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

Back in the cave, the two people who stayed behind quickly took over the baskets carried by the others. They had just delivered one basket, but it was full again so quickly? Three baskets were full.

Mother still has pheasants in her hands, four of them! Mother is so amazing. We can have chicken soup in the evening again.

Are there so many pheasants on this mountain? The itching duo also wanted to give it a try.

I put the basket on the ground and opened it, and found that it was full of chestnuts.

"Mom, where did you find so many chestnuts?"

When they were in Yanshan Prefecture, there were chestnuts on the mountain, but very few, only two trees. Before they could pick them, others had secretly picked them all.

Chestnuts are very filling and are soft and sweet when cooked. Very delicious.

"Mom took us to the mountains to find it. We found a large area. We filled the baskets and there was still a lot left."

"Wow, mom is really awesome. I can cook chestnuts tonight."

Qian Xiaohui took out a red snake fruit wrapped in leaves and handed it to Zhang Xinbai, asking him to share it with Zhang Xinnian and Zhang Xinshuo.

The chestnuts with thorn balls were dumped next to the fire.

The peeled ones are placed in a large winnowing basket and are ready to be packed into bags after being dried in the sun.

The kiwis I brought back were also placed in a large basin beside me, ready to be packed after removing moisture.

Zhao Yuanzhen sent Zhang Xinshu to find his grandfather. When he left, he gave him two pheasants and asked him to give them to his grandfather.

Also tell him about the chestnuts and the basket and bag that grandma asked him to take.

If the village chief and his men can't find it, he will lead the way there.

If I tell Zhang Sandao, he will know what I mean and will definitely tell the village chief. I won't have to make another trip.

Several people changed their clothes and dried themselves off, as they had to take a shower in the evening. This stickiness was too uncomfortable.

There was still some time before dinner was ready, so Zhao Yuanzhen didn't plan to go out, so they gathered around the fire to peel chestnuts, using the same tongs as before, so as not to hurt their hands.

With strength in numbers, almost two baskets of chestnuts were peeled in less than an hour.

As usual, put it up to dry out of moisture.

It's time to cook dinner. Why don't we have chestnuts for dinner?

Well, I can cook a chestnut bacon rice, stew a chestnut chicken, and mix two refreshing cold dishes. The mushrooms I just picked can be used to make mushroom soup.

I took out a piece of pork belly, carrots, some cucumbers and lotus roots. These two cold dishes are easy to make and refreshing.

The pheasant has been taken away by Zhang Xinnian for disposal.

We also have our own bacon.

Qian Xiaohui took the ingredients handed over by her mother-in-law and listened to her mother-in-law talking about the dinner dishes.

Yes, it should be in the recipe book. I’ll check it out later.

It was in the recipe, I didn't expect chestnuts could be eaten this way. I've only eaten them boiled in water before.

The recipes given by my mother-in-law are really treasures. Any dish can be a recipe.

This recipe book alone could fetch a lot of money if sold! Because she wanted to learn how to cook, her mother-in-law gave it to her casually.

She must study hard and try to learn all the dishes on the cookbook, and cook different dishes for her mother-in-law every day.

I must never let my mother-in-law down.

Putting aside her thoughts, Qian Xiaohui immediately went to pack the ingredients.

First take out the bacon, wash it, cut it into small cubes, then cut some carrots, mushrooms, and chopped green onions.

Heat the pan with oil, add chopped green onions, pour in the bacon and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add the peeled chestnut meat, mushrooms and carrots and stir-fry until fragrant.

Pour the washed rice into the pot. Add a little soy sauce and some water. Cover the pot with a lid and cook over low heat.

Take the processed pheasant, chop it into pieces, blanch it to remove the blood, and set it aside to drain.

Heat the oil and add the minced garlic until fragrant. Then add the chicken and stir-fry over high heat.

Add shredded ginger, a little soy sauce, a little white wine, and some salt and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the chestnut meat.

Just add boiling water and stew in the pot.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out the smaller Ganoderma lucidum she had picked last time, washed it, and quietly threw it into the pot.

Wash the cucumber and chop it into pieces. Add minced garlic, green onion, salt, soy sauce, and a little vinegar, and mix well.

Cut the lotus root into thin slices and blanch it in a ceramic pot. It is best not to blanch the lotus root in an iron pot, as the iron pot will cause the lotus root to turn black.

Blanch the lotus root until it is cooked through, remove from the water and rinse with cold water, set aside to drain.

Find an empty bowl, put minced garlic and dried chili powder in the bowl. It is best to use chili that smells fragrant but not spicy, then add chopped green onion.

Heat oil in a pan and pour the boiling oil into a bowl. Then stir until red oil appears in the bowl.

Add salt, soy sauce, and a small amount of vinegar to the bowl. Stir well and pour into the lotus root.

Stir well again. The cold lotus root is ready. It tastes crispy and is very refreshing.

For the mushroom soup, use a ceramic pot, heat the oil in a pan, add chopped green onion, then pour in boiling water, then add the washed mushrooms and boil, then add a little salt.

Once the pheasant is cooked, you can serve the meal.

The whole cave is filled with fragrance, which arouses one's appetite.

When we brought the pheasant back just now, everyone saw it, so there was no need to worry about the fragrance spreading.

