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

After Chen Changjiang sent Mr. Ma back, Qing Ning called all the family members over.

Talking about future plans in detail, a dim oil lamp flickered, bringing only warmth.

"Everyone in the family is here, just tell me what's going on."

Seeing that everyone in the family was gathered, Old Mrs. Chen asked Qingning to talk about her future plans.

"Well, we went to the mountains these past few days and picked a lot of mushrooms. These mushrooms are in great demand on the market."

"Not to mention the wood ear mushrooms, you've all tasted bamboo fungus, shiitake mushrooms, and other things yourself. If you sell them, they're bound to be good."

"So, I thought we should pick more mushrooms while they are in full bloom. Farm work in the fields is not busy right now, so we can keep them for a while."

Qing Ning talked about her initial plan, but she didn't mention the subsequent plans for the time being.

"This is a good business. We have a lot of free time now. We can pick some mushrooms together and make a lot of money."

Tan thought this was feasible and would only take some effort and time.

I also made the worst-case scenario plan in my mind. Even if I can't sell it, it will be nice to eat it at home.

The others thought the same thing and had no objections.

"Father, you should continue to work and don't worry about the family matters."

"You guys take care of these things. I don't worry about them."

Father Chen naturally trusted them.

"Then let's go early tomorrow morning and bring back more."

When the younger ones heard about this plan, they were all excited and wanted to go immediately.

Qing Ning said, "Second brother and fourth brother, you should still go and herd cattle for the official every day. Even if you only earn two cents, it's still money."

Qingyu was somewhat reluctant, as he also wanted to pick more mushrooms and earn more money.

"Many people in the village are watching us herding cattle. Listen to Qing Ning. It only takes an hour or so. We can come back and help them."

After all, Qingwu is more stable and thinks more comprehensively than Qingyu.

"Well, I'll listen to you."

Qingyu was persuaded, and Qingning looked at the other people in the family.

"The brothers and sisters all know the technique of picking mushrooms. If you come across one you don't recognize, put it aside and bring it back to me so I can take a look."

"In addition to mushrooms, we also need to pick more spring bamboo shoots during this season, and also pick more tea leaves."

Qing Ning gave the orders, fearing that they would miss out on something good.

Seeing that they had all taken note, he continued.

"The Qingming Festival is just a few days away. Tomorrow, my elder sister and I will go pick some Artemisia annua. We will try to make some Qingtuan (green rice dumplings) to sell during the Qingming Festival."

Qingning's little face looks very childish, but what she says is convincing.

The whole family agrees with Qing Ning's idea and is very confident about it, especially since they have experienced it themselves in the past few days.

Therefore, I paid great attention to everything I said today and took notes carefully.

After arranging these things, I asked my family to go wash up and rest.

Qing Ning and Qing Zhu stayed behind to watch the fire. The mushrooms picked today had to be dried as soon as possible.

There is no way around it, there is really too much rain in spring, and it’s the right time, so how can I not pay attention?

Qing Ning was woken up while she was dazed, and when she asked the time, it was already the hour of Yin.

"Still confused?"

Qingzhu's face enlarged in front of her eyes, staring at her with a smile.

"I touched the oven, and it seems dry. Go and have a look. If it's usable, we'll put these mushrooms in and bake them."

When Qing Ning heard that the stove was dry, he immediately slapped his face a few times to wake himself up.

I touched the oven inside and out and found that it was indeed dried thoroughly.

He added a lot of firewood into the stove to raise the temperature.

While waiting for the temperature to rise, place the mushrooms neatly on the bamboo sieve along with the green bamboo.

I estimated the temperature inside the furnace with my wrist. When it was about 40 degrees, I put the mushrooms in.

Then I moved the firewood to slowly raise the temperature to 50 degrees. Without a thermometer, I could only estimate the temperature by hand.

Then try to maintain this oven temperature for about two hours. After two hours, lower the temperature to 40°C and continue baking for about another hour.

Qing Ning had no idea, so she could only rely on constant estimation, adding firewood and removing firewood. Whether she could succeed depended on whether God would bless her.

By the time the two of them were busy, it was already dawn. The family had some hot soup early and went back to work.

Seeing that she was too busy to spare time, Qingke called Qingzhu and the other one to go pick wormwood.

There were two full baskets of wormwood. After I came back to wash and remove impurities, I blanched the wormwood leaves in boiling water, but there wasn't much left.

"Make some first and go to town tomorrow to test the market."

