The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Although Chen Cui said a lot, Chang Ping didn't seem to believe it and was still a little depressed.

Yes, Chen was originally just a peasant woman. She was hardworking and capable, but she did not have any outstanding talents and was used to listening to her husband in everything.

Now that her husband is gone, she still makes bold statements about letting her brothers go to school, so even her own son doesn't dare to believe it!

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Chen Cui didn't say much. She believed that when she made enough money and her family's life became better and better, and she was really able to send them to school, her words would naturally be believed.

The mother and son carried firewood and a backpack and walked slowly down the mountain back home. Along the way, Chen Cui paid close attention to the surrounding environment and memorized the route.

She didn't want her son to lead the way every time she went up the mountain. It would be too inconvenient to do things. It would be better for her to know the way by herself so that she would have a chance to discover wealth.

When they got home, they found that Chang'an and Changfu, who stayed at home, had also completed the task successfully.

Suisui was sleeping soundly. The vegetable garden in the backyard had been watered, the yams were cooked, the steamed buns were heated, and Chang'an had also cut half a cabbage and was waiting for Chen Cui to come back and fry it.

Chen Cui praised the two little guys for a long time, as if they had done something great.

Although she has no children, thanks to the development of modern media and the many channels for obtaining information, she has passively learned a lot of knowledge about raising children without realizing it.

There was one thing she remembered very clearly, which was to give children more praise and compliments to build their self-confidence.

So, Chen Cui tried it a little and it really worked.

After being praised, Chang'an and Changfu became more proactive in their work.

Chen Cui took the food out of the pot and started cooking.

Alas, it is really inconvenient to have only one pot. I can’t steam and stir-fry at the same time. But the iron pot is too expensive. This medium-sized pot cost me 730 wen. If I want to buy a smaller one, it will cost at least 300 to 500 wen.

With their current financial situation, they can't afford to buy another pot for the time being, so they can only make do with this one for now.

While cooking, Chen Cui was regretting that there seemed to be no chili peppers here. At least Chen had never heard of such a thing.

Nowadays, the plant that can add spicy flavor to dishes is Cornus officinalis.

However, this thing is mostly sold in pharmacies and is expensive. One or two ounces of Cornus officinalis costs more than ten cents. Only people with affluent families will buy it to make seasoning. Ordinary farmers don't even know that this thing exists.

The reason why Chen knew about this was because when Liu Youliang was young, he followed others to do business on his own and had seen it outside. He had mentioned it during casual conversation, and later Liu Eryong told his wife about it as a rare thing.

Liujiaping was originally a small mountain village. The villagers would not go out unless necessary. If anyone went to the town, someone would ask about the situation when they came back. If anyone went to the county town, they would talk about what they saw and heard in the county town for at least three days when they came back.

People like Liu Youliang, who have been traveling around the country since they were young, are undoubtedly the most capable people in the village.

Although he has not been out for a long time, his children and grandchildren have become successful again. His son and grandson are in the city, and many people still come to him for advice when they encounter problems.

If Liu Youliang's family had not been so small and lacked sufficient mass base, he might have been the clan leader today.

Although only oil and salt were added to the stir-fried cabbage, Chen Cui added a little more oil and controlled the heat well. She fried it a few more times after it was cooked through and it tasted pretty good.

Unlike Chen, who usually uses less oil when cooking, he often adds a little water to prevent the pan from burning. In the end, the stir-fried dishes are almost the same as boiled dishes, and the leaves are all wilted.

During the meal, Chen Cui was the first to take a yam, peel it and eat it. It tasted pretty good, powdery and sticky. Because of the high starch content, the aftertaste was a bit sweet, very similar to the iron stick yam of later generations.

Seeing this, others followed suit and started to pick up the fruits, peel them and eat them.

Sure enough, what my mother said was right. This thing is quite delicious and quite filling. After Changfu ate a few yams, he was so full that he couldn’t eat any more steamed buns.

Chen Cui also put a piece of yam in a bowl, crushed it with a spoon, added some water and fed it to Sui Sui. The child was not picky about food and would eat whatever was given to him.

Suisui probably had enough sleep in the morning, so she is particularly energetic now. She is very happy during meals. While she is eating, she can still stretch out her little hands to grab things.

Fortunately, Chen Cui was far away from the table, so she couldn't reach the food on the table, and there was no hot soup on the table, otherwise if she caught it, it would be terrible!

Chen Cui did not plan to go out in the afternoon. One reason was that she was a little tired and could not bear to go into the mountains twice a day. Another reason was that she needed to take some time to tinker with her space.

After dinner, she left the child to her son and went to the backyard.

The backyard is even wider than the front yard. Chen Cui estimated that it is about 170 to 180 square meters. This is because it is close to the mountain and residential land is not rare, so no one fought for it. That's why the courtyard wall was built so wide back then.

There is a thatched hut against the corner of the backyard and a chicken coop next to it.

In order to prepare the banquet, the original seven chickens were killed and only three were left. The number of eggs collected per day dropped from six to two.

Those chickens had never been properly fed and mostly ate weeds and insects. They were all brought by the children. Even the task of collecting eggs was the children's responsibility. Chen never took care of it.

Chen Cui had thought about feeding more chicks next spring, but now she has no intention of getting involved in the feeding.

The vegetable garden on the other side of the backyard, against the wall, is our family’s vegetable garden. It was just opened this spring. This land has not been used to grow anything for more than ten years. When the soil was turned over, it was dug deep and the soil is relatively fine, so the vegetables planted here are growing well.

But now it is past the season for other vegetables and the seedlings have been pulled out. Now only radishes, cabbages and onions are left in the fields that are not afraid of the cold.

Chen Cui planned to collect all the fruits after a few days when the land was dry, put them in the cellar, and eat them slowly in the winter.

She glanced toward the front yard and saw no sign of her sons coming over, so she quickly pulled out a few green onions and a radish and put them in the space.

The cabbage was too big and one missing piece would be very obvious, so she didn't dare move.

Back in the front yard, she continued to pack clothes, mend clothes, and act like a good mother as if nothing had happened.

Changping took Changan and Changfu to collect firewood for a while, and spread out the yams they had dug in the past two days in the yard to dry.

After that, the kids had nothing to do. Changping stayed in the house, while the two little ones sat on the floor playing with stones out of boredom.

Chen Cui felt sorry for them, but she couldn't ask them to go out and find someone else to play with.

Now they are still in mourning. Not only can they not go to other people's homes, they can't walk around everywhere, otherwise people will think they will bring bad luck.

This is the rule nowadays. One can only go out to the village after the seventh day after Liu Eryong's death, and can enter other people's homes after the 47th day.