Otherworldly Days

Chapter 227 Hairy Chestnuts

"Wanfeng, I'll go to Yipinzhai first, maybe for a while, and I'll be back later." After returning home for lunch, Cao Xiangnan rushed to the town with chestnuts.After talking to his family, he drove away in a carriage.

As soon as he arrived at Yipinzhai, he greeted Shopkeeper Liu, and then he went into the kitchen.

Shopkeeper Liu followed into the kitchen, saw Cao Xiangnan's basket of things, picked one up and looked, isn't it a chestnut?He had eaten this kind of food when he was a child, but he has never eaten it since. The skin of this food is too hard to bite. He asked, "You want to cook this, is this delicious?"

"Hmm, of course, you will know if this food is delicious after a while." Cao Xiangnan said.

According to past experience, shopkeeper Liu will not doubt that this kid said something delicious, and it must be delicious in the end. He just waited to soak the chestnut in hot water for a while. Cao Xiangnan took an unsoaked one and peeled it. I went there for half a day and couldn’t get rid of it, so I took another one that had been soaked in hot water and got up to peel it, opened a hole with a knife, and it opened as soon as the skin was peeled, and said, “Isn’t the skin easy to remove after soaking in boiling water like this? "

"Well, it makes sense, it's much easier to peel it this way." The chef next to him looked at it, and he also made one. After experiencing it himself, he gave a speech.

Cao Xiangnan asked the young disciples to take out the skins of the chestnuts first, and these chestnuts will be fried in a pan later.He put a tray of chestnuts into the oven to roast, and said, "Roasting in this way is the easiest way. It's warm just after roasting, and you can peel it off and eat it. It's a good appetizer."

In the hot pot, he put the chestnuts in shells and skins to fry, and the chestnuts opened up one by one, revealing the beige fruit inside.

I made several dishes in a row, all related to chestnuts.

Stir-fried chestnuts with sugar, roasted chestnuts, fried chicken with chestnuts, braised pork with chestnuts, stewed chicken soup with chestnuts...

Cao Xiangnan used a bunch of facts to prove to shopkeeper Liu that this chestnut is really delicious. It is easy to cook, roast it directly, peel it and eat it, and it is good with wine.Furthermore, chestnut fried chicken is still stewed meat. In addition to the taste of meat, it also has the sweetness of chestnuts.

This kind of wild fruit can be found all over the mountains and plains at this time. In the past, everyone knew about such a thing, but they ignored it in the past. They didn’t know that such a thing could be eaten in so many ways, and it was also so delicious.

After negotiating with shopkeeper Liu, Cao Xiangnan left some recipes and returned from the town.

Cao Gang and the others ate at his place for dinner, and Cao Xiangnan even sent someone to invite Lizheng and the two deputy village chiefs over. He personally cooked several dishes, all of which were made of chestnuts.Lizheng ate the food, kept nodding, and said, "I've lived most of my life, but I still don't know that these chestnuts are so delicious."

It's not just Li Zheng who doesn't know, many people here, except Cao Xiangnan, really don't know that these chestnuts are so delicious and there are so many ways to eat them.

People here call chestnuts "hair chestnuts" because they are covered with hairs.

Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar are the children's favorite food. They are fragrant and sweet. A small plate of fried chestnuts in sugar is taken by several children one by one, and the whole plate is almost finished.

Cao Xiangnan made a stir-fried chicken with chestnuts and stewed pork with chestnuts. The chestnuts baked directly from the oven can be eaten without the skin. "These little things can be eaten with a little wisdom." It's over, Grandpa Seven, do you think so?" He said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, you have a good brain." Li Zheng nodded with a smile, knowing that the boy invited him over for something to say, and he must be talking about eating.The dishes on the table taste so good, he must eat his stomach first before talking about it, the wine tastes good too, he can have another small glass, he eats it with relish.

Sun Yanmiao ate the stuff made of chestnuts, and really didn't know that these things could be so delicious.

