Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 401: Reasons for Not Giving a Marriage Certificate

So I was specifically told not to show you this marriage certificate. This way you won't be greedy because of this marriage certificate, and you won't be greedy for more, so that you can be content and live a peaceful life."

Hualei sighed softly and said, "So, this is why Grandfather didn't give me these two marriage certificates? On the one hand, it was to protect me, fearing that I would do something stupid and lose my life when I couldn't get the love I wanted.

On the other hand, you are afraid that I will be tied to these two marriage certificates, and miss other potential good men when I can't entrust my life to the Marquis' Mansion, right?"

Xiaoyuan nodded.

Before I knew it, Hualei was already in tears. Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. My dear and respectable grandfather was still planning for himself at the moment before his death.

Although all he did might not be useful, compared to the power of the Marquis' Mansion, if they wanted to play tricks, the marriage certificate and the marriage letter might have little effect, but he really tried his best.

Seeing Hualei crying, Xiaoyuan's voice was also a little choked up, "Sister, so far, looking at Brother Rongjin, and Grandfather Pei and Uncle Pei, they are all upright gentlemen, so we should be thankful that we are lucky.

Not only has the Marquis' Mansion taken care of us, but now Brother Rong Jin also wants to fulfill this engagement. Plus you are also very outstanding, so I think that when you get married in the future, Brother Rong Jin will not torture you.

Now even Madam Han, who is most likely to harass you, is no longer in the Marquis' Mansion, so I think this marriage should be a good one. So you should think about it carefully. If you agree, I will send the marriage letter to the Marquis' Mansion."

Hualei nodded and said, "I understand. Let me think about it. You can go back to your room first. I want to be alone and quiet."

Looking at Hualei who was in tears, Xiaoyuan slowly walked out of the study, looking back every few steps as he returned to his room.

Hualei sat in the study for a long time before she got up and went back to her room to rest. She thought she would not be able to sleep, but unexpectedly, she slept well that night. She woke up very early the next day.

So, she stopped lying in bed and went straight to get dressed, wash up and eat breakfast. The New Year was coming soon, and Hualei was going to make some snacks for herself. Because there were many trees on the barren hill, there were also many wild fruits.

The pine nuts and chestnuts are stored in the warehouse. Since there are not many of them, they cannot be sold, but there is still more than enough for making snacks at home.

In her previous life, pine nuts and chestnuts were Hualei's favorite foods. When Aunt Song heard that Hualei wanted to eat pine nuts and chestnuts, she immediately went into the storeroom.

She took the pine nuts out of the warehouse. Since they had already been cleaned up before, Aunt Song just picked some and then washed them.

Put cleaned yellow sand in the iron pan, stir fry, and when it is hot, pour in yellow and white sugar water dissolved in warm water. As soon as the sugar smoke comes out, put in the pine nuts and keep stir frying. At this time, keep the fire low to avoid burning the pine nuts.

After stir-frying for about a cup of tea, you will hear a tiny popping sound in the iron pan. Take a few pine nuts and smash them. If the kernels are yellow, they are almost cooked. Sift out the sand and wait for the pine nuts to cool down before eating.

Freshly fried pine nuts are mellow and have a strong pine aroma. They are very delicious. They are also very nutritious and can protect the eyes, making them especially suitable for children.

After the pine nuts were fried, Hualei asked Qingying to bring a plate of pine nuts to Xiaoyuan's study, while she and Aunt Song and Aunt Fu continued to make sugar-fried chestnuts.

After washing the chestnuts, cut a slit with scissors. The length of the slit should be at least the length of a finger joint. Soak the cut chestnuts in clean water for a quarter of an hour, then dry the moisture with clean gauze.

Pour clean yellow sand into a clean pot, then pour in chestnuts, and slowly heat over medium heat. Use a spatula to stir-fry. Because chestnuts are much larger than pine nuts, pour in chestnuts while the sand is still cold so that the chestnuts can be heated evenly.

After stir-frying for a quarter of an hour, some sand will be wrapped around the chestnuts. This is because chestnuts contain sugar, which becomes sticky when heated, so just continue stir-frying.

After a cup of tea, you will see the chestnuts open up a bit, stir fry faster to make the sand sticking to the shells fall off. When the sand is almost off, sprinkle a spoonful of yellow and white sugar and stir fry faster, otherwise the bottom of the pot will easily get burnt.

After the sugar is added, the remaining sand will all fall off and the sugar will start to caramelize. At this time, stir-fry quickly and insert a spatula from the bottom of the pot to flip it up to ensure that the caramel does not stick to the bottom of the pot.

When the chestnuts are fried until they are cracked and the sand is no longer sticky, and their color turns into dark brown, turn off the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for about a cup of tea. Once the chestnuts are fully cooked inside, you can take them out.

After filtering out all the sand with a sieve, you can eat the chestnuts while they are still hot. Fresh chestnuts are sticky, fragrant and sweet, and very delicious. They have a completely different taste from pine nuts, but they are just as delicious.

After eating sugar-roasted chestnuts for a while, Hualei started making chestnut cakes. In the past, chestnut cakes were a popular traditional snack with a delicate and sweet taste, suitable for people of all ages.

Hualei likes to eat chestnut cake the most. When chestnut cake is on the market, Hualei will put a few pieces of chestnut cake in her bag even when she is leading a tour group to satisfy her appetite.

Cut the chestnut shell into a cross, put it into a pot, add water and cook it, then take it out and let it cool down, then peel off the skin and inner skin and rinse it with clean water.

Pour clean water into an iron pot, put in the peeled chestnuts, and cook for about 25 minutes, then remove and drain the water. Mash the cooked chestnuts into chestnut puree.

Then add appropriate amounts of brown and white sugar and milk, stir well, put the mixed chestnut paste in a ceramic pot, stir-fry over low heat, add the remaining handful of chopped chestnuts, and stir well.

Fry until the chestnut paste is clumping together, then roll it into a small ball and put it into the mold like making mooncakes. Brush a layer of soybean oil on the mold in advance to prevent the chestnut cake from sticking, and then press it into the shape you like.

Because it is Chinese New Year, Hualei specially used a gold ingot mold to make the chestnut cakes into the shape of bright yellow gold ingots, which is both festive and delicious.

Thinking that Rong Jue and the children in the Marquis' Mansion would also like to eat it, Hua Lei made another batch and sent it to the Marquis Pei and the various rooms in the Marquis' Mansion. Of course, Hua Lei also sent some fried pine nuts and sugar-fried chestnuts to Rong Jue, Lin Lang and the others as snacks.