She did everything he never dared to dream of, and not only did nothing wrong, but her older brother even asked him to comfort her. Although he was a little disappointed that his older brother wasn't knocking on the door to see him, he still hoped he could help.
Xiao Wei scratched his head, trying to think of a solution: "How about I roast sugarcane and chestnuts for you?"
Bailu knew that sweet potatoes could be roasted, taro could be roasted, and chestnuts could be made into sugar-roasted chestnuts, but she had never heard that sugarcane and chestnuts could also be roasted. She turned her head with a face full of curiosity.
"Say it again, what are you grilling?"
Xiao Wei took all the food from the octagonal table and put it into the makeshift pocket of his coat, which he had made by manually lifting the hem of his coat. Fruit cakes and sugarcane were piled up in a heap. He took out the sugarcane that was buried underneath, and then took out a handful of dark brown chestnuts, about the size of an adult's thumb, from his coat pocket.
He handed it to Bailu and said again, "Roasted sugarcane and roasted chestnuts."
Bai Lu stared at the small lump of chestnuts in front of her, her eyes sparkling: "Do you know how to make roasted chestnuts?"
"What kind of method is that?"
Seeing that she was finally interested, Xiao Wei thought hard for a while, but in the end he could only sincerely shake his head.
"I've never heard of sugar-roasted chestnuts. Our chestnuts are usually boiled or roasted after being picked, or they can be eaten raw right after they're picked."
Bai Lu suddenly realized.
No wonder, every time she goes out, she sees stalls selling roasted sweet potatoes, tofu pudding, eight-treasure porridge, or rice noodles.
I've never seen anyone sell roasted chestnuts.
Located in the subtropics and possessing a unique geographical advantage, G Province became known as the fruit kingdom in later generations, and chestnuts were naturally one of its places of origin.
However, before this, due to the lack of migrant workers, underdeveloped information, and poor transportation, even after many years of reform and opening up, the streets were still full of old stalls, and no new individual businesses from outside had moved in.
Old things, if not done in a new way, will be like pearls covered in dust, forgotten in a corner, even if they fill a hillside.
Sugar-roasted chestnuts became a very popular snack in later generations, with long queues often forming in front of shops in major developed cities. Unfortunately, the recipe has not yet spread here.
They missed out on a great opportunity to make money in this world.
Xiao Wei didn't understand why, as they were talking, Bai Lu suddenly stared blankly at the chestnuts in his hand, and her eyes, which gradually turned into a wolfish and tigerish look, made him even more terrified.
It felt like my hand was a braised pig's trotter, about to be bitten off by her in the next second!
"If you like chestnuts, there are plenty more on the tree." ...Don't stare at my hand as I eat them.
Xiao Wei originally thought that coaxing Bai Lu on behalf of his brother would be an easy task, but now it seems very dangerous.
Realizing her lapse in composure, Bai Lu immediately put on a smiling face, "Where are there many trees?"
Xiao Wei looked up and raised his chin.
"On your head."
Beside the vegetable garden stands a thick, large tree, about ten or twenty meters tall, with lush branches and deep roots, big enough to serve as a sunshade for half of the vegetable garden.
Every time I visit Bailu, it's just a fleeting moment. I thought it was just an old, ordinary tree. Occasionally, when I was tired from weeding, I would sit under the tree and rest for a while.
I never imagined it would be a money tree!
But when she looked up, all she saw were lush green leaves, not a single flower, let alone chestnuts.
"Where are the chestnuts?"
She looked completely bewildered.
Xiao Wei was even more bewildered by her ignorance: "Chestnut trees don't start flowering until next month, and they don't ripen until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so of course there's nothing there now."
Ah, this...
Bai Lu forgot that in later generations, with the advancement of high technology, grafting techniques and precocious puberty techniques had become widespread.
Many fruit trees have a ripening period throughout the year, and even those that don't have one have developed early ripening methods and special cold chain storage for fruits and vegetables, ensuring a fresh supply of fruits and vegetables all year round.
But here, right now, it's still the 1990s, and all the fruit trees grow naturally, flowering and bearing fruit naturally.
There are no scientific research products that yield results throughout the year.
My dream of getting rich has just begun, and it's already shattered?
Seeing Bai Lu's face change from excitement and joy to disappointment and a sigh, Xiao Wei felt that the mission was about to collapse, so he quickly said, "There are still many chestnuts at home."
"How many can there be?" Bai Lu asked with little interest.
The entire town didn't even have a television, let alone a refrigerator. How could chestnuts be preserved without freezing them?
Those preserved using the old methods will likely have shrunk and dried out, and won't taste the same when stir-fried.
Xiao Wei said, "Four sacks."
"How big is the sack?" Bai Lu asked.
Xiao Wei caught a glimpse of that tall, imposing figure in the shadows out of the corner of his eye, and immediately straightened his small frame.
"Older than me."
Bai Lu looked up at the little guy, and the flame that had just been extinguished in her eyes instantly reignited.
"Where is it? Take me there quickly!"
In the 1990s, burlap sacks were quite large. A full load of chestnuts would weigh two or three hundred pounds. Even if they were not stored properly and only half of the chestnuts were good, it was still a considerable amount.
Xiao Wei led the way.
Bai Lu took the chestnuts from his hand, opened them, and found that each one had light yellow flesh and was clearly intact.
I tried one, and it tasted crisp and sweet, almost indistinguishable from freshly picked chestnuts.
"How... was this preserved?"
The wisdom of our ancestors is truly unparalleled!
Xiao Wei led Bai Lu to the woodshed and pointed to a well-ventilated corner, "There."
Bai Lu only saw a pile of sand, or more accurately, a pile of sand two or three meters high.
She noticed the kitchen leak when she came here to cook last time, but she didn't think much of it.
In Xiao Cheng's memory, the sand pile already existed when he bought the house. He guessed that the previous owner had bought too much sand and hadn't used it all when building the house.
While Bai Lu was deep in thought, Xiao Wei had already put the things in his pocket aside and started digging in the sand.
Before long, he dug out a coarse cloth bag as big as himself and dragged it to Bailu with both hands and feet.
There are three more bags inside.
The coarse cloth bag in front of me, filled with chestnuts, is made of a material similar to a burlap sack and is indeed more breathable than a plastic bag.
It's quite large, weighing at least a hundred pounds.
Bai Lu asked in surprise, "Chestnuts won't spoil if you put them in a coarse cloth bag and bury them in the sand?"
Xiao Wei felt that she didn't seem like a local at all; how could she not even know common sense that everyone knows?
But since the task was not completed, he honestly replied: "After picking chestnuts from the tree, they must first be washed with salt water, soaked, and dried before being buried in the sand to prevent them from spoiling."
"Oh...I see." Bai Lu understood.
I just squeezed the chestnuts inside the burlap sack and found that many of them were still hard and solid, without any signs of loosening or shrinking.
You can tell it's very well preserved without even looking at it!
"Come on, I'll make something delicious for you to try!"
Xiao Wei didn't believe she could cook anything delicious, since she didn't even know how to store chestnuts.
As expected.
Bai Lu was stunned when she entered the kitchen.
Because she didn't have maltose, she only had the white sugar she had gotten from Li Shuixian's shop last time.
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