Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Huo Jinhai met Huo Er in the Liu family courtyard and specifically asked who had come.

Soon, the three Huo Nan siblings and others came out to meet people.

"Hello, Uncle Huo. Why are you here too?" Huo Nan seemed to be very familiar with Huo Jinhai.

"I haven't asked you yet, you ask me first, why are you here? Did your brother agree to let you come? It's fine if you just came, but why did you bring your sister-in-law with you? Can your brother handle it?"

"Uncle Huo, why do you ask so many questions? Of course, I only came here because my brother agreed. We came with my grandmother."

"Madam Wu is here?"

"Nephew Huo, how are you?"

"Oh, old ancestor, please don't bother me. I, Huo, pay my respects to the old lady." Huo Jinhai lowered himself to salute Madam Wu.

Everyone knew that Madam Wu was a shipping tycoon, but they overlooked her other identity: she was a second-rank lady, also known as the second-rank Haoming Lady. The old lady was also an elder, so a third-rank official like him had to give her proper respect.

"No need for formalities, why so many formalities?"

"Are you here to steal these sweet potatoes? Alas, I didn't get any this time. Otherwise, our Wu and Jiang families could also plant some."

"Old Madam, you're joking. Qingyun City is very wealthy, especially your Jiang family. You don't have to compete with us in Fu'an City."

"Haha, you kid, you're still so sweet. Who wouldn't want this good stuff? Food is the foundation of the people, who would complain about it being too little?"

Huo Jinhai's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the old lady disliked the small reward he gave the Liu family? They hadn't even reported to the capital yet, so there was no way they couldn't get more rewards later.

Liu Yuhan, who was following the old lady, had naturally heard about their verbal lawsuit. Seeing how much the old lady defended their family, she became even more fond of her.

Lunch was naturally eaten at Liu's house.

So many people needed to feed, and luckily the Liu family was large enough to help with the grocery shopping, washing, chopping, and plucking. The workshop also had many pots, so several groups of people could eat in different places, making it easy to keep busy.

Liu Yuhan was the head chef and cooked braised chicken, beer duck (if there was no beer, he used local white wine), braised fish, braised pork ribs with potatoes, stir-fried shredded potatoes, stir-fried chayote, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried tofu with lean meat, and tofu bone soup. The staple food was white rice and white steamed buns.

Divided into three tables.

The adults sat at one table with the chief clerk Liu Daling, Huo Nan and others, while the village chief Liu Shihu and the clerk Li Zhenglin and others sat at another table. A group of children ate with the women in the kitchen. If there was no room at the table, they would sit on the benches and eat with their food. The food was cooked in generous portions and everyone enjoyed the meal very much after a busy day.

Huo Bei ate with relish. He had been at the Liu family for two days. He ate with relish and slept well last night. He couldn't get up this morning and no one asked him to sleep. Children need to sleep more to grow.

He also ate a big bowl of the sweet potato millet porridge cooked in the morning. His face got some color from being tanned yesterday, and he doesn't look so gray anymore.

Huo Xi is not as stupid as Huo Nan. She sees that her younger brother seems to like the Liu family very much and adapts well to the place. She is very happy. Her biggest wish now is that her grandfather and her brothers and sisters can be safe and healthy.

Huo Jinhai ate the home-cooked food and found it delicious. He ate more potatoes and tofu. He had never seen these two things before. He knew potatoes, but not tofu. Liu Daling began to tell him about tofu and how it was made.

Huo Jinhai had an idea in his mind. Since soybeans can be used to make tofu, the barren land can be used to grow soybeans.

Zhu County Magistrate ate very happily, the Liu family's food was still delicious! He had eaten it once before.

He was afraid of disturbing the villagers, so every time he went to the countryside, he would carefully watch the time and leave quickly when it was time for dinner, or he would bring some steamed buns and baked cakes with him to eat.

He ate with gusto. Tofu is sold in the county town, and his wife also likes it. It turns out that duck meat can be fried without being fishy. It turns out that stewed potatoes with pork ribs is so delicious, and the shredded potatoes are crispy. I will go home tonight and cook two bowls for my wife. His two children are easy to raise and will eat anything.

Seeing that his own county magistrate was only concerned with eating and even ignored the words of the adults, Xu Zhubo felt ashamed and kicked him lightly with his foot. Only then did County Magistrate Zhu react.

Ahem, it had been so long since he had eaten such a delicious meal, he was so focused.

After eating and drinking, continue to work. Continue weighing if you have not finished weighing, and continue measuring the land if you have not measured it.

