A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Early in the morning, around 7 o'clock.

Zhang Yunyue woke up from her dream, blinked her still blurry eyes, and looked at the roof. She was still there. It seemed that this was not a dream, but she had really traveled through time.

Hearing the footsteps of other people in the yard, Zhang Yunyue struggled to get up.

Push the door open.

The fresh air, the sun hanging high in the east, and the cool breeze made Zhang Yunyue wake up instantly, and then she went to the kitchen to get hot water to wash.

Zhang's mother and second aunt were preparing breakfast in the kitchen because the family members had to go to the fields soon and had to eat breakfast.

Grandma Zhang is feeding chickens in the backyard.

Grandpa Zhang, Father Zhang, Second Uncle, and Zhang Xingyun were weaving bamboo in the yard. There was a market on the second and seventh days of every month in town, and on those days Grandpa Zhang would take Father Zhang or Second Uncle to the town to sell the bamboo weavings.

Zhang Xinghao is still young and can only learn on the side. After all, it is a skill that can make a living. If he learns it slowly now, he can also make a living and supplement the family income in the future.

So when there was nothing to do at home, the Zhang family would weave some common bamboo products in the yard and sell them.

Including the income from selling bamboo weaving and the output from the fields, and deducting the family's annual household expenses and taxes, one can save six or seven taels of silver in a year.

This family's situation is relatively good in the village. Some families can only save two or three taels of silver in a year after deducting household expenses and taxes.

As the saying goes, not as good as the best but better than the worst, the Zhang family is still in a good mental state.

However, even though they had saved so much money over the years, they still didn't dare to spend money to rebuild the house, so the Zhang family still lives in a mud and thatched house.

Mother Zhang came out of the kitchen, looked at the people working in the yard, and said:

"Breakfast is ready. Everyone, wash your hands and eat. Yueyue, go and call Xiaoxue. Xiaoyun, go and call Xiaofeng to get up, wash up and eat."

Zhang Xingyun, Zhang Yunyue: "I understand, mother."

"Xiaofeng, your mother is calling you to get up and eat. Hurry up, or the meal will be finished soon."

Zhang Yunyue came to Xiaoxue's room, knocked on the door, pushed it open, and patted Zhang Yunxue who was still on the bed.

"Xiaoxue, lazy pig, get up and eat."

"Sister, I'm not a lazy pig."

Zhang Yunxue pursed her lips but her eyes were sparkling as she spoke.

"Okay, okay, you're not a lazy pig, get up quickly",

Zhang Yunyue pulled Zhang Yunxue up.

After Zhang Yunxue and Zhang Xingfeng got up and washed up, the others also put down what they were doing and went to wash their hands and eat.

Today's breakfast is porridge and egg pancakes. The porridge is quite thick. After all, working in the fields is physical work, and drinking only porridge will not allow me to have lunch at noon.

After the meal, the others cleaned up and prepared to go to the fields, while Zhang Yunyue was responsible for washing the dishes.

While Second Aunt was making breakfast for Zhang's mother, she had already mixed the dough for the steamed buns to be made at noon. The steamed buns at home were made from a combination of coarse flour and dark flour.

By the time you come back at noon, it will have been fermented and can be directly kneaded into steamed buns and steamed.

After everyone who had worked in the fields had left, Zhang Yunyue, along with Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue, the three siblings cleaned up the house.

Just after cleaning up, Zhang Lei was shouting outside the fence with his seven-year-old brother Shitou.

"Yueyue, do you want to go up the mountain? I'm going up the mountain right now. It will be cooler."

"Yes, yes, Lei Zi, wait for me, I'll carry a backpack and get a sickle."

Zhang Yunyue took out a backpack and a sickle from the utility room, put them on his back, and then took his two younger siblings, and Zhang Lei took his younger brother Shitou, and prepared to go up the mountain.

When they were almost at the foot of the mountain, they saw the sisters Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohe who were about to go up the mountain.

The two are twins. The sisters are good friends with the original owner Zhang Yunyue, who is one year older than the original owner.

Zhang Yunyue saw the two sisters from afar, shouted loudly, and waved.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohe, where are you going?"

Sister Zhang Xiaohua saw Zhang Yunyue coming over and said, "Yueyue, we are going to the mountain to look for mushrooms, what about you?"

