Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

"Yuanbao, you cook. I really don't want to eat that pig food porridge anymore." Duan Minmin pitifully pulled Zheng Yuan's hand and acted coquettishly.

Zheng Yuan didn't want to eat that porridge, so he nodded and said, "Then let's go to the kitchen, they prepare the dishes, I will cook, if they cook, we will be in trouble. I haven't eaten anything in the past few days, if it weren't for coming to meet you, I would have no strength."

Only then did the two of them feel that their internal organs were clamoring: "Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!" In an instant, it was as if all their strength was drained away, and the two of them walked towards the kitchen tremblingly.

Seeing the two of them walking in, looking sick and supporting each other, the maids in the kitchen were startled and hurriedly helped them sit down.

"Bring us a bowl of water, Mei'er." Duan Minmin said in a hoarse voice.

They finished it in one breath and ordered another bowl. They finally felt better.

Zheng Yuan stood up and looked at the pot. There was porridge in the pot. It looked like cornmeal with a little white rice. Fortunately, there were no messy wild vegetables. The daughters of this old woman were honest people. Judging from the situation of this family, it should be worse than that of the Chen family, but they still added precious white rice to make porridge.

Seeing Zheng Yuan looking at the pot, the three girls of the Zhao family were very cautious, fearing that Aunt Zheng would be disgusted and go crazy again. Seeing that she didn't say anything, the children all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tao'er, listen to your Aunt Zheng. Your Aunt Zheng will cook." Duan Minmin said.

Huh? The kids were shocked again.

The Zhao family thought that the mother was torturing Aunt Zheng. How could you invite guests to your home and cook for them? Besides, Aunt Zheng had several bumps on her head. The Chen family thought that Aunt Duan was probably up to something bad, and she dared to let her mother touch her things.

The two people involved didn't care what they were thinking. Zheng Yuan picked up the spatula and stirred the porridge in the pot. Seeing that it was almost done, he went to see what dishes they had prepared.

I saw a pot of shepherd's purse on the stove, which should be prepared to be poured into the porridge. Fortunately, I came in in time, otherwise this delicacy would be wasted. Xu Hui Niang was sitting by the kitchen, sorting bitter hemp, and a pot of beans was soaking by the water tank.

The children also relaxed when they saw that the two looked normal. There was no grudge between the children. They ignored each other because of the pressure from their mothers. Now that they saw that they were getting along peacefully, the girls naturally started to chatter and laugh.

"Tao'er, do you have onions and garlic in your vegetable garden? If not, garlic cloves will do. Do you have seasonings like peppercorns, vinegar and soy sauce?" Glancing at her best friend who was sitting there doing nothing, Zheng Yuan still asked Tao'er. It would be a miracle if this useless best friend knew the answer.

"Yes, yes." Tao'er answered as she took out garlic, peppercorns and soy sauce.

"There's no more vinegar, auntie." Tao'er spoke with some embarrassment while holding a jar.

"It's okay, kimchi water will do. Taoer, take your sisters to help aunt peel a head of garlic, discard the garlic sprouts, and peel four or five onions." Zheng Yuan made arrangements, and the children received the tasks and did their respective tasks.

Xu Hui Niang had also picked the bitter greens and asked, "Mom, are we going to cook the bitter greens using the same method we did a few days ago?" Thinking of the taste, she felt a little greedy.

"Well, yes, you wash it out first." After Zheng Yuan arranged Xu Hui Niang, he turned around and kicked Duan Minmin: "Hey, old woman, find the oil in your house. You should know where it is."

Duan Minmin walked towards her room angrily, and soon brought back a jar of snow-white lard: "Old woman, use it sparingly, this is only eaten during festivals."

"I did this just because you were greedy. You don't know what's good for you." Zheng Yuan replied with a smile.

Looking at the two of them laughing, Xu Hui Niang was shocked again.

Maybe it was because they recognized each other, they both felt that they had someone to rely on in this strange world, so they felt at ease and did not hide anything, and returned to their true nature.

Zheng Yuan walked around the house again. It was similar to the Chen family's. There was nothing in the house. After searching for a while, he barely found a bag of dried mushrooms. Zheng Yuan quickly grabbed two handfuls and soaked them in water. After searching again, he found a few walnuts that Zhao Xing'er had picked up from the mountain.

