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Chapter 15: The Two Little Things
At dinner, the family happily gathered together to eat chicken porridge. The hare everyone was reluctant to eat. Wen Jiarui said that it could be kept until tomorrow, and then he would clean it up and salt it. Now the weather is cold and they are not afraid of spoiling.
Madam Wang talked about the matter of washing clothes at the landlord's house, and that they would no longer have this job, and then took the opportunity to talk about selling snails to make money.
They don’t a house and lands of their own, can't even eat a full meal, and they still want to redeem Wen Rou from being a child bride and pick up Wen Xin from working as a dishwasher. They need to earn too much money!
The family was very angry when they heard what happened with Madam Qian, so they would not do that job anymore!
Wen Jiarui considered it for a while and thought it was feasible to sell fried snails during the busy farming period. He used to be a scholar, and he is knowledgeable when going out to work. He is more receptive to new things. If the snails were delicious, they could make more money. You can take your two daughters home and buy the blessed land where you live now. After all, there are many dreams to fulfill.
So he said: "I think this method can be tried. It just so happens that the work in town has already finished. I originally planned to help people harvest during the busy farming season. Now let's sell fried snails! Tomorrow, Brother Chun and Brother Hou and I, let's go down to the river and gather snails."
Next, the family agreed on how to divide the work and cooperate with each other to make silver by gathering snails, and then fell asleep.
Wen Jiarui and Madam Wu did not sleep, they took advantage of the fire and moonlight, and they were busy until midnight cutting bamboo and making fences in the yard before they fell asleep.
In the house, the children's sleep was the best that night, because everyone had enough food and thought that Wen Nuan's body was getting better. They also found a blessed place and found a way to earn money. They all felt that the future was bright.
On the second day, the family got up in the dark. Wen Jiarui got up before dawn to fill the water tank with water, then surrounded the vegetable garden with the fence made last night. The two elder brothers and Madam Wu also helped to put up the fence together.
Wen Ran is responsible for watering the vegetables. After one night, these vegetables are already full grown and can be eaten!
This discovery makes everyone happier!
Wen Nuan and Madam Wang are responsible for cleaning the snails and making breakfast.
It is more troublesome to clean the snails. You have to clean the mud from the shell and cut off the tails.
Wen Nuan fried the snails and cooked the porridge. The others are also busy.
Wen Nuan put a large plate of spicy fried snails on the table. Because the fried snail dish contained green and red peppers, green onions, and perilla, everyone looked at the red, green and purple colors with their seductive luster, like a dark green gem, and drooled.
Wen Hou couldn't help but sniff, and said: "It smells good! And it looks delicious."
"Then lets eat quickly!" Madam Wang said.
Breakfast is a pot of creamy, white porridge with spicy stir-fried snails, and the fresh, sweet cabbage picked from the yard. The family eats so much that their stomachs are full.
Wen Luo touched his chubby belly and said: "It's so delicious, I want to eat it more! These spicy fried snails can definitely be sold!"
"Today this little cabbage is very sweet, it is crispy and refreshing. This place is indeed a treasure." Madam Wang even more eagerly wanted to buy it.
She still has two taels of silver plus 300 copper coins saved up, enough to buy two mu of wasteland.
She's just worried about something going wrong with Wen Nuan's body, and suddenly she has to spend money, so she will wait for the snails to be sold and see how much she earns before buying.
Wen Hou: "These vegetables are delicious, and the snails are also delicious! I have decided, we will definitely get more money from selling snails for a while. They're so good! They will definitely be a big hit!"
Wen Jiarui glanced at him: "Who is Laozi?"
Wen Hou immediately sat down, "I'm not Laozi, Daddy is!"
The family laughed. After laughing, they set off to gather snails, leaving only Wen Nuan at home to guard the door. After all, she is weak and not suitable for going into the river.
Wen Nuan also didn't want to gather snails, she wants to go up the mountain to see if there is something to make money.
It is the so-called "live by the mountain, the mountain provides, live by water, the water provides."
After everyone left, Wen Nuan was about to go up the mountain, when an eagle flew down from the sky.
The eagle is holding a pheasant with one claw.
It placed the pheasant in front of Wen Nuan, and then flew around her before landing on the ground.
