Chapter 215: Roasted chestnuts with sugar (second update)
When Jiang Zhiluo said this, she looked at Cui Hejin with a very trusting look.
Cui Hejin's expression changed, and he looked at Jiang Zhiluo without saying anything.
Jiang Zhiluo couldn't see his emotions clearly, so she could only comfort him according to her own thoughts: "Just watch the war and you will know that the current emperor is not a wise king. There are treacherous ministers in the court and the people hate him."
“And he killed innocent courtiers indiscriminately.”
“There are some problems with being in power. As time goes by, there are always people who are dissatisfied and resist. Don’t you think King Duan is resisting now?”
“I think it won’t be long before a wise king will sit in that seat.”
“A wise king will definitely know how to handle people well, so if you want to return to the capital at that time, you can definitely go back.”
“As long as you are here, your sisters will have their natal family to rely on.”
Although Cui Hejin rarely talks on weekdays, she knows that he has a lot of troubles in his heart, not to mention his talent.
As long as he wants, he can return to Beijing.
Of course it was also because she dreamed about some vague scenes, so she firmly believed in this possibility.
Cui Hejin was shocked. He looked at Jiang Zhiluo with a deep luster in his eyes.
Jiang Zhiluo was looked at by Cui Hejin like this, she blinked her eyes, touched her face with her hand and said, "Is there anything strange about me like this?"
“I still said something wrong.”
Cui Hejin sighed softly, stretched out his hand and hugged Jiang Zhiluo into his arms.
“It’s nothing, I just think my wife has a vision and a mind that others don’t have.”
Nor does she look like a country girl.
Even if she was a well-educated legitimate daughter of a noble family, and was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she might not be as smart as Zhi Luo.
Jiang Zhiluo said modestly: "I often go to the town to set up stalls. I will know what everyone says."
Cui Hejin touched her hair and said nothing more, but concentrated on helping cut chestnut shells.
Mrs. Cui packed up the dishes, washed them, and walked to the yard. When she saw so many chestnuts, her eyes widened in shock.
“It’s really chestnuts, there are so many chestnuts.”
"this…"
For a moment, Mrs. Cui was so excited that she could not speak.
After a while, Mrs. Cui knelt down happily, picked up the chestnuts, and said, "Zhiluo, you don't know how precious and rare this thing is. Not many local people pay tribute to the emperor every year."
“I didn’t expect there were so many.”
Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, there are still a lot of them on the mountain. If you want to eat, we can just go to the mountain to pick them up."
“There are many chestnut trees on the mountain. When the chestnuts are produced in autumn, we can continue to pick them, so this thing is not surprising.”
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she smiled widely and narrowed her eyes. "This food is delicious and can fill your stomach. It would be nice to have a chestnut tree."
As if thinking of something, Jiang Zhiluo said: "By the way, mother, I found a canyon and a cave in the deep mountains. I thought that if there is a war outside, we will move to the cave."
“Hide in the mountains for a while and come back when there is no fighting outside.”
Mrs. Cui said: "Okay, I will listen to you."
Jiang Zhiluo hesitated and said, "I remember that people in the village often helped us. I thought, why don't we tell Li Zheng about our move to the mountains?"
In fact, she had no intention of telling the villagers at first.
But Mrs. Cui has said before that when she and Cui Hejin first came here, Donghe Village accepted them, and the village would help them if they had anything to do.
Also, Li Zheng will help them if they have anything to do.
It would be no big deal if we move out later.
But there is no longer a war outside, so I still have to come back and live with the villagers.
If they only care about themselves and return to live in the village, the villagers may not really accept them.
Besides, she really didn’t care about the people in the village, and she couldn’t bear to look at the old people and children.
She thought it was better to do things with a clear conscience.
Let’s talk about her parents. When they fled the famine, they were able to take care of so many people and took everyone all the way to Xingshan Village to settle down. It can be seen that her parents would not ignore the people in Xingshan Village. So if you want to move to the mountains, almost the whole village will be mobilized.
Mrs. Cui took Jiang Zhiluo's hand, patted her hand and said, "You are a good child. Whatever you decide, mother will listen to you."
“The people in Donghe Village are very nice, so it’s a good idea to say something to Li Zheng.”
“It’s okay, mother, go and tell Li Zheng and ask everyone to prepare in advance. If you are willing to go to the mountains and forests to hide together, you can hide together. If you don’t want to go, it’s no wonder that we don’t tell them later.”
Jiang Zhiluo nodded, that’s it.
“But we haven’t reached Beizhou yet, so don’t rush to hide. It won’t be too late to hide when the war reaches Beizhou.”
Jiang Zhiluo thought that she would take advantage of this time to continue doing some business and earn more money.
While the whole family was talking, the chestnuts were all cut.
Soak the chestnuts in water to prevent water loss and make them taste softer and waxier.
Then, prepare the firewood and heat the pot to dry.
Mrs. Cui took out the salt and said, "Zhiluo, are these salts enough?"
Jiang Zhiluo looked at it and said, "There's a lot of salt. Mom, you put it there first, and I'll take as much as I need."
“Okay, then I’ll light the fire.”
On the other side, Cui Hejin also took out all the soaked chestnuts and drained them as Jiang Zhiluo said.
But there is still some water.
Jiang Zhiluo wiped it with a clean towel, then put the salt and chestnuts into the pot and stir-fried slowly.
Mrs. Cui watched Jiang Zhiluo make sugar-fried chestnuts and didn’t know what they tasted like, but she thought they must be delicious.
“In the past, the emperor gave some chestnuts as a reward, but we didn’t know how to cook them, so we cooked them and ate them.”
Jiang Zhiluo said: "This is the best when making sugar-fried chestnuts."
“With a sweet taste.”
At first, stir-fry the Jiangzhiluo very slowly. When you see that the chestnuts are swollen, stir-fry quickly.
Stir fry quickly to let the salt fall off the chestnuts.
When the color of the salt becomes darker, add the sugar.
When adding sugar, sprinkle the sugar evenly into the pot
Add the sugar and stir-fry. Slowly you will find that the salt becomes sticky and turns black, and the sugar gradually turns into caramel.
The jiangchiluo is stir-fried faster and faster, also to prevent the caramel from sticking to the pan.
Now the fragrance is coming out.
Mrs. Cui sighed: "It smells very fragrant."
My daughter-in-law’s cooking skills are so good that she now looks forward to cooking and eating delicious food as a family every day.
Even the simplest things can become delicious food in Jiang Zhiluo's hands.
Stir-fry all the time.
Cui Hejin was worried that she would be tired from stir-frying all the time, and there were a lot of chestnuts in the pot.
It takes a lot of strength to stir-fry everything. Cui Hejin said: "Shall I stir-fry it?"
Jiang Zhiluo knew that he felt sorry for her, so she smiled and said: "It's okay, you can't control the rhythm, I'll just stir-fry."
“Watch the color change when stir-frying. Sometimes you need to stir-fry faster, sometimes you need to stir-fry slower.”
When the salt grains were no longer sticky, Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, there's no need to light the fire."
"good."
Mrs. Cui no longer puts firewood into the stove.
When roasting chestnuts, Mrs. Cui did not use a bellows in order to control the heat.
“Is this good?”
Mrs. Cui was curious and didn’t know what the sugar-roasted chestnuts made by Zhiluo tasted like.