Traveling through the farm, I just want to earn money by farming

For the first time, these wealthy young men experienced what hardship was like. They rushed here non-stop, and before they had a chance to rest, they were driven to work in the fields. When night finally came, they thought they could get an early night, but they were wrong. Even the nights in the capital were not this lively.

Several people were so tired that they really didn't want to move, but they didn't dare to go back to rest, so they had to sit down and help with some things, which was fortunately not too strenuous.

"These clay pots must be cleaned thoroughly, sterilized with boiling water and white wine, and then allowed to dry before making fresh fruit syrup." Qing Ning instructed them to work carefully.

I am busy making braised food during the day, so I can only make the sweet soup, salted duck eggs and preserved eggs at night.

The boys were so tired that they couldn't even lift their hands, and they felt a little dissatisfied when they heard Qingning's instructions.

"This little girl is talking without any pain in her waist while standing, and she even orders us to work. Can't she see that I'm tired after a whole day?" Yu Erlang only dared to whisper to Guo Erlang, and Guo Erlang agreed very much.

The others listened to the two people's complaints without saying much and just focused on the work in their hands.

"We collected about 200 duck eggs. Fifty of them were made into salted duck eggs, fifty of them were made into five-spice eggs, and about a hundred of them were made into stone eggs." Qing Ning and the others wiped the duck eggs collected today with dry cloth and divided them up.

"Where's Granny Wang? Her hands are fragrant, and the pickled things don't spoil easily. Let her do it." To be honest, there's something mysterious about pickling things.

For some reason, even though some people follow the recipe step by step, the food they make ends up spoiling and smelling bad easily.

"I'm here. Tell me how to pickle the duck eggs and I'll do it." Granny Wang has been so energetic since she got this job.

Qing Ning smiled and said, "For these fifty, we'll use the white wine pickling method: dip the washed and dried duck eggs in white wine, roll them in fine salt, and seal them in a clay pot for about 30 days. I'll prepare the ingredients for the five-spice and cook them. After they cool, soak them in a sealed pot for about 40 days."

"You finish it, I'll go boil some water." Tan got up and went to the kitchen.

"Little sister, I have got the quicklime. What should we do next?" Chen Qingsong scooped a basket of quicklime and waited for arrangements.

"Burn some wood ash." Qing Ning arranged the next step.

After preparing everything as required, Qing Ning began to process it according to the instructions.

"Little sister, you said I should do it. This quicklime can easily hurt people." Chen Qingsong took the thing and asked Qingning to stand next to it, fearing that the boiling lime would hurt her.

Qing Ning obediently stood aside and dictated the instructions: "Pour in the cooked cypress brine and tea leaves, and mix them evenly with the quicklime, wood ash, and salt. Be careful, big brother, you only need this much quicklime. Rub the wood ash into a fine powder before mixing."

"Yes, this viscosity is about right. Put the duck eggs in one by one and coat them evenly. Be careful not to use your hands, use chopsticks instead." Qingning said as she reminded her eldest brother to be careful.

"Be careful. After wrapping it, roll it on this dry ash and put it in this jar." Qingsong wrapped them carefully one by one according to Qingning's request.

When the last one was finished and placed in the jar, Qingsong breathed a sigh of relief. Alas, this was not easy!

"Little sister, everything is done. What should I do now?"

"Seal the jar tightly and put it in the storehouse until it is ready to be eaten."

Qingning controls all the steps of eating and watches them carefully.

"What do you think this little girl is messing around with? How can this be delicious with all the lime and wood ash?" Guo Erlang looked at the pile of black stuff with disgust.

"I don't know, but I'm quite looking forward to it. I heard from the villagers that the food this little girl cooks is delicious. Even the royal merchant Xu family does business with her." Yu Erlang is more looking forward to it now.

Seeing that Yu Er was not on his side, Guo Erlang looked at the others, but they just smiled and didn't reply.

Seeing this, Guo Erlang was a little surprised: "It must not taste good if it's cooked like this. I advise you not to eat it, so as not to get an upset stomach."

"Second brother Guo, you must remember what you said!" The sudden voice scared Guo Erlang and he almost broke the jar in his hand.

When he looked up, the little girl stared at him with her round eyes and smiled.

Guo Erlang was slightly embarrassed, feeling uncomfortable about being caught talking behind his back. After thinking for a moment, he decided he couldn't embarrass himself in front of a five-year-old girl, so he stiffened his neck and said, "Humph, I definitely remember."

Qing Ning raised her eyebrows at him, turned around and walked away proudly. The bickering between the two of them actually eased everyone's mood.

"There are few idle people in the countryside in April. After finishing sericulture, they start planting in the fields." - Weng Juan, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, in "April in the Countryside"

This courtyard is filled with the fragrance of fruits and the purifying of the filth; that courtyard is filled with the aroma of sweet cakes and the air is filled with warm steam; and there is also the white-haired old man, dancing with a dragon vine in his hand, with natural skill.

They worked until the moon was at its highest point in the sky, then they stopped working and went to sleep.

Before dawn in the morning, dogs barked and chickens crowed. The hardworking villagers went to the fields early and started working.

"Hurry up and get up. The Chen brothers and sisters are already here. Why are you still so lazy?" Old Master Yu roared, startling everyone in the room.

Several people looked aggrieved, regretting why they had come here to suffer. The servants they brought with them were arranged by Old Master Yu in another thatched hut, and they were not allowed to serve the young master. For a while, several people were a little uncomfortable.

Meng Jinhuai was the youngest among them. He was only dazed for a moment, then got dressed and got up on his own. When he went out of the house, he saw that the Chen brothers and sisters had arrived and greeted each other.

The others also got up one after another, looking listless. They said hello and went to wash up. After breakfast, they were dragged by Yu Qi to practice martial arts together. After the practice, Yu Wu gave them a lesson in cloth making.

After half a day, they felt the urge to run away. They really shouldn't have come. What a hard life it was, working, practicing martial arts, and going to school, with no time to rest all day. This was not the life they imagined!

When Mr. Yu saw how they looked, he became a little angry.

"The Chen brothers and sisters are younger than you. Look at Qing Ning, Qing Zhu, and Qing Ke. Although they are women, they do less than you. They don't feel tired or hard, and they study hard every day. What about you? You have suffered so much and you are like this after just one day. If that's the case, you should go back and don't come here again in the future."

Seeing that Old Man Yu seemed really angry, several people quickly said, "Grandfather, please don't be angry. We just can't adapt for the time being, not that we can't endure the hardship."

"I hope so. As a descendant of the Yu family, if you can't endure this little hardship, then don't call yourself Yu anymore, or you'll embarrass me. And you two, since you've come along, just do the same as them. If you can't handle it, go back."

Old Master Yu looked at these children seriously. They were really used to a life of luxury.

When Guo Xinjun and Guo Xinming heard this, they immediately turned around and said, "Grandfather Yu, we can bear it."

Mr. Yu said nothing more, and just said, "Let's go eat, and then go to work."