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

My sister-in-law and her family have never learned these things. In order to avoid making a fool of themselves in front of Zhang Zihu in the future, they must learn them well.

“How many should I buy?”

Wu Erping asked with a painful look on her face.

"Go buy some, old man! Pack up your things and go buy some. Buy a few more. Give each child in the family a servant. A girl should have a maid, and a boy should have a book boy. Buy a better housekeeper, 10 servants, and a few maids. Zihu is going to be an official now, and we can't let others laugh at us."

Zhang Sandao naturally knew that official affairs were not easy to deal with, and he did not want to embarrass his great-grandson because of family reasons.

"Okay, I get it, Dad."

Seeing that Zhang Sandao had made his statement, Wu Erping had no choice but to compromise.

"Well, the second brother's family, when you have time in a few days, take your eldest brother and his wife to buy some servants. They don't know much either, so you can help to check."

Zhang Sandao was afraid that Wu Erping would try to take advantage of the situation and buy servants that were not satisfactory.

Zhao Yuanzhen glanced at Wu Erping and saw that she had no objection.

I agreed.

"Okay, Dad, I don't have anything to do recently. You can always come find me when you're done with your work, sister-in-law."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Also, see if there is anyone who can teach us the rules. We are all peasants and don't know the etiquette and rules. We can't hold Zihu back and embarrass ourselves. Let's learn the rules, too."

Zhang Sandao, the head of the family, considers things very comprehensively.

"Yes, Dad. When you move, I'll find a nanny who teaches etiquette to come and teach you."

"Okay, then I'm sorry to bother you with this. The eldest and the eldest family, when you have nothing to do, just pack up and move. Don't take the bad things at home, go buy some new ones, and leave these old ones for your mother and me to use."

Since you are moving, you should buy some new household items.

"Dad? You and mom are going to the capital with us too."

Zhang Qingshan was a little anxious.

His father is his backbone, and he can't go without his father.

"Of course I will go, but your mother and I still have to work in the instant noodle factory. We can't run back and forth. It's most convenient to live in the village."

This family can't just stay in Beijing and do nothing. They have to do something to earn some money.

"Dad, I'm worried if you don't go, so I'll leave you in the village."

He had discussed with Wu Erping before that the two of them should go to Beijing to do something. They couldn't just eat and drink without making any money, nor could they rely on their grandson alone.

I just haven't figured it out yet.

"What are you worried about? We are both in good health. You don't need to worry about us."

Both he and his wife are in good health.

"Dad, that won't work! I can't leave you alone in the village."

Wouldn't this make the villagers poke holes in his spine and accuse him of being unfilial?

"You have no say. I am still the head of this family."

I also need to make more money for my descendants.

"No, Dad! I don't agree with you doing this."

The father and son quarreled with each other until their faces turned red.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched from the side, holding his forehead.

"Dad, big brother, how about this? Qingyan is coming back. From now on, even if mom and dad are in the village, I will let Qingyan live with you and take care of mom and dad. What do you think?"

Sun Zhang was delighted. Her daughter was coming back?

I haven't seen my daughter for more than a year.

I am definitely willing to live with my daughter.

Zhang Qingshan thought about Zhao Yuanzhen's suggestion. With Zhang Qingyan taking care of the two elders, they could stay in the village and work in the instant noodle workshop, and he would not be criticized.

Qingyan is thoughtful and filial, and will definitely not treat her parents badly.

This method is feasible.

"I wonder if Qingyan agrees or not?"

Wu Erping asked hesitantly. She had bullied Zhang Qingyan so much before, and she didn't know whether Qingyan would agree.

"I can't guarantee that. Let's ask Qingyan when she comes back."

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't make decisions for Zhang Qingyan. Even if she really wanted to be taken care of, it would have to be Qingyan herself who said so, or something like that.

What I provided is just a feasible solution, and the details still depend on the communication between the two parties.

"Okay, then let's wait for Qingyan to come back and ask her."

Zhang Qingshan could only think like this.

"However, it would be fine if you and your parents could live in my yard. There are servants to cook and clean, so you don't have to do it yourself."

He only comes back to live in his own yard occasionally, and most of the others are not in the village.

"No, this house has to be occupied by someone, otherwise it will lose its vitality and the house will fall into disrepair."

As long as someone lives in a house, they can live there for many years. If it is left abandoned or neglected, it will deteriorate in two or three years, and the house will collapse and leak.

"Then let's go over and eat, so you don't have to cook for yourself."

"No, we also have to heat the kang every day, otherwise the kang will be cold. We can light the kang and cook at the same time. No need to trouble you."

Sun Zhang still refused.

Zhao Yuanzhen was helpless as the two old people just didn't want to trouble her.

She had no choice but to look at Zhang Qingshan and Wu Erping and say, "You make the decision for yourselves. I can't do anything else."

Finally, Zhang Qingyan was silent for a while and made a decision.

