The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!
Chapter 102 Happiness is actually very simple
Shen Zhiqiu noticed everyone's expressions and realized that they didn't know the benefits of palm trees. He put his daughter down and said:
"You may not know that the fruit of this palm tree can be roasted and eaten, and can also be used to press oil. The more useful thing is the palm bark. When we were at home, we used it to make some ropes and raincoats, and some people even used it to repair the roof.
In fact, it can also be used as a mattress. In winter, we have few beddings, so we can put a palm mattress on the bamboo bed, which is warm and soft. Even on the kang, we can put a thin layer of palm mattress on it, which is soft and not hard.
It can also be used to make fishing nets. There are fish behind our cave, and it doesn't freeze in winter, so we can catch fish and eat them.
Bring back the bark. In winter, when women are free, they can make brooms, palm shoes, and palm hats. There are no palm trees in the north, so this is a rare commodity there. We can exchange it for money later."
Shen Zhiqiu's words excited everyone. It turns out that palm trees have so many benefits. They can also be exchanged for money and pressed for oil.
Okay, that's it, we have to have dinner soon, because a group of men have to go out to cut palm bark late at night.
The women were also in a hurry. They invited everyone to eat, and after dinner, they went to cut the bark while it was still early. They really valued money over their lives.
Okay, let’s eat. No one should be too tired.
Today we stewed pork ribs as usual. After a busy day, we must eat something oily. A hot bowl of bone soup, two large bones per person, and cotton cakes.
The pancakes made today are big, as big as a watermelon. Maybe the grandmothers were too busy to make small pancakes, and seeing that everyone really put in the effort, they finally made a big pancake.
The grandmothers would make more than 500 pancakes a day, and they were quite thick. But they couldn't eat as much as they wanted, so they let the strong laborers and young men eat as much as they wanted, but even these pancakes might not be enough.
Except for the infants, who had one cake each, they couldn't finish it all. The others had two cakes each, and the girls couldn't finish it either, so they left some for their families.
If you go out to cut tree bark late at night, you must bring some food with you. You will get tired quickly from the work, so you need to have something to eat.
No one cares about these things. They can give it to whoever they want. Not to mention that everyone is no longer divided into you and me, just Shen Tiedan and Shen Fugui's family.
There are also a few families whose elderly have passed away, but they still have many children. The adults are just themselves and their wives, and if they have more children left for themselves, they will help some families with more adults and fewer children. They are all very conscious, and Shen Zhiqiu is more and more satisfied with this.
Everyone knows that if you have more children than adults, you will definitely do less work. If the children and adults get the same food, they can leave the leftovers, and you keep all the leftovers for yourself.
, it will definitely be a mess after a long time, so we have to separate the adults and children, and then share the food. Psychologically, Shen Zhiqiu is not happy about that, as if something is wrong with the child,
Why don't you let them eat enough? They are all for growing up. This way, after eating a full meal, you can save some food and give it to your elders. If you don't have food, you can go find something else. You can even die from holding your urine.
There were six big pots at the door, one pot of spare ribs, two pots of bone soup, and three pots of pork fried with bamboo shoots. It was said that the old ladies knew how to live. There was really no meat in the bone soup. It was just for you to drink. They were willing to put salt in it, so it tasted okay, not as tasteless as before.
Pork stewed with bamboo shoots, not much meat, just big bamboo shoot slices, don't ask, if you ask, it's definitely because there's only so much meat, and it can be kept now, there are still many months of winter, what will you eat now after the winter? I'll have to scold you later: you're such a careless person.
This is the mother of every household. Fortunately, there is a pot of pork ribs, and each person can get two pieces. There are also four big pots of boiling water. If you are not full, you can drink some water. There is enough water!
The old ladies don’t think that they are stingy. It’s just that there are too many people waiting to eat, and all the mouths are filled, so this is enough. In previous years, they worked hard every day at home, but the food they ate was not as good as this!
Shen Youyou said, "Grandma, you don't want to put meat in the bamboo shoots, but put more oil. There's not much oil, aren't you afraid of burning the pan?"
The old lady didn't want to pay attention to her granddaughter. Seeing her chattering, she complained about the lack of meat and oil. But when she thought about the palm fruit that could be used to extract oil, she would never have to worry about oil in the future, so she spoke up:
"I didn't know you could find the fruit for pressing oil. We have to save oil when cooking. Using less oil means we can have more meals. Even if you can press oil, you can't eat it freely. Do you know how expensive oil is? I tell you, that stuff won't go bad. Let's save it and eat it slowly. Yo yo, we have to live a life of ease and comfort."
Well, Shen Youyou said one sentence, and her grandmother had a lot of words waiting for her. Shen Youyou felt that the revolution had not yet succeeded, and she still needed to work hard tomorrow!
But others didn't mind the lack of oil. They almost ate the food directly into their mouths and slurped it up while eating.
Everyone was either squatting or sitting, and each person had two bamboo bowls, one for soup and one for vegetables. You couldn't have enough ribs, but you could have enough bamboo shoots. If you were not full, you could get more. Each person had a bowl of bone soup, but you could drink as much water as you wanted.
In this case, you can’t even describe the satisfaction on people’s faces when they eat. From time to time, you can hear people say, “Why is it so delicious?”
Shen Fugui also said: "Although I am tired every day, I eat well and have endless energy to work. I feel like my farts are smelly recently."
Shen Mazi immediately interrupted: "Yes, if there is no oil in the stomach, the fart will not stink, but recently it can stink for two miles."
Shen Youyou was choked by these words and kept coughing. She thought: Oh my God, uncles, what a fart! It can stink for two miles. Do you think your fart has the power of "Luo Sanpao"?
Li Jingshu quickly handed her some water, and Mrs. Hua patted her on the back helplessly: "Why are you in such a hurry? Just eat slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you."
Shen Youyou drank some water to calm down, and said to her grandmother, "It's okay, just eat your food, the bamboo shoots in the pot will be gone soon."
In fact, although she complained, she ate with relish. Maybe she was infected by others, but she felt that the food she rushed to eat was sweet. Even the bone soup that had a fishy smell tasted good.
You have to know that nowadays, no matter whether she is cooking meat or stewing soup, whether it is pork, chicken, or fish, as long as there is a fishy smell, she can taste it and will never drink a second sip.
In the words of her parents, her tongue is too difficult to please. Her parents are good cooks, thanks to Shen Youyou, but she is too picky about food.
Shen Zhiqiu drank two bowls of soup, ate two bowls of fried bamboo shoots, two pieces of pork ribs and two pancakes, and drank a bowl of water. This amount of food is almost as much as a modern day's daily meal.
Nowadays, even drinking cold water will make you gain weight, but it’s good here. He eats less every day and becomes leaner day by day. His wife says that his abdominal muscles are becoming more and more obvious recently and he is becoming more and more handsome.
Children like Shen Yuanbao and Shen Luming could eat half a pancake, a bowl of vegetables, and drink half a bowl of soup, and their bellies were plump. Even the youngest child, Shouzi, drank soup and ate meat, and his mouth was greasy.
In fact, happiness is very simple for them. All they need is to have enough food and drink and live in peace!
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