Little wealth

After there were not so many carpenters in the yard next door, the sound of knocking on wood became quieter, otherwise the sound of someone working could still be heard.

The morning sun shines on the small courtyard, and the crabapple trees in the courtyard are covered with golden light. The fat birds on the branches jump from one branch to the other, chirping with their small mouths open. After a while, the fat birds flapped their short wings and flew out to the fields outside to look for food.

I saw their son standing under the tree and looking up, pointing to the green fruit on the tree and calling for it.

"It's not ripe yet, you can't eat it if you pick it off now." Josh couldn't laugh or cry at this. He stood with his son and looked up at the bunches of small fruits on the tree. The short legs, which were not as tall as his, told him, "Seeing that the little sparrows on the tree don't eat the fruit, it means that the fruit is not yet ripe. You have to wait until the fruit turns red. The little sparrows eat the fruit on the tree. We can pick it up."

"do you understand?"

But looking at their ignorant sons, they obviously don't understand.

"It's okay if you don't understand, I'll just tell you when I can eat it." Josh felt strange, this kid is not short of food every day now, he has snacks and everything.Why do you stare at the unripe green fruit of this tree every day?Is it the best that you don't eat your mouth?

If he remembered correctly, most crabapple fruits are a bit sour, right?

I don't know if the fruit on this tree in their family will be sweet, although he thinks the possibility of being sweet is not too great.

Without giving this little boy a chance to eat green fruit, Josh dragged their greedy son away.The little baby who was pulled away still looked back reluctantly, walked a few steps, and then followed him with his head down, the disappointment on his little face was very obvious.

"I'll make you something else delicious today. We won't eat fruit." Seeing the disappointed look on the kid's face, Josh couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. In the end, he couldn't bear to let the kid down, so he went in He went to the kitchen and brought out a basket of walnuts.

The little follower followed behind him, biting his little finger and asking him knowingly, "What is this?"

"It's a walnut. Didn't I peel and eat it for you yesterday? Didn't you forget it so quickly?" Josh looked at his son who clearly wanted to eat it and asked him what it was, knowing that this was what the kid wanted. Just pretend you forgot and ask for another one.

He deliberately picked up a walnut and asked the kid, "Do you know what this is?"

"Hee hee~" Xiao Wa'er covered her face with a shy smile, pointed at the things in the basket, made a finger gesture, looked at the adults and said, "Yes!"

"It's okay if you want to eat, but you have to help to eat." Josh put the basket on the table, and said to Chen Yan and their greedy brat, "I'll give you a task now." , just you two help me crack open this basket of walnuts, peel out the meat, and I'll cook something delicious for you, okay?"

"Yes~" Xiao Wa'er was the first to reply positively.

Josh glanced at it and knew that he couldn't help him with anything, but every time he heard others ask if he could do it, no matter what it was or whether he could do it, he would rush to reply.But he couldn't bear to dampen his son's enthusiasm, and replied with a little perfunctory: "Okay, I know you can." But he looked at the person who could work, and asked him if he could do this.

Seeing Josh looking towards him, Chen Yan nodded hurriedly.

"That's it. Hit it with something to break open the outer shell and peel off the inner meat." Josh also demonstrated to the older ones, smashing the walnut open with a stone, and peeling the inner meat. Take out the meat.

The shell of this hickory nut is a bit hard, unlike thin-skinned walnuts that can be squeezed open by hand, this shell is a bit hard, and the flesh must be peeled out by knocking it open with something.

Pick out the meat from the cracked walnuts, and stuff the first piece into the mouth of their family's open-mouthed kid waiting to be fed. Seeing this greedy kid in his mouth, his eyes widened with laughter He bent over and said delicious while clapping his hands.

"Is it so delicious?" Josh reached out and squeezed his son's little cheek, thinking that this little cheek feels really good, smoother than a peeled eggshell.

"Yeah! Eat!" Xiaowaer nodded seriously, her eyes were bright because of the delicious food.

"Ah Mu, Ah Yan, you should try it too." Josh shared the remaining walnut meat with everyone, and ate some of it himself.Unroasted walnuts have a raw nutty flavor, and they are obviously not that delicious. He suspects that the child in their family is born to be a glutton, so he will say that everything is delicious, and he likes to taste everything. Taste, there is nothing he said is bad.

