Traveling through the mountains and farming

After everyone left, Lin Wan and the two siblings cleaned the yard and did the final finishing work.

Lin Wan observed that the two siblings were in good condition and were not sad because of the farce just now.

She guessed that maybe it was because their father had abandoned them time and time again, so they had no expectations of their father and therefore no longer felt disappointed.

What Li Chongle was more worried about at this time was the storage of grain. He wanted to settle the grain as soon as possible.

Seeing that everything was done, he immediately asked, "Sister-in-law, should we transport food to the cave tonight?"

"Yes, let's transport the food over as soon as possible so that we can feel at ease sooner." Lin Wan nodded slightly and said.

Li Chongle frowned and said, "It will take us many days to transport so much food, right?"

"I've calculated that if we make three trips a day, it will take about six or seven days. By the time my great-uncle and his men finish the autumn harvest, we will have stored the grain." Lin Wan analyzed calmly.

"That's perfect. During the autumn harvest, the villagers are tired during the day and will go to bed early at night. This way we will be safer." Li Chongle said with a smile.

"Smart! It's the autumn harvest season now and it's hard to borrow a cart to transport grain, so Grandpa Wang and I have ordered a cart. You can pick it up later."

Lin Wan gave Li Chongle a thumbs up and made arrangements in an orderly manner.

Li Chongle nodded in agreement, and Li Ke beside him said eagerly: "I'll go too."

So, Li Chongle and Li Ke set out together to get the cart.

Lin Wan prepared the first batch of food at home.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the three of them began the grain transportation operation.

They loaded the grain into the cart and pushed it quietly towards the back mountain.

The wheels made a slight rolling sound on the ground, which was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Li Chongle vigilantly watched the movements around him while helping Lin Wan push the cart, while Li Ke carefully supported the food on the cart.

They followed the route they had explored previously and moved forward towards the valley cave with difficulty.

The moonlight sprinkled on them like water, illuminating the way forward for them.

Along the way, they didn't dare to make a sound. Although they were far away from the village center, they were still afraid of waking up the sleeping villagers.

Walk and rest along the way. It is very difficult to push a cart on this mountain road.

It took them more than twice as long as usual to successfully reach the cave.

All three of them were sweating and panting profusely.

Lin Wan first spread the lime she brought, and then they carefully unloaded and arranged the grain.

Then they returned without stopping and began to prepare for the next batch of grain transportation.

After each time they transported grain, they would carefully cover the entrance of the cave. Only after the third time did they feel a little relieved.

After three trips, the clothes of the three people were all soaked with sweat and stuck to their bodies.

At this time, they stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the tightly guarded entrance. Although they were tired, they felt at ease.

Lin Wan raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her face and said softly:

"The first mission was successfully completed. We will continue tomorrow night. Let's go back and take a shower and go to bed."

The two siblings smiled happily and followed her back.

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Lin Wan started to count the accounts again.

On August 13th, Uncle Dashan helped out at the Peach Blossom Market and spent 12,344 coins.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the total cost of the butcher shop in the county town and Taohua Village was thirty-four taels, eight hundred and forty-three coins.

The teahouse earned fifty-one taels of silver from ice jelly and sweet sauce.

Several families in the village sold two taels of ice jelly for nine hundred and sixteen coins, plus the remaining money.

There are currently more than sixty-seven taels of silver in the house.

Although it is a huge sum of money for an ordinary villager, in Lin Wan's opinion, she still needs to stock up on supplies and has not yet stocked up on medicines!

We still have to keep making money!

She was going to go to the valley after breakfast because she found sour dates and hanging melons when she was looking for caves to store food.

She had gone to a dessert shop in the county town before and found out that sour jujube cakes were not made with sour jujubes in this dynasty.

In modern times, her grandmother makes three kinds of sour jujube cakes for her every year: original sour jujube cakes, perilla sour jujube cakes and tangerine peel sour jujube cakes.

She can make original sour jujube cakes and perilla sour jujube cakes today.

There are a lot of perilla planted in the backyard of our house, and the two siblings also picked a lot of perilla when they picked ice fruit and dried them in the sun.

While peeling eggs, Li Chongle looked up at Lin Wan and said, "Sister-in-law, should we go to another mountain to pick sea buckthorn today?"

"The sea buckthorn jam at the teahouse will be enough for the time being. Let's go there a few days later. Today we will go to the valley in the back mountain to pick sour jujubes." Lin Wan responded with a smile.

Li Ke immediately put down the bowl in his hand and shouted with a grin, "Picking sour dates? Sister-in-law, are you going to make something delicious again?"

"Yeah, I thought of using sour dates to make a good snack." Lin Wan said with a smile.

"That's great. Sour jujubes can be found in many places. They are too sour, so villagers rarely pick them." Li Chongle smiled.

"That's perfect. Let's pick them all and make them into sour jujube cakes. Then we can sell them to the teahouse."

The two siblings looked at each other and ate breakfast together with a smile.

After breakfast, the three of them set out for the secluded valley in the back mountain, carrying their backpacks.

Along the way, Li Ke ran happily in the front, thinking that she would find more sour dates later so that she could eat more new food!

When they arrived at the valley, Lin Wan led the way to several jujube trees that she had seen before. She saw that the trees were full of jujubes, and the ground was also littered with jujubes.

Wow! So many sour jujubes!

Li Ke immediately ran over to pick them, but Lin Wan directed her and Li Chongle to pick up the intact ones that had just fallen on the ground first.

Lin Wanze picked the ripe sour dates from the trees by herself.

Half an hour later, the backpack was filled with sour dates.

The three of them returned home with a full load.

Lin Wan started making sour jujube cakes without stopping.

She skillfully cleaned the sour dates, then put them into a pot and boiled them until the skin cracked. Then the three of them peeled the skin together, put them into a basin and stirred them with a wooden stick to remove the core, added half a cup of super thick stevia syrup and kneaded it thoroughly, and finally scooped it into a ball with a spoon, coated it with perilla powder, rolled it into a round shape and flattened it.

With Lin Wan's skillful hands, several baskets of perilla and jujube cakes were freshly baked, and the two siblings carried them to the backyard to dry.

After the three of them had lunch at noon, they immediately went up the mountain to pick sour dates in the afternoon. After coming back, they continued to make sour date cakes without stopping.

After a busy whole day, the first batch of perilla and jujube cakes have been dried.

In the evening, when the three of them came to the backyard to bring the dried jujube cakes back to the house, the brother and sister couldn't wait to pick up a piece each and taste it.

The wonderful sour and sweet taste instantly spread in the mouth, and both of them couldn't help but imitate the sister-in-law's way of praising people and gave a thumbs up.

"Sister-in-law, this tastes absolutely amazing! If we sell it to a teahouse, it will definitely be very popular. It will definitely work." Li Chongle praised.

"Yes, yes, it's really delicious. It's sour with a hint of sweetness, and sweet with a hint of sourness, just right." Li Ke also nodded repeatedly.

Lin Wan looked at their satisfied expressions with a smile on her face and said:

"Then we have to hurry up and make more, and send them to the teahouse in a few days."

This will provide additional income and allow us to stockpile more supplies.