Shuiqing's family is also discussing which New Year's goods to buy.
This time, she had to bring back five cartloads of medicine from the herbal medicine market in the prefectural city. She had to buy a real variety of things—she needed to have enough to buy more.
Otherwise, if there's no food available, you can't just magically produce it from afar.
"Soybeans can be used to make soy milk, tofu, and soy pudding. Buy lots of these." Most of the land is used to grow medicinal herbs, potatoes, and refined grains. Even if more wasteland is reclaimed next year, the harvest will not be until the end of the year.
If you stock up on soybeans beforehand, you can take some out and grind them from time to time, so you won't have to worry about not being able to eat soy products.
"Mung beans can sprout and are refreshing in the summer, and red beans can be used to make red bean buns, so I have to buy them too."
"Buy whatever you think is best, like peanuts, corn, and millet. The more the merrier." Shui Qing glanced at Fan Jin and gave him a meaningful look.
Half a ladle of millet can make a big pot of millet porridge. It's a healthy and delicious whole grain. Paired with an egg and scallion pancake, it's a perfect breakfast. Such a great cheat food is definitely indispensable.
Fan Jin immediately nodded obediently.
This was Hu's mother's first New Year at her daughter's house. She didn't need them to buy food, and even if they did, Shui Qing and Fan Jin wouldn't agree. So she told her son, "Buy two bolts of cloth and six catties of five-colored sugar balls."
She made a new set of clothes and shoes for her daughter's family. Although her craftsmanship wasn't great, it was a token of her good intentions.
As for the candied hawthorns, this is the kind that Wenhua always buys. The kids fight over them, so each of them eats a pound to their heart's content.
“Okay!” Hu Wenhua readily agreed.
Fan Jin realized that this was for his family and quickly looked up at Shui Qing.
Shui Qing quietly waved her hand.
In this dynasty, living at one's son's house and living at one's daughter's house were completely different. Even if the son became successful and took his parents to live with him to enjoy a comfortable life, it was still their own home.
Staying at a daughter's house is almost the same as staying at someone else's house; it's like being a guest. So parents always think about giving them some compensation.
It was impossible to refuse her mother's delivery, but it was alright, she had also prepared clothes for everyone in the family, so that everyone could have new warm winter clothes.
No matter how bad the times are, life goes on, and we have to make the best of our limited circumstances.
Ding Heli and Qin Yilin are also thinking about what New Year's goods to buy this year.
The family of three had stored enough food long ago, so they didn't need to worry for the time being. Now that they were staying with Shuiqing, Shuiqing was unwilling to accept the food they offered, and they couldn't calculate it too clearly. However, they had to prepare extra gifts.
After discussing it, the two were afraid of forgetting, so they wrote down a list, which they could then purchase according to.
They didn't stop until the items they wanted to buy had almost filled four carts.
There's still one car left for Feng Dahong, Mancang, and their three families.
Since it's the first year here, there will be some New Year's goods to buy.
Feng Da and his men did indeed have New Year's goods to buy. Besides the needles and thread needed by the women, the most common items were various fishing nets.
They were familiar with swimming when they lived on the estate and could catch fish from time to time to improve their meals. However, they didn't have money to buy fishing nets back then, so they mostly used homemade cages and the like, making fishing very difficult each time.
After arriving and using the fishing nets, it was like night and day! They were incredibly useful.
Not only can we eat fish every few days, but with all the different cooking methods my wife taught me, it's so delicious that I wouldn't trade it for meat!
So after discussing it, the four families decided to buy several more types of fishing nets to prevent them from breaking or being washed away by the river and becoming useless.
Previously, Master Bai gave them money to settle down. The landlord built them houses and land to live in, and also allocated grain, vegetable gardens, chickens, ducks and geese. They didn't have to spend money on food. The women in the family worked in the herbal medicine shop, earning 600 coins a month. They were willing to spend money to buy fishing nets!
Most importantly, they discovered that the family loved to eat fish. They hadn't eaten it before because no one knew how to catch it. Their arrival filled that gap perfectly, since catching fish was easy and a few casts of nets in the morning and evening wouldn't take much time.
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