Zhao Amu looked at the thing in his hand, a little suspicious, and asked while putting it in his mouth, "Can this thing be eaten?"

"Okay, you can eat it like this now, but it will be more delicious after roasting." In order to show that this hickory nut is edible, Josh gave another one for everyone to eat.

This basket of hickory nuts is still the day they went to the town to set up a stall, and they met an old man with a basket of hickory nuts in front of him. He went over and asked, and bought a basket of hickory nuts with the old man.Because there is nothing to ask about this item, the old man also gave it a very cheap price, which is equivalent to half selling and half giving it to him.

Just a few days ago when he came back from harvesting the wheat, he cultivated some malt and prepared to boil the syrup to make sesame spade candy today, so he bought back the old man’s basket of walnuts, and made an order with the other party if there are any. If so, next time I can find some more for him.

"Eat!" The little boy in their family reached out and grabbed a walnut to stuff it into his mouth. Josh hurriedly pulled his little paw, almost laughed at, patted his little paw, and took the walnut I came back, "It's not like this!"

"Snapped!"

At this moment, an abrupt voice caught the attention of all of them.

Three pairs of eyes turned to Chen Yan and landed on the walnut he smashed open, and saw that the smashed walnut had been scattered to pieces, and the two adults had astonished expressions on their faces.Only one child happily clapped his little hands, pointed at the cracked walnuts and shouted, "Eat, eat!"

Chen Yan was still holding a stone in his hand, wanting to hide the stone, and even more want to hide himself, with a look of embarrassment.

"It's okay, I can't smash walnuts for the first time, and I smash them often." Seeing the embarrassment on Chen Yan's face, Josh comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, just smash a few more and you will become proficient. It doesn’t matter if it’s gone, it’s usable if you pick it up.” As he spoke, he picked it up with his hands, trying to pick out the edible ones, but found that the meat and shells were stuck together, so he had to give up looking for something edible from a pile of debris. The meat is gone.

Seeing this, Zhao Amu also helped to smooth things over, "Yes, yes, we are familiar with the work, so let's smash a few more. If you don't want this, don't want it, we still have so many here."

"Yes, there are still half a basket in it. It doesn't matter if one or two are broken, just take your time." Seeing Chen Yan's head almost lowered to his belly button, Josh wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. He held back bitterly, turned his head and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, I'll boil the syrup out, and I'll make sesame walnut candies for you later."

"Okay, you go, there are a few of us here." Zhao Amu is used to his daughter-in-law likes to toss up some weird things from time to time, and every time they make something delicious, he himself I like to eat, but I am too embarrassed to say anything later.

Chen Yan and another friend of Zhao Xiaonian didn't object when they heard that there would be good food for work.

But with the walnuts that were smashed earlier, Chen Yan was very careful when smashing the walnuts.

Josh then went into the kitchen and cut off the cultivated wheat sprouts. He had done this work several times, and his technique of boiling syrup was getting better every time. Naturally, this time it was not difficult for him.

Through the window, I saw the three people sitting outside smashing walnuts. Their kid must not have the strength to open walnuts. Let the children do such dangerous work.

So their little boy took on the task of helping the adults get walnuts, one here and one there, and he was quite happy to help with the work. There was a bright smile on his little face, and the dancers didn't know what they were talking about. What.

Seeing the scene outside the window, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Josh bowed his head and continued to do the work he was doing.

Filter out the malt, and the water in the pot should continue to boil over low heat until the sugar is sticky and thick, and the syrup is obtained.This process requires patience. After a hundred steps ahead, there is only the last important step left. As long as it succeeds, there will be syrup.

At this time, you have to keep stirring the bottom of the pot with a spoon to prevent the syrup from being boiled. Otherwise, it would be a trivial matter to spend a little wheat, and he will break his promise to the child if he fails to get what he promised to the child.He always teaches children to keep their word, and they must do what they say, so he hopes that he can be a person who leads by example, otherwise his words are nothing, and how can he let the child become a trustworthy person in the future? What about people?

Although he has never really raised a child before, Josh also knows the importance of precepts and deeds. They are the first teachers of the child, and they must set a good example for the child, so that the child will become the outstanding person they hoped for in the future.

Looking at the thickening syrup in the pot, Josh raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve...

The author's gossip: Bones has been a little busy in recent days, so it will be two more days for the time being, group~