Carly was speechless. It had only just been planted! Who knew if it would sprout and grow? Even if it did, who knew how long it would take to eat it? And even if it did, who knew if it would taste good?
"Lord Ed, do you have a specific time to treat me to walnuts in the future?"
Ed wasn't just all talk; he handed the walnuts he hadn't finished eating to Carly.
"Pah, pah, pah."
Carly spat out the walnut Ed had just handed her. It was so bitter, just like the bitterness of planting walnuts all by herself under the scorching sun. It was so bitter!
She suffered all the hardship just now, and now she's expected to suffer again? She's not having it.
"I will never eat this walnut again."
Ed smiled. "Carly, you said it yourself. Let's go eat some delicious walnuts now."
In the castle
Ed set up the pot from a few days ago again, and put a lot of pebbles in it. What was he planning to do? Of course, he was going to roast walnuts and chestnuts.
The walnuts were already in the pot. Ed didn't know how to process walnuts, so he could only try to do it like he would roast chestnuts. Anyway, there weren't many walnuts.
And what about the chestnuts? Adelaide and Carly are making cuts in the table with a knife.
These chestnuts are something special; they're honey-roasted chestnuts, the ultimate chestnuts.
In order to succeed on the first try, Ed, a novice who had only ever seen roasted chestnuts and had no practical experience, could only practice with walnuts first.
After all, walnuts have thicker shells and are less likely to burn when roasted, which shows that having a thick skin does have its advantages.
"Carly, are chestnuts really everywhere where you live?"
Adelaide found it strange; Carly's father had said the chestnut was ordinary, but she had never seen it before.
"Sister Adelaide, it's not that it's everywhere, but it's quite common. When there's no food, some people rely on it to survive."
"Is this chestnut delicious?"
"It's not very tasty, and it's quite troublesome to eat. Getting these chestnuts is even more difficult. The only advantage is that they can be stored for a long time without spoiling. Anyway, I don't really like eating them."
Carly glanced furtively at Ed over there; she'd never seen such a method of cooking food before. They were tossing small stones around in a large pot. What were those stones for? It was such a strange way of cooking.
It's as strange as this chestnut; they even made them cut a slit in it with a knife. Does it taste better with a slit? Why does Lord Ed have so many strange ideas?
"Adelaide, how about this walnut?" Ed handed Adelaide a cooled, roasted walnut.
"What about mine?" Carly wasn't going to mince words.
"Hehe, Carly, didn't you say you'd never eat walnuts again?"
"Did I say that?" She felt that the current cooking method and the walnuts were definitely different from the ones before.
Ed didn't argue with Carly, but instead secretly handed her a raw walnut.
Carly glanced suspiciously at the walnuts Lord Ed offered her. She wasn't used to Lord Ed's directness today; he used to talk a lot of nonsense.
Adelaide, standing next to Ed, examined the walnuts. They seemed a little lighter than before. She imitated Ed and started smashing the walnuts onto the table.
"Smack!"
The walnut cracked open easily, much to Adelaide's surprise. She had tried cracking the previous walnut with a hoe but hadn't succeeded, yet this one had opened so easily.
On the other hand, Carly tried to imitate Adelaide by slamming the walnuts on the table, but even after her hands hurt, the walnuts remained the same.
Since she hadn't seen Ed use a hoe to smash it before, she assumed he wasn't using enough force, since his sister Adelaide had already smashed it open.
"Knock knock knock".
So Carly continued to smash the walnuts on the table, but she couldn't crack them even when both her hands were red.
"Carly, have this." Adelaide handed Carly half of her walnut.
Carly didn't care whether she could crack the walnut or not, because her hand was already sore, and if she continued cracking, she would have trouble getting bread the next day.
"Hmm, these walnuts are definitely much tastier than the previous ones, but they're a bit hard to crack." Carly rubbed her palm.
Ouch!
Now the aftereffects of cracking walnuts with her bare hands are showing; even a light touch makes her cry out in pain. She still doesn't understand why her sister Adelaide has suddenly become so powerful.
"hehe!"
Adelaide burst out laughing when she saw Carly's funny expression.