Everyone happily set out the meal and ate.

"This rice is delicious. It has vegetables, meat, rice, and chestnuts. It feels so fragrant and happy just eating this." Zhang Zijin likes this kind of rice very much.

“Okay, then don’t eat chicken.”

"No, no, I want chicken."

Several people laughed. This little guy.

Pheasants and chestnuts are wild game from the mountains, the taste is authentic and tender, and Lingzhi is added. The taste is absolutely fresh and fragrant. Everyone kept eating with chopsticks.

Not long after they had finished dinner, Sun Zhang came over and brought them pheasant eggs.

When she was picking chestnuts, she saw a nest of pheasant eggs, a total of 13 eggs. She left three for her great-grandchildren to eat, and sent the remaining 10 to Zhao Yuanzhen.

The second brother's family sends them gifts every day, and today I can finally give her something good.

Zhao Yuanzhen quickly took the eggs from the old lady and asked her to go into the house to eat. The old lady said she didn't want to eat anything and quickly went back.

We can’t eat at the second son’s house. We also stewed chicken at home. The old man stewed the two pheasants given by the second son’s family to satisfy the cravings of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

My family picked 5 bags of chestnuts today. The whole village picked chestnuts together in that large field and finished picking them in the afternoon.

My family picked up the most trash. We have a large family, so we picked up trash quickly and were the first to start.

These chestnuts can be eaten for a month. It saves a lot of food.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched the little old lady walk away in a flash.

Your legs and feet are really nice.

Hand the pheasant eggs to your daughter-in-law and put them away.

I can go look for wild fruits tomorrow and continue picking wild vegetables.

I scanned the map today and saw those scattered green dots. I will go and check them out tomorrow. I don’t know what kind of wild fruits they are.

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to take a bath at night, so Qian Xiaohui quickly boiled a lot of water. She boiled a lot of water so that they could take a bath after they finished practicing sword fighting.

The rain stopped and everyone could finally go outside to practice swordplay.

Find a place with rocks on the ground to stand so it won't be too muddy. A few people started warming up and practicing swordplay.

Holding my beloved sword, I can finally use it freely. Before, in the cave, the space was small and I always felt that I couldn't use it freely and felt constrained. Now I finally feel comfortable.

Seeing a few people practicing sword outside, Zhao Yuanzhen pulled the curtain and started to take a good bath.

I bought a big bathtub at the mall.

Pour in water, adjust the temperature, and soak it.

It's so comfortable! It's so comfortable to take a hot bath at this time.

I closed my eyes and dozed off for a while. I couldn’t soak in the bath for too long. When I felt it was about time, I started scrubbing my body.

After washing, drying myself, changing into clean clothes, I sat on the bed.

I bought a cup of my favorite hot milk tea.

enjoy.

Learn Chinese medicine and drink milk tea slowly.

When the descendants came back from sword practice, they found that Zhao Yuanzhen had fallen asleep.

They took a gentle shower and went to bed.

Zhao Yuanzhen woke up at around 5 o'clock in the morning, probably because she went to bed early yesterday.

She got up, dressed, and prepared to go for a run. Although her arms and legs were old, her heart was still young! Life lies in exercise.

She ran around the cave a few times and then went back.

Qian Xiaohui was just about to cook.

Zhao Yuanzhen said to just cook some millet porridge, heat up some steamed buns, and eat some pickles.

Everyone is up at this point. Don't do too much.

And she likes to drink the thick millet porridge, which has the fragrance of rice oil.

After breakfast, it was only about 7 o'clock. I went to dig wild vegetables now because the dew was too heavy.

After class, the sun came out and the dew had almost fallen.

Today we continued to learn 100-200 characters of the Hundred Family Names. I led everyone to read them one by one several times.

Everyone continue to consolidate by reading books.

Zhao Yuanzhen tied her pants with a cloth strip, otherwise the thorns in the mountain grass would prick her, making her feel itchy and uncomfortable.

It was past 9 o'clock and the sun was very bright. Everyone carried their baskets and prepared to go out.

Zhao Yuanzhen planned to start with the nearest green dot.

After walking for more than half an hour, we arrived at the first small green dot, which was a jujube tree.

The wild jujube is not big and tastes a bit sour.

Everyone ate a few and felt they were a bit sour.

But I picked them all. My mother said that they can be used to make date cakes. My mother said that they must be delicious, so I picked them all.

The sour jujubes are really small, so picking them is naturally a lot slower. When I see a lot of them on a branch, I just cut off the branch.

These soft branches are all velvet branches. They are not afraid of being cut and will grow again next year as long as the main trunk is not damaged.

Zhao Yuanzhen peeled the dates that fell under the tree, cleaned the pits a little, and threw them around the date tree. Now the soil is moist.

A lot of small jujube trees will grow next year, and in a few years, there will be a jujube forest here.

Just like under this jujube tree now, there are many small jujube trees, but because of the shade of the big jujube tree, they all grow very short.

Zhao Yuanzhen picked the thicker ones and dug two of them and put them in the space. They can be planted in the yard later.

Go back to the chestnut forest and dig two more.

It took several people an hour to pick all the dates.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked around and saw that it only took more than 20 minutes to walk to the nearest green dot, so she led everyone to continue walking.