Liu Yuhan selected some smaller or broken sweet potatoes and steamed them on the stove. She steamed them in two large pots and gave them to the girls in the workshop and the people at the pig farm on the mountain.

Liu Daling took County Magistrate Zhu to see the Liu family's rice fields. This was something County Magistrate Zhu had specifically asked to see.

County Magistrate Zhu came here often, so he naturally knew how the rice fields grew, but Huo Jinhai had never seen it before.

Although he is not very good at farming, he has seen a lot.

This rice field was obviously different from the ones he had seen before. The rice grains were so tall, the rice ears were so long, and they were so densely packed together that they looked heavy!

How high is the yield per acre! Is this really the grain seed given by the county government? Not to mention Huo Jinhai, even County Magistrate Zhu suspected that he had given the wrong grain seed! Fulai Village is full of outstanding people and beautiful scenery!

The rice is already half golden and should be ready for harvest soon. There are about a hundred acres of rice in Fulai Village, and the Liu family's rice is the best.

How many seeds can be saved from so many rice fields? The two adults pondered in their hearts.

By the time they were done, it was already mid-afternoon. The group returned home in a mighty procession, pulling their sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The Liu family has already told everyone that they will teach everyone how to breed in ten days, and everyone can come to the Liu family’s Shatin to learn then.

Liu Yuhan looked at peanuts and soybeans these two days and found that some of them had just grown flowers. She had never grown these two crops before and didn't know that the cycle of these crops was so long.

It seemed impossible to wait until they were done before planting sweet potatoes and peanuts. Much of the village's sandy fields were already planted with soybeans, leaving no room for two acres to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.

This matter has just been reported to County Magistrate Zhu and others. County Magistrate Zhu and the prefect discussed it and decided to allocate two acres of sandy fields to each household in Fulai Village. The villagers can reclaim the uncultivated sandy fields themselves and will not have to pay taxes for three years.

The two adults came, accompanied by Zhang Lizheng and Lin the village chief. Xu Zhubo would bring people back tomorrow to measure the sand fields with the Lizheng for the villagers. The villagers could buy them if they wanted. In short, just like the Liu family's previous 200 mu, the price was half a tael of silver per mu.

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The Liu family's courtyard was finally quiet. Liu Yang and the others had cleaned up the courtyard.

I wasn’t very hungry after eating sweet potatoes in the afternoon, so I simply made some wontons in the evening. The filling of the wontons was fresh minced pork, chopped carrots, chopped green onions, wild ginger water, an egg, and some chicken essence, salt and vegetable oil.

Li Baizhi had already rolled out the dough, and Liu Yuhan, Liu Yun and Liu Yao were the main people responsible for making wontons. The younger ones saw this and also wanted to make some.

"If you want to make a bag, wash and wipe your hands clean. Come here and I'll teach you."

"Sister, let me help you make dumplings. I've made dumplings before, so I can learn how to do it."

"Big sister, the one I made doesn't look good, I'll just make two, hehe."

"Sister Han, can my sister and I also have a bag?"

"Xiaobei, Xiaoxi, of course you can help. Wash your hands and I'll teach you."

Liu Yuhan taught them step by step.

Seeing that they were enjoying their studies, the adults let them do what they wanted. Old Madam Wu sat outside the kitchen door, watching her grandchildren. Their faces were serious as they followed the little girl in making wontons. The little girl was teaching them very attentively.

During the two days at the Liu family, they did many things for the first time. Even if they couldn't do them well, they were very happy. Even Madam Wu could feel their joy.

Liu Yuhan considers herself a good teacher, but ideals are full of hope, while reality is skinny.

Ugh, these wontons are wrapped in strange shapes, some with their bellies showing, and some with only a tiny bit of topping. Well, after all, they all taste the same once cooked.

Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of these little ones when they were learning, she couldn't discourage them, because the important thing was their participation.

The wontons were all cooked together, so tonight everyone had a big bowl of wontons in all kinds of shapes and sizes.

Everyone was laughing and joking while eating. Some were even wondering if they had made the wontons themselves, or who had made these ugly wontons. Everyone was laughing and joking.

Liu Yuhan packed a smaller portion of wontons for Xiaobei. He had already eaten sweet potatoes in the afternoon, and eating too much sweet potato wouldn't be easy to digest, so he ate less at night. After the wontons, he gave them some easy-to-digest hawthorn slices. The little ones loved the sour and sweet taste.

It was night and Old Mrs. Jiang started calling people to go to bed.

Today is another fulfilling day.