The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

"Auntie, let's go make dumplings."

Once they see the pig lively and energetic tomorrow, they'll know the mushrooms are edible. She's decided: if they're edible, she'll buy some. If there's a lot, she'll sell it to a restaurant; if not, she'll keep it all for herself.

With such a long winter, it's good to have more dishes to change things up.

“Your mother is already washing the shepherd’s purse. Let’s go to the kitchen now. You knead the dough, and I’ll chop the meat. If you’re quick, we can have dumplings for lunch.”

"to make."

Song Feng came home a little late today!

Song Feng didn't get home until they had made several trays of dumplings.

"Brother Feng, why are you back so late today?"

"The shopkeeper said there was a shop for rent not far from the restaurant, and he took me to see it."

Su looked at him in confusion: "Why rent a shop now? We don't sell cold noodles until summer, it's so early." It's still more than two months before it gets hot, renting now means paying two more months' rent, it's not worth it.

“Mom, if we wait until we sell to rent, we might not be able to find a suitable place. Besides, if we rent a shop now, we'll have to tidy it up. Actually, now is the perfect time to rent.”

Really? Does it take this long to clean up? Zhao didn't understand. How big could a shop be? Couldn't it be cleaned up in two days?

She didn't understand what was going on outside, so she let them do whatever they wanted.

How was the shop rented?

"You have to rent it for a year at a time, and it costs one and a half taels of silver a year. The main reason is that the location is good, even though the shop is not very big."

So expensive!

She thought she'd only get a tael or two at most.

What do you think?

"Shall I take you to see a doctor tomorrow? Mother will go too; she needs a follow-up appointment, and you should go to have your pulse checked again as well."

Fang Xiaoning nodded. She really should go for a prenatal checkup; even just having her pulse checked was better than nothing. She also wanted to see how to renovate the shop.

"Where is the Master? Have you found him yet?"

"Not yet, I've already asked someone to help me find out."

Good teachers are hard to find; it also depends on fate.

"No rush, the house won't be built until the day after tomorrow anyway. Go wash your hands, we'll cook the dumplings."

"You're making dumplings?"

Song Feng then noticed the plump dumplings on the curtain.

"It's filled with shepherd's purse and meat. We went to the back mountain to dig up some shepherd's purse today, and we also made a cold toon salad."

"These are all my favorite foods, I'm in for a treat at lunchtime!"

Song Xiaogu joked, "Is there anything Xiaoning makes that you don't like?"

Song Feng scratched his head, a little embarrassed. His wife's cooking skills were really great; nothing tasted bad after she cooked it.

How many children are there?

"They're playing inside. If you're free this afternoon, take them to the back hill for a while. Staying cooped up at home all the time isn't good." There's practically no one around on this back hill, so they're not worried. Besides, Old Man Song already knew his aunt's family was staying with them, but he never bothered. Because on their first day back, Aunt Song went to the old house and asked the old man if she could stay there and take care of the three of them. She'd do all the work; the children wouldn't have to, as long as they were fed and clothed, they wouldn't need wages. Or they could stay with us, and we'd take care of them.

The result was obvious: the old man was unwilling to support three burdens.

"Okay, I'll take them to the bamboo forest this afternoon."

"What's so fun about the bamboo forest? The path is difficult to walk on, so just wander around the back mountain."

Zhao was worried about them going far away; two of the three children were sick, so it was always good to be extra careful.

"Brother Feng, are there bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest now?"

"Yes, if you want some, I'll go dig some up." The bamboo shoots from the hill behind their house taste pretty good. Because their family is poor, they go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots every year.

"Sure, bamboo shoot stir-fried with eggs and bamboo shoot stewed with pork ribs are both delicious."

"Yeah, you can only eat it during this period. If it's out of season, you won't be able to eat it anymore."

"Dig up more and pickle them to eat. Pickled bamboo shoots are delicious too. Add some chili peppers and we'll put them in the cellar and eat them slowly."

Song Feng made the decision, "I'll take them to dig for bamboo shoots this afternoon."

Knowing that her mother-in-law was unhappy about her brother-in-law walking through the bamboo forest, she said, "The bamboo forest is not easy to walk through. Why don't you take them to dig for shepherd's purse this afternoon? We'll make shepherd's purse buns for tomorrow. Also, look for other wild vegetables and dig some up too."

Eating wild vegetables is great; they're healthy and nutritious.

In modern times, the poor eat meat, while the rich eat vegetables. The poor are all overweight and bloated, while the rich pursue health and maintain slender figures. Who would believe it if you told them? It's completely reversed.

However, the vegetables and meats in ancient times were also healthy, with no artificial ingredients at all; they were all purely natural and not much different from wild ones.