The book begins with the waste of all the members

It was still early to cook, so Wei Yu found a small hoe in the tool shed and prepared to look for a suitable place in Chengming Palace to grow vegetables.

She walked around the yard several times and the most suitable location was the open space in front of the main hall.

"Miss, it's not a good idea to grow vegetables here." Yinlan said weakly.

Wei Yu didn't understand. "What's wrong with that? This place is big enough. Look, the soil is black. It's perfect. We can just build a greenhouse and continue to grow vegetables in winter."

It would be great if I could raise chickens. Wei Yu is very obsessed with raising chickens.

"But this is the entrance to the main hall. How can this be worthy of your noble status?"

Wei Yu smiled and said, "Who am I? I'm a deposed queen, almost starving to death, and you still want me to be respectable?"

Besides, who says growing vegetables is not respectable? It would be a great honor for anyone to have a vegetable garden in the city.

Yinlan was unable to refute, but she still felt that her pampered eldest daughter could not and should not do such rough work.

"If the emperor comes here one day, it will be so bad."

"Don't worry, the emperor will never come over." He wished that Queen Wei would disappear on the spot.

In the book, Empress Wei's deeds include but are not limited to poisoning concubines, harming the royal heirs, arbitrarily beating, scolding and killing palace maids and eunuchs, accepting bribes and influencing the court's personnel, etc.

While reading the book, Wei Yu was wondering whether Empress Wei and Concubine Chen were taken away by mistake at birth.

Empress Wei's mother's family was full of loyal and brave people, but they raised a lawless child like Empress Wei.

Chen Fei's father and brothers from her mother's family were all arrogant and domineering, looking down on everyone and even looking down on the emperor, but they gave birth to a gentle, virtuous and sensible daughter.

After marrying the emperor, Concubine Chen became extremely cautious in her conduct. Whenever she received a letter from home, she would first let the emperor review it, and she would even write the reply under the emperor's nose. She was extremely humble.

It was also because of her "reasonableness" that the emperor continued to love and favor her after executing her family. In order to appease her, he even made her an imperial concubine, pardoned her younger sister, the heroine, and brought her into the palace to live with her.

Wei Yu could understand that as an ancient woman, Concubine Chen was forced to be bound by the virtues of a woman, but Wei Yu would not become a person like Concubine Chen.

It’s pretty good now. Although I have no money and no status, at least I can do what I like and I have friends around me who support each other.

As long as you don’t starve to death, it’s fine.

Wei Yu patted her face and cheered herself up. She didn’t know how long she would stay here, but she still hoped to live a good life.

Just think of yourself as stepping into an agricultural experience simulation game.

Wei Yu began to plan his own Chengming Palace Farm. He planted vegetables in the open space of the main hall, and there was a small pond next to it, which was convenient for watering and raising fish.

When you have the chance later, you can raise chickens, ducks and geese in your backyard. If you are bolder, you can even raise pigs.

Maybe you can make a fortune from this.

When it comes to getting rich, Wei Yu instantly becomes full of motivation. Although she knows the probability is very small, what if?

After planning the land, they started to till the soil, but they encountered obstacles at the very beginning.

Their clothes were quite unfit for work.

He died before leaving the army.

She took out the half tael of silver, as if she had made a difficult decision, and went to the door to find Bai Shuyang with the two taels of silver.

"Half a silver coin can buy three sets of ready-made clothes, the kind that are convenient for working in the fields, two for women and one for men."

Bai Shuyang looked at Wei Yu with extremely clear eyes, "What are you going to do with the clothes you bought for farming? Are you going to farm?"

Wei Yu chuckled a few times, "You're so humorous, otherwise why would I need vegetable seeds?"

Bai Shuyang scratched his head awkwardly. He really didn't expect Wei Yu to go to the fields to work himself. He asked weakly, "Can you?"

"Of course I do. I used to watch videos about farming every day. No, I read books about farming every day."

"So awesome." Bai Shuyang's emotional value was simply too high.

Wei Yu was very happy and decided to make him some stir-fried beef in the evening.

"So can you buy ready-made clothes for half an ounce?" Wei Yu brought the subject back.

Bai Shuyang said firmly: "No."

Wei Yu: “…”

"But I have several clothing stores at home. I can ask them to do it for you, free of charge." Bai Shuyang played the role of a wealthy man.

"Could you tell me how much a set of ready-made clothes in your house usually costs?"

"Hmm~~ The cheapest seems to be twenty-five taels, and custom-made ones are even more expensive. My own casual clothes, including the materials and labor, cost almost a hundred taels each."

"Excuse me, take my leave."

Poor, really too poor.

Wei Yu turned and left with full of resentment. Relying on this resentment, she plowed out half an acre of land by herself in the whole afternoon.