As far as I can remember, people here don’t like to eat this. First, it’s not improved like modern ones, and the skin is thin. At that time, walnuts were still grown wildly, and the shells were hard. Even if you try hard to open it, the meat inside is stuck in the shell, which is difficult to get out. Second, after the walnuts are dried, they are slightly bitter, and not many people like to eat them. Therefore, unless it was a famine, this thing was usually picked up by children as a snack in their spare time.

Normally, Zheng Yuan would look down on these iron-like walnuts, but this was ancient times. These iron walnuts were cracked, fried, ground and added to salads, which had some oil and fragrance.

I took the walnuts and gave them to Duan Minmin, asking her to crack them and dig out some of the flesh. Duan Minmin was still sitting there happily, thinking of eating the ready-made walnuts, when suddenly a basket of walnuts appeared in her hands. Whatever, the spatula was in someone else's hands, so she just peeled them.

Soon Zheng Yuan scooped the porridge out of the pot and put it in a basin. The old woman's stove only had a broken clay pot, so she could only cook one thing at a time. The girls also peeled and washed the onions and garlic and put them aside. Seeing that nothing was done in the kitchen, they all went out to play. Only Tao'er stayed in the kitchen to help Zheng Yuan.

After washing the pot and boiling water, he blanched the bitter melon and soaked it in a basin. Duan Minmin had also peeled half a bowl of walnuts, but he didn't let her peel any more when he saw that she had enough. He asked Xu Hui Niang to turn down the fire on the stove, and Zheng Yuan poured the walnut kernels into the pot and quickly stir-fried them. When the aroma came out, he quickly scooped them up and put them in a bowl to cool.

"Hui Niang, turn off all the fire." Zheng Yuan ordered hurriedly. This clay pot can't stand the extreme cold and heat. If you put the vegetables in it with such a high temperature, they will definitely explode. After waiting for a few minutes until the temperature dropped, he said, "It's OK. Turn on the fire. You can mix the bitter vegetable, just like I taught you before. By the way, check if the walnut kernels are crispy. If they are, crush them with a stone mortar and mix them together."

"Hey, mother." Xu Hui Niang agreed and walked out from behind the stove. She felt very happy. She had not been scolded since her mother-in-law hit her head. Her mother-in-law was very happy today and spoke to her softly, as if the long-term oppressive atmosphere had dissipated.

Zheng Yuan didn't know that she had already become a different person in her daughter-in-law's mind. She was now adding oil to the pot, pouring in onions, garlic, and dried peppercorns, and then adding shepherd's purse. After frying, she added beans and stewed them with some water. But she couldn't be careless, because if the beans were not cooked well, it would cause food poisoning.

After the beans were simmered, the pot was washed, and some lard was added. After the garlic and pepper were sautéed, water was added, and the soaked mushrooms were torn into pieces and thrown in to cook. Tao'er saw the stir-frying of the vegetables in one go, and she had the same idea as Sanni when she first saw it. Aunt Zheng actually made stir-fry dishes in a clay pot.

Seeing Tao'er staring in a daze, Zheng Yuan told her to go to the yard and call the children in to eat.

Everyone had been dazzled by the aroma coming from the kitchen. When they heard the call for dinner, they all rushed to the kitchen. They were shocked to see three dishes and a large bowl of porridge on the table. What kind of day is this? They can still eat three dishes. When Zheng Yuan put a bowl of mushroom soup on the table, they were even more shocked. What else?

Seeing the children standing blankly beside the table, Duan Minmin smiled and said, "What's the matter? Are you shocked by your mother? Sit down quickly. Mei'er, Xing'er, there are not enough stools. Go to the main room and bring some long stools."

Zheng Yuan, who was sprinkling chopped green onions into the mushroom soup, raised his head and said, "Dashu, Erhe, you are so tactless. You don't even help carry it. You are not gentlemanly at all."

Although Dashu and Erhe didn't know what gentleman meant, they still ran out to pick up the stool.

"Puchi!" Duan Minmin was amused and was very gentlemanly at that.