Wen Nuan pointed to the pheasant on the ground: "For me?"
Xiao Hei nodded.
Wen Nuan couldn't help but squat down and pet its head: "It's really an eagle that knows to repay grace!"
The eagle was enjoying this praise, then turned his head and glanced at the courtyard gate: There is more!
Wen Nuan thought of something, then ran to open the courtyard door and saw the big bad wolf!
The big gray wolf had a pheasant in it's jaw, a lamb on its back, and its tail was wagging behind him. Its eyes were full of flattery. It took two steps forward, beckoning Wen Nuan to step away and let him in.
Another repaying one is here!
Wen Nuan hurriedly turned sideways to let him in: These two cultivated little things, they still know how to repay favor!
The big bad wolf walked around Wen Nuan and into the yard, then put down the pheasant in its mouth and the lamb on its back.
Wen Nuan stroked the fur on the big gray wolf's head, which was soft and easy to the touch: "Thank you, two little things! You have a conscience!"
They sold her out to their owner, but at least they knew to give her some prey to eat!
The big bad wolf is dissatisfied, he glanced at the eagle: Xiao Hei is small, he is not small at all, he is strong, tall, and mighty!
Wen Nuan felt that she understood the look in his eyes, and smiled: "Thank you big grey thing!"
Big Grey Thing: "..."
What big thing, it’s not a thing, it’s a wolf!
He looked at Wen Nuan with an aggrieved face.
Wen Nuan laughed!
At this time, a scent burst into the big bad wolf's nose, and the big bad wolf couldn't care less if he was a thing!
He sniffed, and then walked to the stove.
There is a bowl of river snails leftover from the morning in the stove room, and there is a pot of hare meat that she had prepared to eat at noon on the stove. She had just extinguished the fire.
The big bad wolf stood still in front of the stove.
Xiao Hei also flew in, opening his eagle mouth and drooling.
Wen Nuan followed, seeing them like this, she took out the leftover snails from the pot, picked out the snail meat with a bamboo stick, and fed it to them.
Soon after eating a large bowl of snails, the two little things turned their heads and looked at the earthen pot that was missing one handle on the stove.
Looking at their greedy eyes, Wen Nuan laughed and patted their heads: "That's not ready yet, it will be delicious after a little while longer. Come and eat at noon! You brought so much prey over, I will have it ready by then. You can eat medicated pheasant and lamb meat. Now, big bad wolf, can you take me to the mountain to find medicinal materials?"
The big bad wolf's eyes lit up and nodded.
When Xiao Hei heard that there was medicated chicken to eat, he cheerfully flew around Wen Nuan in a circle, expressing that he was very happy, and then flew into the blue sky and up to the mountains to catch pheasants.
It likes to take medicine and also likes to eat pheasant!
The big bad wolf motioned to Wen Nuan to sit on its back. It took her up the mountain and completely forgot that the owner told it to go down the mountain and bring Wen Nuan to him for treatment.
"Wait, I have to lock the door."
So Wen Nuan took the bamboo pole and a small sickle, put the basket on her back, locked the door, and then she went up the mountain with the big bad wolf.
The big bad wolf is very fast, and immediately enters the deep mountain terrain with Wen Nuan.
The outer base of the mountain no longer has any medicinal materials, you can only find some deep in the mountain.
The big bad wolf took Wen Nuan to the place where Feng Nianchen often collects medicine.
The vegetation here is more luxuriant than at the base of the mountain, and the ground is covered with thick leaves.
A squirrel was holding a pine nut and was gnawing. When he saw someone coming, he jumped up to the tree with fright.
Wen Nuan came down from the big bad wolf’s back, and she happened to see prickly ash. She plucked the prickly ash from the entire tree. This thing was numbing when used for medicine and fragrant when it was added to cooking.
Prickly ash is first in the "Thirteen Incense" seasoning mixture. It has a strong aroma and a pure hemp flavor. It can be used for both seasoning and medicinal purposes.
The big bad wolf bit the hem of Wen Nuan's trousers and pulled it, motioning Wen Nuan to follow him.
Wen Nuan followed it for a few steps, and came to a plant that was about to bloom.
This is…
Laozi: Father or “I, your father” as a way to assert authority over another person and put them in their place
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