Chapter 35 Sugar-roasted chestnuts

After arriving home, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Even a humanoid machine like Zhou Sinian is a little tired.

Mingdai looked at him staring at the sack and knew that he wanted to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts.

It must be satisfied!

Employees need motivation. How can they unleash their potential without motivation?

The black-hearted boss planned to use the sugar-coated bullets of roasted chestnuts to corrode Zhou Sinian tonight.

Sending Zhou Sinian to wash his face, she took out a basin and picked a small basin of chestnuts.

After washing and draining the water, he took out a knife and handed it to Zhou Sinian who had washed his face, asking him to cut the chestnut.

Zhou Sinian is very good at using a knife. His fingers are nimble and he can make cross-shaped cuts in a very standard way.

Mingdai lit the big pot and took out oil and sugar from the cupboard.

Zhou Sinian cracked the chestnuts, and Mingdai asked him to pour them all into the pot.

The pot was heated, and the moisture of the chestnuts was roasted dry bit by bit. Mingdai waved the spatula and stir-fried them, and Zhou Sinian soon took over.

When the crackling sound of the shells died down, Mingdai asked Zhou Sinian to take out the chestnuts.

Wash the pot, reheat it, add oil, pour in most of a bag of sugar, and stir with a spatula until icing appears.

"Pour it in."

Zhou Sinian followed his instructions and poured all the chestnuts in the sieve into the sieve.

Continue stirring with the spatula until all the chestnuts are covered with icing sugar, which then turns into syrup and enters the shell.

The sugar-roasted chestnuts are now ready.

Pick one up, pinch it gently with your fingers, and it will open with a click.

He took out the chestnut meat, peeled off the skin, and handed it to Zhou Sinian who was looking at him eagerly.

“Tsk, tsk.”

Zhou Sinian stretched out his mouth and bit it, which scared Mingdai.

Looking at Zhou Sinian who was satisfied with his meal, Mingdai knew that this employee motivation was a success!

He served a bowl to Zhou Sinian and asked him to eat while looking at the pot.

Mingdai scooped out the rest and set it aside to dry.

She cleaned the big pot and asked Zhou Sinian to boil water while she cooked noodles in a small pot.

The two of them had a simple dinner, cleaned the cellar with the emergency light on, and continued to ventilate it.

Tomorrow, spread the chestnuts out in the yard and let them dry in the sun for two days, then you can store them in the cellar. This way they can be kept for a year without going bad.

At night, in Zhou Sinian's room.

The sieve filled with chestnuts was placed on the kang, and Zhou Sinian stood on the ground, cutting the oil paper with a knife.

Mingdai took a spoon and placed the chestnuts on the oil paper, trying to make them as evenly distributed as possible.

Soon, bags of chestnuts appeared on the kang table. Mingdai counted them and found that one bag a day was enough for Zhou Sinian to eat for a week.

She planned to give away the two extra bags.

Zhou Sinian carefully placed the chestnuts that belonged to him in his own small cabinet.

Mingdai took the opportunity to check and found that he had not finished the food that was given to him earlier.

It looks like there's no need to worry about him upsetting his stomach.

As usual, I took his pulse.

After taking a look, I found that although my body was still very weak, I had been eating well and drinking well these days, and my mood was relaxed and obviously much better.

Just in time, they got some chestnuts, so Zhou Sinian could prepare his medicinal diet.

The next day, as usual, was a day to look for the phone.

Not finding it, not sad, Mingdai got up quickly and found that there was frost in the yard.

It’s getting cold!

He stamped his feet and went to the kitchen to wash up. He found it funny to see Zhou Sinian squatting in front of the stove roasting chestnuts.

He is quite good at eating.

It seems that you can prepare a charcoal brazier at home, and roasting chestnuts on winter nights is a good choice.

After washing up, she ate noodles again. This one was quick. She told Zhou Sinian to pour the chestnuts on the cleaned green brick floor to dry, and she took a bag of chestnuts to the team leader's house.

