A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"Grandpa, grandma, if we start work tomorrow, will it be too late to prepare the three animals? We have chickens at home, and we can buy ducks in the village, but it will be too late to buy pig heads tomorrow."

Grandma Zhang waved her hand and said, "It's okay. If you don't have enough time, you don't need the pig head. It's the same with chickens, ducks and rabbits. I'll go to the village and buy a duck and a rabbit later."

After listening to what Grandma Zhang said, Zhang Yunyue decided not to worry about it since she could be a replacement.

"Grandpa, Dad, things are going to get busy at home soon. How about buying a bullock cart? It will be more convenient and faster to go to town. We can also plow the fields during the busy farming season."

Grandpa Zhang also knew that he would have to go to the town more and more often in the future, and walking every time would not be a good idea as it would waste time. Now it was tiring enough to walk every day to sell mung bean jelly, so he bought an ox cart so that he could also transport goods.

"That's fine. When the time comes, ask your father and uncle to look around town and see if there's a suitable one. If there is, we can buy one."

"After I finish my work in town these few days, I will go to see the ox carts." said Zhang's father.

Zhang Yunyue saw that there was nothing to do for the time being. Thinking about the first hotpot she would have in the evening since coming here, she could just make some bone soup now.

Zhang Yunyue took out the bones that she had placed in the well when she came back at noon, took them to the kitchen, cleaned them, lit a fire, and put the bones in the pot to boil.

The bone soup can be cooked for half an hour and it is almost ready for dinner, which is just the right amount of time.

Looking at the bone soup cooking in the pot, Zhang Yunyue went to the backyard to pick some vegetables suitable for hot pot, brought them back to the kitchen and washed them. She also washed some bean sprouts that Zhang Yunyue had grown on a whim a few days ago.

I took a few potatoes and sweet potatoes from the kitchen, peeled them, washed them, and cut them into slices.

There was also the pork belly, beef, tofu, and lotus root that I bought in town when I came back at noon, all sliced.

For the staple food, Zhang Yunyue decided to cook rice directly, as rice goes better with hotpot, so she cooked the rice on another stove.

Wait until the rice is steamed and the bone soup is ready.

Zhang Yunyue started to cook the base of the hot pot. The hot pot soup was made with bone soup that had been boiled for half an hour. By the time the hot pot base was ready, the kitchen was already filled with a rich aroma.

Zhang Yunyue asked his father to build two small fires in the yard, and then put a clear soup pot made from bone broth and a medium-spicy hot pot on the two fires.

The hot pot placed in the yard is surrounded by open space, so the rich aroma can spread farther.

The other people in the house were still working, but when they smelled the fragrance, they put down their work.

"Sister, how long will it take before we can eat? This smells so good," Zhang Yunxue stared at the medium-spicy hot pot in front of her.

"We'll be eating soon, come in and help me serve the food!"

Zhang Xingfeng, like Zhang Yunxue, was staring at the spicy hotpot in front of him. When he heard that he could eat soon, he started to move immediately.

"Sister, I'll help you serve the dishes too."

Zhang Yunyue asked Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue to bring all the washed vegetables and meat to the table in the yard. After walking back and forth several times, they finally brought everything outside.

"This is hot pot, one with clear soup and one with red soup, to celebrate the cooperation between our family and Tianxianglou." Zhang Yunyue pointed to the two pots in front of her.

Everyone looked at the raw vegetables and raw meat on the table, and the soup bubbling in the pot, and they were a little confused, "Yueyue, how can we eat this today? Everything they served is raw."

"This hot pot is to put lettuce and raw meat in it and cook them, then you can eat it. There are two flavors. Those who can't eat spicy food can eat the clear soup, and those who can eat spicy food can eat the red pot here. Let me make it for you."

Zhang Yunyue put some meat and vegetables in two pots. When the meat and vegetables were cooked, she took them out and tasted them. The taste was not much different from modern hot pot.

When others saw Zhang Yunyue’s demonstration, they also started to clamp it themselves.

When you eat it, the clear soup has its own freshness, and the red pot has its own spiciness. Paired with rice, the more you eat, the more you become addicted.

"I've never seen this way of eating before. I didn't expect it to be so delicious." said Zhang's father.

"It seems that the restaurants in this town don't have this way of eating. Yueyue, you are getting more and more amazing. You can actually think of this." Zhang Cheng said while eating.

Zhang Yunxue chewed the meat and muttered, "Pork belly and beef are also delicious in the pot!"

Zhang Yunyue cut all the meat she bought. If she couldn't finish it, she could just put it in the well and eat it tomorrow. The worst thing about eating hotpot is that there would be no meat left while eating, which would be unsatisfying.

"We bought a lot of meat today, so you can eat it slowly."

It was the first hotpot in the other world. Everyone ate and chatted, which lasted for a whole hour and completely conquered the stomachs of Lao Zhang's family.

Zhang Xingyun: "I'm so full. I haven't eaten so much in a long time."

Zhang Xinghao: "I am also full, the two pots have different tastes."

Zhang Yunxue's lips were already red, but she still insisted, and looked at Zhang Yunyue with a smile, "Sha, Sha... Sister, I want to eat it again next time."

Zhang Yunyue looked at Zhang Yunxue whose lips were red from the spicy food. This little girl would definitely be the best in the Zhang family at eating spicy food. She was already so good at this at such a young age.

Seeing that everyone had put down their bowls and chopsticks, Zhang Yunyue was full and satisfied after eating the hotpot, and then she poured the first bowl of chicken soup in the other world to everyone.

"Okay, let's finish this hot pot tonight, and let's continue to work hard tomorrow! Our family will get better and better in the future."

Early the next morning.

The Zhang family did not go to town to set up a stall to sell mung bean jelly today. In addition to the ones prepared for great-grandfather and second grandfather's families last night, they also prepared two more basins. As for the remaining mung bean starch, Zhang Yunyue put it in a winnowing basket to dry so that it can be used directly next time.

Yesterday, Grandma Zhang also went to the village to buy ducks and rabbits.

So after finishing their breakfast, the Zhang family members gathered at the wasteland west of the Zhang family's house, bringing with them three kinds of animals: chicken, duck, rabbit, incense, candles and paper.

Yesterday, the people in the village who were capable of building houses that Grandpa Zhang asked Village Chief Zhang to find have all arrived at the wasteland. Some of them were holding hoes, while others were holding dustpans, shoulder poles, etc.

Grandpa Zhang also invited his fifth uncle, who is the oldest person in the Zhang family, so Grandpa Zhang specially invited him to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony today.

My fifth uncle learned yesterday that Grandpa Zhang’s family was going to build a workshop and would break ground today, so he calculated the auspicious time.

Grandpa Zhang had already chosen a location to build the chili workshop and the main entrance, and placed the three animals and incense, wax and paper candles on the table at the main entrance.

When the auspicious time arrived, everyone in the Zhang family stood in front of the table holding incense sticks, and only heard the fifth uncle say:

"I burn incense to invite the City God of this area, the democratic prince, the mountain god, the land god, the earth god, the earth god, and the sky god who monitors the past. I use this true incense to offer sacrifices to everyone. Today is an auspicious day to start construction here. I am afraid that starting construction will offend the gods.