The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 15 So this is steamed pork with rice flour!

A family of six sat down at the wooden table. On the table was a large bowl of steamed pork with rice flour, a stir-fried wild fern, and seven large bowls of white rice.

The only sound that could be heard on the table was the slurping of rice. Soon, all the steamed pork with rice flour was snatched away, and even the noodle residue was poured into a bowl by Sanshu and mixed with white rice, which he ate up cleanly.

"too delicious!"

“I’ve never eaten meat so delicious!”

“So this is steamed pork with rice flour!”

The five children leaned back in their chairs, touching their bellies, looking very satisfied.

Gu Xiaohui knew how steamed pork with rice flour was made. Pork was delicious to begin with, and it would be unfair if it didn’t taste good after adding so much flour and oil.

This dish of wild vegetables was also fried with lard. There was a bowl of green vegetables placed here. She only realized today that wild vegetables could be so delicious.

After dinner, Gu Xiaohui got up to clean up the mess, and Jiang Wan took his four sons up the mountain.

Having spent all her copper coins in town this morning, she was in urgent need of money from selling wild vegetables. She would feel at ease only if she had some money in hand.

The afternoon sun was very hot. The leaves of the rice in the fields were curled up and many had dried up.

We walked up the mountain, where there were trees and shade, and it didn't feel so hot anymore.
At this moment, many women and children in the village went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables for dinner.

The wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain had long been dug up. Most people were digging shepherd's purse or something like that halfway up the mountain, while some went deeper into the mountains, hoping to find some mushrooms to change their taste.

Jiang Wan naturally walked into the mountains.

Her target was mushrooms, preferably those with brightly colored hair, which no one in the village dared to touch.

[Ding! Found natural wild morels! ]

Jiang Wan's eyes lit up instantly.

Morels are a good thing and can be sold for more than one hundred yuan per pound in modern society.

She suppressed her anxiety and said calmly, "Dahe, go find some shepherd's purse. Erhai, see if you can find some mushrooms. Sanshu, go chop some firewood. Sishan, Xiaofang, go walk around and see if you can find some wild fruits or something."

"Okay mother!"

The five children immediately split up and acted separately.

Jiang Wan turned around, pushed aside a bunch of thorns, and walked to an old pine tree. The tree was covered with broad-leaved shrubs. She pushed aside layer after layer of broad leaves and saw three or four brown-black morels growing in the soft soil.

She gently dug out the morels, six in total, almost one pound.

[Ding! One pound and two ounces of natural wild morel mushrooms, worth 310 coins, are you selling it? ]

【Yes! 】

Jiang Wan's wallet suddenly felt heavy.

She was a little surprised. She didn't expect that morels would cost more than 200 coins per pound. It would be great if she could find some more.

She walked further into the bushes and found more bamboo mushrooms and chicken mushrooms, which she sold for a total of 179 coins.

Now, she had a total of 489 coins in her hand, which was almost half a tael of silver.

Just as she was about to continue searching, she heard a quarrel not far away. She pushed aside the bushes and saw two women quarreling over there.

One is Aunt Wang from next door, and the other is Aunt Liu. They were fighting over a nest of bird eggs.

Aunt Wang grabbed Aunt Liu's hair and said, "Our little fish found the bird eggs first, why should they belong to you?"

Aunt Liu grabbed Aunt Wang's arm and said, "My boy climbed up the tree and got it down, so of course it belongs to us. Let go!"

The two adults were fighting each other, and the two children were staring at each other.

There were six small bird eggs in the bird's nest on the ground. Jiang Wan couldn't help licking her lips. She wasn't a foodie, but since coming to this damn place, she'd been thinking about what to eat every day. Bird eggs should taste good...

Then let Sishan search the woods for a while.

She had no interest in other people's fights and was about to retreat when something suddenly fell on her head.

Jiang Wan touched her head and a prickly round ball pricked her hand.

She felt that the thorny ball looked familiar, so she used her fingers to pry it open and was immediately shocked to find that it was a chestnut.

[Ding——Caught wild chestnuts, one penny per pound]

She looked up and saw a chestnut tree above her head, hidden among the old trees. The chestnuts in this season were covered with green shells, and from a distance it was impossible to see that the tree was full of chestnuts.

Just when I was worrying about what to eat in the evening, this food was delivered to my door.

Jiang Wan hugged the tree trunk and shook it, and a large number of chestnuts fell down.

The commotion here attracted the attention of Aunt Zhao and Aunt Liu outside. Aunt Zhao had sharp eyes and could tell what it was at a glance.

She bent down and picked up three bird eggs from the ground: "Forget it, half for each of us, and no more fighting over them."

As she spoke, she picked up the backpack and walked towards Jiang Wan, dragging her little fish with her.

Aunt Liu wrapped the bird eggs and hurried over.

There was not just one chestnut tree here, but at least three or four. The three women were each shaking a tree, and the only sound in the woods was the rustling of leaves. It was a rare moment when the group of people were not arguing or talking.

Everyone knew that if they were slow, others would come and share the few chestnuts.

Jiang Wan picked up a whole backpack. Aunt Zhao and Aunt Liu's backpacks were also full. The movements of the three of them finally slowed down.

At this time, someone else passed by and quickly joined the chestnut picking team.

Jiang Wan had about thirty or forty kilograms of chestnuts in her hands, enough to last for many days. She was not greedy and carried the heavy bamboo basket with difficulty to meet up with the other children.

Along the way, she searched the forest carefully. If she could find a large wild chestnut forest, then even if there was no harvest this year, the people of Lotus Village would not starve.

But to her disappointment, there were only a few chestnut trees in the area.

"Mom, this is the wild fruit I found!"

Ye Sishan handed over a handful of green and red fruits like he was offering a treasure.

Ye Xiaofang also handed it over eagerly, "Mom, I ate the smallest one, it's sweet, these big ones are for you."

Ye Dahe and Ye Erhai also had a good harvest, with their baskets filled with wild vegetables and mushrooms. The group went to find Ye Sanshu.

He was chopping wood halfway up the mountain. At his feet there was a tall pile of dry firewood tied together with straw ropes.

The mother and her six children reaped a great deal of rewards.

It's still early, and it's not time to make dinner yet.

Jiang Wan asked the kids to peel the chestnuts quickly. She was going to make sugar-roasted chestnuts for them as a snack.

These chestnuts are not fully ripe yet and are quite raw, but they are edible. After peeling them, wash them, cut them into cross-shaped slices, and steam them in a large pot.

Pour all the lard boiled in the morning into the pot. When the oil is hot, add a handful of rock sugar and boil it into syrup.

Gu Xiaohui watched from the side, feeling heartbroken. There was so much oil that could last for at least two or three months, but her mother-in-law ate it all in one meal.

Forget it. I haven’t had any oily food for most of the past six months, and I’ve managed to get by.

After the syrup is fried into brown, pour a large pot of chestnuts into the pot and stir constantly with a spatula. Change the high heat to low heat, and the chestnuts slowly change color.

(End of this chapter)