Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

A few people practiced sword fighting, while Zhao Yuanzhen took a nap to study medicine. Time passed quietly in this small cave.

After finishing a course, Zhao Yuanzhen washed up and prepared to go to bed. Old people cannot stay up late.

The heavy rain continued to fall.

In the middle of the night, a rumbling sound woke up everyone in the cave, and they all got up quickly.

Zhang Xinbai put on a straw raincoat and went out to check.

It was a flash flood. The continuous heavy rains finally caused a flash flood. Because the terrain where they were located was relatively high, and the cave was formed along the mountain, the water flowed directly down and did not flow back into the cave.

The water from the mountain flowed down and formed a mountain torrent at the foot of the mountain below. The flood rushed towards the distance and washed away small trees, rocks, and mud along the way.

The sound of the mountain torrents kept roaring. As long as the rain didn't stop, the mountain torrents would probably never stop.

Zhang Xinnian was afraid that the carriage would be washed away by the water, so he went to find a rope to tie it up again.

Seeing that there was no danger to the cave, they went back to sleep.

The next day, before they woke up, they heard someone shouting at the entrance of the cave, but they couldn't hear it clearly due to the sound of rain.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked Zhang Xinbai to go and take a look.

Zhang Xinbai came back and said it was his grandfather who came to check on them because of a flash flood in the mountains and was worried that they might get into trouble. When he saw that they were all right, he left again.

This is what parents are like, always thinking about their children.

After Zhao Yuanzhen finished washing up, it was time to choose her daily breakfast.

She opened the store and browsed slowly. Several people looked at her mother expectantly.

Let’s have beef vermicelli soup with pancakes today.

I bought 15 pancakes and 7 bowls of beef.

Zhao Yuanzhen also added a large spoonful of chili oil and some vinegar, and ate happily.

"Mom, what is this? It looks a bit like a pancake, but it's crispy inside."

“This is a pancake, which is made by kneading the dough into a paste, adding eggs, and then spreading it in a pan until it becomes a large sheet.

When the pancake is almost cooked, you can add the side dishes.

The side dish is fried dough sticks, which are fried fruits. They are also brushed with chili sauce, topped with lettuce and some pickles.

You can add anything else you like.”

"This doesn't sound difficult. We can try it ourselves someday."

"Well, you can try it."

"This beef noodle soup is spicy and delicious with chili peppers."

Zhang Xinnian has fallen in love with this chili ever since she followed her mother's soul dip. It's spicy and fragrant.

After dinner, Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian continued to dig traps for people.

After Zhao Yuanzhen and the other daughters-in-law had finished cleaning up, they began to teach Zijin.

After the introductory class, we continued to teach arithmetic.

Today, we talked about the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division together, and recited their multiplication formulas, Chinese characters and the correspondence between Arabic numerals.

Seeing that everyone had memorized the content well, I started to give them some simple questions.

Zhao Yuanzhen gave out a page of math problems and asked the rest of the students to copy a page by themselves and then start doing the problems.

Zhao Yuanzhen gave a total of 20 questions, all of which were simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The students were given 30 minutes to complete the questions.

Then the answer will be announced. If the answer is not correct, check the calculation again. If it is still wrong, ask Zhao Yuanzhen to explain it.

Because Zhang Xinshu had learned arithmetic before and had a new simple algorithm this time, he got all the answers correct.

Qian Xiaohui got 4 questions wrong, 2 of which were due to calculation errors. She got them correct after recalculating them herself.

As for the remaining two questions, Zhao Yuanzhen gave her a brief explanation and she learned them.

Li Zhijuan got 3 questions wrong, and Zhang Zijin made the most mistakes, with 5.

Zhao Yuanzhen explained it to them one by one and they soon understood.

After learning arithmetic today, Zhang Xinshu and Zhang Zijin practiced calligraphy. The two daughters-in-law continued to study their delicacies.

Seeing how seriously they were studying, Zhao Yuanzhen decided to let them cook lunch freely. She let them choose the dishes and she would provide the ingredients.

The two of them were both excited and nervous. They decided to make four dishes and a soup. The staple food was steamed rice.

After discussing, we chose: braised pork, pork ribs stewed with beans, stir-fried pork with green peppers, and cold spinach salad. For the soup, we chose loofah soup.

It was the first time for us to cook, so we didn't dare to choose something too difficult. We chose dishes that looked easier to cook.

The villagers basically cook in big pots, with rice and vegetables. They usually just make a stew and start eating. Most of the time, they boil or simmer the vegetables.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out a very beautiful piece of pork belly, with three layers of pork belly. The pork belly can be braised, and the rest can be cut into shreds and stir-fried with hot peppers.

He also took out a small piece of pork ribs, green beans, spinach, and loofah.

Basically all the seasonings needed for cooking are here, so you don’t need to take them.

The two of them took the ingredients and started cooking.

Cook the rice first, then take it out and put it in the steamer. When you stew the ribs later, put it on and steam it again.

Chop the ribs into long, uniform pieces, blanch them in water, and set aside to drain.

Then pick the beans into shreds, wash them and break them into two sections with your hands.

Heat the pan, add oil, add the drained ribs and stir-fry until the ribs change color and look a little burnt, then add scallions, ginger, garlic and white wine and continue to stir-fry. After the wine smell evaporates over high heat, add soy sauce to color and continue to stir-fry.

Add beans and stir-fry until the beans change color, then add the rice soup you just cooked. Adding rice soup to stews will make the dishes taste better.

