A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"Xiaohua, Xiaohe, Xiaoxiao, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

Zhang Yunyue made way and prepared to let the three people into the house.

Zhao Xiaoxiao, Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohe did not go in. Zhang Xiaohua held Zhang Yunyue's hand.

"Yueyue, we want to ask you to go up the mountain with us, do you want to go? The jasmine flowers on the mountain have bloomed these two days, and we want to pick them and dry them so that we can make jasmine tea."

Zhao Xiaoxiao: "Yueyue, go ahead. I haven't been on the mountain road with you guys for a long time. My mother has been asking me to embroider every day. You can see that my hands are pierced with many needles."

Zhao Xiaoxiao raised her hands to show them.

The others laughed, after all, the other three had not experienced the same thing as her.

Zhang Yunyue thought about it and decided that she had nothing to do at the moment and it had been a long time since she went up the mountain with her sisters, so she agreed.

"Okay, wait till I change into clothes for the mountain."

"Okay, we'll wait for you in the yard."

Zhang Yunyue changed her clothes and walked into the yard.

"Grandpa, Xiaohua and I went up the mountain to pick jasmine flowers."

"Go ahead, you little girls, just be safe."

Zhang Yunyue carried a backpack and went out with Zhang Xiaohua and others.

Several people were chattering on the way, and asked Zhang Yunyue what interesting places there were in the town.

Soon they reached the top of the mountain, and the scent of jasmine flowers hit them in the face. Everyone put down their backpacks, took out a small basket from the backpacks, and started picking flowers. Everyone tried to pick buds that had not yet bloomed.

While picking fruits, they chatted about the gossip in the village, such as what this family had quarreled about two days ago, who was engaged to whom, or which boy in the village had a crush on which girl, or which girl had a crush on which boy.

More than half an hour later, everyone had picked a basket of jasmine flowers.

After picking the jasmine flowers, a few people sat on the hill, enjoying the cool breeze and looking at the village at the foot of the hill from afar. Facing the setting sun, it was a beautiful picture.

In modern times, there is no such pristine place in Zhang Yunyue anymore, as high-rise buildings are everywhere.

Zhang Xiaohua pointed to the houses in the village at the foot of the mountain and said, "Yueyue, look where my home is, and where your home is. Xiaoxiao's home is so far away and so small."

"Yeah, looking down from the mountain, the houses and people seem so small."

Zhao Xiaoxiao: "Yeah, it's really so insignificant." Zhao Xiaoxiao had been feeling a little low these past two days because her mother had kept her at home embroidering.

Zhang Xiaohe frowned, "What are you three sighing about? How old are you? Can you just enjoy the scenery happily? Look how beautiful the sunset is, and how beautiful the river over there is. Look, there are people fishing in it."

The other three looked at each other, laughed, and stopped sighing. It was best to enjoy the present moment.

Zhang Yunyue stood up and patted the grass and dirt on his butt: "Let's go, let's go home."

The other three also stood up, patted their bags, put on their backpacks, and went down the mountain to go home.

Arriving at Old Zhang's house, Zhang Yunyue waved goodbye to the three people and said, "We're home."

Zhang Yunyue entered the yard, took out a winnowing basket from the utility room, poured the jasmine flowers picked from the mountain into the winnowing basket, then spread them flat and placed them in the yard to dry.

The men in the Zhang family were all in the yard weaving bamboo baskets and polishing bamboo bowls. Grandma Zhang was mending Grandpa Zhang's clothes. Mother Zhang, Zhu, and Zhang Yunxue went to the river to wash clothes since they had nothing to do in the afternoon.

"Grandpa, grandma, I picked some jasmine flowers. We can use them to make tea. This can delay aging, clear away heat, and moisten the intestines."

"Okay, you've picked so many, you must be tired, come and sit down and rest for a while."

"Grandma, I'm not tired. I just picked some fruits for a while, and then sat on the mountain and chatted with Xiaohua, Xiaoxiao and the others."

Zhang Yunyue sat next to Zhang's father and watched him weaving a bamboo basket. He also picked up the bamboo strips and followed him to learn. However, he only watched it once and still didn't know how to start.

Seeing the others quickly fiddling with the bamboo sticks in their hands, Zhang Yunyue thought it would be better for him to just sit aside and watch, so he put down the bamboo stick.

After watching for a while, Zhang's mother, Zhu, and Zhang Yunxue came back after washing clothes. Zhang Yunyue hurriedly got up to help hang them up.

After hanging up the clothes, Zhang Yunyue saw that it was almost time, so she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

The flour had been kneaded and fermented in advance by Zhang's mother and others, so Zhang Yunyue was ready to steam the buns first.

Zhang Yunyue prepared steamed buns as the main dish for tonight, cooked some corn porridge, and then prepared a few dishes.

After the steamed buns were kneaded, Zhang Xingfeng ran out to play with his friends, and Zhang Yunyue called Zhang Yunxue to light the fire.

"Xiaoxue, come and help me light the fire. I'm going to steam the buns."

"Here I come, sister."

After the steamed buns were done, Zhang Yunyue went to the vegetable garden in the backyard to pick some leeks, preparing to stir-fry the leeks and eggs. She also picked a few eggplants, green peppers, and tomatoes, preparing to make a green pepper dish.

I carried the basket back to the kitchen, threw the eggplant, green pepper and tomato into the stove and cooked them, then took them out, washed them, and mainly peeled off the burnt skin on the surface.

I peeled a few cloves of garlic from the beams, washed them, and chopped them together with the eggplant, half-picked green peppers, and tomatoes. I put them on a plate, sprinkled salt to season, and mixed them well.

This kind of cooked eggplant and pepper has a slightly burnt flavor, and combined with the original flavor of the dish, it can be said to be extremely salty, fragrant and spicy.

Zhang Yunyue took out a few potatoes from the corner of the kitchen and prepared to stir-fry some spicy and sour potato shreds. She peeled them, and then washed the leeks and the remaining green peppers.

And cut the potatoes into shreds on the chopping board, and chop the leeks and green peppers.

Zhang Yunyue moved a small stove from the corner, lit a clay pot on fire, added water, put the corn into the pot, and cooked it into porridge.

After the steamed buns are ready, place the steamer on the table next to the kitchen.

Zhang Yunyue took out five eggs from the cupboard, beat them in a bowl, poured the chopped chives into the bowl, added salt and mixed well.

Pour lard into the pan and wait for the oil to melt. Pour the egg liquid mixed with chopped chives into the pan to set, then stir-fry until cooked and serve.

After cleaning the pot, pour in some vegetable oil and prepare to stir-fry some green pepper sauce to eat with the steamed buns.

When the oil is heated, pour in the minced ginger and garlic, then pour in the chopped green pepper. Simmer over low heat. When the water in the green pepper is about to boil, add more salt. It is best if the green pepper sauce is a little salty. Then serve in a bowl.

This green pepper sauce is best eaten with noodles, steamed buns, and rice. It is simply amazing.

Finally, Zhang Yunyue fried some spicy and sour potato shreds.

The corn porridge cooked in a clay pot on the small stove is ready.

Zhang Yunyue said to Zhang Yunxue who was lighting a fire in front of the stove, "Xiaoxue, you can turn off the fire now. Go and call everyone to eat."

"Okay, sister."

Zhang Yunxue took out the unfinished dishes and threw them into the pile of ash below, leaving only a little fire. Then she stood up and brushed off the dust on her body.