Chapter 6 Eating Problems
Shen Yueyao thought she could get some food from the space, but there was no food at all.
After wandering around for a while, I found this environment. However, the three acres of land in the space were black soil with spiritual energy. If vegetables and grains were planted on it, the yield would be very high, and the growth rate would be faster than outside.
The spiritual spring water in the space also carries spiritual energy, which can enhance physical fitness and cure diseases.
Although it couldn't be compared with the previous farm, she was still very happy to be able to bring these back with her.
Shen Yueyao pondered for a moment.
I always feel that the space has become like this because she just came through.
Perhaps after a long time in this space and time, the space will be upgraded, and the things that were once in the space will appear again.
But there is nothing in the space now. If I want to have enough food, I have to find another way.
I can make shredded radish pancakes in the morning, but what should I eat for lunch?
I have cabbage and coarse flour at home, so I can make dumplings.
But without meat, the dumplings will never taste as good as cabbage and meat dumplings.
Also, if you use coarse noodles, what will you eat next?
It’s better not to eat all the food at once until you figure out how to make money.
If there were vermicelli, she could make cabbage stewed with vermicelli, which would also be delicious. However, based on her understanding of this era, there was no such food as sweet potato here.
So there is no vermicelli.
When Shen Yueyao came out of the space again, she found clean and washed wild vegetables in a wooden basin in the yard.
Dabao and Erbao are no longer in the yard.
"Maybe they went to the mountains."
That was the case in the past. After breakfast, the two treasures would go for a walk at the foot of the mountain, digging wild vegetables and picking up firewood.
Now that spring has just begun, most villagers go to the mountains to cultivate land in preparation for planting vegetables and crops.
There are many people living in the mountains, so there is no need to worry about the safety of Dabao and Erbao.
With these wild vegetables, Shen Yueyao thought they could be used to make wild vegetable meatballs.
It can also be eaten as a cold dish. If it is summer, add some sauce and eat it as a cold dish, which is very refreshing.
But it's still cold in this season, so we naturally can't do these things.
Looking at the empty kitchen, Shen Yueyao finally understood the meaning of a sentence.
“A good cook cannot cook without rice!”
She returned to her room, searched again, and finally found a pair of silver earrings.
These things were given to me by my mother when I got married.
This thing was also my mother's dowry.
"You can pawn your silver earrings at the pawnshop in town."
There was no other way. The family had no money and owed several taels of silver, so they had no choice but to pawn these things.
There is also a box of unused rouge and powder, which should be worth some money.
As for colorful clothes, they probably wouldn't be worth much even if they were pawned at a pawn shop.
It would be better to modify it and make a few sets of clothes for the two babies.
After thinking it over, Shen Yueyao put the things into the space, put on a backpack and went to the town.
Their Liuhe Village is relatively remote and far away. The nearest town is Beiliu Town. It takes about half an hour to walk there.
If you take a bullock cart, it will take you half an hour to get there.
There was a family in the village that would use an ox cart to take people to the town every morning, but each person had to pay a penny.
But at this time, there were no ox carts, so Shen Yueyao could only walk.
Anyway, this body is so fat, so just treat it as exercise.
I thought walking would be easy, but there was so much fat on this body that it was tiring to walk.
When Shen Yueyao walked to the town, she was sweating all over.
The journey was rather deserted, but once we reached the town, we could sense a hint of prosperity.
There is a pier in the town with many ships coming and going. There is also a busy street with shops on both sides of the street.
There are quite a lot of people coming and going.
They looked much better dressed than the villagers.
There is a market on the other side of the street where many people set up stalls and sell their wares.
"Steamed buns, hot steamed buns..."
"Shaobing..."
"Fresh pork, freshly slaughtered pork."
"Spring radishes, freshly dug from the ground. Look, everyone, they're so fresh and big."
The incessant hawking sounds from the market, along with the hustle and bustle, made Shen Yueyao feel like she had truly returned to this ancient world.
Shen Yueyao wanted to go over and take a look, but she didn't have a penny, so it was useless to go.
She had no choice but to go to the pawnshop to pawn her things.
Soon, Shen Yueyao came out of the pawnshop with an extra three hundred coins in her hand.
A pair of silver earrings weighs only a few grams, and even if rouge and powder are not used, they cost several hundred coins when purchased, but are not worth much when they are actually used.
So the total amount was three hundred coins.
Even if it's just this little bit, I can buy some food to eat.
Shen Yueyao went to the market and prepared to buy some meat and salt to take back.
She went to the grocery store and saw that fine snowflake salt cost eighty cents per pound, while coarse salt only cost thirty cents per pound.
Chen Yueyao bought a pound of coarse salt and two pounds of oil. One pound of oil cost twenty cents, and two pounds cost forty cents.
Most farmers grow their own peanuts and press peanut oil for themselves, without having to buy it.
But they were out of peanut oil, so they had to buy it.
Fortunately, she brought her own clay pots to store the bulk.
She went to the butcher and bought two pounds of pork belly.
One pound of pork belly costs sixteen cents, and two pounds costs thirty-two cents.
Pork belly can be used as both a delicacy and roasted lard.
When Shen Yueyao was about to go back with the pork belly, she suddenly saw a wooden barrel behind the stall. There was something in the barrel. Shen Yueyao's expression changed and she asked, "Boss, what's in that barrel?"
The butcher glanced back and explained, "Sir, that's pig offal. I was going to dump it out, but I was too busy to do it."
The butcher thought that the smell of the pig offal might have affected the customers, so he had to pour it out quickly.
Shen Yueyao recalled in her mind and realized that in this era, people did not know that pig offal could be made into delicious food.
"Boss, are you selling that bucket of pig offal?"
The butchers were stunned, as they had never seen anyone want to buy pig offal.
However, the butcher was also an honest man. He said, "Sir, this stuff tastes weird. No one wants to buy it. If you really want to buy it, this bucket will be a free gift for you if you buy pork belly."
Shen Yueyao was excited in her heart but remained expressionless on the surface. This large bucket of pig offal could be used to make many delicious dishes.
It is rich in oil and can nourish the two babies.
However, to braise the pig offal, you need spices.
Shen Yueyao knew the spice recipe, but there were no spices or seasonings in this era.
She needs to prepare it herself.
Shen Yueyao's expression changed and she said, "Okay, I'll come get it later."
She wanted to take a look around first to see if she could buy those spices.
But after walking around for a long time, Shen Yueyao didn't see anyone selling star anise leaves.
But there are people selling ginger.
Shen Yueyao bought some ginger.
But without more than ten kinds of seasonings such as star anise and cardamom, it is impossible to make delicious braised food.
Shen Yueyao first bought some soy sauce and white sugar, which are also seasonings.
Soy sauce is not expensive, but the sugar-making technology in ancient times was not mature, so white sugar cost more than 23 coins per pound.
Shen Yueyao didn't dare to spend more money, so she could only buy one kilogram first.
While shopping, she suddenly remembered that spices such as star anise and cinnamon are actually Chinese medicinal herbs.
I don't know if pharmacies have these.
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