Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Had a good night's sleep at home.

The next morning, Liu Yuhan went to the corn field. It had been 12 days and the corn had grown to about 20 centimeters.

The corn that has just grown out is green and neatly arranged in rows, which is very pleasing to the eye.

She checked several other crops and found everything normal, so she went back to climb North Mountain with her master.

Liu Yuhan has been in Fulai Village for several months and has not really been to Beishan.

Their house is not far from the foot of the mountain. If you walk out of the courtyard gate and turn left up the mountain, you will reach the foot of the mountain in just a cup of tea.

It is spring now, and there are not many trees at the foot of the mountain. There are only bushes, weeds, wild vegetables, and patches of bamboo forests.

Spring bamboo shoots were growing vigorously at this time, and Liu Yuhan couldn't help but pluck a lot of them. Winter bamboo shoots have their deliciousness, and spring bamboo shoots are also good. These are all seasonal foods, and it would be a pity not to pick them!

The master watched helplessly as she quickly ran back to the yard and called her family to pick bamboo shoots.

The family members who hadn't left the house came back with baskets and hoes. Spring bamboo shoots didn't need much digging, unless they were freshly sprouted. In any case, the tender ones were pulled back and processed when we got home.

You can also ask the villagers to come and pick them. The villagers will also come to the mountain to find food and pick some wild vegetables. They also know some yams, but yams are best dug in autumn.

There are also bamboo shoots in the north, but the villagers don’t know how to eat them correctly and miss out on a lot of them. Some people think they are bitter and unpalatable, so they won’t pick them and eat them until the critical moment.

The memory of the original owner left for Liu Yuhan was not particularly clear. The bamboos had bloomed during the years of famine, so the impression was not deep.

She asked her family to dig up the bamboo shoots and put them in the yard until she came back to teach everyone how to deal with them, and then she followed her master.

The area at the foot of the mountain near their home is relatively flat. You can see the bamboo pipes that they use to divert water from the mountain running down the road.

This piece of land is really good, at least several dozen acres. Liu Yuhan immediately had the idea of buying this hill.

Their family often has to buy pork, and the two elders always complain that buying pork alone is too expensive and they want to raise pork themselves.

If I could buy this piece of hill near my home, I could not only use it as a pig farm or chicken farm, but the excess lard from slaughtering pigs could also be used for other purposes.

The land within the radius is all her family's land, so she feels more secure.

When Dad takes Liu Guang and the others to school tomorrow, ask him to ask the village head.

Since the Liu family recognized them as family, the Liu family wanted to escape the fate of exile, and Liu Yuhan's Buddhist mentality also changed.

Now that you have stepped into this muddy water, you can only make yourself and your family stronger so that you can have more free wealth and connections.

At the very least, you must have some wealth first, so that when you really need to do something in the future, you won't miss the best opportunity because of being stingy.

You can't always rely on the Huo family for everything. Although there is an element of exchange of interests involved, Liu Yuhan doesn't want to use up all the favors.

If there is no interest connection in the future, how to maintain this relationship? To put it bluntly, the Liu family and the Huo family have a connection, and that is the emotion of the older generation.

My adopted brother Liu Lu is already 12 years old. It seems that I need to have a serious talk with him. If he and Liu Guang are interested in taking imperial examinations in the future, that would be great.

Among the four classes of people, scholars are ranked first.

"The four classes of people - scholars, farmers, workers and merchants - are the foundation of a country." This means that these four types of people are the cornerstone of society, and scholars, farmers, workers and merchants are equally important.

In ancient times, scholars ranked first and merchants ranked last. This was a very scientific structure and the foundation on which the stability of Chinese society depended.

The imperial examinations are indeed the quickest and most practical way to change one's family background. If they are interested, they should start to develop a correct attitude towards learning.

In fact, just like in modern times, if you are admitted to a prestigious university and are outstanding enough, you can attract the attention of more companies, and your talents will shine sooner or later.

They can afford to wait, even if it takes five or eight years.

If the Liu family can restore their status and is destined to return to the capital, they had better make more preparations.

Liu Yuhan and her master picked the herbs they needed and sorted them back home. She was familiar with most of the herbs on the mountain.

As for the precious ancient ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum? They haven't found any. Maybe they haven't really entered the deep mountains.

During this period, her master was by her side and could guide her at any time if she didn't understand something. Liu Yuhan felt that she had made a small step forward.

Even some of the prescriptions that Master had given her, such as the drug and poison he had given her last time, Liu Yuhan had already independently developed and tested to be effective. The drug's main ingredient was Datura, and the poison was mainly Gelsemium elegans combined with other herbs.

The master also expressed his approval of the medicine she prepared, which boosted her confidence and made her want to develop more medicines.

They came back a little late today. After dinner, Liu Yuhan and his family processed the bamboo shoots they had picked in the dim light.

Peel the bamboo shoots, remove the old ones, slice the remaining tender ones, blanch them in water (you can cook them for a few minutes longer after the water boils). Rinse with cold water to remove the bitterness of the bamboo shoots and retain their freshness. Soak them in cold water overnight. When you are ready to eat, take them out and drain the water.

Stir-fried bacon, pork belly, or vegetarian dishes are all delicious! If you have a refrigerator, drain the water and freeze them in a vacuum bag. They will last for a long time. (I do this every year and it works.)

