What these burr ball?

Before she knew it, the sky had darkened slightly. During this time, Gulan had been busy sorting out the wild animals she had brought back. Several rabbit skins were spread out on the branches and hung aside to dry. She had accumulated quite a few of them, enough to make a shirt for her son. Although he had the original owner's memories, Gulan had never made clothes by herself. She thought it would be better to wait until things were stable before making clothes for her son. It took a lot of time to pack up these things, so Gulan and her friends had dinner later than others.

But delicious food always takes time. Gulan was not in a hurry, Xiang Yunjin was not in a hurry either. Although AnAn was a little anxious, as his mother said, impatient people can't eat hot tofu. Besides, there were a lot of delicious food in his small bag, and he was not hungry at all after eating a big apple before.

Uncle Jin told them the name, and only then did AnAn know that such a beautiful fruit was called this name, but he always felt that the red one should be called red fruit.

The dinner was very rich. There must be pheasant stewed with mushrooms, and stewed roe deer meat. However, the portions were not large. After all, it was a dinner, and too much meat would be bad for digestion.

When everyone started to rest, Gulan started to eat her meal. However, with the addition of pepper and fennel, the taste was even better. Even Xiang Yunjin, who had eaten all kinds of delicacies, didn't even raise his head.

After dinner, the cleanup was left to the two sisters as usual. In the dim light, Gulan began to rummage through the other things in the basket. The chestnuts and walnuts were separated, especially the chestnuts, whose thorny ball shape took up too much space and had to be sorted out twice.

"What is this?" Xiang Yunjin, who was holding a thorn ball, looked at Gulan in confusion. He knew pecans and often ate them, but what were these thorns made of?

"You don't know it?" Gulan was a little surprised, but then she thought it wasn't so strange that she didn't know the person's identity. Just when she was about to explain... Gulan stopped and looked at the thorn ball in her hand, as if she was not sure whether this thing existed here or not, and could not explain it casually. After searching in my mind, I found that the original owner's memory was too scarce. She just worked all the time and had eaten very little.

However, Gulan still discovered something called chestnut from the depths of her memory. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the thorny ball in her hand... chestnut.

Seeing Xiang Yunjin gently pinching the thorn ball and listening attentively to her questions, Gulan simply didn't rush to explain. I guess this young master has never seen the original appearance of chestnuts. She took out the dagger and slid it, and the thorny ball cracked open, revealing the brown-red semicircular fruit inside. As the fruit appeared, Gulan took it in front of Xiang Yunjin.

"Now you know what it is?" Her tone was slightly raised.

"Chestnut?" Xiang Yunjin recognized it at the first sight. This thing is not unfamiliar. It is basically prepared in the mansion when it is in season. It can be used as a snack or in cooking. Xiang Yunjin has a good feeling about chestnuts and does not hate them. He was so ignorant that he didn't even know that the chestnut would look like this. If Gulan hadn't brought it back, he would have avoided it when he saw it. It's hard to associate its appearance with delicious food.

"Dad, what kind of nuts are they? Can we eat them?" AnAn, who was helping to pick hickory nuts, also looked over curiously. He dropped the hickory nuts in his hand and picked up the thing in his mother's hand. It was red and smooth and felt very comfortable to touch.

"Dad, is this chestnut?" The little guy was very smart and reacted immediately.

"Yes, it's chestnuts. Not only are they edible, they also taste really good. Even though the shell is hard, the flesh inside is very soft and glutinous. It tastes sweet and has a lingering aftertaste."

Facing her son's question, Gulan immediately responded with a smile, and even lowered her voice a few degrees involuntarily. Her tone was so gentle that Xiang Yunjin, who was standing by, couldn't help but look at her twice.

There is a huge gap. He treats his son as warmly as the spring breeze, so gentle that it makes people jealous, but sometimes he just ignores him. I know there is no comparison between the two, after all, he is Gulan biological son. But... why did he want to compete? Xiang Yunjin was stunned for a moment.

Gulan's words immediately made AnAn interested in the thorny ball. He stood up and took the big knife on the table, as if he was going to do it himself. Seeing him trembling with the knife in his hand, Gulan held back her laughter and took the knife from her son's hand and handed it to Xiang Yunjin beside her.

"You are still young, and the knife is too heavy to hold. Can you continue to help dad pick pecans, AnAn? There are so many that I don't know when I can finish picking them all." Gulan looked at her son expectantly.

AnAn really likes his mother's tricks and depends on her all the way. The little guy can't stand seeing his mother in pain, so he almost agrees with whatever his mother says and nods quickly. Moreover, he had just felt that the knife was too heavy and it was difficult for him to lift it.

"My son is so good." Looking at her son's fair, tender and cute appearance, and how sensible he is, Gulan's heart almost softened.

AnAn also gave her mother a sweet smile, and then concentrated on picking up pecans. There were a lot of them, too many. In fact, Gulan did something wrong when pouring it out, and some of it was moved out of the space.

Xiang Yunjin, who was suddenly forced to bear the knife, looked at the knife in his hand, then looked at the burr ball he picked up and the Little Bun who was carefully picking up walnuts. He was stunned for a moment and then decisively swung the knife in his hand. My injuries have healed a lot now. I can't be worse than a child and be looked down upon by the little ones. Although he has never done these things, his biggest advantage is that he learns things quickly and can get the hang of it after a few times.

Unlike Gulan's small dagger, his was a kitchen knife, which was very heavy and did not look as sharp as the dagger in Gulan's hand, so this tested his control even more. But these were not difficult for him. Apart from the first cut which damaged the chestnut itself, the second cut was very good, leaving only a slight scratch. By the third cut, the chestnut was already cooked, and his speed was no slower than Gulan's.

By the time Daya and Erya finished cleaning up the pots and pans and came over to help, the two of them had already picked out a small pile of chestnuts. After half an hour, everything was finally done.

At this time, AnAn was already sleeping soundly on the bedding prepared by Daya. After not sleeping all day and being busy picking walnuts at night, the tired little guy slept very soundly. Because their master did not rest, Daya and Erya did not go back to bed even though they had fallen asleep.

Looking at the whole pot of chestnuts, Gulan smiled easily and said to Xiang Yunjin, "Thank you for your hard work." Without this guy's help, it would probably take her a while to completely peel the chestnuts.

Xiang Yunjin glanced at Gulan, and the peach blossom eyes that Gulan had deliberately made ugly blinked deliberately, and said with a smile: "I eat your food, drink your drinks, and it's my duty to help you with some work. It's not hard."

Gulan: "…"

If it were his peach blossom eyes before disguise, Gulan would be electrocuted to the point of dizziness by this blink. But now his eyes are really unpleasant to the eyes, there should be a warm smile in his eyes, but at this moment, what overflows from his eyes looks like a malicious smile no matter how you look at it.