When everyone had finished eating and the children sat down to play, Cao Xiangnan told everyone about collecting chestnuts.The reason why Lizheng came here with the two deputy village chiefs was that in addition to harvesting chestnuts this year, Cao Xiangnan also planned to let the people in the village grow chestnuts. The economic benefits of these things are still very high.

In his impression, apart from growing chestnuts in the north, there are few places in the south where these things are grown, so if they can sell these things to the south, it is also a good deal.

"Will there be a north-south ship stopping by our side at the pier in the town? Let's talk to the merchants who passed by tomorrow. They will make money if they sell it to the south." Cao Xiangnan said.

Merchants are willing to do anything as long as it is a profitable business.

"This year, let's try it first. Go to the wharf and talk to merchants. If there are merchants who accept it, we will take it and sell it to these merchants. Even if no one wants it, we can keep it for ourselves." It's also good, but in the past everyone ignored this little thing.

Although Caojia Village is backed by mountains, except for hunting hunters who often enter the mountains, the people here are not very good at entering the mountains. Too many lives have been buried in that mountain.People would rather plan food in the fields, knowing that there is delicious food in the mountains, and dare not go in, because they know that in addition to food, there are tigers and beasts that can eat people in the mountains.

If it weren't for the fact that the family was really poor and had no choice, there was really no food to eat in the famine era, and no one wanted to risk their lives to go to the mountains. It is said that the fathers of Xiangzi and Xingxing went to the mountains and died in the mountains. Their mother was forced to leave, leaving their two brothers behind.

"If these businessmen do a good job, they will naturally come to us, so next year we will plant chestnut trees on the outskirts of the mountain or on some dry land in the village." The reason why we wanted to plant these trees outside, Cao Xiangnan also considered this safety issue. He said, "In this way, everyone won't have to go to the mountains to collect chestnuts. There are wild animals in the mountains, so it's not safe."

He just went to Shopkeeper Liu's place just now. Even if Yipinzhai makes chestnuts, the quantity needed is limited.If you can find a businessman to negotiate this deal, the amount of chestnuts that go out is a large amount, which is a large amount.

Shopkeeper Liu also agreed to help him keep an eye on passing ships. Some merchants will stay in their Yipinzhai, and he will push these things to passing merchants at that time.

"You're right. Let's try it." Lizheng nodded seriously after hearing this, and said, "If this business can be done, we will organize people in the village to plant chestnut trees. One comes in."

Hairy chestnuts are everywhere in their place, and they are basically things that no one wants.Cao Xiangnan could buy it at a very low price and sell it at a very low price, and he could make a profit in the middle, but he didn't plan to do that. He planned to put the proceeds from this Mao Lizi on the village of Caojia Village.

If a village can have money, besides maintaining the operation of the academy, it can do many things.

"Our Caojia Village has set up a Caojia Village Foundation. In the future, part of Mao Lizi's income will be given to some people in the village, and the rest will be put into this fund. In addition to allocating a part to the academy every year, if there is any surplus , Some places in our village that need money can also be distributed.”

"For example, we sent the lonely and widowed old people to the academy for the winter this year. If we have money in the future, we can build another place specially for the old people to live in. Let's call this a nursing home for now..." Later, Cao Xiangnan said a few basic facilities, Like nursing homes, medical centers, Caojia Village doesn't have these things, let alone Caojia Village, even the entire Feng Dynasty has no such places.

A place for the elderly to take care of them; a place for orphans, a place for those who were abandoned from birth, or some children who have no parents; build a special hospital, There are doctors who see patients; and so on.

In this way, some of the people cultivated in their academy can be sent there.

It was getting late outside, and the people sitting around the dining table eating and drinking had all left. The owner of the house sent away the guests and closed the gate of the yard.

"He said all these words?" Old Mrs. Sun, who was sitting on the main seat, touched the Pixiu on the handle of the chair, opened his closed eyes, and looked at the elder grandson who was standing in front of him.

If their Sun family hadn't hid in this deep mountain and wild forest, his grandson shouldn't be just a deputy village chief of this small village, and their Sun family wouldn't be buried here.If it is all for the benefit of the people, it is not impossible in this small village.