Neither Yinlan nor Yinsheng could help.

Of course, the clothes she was wearing were also gloriously sacrificed, and she felt a pang of pain again.

"Miss, leave the sowing to Yinsheng and me. Just tell us what to do." Yinlan said.

"Okay, but we can't sow the seeds now. We need to germinate them first so that they will have a better chance of survival." This was Wei Yu's impression.

Yinlan and Yinsheng nodded immediately, but they didn’t know what germination was.

Wei Yu knew from their expressions that they didn’t understand, so he decided to do it himself, which would be faster.

She placed different seeds in different bowls and soaked them in warm water.

"These seeds need to be soaked for six to eight hours, ahem, I mean three to four hours, then taken out and wrapped in toilet paper until they germinate and can be placed in the soil. Then, wait for them to grow into seedlings before transplanting them into the soil."

Wei Yu looked up at them and asked, "Do you understand?"

Yunlan and Yunsheng shook their heads at the same time.

"It's okay. You'll know how to do it after watching me do it once."

“We must study hard.”

Wei Yu was very satisfied with their attitude, "This young man is teachable."

After the seeds are soaked, it’s almost time for them to start preparing dinner.

Originally, she planned to make stewed mutton soup today, which was fresh, fragrant and nutritious, but Bai Shuyang didn't like the smell of mutton, so the original mutton soup was not suitable for him.

So Wei Yu changed to making water basin mutton, and the thirteen spices sent by Loulan came in handy.

Yinsheng cut the mutton into large pieces in advance and soaked them in water.

When Wei Yu entered the small kitchen, Yinsheng was cutting beef slices.

This was the only fresh piece of beef they had left.

"From now on, we can only eat dried meat and smoked meat," said Wei Yu.

Yinsheng didn't mind. The meat he ate these days was as much as he had eaten in the previous sixteen years.

"We are happy just to have meat to eat. Bacon is also meat, and we all love it."

Yinlan, who was washing vegetables, nodded and agreed with Yinsheng, "Yeah, it doesn't matter what kind of meat it is. It's okay if there is no meat. We love to eat vegetables too."

Wei Yu was so touched. What little angels they were.

Soon, the food was ready.

Yinsheng made a fire while Yinlan stood by and handed seasonings to Wei Yu.

Chef Wei takes up his post.

"First, put the mutton in cold water. Bring it to a boil over high heat, then skim off the foam. Have Yunsheng simmer it slowly over low heat. Prepare the spices yourself. Wrap the cumin, dried ginger, star anise, angelica, Sichuan peppercorns, white peppercorns, and other spices in gauze, then put it in the pot and cook it with the mutton."

Wei Yu covered the pot and said, "Just simmer it for half an hour, then add salt when it's done."

"Is the rice cooked?" Wei Yu asked Yin Lan.

Yunlan paused and lowered her head in guilt.

Wei Yu smiled and said, "If it's not cooked, then it's not a big deal."

It’s just right that they don’t have to cook rice, they can make crescent-shaped cakes. Water basin mutton and crescent-shaped cakes are a perfect match.

When it comes to pasta, Wei Yu starts to feel troubled again.

She doesn't know how to make pasta and doesn't even know how to use a rolling pin.

"Yinsheng, can you make crescent moon cakes?"

"What kind of cake is a crescent cake? I've never heard of it."

"Have you heard of roujiamo? It's similar to sesame seed cake, but hollow inside." Wei Yu gestured with his palms, closing them together and then opening them again. "You can put meat or some vegetables inside."

Yinsheng was confused and shook his head with a bewildered look.

"Why don't you tell me how to do it, Miss? I'll try to see if I can make it."

Yinlan took over the job of lighting the fire, and Yinsheng started kneading the dough after washing his hands.

"Roll the pancake into an oval shape and cut it in half when the time comes."

"Is it called a crescent cake because it needs to be cut?" Yinsheng asked.

"Is that so?" Wei Yu actually didn't know either.

Yinsheng tried to bake one. It must be said that Yinsheng is very talented in cooking. The crescent cake she made for the first time looked and tasted exactly the same as the ones she ate in modern times.

"Ginsheng, you're not just some mediocre little cooking genius, are you?"

Yunsheng smiled shyly, "It's all thanks to the young lady's good teaching."

"The little mouth is quite sweet."

Yunsheng smiled foolishly, and then he baked the remaining cakes.

The pancakes are ready and the mutton soup is almost done.

After Wei Yu added salt, he simmered the mutton for a while before taking it out.

"Wait until the meat is cool before you cut it."

Yinsheng nodded in agreement.

Wei Yu started to make pepper water. After everything was ready, he made stir-fried beef and three kinds of vegetables.

"Let's eat."