A blessed wife leads her husband to wealth and prosperity!

The next morning, after breakfast, Lin He'er began making sesame paste eggs under the eager gaze of her mother-in-law, Liu.

Making sesame paste eggs is actually very simple. Besides the sesame oil residue I bought in town yesterday, all you need is salt and white wine. You have these ingredients at home.

At this moment, Lin He'er instructed her mother-in-law to take out all the eggs stored in the house, wash them clean, and after the surface of the eggshells was dried, wipe each one with white wine.

"He'er, why do we need to wipe the eggshell with wine?" Liu asked her daughter-in-law, holding an egg in her hand.

Mom, wiping these eggs with white wine will prevent them from spoiling easily. We need to seal and store these pickled things for over a month. Wiping the eggshells with wine is like putting a coat on them, preventing dirt from getting inside.

Lin He'er couldn't explain to her mother-in-law that this was to disinfect the eggshells and prevent the eggs from spoiling, so she could only describe it to her in plain language.

Liu: It takes so long to pickle!

Hmm, it won't taste good if the time is too short! I remember watching a live stream of someone making this in my past life, and they said it needs to be marinated for at least a month.

After the two of them wiped all the eggs with wine, Lin He'er took out a wooden basin from the kitchen, poured the sesame oil residue she had bought into the basin, added half a can of salt, and then used bamboo chopsticks to mix the two ingredients together in the basin. The seasoning for pickling the eggs was now complete.

When Liu watched her daughter-in-law take salt from the kitchen and pour half a jar into a basin, she felt as if another piece of her heart had been torn away. She wasn't usually a stingy person, but seeing her daughter-in-law use such ruthless methods with these things, and watching it, made her feel a pang of heartache!

Lin He'er was unaware that her extravagant actions had caused her mother-in-law discomfort several times in the past few days. She was placing eggs one by one into a basin. After all the eggs were in the basin and evenly coated with the oil residue, she scooped them out and placed them into a previously prepared, dry, and oil-free jar.

After filling all the jars with eggs and sealing them, Lin He'er silently noted the number of eggs. Liu Shi had accumulated quite a few eggs, filling two jars, a total of one hundred and sixty. It seemed she hadn't been able to bear eating the eggs laid by the chickens in the backyard; she'd saved them all!

Mom, now that the sesame paste and eggs are ready, let's put the jar in a well-ventilated place and take it out when the time comes.

Okay, this sesame paste egg dish isn't too difficult to make. I remember you said the other day that you also wanted to make some kind of preserved egg, right?

"Yes, it's preserved eggs. Shall we make them now?" Since breakfast, the two of them had been working on it non-stop in the yard, and Lin He'er was getting a little tired. But seeing that her mother-in-law was still very enthusiastic, she had no choice but to let her prepare the ingredients for making preserved eggs.

Making preserved eggs is much more complicated than making sesame paste eggs, and the ingredients are also harder to find.

"Mother, wash all the duck eggs and let them dry. I'm going back to my room to get some things." While her mother-in-law was washing the duck eggs, Lin He'er went back to her room to relax for a bit!

Back in the room, I saw Wen Yuning sitting at the table reading a book. The window was half open, and the sunlight coming in from outside fell on him, making his handsome face seem to be gilded.

Wen Yuning was engrossed in her book when she heard the door open. Without looking up, she assumed it was just a maid coming in to get something. But when the door opened, the person stood motionless in the doorway. Looking up, she saw the person staring directly at her!

What's wrong? What are you looking at? Is my face dirty? He touched his face as he spoke!

Ah, no! Lin He'er was a little embarrassed. She had been staring at someone so intently! And she'd been caught red-handed! Lust really can make people let their guard down!

"I'm coming in to get something, you can continue!" Lin He'er said, taking a small cloth bag from her dressing table and leaving.

Wen Yuning... is he infatuated with himself?

Lin He'er took her things and came out of the house, trying to hide the look of being caught red-handed, and looked into the yard.

By this time, Liu had already washed all the duck eggs clean and was wiping them with a cloth.

