The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

Chen Xiuying had gotten up early since her husband had gone up the mountain. She had promised her senior brother that she would have the master and him over for dinner today, and she couldn't break her promise.

After breakfast, Chen Xiuying began to list the menu. There were nine of them in her family, including Xiao Xiangsheng, her master and his brother, and three elderly people. Her uncle and younger brother were still helping with the pesticides up the mountain. So, why not just call everyone? Luckily, it was evening, so she could manage.

I started by writing two recipes that my master loves: pickled fish and braised pork. Then, remembering that spring is the season for shepherd's purse, I added a shepherd's purse and meatball soup.

The newly planted chives in the greenhouse are ready to be eaten. How about making a stir-fry? So I wrote another stir-fry recipe.

When it comes to stir-fried vegetables, she thinks of spring rolls, so she simply orders some shredded pork with Beijing sauce and fried eggs with sauce.

I still have the pickled shredded radish that my sister-in-law brought me last year, and I'll have some stir-fried pickled radish with pork.

I still have about ten potatoes left at home, but I haven't been willing to eat them. I was thinking of waiting to fry them for the children someday. But I decided not to wait any longer and make them all today. I'll fry some fries for the children and make the rest into chili and potato shreds.

Mix some flour and fry some sanzi (fried dumplings), which are also delicious when wrapped in spring rolls. Unfortunately, there is no roast duck, so I killed a chicken, made mouth-watering chicken with the chicken thighs, and stewed the remaining chicken with mushrooms.

Soak the fungus, make a cold salad with shepherd's purse and fungus, then fry some peanuts and mix with salt.

I also made some sweet and sour pork, which the greedy girl loved, and some mapo tofu, which the two old ladies loved.

How many kinds?

I counted sixteen items, and then went to the town to check for the remaining ones and weighed a few more ingredients.

After making the menu, she hurried to the processing workshop and told the two old ladies to come to her house for dinner in the evening, and then asked her sister-in-law and sister-in-law to come early in the afternoon to help her with some work.

Mother Zhou simply made the decision, "We can't let Xiuying suffer alone. Just like during Chinese New Year, each of the three of you should bring two dishes."

Zhang, Li, and Wang all nodded, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhang said, "I have cabbage, bacon and dried bamboo shoots at home, so I will mix some shredded cabbage and make some bacon and dried bamboo shoots." Spring is the breeding season for rabbits, so it's better not to kill them.

Li thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll make a stew of dried beans and meat, and a cold stew of braised dried tofu."

Wang was left alone. She thought for a while and said, "Then I'll make two wild vegetables: scrambled eggs with Chinese toon and stir-fried fern."

After deciding on the dishes, Chen Xiuying didn't dare to delay and had to buy the fish first. So, she went to Quan Dali's house first, but when she saw that Quan Dali was not at home, she thought about whether she could run into him by the river, but she was disappointed because there was no sign of Quan Dali by the river.

But buying the fish couldn't be delayed, otherwise there would be no more, so Chen Xiuying took Qing'er, rented a car from Zhang Lichang's house, and went to the town.

Today was not a market day, so there were not many people on the street. When Chen Xiuying walked to the street where fish were sold, she saw Quan Dali at a glance.

Quan Dali stood there with his hands tucked into his sleeves, staring blankly ahead, his mind wandering. In front of him lay a basket filled with several fish, and no one was around to ask the price.

Chen Xiuying and Qing'er immediately walked over and said, "We went to your house to look for you, but you weren't there. I didn't expect you to come to town."

Quan Dali finally came to his senses from his daze and called out, "Second Aunt."

"Well, I bought all these fish. Please pack them up for me."

"Okay, okay." Quan Dali's face, which had no expression just now, now immediately became lively.

Chen Xiuying took out fifty coins, enough to buy fish, and handed them to Quan Dali. "Take these and go home quickly. I want you to do me a favor tomorrow. Can you come to my house?"

"Okay! Second Aunt." Quan Dali agreed readily, thanked Chen Xiuying, handed the fish to Qing'er, and ran away quickly.

Chen Xiuying sighed when she saw him running away. Poor child, even his last relative had abandoned him. He didn't know how he had survived these past few months. The edges of his sleeves were flying off, and no one had cleaned them up for him.

After thinking about it, she went to the cloth shop, picked out two sets of coarse cloth clothes with durable colors, and bought them for the child to wear when he came tomorrow.

After buying the cloth, the two of them bought the other missing ingredients and finally came to the meat stall.

When the butcher saw the Zhou family lady who had taught him how to make blood sausage, he immediately greeted her warmly, "Sister-in-law, how did you find time to come today? Where's my brother Dajiang?"

Chen Xiuying: "He's spraying pesticides in the mountains. I came to buy some meat from you."

Wang Dahu knew that her family had bought the mountain, and it was he who helped catch the piglets.

Then he pointed at Qing'er beside Chen Xiuying and said, "I know the girl next to my sister-in-law. Next time my sister-in-law wants to eat something, just ask her to come over. There are so many things to do at home, so you don't need to come all the way here."

Chen Xiuying naturally thanked him happily, then bought the meat and the two of them took a car home.

Because there were many things to do in the evening, and Zhou Dajiang was also busy leading people to spray pesticides, they just had a simple meal at noon.

By afternoon, the crowd of onlookers had left, leaving only Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe to help their brothers. Seeing the potion taking effect quickly, Yu Quan returned home, brought some bitter ginseng, and began boiling it directly at Da Dezi's house. Yu Fuan followed closely behind, helping to pull the tubes and occasionally switching hands with a few others.

In this way, several people took turns and finally finished threshing the peach trees before dark. The apple trees were left for the next day.

There were many people at night, so two large tables were set up. The women and children were still on the kang, and the men were on the floor.

Doctor Qian hadn't seen Master Chen for a long time. The two old men started bickering as soon as they met. Qian Chuanbai was much more shrewd. He didn't talk to anyone, but just lowered his head to eat, and then pricked up one ear to listen to everyone talking.

As a result, the two old men stopped stirring after a while because everyone ate too fast. If they stirred it for a while longer, the delicious food would be gone.

Doctor Qian saw the thin spring pancakes and thought they looked quite good. He wanted to try some, but he didn't know what to wrap them in. Zhou Dajiang immediately demonstrated, "Master, put some boxed vegetables or pickled radish, or shredded potatoes, and then add some scrambled eggs with soy sauce and some broken up fried dough sticks. Then, wrap it up like this and put it in your mouth. I guarantee you'll want another one after finishing this one!"

Doctor Qian followed Zhou Dajiang's example and made one to eat. He then said, "Hmm! This spring pancake is really delicious when eaten wrapped like this! Also, the Sanzi inside is crispy and delicious!"

What he said caused a sensation. Originally, everyone was rushing to order the braised pork and pickled fish, but after hearing what he said, everyone followed suit. No matter what dish they wrapped, they had to put some Sanzi in it. Suddenly, Sanzi became a hot commodity.

After dinner, Mrs. Yu led her children to clean up, while the others moved to the study room where they had gathered last time to chat. Little Xiangsheng was also taken away by Sisi to play.

A bunch of people were sitting on the kang, listening to Zhou Dahai and Zhou Dahe talk about how amazing the sprayer and water pump were. From time to time, someone would join them in exclaiming in amazement.

Zhou Dajiang came up to Qian Chuanbai, made him a cup of tea, and said, "Big Brother, Xue Jin asked me to be your lobbyist, hoping to further cooperate with you. When you are free, why don't we sit down and chat together?"