Besides, there is not much glutinous rice flour at home.

"Got it, what should we do now?"

Qingke asked.

Qing Ning told her the steps orally, but she let him do it without any instruction.

"Chop the mugwort leaves into small pieces (the finer the better) and set aside. Mix the glutinous rice flour and rice flour, then add an appropriate amount of warm water and stir until it forms a dough."

"Then add the chopped mugwort leaves and continue kneading into a smooth dough. Cover it with linen cloth and let it rise for a while."

"We also need to prepare the filling, which is brown sugar peanuts. The peanuts need to be roasted, peeled, and crushed in a stone mortar until they are finely ground, then mixed with the sugar."

"After the dough has risen, cut it into small pieces, roll them into balls, flatten them, fill them with fillings, seal them, and shape them into nice shapes."

“When steaming, place fresh leaves on the steamer and apply a light layer of oil to prevent sticking.”

Qing Ning was talking while Qing Ke prepared the food according to the instructions.

The hands were really skillful. Qing Ning asked if he could make some different shapes. Then, like magic, he made five or six different kinds of Artemisia balls.

It was so lifelike that Qing Ning was reluctant to sell it.

"Sister, how did you get such long hands? How can you do it so beautifully?"

Qing Ning held her hand and looked at it left and right, reluctant to let it go.

The two sisters were amused by her appearance and said, "If you want to learn, I can teach you."

"No, no, no, I won't learn. I'll waste everything when I make noodles."

Qing Ninghuo shook his head repeatedly as if he had heard a ghost story.

By the time the barley and mugwort balls are ready, the mushrooms are almost done baking.

When she opened the stove and took a look, she seemed to be quite lucky.

Put away this pot of mushrooms and continue to cook.

The family had already sent back a batch, and the two continued to work on baking mushrooms.

"Second sister, little sister, how do you like this mugwort ball?"

The first basket of barley balls came out of the pot, and I quickly asked them to try it.

The three of them were reluctant to eat more, so they took a piece and broke it into three pieces, each taking a bite to taste it.

"Mm, it's delicious. The fragrance of wormwood and the aroma of peanuts are really delicious."

“Although there isn’t much sugar, it just adds some flavor, but overall it’s not bad.”

"Well, this tastes really unique. I wonder if those rich families like it."

The three sisters all thought the food tasted good, but they were not sure about the taste of the rich family.

"It's not that simple. When Mr. Ma comes over, let him try it and he'll know."

They don’t know the tastes of rich families, but there are people here who have seen the world and tasted good food.

As for mushroom picking, we also had a good harvest. This was our second trip.

The three sisters were busy cleaning up the baked mushrooms and preparing lunch, and the place was full of enthusiasm.

"Dalang, come quickly."

Li suddenly shouted, attracting the others.

"What's wrong? The eldest daughter-in-law?"

Old Mrs. Chen hurriedly pulled Li up and down to look around, fearing that she had been bitten by some poisonous insect.

"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry. Look at this dead tree. Is that the fungus?"

Li pointed to a large dead tree in front of them. Everyone looked up and saw that it was wood ear mushrooms, and there were quite a lot of them.

Several people were also excited and picked all the fungus in no time.

"Grandma, you guys continue to watch in the woods. The four of us will go to the mountain to take a look."

After Qingsong finished speaking, he took his three younger brothers to the other side of the mountain.

"Be careful, there are poisonous insects, knock and walk slowly."

Old Mrs. Chen was worried and kept reminding them to be careful.

"Got it, grandma. We'll go up from the path. Don't worry, we have sickles and sticks in our hands."

Qingsong turned around and responded to Old Lady Chen, and the four of them continued to move forward.

"We just hope we can pick up another chicken."

Qingbai looked around as he walked; he hadn't eaten enough meat.

"Oh, is that pheasant stupid? It stays here every day waiting for people to pick it up? Last time, my little sister and her friends were lucky. They dreamed all day long."

Qingsong laughed, thinking that his younger brother was really dreaming.

"What if, what if I'm lucky?"

Qingbai grumbled unconvincedly

"Yes, if we are lucky enough and Third Brother finds it, we will have meat to eat again."

Qingyu also had some anticipation in her heart. What if? Hey, just thinking about it made her happy.

Qingsong and Qingwu looked at the two of them. Although they knew the possibility was slim, they still agreed with the words.

"That's right. If we're lucky enough to come across another one, we'll have another treat."

The four of them chatted and laughed along the way, and it was very lively as they walked.