Travel back to the 1970s and start as a female textile worker

Gu Qiu thought of the cakes her sister made at home, "Sister, is chestnut cake the same as yam cake and mung bean cake?"

He Ling knelt down and looked at the chestnuts they brought back, "Can chestnuts also be made into cakes?"

Several people looked at Gu Chun with bright eyes. She smiled and nodded, "Yes, and the chestnut cake is more fragrant. You will know after you taste it when it is ready."

He Ling grabbed a few chestnuts and said, "This thing is very difficult to peel. How long will it take to peel so many?"

In his previous life, Gu Chun worked for a relative who was a chef and had already learned how to peel chestnuts.

"It's not difficult, let me do it for you."

After saying that, she took a basket and put some chestnuts in it, and rinsed them with well water.

Then use scissors to make a cross incision on the chestnut.

Auntie boiled hot water on the stove, put the chestnuts into a basin, poured in boiling water and soaked them.

It needs to be soaked for fifteen to twenty minutes.

What she means is that everyone should do whatever they want.

But a few children thought it was fun and insisted on squatting there to watch the chestnuts.

Gu Chun didn't stop either, but he was just worried that Xiao Zhuzi and Gu Dong would get burned if they were naughty.

She is not very meticulous in raising children. If she has to be reminded of everything, the child will be weak and incompetent.

So she didn't remind them not to touch the hot water this time.

The children are not stupid. Although the steaming mist and little bamboo want to touch the mist, they dare not move.

When we were in the city, Xiao Zhuzi was very naughty and wanted to touch the kettle on the stove with his hand.

Gu Qiu kept taking his hand away.

Gu Chun couldn't stand it anymore, so he held his hand on the steam of the kettle for a few seconds.

He was scalded by the heat and cried.

It can be seen that sometimes with ten thousand instructions, it is better to let the children try it on their own.

In the expectant eyes of the children, Gu Chun finally announced that it was time to peel chestnuts.

He Ling also started peeling it off together.

Chestnuts soaked in hot water, the outer shell and the inner skin have been separated from the fruit!

Just open it gently with your hands and take out the chestnuts completely.

He Ling said, "So it can still be like this, how simple it is."

"Chun, you are so smart. Where did you learn this? People in the city are just different."

Gu Chun smiled helplessly, "Auntie, there are no chestnut picking in the city. I read this in a book. It expands with heat and shrinks with cold."

He Ling couldn't understand, "What's hot and what's cold? Oops, it turns out the book says this. Sure enough, I still need to study more."

Gu Zhenzhu on the side heard it and found it very interesting.

"Cousin, it turns out that the principle of thermal expansion and contraction can also be applied to this.

I also feel that what I learn is of little use except for exams. "

Gu Chun smiled and touched her head, "Of course. What we learn must be put into practice to be valuable."

Gu Zhenzhu nodded, "Yeah!"

Gu Qiu is just a quasi-junior high school student and has not learned many things.

Seeing my sister and cousin discussing the knowledge in the book, my eyes were bright.

Knowledgeable people are so charming. At this moment, her desire for knowledge reached its peak.

She hopes that one day she can become knowledgeable and omnipotent like her sister.

Peeling out a small pot of chestnuts, they steamed them first and then pressed them into powder just like making yam cakes.

Chestnuts, unlike yams and mung beans, have a sweet taste, so the sugar can be reduced.

There is no need to add anything else. After it is made, it will have a rich aroma and a better taste.

Gu Chun made some of the cooked hazelnuts into granules, put them into the yam cake, and sprinkled a little black sesame seeds on the outside.

When you bite into it, you will feel the softness of yam cake and the unique taste and fragrance of hazelnut.

The children ate several pieces without stopping.

It can be seen that these two kinds of pastries are very popular among people of this era.

The shape made by hand is not very nice, and there is no way to control the size of each pastry.

So Gu Chun thought about making a mold.

She drew a pastry mold on paper, which was a common pastry mold in later generations. She put the materials in and pushed the mold, and it was ready.

"Uncle, is there anyone in our village who can do carpentry? Can you help me make a mold?"

Uncle Gu took a look at what she drew and couldn't see its specific use.

"Yes, Dayang is doing carpentry, you can find him. But you'd better come with me, I don't understand how you want to do this."

Gu Chun nodded and walked out with him.

Gu Dayang is the only one in the village who can do carpentry. Villagers who need furniture for marriages or building houses come to him for it. It is said that his craftsmanship is very good.