Then add the rice that needs to be steamed, cover the pot and continue to stew.

Wash the pork belly and cut it into the required size for braised pork.

Do not add oil to the pan for now, put the pork belly in and fry until both sides are golden brown, then pour out the excess oil.

Pour oil into a hot pan, add sugar and stir-fry to make sugar color, add the pork belly and stir-fry to color, then add soy sauce and dark soy sauce, stir-fry to color, add boiling water to cover the ingredients, simmer for 10 minutes, and cook over high heat until the sauce is reduced.

Cut the green pepper into shreds, and the pork belly into shreds. People in this dynasty like to eat fatty meat because they have less fat in their stomachs. Cut the green onion, ginger and garlic, and you can stir-fry the braised pork.

To make cold spinach salad, first wash the spinach, twist it into two sections with your hands, then boil water in a ceramic pot, and add a little salt when the water boils. The spinach will still be green when it comes out of the pot.

Then add the spinach and blanch it. When the spinach becomes soft, you can take it out and rinse it with cold water.

Then take it out and squeeze out the water, then add salt, minced garlic, chopped green onion, soy sauce, and a little vinegar, stir well and put it on a plate.

Pour out the water in the pottery jar, add oil to a hot pan, add chopped green onion and minced garlic and fry until fragrant. Then add the diced loofah, stir-fry until the loofah is soft, then add hot water to stew.

Not long after the meal was ready, Zhang Xinnian and Zhang Xinbai, who had gone to dig traps, came back. Now everyone had experience in digging traps, so they dug much faster. They dug two caves in the morning, and in two more days, they would almost be done.

As soon as they entered the cave, they smelled the aroma of braised pork.

"Wow, did mom get something delicious again? What is it? It smells so good."

"It wasn't my mother who took it. My sister-in-law and I made it, and my mother gave me the ingredients."

"You and your sister-in-law did all this?"

"Yes, my sister-in-law and I have been busy for a long time."

"Wow. You guys are so amazing. Mom just gave you the recipe yesterday, and you made it today. And it tasted so delicious."

Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian both think that the two are very capable.

"Hahaha, mainly because the recipes my mom gave me were recorded very carefully, so it's a lot easier to learn."

"Hurry up and sit down, we're going to eat."

Zhao Yuanzhen tasted each dish first. She had to say that her daughters-in-law really had a talent for cooking. The braised pork was cooked so well for the first time, and it was fat but not greasy, soft and tasty.

Both of them looked at their mother nervously, waiting for her to taste it and give her evaluation.

"Well, you all did a great job. You all succeeded on your first try. It shows that you are all smart and talented. This braised pork is soft and tasty, fatty but not greasy. It's delicious!"

"This pork ribs stewed with beans has oil bubbles on each bean, and the pork ribs are stewed to be boneless and tasty. It's good. Delicious!"

“The spinach salad is blanched for just the right amount of time, not too soft, and crispy. It goes well with rice and is delicious!”

"The stir-fried pork with spicy peppers lacks a little seasoning. You can add some Sichuan pepper powder to make it taste better. This is also good."

"The loofah soup is refreshing and very relieving. It's fresh and delicious. Overall, it can get 90 points, which is good. Keep up the hard work. I believe you can become a great chef in the future."

"Hehehe, thank you for the compliment, we will continue to work hard."

They were both happy and a little embarrassed.

After dinner, the two sons fed the horses and went back to digging traps.

Zhao Yuanzhen studied medical skills for a while and then took a nap.

I slept unexpectedly soundly amid the sounds of rain and mountain torrents.

When I woke up from my nap, I felt like I didn’t know what day it was. I lay quietly for a while and looked at the system time. It was a little after two in the afternoon.

Seeing the rain still pouring down like water, Zhao Yuanzhen decided to go out and take a look. She had been hiding in the cave for three days. Today she decided to go out and take a look around.

Zhao Yuanzhen tied her trouser legs tightly, took her small vegetable basket and held an umbrella and went out.

Go and see if there are any wild vegetables, game or anything like that.

She walked aimlessly and didn't encounter any wild game. There were quite a few wild vegetables, but they were too wet and difficult to pick.

I didn't turn on the scan function because I didn't want to go out in the rain to scan the map. I walked around the cave and didn't find anything wrong.

I bought two pheasants from the space and a nest of pheasant eggs.

After leaving the pheasant and pheasant eggs in the rain for a while, and when they felt they were wet enough, I picked them up and put them in a small vegetable basket, then walked towards the cave where Zhang Sandao and the others lived.

There were four families living in their cave. Zhang Sandao and his family lived closer to the inside of the cave. So Zhao Yuanzhen carried the basket and walked in while greeting the women outside.

Sun Zhang was mending clothes, and Wu Erping was sewing shoe soles. When they saw her coming, they quickly called her over to sit down.

Zhao Yuanzhen folded the umbrella and put it aside to drain, then handed the basket to Sun Zhang.

As soon as Sun Zhang took it, Wu Erping immediately came over and took it.

"My sister-in-law is really amazing. She was able to catch a pheasant in such rain. This will be a good supplement for my parents. It has been raining for the past few days and there is not much food. My parents are hungry and thin."

Sun Zhang glared at her.

"It's raining so hard, and you still go out hunting. You get wet and catch a cold. This is no joke. Your father and I have food. You can take this chicken back to replenish your body. You are not in good health, and you are so thin."

"Mom, I have an umbrella so I won't get wet. I also have some pheasants. These two are for you and Dad to eat."

The two of them chatted about some family matters.