A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhang Yunyue picked up the backpack again. He was very lucky to pick up some umbrella mushrooms today. It was a bit far from the place where he chopped firewood.

Zhang Yunyue decided to go back and find his elder brother and the others, shouting as he walked.

However, just as he shouted "Brother", a rabbit jumped out from the bushes. The rabbit seemed to be frightened by Zhang Yunyue's voice. After jumping out, it ran forward, but it bumped directly into a tree and fainted.

Zhang Yunyue hurried over to pick up the rabbit, found a vine to tie up the rabbit's feet, and carried it away.

"Big brother, second brother, where are you?"

"Big Brother"

"Second Brother"

"..."

Zhang Xingyun heard Zhang Yunyue shouting, "Yueyue, we are here, do you hear us?"

"I heard you. I'll be right there."

Zhang Yunyue walked towards the direction where Zhang Xingyun's voice came from, and saw Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao raising the rabbit they were holding.

"Big brother, second brother, look what I found."

Zhang Xingfeng: "Hey, Yueyue, why are you still carrying a rabbit? Did you catch it?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Hahahaha, I didn't catch it. The rabbit bumped into a tree and knocked itself unconscious, so I picked it up."

Zhang Xinghao: "That's fine too. How come I haven't encountered this before?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Big brother, second brother, I just picked up some mushrooms. I'll make you some mushroom and egg soup when I get back. It's absolutely delicious."

"Okay, we'll all wait."

"Big brother, second brother, how much more wood do you want to chop?"

Zhang Xingyun: "Cut some more. You have a basket on your back, and I'll put some on your basket later."

"Okay, you guys cut them, and I'll be responsible for tying them up."

Fortunately, Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao had chopped the firewood into sections just now, so now Zhang Yunyue just had to stack them up one by one and tie them up.

Just after they finished tying two bundles, Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao had finished chopping the firewood they were about to chop, and the three of them together tied the remaining firewood into three more bundles.

Zhang Yunyue carried one bundle, and Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao each carried two bundles, which was just right.

Zhang Xingyun: "Okay, everything is tied up, let's go home, I guess my mother and the others are preparing to cook now."

After returning home, the three of them piled the firewood under the eaves and hung the rabbit on Zhang Xingfeng's shoulder pole. Zhang Xingfeng took the rabbit down and prepared to carry it to the kitchen.

Zhang Xingfeng in the yard saw the rabbit and his eyes lit up.

"Brother, you guys caught a rabbit. This rabbit is so big."

When the others heard this, they were also surprised.

Zhang Xingfeng shook his head.

"I didn't catch it, Yueyue did. Yueyue said the rabbit got scared and bumped into a tree, fainted, and she picked it up."

Everyone who listened to Zhang Xingfeng's words thought that Zhang Yunyue was lucky to be able to pick up a rabbit.

Zhang Yunyue took out the umbrella mushroom from the backpack and showed it to everyone.

"I also picked up more than ten umbrella mushrooms today."

Zhang's mother and Zhu were preparing to steam buns when they heard the noise in the yard. They both came out and saw the rabbit and umbrella mushroom in Zhang Xingfeng's hands.

Mother Zhang: "This year, your second aunt, grandma, and I didn't find any umbrella mushrooms when we went up the mountain. Unexpectedly, Yueyue got a lot of harvest this time."

Zhu was also smiling at this moment: "I just steamed the buns and haven't started cooking yet. It's just right to use the mushrooms and rabbits that Yueyue picked up to cook. I can make up for it today."

Zhang Yunyue: "Mother, Second Aunt, I will cook today. I will make mushroom and egg soup and braised rabbit."

Zhang's mother: "Okay, your second aunt and I will help you."

Zhang Yunyue: "Dad, please kill the rabbit."

"Okay, I'll kill the rabbit."

Father Zhang stood up and took the rabbit from Zhang Xingfeng's hand.

Zhang Yunyue took the basket containing the mushrooms to the kitchen. Zhang's mother and Zhu also followed her into the kitchen. Zhang's mother took the basket from Zhang Yunyue's hand and prepared to wash it.

Zhang Yunyue went to see if the water in the mung bean basin was clear. Fortunately, after about two hours of settling, the water had become clear.

Pour out the water in the basin, leaving the mung bean starch in the basin.

Zhang Yunyue decided to make mung bean jelly first. She took out a spatula to loosen the mung bean starch in the basin, and then poured four times the amount of water as the mung bean starch into it.

Zhu was watching the fire in front of the stove. There were still steaming buns on the stove, but they were ready. Zhu put the steamed bun steamer aside and continued to watch the fire in front of the stove.

Zhang Yunyue rinsed the pot clean, poured the stirred mung bean starch water into the pot, and asked Zhu to turn down the fire and wave the spatula continuously.

After a while, the starch water in the pot began to solidify and bubble up. Zhang Yunyue took a look and thought it was ready, so she scooped it out and put it in a basin.

At this time, Zhang's mother had cleaned the mushrooms and the rabbit killed by Zhang's father had also been slaughtered. Zhang Yunyue asked Zhang's mother to put the cooked mung bean jelly in the well so that the mung bean jelly could cool down quickly and solidify.

To make braised rabbit, you also need to remove the fishy smell from the rabbit meat in advance. Zhang Yunyue pours the onion, ginger, garlic and wine into the meat, mixes them evenly, and sets it aside to marinate for a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Yunyue decided to make mushroom and egg soup first. This dish is simple. First, fry the eggs and then take them out.

Then add lard to the pot, sauté the garlic, add water and salt, and leave the rest alone.

When the water is boiled, pour the mushrooms and eggs into the pot and cook slowly until cooked.

The only seasoning for the shiitake mushroom and egg soup is salt, nothing else is needed, not even green onions, so that the freshness of the shiitake mushroom can be brought out.

While waiting for the rabbit meat to be marinated, Zhang Yunyue fried some cabbage, otherwise the three dishes would not be enough for the whole family.

After the cabbage was fried, Zhang Yunyue washed the rabbit meat twice with clean water and drained the moisture.

Pour vegetable oil into the pot, wait until the oil is hot, add rabbit meat, sprinkle with ginger, garlic, and peppercorns, stir-fry until the surface turns slightly yellow.

Pour in boiling water, add seasoning salt and more soy sauce. You should stir-fry sugar color, but sugar is too expensive. My family usually buys some during the Chinese New Year, and usually buys brown sugar.

Cover the pot and simmer on low heat for half an hour. When the meat is thoroughly cooked, increase the heat to reduce the soup. When the soup becomes a little thick, remove from the heat immediately.

The bright red braised rabbit meat is ready.

Zhang Yunyue: "Second Aunt, no need to use the fire, the dishes are already cooked."

"it is good"

Zhang Yunyue asked her mother to take out the mung bean jelly from the well to see if it had solidified.

But fortunately, because the braised rabbit meat took a long time to cook, the mung bean jelly had already solidified when it was taken out. I shook the bowl and found that the jelly was very elastic.

Zhang Yunyue cut all the mung bean jelly into strips as thick as her little finger, then added various seasonings, drizzled with the leftover chili oil from the previous two days, stirred evenly, and poured into a plate.

After tasting it, it has a light flavor of mung beans, and with various seasonings and chili oil, it is refreshing and appetizing.

“It’s time to eat.”

People outside the yard stood up, cleaned up and moved tables and chairs, and washed their hands.

The three people in the kitchen brought the prepared dishes to the table.