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Chapter 9: How to Make Money
Wen Nuan was returned to her original location by the big bad wolf.
At this time, Wen Ran was already looking for her everywhere. She was so anxious that she burst into tears and shouted: "Third Sister! Third Sister! Where are you?"
Wen Nuan immediately responded loudly: "Sister Ran, I am here! The place where I first saw the pheasant!"
Wen Ran heard it, quickly turned around and ran back, and shouted loudly, "Sister, stay there and don’t move, I’ll be right there!"
Wen Nuan came down from the wolf's back, and said to the big bad wolf: "You go back! Don't scare my sister anymore."
The big bad wolf nodded, turned around and ran away.
It’s just that it didn’t leave, but hid not far away to guard Wen Nuan.
Although there are no beasts around here, there are sometimes stupid wild boars who are not afraid of death.
Wen Ran came back out of breath, eyes red, she had obviously cried, and she was still clutching a pheasant in her hand: "Sister, where did you go? You scared me to death. I thought you jumped off the cliff!"
Then she won’t want to live anymore!
Wen Nuan felt guilty: "Sorry, I saw another pheasant and chased it to the foot of the mountain. Why would I think about jumping off a cliff?"
Wen Ran realized that in addition to a hare, Wen Nuan also had an extra pheasant in her hands.
'Didn't you think about it before?' Wen Ran thought, then immediately stopped herself from saying it. "Sister, next time you see a pheasant, don't chase it yourself, let me know! If the pheasant runs into the mountains, it will be troublesome!"
"I know, I just happened to see it run to the foot of the mountain, so I chased after it. But Sister, don't worry, Third Sister will not be stupid and commit suicide in the future. Now my health is better, I want to let my father, my mother, and you have a good life." Wen Nuan said solemnly.
Have to guarantee, otherwise the family is always worried that she will commit suicide. What should I do if Sister Ran guards against her?!
Wen Ran looked at her, a little in disbelief: "Really, you won't misjudge it anymore?"
"I swear!" Wen Nuan raised her hand.
Wen Ran immediately pulled her hand down: "What oath Third Sister swears, I believe it!"
Can vows be spoken randomly? Might as well swear to only eat wild vegetables!
"Okay, let's go home. It's late. Grandma will be miserable if she gets home and doesn't see us!" Wen Nuan said.
"You know it's miserable then!" Wen Ran replied in an angry tone.
Wen Nuan rubbed her nose sheepishly and did not reply.
So the two went down the mountain.
There is a small river at the foot of the mountain. The water is very clear and some small fish swim by. This river is the place where the original owner committed suicide by jumping into the water.
Wen Nuan saw many snails in the river.
Only then did she think that people in this village would never think to eat snails.
It’s not long until the Mid-Autumn Festival. That is when there are no small snails in the stomach of big snails, so their meat is very plump and juicy.
Wen Nuan held back Wen Ran, and pointed to the snails in the river: "Sister Ran, let's gather some snails and eat them after frying."
"Snails? Are you talking about this snail?" Wen Ran looked disgusted, and shook her head: "This thing is very dirty, it's muddy! You will have diarrhea after eating it."
Have to go to the doctor again for diarrhea. It’s not a good thing to lose money!
"Yes, these snails! I have a way to make it spit out the mud in its stomach. After the snails spit out the mud, they are delicious."
This thing is called a delicacy in various places.
"How do you know?" Wen Ran looked at Wen Nuan with a suspicious expression.
Third Sister spoke as if she had eaten it before!
Wen Nuan: “…”
Can you not look at her like this?
Wen Nuan coughed, pretending to be mysterious: "Sister Ran, I will tell you a secret, don't tell anyone else! When I fell into a coma for a few days, I had a long dream at that time. I dreamed of a place with many people. People there know a lot of things. I have learned a lot in my dreams and have many ways to make money. One of them is selling fried snails and snail noodles to make money. I don’t know if this dream is true, so I want to try. If it is true, then we will soon be able to make a lot of money and live a good life."
