After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

After all the trouble, Third Grandma was also tired. She asked Ye Xunqing and the others to go back and eat, and she didn't keep them for dinner.

Liu Xiaojing took the child home and said on the way that he wanted to bring something to his third mother-in-law.

"Grandma has exorcised the evil spirit from Xu'er. I have to bring something over to offer to her as an offering." Liu Xiaojing said, "Otherwise, something bad will happen."

After all, Ye Xunqing is a person who has been educated in materialistic ideology. He can only be said to respect culture and cannot be said to completely believe in the sayings of gods and ghosts. Even though he says "no one knows gods and ghosts better than me", in fact, he is the one who disrespects ghosts the most.

"Okay, it's up to you to decide." Ye Xunqing said.

"Third Granny said Xu'er was possessed by something dirty, and she didn't know what it was." Liu Xiaojing felt very sorry for her son. She kissed the child on the face and said, "My dear, I hope you will be safe and sound!"

Ye Xunqing's heart felt like it had been pierced by a sharp thorn. He had heard similar words before. At that time, he was lying in a hospital bed, and his mother was massaging his legs.

"...My little darling, you must stay healthy. I'm still waiting for you to take me around the world..."

"Hey, second sister-in-law, why are you crying?" Liu Xiaojing's words interrupted Ye Xunqing's memories.

Ye Xunqing smiled and wiped away her tears, "Oh, I'm touched by you. You are a good mother."

Liu Xiaojing smiled sheepishly, "Actually, I'm also an incompetent mother."

Ye Xunqing thought she was very competent. She was fifteen or sixteen years old, the right age to go to school, but she already had a child. It was amazing that she could do this.

No, his Xiaobai can’t get married early in the future. She is still a child, how can she take care of younger children?

When they returned home, it was completely dark. There were oil lamps lit in the house, indicating that Feng Jingheng's meeting was over.

Ye Xunqing went back to his room to look for Feng Jingheng, but Feng Jingheng was not there. Turning around, he saw that he was kneading dough in the simple little kitchen.

But his cooking skills were really bad, and all the batter got on his hands.

"What a shame! I wanted to cook for you before you came back." Feng Jingheng shook the batter off his hand awkwardly. "In the end, it wasn't done well. I even ruined the dough."

"It's okay." Ye Xunqing washed his hands and took the batter. "Let's make pancakes tonight. Go pick some cowpeas and eggplants, and get some eggs. We'll have three fresh pancakes tonight."

Potatoes, eggplants and peppers, these three things don’t taste amazing when eaten separately, but if you mix them together and cook them, they are like a divine delicacy on earth.

Maybe there was a chemical reaction between the three of them. Anyway, the result after cooking was that one plus one plus one was greater than three. It was really delicious.

However, Ye Xunqing prefers to replace chili peppers with cowpeas, which taste no worse than chili peppers. Besides, chili peppers are not suitable for children, so cowpeas are better.

I stewed half a pot of three fresh vegetables, put a large circle of unleavened bread on it, and then simply cooked some white rice porridge. The simple dinner was ready.

It was completely dark, and Ye Xunqing had to light two more oil lamps. In fact, he preferred to light candles, but candles were a bit expensive. Money was tight recently, so it was better to be frugal.

"I didn't expect these dishes could be eaten this way." This was the first time Feng Jinghua ate this dish called Three Fresh Dishes, and it tasted really good.

Ye Xunqing said: "If you replace the ground eggs with fresh mushrooms, the taste will be better."

If you want it to look good, you can cut the cheap and durable Agaricus bisporus into four petals, which will taste just as good.

"It's so dry that mushrooms don't grow anymore." Feng Jingheng was still thinking about the fragrant mushrooms he had seen before. "When it rains, I'll go to the mountains and find some for you."

When the weather was mentioned, Ye Xunqing remembered to ask them how their conversation went today.

Feng Jinghua didn't want to mention it, "Let Ah Heng tell you."

Feng Jingheng also looked unhappy. "Liujia Village wants Wangjia Village and our Yejia Village to pay for the canal to divert water, and they also want us to pay separately, otherwise they will completely block the water upstream."

"Haha." Ye Xunqing sneered twice, "As expected of a village that likes to rob."

"It's dry, and the harvest this year is uncertain. It's also uncertain whether we can bring water down. If we give the money out now, how will we survive the rest of the year?" Feng Jingheng's expression was very serious.

"Giving them money is definitely not an option. Once they get a taste of the sweetness, they'll come asking us for money every year." Ye Xunqing said, "They're greedy, that's how it is."

"That's what the village chief said," Feng Jingheng said. "We haven't finalized the matter yet. It depends on whether it rains or not. If it rains heavily, everything will be fine."

Ye Xunqing kept Feng Jingheng's words in mind. He had to prepare more things to avoid famine.

In a self-sufficient agricultural civilization, food is hard currency. As long as there is food, there is no need to panic.

The next day, Ye Xunqing got up early in the morning and started working. He had to soak the dried lotus seeds in water and find a carpenter in the village to customize a mold.

He won’t use the mold today, he is confident that he can make the mooncakes well.

Cantonese mooncakes are characterized by being high in oil and sugar. Foods with high oil and sugar content are high in calories, but it cannot be denied that they are really delicious.

Ye Xunqing made a reduced-sugar version, not because he wanted to reduce sugar intake, but because he wanted to reduce costs, as sugar is relatively expensive.

Cantonese mooncakes are exquisite and beautiful, and they are works of art when they are taken out, so Ye Xunqing plans to sell these mooncakes to wealthy families in the town, and they will definitely be happy to pay a high price for them.

Even if they are unwilling to buy, Ye Xunqing will persuade them to buy it. Since it has been made, he cannot let it go to waste.

There is one more person working today, Feng Jingheng also came to help. He hasn't been to the town to work for a long time. He is too busy with his own work to go to the town. Why should he go to the town?

Moreover, there is little work in the town recently, and there are many people working. Even if he goes there, he can only stay there and waste his time.

Feng Jinghua went to catch wild boars with the young men in the village. The wild boars stole corn and destroyed many corn fields.

"I told my eldest brother that if we catch a wild boar and divide the meat, he should leave a piece for me." Feng Jingheng said as he kneaded the dough, "Wild boar meat is fragrant, I'm sure you will like it."

Ye Xunqing had never eaten wild boar meat because in the era when he lived, wild boars were protected animals.

But he wouldn't eat even farmed pigs. Wild boars are too ugly, and he doesn't like to eat ugly creatures.

"Maybe we can make stew." Ye Xunqing has already figured out how to eat wild boar meat.

"I'll do as you say." Feng Jingheng kneaded the dough diligently.

He was very strong and was best suited for kneading dough, so after he learned how to knead dough, Ye Xunqing found it a lot easier.

Now it has become a situation where a master is leading two apprentices. These two apprentices work so hard that the master can only stand by and watch.

But when it comes to procedures that require technical skills, Ye Xunqing still has to do it himself. Firstly, he doesn't trust his two apprentices, and secondly, they really don't know how to do it.