Zheng, are you pregnant?" Yue Yuying asked after Aunt Yang left.
"Ah."
"Then I can't go up the mountain with you. The eldest master will definitely not agree. But it's autumn now, and there are so many good things in the mountains." Yue Yuying was a little disappointed.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I don't fall and climb up the mountain slowly, there will be no problem. My belly isn't getting bigger now. Just don't do any strenuous exercise." When Yu Yuanzheng heard that there were good things in the mountains, how could he let them go.
She has never had this kind of life experience in her past or present life, so she must try it.
"Ms. Yue, I'll ask the guards to make two stretchers and carry us up the mountain." Shangguan Ziqi came up with an idea.
He is going too.
"Okay, okay. That's fine. The mountains here are not very high, and there aren't a lot of weeds." Yue Yuying clapped her hands in agreement.
These days it's so boring for her to just play with the two maids.
After lunch, Yu Yuanzheng began to direct the making of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
First remove the burrs on the outer layer, this job is for men.
Shangguan Ziqi actually wanted to experience it too, so he picked up a small stone and threw it.
Once you hit it, the chestnut inside will be exposed.
The brown fruits are plump.
When everything was smashed, it weighed about ten pounds.
The three girls are very capable.
"Miss, let's pick some more tomorrow. There are still a lot that haven't fallen from the trees." Yue Yuying's maid Xiaojuan said excitedly.
"Yes, miss, otherwise when the children in the village are free, there will be no share for us." Another maid, Lingling, also encouraged.
We are now busy with the autumn harvest, and the children from each family are being used, so the newly ripe wild fruits have not been destroyed by the children on the farm.
"Okay, this thing can be kept for several days without going bad." Yu Yuanzheng agreed.
Of course, she had to collect more of her favorite things.
Move a large pot that is rarely used to the yard and stir-fry it open air in the yard.
Three stones make up a stove, and it can be done quickly.
Several people worked together to cut a cross on the back of each chestnut with a knife.
First pour the sand in and fry it until hot, then add the sugar. When it turns burnt yellow, pour the chestnuts in and fry them together.
Control the heat well.
Yuanshan was responsible for waving the shovel, and Yu Yuanzheng was in charge of directing.
After a while the fragrance wafted out.
"Wow, it smells so good." Yue Yuying couldn't help but exclaim.
Yu Yuanzheng was more direct. He quickly reached out and took one out of the pot, turning it over and over with his left and right hands. His greedy look made people laugh and cry.
Seeing that she was not afraid of the heat, Shangguan Ziqi reached out and grabbed the chestnut in her hand and put it on the armrest of the wheelchair to cool it down.
"So greedy? Wait a minute, these aren't enough. We can go pick more in the mountains tomorrow."
Yu Yuanzheng blushed at what she said.
After it cools down for a while, peel it and put it in your mouth.
"Hmm, it's not quite cooked yet. It should be ready after frying for a while longer." Yu Yuanzheng tasted it and came to the conclusion.
Yue Yuying was really impressed by her.
"Yuanshan, fish one out for me too. Let me have a try." She couldn't help it either.
Yuanshan scooped out three with a shovel and placed them on the armrest of the wheelchair.
Shangguanziqi is not afraid of heat, take one and try it.
It tastes really good. He has never tasted sugar-roasted chestnuts before.
As a prince of a royal palace, how could he have the nerve to buy such snacks?
Just as they were tasting the chestnuts, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the yard.
A man's voice was also heard.
"What's that smell? It smells so good?"
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