Once you become a boy, marry a good man, and become rich together

Chapter 129 Popcorn

"I bought some saplings in town and plan to plant them in this yard. I'm going to the city gate now. Ah Ci, are you coming?"

"No, I'm here to watch them in class."

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

Set aside one and a half hours every day to learn to read, tentatively in the afternoon these days.

Jiang Ci looked at it for a while and realized that he was starting from the most basic.

Li Xiaojin started by having them review the words they had learned yesterday, and later on called out new words. He wrote a word on the blackboard, and someone below could recognize the word on the blackboard.

It may be that these children had homes before and their parents taught them some characters at home, or they went to school when they were young, so they know the characters.

Jiang Ci had never seen the things used to teach calligraphy in the schools of this dynasty.

But what is used as a blackboard here is a white wooden board, and people write on it with burnt charcoal.

Jiang Ci looked at it for a while and then walked away so as not to make the child feel uncomfortable.

When we arrived at the yard, where they had dug holes to plant trees, we walked and stopped, looking at the yard.

"Jiang Dong family."

The person who came was Xu Xia.

Jiang Ci asked, "How are things going over there? There has been no movement in the past few days."

"You can't rush this. You don't know who your uncle is. After that lesson, your addiction has been suppressed a lot. You have to be alert for a while before you get fooled again."

"Well, no rush, but we've got him trapped this time."

"Don't worry about this."

Jiang Ci looked at Xu Xia, who was sitting on the bench, looking casual yet confident.

"I was surprised to see you this morning. You've done pretty well in this town. I still can't understand why you signed an indenture to sell yourself."

"Why is there anything you can't understand? Isn't life more stable now? Your Qingyunfang business is going to expand, and there will be plenty of jobs that make money quickly in the future."

Lin Jingsheng pulled a donkey cart full of saplings. The roots of the saplings had a lot of soil on them, so they should not die easily even if planted in this season.

"What kind of saplings are these?"

"There are many kinds. These two are jujube trees, these are willow trees, and the ones over there are many osmanthus trees."

"The sweet-scented osmanthus tree has very fragrant flowers. Let's plant one in our yard."

"Then leave two, one in the yard and one at the door."

Most of the leaves of these trees have been cut off for transplanting, and it seems that the osmanthus flowers will not bloom this year.

After planting the trees with these children, Jiang Ci and Lin Jingsheng went home.

"Wait a few days, when they have cleaned up this yard thoroughly, I'll pull some wood and wool for them to make toothbrushes in their spare time. We can't keep them around forever."

"Well, Ah Sheng is really thoughtful."

After arriving home, Jiang Ci saw bags of threshed corn and came up with an idea.

Grab a few handfuls of corn kernels, wash them, drain the water, and spread them out to let the water on them dry.

"Aci, what are you doing?"

"Use this to make delicious popcorn, you'll see."

Originally, two osmanthus trees were planted at home, and there was no water on the corn kernels that were drying.

The two of them went into the kitchen together. Lin Jingsheng watched Jiang Ci put the two handfuls of corn kernels in the pot, added a lot of oil until the level of the corn kernels, and then added some sugar.

What was this new and strange food? It was something he had never seen before.

Lin Jingsheng was lighting a fire in front of the stove, and the oil temperature was rising little by little. Jiang Ci kept stirring the corn kernels in the pot with chopsticks, for fear that they would stick to the pot.

Until suddenly a kernel of corn exploded and hit Lin Jingsheng.

Lin Jingsheng was confused.

Jiang Ci was happy, "This is popcorn."

As he spoke, he quickly covered the pot, and heard a series of banging sounds coming from inside the pot.

After a while, the sound became more and more frequent.

Lin Jingsheng found the banging sounds coming from the pot curious.

The sweet aroma emanating from the gaps in the lid also makes people salivate.

Knowing that there was no movement in the pot, "It should be done, put out the fire under the pot."

Then I lifted the lid and saw half a pot of popcorn.

The popcorn just out of the pan exudes a rich aroma, with the sweetness of the corn itself mixed with a hint of caramel. This smell permeates the air, making people salivate at the sight.

Jiang Ci picked one up and shouted, "Hiss!"

He retracted his hand because of the burn and shook it off.

"It's too hot. Wait a while before eating."

As soon as the popcorn started to fry, Fuzai arrived at the kitchen door and watched them doing things in the kitchen. Now the lid of the popcorn pot was opened and the fragrance was everywhere. Fuzai kept circling around their feet, humming to himself, trying to get a bite.

Jiang Ci kicked Fuzai who was blocking the way and said, "It's too hot. Wait a moment."

I went outside and found a clean basket to put the popcorn in later.

"The ones on top are not hot anymore." Lin Jingsheng picked one up and handed it to Jiang Ci's mouth.

Jiang Ci opened her mouth and took a bite, "You try it too."

Jiang Ci bit it with a crunchy sound. Mm, it was the same taste, but there was a slight difference. This one used animal oil and brown sugar, while he used to use vegetable oil and white sugar.

Lin Jingsheng tasted the unfamiliar texture and flavor of the popcorn, and once again admired Jiang Ci's brain.

“It tastes good.”

"Well, Aci is really amazing."

"Put all these in the basket."

Jiang Ci picked up a few and threw them to you, Fuzai. It stood up to catch them, one by one, two by two. It couldn't catch more, and they fell to the ground.

My parents came back from the threshing ground. Before they even entered the house, they could smell the fragrance coming from the house.

Lin Jingan asked first, "It smells so good, what delicious food did Brother Ci make?"

When asked why he did not hesitate to ask what delicious food Brother Ci had made, instead of Big Brother.

That was really unnecessary worry. His elder brother only knew how to cook some home-cooked meals, but they wouldn't produce such a fragrant aroma.

"The popcorn is on the table in the main room. Go and have some."

"okay!"

Lin Jing'an and Lin Jingxuan had washed their hands early and quickly ran into the main room.

I saw the popcorn that Brother Ci mentioned. Its appearance looked like blooming flowers. Each grain was plump and golden, and the surface exuded an attractive luster.

Just looking at this makes people swallow their saliva.

I couldn't wait to take one and put it in my mouth. It was still warm. I took a light bite and with a "crunch", the sweet taste instantly spread in my mouth.

The texture is crispy yet soft. As you chew deeper, the sweetness of the popcorn becomes more obvious, but this sweetness does not make you feel sick.

The little fox that came in from outside the yard also smelled the fragrance, and meowed, walked into the main room and jumped onto the table.

He raised his white-gloved paw and placed it on Lin Jingxuan's hand.

Lin Jingxuan used her other hand to stroke Xiaoli from head to toe, "Okay, you want to try it too, right?"

I took two and put them on the table for Xiaoli to eat.