The little girl from a farm family has a big wish to make a fortune by farming and picking mushrooms

The weather is pretty good today, with large patches of clouds floating around.

After the others finished washing the clothes, they spread out the mats and pulled out the wheat to dry in the sun.

The wheat fell on the mat, making a rustling sound.

"Mom, it's a bit windy today. Should we blow the wheat?"

Before bagging the wheat, they had already fanned it with a winnowing basket, but there was still a lot of dirt and bran mixed in it.

You also need to filter it again on windy days.

"Don't worry about these things yet. It's important to dry the things. We can do it slowly when we are not busy. This cannot be done in one or two days."

That's true, you have to sift wheat slowly.

After they had spread out all the wheat, they tidied up the stack and covered it with oilcloth so they wouldn't have to worry about it getting wet in the rain.

"These soft firewoods are enough. We will have to collect the heavy firewood later."

But it's still early, so there's no rush to do these tasks.

They slowly moved the remaining adobe bricks in the backyard over here, which would make it much more convenient for the men to use them when they built the stove.

There was still plenty of time left until noon, so they washed two basins of wild strawberries.

There are so many strawberries that if we don’t eat them now, they will go bad.

Liu used a knife to cut the strawberries into thin slices of equal size, spread a cage cloth on the basket and placed them one by one.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Zhu was very curious about her sister-in-law's behavior.

"I saw there are fruit preserves for sale on the street. We have so many strawberries at home, I'll try to make some and give the kids some snacks."

"So that's how it is, but I don't think it's a good idea. If it were that simple, everyone would be able to make it. Why would we need to go out and buy it? And this sweet thing attracts insects and ants the most."

"Oh, that's right. How could I forget about this? Look, I have already cut it. It will be wasted."

Liu's face was full of regret.

These ants are crawling everywhere, and they must crawl onto the strawberries.

"Forget it, why don't we just give it a try and watch it out."

Liu sighed and put the basket on the eaves. There was nothing else she could do.

When Zhou Mingshu and his sister put the mugwort residue on the eaves, they saw a basket of strawberries next to it.

What is this?! Drying strawberries? Can this be dried with a cage covering it?

"Second sister, I think it might be better to string it with thread, what do you think?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll go ask."

Zhou Mingqi washed his hands and went to ask who dried the strawberries. After some negotiations, everyone agreed to string them together with thread.

There is too much moisture in the strawberries, and they cannot be dried out even if they are exposed to the sun for one or two days. If they are exposed to the sun for a long time, they will either be attacked by insects and ants or rot due to the heat.

The best way is to use sugar to kill the moisture inside. Unfortunately, there is no sugar at home, and I forgot to ask my uncle and father to bring back some.

Hanging it with a rope is a good idea nowadays.

Two people, each holding a needle, string the slices together. They also wrap a wooden stick around each slice to prevent them from falling down and sticking together, which would ruin the whole process.

"Oh, this is really troublesome. If I had known it would be like this, I would rather not eat this preserved fruit."

Zhou Mingqi found this job really annoying.

Zhou Mingshu laughed, "You think it's hard to make preserved fruits, that's because you don't have all the tools at home. Once you have all the tools, you can make dried peaches, not to mention dried strawberries."

"What kind of tools are needed to make it? If it's really that simple, let's make one. This way, we can have fruit to eat in winter."

"Tsk tsk, that's not easy. Let me think about it. My family is going to build a stove, so let them build it together. But now let's just skewer them. Fortunately, my aunt didn't cut too much, so we can eat the rest."

In fact, there aren't many left.

She made a jar of strawberry jam yesterday and used up a basket. Everyone ate some, and two more baskets were taken away after giving some away.

The last basket was filled with some dried strawberries, and if they eat them today and tomorrow, they will be able to eat them all.

It won't be much worse.

"Yeah, my string is ready. I'll go hang it up first."

Zhou Mingqi put down the needle and thread in his hand, tied a knot, and hung it on the bamboo pole.

Zhou Mingshu also quickly strung the string in his hand and then put the basket away.

The cage cloth was also rinsed with water and hung to dry.

To bake dried strawberries, you need an oven, but in this era it is impossible to make an oven as high-tech as the modern ones.

So, she decided to build an oven.

From now on, there will be a new variety of dishes at home, which is grilled food.

She took a small blackboard and drew a rough outline of the oven.

In addition, its water-proof, heat-insulating, and breathable properties must be confirmed...

They had almost finished tinkering with it, and before noon, Boss Zhou and his men came back.

In addition to the mung beans that had been agreed upon, there were many other ingredients, and the trunk was filled to the brim.

"I've bought everything you wanted, and also brought back the porcelain vase you ordered. The shopkeeper said that the porcelain vase was made two days ago, but the shop assistants were busy and couldn't find anyone to deliver it."

Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao Er lifted the porcelain bottle out of the car and placed it next to the well. Vegetables such as mung beans and eggs were sent to the kitchen.

"Mom, we ordered two large pots and two small pots. The blacksmith saw that we bought so many things and said he would give us two shovels as a gift."

Zhou Laosan smiled.

"That's good, you guys take a break and drink some water."

Zhou Laoda went to the toilet and came back, smiling and continued, "Mom, I made two hoes on my own initiative. They will be needed in two days. Now that the children have grown up and can work in the fields, if we make a few more, we will be able to finish the work faster."

"It's a good thing you remembered it. I was just about to tell you about it. I was thinking about it last night, but I forgot about it this morning."

Hearing what Old Lady Zhou said, everyone else in the family started laughing.

They often do this kind of thing.

The water in the basin was heated by the sun, so after pouring it out, a bucket of water was pulled up from the well.

There was a piece of pork belly hanging in the empty bucket, and it felt cool to the touch.

"Mom, there's still a piece of meat here, how are we going to eat it?"

Boss Zhou asked, this is what was left over from making dumplings yesterday.

"What else can I eat? Let's cook some vegetables. It's time to make lunch. Bring it here. I'll go cut everything."

Zhou Mingshu looked at the square piece of meat being taken away from her, and she suddenly had an idea.

"Grandma, do we have rock candy at home?"

"Rock sugar? What do you want rock sugar for? I remember there was only one piece at the bottom of the jar."

Those were the leftovers from when my eldest son and daughter-in-law used to make braised dishes.