He got the drawing and after looking at it for a while, he understood what it was.

It's just that this picture is so good. It's all drawn up, down, left, and right. It's very three-dimensional. You can tell what it is at a glance, and it even has dimensions.

Gu Dayang has been doing carpentry work for so many years, relying purely on his own imagination. He never expected that he could draw drawings like this.

"Girl, did you draw this drawing?"

Gu Chun nodded and said yes.

Gu Dayang was extremely pleasantly surprised, "You girl, you're really good at painting. I'll give you this mold for free. Can you tell me how you painted this picture?"

In fact, people with special skills these days are not willing to teach others how to eat.

But Gu Dayang was really happy to see Xun Xin, so he asked shamelessly.

Who knew that Gu Chun didn't care about this at all? This was a drawing skill she learned from her teacher later in life. After all, what fashion designer can't draw?

"If it doesn't work..."

"no problem."

Before Gu Dayang finished speaking, he heard Gu Chun agree, and his eyes lit up, "Girl, are you willing to teach?"

Gu Chun smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am willing to teach you, but this requires more practice and cannot be learned in a day or two."

If Gu Dayang was a person who was unwilling to endure hardship, he would not have been able to successfully learn carpentry.

"What's the point, isn't it just practice every day? We are not lazy people."

"Okay, then I'll tell you how to draw this..."

After a while of teaching him how to have a three-dimensional sense of space, he could only figure out the rest.

After all, he has been doing carpentry for many years, so I believe Gu Dayang should be able to master it.

"Uncle Dayang, then you can practice by yourself. But you must hurry up and make my mold."

Gu Dayang waved his hand, "It's a small problem. You can pick it up tomorrow and I'll have it done soon."

Before leaving, Gu Chun bought a large wooden box from him. It was quite thin, lightweight and cheap.

The next day, Uncle Gu went to Gu Dayang's house to retrieve the mold.

When he came back, he told Gu Chun that he could already draw pictures by himself, but he was still a little ugly.

Gu Chun nodded, believing he could do it.

She took the mold and made another batch of chestnut cakes and yam and hazelnut cakes.

Seeing how beautifully she did it, He Ling put it into the wooden box with paper as a cushion, "Chun, what are you doing? Are you giving me a gift?"

Gu Chun shook his head, "No, auntie, I'll go to the grocery store with you, and I'll tell you when I get back."

After saying that, she followed Uncle Gu to the town.

Non-staple food stores also belong to supply and marketing cooperatives and are all state-owned.

As soon as he entered, Gu Chun saw people coming and going, all coming to buy pastries and candies.

There are very few varieties, not as many as a small convenience store in later generations.

But demand still exceeds supply.

Gu Chun asked his uncle to wait outside and went in by himself.

After observing the salesperson, I saw a person who looked like an administrator standing inside.

So he walked over and asked, "Comrade, from Beicheng Textile Factory, I'm here to see your manager. Comrade Wang from the food factory asked me to bring him a message."

This is half true and half false. After all, there are so many people in the food factory, there must be Comrade Wang.

The administrator saw that she was fair and clean and the clothes she wore were very fashionable, so he automatically believed her.

He said to her in a good manner, "Comrade, you wait first, I will call our manager Yu."

Gu Chun was secretly happy when he saw that he had passed the test, but he didn't show it on his face.

Not long after waiting, a middle-aged man came out, wearing the most common tunic suit of this era.

"You must be Manager Yu." She took the initiative to say hello.

When Yu Shengli heard that it was someone from the food factory who had brought the message, he came out. Unexpectedly, he met a beautiful little girl.

Shaking hands, "Hello, I'm Yu Shengli. What message did the people at the food factory ask you to bring?"

Gu Chun smiled brightly and said, "Manager Yu, can you take a step to speak."

Yu Shengli nodded and took her into the office.

As soon as he entered, Gu Chun apologized to him frankly.

"Sorry, Manager Yu, it was just a temporary measure.

It is true that I am from the textile factory, but this time I am not representing the food factory, but representing Gujiacun. "

When Yu Shengli saw her, he already suspected that someone from the food factory was not responsible.

After all, he really didn't know anyone named Wang, and this little girl didn't look like she had anything to say.

Now that she was honest, most of the doubts in her heart were gone.

However, "Gujiacun? I don't know the people in Gujiacun. What's the matter?"