"Erping and I won't go to the capital anymore. We'll farm at home and help the second brother's family harvest mushrooms. When I'm free, I'll do some odd jobs and earn quite a bit of money."

They originally wanted to go to the capital to do a small business, but they didn't know what to do for the time being, so they simply decided to stay in the village first.

"If my father-in-law and my parents-in-law don't live there, then I'll stay at home too. I can still help with the housework."

"Yes, Dad and Mom, I can still help with farming at home."

Zhang Qingshan’s eldest son Zhang Xinsheng and his wife, Zheng Shuang’er, also spoke up.

"Then I'll help out at home, too."

Zhou Hong, the wife of the second son Zhang Xinyu, also spoke up hurriedly.

Her husband works in a shop in the capital and rarely comes home. It doesn't matter where she is.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at this family and felt helpless. Why did they have to come back?

Zhang Qingshan looked at his son and daughter-in-law.

He thought for a while before speaking.

"In this way, you can go there when we move and arrange the various courtyards. You can help out during the busy farming season and when the house is busy. When it's not busy in the winter, you can go to the house in Beijing to hibernate. As for your parents, leave them to me and Erping to take care of them."

If your sons and daughters-in-law are filial, you should also set an example.

"Okay, just do as Dad says."

Zhao Yuanzhi also knew that they had so many concerns, including financial ones. In the village, one could live with just a little money.

When they arrived in the capital, they had to buy and sell servants, and have various expenses for the mansion. The little money they had saved might not be enough.

After thinking about it, I still felt soft-hearted and wanted to help.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, I have a recipe here. Let me give it to you. Xinsheng, Shuang'er, Ah Hong, you can go and set up a stall to sell it. It should sell well. Do you want to try it?"

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to give them a recipe for hot and sour noodles and a recipe for crumb pancakes. Both recipes were simple and light, with a single ingredient and were easy to prepare.

And it is not restricted by season.

"I want to try it! I want to! I want to!"

Wu Erping excitedly grabbed Zhao Yuanzhen's sleeve and shouted that she wanted it.

It's no wonder she was excited. Everyone knows that Zhao Yuanzhen's houses are all very nice, and her shops are all very popular.

I don’t know how much money I made.

When her youngest son Zhang Xinyu came back from his break, she asked him about the daily turnover, saying that this month he would make tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Tens of thousands a month, hundreds of thousands a year. With so much money, I dare not even think about it, let alone look at it!

Now Zhao Yuanzhen told them the prescription.

She doesn't ask for tens of thousands of taels a month, even if it's just a few dozen or ten taels, she would be extremely happy!

Others also looked at Zhao Yuanzhen eagerly.

Even Zhang Sandao and Sun Zhang were very excited. The second brother's family was smart and the prescription they gave would definitely make money. When they made money, they would give more to the second brother's family as a thank you for the prescription.

Now my great-grandson is going to Beijing, where everything costs money, and the money at home is not enough.

"Okay, since you all agree, I'll go back and prepare the ingredients. I'll teach you when I'm ready."

I have all these ingredients in my own kitchen.

"Okay, okay, then I'll go with you and help you get ready!"

It should be faster if there are so many people.

The faster you prepare, the faster you can learn on your own.

He really couldn't wait to make money. When she thought about going to the capital, she felt stressed and couldn't sleep.

Zhao Yuanzhen saw that the others also looked eager to help.

"Okay, then everyone come with me, let's go to my place, I have all the materials."

"Okay, okay, let's go, let's go to my sister-in-law's place."

Wu Erping called everyone to go over together.

Both families were in the village and not far away from each other. A large group of people arrived at Zhao Yuanzhen's house in a short while.

Seeing that everyone was very anxious, Zhao Yuanzhen took everyone directly to the kitchen.

Zhang Sandao and Zhang Qingshan didn't have the idea of ​​keeping away from the kitchen, so they also prepared to go and take a look.

"Madam, you are back."

The cook saw Zhao Yuanzhen coming and quickly greeted her.

"Well, go get some big bones, some pork, green onions, coriander, sweet potato flour, peanuts, soybeans, coarse and fine chili powder, and dried chili peppers."

These are basically what you need to cook hot and sour noodles.

"Yes, ma'am."

Zhao Yuanzhen went to the warehouse by herself, mainly to avoid being seen, and took some shredded pickled mustard tuber from the space.

When she returned to the kitchen, the cook had already prepared the ingredients Zhao Yuanzhen needed.

"The recipe I'm going to teach you is for hot and sour noodles and crumb cakes. Okay, I'm going to start making it now. Let's take a look at some of the ingredients we need. There are big bones, pork... and some seasonings."

Zhao Yuanzhen showed everyone various materials.

Wu Erping took a look and found that there were not many, so it was okay.

"First, boil the soup base for the hot and sour noodles. We wash the big bones, put them in cold water, add some ginger slices to remove the fishy smell, and then slowly boil them."

Zhao Yuanzhen explained while operating.

Cover the pot with the lid and prepare the next step of ingredients.