The Strongest Dad in the 1980s: Fu Bao is the daughter of Heaven

The road down the mountain went relatively smoothly, and since they were fully loaded, the two of them walked easily.

Tangtang jumped up and down without being held by an adult.

For her, she has been familiar with the mountain road since she started walking on it the day she could walk.

On the way, she met the cluster of myrtle again. Tangtang couldn't help but picked it again.

Mother Chen simply broke off a few sticks covered with black myrtle fruits and gave them to Tangtang to take down the mountain.

And the few people were so busy that it was already afternoon when they arrived at the village.

The three of them had hungry stomachs growling.

Zhang Cuilian said with a smile: "Your family hasn't cooked yet, why don't you go to my house for dinner? My family has already prepared the food."

Mother Chen nodded without being polite to this old sister, "Sure."

……

After lunch, Mother Chen went back with Tangtang and a basket of chestnuts.

Putting down the chestnuts, Mother Chen took a large sieve to sift the chestnuts.

This chestnut is freshly peeled, has more moisture, and is crunchy when chewed. It is not so powdery when cooked.

Tangtang touched the chestnuts that were dried on the large sieve, her eyes revealing her greed.

She raised her head and looked in the direction of her grandma, "Grandma, Tangtang wants to eat fried chestnuts, delicious fried chestnuts."

"Okay, okay, grandma will make fried chestnuts for you." Mother Chen responded repeatedly.

Mother Chen is an activist. Since she agreed to Tangtang, she went to prepare the tool for frying chestnuts - sand!

Mother Chen is also well-informed and knows that besides steaming and cooking chestnuts, there is another way, which is to fry them.

Fried chestnuts are fragrant, waxy and sweet, and taste better than cooked chestnuts.

But in the past, they didn’t have so many tricks. After all, eating was a problem. Who had time to spend so much time making various snacks, which would be delicious when cooked.

Tangtang listened and nodded, "Yeah, let's fry chestnuts."

"Okay, grandma will dig sand for you right now."

"Digging sand?" Tangtang was puzzled and scratched her head, "Grandma, what are you digging for?"

"Dig the sand to fry the chestnuts. The chestnuts need to be fried with the sand. The sand will be heated and the chestnuts will be cooked."

Tangtang's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this, "Oh, yes, yes, grandma in the mountains is also sand."

Tangtang actually didn't remember much about the past, she only had a vague memory, and she didn't react until she heard Mother Chen's words.

After saying that, Mother Chen took the dustpan and headed towards the river.

Tangtang also hurriedly followed, wanting to see how Chen's mother dug the sand.

There is a river in front of the village. It is not deep or big. It is shallow in some places and has a lot of sand. The sand used by people to build houses was dug back from the lower reaches in winter when the water volume is low.

The coarser sand is quartz sand, which is yellow-white and suitable for roasting chestnuts.

"Tangtang, please don't come down. Grandma can come down and dig some sand and go back."

Tangtang nodded, "Okay."

She stood on the shore, looked down at the water in front of her, and then looked up at Mother Chen who was shoveling sand with a dustpan in the water not far away.

There was a lot of sand, and Mother Chen shoveled it quickly.

The old man smiled at Tangtang and said, "Let's go home."

"Uh-huh."

Although the sand is packed, it still cannot be used directly to fry chestnuts.

Mother Chen said: "We still need to sift through it and keep the big ones. If they are too small, we won't let them go."

Tangtang didn't understand, but after hearing what grandma said, she nodded, "Yeah, Tangtang will help you."

Mother Chen smiled and said, "You don't need to help me, but you can watch and learn from the side."

She said she wanted Tangtang to learn, but in fact, Chen’s mother didn’t know how to do it either.

She had seen others fry chestnuts and heard that they taste better with sugar, but this was the first time she had done so, so she wasn't sure if she could cook them well.

Sieve the sand through a fine sieve, and the fine sand will escape from the sieve hole, leaving behind large particles.

The large particles come in many sizes, so Mother Chen still picked out the ones that were too large, leaving even small gravels.

Being so busy takes a lot of time.

After watching it for a while, Tangtang felt bored.

She took a few raw chestnuts, and then ran to play with Xiaohua Xiaoyan and the others.

"Tangtang, you're here." Wangzu shouted happily as he saw Tangtang running over.

"Yeah, here you go!" Tangtang handed the chestnuts in her hand to them.

Wangzu glanced at it and said with a smile: "Is this raw? It's not cooked yet, and it's not tanned."

"Yeah, you can eat it."

Wangzu waved his hand, "If you don't want to eat this, I have cooked food at home. I'll get it for you."

Naturally, raw chestnuts don't have the aroma of cooked chestnuts, and the little guy can eat them, so he nodded quickly, "Okay, Tangtang wants to eat them."

"Then wait for me, I'll go back right away."

Wangzu ran back quickly, leaving Xiaoyan and Xiaohua with Tangtang.

The two were soon attracted by the safety buckle hanging around Tangtang's neck.

"Wow, Tangtang, what is this?" Xiaoyan stepped forward and asked holding the safety buckle hanging around her neck.

Mother Chen put this on Tangtang after she cleaned it.

Since Tangtang said it was hers, Mother Chen put it on for her without even thinking about it.

Tangtang touched the safety buckle and said with a smile, "This belongs to Tangtang. Tangtang picked it up today."

"Yours?" Xiaoyan was puzzled, "Why haven't I seen you wearing it before?"

"Pick it back up." Tangtang pointed in the direction of the mountain, "Tangtang picked it up there. Does it look good?"

The two nodded quickly, "Yeah, it looks good."

Children love these little things.

Faced with the love in the eyes of sister Xiaoyan and Xiaohua, Tangtang was even more satisfied.

"Tangtang also thinks it looks good, it's Tangtang's fault."

After a while, Wangzu came back with his chestnuts.

He put all the remaining chestnuts at home in baskets.

"Come on, Tangtang, I'll give you something to eat."

The three of them happened to be talking about the safe buckle. Wangzu came over and happened to see it.

Xiaoyan told Wangzu the situation, and Wangzu immediately exclaimed, "Wow, it looks good. This thing is so beautiful."

Tangtang became even happier after hearing this.

She also told the three people, "My grandma is making chestnuts, and they are more delicious than this."

The three of them didn't understand, so Tangtang simply took them home.

Chen Muzheng soaked the sifted sand in water and washed away the mud and dust, leaving only fine small stones.

"Look, grandma is washing the stones. After washing, you can fry them." Tangtang explained.

Mother Chen turned back and smiled at the children: "It's not that fast yet. The stone needs to be fried, and then the chestnut needs to be dried and then cut into a hole, otherwise it will explode."

Tangtang nodded, "Yes, be careful of the explosion."

The other three children didn't understand it at all, but they were curious to see the adults busy with these strange things.

After Chen's mother finished all this, she was ready to take a rest.

She said to Tangtang: "Let the chestnuts dry and we can fry them tomorrow."

"okay."

While the little guy was looking forward to tomorrow, Chen Feng and Chen De Dalu came back from the mountains.