The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

After leaving the cloth shop, Jiang Sining went to Tianranju.

She likes to cook, but she doesn't like to cook every meal every day because that would be a waste of time.

So she planned to buy some ready-made ones and put them in the space, so that she could just take them out when she wanted to eat.

When Bai Kuan, the shopkeeper of Tianranju, heard him coming, he immediately rushed over and said, "Hey, little girl, why haven't you come for so many days? Do you have any mushrooms?"

"Mr. Bai, it hasn't rained recently, where did the mushrooms come from?"

"Ah, although I know this will happen, it's still a pity." Bai Kuan said, "Miss, you don't know how popular the mushrooms I picked are. People ask about them every day."

"If God doesn't give it to me, there's nothing I can do."

"Is there anything else?" Bai Kuan asked, "Wild vegetables, game, as long as they taste good, I'll take them all!"

"Let's see later." Jiang Sining said, "I'm not going to talk about business today. I want to buy some prepared dishes to take back and entertain a few guests."

"That's easy. Just order whatever the girl likes. I'll give you a 40% discount."

Jiang Sining didn't hesitate to order all of Tianranju's popular dishes. Bai Kuan asked the waiter to pack them in food boxes, filling three full bamboo baskets.

He also asked the waiter to go to the bun shop to help buy dozens of buns and a hundred big steamed buns, and wrapped them in clean white cloth.

"Just send the food boxes next time," Bai Kuan reminded, "don't forget the wild vegetables and game!"

Before returning home, Jiang Sining had 40 taels of silver left in her pocket. It was probably not enough to build her ideal house, but she could order some blue bricks first.

There is a brick kiln not far from the market town, which is also the only place in Gaochuan County that produces blue bricks and blue tiles. She directly paid a deposit of 30 taels of silver.

The brick-maker's surname is Zhang, and he is an old man in his fifties.

As the saying goes, if all the dirt in front of the door is washed away, there will be no tiles left on the roof.

Making bricks and tiles is backbreaking work, and there is little business all year round. Life is hard, and the thatched hut we live in is leaky on all sides.

Now that such a big business has suddenly come, Old Man Zhang is so excited that tears are in his eyes.

"Don't worry, girl. I will make the best bricks for you!"

"Thank you for your trouble." Jiang Sining asked, "Actually, I have something else I want to bake. I wonder if you can do it here."

"Just tell me what you want to make, young lady," said Old Man Zhang, "Except for those fine porcelains, my kiln can make anything."

"Can lime be burned?"

"As long as the girl wants, I can!"

"Okay, help me burn two kilns of lime." Jiang Sining said, "I'll come back later to see how we deal with it."

"Row!"

After talking to Old Man Zhang, Jiang Sining rushed home.

She has hardly stopped since she got up in the morning. Although it is not heavy work, it is still very tiring to do it alone.

She felt it would be much better if there was someone who could help share the burden, even if it was just to be with her.

But Jiang Yan and Qianqian are too young and still need to study, and Si Chenan is still a patient. I should find a way to cure him as soon as possible. It should be interesting to take him to the market together.

……

When I got home, there were dozens of cut down trees piled up on the open space on the top of the mountain. Each one was twice as thick as my thigh and stood very straight. They were obviously top-quality material.

Yesterday's wildfire looked scary, but because there was so little dry grass and the leaves were not dry at this time of year, most of the trees only had their bark burned.

Aunt Li’s husband brought two people and made two tripods with wood. They placed the big tree horizontally on them and scraped the bark with a sickle.

However, these trees cannot be used to build houses as they are easily deformed if they are not completely dry. They can be used to make furniture in the future.

"Uncle, where's aunt?"

"Is Miss Ning back?" Aunt Li's husband said, "She felt it was too hot here, so she went to find a place in our woods to cook."

The forest at Aunt Li’s house is where we boiled medicine yesterday.

When Jiang Sining arrived, Aunt Li had already set up two large pots on the open space. One pot was cooking rice porridge, and the other was frying vegetables.

Although she had more than two kilograms of pork left, Aunt Li was reluctant to use it all and kept half of it. The dish she stir-fried the pork was the cucumber she brought herself, and there were a dozen eggplants next to it.

"Auntie, why don't you fry all the meat?"

"That's enough." Aunt Li said, "It's not hard work, why do you eat so much meat?"

"That won't work. There are more than a dozen people in total."

There were more than a pound of meat for more than a dozen people, and less than two ounces per person. In Jiang Sining's opinion, it was just a little bit of meat, so she prepared another hard dish.

Jiang Sining didn't listen to her. He pretended to reach into the backpack, but actually took out a three or four pound piece of pork belly, as well as a few pounds of fresh peppers and sauce.

When Aunt Li saw this big piece of meat, she was shocked.

"Why did you buy so much?" Aunt Li asked, "You just divided the family property and didn't get anything, why waste so much money?"

"It's okay, Aunt Li," Jiang Sining said, "I made some plasters with herbs and sold them, and made some money."

"You have to keep it, too. You need to pay for medical treatment and build a house! Money is getting harder and harder to make these days. You have to learn to be thrifty."

While Aunt Li was nagging kindly, Jiang Sining had already cleaned the pot and put the meat in to cook.

There are more than one hundred households in Liuyun Village, and only these few aunts are kind-hearted. Not only do they not despise others, they are also always willing to help, so it’s no big deal to treat them to some meat.

When the pot of fragrant twice-cooked pork covered with oil and sauce is ready, the rice porridge next to it is also ready.

Aunt Li poured all the porridge into a wooden barrel and placed it in a large basin of water to cool it down.

While she was calling everyone to eat, Jiang Sining steamed the eggplant again, added garlic red oil and chopped green onions, and made a cold eggplant dish.

The soup used to cook the meat should not be wasted. Sprinkle two handfuls of Chinese cabbage leaves and add a little coarse salt to make a delicious clear soup.

Finally, I counted the number of people and put the steamed buns I bought in the morning into the pot to steam two per person.

Seeing that everyone had not returned yet, Jiang Sining put some food in a bowl and walked into the depths of the woods.

On a small patch of grass, Jiang Yan and Qianqian sat obediently on the hay, listening carefully to Si Chenan's explanation of the Three Character Classic.

I don't know where he got a small piece of wood from, but he tied it to a tree with a straw rope and used it as a blackboard, and the chalk was a few pieces of charcoal.

Well, the study conditions here are even more difficult than those in poor mountainous areas.

"get out of class is over, time to eat." Jiang Sining interrupted his teaching unreasonably, "Bring your board here and use it as a table."

Si Chenan looked at the wooden board with words still written on it, and finally put down the charcoal in his hand and took the board away.

As soon as he saw the food in the bowl, Jiang Yan became happy again: "Hehe, it's twice-cooked pork again!"

"The twice-cooked pork is delicious!" Qianqian also clapped her hands happily.

"My wife's cooking skills are better than those of the chefs in the restaurant." Si Chenan naturally couldn't fall behind and praised with a smile, "It's a pity that your husband can't taste it now, it's a pity."

"Want to eat?"

Si Chenan nodded embarrassedly.

He used to live a life of luxury, but he hasn’t seen meat for more than a month. How could he not want to eat?

"Okay then," Jiang Sining said, "I can let you smell it."

Si Chenan:......

"I bought some medical books today." Jiang Sining said.

Si Chenan was puzzled. What does buying medical books have to do with cooking?

"When I learn how to cure you completely, you can eat it."

Si Chenan:......

It turns out that your wife learned her medical skills by buying medical books. They are so amazing.