Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Early that morning, Xu Han and Lu Chuan got up when it was just light and prepared to go to the county town.

The millstone that they had ordered from the stonemason had been made, and the two planned to go and pick it up and visit the county town at the same time.

Xu Han hadn't been to the county town for a long time. The last time she came to the county town was before the Dragon Boat Festival. It had been nearly three months since she last came.

As usual, I went out early and arrived at the county town early.

In order to facilitate disguise, Lu Chuan pushed a wheelbarrow just like he usually did when he came to the county town, which was convenient for transporting things.

First, I went to the restaurant to sell my prey. Today I sold the roe deer and bamboo rats I caught yesterday.

Since Lu Chuan resumed hunting every day, he would go to the county town to sell his prey almost every two or three days.

The money I earned was not much, sometimes two or three hundred coins, sometimes four or five hundred coins, but it was enough to supplement the family income.

The prey I got today sold for a total of 340 coins. I'm going to go to the market first to see if there's anything I need to buy.

When I arrived at the market, I saw many vendors selling their own produce. Some sold grapes, some sold vegetables, and some sold eggs that they had saved. There were all kinds of things for sale.

The variety of things for sale is much greater than when Xu Han came to the county before. After all, this is the season when a large number of vegetables, fruits and melons are on the market.

I first came to a place selling watermelons, picked and chose and bought a lot. Then I saw a place selling grapes and bought all of them.

Xu Han came here today mainly to buy fruits. There are already a lot of fruits and vegetables in the space, but Xu Han still feels that it is not enough, after all, it will take at least four years!

But there is not much empty space left in the room, and we need to vacate some space as soon as possible.

They kept buying fruits at the market along the way. Xu Han was not stupid either. The two of them acted separately, then gathered in a remote alley and put the purchased things into the space.

He also bought some snacks and cakes, and of course Xu Han's favorite roast chicken. He spent all the money Lu Chuan had saved recently.

Finally, he went to the two grain stores where he first bought the food and ordered 2500 kilograms of black flour from each store, spending another 30 taels of silver.

Blackie is about to give birth to a baby, so I must buy more black noodles.

After all these messy purchases, Xu Han only had 150 taels of silver left in his savings.

The two men returned with a full load, and on the way home they went to the stonemason to pick up a custom-made millstone.

On the way back from getting the millstone, Xu Han saw a child carrying a bucket full of snails. Thinking of the stir-fried snails she had eaten in her previous life, her mouth instantly watered with greed.

Why didn’t I think of such a good thing as snails?

In my previous life, I loved talking about these things the most.

I am so busy every day that I never forgot that it is the season for eating snails. When I go home, I have to catch some from the river and fry them.

"Let's go home and catch some snails in the river! They're so delicious! I hadn't even thought of that!"

Xu Han pulled Lu Chuan's arm and spoke excitedly. Lu Chuan also saw the snails in the child's bucket. He didn't know that this thing could be eaten!

Aren't snails used to feed chickens and ducks? I've never seen anyone eat this! It's fishy and smelly.

But if my wife says it’s edible, then it’s really edible. If it’s really not edible, then we can just throw it away. It’s not a big deal!

So I said, "I know there are a lot of snails there. I'll take you to touch the snails when we get home!"

"Okay! Okay! Let's go back quickly!" Xu Han pulled Lu Chuan and prepared to run.

Looking at Xu Han's lively appearance, Lu Chuan also cooperated by taking a few quick steps.

After arriving home, the two of them each carried a wooden bucket and walked towards the stream!

When he reached the stream, Xu Han took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and went into the river!

After a day of exposure to the sun, the river water was not cold, but a little warm.

There are a lot of snails in the river. You can catch a handful of them just by touching them. You don’t even have to move. In a short while, you can catch a bucket of snails.

It's the same with Lu Chuan. Two full buckets, enough for a long time. I'll come back in a couple of days to get more and put them in the space to eat slowly!

After putting the bucket into the space and putting on their shoes, the two of them went home hand in hand.

First take out a large basin, fill it with water, and scrub it several times to remove the mud on the surface.

Then put the snails into a basin full of water and let them spit out the mud, otherwise they will taste like mud and have sand in them.

Be sure to add salt and oil into the basin, so as to stimulate the snails to spit out mud!

Stir-fried snails are delicious, but they are very difficult to clean. Soak them for two more days and change the water more often. You don't have to cut off the tails when the time comes.

If I were to cut the tails of so many snails, my hands would be covered with blisters.

After finishing the job, it was already dark, so they made a simple dinner and prepared to rest.

The next morning, after Xu Han got up, she sorted out the things in the space first, stacking them all compactly and neatly so as not to waste any space.

After some tidying up, a space was indeed freed up.

Although it's not very big, it can hold a lot of things.

After finishing everything, I went to the backyard and picked all the fruits that had ripened recently.

Now is the peak season for vegetable growing, and a new crop of vegetables can be picked almost every two days.

Xu Han planned to dry some of the vegetables that could be dried in two days.

After drying, it can be temporarily stored in the cellar. There will be some space left in the cellar, which can be used to store new things.

After finishing, go to the sink and change the water for the snails, and then fry some in the evening to taste them.

When it was time for lunch, Xu Han was not very hungry, so she just ate some fruit and then took a nap.

After lunch break, I went to the sweet potato field and started picking sweet potato stems. Xu Han really likes to eat sweet potato stems, so she must save more.

It just rained a few days ago, and now it’s the time when they are fresh and tender. How can we miss it!

She picked the ones with pointed tips, which were tender, plump and especially juicy. After picking five baskets in a row, Xu Han stopped.

After turning around and going home, Xu Han started preparing fried snails.

First blanch the cleaned snails in water, then take them out and continue to clean them.

Then add the minced ginger, minced garlic and bean paste into the oil pan and stir-fry. Add snails and appropriate oyster sauce and other seasonings. Add a can of beer, cover the pot, and simmer for a while.

After ten minutes, put the green and red peppers that you have cut in advance into the pot, stir-fry evenly, and it is ready to be served.

The spicy, delicious and tasty snails are ready.

At this time, Lu Chuan smelled the scent and went straight into the kitchen after coming back.

When I saw the snails Xu Han served, I really couldn’t believe that the smell came from snails.