If you want to dry bamboo shoots, cut them in half in the middle, blanch them in cold water and then take them out to dry. The dried bamboo shoots can be kept for quite a long time.

Strength lies in numbers. They finished it quickly and could fry it and eat it tomorrow morning.

My family tried the blanched bamboo shoots and found them to be delicious, not bitter at all and still very fresh.

Liu Daling decided to call the villagers to go digging together tomorrow. There are so many bamboo shoots on the mountain, and spring bamboo shoots cannot wait, so it would be a pity not to dig them.

In addition to seafood, Liu Yuhan also likes bamboo shoots, as well as pickled peppers and spicy bamboo shoots. However, pickled peppers and bamboo shoots should be very small, so the taste is better.

Liu Yuhan is mainly working on cosmeceuticals in her space tonight. She's making a whitening Chinese herbal mask that can brighten and improve skin in the shortest possible time.

Every woman loves beauty, and a fair complexion can hide all flaws. First, make a Chinese herbal facial mask, and if you find it effective, then market it.

Liu Yuhan first mixed angelica, white angelica, white poria, bletilla striata, and almond powder with a hand blender, then ground them all with a stone grinding stone. After mixing these ingredients, she added ground pearl powder and egg white to make a paste for facial application.

This recipe is suitable for promoting blood circulation, brightening skin, whitening and preventing wrinkles.

Put the ground facial mask into a small porcelain bottle and cover it. Apply it thinly for a while before going to bed every day, then wash your face with clean water. A small porcelain bottle is enough for ten days.

Liu Yuhan prepared herself and applied the ointment first. There was nothing unusual on her skin. Her face was smooth after washing and had a faint medicinal scent.

She packed two more small porcelain bottles, one for her mother and one for her aunt. The three of them would try the products out first to see if they worked, so that they would feel more confident in selling them.

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The next day, Liu Shinan sent a group of children to school and came back to tell his daughter that the mountains near the village could be bought and sold.

The land behind their mountain is for sale. It's the same price as sand fields: half a tael of silver per acre. If you want it, you can call the county people to measure it and write a contract.

He has already agreed on behalf of his daughter, and he estimates that people from the county will come to measure the land tomorrow.

She had already informed the adults at home last night about her plan to buy the mountain land. When the adults heard that Liu Yuhan was planning to buy the mountain land to raise pigs and chickens, they were very happy and interested, and they all started discussing and offering suggestions.

They like this environment very much. It is not only close to home, but also convenient because there is water on the mountain.

Whether it's raising crops or something else, who in the countryside doesn't raise or grow something? Fields and land hold a very important place in the hearts of farmers. The more land a family has, the more secure they feel.

The happiest person was Liu Daling, as the tofu shop he had invested in earlier was already making a profit.

He gets his profit every two weeks, and this time he got a full 20 taels of silver! His family was very happy to see that the tofu shop could make so much money. They had never imagined that their family could have such a large income in a month!

Liu Da was very happy. He said to his granddaughter generously that he would pay for the purchase of dozens of acres of mountain top, as it was all earned from selling tofu.

Liu Yuhan naturally followed his grandfather's wishes as long as he was happy. The old man would feel happier and more accomplished because he felt that he had made a contribution to the family.

In short, everyone in the village knows that their family has income now, so buying the mountain is not a big deal.

The next day, as Liu Shinan had guessed, Zhang Lizheng and Xu Zhubo came to Liu's house with four fast-moving yamen runners.

The Liu family bought mountain land not long after purchasing Shatin. It seems that this family has a solid foundation. The chief clerk and the yamen runners were very polite to their family.

Without further ado, I went to measure the hilltop as they requested. This hilltop looked small, but that was only as far as the eye could see. In reality, it was quite large, more than 50 mu. Calculating it as 50 mu, including the three mu outside the Liu family's wall, it came to 52 mu, a total of 26 taels of silver.

Liu Daling readily paid the silver, and the contract document was written, stamped and signed on the spot, and the 52 acres of mountain land belonged to the Liu family.

It was getting dark, and Xu Zhubo was anxious to return. Liu Daling slipped him two taels of silver to buy tea for the journey. The four yamen runners also worked hard, each slipping half a tael of silver. Liu Daling secretly slipped one tael of silver to Zhang Lizheng. He might have to trouble them again in the future, so he couldn't save this money.

The Liu family gathered together tonight. They were very happy looking at the land deeds and discussed what to do. They first decided to find a flat place with convenient water access to build a pigpen and chicken coop, build a few more houses for people to live in, and if possible, enclose it with a wall within a suitable area.

In short, all safety work must be done at one time, and fire prevention, waterproofing and theft prevention must be taken into consideration in advance.

Where can I buy pig and chicken seedlings? For pig and chicken feed, if you see suitable grass, you can cut it, dry it, and save it for later use. (Rural pig farming usually involves mixing grass with rice bran or leftover rice and cooking it.)

I'll go to the town to ask tomorrow instead of going to the county. I'll just ask Yang Nianhua directly in town. He's now opened a noodle shop in Yukou Town and is very familiar with the customers and the shops next to him.

This person is a typical social butterfly in modern times. He is naturally familiar with everyone and can chat with everyone. There will be no dull moments with him around, and he will not feel embarrassed even if he can't chat.

Liu Yuhan still admires his uncle for this. This is a skill that not everyone can learn.