Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Zhou Guo added, "In ten days, your replacement will come early in the morning. You can go back after you finish the work in the shop."

He turned to look at Hu Zi and said, "You can't do this. You have to bring a few more groups of people and bring them all out before you can go back. It's so hard."

Hu Zi puffed out his chest and said, "Master, I am not tired, I still want to be the chief shopkeeper."

The others laughed.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "You are my deputy housekeeper. It would be a waste of your talent to be the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper doesn't need you."

Hu Zi touched his head and chuckled, he really wanted to be a shopkeeper. It would be so nice to be a shopkeeper, like a few big shopkeepers. In such a big restaurant, the shopkeepers have the final say, how prestigious!

After giving some more instructions, the three of them took the others back, leaving only Hu Zi and the other two to guard the shop.

Li was very worried. She looked at the shop in the distance and said to Hu Zi and the other two, "Can they make it? How about we stay for another day?"

Zhou Guo said, "No, mother, don't worry. They are not flowers that have never been through anything. After all, they have been following me for so long. Can't they sell something? Besides, don't we have Hu Zi? Hu Zi is more powerful than you think."

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Yes, it's amazing. At least it's better than us. Second Aunt, let's not worry about it. It's just the same as when we sold wild vegetables in spring. We pay for the goods. Now we just change the house. It will definitely work."

Li nodded, but she was still worried. After all, this was their family's first time doing business. Would it succeed if they didn't keep an eye on it?

Zhou Guo was not worried at all. She knew she had to let go when it was time to let go. Otherwise, if she kept holding on to everything, she would be exhausted even if she had three heads and six arms.

It was almost dark when we got back to the village.

Zhou Guo gave most of the food he bought to them and asked them to take it to the farm to eat.

The old man set up a brazier in the yard to grill the other half of the roe deer meat, which was delicious.

Zhou Mai and a few others set up a stove to roast vegetables, leeks, various mushrooms, glutinous rice cakes, a few pounds of beef, and eggs. They had a lot of different dishes.

Zhou Guoxi said happily: "Master, you went to the mountains again. This roe deer meat is so delicious!"

The old man said, "Your nose is sharper than Hei Da's. Can you smell this?"

Zhou Guo chuckled, "That's not the case. Haven't you seen this one?"

It would be scary if she could smell this.

He shook his head and breathed a sigh of relief. "I've been busy for three days. I can finally take a break and rest for a few days."

Li smiled and said, "I didn't see you being busy. You were just watching from the side, saying a few words from time to time. They were the ones who were busy. How could you be tired?"

Zhou Guo said: "I am exhausted. Even though I didn't say anything, I put in a lot of effort."

The old man cut a piece of meat for her and said, "Then you eat a piece first. You must be tired."

Zhou Guo ate it with relish and nodded, "It's delicious, Master. We haven't eaten meat like this in a long time. Why are there so many different dishes today?"

Zhou Mi said, "The master said you guys are coming back soon. You must be hungry. Prepare some more. There's a bone and goat mushroom soup stewing on the small stove. It's been simmering for more than an hour. You can drink it anytime."

Zhou Guo took a look and stood up and walked towards the vegetable garden. She remembered that the eggplants seemed to be edible, so she picked a few and made roasted eggplants. She had never eaten roasted eggplants before.

The old man glanced at the eggplant in her hand and felt very sad. "Why did you pick it? It hasn't grown yet. Let it grow for a few more days, and it will be bigger. Besides, there are so many vegetables, do you want to cook them?"

The others couldn't help laughing. This old eggplant had been grown from seeds for several months and finally bore fruit. It was as beautiful as an eyeball. One had to check on it several times a day and would not eat it until it grew big enough.

Zhou Guo squatted by the well and washed it, then said, "Don't fry it, roast it and eat it."

"Roasted eggplant? Is this edible?" Li said helplessly, "Why do we have to roast everything?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Maybe it's actually edible. Who of us would have thought of roasting leeks? As a result, every time we roast something, we can't do without it. It's so delicious. Eggplant should taste good too."

Zhou Su jumped up and said, "Sister, what do you need? I'll get it for you."

Zhou Guo said: "Then peel some garlic and green onions for me."

Zhou Su went there happily.

The whole family sat in the yard, grilling and eating.

Zhou Guo took a bunch of leeks and ate them slowly while roasting them.

When the eggplant is roasted soft, take out a dagger and cut it in half.

"Oh, the eggplant skin is soft and the inside is soft too. It looks good."

"Yeah, it looks much better than fried eggplant."

Put chopped meat, minced garlic, soy sauce, salt and five-spice powder in a bowl and mix well.

Li felt distressed, "Why add so many spices to an eggplant?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Let her put it in, let her put it in. It will taste better if she puts it in. Aren't spices used for cooking? As long as it tastes good, it's worth it."

Zhou Guo spread the mixed ingredients on the eggplant and brushed a little oil on it. Soon, oil sizzled out of the eggplant. The aroma of spices mixed with eggplant wafted up, and she swallowed.

Sprinkle with chopped green onions and you will have a beautiful and fragrant roasted eggplant ready to eat.

The family was already waiting with chopsticks in hand.

Zhou Guo said: "Eat it!"

One by one, they stretched out their chopsticks.

An eggplant is not very big, and each person can eat half of it with just one chopstick.

Zhou Guo blew on it and put it into his mouth. It was fresh, fragrant, soft and melt-in-the-mouth. The rich seasoning wrapped around the soft and rotten eggplant flesh made people unable to stop.

Everyone fell in love with it at first bite.

The old man nodded as he ate. "More than twenty eggplant plants are still not enough. We need to plant at least forty."

Li smiled and said, "Then we will plant more next year. Or we can plant some now. I just don't know if they can grow well. Otherwise, we can store them in the cellar and roast them in winter. That would be great."

The old man nodded silently and looked at the bowl, which still had half of the seasoning. "I remember there are still a few left. Pick them all."

Zhou Guo took another bite and said, "Only four of them have grown up. The others will grow up in a few days. How can they eat meat when they are so young? Besides, there are still two left. That's enough."

After finishing the two eggplants, she ate two eggs, two strings of leeks, and wrapped some grilled meat in a steamed bun to make a roujiamo, which she ate while grilling the eggplants.

Halfway through the meal, I drank a large bowl of soup.

At this time, everyone in the family had finished eating. She packed the remaining food into her own stomach and threw the bones to Hei Dadan.

I sat on the stool and didn't want to move. I was very tired these two days and didn't want to move when I had free time.

The sky is full of stars, twinkling like diamonds, so beautiful.

At this time, the flower mushrooms and sheep mushrooms in the mountains have been harvested, and only a few melons and a few dates are left. If you go to harvest them, you can still get some.