books44 Chapter 276 Roasted Nuts
Chapter 276 Roasted Nuts
Unfortunately, the heartwarming scene in the courtyard didn't last long. Because every time a peanut was squeezed, it made a cracking sound, and Lin Lanshan would squeeze a few, then eat one and feed one to her sister.
So Peach and Reunion, following the sound and smell, came over.
First up was Peach, which stretched its head onto the stone table and opened its mouth wide toward the divided plate containing a pile of peanuts.
The meaning is simple and clear: Come on, throw it in my mouth.
An'an and Kang Kang have long necks, barely revealing their long, flat, yellow mouths: I want to eat too!
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, being the shortest, flapped their wings, trying their best to make their presence known: Me too! Me too!
The two sisters raised their hands and leaned back slightly. They looked down at the pets covered in mud, which made their clothes even dirtier.
I have to do laundry again... my hands are really itching to do it.
They were oblivious and kept making a ruckus.
Lin Lanshan grabbed a few peanuts and stuffed them into Taozi's mouth, complaining as she did so:
"All you ever do is eat! I've been peeling these for so long, and it's not even enough for two of your bites. Next time, peel them yourself—no, go grow your own!"
The way it acted and moved made it look like it was being forced to swallow a handful of arsenic.
Adhering to the idea that "it doesn't matter if I get scolded or not, what matters most is that I can eat it," Peach let the scolding go in one ear and out the other, and she was quite happy to be scolded.
I chewed peanuts until white foam appeared around my mouth.
The reunion and peace animals were shorter than the others. Although they couldn't see clearly what the peach was eating, they knew that Sister Peach had eaten.
In their haste, they started squawking and babbling incoherently, shouting, "Leave some, leave some! They haven't eaten yet!"
Lin Lanshan could only grab another handful and spread them in her palm, feeding a few to each of them.
She glanced at the divided plate; of the pile of peanuts she had painstakingly shelled, only a handful remained.
Then, with her eyes slightly narrowed, she said, "Is it delicious? I peeled these peanuts for you myself. Don't they taste especially delicious?"
The peaches and the reunion are wagging their tails and twisting their necks, all expressing their good mood.
"It's delicious, isn't it? Perfect timing, the snow outside is starting to melt. Starting tomorrow, you can go out and find food again, there's no food left for you at home!"
Staying at home all day without going out, unable to do any work, all they do is eat and sleep, and eat a lot, like raising a pig for a year.
Even so, they still have to be like servants, taking care of feeding and cleaning up after the animals at fixed times, for fear that they will starve or be poisoned to death. It's simply going against the natural order!
Peach and Reunion looked slightly frightened, shaking their heads and backing away.
After these days of blissful, carefree living, they've finally realized what a miserable existence they had before! So now they don't want to go out at all; they just want to stay home and eat and drink for free…
Seeing their displeasure, Lin Lanshan rolled up her sleeves, ready to give them a lesson in pet care. "Oh ho, you've been spoiled rotten, haven't you?"
Lin Chunyi, who had been busy grinding chestnuts without saying a word, stopped what she was doing.
He waved and called out, "Peach, come here."
Peach thought she wouldn't get beaten up, so she turned around and ran over, and Tuanyuan Ankang cleverly followed.
Although it was just four simple and casual words, what I got was a mule that could bite the wooden handle and turn the millstone, and I also successfully freed up one of my hands!
Seeing their eldest sister's silly appearance, with her neck tilted to the side and circling the table, Tuanyuan and Ankang wanted to sneak away.
Lin Lanshan chuckled silently, and then mimicked her, saying:
"Where are you going? You lot, come back here! There's no such thing as a free lunch or free food! Come here, see this? Go to the kitchen and fetch a basket of these."
She pointed to the walnuts and peanuts in the divided plate, told them where to put them, and then sent them to the kitchen.
Alright, now everyone has something to do, and it's another happy ending for everyone!
Without the mischievous little ones munching on food, the two sisters felt they were getting things done much faster. They were grinding more and more chestnuts and shelling more and more peanuts…
Peach, who's dizzy from walking in circles: I haven't mentioned a single thing about my efforts!
They huddled together in the kitchen, anxiously discussing how to use their little mouths to hold onto the big fruit's reunion and well-being: Ah, that's still better than us, where we're not even sure if we can give anything!
To speed things up, Lin Lanshan stopped eating and started shelling peanuts with both hands. Before long, she had shelled a plate of red-skinned peanuts.
"Sister, let Peach rest for a while, look how dizzy she is."
Lin Chunyi thought it made sense and was about to tell Taozi to stop and continue turning the millstone herself.
Then I heard my younger sister, who was sitting on the stone bench with her legs crossed, peeling sunflower seeds, say again: "Peach, go to the kitchen and bring me two plates like these, the ones that are placed in the middle of the table."
Lin Chunyi: "..." You didn't let it go either~
Peach, who was walking dejectedly toward the kitchen, met Tuanyuan and Ankang, who were each carrying bamboo baskets and walking toward them, in the center of the courtyard and looked at each other.
They looked at each other without saying a word, but everything was understood between them.
May you be reunited and healthy: Big sister, you've worked so hard today!
Peach: You guys are the ones who suffered, my little brother and my little sister~
"What are you all standing there for? You won't recognize each other after a short time apart? Should I introduce you again?" Lin Lanshan said, feeling her hands getting a little sore from peeling shells, so she moved her fingers and clenched her fists.
When Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang saw this, they thought they were about to get beaten up again, so they quickly ran off in opposite directions.
Lin Chunyi was somewhat surprised to see Taozi dart into the kitchen and Tuanyuan Ankang rushing over with a basket in hand.
"Is your voice so effective now that they can understand you?"
Lin Lanshan, puzzled, shrugged and patted Tuanyuan and Ankang's heads. Then she took off the bamboo baskets from their necks and poured out about ten walnuts and a pile of peanuts.
“Well done, take these back to the kitchen.” She then divided the dried fruit shells on the table into several bamboo baskets and hung them back around their necks.
Practice makes perfect, and they swayed back and forth as they headed to the kitchen.
More than half an hour later, Lin Lanshan had finished peeling all the dried nuts and put them in separate plates.
"Sis, I'm going to roast some nuts. How much longer will it take you?" I wonder if I'll be able to eat them tonight.
Lin Chunyi scooped a spoonful of the chestnut pieces that had finally been ground the first time and put them into the mill hole. "The second grinding will be quick. You can go ahead. Remember to cut the large pieces of nuts after you've roasted them."
"Row!"
Lin Lanshan returned to the kitchen to start a fire, putting only a thin piece of firewood into the stove. When the large iron pot was slightly warm, she added the nuts one by one and slowly dry-fried them.
The nuts are served when they release an oily aroma and turn slightly yellow.
She didn't shell the pine nuts; she just fried them in the pan with the shells on. The main reason was that when she tried to shell them, she found they were too difficult to open...