Jiang Huaixu followed Jiang Erlang to the cellar, "Second brother, I want to try growing some garlic sprouts or something in the cellar. I'll grow whatever I can."
"There are many cellars in the village. If we can make some money, we can put each household's cellar to use. These two businesses should be enough to sustain the villagers until the year after next." Jiang Erlang murmured. He looked at Jiang Huaixu, "Ah Xu, you've thought very carefully about the villagers."
Jiang Huaixu shook his head. "It's a mutually beneficial thing. I need people, and they need to survive. We just hit it off. Sometimes, loosening your grip can win people's hearts more."
In ancient times, people attached great importance to various recipes. The inheritance of a craft depended entirely on the master teaching his apprentices. Even for a common food like tofu, the production method would not be easily known to outsiders. She only took 10% of the tofu business, which was equivalent to giving profits to the villagers. For her, it was just a matter of how much profit she made.
Jiang Erlang felt very subtle. He found that he could always learn something from Jiang Huaixu.
Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "I heard from the old people that if the cellar is not well ventilated, it would be dangerous to go down there easily."
"There is such a danger, but just be careful."
She had thought about this before and was considering planting the Green Vine in the cellar, but its oxygen-producing ability was too strong and it was also a dangerous element.
Jiang Erlang frowned. "If we build a shed on the ground and cover it with oil paper, can we grow things there?"
Jiang Huaixu thought about it and decided that it would be okay to wait until both businesses were stable. After all, with the land reclamation, the villagers had a lot of work to do. Especially Shi Tao and Jiang Fugui, who were always working whenever they met.
"Wait a few days. It's not cold yet."
Coming out of the cellar, Jiang Erlang said, "Shall we go up the mountain tomorrow?"
Jiang Huaixu nodded, "Just the two of us."
Early the next morning, Jiang Huaixu and Jiang Erlang took their luggage and went to Jiuxi Mountain. The mountain road was rugged, but the two men and the cat walked steadily.
Jiuxi Mountain is only one mountain, but it is very big. It took a long time to walk into the depths of the dense forest.
Jiang Huaixu picked a lot of herbs, and the two of them hunted some prey - a roe deer and two mountain mice.
Seeing that they had a good harvest, the two went down the mountain together. Before walking out of the forest, Jiang Huaixu took out five wolves and two hares from the space.
Jiang Erlang was still surprised when he saw the wolf and hare that looked like they had just died.
"I was worried that you wouldn't be able to hide these two things, but now I see that I was overthinking it."
As he said this, he put the two hares into the backpack and handed it to Jiang Huaixu. He then tied the legs of the five wolves together and dragged them away himself.
Jiang Huaixu chuckled, put on his backpack, and said, "Second brother, do you think that eldest brother and his wife will notice something is wrong?"
Jiang Erlang knew what Jiang Huaixu was talking about, so he said, "Although my eldest brother doesn't talk much, he is smart. Besides mother, my eldest sister-in-law knows the food in the family best, so my eldest brother and his wife should have noticed something, but they are not sure what is wrong or who is wrong in the family."
"You don't have to worry about hiding something. You told Mom in the first place to blur the lines. My brother and his wife aren't the type to ask questions. Some things don't need to be said too bluntly."
Jiang Huaixu smiled and said "hmm".
When they got home, everyone in the yard was frightened by the wolf that Jiang Erlang was dragging.
"Oh my God, there are wolves again!" Second Grandma, who was helping to scoop beans, rushed forward and looked at the two people. "Did you two run into a pack of wolves? Are you injured?"
"Second Grandma, we are fine and not injured." Jiang Huaixu let Second Grandma pull him up and stood there turning around.
"We hunted a lot of things. After we have dealt with them, Second Madam can take some away." Jiang Erlang handed the wolf to his eldest brother and comforted him in a gentle voice.
A woman asked, "It's difficult to deal with wolves on Jiuxi Mountain. What if they come down the mountain in droves?"
Jiang Boliang, who was tired from building the straw hut and sat down to rest, said, "Jiuxi Mountain is quite far from our village. Why should we worry?"
"I'm a very good archer now. If my bow and arrows hadn't been burned, I wouldn't know who would win if the wolves came!"
Someone laughed.
"Uncle Aliang, please make some soup with the wolf bones tonight! I don't eat meat, I only drink soup!" Qi Dafu shouted while pushing the mill.
"You ask my wife, you can only drink if she lets you." Jiang Boliang stood up and continued to help.
The men immediately started teasing each other.
Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang took the prey to the stream to process it. Jiang Huaixu wanted to follow them, but was stopped by the two men.
Helplessly, she had to go into the house and take out some spices for making five-spice powder from the space. She slowly ground them into powder one by one and then mixed them together according to the proportions.
Compared to the five-spice powder she bought from the system mall, the flavor was slightly different, except for the coarser particles. She'd try adding some to a dish tonight and see how it tasted. If it worked, she could then decide on the right ratio for each spice.
It’s a pity that she didn’t have enough spices, so she had to go to the county pharmacy to buy some.
She walked out of the house and looked at the sky. She couldn't go tonight and could only wait until tomorrow.
Jiang Huaixu calculated what he needed to buy tomorrow: an iron plate for frying tofu, a trough for the charcoal fire, medicinal herbs...
As for garlic, you can wait until it gets colder before buying it. There are only garlic sprouts on the market now, and not many people will buy them even if you grow them.
As she was thinking about it, she went to Jiang Zhengmao to discuss tomorrow's shopping matters.
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