The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife(23)

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 Chapter 23: Candied Chestnuts

He never dared to imagine that she would do everything he hadn't even thought of. Not only did nothing happen, but his older brother even asked him to comfort her. Though he felt a bit disappointed, hoping that his older brother knocking on the door was to find him, he still wanted to be helpful. Scratching his head, Xiao Wei tried to come up with a solution. "How about roasting sugarcane and chestnuts for you?" Bai Lu, curious as ever about roasting sweet potatoes, taro, and making candied chestnuts from chestnuts, turned her head towards him. "Say it again, what are you roasting?" Xiao Wei took the food he got from the Eight Immortals table, piled up the pastries and sugarcane into the makeshift coat pocket he lifted, then took out sugarcane buried underneath. From his pocket, he pulled out chestnuts, the size of an adult's thumb, in a deep brown color. Handing them to Bai Lu, he spoke again, "Roasting sugarcane and chestnuts." Bai Lu stared at the small pile of chestnuts in front of her, her eyes gleaming with curiosity. "Can you make candied chestnuts?" "What's the method?" she asked when she finally showed interest. Xiao Wei thought hard for a while. In the end, he shook his head sincerely. "I've never heard of candied chestnuts. When we pick chestnuts, we usually boil or roast them. They can also be eaten raw when just picked." Bai Lu suddenly realized. No wonder every time she went out, she either saw stalls selling roasted sweet potatoes or stalls selling tofu pudding, sweet Eight Treasure porridge, or powder-based snacks. She had never seen anyone selling candied chestnuts. Due to its subtropical location and geographical advantages, G Province was known as the fruit kingdom in the future. Chestnuts were also one of the native products. However, due to the scarcity of migrant workers, lack of information, and poor transportation, even after many years of reform and opening up, the streets were still filled with old stalls. There were no new individual businesses. Without new methods for old things, even if the mountains were covered with them, they were like pearls buried in dust, forgotten in the corners. Candied chestnuts were a popular snack in the future, with long queues in front of shops in major developed cities. Unfortunately, the recipe hadn't spread here yet. They missed a great opportunity to make money in this life. Xiao Wei didn't understand why, as he was talking, Bai Lu suddenly looked at the chestnuts in his hand in a daze. The transforming gaze in her eyes made him shudder even more. It felt like his hand was a braised pig trotter and would be bitten off in the next second! "If you like chestnuts, there are many on the tree." ... Stop staring at my hand to bite it. Xiao Wei originally thought that comforting Bai Lu on behalf of his brother would be an easy task, but now it seemed dangerous. Realizing her loss of control, Bai Lu immediately put on a smiling face. "Where are there many trees?" Xiao Wei raised his head and pointed his chin. "Above your head." A sturdy tree stood next to the vegetable garden, about ten or twenty meters tall, with luxuriant branches and leaves, rooted deeply and big enough to be half of the vegetable garden's sunshade. Not only were there trees next to the vegetable garden, but the entire fence range of the spacious vegetable garden was also interspersed with well-spaced large trees. Bai Lu just passed by every time, thinking they were just old, ordinary trees. Occasionally, when tired from weeding, she would sit under the tree for a short rest. Never thought that all these were money trees! However, when she looked up now, she only saw lush green leaves, without flowers, let alone chestnuts. "Where are the chestnuts?" Bai Lu looked puzzled. Xiao Wei was even more puzzled by her ignorance. "Chestnut trees start flowering next month, and chestnuts mature after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Of course, there's nothing now." Ah, she forgot. In the future, advanced technologies such as grafting and early maturation had become popular. Many fruit trees had ripe periods throughout the year, and even if they didn't, early ripening periods were researched. Special cold chain storage for fruits and vegetables ensured fresh produce all year round. However, here, it was still the 1990s. All fruit trees grew naturally, bloomed, and bore fruit naturally. There were no research products with fruit-bearing periods throughout the year. The dream of getting rich had just begun, and it was shattered? Seeing Bai Lu's face changing from excitement and joy to disappointment and sighs, Xiao Wei felt that the mission was about to fail. He hurriedly said, "There are still many chestnuts at home." "How many?" Bai Lu asked with little interest. The entire town didn't even have a TV, not to mention a refrigerator. Without freezing, how could chestnuts be preserved? The chestnuts preserved by the old method were likely to shrink and dry, not having the same taste when fried. Xiao Wei said, "Four sacks." "How big are the sacks?" Bai Lu asked. Xiao Wei's peripheral vision caught sight of the tall and straight figure in the dark, immediately straightening his small body. "Bigger than me." Bai Lu glanced at the little guy, and the flame that had just extinguished in her eyes instantly reignited. "Where? Take me to see!" Sacks in the 1990s were not small. Even if half of the chestnuts were good due to improper storage, it was still a considerable amount. Xiao Wei led the way. Bai Lu took the chestnuts from him, opened them, and found that each chestnut had a light yellow flesh, obviously intact. After tasting one, the crisp and sweet flavor was no different from the freshly picked chestnuts. "How are these preserved?" The wisdom of the ancestors was truly unbeatable! Xiao Wei took Bai Lu to the firewood room and pointed to a well-ventilated corner. "There." Bai Lu only saw a pile of sand. To be precise, a high and wide sand heap. When she cooked here last time and saw it, she didn't take it seriously. In Xiao Cheng's memory, when he bought this house, the sand heap was already there, probably left by the previous owner who built the house and bought too much. While Bai Lu was lost in thought, Xiao Wei had already put the things from the coat pocket aside and went to dig into the sand heap. In no time, he dug out a coarse cloth bag of the same size as him and dragged it in front of Bai Lu. "There are three more inside." The coarse cloth bag filled with chestnuts, similar to burlap, was indeed well-ventilated compared to plastic bags. It was also large, looking like it weighed over a hundred catties. Bai Lu was full of amazement. "Chestnuts packed in burlap and buried in sand won't spoil?" Xiao Wei thought she didn't seem like a local at all; how could she not understand common knowledge? But considering the mission wasn't completed, he could only honestly answer her questions. "After picking chestnuts from the tree, they need to be washed with saltwater, soaked, dried, and then buried in the sand heap. That way, they won't spoil." "Oh... I see now." Bai Lu understood. Just now, she pinched the chestnuts inside the burlap bag and found that many of them were still hard and solid. There was no sign of shriveled or withered shells. Without even looking, she knew they were preserved very well! "Hurry, I'll cook something delicious for you to try!" Xiao Wei didn't believe that she could make anything delicious, given that she didn't even know how to preserve chestnuts. It turned out as expected. Bai Lu froze as soon as she entered the kitchen. Because she didn't have malt sugar, she used the white sugar she got from Li Shuixian's store last time.  

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