She successfully made everyone in the room laugh, then she took an umbrella and sent Old Lady Ye back to the east room to rest, and then she returned to her room.
The rain continued all night and showed no sign of stopping until the next morning.
Now, not only did the villagers admire the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's ability to observe celestial phenomena, but many people also changed their attitude towards the Ye family.
Just after breakfast, someone came knocking on the door with an umbrella.
"Is anyone home?"
Boss Ye followed the sound and went out to open the door. He saw a villager standing outside who he had little contact with.
The visitor seemed to know that he was not familiar with the Ye family, so he introduced himself first: "My name is Ye Dongfu, and I am the same generation as your father. You can just call me Uncle Dafu."
"Uncle Dafu, please come in and sit down." Boss Ye hurriedly invited him into the house.
Ye Dongfu said, "Thanks to your brothers for helping me harvest the crops yesterday, I didn't have time to thank you. Here are some Yanshan chestnuts, give them to the children!"
After he said that, he stuffed the basket in his hand into Boss Ye's arms, turned around and left.
Boss Ye felt his hand sink, and he quickly reached out to hold it. When he looked up again, the person had already walked away.
"Dad, what are Yanshan chestnuts? Are they delicious?" Qingtian asked, poking his little head out from behind Boss Ye.
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"Chestnuts are chestnuts." Boss Ye said, bending down to pick her up and sheltering her under the umbrella. "You can't run outside like this when it's raining. If you go out, you have to hold an umbrella, otherwise you'll get sick, okay?"
"I know." Qingtian responded, his eyes still glued to the basket in his hand. "Dad, how do you eat chestnuts?"
"Chestnuts can be eaten raw, stewed with chicken, roasted, or made into sugar-roasted chestnuts."
"Can mother do it?" Qingtian asked while hugging Boss Ye's neck.
"Yes, I'll ask your mother to make you some sugar-roasted chestnuts later."
Boss Ye had just put the basket of chestnuts in the kitchen, and before he could carry Qingtian back to the house, he heard someone knocking on the door again.
Several families who were helped by the Ye brothers last night came to express their gratitude one after another, as if they had made an appointment, and not one of them came empty-handed.
Things like Beijing white pears, golden dates, crabapples, and dried sweet potatoes are all a token of my appreciation.
Now all the children in the Ye family were happy. With so many delicious foods, they were in for a treat.
"Mom, Dad said you can make sugar-roasted chestnuts." As soon as Qingtian saw Mrs. Ye, he rushed into her arms and said, "Shall we roast some chestnuts?"
"Fry! Mommy will fry it for you right away!"
Mrs. Ye could not resist any of Qingtian's requests, not to mention that if it had not been for Qingtian last night, the losses of every household in the village would have been huge.
When the other children heard that they were going to fry chestnuts, they all came forward cheering.
However, sugar-roasted chestnuts are not as simple as just throwing them into the pan and frying them.
Mrs. Ye took out a small string of copper coins and sent Ye Changrui to the grocery store to buy some coarse salt and sugar.
Then he called Boss Ye over, poured out half of the chestnuts, washed them, and asked him to open them one by one.
Opening chestnuts is not an easy task. Not only do you have to pay attention to the depth of the opening, but you also have to be careful not to hurt your hands.
Fortunately, Boss Ye was very skilled in using the dagger and quickly cut open the chestnuts in a small basin.
He also peeled a few raw chestnuts to satisfy the children's cravings.
The chestnuts sent by Uncle Dafu are not only large and thin-skinned, but also very sweet.
If you eat it raw after peeling the skin, it will already be very sweet. If it is made into sugar-roasted chestnuts or stewed chicken, you can imagine how delicious it will be.
Mrs. Ye soaked the opened chestnuts in water, then put firewood on the pot, dried it up, and poured in coarse salt.
While the coarse salt is still hot, pour the drained chestnuts into the salt and stir-fry.
Coarse salt is used in this step to allow the chestnuts to be heated evenly and cooked slowly.
After stir-frying for a while, the chestnuts opened their mouths like hungry birds.
So Mrs. Ye started to stir-fry faster, and the salt grains stuck on the chestnuts began to fall off gradually.
Mrs. Ye chose the right moment and evenly sprinkled the sugar into the pot.
After adding sugar, the color of the salt in the pot began to gradually darken and gradually began to emit the aroma of caramel.
Mrs. Ye's arms were sore from frying the sugar, so she called over Mr. Ye and said, "Turning it over for a while. Remember to insert the spatula into the bottom of the pot before turning it over. You have to do it quickly, otherwise the sugar will get stuck on the bottom of the pot."
Mr. Ye was very strong, so he stirred the food quickly with the spatula, and each spatula went straight to the bottom of the pot.
The children were almost so overwhelmed by the fragrance that they lost their way and kept peeking inside the kitchen door.
"Don't worry, it will be ready in a while." Mrs. Ye said while paying attention to the heat in the pot. Seeing that it was almost done, she immediately told Boss Ye to turn off the heat and covered the pot.
Qingtian was pushed into the kitchen by his brothers. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Is Mom done cooking?"
"It's ready..." Mrs. Ye had just said three words when cheers came from outside the kitchen.
Qingtian's eyes also brightened a little, and his gaze moved from her face to the pot.
Mrs. Ye suddenly changed her tone and said, "But you can't eat it now!"
Suddenly, sighs were heard one after another outside the kitchen.
"Why?" Qingtian smelled the fragrance and felt that her little mouth could hardly hold back the saliva.
"You also need to cover the pot and simmer it for a while so that the sugar flavor can penetrate into the chestnuts. This will make it taste better."
"How long will we have to wait?" Qingtian asked the question that the five brothers were most concerned about.
"Let Changrui teach you to recite a poem, and everything will be fine once you've memorized it."
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