Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"Mom, you're awake. Ercheng went to the foot of the mountain to pick wild vegetables. I cooked some black flour porridge. We'll mix some wild vegetables and then we can have dinner."

When Xia Shengsheng saw that the black paste with the sore throat was in the pot again, he turned around and sent Liu Yiyi out to play.

It’s speechless to see that so much rice, flour, grain and oil were prepared, but her eldest daughter was reluctant to use them!

It seems that she has to do the cooking herself.

However, the black flour porridge has already been cooked, so there is no reason to throw it away. After all, wasting food is shameful!

He turned around and scooped out two bowls of snow-white flour. He took five eggs from the egg basket, beat them in a basin, added a little salt, and a small amount of water to make a batter.

Pour the black batter from the pot into a bowl.

Heat the oil in a pan again. When the oil is hot, spread the prepared batter on the pan and fry them into sizzling egg pancakes.

Xia Shengsheng baked a whole pot of egg pancakes, which contained twenty or thirty pieces that were bigger than her face. After all the egg pancakes were out of the pan, Liu Ercheng came back with his simple little basket woven with willow branches!

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled a strong fragrance, and saliva started to flow from my mouth.

Even Doctor Zhao, who was closest to the place, rubbed his eyes which were blurry with stings and looked in the direction of Xia Shengsheng, following the scent!

Xia Shengsheng saw Liu Ercheng standing at the door and had not yet entered the yard, so she went out and took the small basket he had made himself.

There are wild vegetables such as dandelions, garlic chives and some shepherd's purse.

Ask Liu Yiyi to wash the dandelions and garlic chives so that they can be mixed into a small cold dish!

The remaining shepherd's purse can be saved for making dumplings in the evening. We also have some meat marinated with salt yesterday. If we keep it for too long, it will go bad.

"Mom, isn't it a waste for us to eat like this?"

Liu Ercheng couldn't help but feel a little worried. At the rate he was eating now, he would probably soon be living without any food to eat.

Xia Shengsheng flicked Liu Ercheng's forehead with her finger.

"It's good to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but I want to tell you secretly that I still have silver in my hand, enough for us to eat for a long time.

Besides, things are earned, not saved. Eat when you should, drink when you should, and never feel any psychological burden.

Tell my brothers and sisters to get up and eat. After dinner I will go to the city. "

Liu Ercheng felt like he understood what his mother said, but he didn't seem to fully understand it. However, what his mother said was definitely right.

After figuring this out, he stopped worrying about it and obediently went to wake up his younger brothers and sisters to eat.

Because Xia Shengsheng made a lot of egg pancakes in the morning, and they had some batter as the base, there were quite a few left over.

But the leftovers are just enough for the kids to have at lunch.

If he wanted to sell the glass, he would probably have to go to a pawnshop. If he wanted to sell it to an individual, Xia Shengsheng had no connections. And he had to go to Ning'an Prefecture. The pawnshop in Niutou Town would not accept such good things.

If it’s a round trip, it will take at least the afternoon to get back, so prepare some extra food at home to prevent the children from going hungry.

Although Liu Yiyi and seven-year-old Liu Shanshan can cook, I’m mostly worried that they won’t be willing to finish the food they cook!

"You stay at home and look after the house today. I'm going to Ning'an Mansion and I think I'll be back in the afternoon. Heat up the egg pancakes for yourself at noon. There's enough food at home, so don't let yourself go hungry."

Xia Shengsheng gave repeated instructions before leaving, and the reason for going out was that she had a ginseng that she had not sold yesterday, so she wanted to go to Ning'an Prefecture to sell it.

Xia Shengsheng reluctantly saw the children off from the village and headed towards Niutou Town.

She could see that both the older and younger children wanted to go out with her.

But they were sensible enough not to ask to go out with them.

Xia Shengsheng could only pretend not to know. After all, he still had to avoid the children when he went to sell things this time.

And it's not very convenient to carry them around.

Xia Shengsheng thought that when things settled down in the future, she would definitely take the children to the city for a good stroll. She wanted to let them feel the joy of childhood instead of just working dully every day!

But now it’s important to get down to business.

In addition to the package containing a glass cup, Xia Shengsheng also secretly went to the mall in the morning to buy five kilograms of sugar in order to exchange it for some silver so that he could take a bus in Niutou Town!

Otherwise, if she were to walk to Ning'an Mansion alone, who knows how long it would take her to get there?

According to the route she remembered, she soon reached Niutou Town. Her speed was much faster than usual, saving a lot of time.

There are ox carts, horse carts and donkey carts at the gate of Niutou Town going to Ning'an Prefecture.

There are three or four grocery stores in Niutou Town. The largest one is next to a restaurant, and the items in it are the most complete!

Xia Shengsheng first took the sugar to the largest grocery store.

There were few customers in the grocery store at this hour.

The waiter soon noticed Xia Shengsheng, but from the way Xia Shengsheng was dressed, he knew that she was not a rich man.

So there wasn't much enthusiasm in the attitude.

He waited until Xia Shengsheng asked before he raised his eyes and took a look.

"Young man, is the shopkeeper here?"

"Why are you looking for the shopkeeper? The shopkeeper hasn't come yet! If you want to buy anything, just tell me."

Although the waiter was full of doubts and didn't want to bother with the question, he still answered Xia Shengsheng's question.

"Then I wonder when the shopkeeper will come?

This is the case. I was working for a family a while ago. The family gave me some white sugar. This white sugar is crystal clear. We farmers cannot afford it. So I wanted to ask the shopkeeper if he would accept it. If he did, I could exchange it for some money to buy some food.

There was no need to think about Xia Shengsheng's words in advance, she just lied without thinking, she prayed silently in her heart that these were all white lies woven for life, hoping that there would be no blame, no blame!!

"We have no shortage of sugar here, and we have a special supply channel. We don't accept sugar from outside. Sister-in-law, you'd better go back first!" After the waiter said this, he no longer paid any attention to Xia Shengsheng!

But Xia Shengsheng still had a good temper and didn't leave immediately.

Instead, she opened the cloth bag of sugar and handed it to the counter, wanting the waiter to take a look at the quality of her sugar.

"Is this white sugar? Why does it look like snow? White sugar, white sugar, it turns out that what we ate before should be called brown sugar!"

A customer in the grocery store had already heard the conversation between Xia Shengsheng and the waiter.

I didn't think much about it at first, and just took a look when Xia Shengsheng opened the cloth bag.

This sight shocked me.

The technology for making white sugar in ancient times was not so advanced. Although it was called white sugar, its color was yellowish and the grains were relatively large.

Some of the worse ones even have a slight bitter taste.

Even the best quality white sugar is not as white as the one in Xia Shengsheng's hand.

It is truly rare to see.

The waiter couldn't help but correct his previous indifference. He felt that he had been a waiter in Niutou Town for seven or eight years, and he had seen all kinds of good things. At least he had more experience than other people in the town, but he had never seen such good white sugar before.

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute. I'll go to the backyard and call the shopkeeper."

Xia Shengsheng then realized that the shopkeeper was not absent, but was in the backyard, and the waiter just didn't want to introduce him.

But she was not angry, because the ultimate goal was to sell the things.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't go call your shopkeeper."

The customer who just spoke called the waiter.

He turned around and said to Xia Shengsheng, "How much do you sell this sugar for? Is this all you have? Tell me the price. If it's suitable, I'll buy it from you directly, so you don't have to sell it to others."