The captain's family had already finished their meal and were getting ready to go to work.

But Tiedan couldn’t go this time, and his cotton trousers were not dry yet, so he had to leave them on the kang.

Mingdai saw that the door was open, knocked and walked in.

Then I saw the captain's family members coming out as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

Mingdai didn't understand.

"It's Xiao Ming's daughter."

Liu Dazhu and Huang Auntie breathed a sigh of relief.

Ming Dai said sheepishly: "Yesterday Zhou Sinian took me to collect firewood, and we saw a lot of hairy chestnut shells on the ground. They looked good to burn, so I wanted to pick them up.

There were too many things to carry by himself, so he came to borrow the car. Didn't that scare you guys? "

Captain Liu smiled bitterly, and Aunt Huang said quickly, "No, I was just scared to death."

"Milk!"

Tiedan's angry shout of shame came from the room.

Auntie Huang rolled her eyes and said, "What are you being ashamed of, you little brat?"

Then he turned to Ming Dai and complained: "Oh, I was so scared yesterday. I saw him rushing into our house. I thought our family was finished."

Ming Dai asked curiously, "Is he so powerful?"

Aunt Huang started talking as if her mouth was opened, and she recounted everything that had happened during the six months since Zhou Sinian came to Liujiawan.

The corner of Ming Dai's mouth twitched. It was true that men, women, young and old were all treated equally. They were all beaten!

Thanks again to Zhou Sinian for not doing anything to me.

"Auntie, I'm really sorry. I think he treats me well, not that bad. He's pretty obedient as long as I'm well fed. I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble."

Auntie Huang held her hand and said, "Silly child, you gave him so many good things to eat, of course he was obedient, and Auntie's family didn't suffer any loss, he even gave Tiedan six candies."

Goudan, who was sticking his butt out, said with a smile: "If a madman gives me six candies, I will be willing to be scared by him."

“Roll, roll, roll!”

Aunt Huang was upset seeing her troubled grandson, but Mingdai was happy seeing his clever look.

She took out the oil paper bag from her arms.

"Yesterday I picked some chestnuts out of the chestnut shells. Zhou Sinian was noisy at night, so I fried some sugar-roasted chestnuts for him. The last of the sugar at home has been used up, so I still have a little left, so I gave it to my nephews and nieces to sweeten their mouths."

Auntie Huang's eyes widened: "What! Fried with sugar?!"

Ming Dai nodded: "It's my fault too. If I hadn't said in front of him that seeing chestnuts reminded him of sugar-roasted chestnuts, he wouldn't have gotten so angry and wanted to eat them. I had no choice but to not get beaten. I happened to have some candy at home, so I fried it for him. It's better to spend the money than to suffer the consequences."

Aunt Huang looked at the oil-paper bag and couldn't help thinking that the people in the city were really evil. They even fried the chestnuts with sugar.

"We can't have it, it's too expensive!"

Mingdai stuffed it directly into Goudan's arms near the door frame.

Goudan was smart. He ran to the kang with the oil paper bag and hid it in his brother's quilt.

"Oh, you damned child!"

Ming Dai pulled Auntie Huang over and said, "Auntie, you know Zhou Sinian's situation. He won't want it if he can't see it. If I take it back, I won't be able to eat it myself, so he will have to eat it all.

The food left for him at home is enough for him to eat, so these are just for his nephews and nieces to enjoy, but they are not given often."

Aunt Huang was a little hesitant, and Mrs. Huang, who was standing beside her, was also very moved.

Who has ever eaten sugar-roasted chestnuts?

In the end, Mingdai asked for some soybean paste and sauerkraut, and Aunt Huang hurriedly went to get them for her.

Finally, she returned home carrying a jar of sauce and a basket of sauerkraut.

When passing by the front gate of the educated youth site, he was seen by Chen Erhong and Zhou Guiping who had gone to work early.

The two of them didn't say anything, they just circled around the thing she was holding. Mingdai just nodded as a greeting and went back.