Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

As they walked to the door of their home, Zhang was standing at the door and saw Xiao Lan. She didn't see clearly who was standing next to her, so she scolded her, "What a kid you are. I told you not to go out and hang around, but you didn't come back at noon. I thought something happened to you."

"Mom, look who's here?" Xiao Lan motioned Zhang to go see He Mingyu, "Otherwise I would have come back a long time ago. I ran into Mr. He. I was chatting with him for a while and forgot the time."

Zhang had heard of He Mingyu. When Xiaolan said that this person was He Mingyu, she immediately expressed her warm welcome and hurriedly welcomed him in. "You haven't eaten yet, Xiaolan? Go and ask your father to entertain them first and pour tea for Lord He. I'll go to the kitchen to add a few more dishes, and they will be ready soon..."

"My daughter, you have a lot of ideas. Please help me prepare some delicious cold dishes." Zhang pulled Xiao Lan and led her to the kitchen.

In the summer, Xiaolan's family often eats pickled vegetables and cold dishes. For example, smashed cucumbers, tender cucumbers and dried tofu cut into thin strips, all of which are very refreshing after the flavors are adjusted. Of course, the best partner for these cold dishes is mashed garlic.

Xiao Lan feels that mashed garlic is not only used to enhance the taste of cold dishes, but it also has one major function, which is sterilization.

Speaking of cold dishes, we have to mention her favorite dish, which is eggplant with mashed garlic, which is exactly what Xiaolan is making in the kitchen now.

Choose long tender eggplants, add water to the pot, put a lid on it, spread the washed eggplants on the lid one by one, and then turn on the fire to steam. Eggplants are very easy to cook, and they are cooked in less than half a cup of tea.

The eggplant will turn brown after steaming, and the inside will become soft after being torn open. Pour the prepared sauce and garlic paste on the eggplant, it is quite delicious. However, it is worth mentioning that when steaming eggplant, Xiaolan will not remove the eggplant stem, because the steamed eggplant stem has a special flavor, which is Xiaolan's favorite.

There is another dish that Xiaolan likes very much, which is garlic pickled eggplant. The method is similar to garlic mixed eggplant. The eggplant also needs to be steamed in a pot. It should not be too mushy at that time, as long as it is steamed. Then take out the steamed eggplant, tear it into two halves by hand, spread garlic and salt on both halves, and then put them in the vegetable jar, arrange them layer by layer, and put them in a cool place to marinate.

This kind of pickled eggplant does not need to be pickled for too long before it can be eaten. Xiaolan has this dish ready at home, and she likes to eat it with breakfast. Because she loves it so much, she has decided that if her family's food store opens, this dish must be on the recipe.

In the hot summer, people generally cannot eat greasy food. This pickled and refreshing side dish is loved by Xiaolan's family.

New potatoes are harvested at this time of year. The potatoes eaten at home at this time are usually those with defects on the surface after being peeled out. These damaged potatoes are generally difficult to store, so these were picked out separately by Zhang, while those potatoes without defects were well stored and waited to be taken out and eaten in winter.

If these potatoes are stored properly, they can be stored for a long time. Even when spring comes next year and fresh vegetables are not yet available, they can be eaten as vegetables.

There are many ways to eat potatoes. The most common way for Xiaolan's family to eat potatoes is to cook them in cold shredded potatoes, in addition to boiling them in plain water. Grate the potatoes into shreds, rinse them with water several times to remove the starch, then boil water in a pot, blanch the shredded potatoes, quickly remove them, pour the ingredients and chopped green peppers on top, and add some old vinegar. It is so appetizing.

In this season, every household in Shengjia Village must eat potato, beans and eggplant stew. Farmers have limited conditions and usually do not add meat. When stewing this dish, they use animal oil. When it comes out of the pot, the whole pot of food is still fragrant. If you have the conditions, add a handful of vermicelli, it will be even more delicious.

Nowadays, no one knows what the bitter summer is. Summer is the time when fruits and vegetables are most prolific, and it is also the time when farmers can eat their fill the most. After a summer, they will generally gain a few pounds of weight.

It's just that Xiaowen didn't gain weight this year. He started to grow taller. When he put on last year's clothes, he didn't look thinner, but his arms, sleeves and trouser legs were noticeably shorter.

Zhang said with a smile, you are all just like the crops in the fields, growing secretly at night.

After lunch, Xiao Lan took He Ming and went to her farm. The most attractive thing on the farm was their fish pond.

Because Xiaolan likes to visit the fish pond, Shengxuan built a pavilion for her early on, which came in handy this time.

Xiao Lan led He Ming and walked around their own fish pond. They saw that the lotus leaves in the fish pond were densely packed together. Although it was afternoon, it was still beautiful. If it was early morning or evening, the scenery would be even better.

This fish pond is not only Xiaolan's favorite, but also the favorite of the elegant people in the nearby towns. Many of Xiaowen's classmates asked him or Shengxuan to come to the fish pond to enjoy the scenery. Xiaolan's family could easily refuse such a request, as it would allow Xiaowen to meet more scholars, so why not do it?

When He Mingyu left, Sheng Xuan brought him a few fish from the fish pond and told him that when the lotus roots and lotus pods in the pond were ripe, they would be sent to their house. So He Mingyu came with great joy this time and left with great satisfaction.

Recently, many wealthy families in the town saw how prosperous Xiaolan's fish pond was and wanted to follow her example. Recently, many people came to her and said that if they wanted to grow lotus roots, they would buy seeds from her.

The fish pond business has been booming recently, with many people coming to inquire about the price of fish. The lotus pond has also reached the harvest season.

To determine the price of fish, lotus roots and lotus pods, the whole family naturally needs to sit down and discuss.

“How should this price be determined?”

Lotus roots and lotus pods are rare in Liaodong Prefecture, especially fresh ones, which are even rarer. Xiaolan's family decided to order lotus roots and lotus pods to the wealthy families and gentry here, after all, these groups have money and can sell them at a high price.

"We must not sell all the lotus pods at once," Xiao Lan said, because she wanted to save some to dry and make lotus seeds. "Also, things are valuable because they are rare, so we must not set the price of lotus roots and lotus pods too low."

The lotus roots and dried lotus seeds eaten in Liaodong Prefecture were all imported from other places. As for fresh lotus pods, they were indeed never available to eat fresh ones.