The Learning System is My Misunderstood Daughter

Chapter 31-32

Chapter 31

Xu Nianyun's train of thought was interrupted, and she became unusually silent. Yun Xiaolu fell into a drowsy state, and her brain kept sinking. She then fell asleep again.

When Yun Xiaolu woke up completely, the sky outside had already darkened. The room was quiet, and it took Yun Xiaolu a while to fully awaken. Her little head felt groggy from oversleeping. She walked back to her room and saw Yun Shuang and Xiao'e still sleeping, so she quietly left.

As soon as she stepped outside the room, the cold air blew and immediately made her more awake.

Smoke started rising from the chimney on the roof of the Yun family's house. It was the rhythm of preparing dinner.

"Mom, where is my eldest sister?" Only Zhao Yueji was bustling in the kitchen, with no sign of Yun Yi.

"Your eldest sister is in the backyard with your dad."

At that moment, Yun Haisheng was discussing with Yun Yi how to roast the hazelnuts. Most of the hazelnuts they had collected were still in the cellar. This time, they planned to roast them and bring them to Li Shuqin. After all, hazelnuts didn't have as many ways to eat them as chestnuts, and most of them were either roasted or fried. It was difficult to sell them raw in the city.

There was a fire kang in the stone house, so naturally, there was a pot. However, the pot was quite shabby and broken. After tidying up for a while, the father and daughter still couldn't bring themselves to use it.

"Dad, sister, what are you doing?" Yun Xiaolu looked at the broken pot in the backyard, feeling curious as she approached.

"Your dad and I plan to roast hazelnuts, but this pot is unusable." Yun Yi was already thinking of giving up. Even if she washed it with hot water, it would still be cold on such a cold day.

The large pot in the kitchen is used for cooking three meals a day and occasionally for boiling water. If it were used to roast hazelnuts, it would be quite a hassle.

The old pot in the stone house has been around for many years. It is heavily rusted and has several holes. Yun Haisheng had someone patch it up before, but Yun Yi doesn't think it looks usable.

Yun Xiaolu looked at the worn-out pot with some disdain and asked, "Why don't we use the big pot in the kitchen?"

"We thought it would be inconvenient. The kitchen is already busy during the winter, and using it for roasting hazelnuts might not leave enough time for cooking."

"Then why not roast them in the evening? We don't cook in the evening, do we?" Yun Xiaolu raised a crucial question.

"Xiaolu is right. It seems we can only roast them in the evening."

With a hundred and eighty jin of hazelnuts, it will take several big pots to roast them. We probably won't have time to sleep tonight.

To ensure even heating and prevent the pot from burning, it is common to use sand or small stones when roasting nuts. As hazelnuts crack when they are cooked, they can only be roasted with small stones.

After dinner, Zhao Yueji brought out the iron pot and heated it. Yun Haisheng then poured in the small stones he had specially found. They started roasting nearly twenty jin of the smallest grade hazelnuts. This batch is purely for practice and for them to eat.

Fortunately, they still have the skills from roasting peanuts and melon seeds every year. Zhao Yueji and Yun Haisheng take turns stirring the hazelnuts, and they manage to avoid burning them.

"It smells so good." The children drool at the kitchen door. The first batch of hazelnuts hasn't been taken off the heat yet, but the aroma is already spreading.