"All dreams are fake." Wen Ran almost rolled her eyes, she thought it was a secret!
Isn't it just a dream?!
"I think it’s true, it’s really true! I want to try it. If it’s false, then forget it, but if it’s true? Then our family can make a lot of money, build a big house, buy land, and open shops. Our older brothers can go to school, earn Guangzong Yaozu. Elder Sister and Second Sister, we can bring them home.
Wen Nuan's words touched Wen Ran's heart, and she also wants to make money.
She glanced at the snails all over the shallow river bottom. It didn’t matter if they just tried it anyway!
"Well, let's gather some snails and try it back home. Anyway, we don't need money."
Wen Nuan smiled: "Yes, we don't need money for these snails anyway, so let's gather more!"
Wen Nuan bent down and rolled up her trousers.
"Hey, Third Sister, don't go down to the river! I'll do it!" Wen Ran threw the pheasant in her hands onto the riverbank, skillfully rolled up her trouser legs, kicked off the worn shoes that had holes in them, and went down to the river to gather snails.
"Okay." After all, Wen Nuan thought, there are many snails by the riverbank, which can be gathered easily.
She won't have to go down the deeper end of the river.
"I'll find two leaves to carry them." Wen Nuan walked to the foot of the mountain and picked two large round tree leaves to hold the snails.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Wen Ran gathered two packs of snails, and the two happily went home.
The big bad wolf watched them enter the house on the mountain, then turned around and went back.
The two returned home, but no one else has returned.
"Sister, how do we deal with these snails?"
Wen Nuan poured a basin of clean water, and soaked the snails that had already been cleaned of shell mud in the river water: "Just soak for a day and night, don't move them, it will vomit the mud in it's stomach."
Wen Nuan wanted to sprinkle some salt, but thought that salt is expensive and ancient river water is not polluted, just let this snail spit out the mud and you can eat it with confidence.
"Sister Ran, we will clean the pheasant and make chicken porridge. Today we will have delicious chicken porridge!"
"Okay, we will clean one, save the other and bring it to town to sell with the hare."
"If you don't sell it, you will eat it. If you sell it, you still have to buy meat! Might as well eat it ourselves."
Wen Ran though about it and agreed.
Now Third Sister is getting better because of eating minced meat porridge every day, and all the money her Grandpa gave is used to buy meat.
The two young children started boiling water to clean the game.
Both sisters know how to pluck feathers and clean pheasants, but the hares, they do not know how to skin them, so they set it aside and waited for Wen Jiarui to come back to deal with it.
A good hare fur can sell for twenty copper coins. Those hare furs that have been processed can even sell for fifty copper coins, but it also depends on the color of the coat.
One hour later, a pot of thick, smooth, mellow yet fragrant chicken porridge is ready.
Sprinkle some chopped green onions before eating, which not only improves the freshness but also makes the chicken porridge more fragrant and more beautiful.
"It smells good!" Wen Ran smelled the scent, looked at the porridge in the pot, her belly is screaming out in hunger.
Wen Nuan was hungry too, she glanced at the sun outside, the scorching sun was clear, it must be past noon: "Why haven't Grandma and Mother come back?"
At noon, Wen Jiarui and the two brothers did not come back for dinner, only Madam Wang and Madam Wu came back for dinner.
Early this morning, Madam Wang and Madam Wu went to the village next over to help Landlord Feng's house wash clothes.
"Today they are a little late, maybe there is more work! But they should be here soon. This situation sometimes happens.” Wen Ran said indifferently.
At this moment, a woman’s voice yelled from outside the courtyard: "Sister Ran, Sister Ran, are you at home? Open the door soon, the business at the landlord's house is not good!"
"Here!" Wen Ran ran to open the bamboo door in a fright.
Wen Nuan also stood up.
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