Chapter 108: Be in a good mood before eating
The eldest sister-in-law looked amazed. She had heard Xuanlang say before that he knew a friend who was very good at pickling vegetables. It really existed, and he was so young, looking about the same age as Ajian. "Young Master, when you said you were going to compile a recipe, did you mean all the pickled vegetables from all over the country were in it?"
"Of course. I've already accumulated more than a dozen pickling methods, and there are even some from rural areas further north than the imperial capital." Wu Jin was excited as he spoke of his pickling experience. "Then, everyone in the vast countryside will be able to eat a variety of pickled vegetables in the middle of winter, not just the same few."
"Really?" Xia was just an ordinary woman. What she cared about most every day was three meals a day, especially pickled vegetables, which were related to her food and clothing after winter, so she was naturally very happy.
"Of course it's true," Meng Xuanlang said. "My friend also has a great ambition, which is to ensure that every household can have rice to eat so that they never go hungry again."
Wu Jin scratched his head awkwardly: "That was just my drunken rant."
Never go hungry again. Shen Heng's eyes lit up. This was also Grandpa Yuan's wish. However, "It is indeed difficult to make everyone no longer hungry." After all, her motherland only accomplished this ambition in modern times.
Unexpectedly, Wu Jin said, "It's difficult, but take your time. I may not succeed in this lifetime, but I can tell my son, my grandson, and my great-grandson that maybe one day it will really succeed."
Chen Heng was amused and gave affirmation: "That's right. You should always have dreams, what if they come true?"
As they spoke, both of them laughed.
Xie Jian glanced at Aheng and realized that she could have a good chat with anyone.
Several people had breakfast at Xie's house.
While eating and chatting, I learned that the Wu family had been making wine since their ancestors. Later, there were several famines and they could not make wine because there was no grain. The court even ordered a ban on wine making to reduce the flow of grain. In order to make a living, they used various other materials to make wine. However, these wines could not compare with those made from grain, and they were much worse in terms of storage time and taste.
Fearing that they would starve to death because of their poor skills, the Wu family opened a restaurant, and the Wu family's descendants became cooks. By the time of Wu Jin's generation, they were good at everything from brewing wine to cooking.
"But my ambitions are greater than those of my ancestors." Wu Jin summed up himself.
"Me too." Meng Xuanlang said with great energy, "I aspire to be a censor and be even better than my great-grandfather."
Shen Heng nodded. Master Xiao Meng was indeed outstanding and was even included in the history textbook.
After dinner, Xia took Wu Jin to the woodshed to watch her pickle vegetables. As soon as the lid was opened, an indescribable smell that made people want to pinch their noses wafted out.
Wu Jin took a deep breath and said with delight, "This fragrance goes really well with rice. I can tell it's top-notch just by smelling it. Sister-in-law, let's have this for lunch."
"Ah."
Chen Heng: "..." Although she was used to the smell, she still didn't want to smell it if she could avoid it.
The days became lively with the arrival of two young boys.
That day, Chen Heng went to work in the shop, and Xia and Wu Jin were studying pickled vegetables. Xia came over and Wu wrote down everything.
Everyone around knew that the Xie family had a talented pickled vegetable cook, and many people came to ask for advice every day. Wu Jin thought it was too tiring to ask for advice one by one, so he started classes one after another, and discussed the time in the morning and the time in the afternoon.
With Meng Xuanlang's carriage, Xie Jian went to the academy early in the morning and came back in the evening.
In the blink of an eye, it is already the end of July.
Just as everyone was preparing to go to Yuzhou for the exam, they received a letter from Min Er.
Xia was so excited that tears kept falling, and asked Xie Jian to read it quickly.
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