"Let's go pick wild pears. Do you want to come? I tried some yesterday and they were so crisp and sweet."

"Oh, really? Then we should go too. After we pick the wild pears, we'll come back to look for mushrooms, sis. Is that okay?"

Zhang Xiaohe held Zhang Xiaohua's hand and acted coquettishly.

Zhang Xiaohua couldn't stand her sister's coquetry and could only beg for mercy, "Okay, okay, let's go too, okay."

In this way, the team grew to seven people and arrived under the wild pear tree.

Zhang Lei: "You all don't know how to climb trees, so I'll climb up and pick them for you."

Zhang Xingfeng: "Brother Leizi, I can climb trees. You and I will go up and pick them. They can just catch them under the tree."

Zhang Lei: "Okay, then Xiaofeng, be careful. I'll climb up first, and then you can climb up."

Zhang Yunyue looked at the two people who climbed the tree and said worriedly, "You two should be careful. Leizi, watch out for Xiaofeng, and come down when the backpack is almost full."

Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohe looked at the tree and knew they couldn't climb up, so they started picking up mushrooms from the surrounding area. Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Yunxue also picked up a lot of mushrooms.

After the two pear pickers had gone up and down twice, they had already picked quite a few wild pears. Zhang Yunyue picked one up and started to eat it:

"Mmm, this one is just as crispy and sweet as yesterday's."

Zhang Lei and Zhang Xingfeng shared some pears with the twin sisters of the Zhang family, and Zhang Yunyue and the twins shared some of the mushrooms they picked with Zhang Lei and his brother.

Everyone came down the mountain with a lot of gains, a group of people chattering, and the trip up the mountain took an hour and a half.

The main reason is that the mountain roads are difficult to walk on, are longer, and take more time.

It was already 11: p.m. when I got home (around :).

Seeing that the lock on the courtyard gate had been opened, Zhang Yunyue guessed that it must be A Niang and Second Aunt who came back to cook.

After entering the yard, Zhang Yunyue looked towards the kitchen and saw that her mother and second aunt Zhu were kneading buns and preparing to steam them.

Zhang Yunyue walked into the yard, put down the backpack, and shouted to the kitchen:

"Mother, Second Aunt, we are back."

Mother Zhang looked at Zhang Yunyue:

"Oh, you scared me, Yueyue, where did you go? When your second aunt and I came back, no one was there. I thought you had run off somewhere."

Zhang Yunxue waved excitedly to Zhang's mother and pointed at the backpack that Zhang Yunyue had put down.

"Aunt, we went up the mountain with Brother Lei Zi, Sister Xiao Hua, and Sister Xiao He to pick wild pears and mushrooms. Look, these are what we picked."

Zhang's mother: "Oh, you picked up a lot. I haven't cooked yet, so I'll make some mushroom soup with the mushrooms you picked."

Zhang Yunxue took out two wild pears from the basket, washed them, handed one to Zhang's mother, then ran into the kitchen and handed one to Zhu.

"Mother, try some of these wild pears that Brother Leizi brought us to pick from the mountains. They are crisp and sweet."

Zhu took a bite and said, "Mm, it's crispy, sweet and juicy. You must be tired after walking so far. Go inside and drink some water and take a rest."

"Yes, yes, I understand, mother. Third brother and I are not tired, but sister is tired. Sister carried the wild pears and mushrooms back by herself."

"Go ahead and take a rest. Your aunt and I are cooking now. Your father and his family will be hungry when they come back soon."

Zhu waved to her daughter Zhang Yunxue and told her to go and have a rest.

Zhang Yunyue took his younger brother and sister to the main room and drank some water, finally quenching their thirst. They had forgotten to bring water when they went up the mountain. Although they had eaten pears, they were still very thirsty. They couldn't eat too many pears for fear of getting a stomachache.

While drinking water, Zhang Yunyue put the picked pears in a cool place in the main room to prevent them from being damaged by the heat, which would be counterproductive.

Zhang Yunyue didn't want to go so far to pick wild pears again. It would take three hours to go back and forth. My god, my legs would hurt from walking.

Zhang Yunyue walked to the locust tree in the yard, lay down on the recliner, bathed in the sunlight shining through the locust leaves, and fell asleep.