He has grown up for decades, and none of his juniors thinks long-term, so the rice he has eaten for decades is in vain.

"Yes, grandson heard what Cao Silang said with his own ears." Sun Yanmiao came back and told their grandpa of the Sun family everything Cao Silang said.Not to mention that his great-grandfather thought deeply after listening to his words, even when he himself first heard these words, he was completely shocked.

If this Mao Lizi can make money, their Caojia Village will have a sum of money belonging to all the villagers in their Caojia Village. They can use this money to maintain the operation of the academy, build nursing homes, build charity halls, and build medical centers...

No one has ever proposed such an idea, if it can?His heart is fascinated by this.

"En." After a while, Old Man Sun replied heavily, and said, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest."

After bowing, Sun Yanmiao withdrew.

The oil lamp was lit in the room, and Qi Wanfeng stretched out his hand to touch his husband's face. The nose was still the same, and the curvature of the corners of the mouth was still the same, but he always felt that this face had changed from the one in his memory. It's different.

The eyes were still the same, but the way they looked at him was different.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Cao Xiangnan grabbed the hand that was groping his face, couldn't help laughing, and asked.

"Fulang." Qi Wanfeng shouted.

"Well, I'm here." Cao Xiangnan responded, eating his wife's tofu and stroking his belly. The little guy in his belly was still up and still holding his little feet. "Will it be hard?" He asked .

"No, he's very good." Suddenly he laughed, this person is still his husband, what should he worry about?Qi Wanfeng let Fu Lang grab his hand and rub it on his face. This person is his husband, and he will be his husband for the rest of his life.

No, not just this life, he hopes that he will be this person's wife and this person will be his husband in every lifetime.

The oil lamp in the house was blown out at some point, and there were a few scattered stars hanging in the sky, facing each other from a long distance away.

When I got up the next day, more people entered the mountain than yesterday, and many people came from the village.

Today's people are divided into three teams. Cao Gang, the village chief, led the first team, followed by strong men who were in charge of hunting; Sun Yanmiao, the deputy village chief, led the first team, followed by Wang Dahu and Liu Bai Shu, this pair is also in charge of hunting; the third team is led by Cao Gui, the deputy village head, and the Gan brothers follow their team, Cao Xiangnan is also in this team, and this team is half-big Boy, their team is in charge of making soy sauce.

Cao Xiangnan didn't expect that he also saw Cao Qingzhu following him with a backpack on his back. Seeing him looking at him, he asked a little embarrassedly, "No, brother is not allowed to come with me? I, I am very strong, I can carry it on my back." a lot of things."

"Yes, if you don't allow it, brother can go too, but you have to protect yourself and pay attention to safety." Cao Xiangnan laughed. He knows that people in this world regard brother too much as a person who needs protection. It's not entirely right to say that my brother needs protection, because he knows that such people have no status in the family, and they have to do the hardest and most tiring work.

He probably also knew something about the situation in Cao Qingzhu's family, which reminded him of the days Wanfeng lived in Cao's compound before, and he felt a little helpless about it.But there are some things that cannot be changed in a day or two. Some ideas are deeply ingrained in people's minds. Even in his time, after thousands of years, these ideas will not be completely eradicated.

"I will." Cao Qingzhu nodded in response with firm eyes.

A batch of carts were built in the village before the road was built, and now these carts are used to carry chestnuts and transport them out.

"What is this?" After peeling off the shell and eating the pulp inside, a businessman who traveled all over the world asked about the baked things on this plate. good.

"Oh, sir, is this what you said? This is the new roasted chestnut in our building." The waiter in the shop saw the unfamiliar master holding a chestnut and introduced the shop to the guests. Several new dishes in the house are made with this chestnut. Today, the building has introduced new dishes made with chestnuts. Every table will first serve a roasted chestnut or fried chestnuts. The guests are very fond of eating.

"Oh, let's try a few dishes." After listening to Xiao Er's introduction, the elder said.

"Yes, then I'll serve you a stir-fried chicken with chestnuts, one..." The waiter announced the names of a few dishes, saw the elder nodding, and went down.