Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Wenfang had just returned home when it started raining again. With only a few days left until the market day, the intermittent rain made it difficult for her to process the herbs; the moisture content was too high, and she feared she wouldn't have enough firewood. Although Chen Wenfang had been cutting and storing firewood every few days, she had been processing herbs almost daily recently, and her firewood reserves were still insufficient.

It seems there's no time to prepare the herbs for the market, but I promised to bring some new food for Young Master Ouyang. What should I make? There's not much at home, just peanuts. Maybe I should make some multi-flavored peanuts. Chen Wenfang decided.

The day before the market day, taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't raining, Chen Wenfang took Chen Xuanyu to Aunt Liu's house and bought three jin of peanuts. Aunt Liu didn't ask any questions and just said that Chen Wenfang wanted to eat them, selling them to her for twenty-one jin. She even gave her an extra half jin.

Chen Wenfang returned home and began shelling peanuts. The two of them sat around the table shelling peanuts, and the rain started to fall again.

"Xuanzai, Xuanzai, I've come to play with you..." Before even seeing anyone, Shi Tou's voice could be heard from afar.

Stone and Dazhuang came to play despite the rain, each carrying a cloth bag.

With two more able-bodied members, Chen Wenfang asked them to help peel peanuts. Chen Xuanyu was very excited; he was happy to have more people around.

"Brother Stone, what's in your bag?" While asking Stone, she also took the opportunity to greet him, "Hello, Brother Dazhuang."

"My mother asked me to bring these peanuts to Sister-in-law Chen." Shi Tou handed the bag to Chen Wenfang. It weighed about half a jin (250 grams). Chen Wenfang sighed. Aunt Liu was worried that Chen Wenfang would have to treat the two children to peanuts when they came over, so she gave her an extra bag. She really didn't want Chen Wenfang to suffer any loss.

Dazhuang was relatively quiet and just kept peeling peanuts, but Shitou became more talkative. "Sister-in-law Chen, are we going to finish peeling these? Why are we peeling so many?" He then turned to Chen Xuanyu and said, "Xuanzi, I have a very pretty stone. Do you want to take a look?"

Before Chen Wenfang could answer, Chen Xuanyu responded enthusiastically, "Yes, yes, did you bring it?"

Shi Tou enthusiastically recommended it, saying, "I brought it! Look..." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a black and white stone. As expected of Shi Tou, the stone he chose was quite beautiful.

Chen Xuanyu responded loudly with perfect emotional value, "Wow, it looks so good, like a zebra's skin."

Chen Wenfang had given up answering, but Shi Tou was even more curious and asked, "What kind of horse is a zebra? I've never heard of such a thing. Is it made entirely of stone?"

Chen Xuanyu said, "It's not a stone, it's just that its skin has stripes of white and black."

“I saw a nobleman riding a horse at the market. It was black and very big, as big as my house. Are zebras that big?” Stone asked curiously.

Dazhuang, being older and more sensible, couldn't help but correct him, "It's not as big as a house, it's just bigger and sturdier than a regular mule."

Chen Xuanyu had never seen a mule before, so he asked curiously, "What is a mule? What does it look like? Can you ride one?"

Seeing that Chen Xuanyu also had something he had never seen before, Shi Tou said happily, "I've seen it before. It's not very big. My dad should be able to ride it. My brother can too, but you're too small to ride it."

Chen Xuanyu retorted, "I used to ride a horse in the park, why can't I? I'll buy a horse to ride when I have money."

Stone retorted, "Xuanzi has ridden a horse, but I've never." He said, "What's so special about buying a horse to ride? When I grow up, I'm going to be a general, and I can ride a horse to kill bad guys."

The two started arguing. Chen Xuanyu said, "I can be a general too. I'm good at both literature and martial arts. I'll buy my mother a ship then." As he spoke, he said to Chen Wenfang in a coquettish tone, "Mother, am I very amazing?"

Chen Wenfang said with a smile, "Yes, you're very capable."

Shi Tou looked at it, then turned to his brother and said, "I can do it too, right, brother?" His pleading eyes seemed to say, "You have to say I'm amazing."

Dazhuang mimicked Chen Wenfang's tone and said, "Yes, you're very capable too." Shi Tou looked at Chen Wenxuan with satisfaction, meaning that just as you have your mother's praise, I also have my brother's praise.

Chen Wenfang said with a smile, "You guys are all amazing. Heroes, hurry up and help me finish peeling them. Auntie is going to cook something delicious."

"Okay!" The three little ones cheered together. Chen Wenfang was a good cook and patient, and everything she made was especially delicious. Shi Tou often came over, and Da Zhuang, influenced by her, would occasionally come over to freeload some food.

"Then you guys peel the peanuts, I'll go prepare something first." Chen Wenfang planned to fry a layered pancake for the children.

I went to the vegetable garden and cut some scallions. With the recent rains, the vegetables have grown like crazy. The melons and fruits are also starting to climb and bloom; it's a vibrant and delightful scene.

Upon arriving in the kitchen, Chen Wenfang added the starter dough to the cornmeal and flour. She liked combining the two, feeling it made the dough more chewy. After adding the starter dough, she cut off a large piece and put the rest back in as a starter. She covered it with a damp cloth and let the dough rise for a while.

Chop the scallions. Chen Wenfang first makes the oil paste. The oil paste is very simple: add flour, salt, and hot oil to a small bowl, stir well, and then add the chopped scallions.

Place the rested dough on a floured work surface, divide the dough in half, cut it into small pieces, roll each piece into a long strip, roll it out into a long strip with a rolling pin, brush it with oil paste, and then roll it up.