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

"Ah..." Ye Xunqing sighed, "I've offended Liujia Village this time. It will probably be difficult for me to sell things in their village in the future."

Feng Jingheng said, "Then let's give up Liujia Village and go to the town to sell. Although it's a little far, it's still enough for a day's round trip. If you're afraid of getting tired, I can carry it to the town."

Ye Xunqing leaned towards Feng Jingheng, leaning on his shoulder and said, "I never thought the people in Liujia Village were so shameless that they could actually do that to two children. Poor Xiao Yan, his face is swollen. If I were at home..."

Feng Jingheng said, "Don't blame yourself too much. You didn't expect this to happen, and you've already taught Liu Wangcheng a lesson."

"You bastard! We're here with so many people, so let him go for now. If he's alone someday, I'll beat him up." Ye Xunqing got very angry when he thought of this. "We played a trick on him last time, and he must be holding a grudge. We weren't home this time, so he deliberately picked on Xiao Yan."

Feng Jingheng nodded and said, "Well, next time I see him, I will definitely not let him go."

As the sun sets, the two men walk home carrying their belongings. Although they have gotten their belongings back, they are still holding a grudge.

When they came back, Ye Xunbai and Mo Yuyan were waiting for them at the door. Mo Yuyan had put some ointment on her face. The slap was so severe that it would probably take several days to heal.

"Brother..." Ye Xunbai ran over and hugged Ye Xunqing, "Are you okay?"

Ye Xunqing said, "No, my brother and Ah Heng are very powerful." After that, he looked at Mo Yuyan and said with a smile, "Xiaoyan, come here quickly, brother will help you get the money back."

Mo Yuyan burst into tears on the spot, "Brother... I'm sorry... I... I'm too weak..."

"Don't be sad, I don't mean to blame you." Ye Xunqing said gently: "Come and help me get my things."

Mo Yuyan trotted over to get the rice and flour. It was a bit heavy, and it took him some effort to carry it.

Ye Xunqing stretched his arms and said, "I've been busy all day and I'm hungry. Let's have pancakes tonight. Xiaobai, come and help me light the fire."

Ye Xunbai responded: "Yeah, I'm coming."

After Mo Yuyan put the rice and flour in the room, he also came over. He and Ye Xunbai sat together and stuffed wheat straw into the stove.

"Chen Jinhua isn't home." Feng Jingheng walked in. "Only Ye Laosi is sleeping in bed."

Ye Xunqing kneaded the dough and responded, "I can almost guess that. When gamblers come to ask for money, Chen Jinhua has no money to give them, so they must run away."

"Where could she go?" Feng Jingheng muttered to himself, "Did she go to her mother's house?"

"Almost." Ye Xunqing said, "But she will come back. In today's world, a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. Chen Jinhua's family will not tolerate the three of them living there eating and drinking with them."

Feng Jingheng sighed and said, "It's because we have no place to live. Next year, we will save more money, ask the village chief to buy a piece of land, build a new house, and move out."

"Building a house is not easy." Ye Xunqing said, "Not only does it require land, but it also requires wood, bricks and stones, and workers. It costs at least a dozen taels."

Feng Jingheng thought about the money he had, "It's always okay to save a little."

"As long as we have a place to live, that's enough." Ye Xunqing didn't ask for much at the moment. "I'll live in your house first, and we'll move out when we have money."

Feng Jingheng agreed.

"It's just that I can't go to Liujia Village to sell fried dough sticks tomorrow." Ye Xunqing felt a little sorry for this market. He saw how the villagers in Liujia Village were dressed today. They were better dressed than those in Yejia Village and Wangjia Village, so they were relatively wealthy.

"Then make fried dough sticks at home tomorrow and sell them at the market the day after tomorrow," said Feng Jingheng.

Ye Xunqing nodded, "That's fine. Oh, by the way, go to my uncle's house tomorrow to see if they've slaughtered a pig. If they have, buy three or four pounds of pork ribs."

Feng Jingheng asked: "What are you buying that for? There's no meat."

Ye Xunqing smiled slightly and said, "Let's make something delicious tomorrow."

Spare ribs have more bones than meat, so most people won't buy them. Only those who can't afford too much meat but want to eat meat will buy spare ribs to make broth. They drink one piece of spare ribs and one bowl of soup just to taste the meat.

People must supplement protein, otherwise they will become as thin as a bamboo pole and have no strength. If you want to have the strength to work, you must not only eat enough food, but also eat more meat.

Ye Xunqing took the ribs in his hand, held a piece and looked at it for a long time before he realized that this thing with not much meat on it was actually ribs.

"My uncle is good at knife skills." Ye Xunqing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The ribs at this time are very different from those sold in modern supermarkets and wet markets. The ribs in wet markets and supermarkets are sold at 30 to 41 kilograms. In order to make more money, the vendors would cut the pork leg meat off and put it on the ribs. But the pork ribs at this time are different. There is not much meat. The butchers would like to use a brush to brush off all the pork bones and meat and sell them separately.

Seeing that Ye Xunqing was dissatisfied with the ribs, Feng Jingheng asked, "Ah Qing, is there something wrong with it?"

Ye Xunqing shook his head and said, "It's pretty good, pretty good." At least there is still some meat.

There are three ways to cook spare ribs: stewing them in soup, braising them, and salt and pepper spare ribs.

Pork ribs stewed in soup alone is boring, so Ye Xunqing likes to add some side dishes when stewing the ribs, usually winter melon, bean sprouts and tofu balls. Now the winter melon is not yet grown, so Ye Xunqing puts bean sprouts and tofu balls, both of which can be bought at tofu shops.

Braised spare ribs require a lot of skill and heat control, and frying sugar color is also a key. Ye Xunqing used to use a gas stove, which allowed him to control the heat, but now he uses an earthen stove, so it is difficult to control the sugar color.

"Make the fire smaller." Ye Xunqing ordered: "Take all the firewood and replace it with hay."

Upon hearing this, Feng Jingheng moved the large piece of firewood under the stove where the pork ribs were stewed.

Ye Xunqing held a large spoon in his hand and kept stirring the sugar water. Soon, the water boiled dry, leaving only the bubbling syrup. The syrup for braised pork ribs should be dark in color, otherwise the ribs will not be coated with sugar color. The ribs should be blanched in water first, drained and stir-fried until the oil is browned, then removed from the ribs and set aside.

Ye Xunbai and Mo Yuyan were watching from the side. They watched Ye Xunqing boil the water dry, then watched Ye Xunqing turn the water into dark sugar, and then put the ribs into the pot.

Cicadas are chirping in the trees, making such a noise that it gives people a headache.

It was very hot, so Feng Jingheng moved the table to the yard. Chen Jinhua, her mother and son were not at home, so he ate here today.

"Try it." Ye Xunqing brought all the ribs to the table and also added a cold cucumber dish to relieve the greasiness.

Mo Yuyan said, "Brother, the people in the room... I'll go deliver the food..."

Since Chen Jinhua was not around, there was no one to cook for Ye Laosi. Ye Xunqing didn't want him to starve to death, so he could only bring him food.

"Let Xiaobai take it." Ye Xunqing said calmly, "Sit down and eat."

Ye Xunqing only gave Ye Laosi two meals a day to ensure that he would not starve to death.

Ye Xunbai brought in a bowl of rice, but Ye Laosi refused to eat it. He knocked the bowl over and shouted, "I want to eat meat!"