Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Chapter 124: Clearing the Land and Planting Fruit Trees

When the mother and daughter returned home, it was not yet dark, so Liu Yuhan ran to help her aunt cook.

"You can take a rest, Xiaohan. We will cook."

"Auntie, it's rare for me to have time to stay home. I'll cook. Auntie, have Xiao Si and Xiao Wu been well behaved today? Their clothes must have gotten wet."

"Haha, you guessed it right. Their clothes are all wet. They played by the river too late and your grandma chased them back with a stick. Now they are all going to take a shower and change clothes."

"Huo Nan seems to have fallen into the water and is wet all over. So is Huo Jiu. Your grandma can't say anything to them, so tell them to take a bath quickly." Li lowered her voice and said to Liu Yuhan.

"Well, this kid is naughty."

"Here, these are the small fish they caught. They've been cleaned. I was just thinking about how to cook them."

"Auntie, let me make it. This little river fish tastes good when fried in flour."

Liu Yuhan secretly took starch from the space, poured it into the processed fish, beat an egg in it, added a little chicken essence, a little salt, a little pepper, and dripped a little wild ginger juice in, and mixed them all together.

Heat the oil in a pan, add plenty of oil, and fry slowly over low heat. After a while, the aroma of the fish will waft out, attracting these naughty little ones who have just finished taking a bath.

"Wow, sister, it smells so good! These are the fish we caught together. Brother Huo Nan and Brother Huo Jiu caught the most. We also picked up wild duck eggs from the reeds by the river. Do you want to fry them?"

"Okay, let's fry the wild duck eggs too. Stand further away so the oil doesn't splash on you. And focus on going to school tomorrow."

"I know, sister. I'm studying hard. I always get A's in my homework. The teacher even praises me for learning quickly. Unlike Xiaowu, who always falls asleep in class and is punished by the teacher by standing."

"What? Xiaowu is so lazy in studying."

"Sister, please keep your voice down. Xiao Si, please don't talk nonsense. I was just too sleepy that day and dozed off, and the teacher accidentally found me."

"Hehe... is that so?"

"Sister, I will study hard and learn to read. Please don't tell mom and dad. Xiao Si, you too, I promised not to tell anyone, so I won't pay any attention to you." Xiao Wu turned around angrily.

"You don't study hard, and you think you're right? Don't do it again, okay? And don't get into trouble with Xiao Si."

"Xiao Wu, I accidentally let something slip to my sister just now. I will definitely not tell you next time. Don't be angry. I cooked delicious food, and it won't taste good when you're angry."

"I'm not angry, I enjoy eating."

"Come here, you two. Here are two fried fish. Try them."

"Wow, it's so fragrant and crispy. Sister, you can eat it too."

"You guys eat, I'll eat later. Go out and see if Brother Huo Nan has finished washing. This is the ginger soup that Auntie made. Each of you should drink a bowl."

"Oh, we know."

After frying the fish, there are two large bowls full of it.

Beat the more than 10 wild duck eggs they picked up, pour in the chopped chives, add a little starch salt and chicken essence, stir quickly, put a little more oil in the pan, and fry the duck eggs until both sides are golden brown.

Then take out the pork belly that is almost done stewing in the other pot, stir-fry some vegetables and bamboo shoots, and add the hen, red dates and wolfberry soup that Auntie had cooked long ago, and tonight's dinner is ready.

The children's mouths were full of oil. The fried river fish and wild duck eggs and the braised pork were very popular and they finished two large bowls.

Xiaowu was still shouting that he would go catch it next time he had a day off, but Old Lady Jiang chased him and beat him in the yard with a broom.

"Xiao Han, we asked the men we brought back yesterday to clear the hills we bought and cut a lot of firewood."

"These people are very conscientious and hardworking, worthy of being former soldiers."

"Xiaohan, what are you going to plant in the wasteland?"

