After finishing, she even came over to Xu Qinghe and asked, "Is this okay?"

Fortunately, there was no such thing as nearsightedness in ancient times. Xu Qinghe glanced at Shen Zhi in the direction he was walking and said, "Not bad." Then she put down her bow and arrow.

He said with a pained expression, "I'm exhausted, I don't want to practice anymore."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chengyue, who was standing to the side, also propped himself up on his thighs and gritted his teeth, saying, "I don't want to practice anymore either."

Shen Zhi glanced at the two people practicing haphazardly and said calmly, "No."

"Raise your arms straight up, level with the ground, and look forward."

Xu Qinghe...

Gritting her teeth, Xu Qinghe practiced for another incense stick's time using Shen Zhi's method, but then she completely gave up and gave up.

Shen Chengyue, being younger, gave up earlier than Xu Qinghe, but he was also covered in sweat and his legs trembled as he walked.

After resting on the ground, Xu Qinghe chased Shen Zhi and the others out, secretly transferred some energy to the ginseng, and then took a good bath.

Because he was busy all day, Shen Zhi didn't have time to weave a straw mat, so he had to sleep on the pile of firewood again tonight.

Xu Qinghe got up early the next morning. Because there was no entertainment during the night, she went to sleep as soon as she lay down, so she couldn't sleep a little longer the next day.

Hearing the noise, Shen Zhi sat up as well. Watching Xu Qinghe tiptoe out, she asked softly, "Won't you sleep a little longer?"

Xu Qinghe shook her head, "I'm not going to sleep anymore, I'll make you breakfast."

Xu Qinghe took her homemade toothbrush, dipped it in salt, and gently brushed her teeth. She then washed her face with water and headed to the kitchen.

She ate too much oily food yesterday, so she wanted to make something lighter this morning.

Stir-fry some wild boar meat with wild vegetables, make some multigrain pancakes, and cook some wild vegetable soup, and that should be enough.

As for the two growing children, Xu Qinghe wanted to make them steamed eggs with minced meat.

Because their bodies were severely weakened in the past, they need to replenish themselves properly now. Two eggs a day are a must for them.

Just as Xu Qinghe was walking towards the kitchen, she discovered that the seeds she had planted had sprouted. Overjoyed, she immediately waved to Shen Zhi and said, "Shen Zhi, come and see!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Shen Zhi immediately came over and saw that the originally bare ground had turned into a lush green patch, though it was a very small patch.

But this also shows that Xu Qinghe's seeds were fine; everything that was planted grew.

"Congratulations."

With a smile, Xu Qinghe made a promise: "Once they grow, I'll cook you delicious food every day, something different each time."

Seeing her like that, Shen Zhi's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile. "Mm."

After the two of them worked together to finish cooking, Shen Zhi ate his meal and went to the sanatorium without waiting for the two children.

Xu Qinghe couldn't eat because it was too early, so she closed the door and went up the mountain to cut grass to feed the chickens and ducks.

No matter the era, eggs are a necessity, so she has to take good care of these hens.

Moreover, while mowing the lawn, she also took the opportunity to absorb some energy from the surrounding weeds.

Xu Qinghe originally planned to absorb a little and leave, but she found that the energy in her body was getting stronger and stronger, so she dared not leave. She found a secluded place and obediently broke through to the second level.

After breaking through to the second level, Xu Qinghe felt much lighter and casually released some energy onto a weed.

The doubled glow flooded into her mind, but unfortunately, because it was not far from the main road, there was nothing worth digging for.

After feeling down for a while, Xu Qinghe carried her basket down the mountain, because she was afraid her two children would worry if it got too late.

When we got home, the two children were indeed awake. They didn't eat and just sat on the doorstep, staring longingly at the entrance.

Xu Qinghe entered the room carrying a basket and saw this scene. She asked in surprise, "Why aren't you eating?"

Two children ran in one after the other, asking in a terrified tone, "Where did you go?"

Xu Qinghe said, "I'm going to cut grass on the back hill." Then she walked towards the chicken coop.

As they walked, they explained, "Don't be afraid if you don't see me in the mornings. I didn't tell you I couldn't have gone far."

Shen Chengyue: "Hmm."

Xu Qinghe: "You two must be hungry! Go eat, I'll eat after I finish feeding the chickens."

Shen Chengyue immediately perked up, "Okay."

After feeding the chickens, Xu Qinghe gave Xiao Hei some leftovers to eat before washing her hands and going inside.

Then I discovered that raising a dog is troublesome whether you're poor or rich. If you're poor, you don't have leftover food to feed it, so you have to make pig feed for it separately.

If you get rich, you won't be able to bear feeding it leftovers; you'll have to prepare special nutritious meals for it, which is quite a hassle.

After finishing her meal, Xu Qinghe began to process the meat that hadn't been used the day before. First, she marinated the ribs with salt, and then she started cutting the meat.

Cut the meat into pieces about the thickness of your little finger, then stir-fry it in oil.

Xu Qinghe always adds a little oil when stir-frying meat, otherwise the oil won't come out properly when you first pour it in, and it's easy for the meat to stick to the pan.

Add the meat and stir-fry for a few seconds until the fat renders out and the meat isn't too dry.

Then sprinkle salt into the pot, stir-fry a few times, and transfer it to a bowl. When you need it, just scoop it out.

Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan, who were standing to the side, had already eaten, but they couldn't resist eating some more each because of the aroma of the meat.

Fortunately, salt had already been added to the meat, so Xu Qinghe wasn't worried about them getting sick from eating it and let them be.

After stir-frying the meat and marinating the ribs, Xu Qinghe looked around and simply hung the meat on the stove to be smoked and roasted.

After finishing those two things, Xu Qinghe started making braised pork knuckle. She kept this big pork knuckle because she was craving pork knuckle rice.

First, she blanched the pork knuckle with scallions and ginger, then started to caramelize the sugar. At this point, she already had rock sugar, so she put it in.

Melt the sugar, put it into the pork hock to color it, and when the color is almost right, start adding water and seasonings. At this time, seasonings were scarce and expensive, so Xu Qinghe threw in all the ones she could buy.

Next comes stewing, which is easy. Just put the firewood in and let it stew slowly. Xu Qinghe can get a lot of work done while she's doing this.

The first thing she did was take out the clothes that were stained with blood from her and Shen Zhi's clothes, preparing to wash them by the river later.

"Chengyue, besides the river you took me to see last time, are there any other rivers in our village?"

The disaster that happened last time was caused by talking too much by that river, so Xu Qinghe has developed a bit of a grudge against that river.

To everyone's surprise, Shen Chengyue shook his head without even thinking, "That's all, just that one."

Xu Qinghe resigned himself to his fate after hearing this. When the pork knuckle was almost cooked, the firewood gradually went out.

Xu Qinghe then took the two children out the door.

Unlike last time when she didn't know anyone, this time as soon as she went out, many people greeted her.

"Second son's wife, are you going to do the laundry?"

Xu Qinghe nodded with a smile and replied, "Yes, let's go do the laundry."

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