He'er, what else do we need to do after washing these duck eggs? Liu Shi was working hard at the moment, and as soon as she finished her work, she asked her daughter-in-law for help.

Mother, we need to get more wood ash from the stove. We'll need it to pickle the preserved eggs. Do we have any rice husks or chopped straw at home?

Yes, yes, we have all of these. I was thinking of using the rice husks we harvested in the summer to feed the chickens, so I put them all in bags. I'll go to the storeroom and get them for you!

Liu got up to get rice husks and wood ash.

Lin He'er's men were not idle either. They opened the cloth bag they had brought from the house, carefully poured the baking soda into the wooden basin, added some wine, and then, when Liu brought the wood ash, they mixed all three of them together in the basin.

He'er, is that all? Liu looked at the dark, muddy water in the basin and couldn't believe it. If she put the duck eggs in there to pickle, wouldn't they smell bad when she took them out?

No, Mother, we're still missing two things. Once the water boiled with quicklime and pine needles is poured into this basin, our ingredients for pickling preserved eggs will be complete.

Are you still missing something? There are some on the mountain behind the pine trees. You wait at home, and Mom will go and pick a basketful for you. Is that enough?

Lin He'er: Enough, enough!

I need to have your father ask Zhang the stonemason about quicklime. Liu got up, grabbed a basket, and prepared to go to the foot of the mountain to get some pine needles.

He'er, wait at home. I'm going now. After saying that, I rushed out the door.

Just as Liu stepped out the door, she saw her husband returning from the fields.

Honey, don't go home right now if you don't have anything to do. Go to Zhang the stonemason's house and get some quicklime!

When Wen Dazhuang heard his daughter-in-law's instructions, he was still a little confused. "We're not building a house, so why do we need lime?"

He'er will need those preserved eggs she pickled.

Wen Dazhuang heard from his wife that she had come up with a way to make money. The two of them had been busy since they left home this morning. They had finished looking after their fields and were still able to finish. This money-making job was quite troublesome.

"Alright, just wait and see! I'll go ask Zhang the stonemason." He then turned and walked towards the village.

After her mother-in-law left, Lin He'er had nothing to do for a while, so she got up and went to the kitchen to cook.

Upon entering the kitchen, Lin He'er looked for the food cabinet where the family kept vegetables and saw some wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms inside, which she guessed were leftovers from what she had brought to her family yesterday.

Soak the wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms in water. Today I'll make a mushroom and egg soup, and stir-fry wood ear mushrooms with pork belly.

A day later, there was still a bowl of boiled pork in the cupboard, presumably because Liu was reluctant to finish it all at once.

While the dried goods were soaking, Lin He'er planned to make some scallion pancakes as a staple food. She opened the jar and saw that there wasn't much flour left; it seemed she would have to use it sparingly!

He still remembered what Liu had said: all the remaining silver in his family had been invested in the business he had suggested.

Lin He'er only took out a scoop of white flour, and then took out two scoops of wheat flour from the bag containing mixed grain flour. She took some warm water to knead the dough and saved it, while the dried goods over there were almost soaked.

After rinsing and chopping the soaked wood ear mushrooms, Lin He'er went to the chicken coop in the backyard to try her luck and see if there were any eggs to collect, since Liu had taken all the eggs in the house to make sesame sauce eggs.

Lin He'er opened the chicken coop, bent down, and touched each hen in the nest with her hands. Luckily, she found two eggs.

Good, the eggs for the mushroom and egg soup are ready. But looking at the eggs in her hand, Lin He'er noticed that the shells seemed a bit thin. She had noticed this afternoon when washing the eggs that the chickens had laid that all had thin shells! This must be because these chickens are deficient in calcium and phosphorus.

If hens are deficient in these trace elements for a long period, it will affect their egg production rate. No wonder Ms. Liu said that these chickens weren't laying many eggs. It seems that I'll have to adjust the diet of my chickens and ducks later.

After taking the eggs, Lin He'er returned to the kitchen and quickly prepared lunch.