"Dad, autumn is a good time to plant fruit trees. Let's clear the land and plant some. We can plant citrus trees, pear trees, jujube trees, and longan trees."

"That's great. As long as this hilltop is not barren, we can plant anything." Liu Daling said.

"Grandpa, we can grow fruits not only for our own consumption but also for sale. I heard from Brother Huo Dong that the climate here is very suitable for growing these fruits. Let's try growing some too."

"Okay, it's up to you guys to decide."

"Xiao Han, I'll take those girls to the workshop today to grind the herbs you need for the facial mask. Go and see if it works tomorrow. If not, we'll grind them again. Most of these girls are quite skillful at their work, but..."

"Auntie, please speak frankly."

"It's this Miss Wuyou. Her body and hands don't seem to be up to the task, so I asked her to help pick up the herbs."

"Okay, Auntie, I understand."

"Su Zi and Su Mu know the medicinal herbs. I asked them to help sort them."

"Okay, Auntie, from now on, you can ask those two girls to help you manage the business."

"Miss Qingdai is not bad either. She is always smiling. She and a few other girls prepared their meals together, and they were cooked very well."

"Oh, then I have to try her cooking someday. She said she's good at cooking and can make dim sum. I'll learn how to make dim sum from her someday."

"Young lady, if you want some snacks, I can make them too. I can make hazelnut cake and osmanthus cake. Even the old lady praised their taste."

"Wow, Grandma Qin, I want to eat and I want to learn. You have to teach me." Liu Yao acted coquettishly towards Grandma Qin.

"Okay. As long as you can learn the rules well, Grandma Qin will teach you how to make snacks if you want."

Liu Yao had a bitter face and everyone was amused by her.

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Liu Yuhan then entered the space to harvest. Fortunately, she had eaten more at night, and fortunately there was food and drink in the space that could be replenished in time, otherwise she would have been really exhausted.

The rice harvester can help harvest rice, but you have to move and lift it yourself.

After being busy for nearly two hours, I washed up in the space, set the alarm, and went to sleep in the space. I can sleep longer in the space.

The next day, Liu Yuhan woke up early and went to the facial mask workshop after breakfast to see how they ground the medicinal materials. Well, they were ground very finely.

These medicinal herbs are not enough, and a batch needs to be imported from the county town. Fortunately, these medicinal herbs are being planted in her space, and some of them can be picked in a while.

Liu Yuhan went to look for Wuyou. It was a difficult situation for her. This beautiful lady, with her delicate, playing hands, looked out of place among them, even though they were wearing similar clothes. This job really wasn't for her. It was better to take her away first.

I talked to the village chief who was guarding the soap workshop and asked him to find a few more people to install four more stoves in the spare room.

I called my grandmother and asked her to pick up more honey and flowers, especially honey, which is used in soap and face masks. The soap factory might need to expand production, and I'm worried that they might run out of materials, so I'm stocking up before the busy farming season.

She decided not to go to the mountain. He believed that these retired soldiers would work hard. Look at these dishes and dishcloths, they were wiped clean.

And the firewood that was chopped was all neatly stacked, as if someone had obsessive-compulsive disorder. A person's attitude towards work can be seen from the details.

Liu Yuhan and her mother drove a horse-drawn carriage with Wuyou and her luggage in it. They first rushed to the county town and placed Wuyou in a shop and asked Baizhi and others to teach her how to sell goods.

The mother and daughter first went to a folk kiln in the county town to customize some small porcelain bottles with lids to store Chinese herbal facial masks, and ordered 1000 bottles first.

Passing by a ready-made clothing store, I didn't customize my work clothes in advance. Instead, I bought eight sets of clothes with a little more texture that were suitable for this season and were better to wear. This is the face and signboard of a store.

Except for Banxia who was taller, the body shapes of the others were similar to Liu Yuhan. The mother and daughter bought them after selecting them. Ready-made clothes were more expensive, and they spent eight taels of silver on eight sets of clothes.