The next day, after the family had breakfast, Chen Chen went to prepare preserved eggs.
Yesterday he saw a method for making salted duck eggs in a book. He decided to take 50 eggs from this batch of duck eggs to make salted duck eggs, and the rest to make preserved eggs.
After he mixed the ingredients for pickled century eggs, he handed it to Aunt Wen and asked her to coat the duck eggs with the mixture of wood ash and then seal them in a jar.
After giving instructions to Aunt Wen, Chen Zhen began to make salted duck eggs.
The preparation of salted duck eggs is also very simple. After the duck eggs are coated with white wine, they are first dried in the sun, and then sealed and soaked in salt water for 2 months. After that, you can get salted duck eggs that are sandy and oily.
After making the salted duck eggs, Chen Zhen went to see how Aunt Wen was doing.
Seeing that she followed all the steps correctly, I didn't bother with it anymore.
With the addition of Wen Ye and others, the construction speed of the east wing increased a lot, and it was all completed in just a few days.
So Chen Chen asked Foreman Liu and his men to build the servants' quarters first, and then build the chicken and duck sheds.
Chen Zhen planned to have them build four rooms for servants, one for the kitchen and three for sleeping.
After arranging these things, Chen Chen planned to go to the town, one to buy some ducklings for Grandma He, and the other to go to the market to see if there were any fresh vegetables and buy some to eat.
His family has been very busy recently and he has no time to go into the mountains. He cannot pick many mountain products, so he plans to go to the market to have a look.
When He Jinshu heard that he was going to town, he said, "It's so hot, why don't you just let the servants go?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen shook his head and said, "It's okay. I haven't been to town for a long time. I want to go for a walk, and the servants don't know what I want to buy."
Seeing that he insisted on going, He Jinshu said, "Then I'll go with you?"
"Have you finished with the earthworm manure?" Chen Chen asked.
"That's fine. Just have them dig up the earthworms and put them in the box."
Chen Chen nodded and said, "Then after breakfast, we'll go to town."
After saying that, Chen Zhen also asked Grandma He if she wanted to bring anything back, and he would help bring it back.
"Just bring me some embroidery thread." Grandma He said.
Chen Zhen agreed.
After finishing their meal, Chen Chen and He Jinshu went to the town. After arriving in the town, the two went to the market first.
They didn't arrive early, and some people had already bought vegetables and taken them home. However, there were still many people setting up stalls in the market. After all, some people brought a lot of goods, and if they couldn't find suitable buyers, they might not be able to sell them all in a day.
Chen Chen had little interest in the food at the market; what he looked for most were mountain products and wild fruits.
From July to November every year, it is the season for wild mushrooms and fruits to grow in the mountains, so whenever Chen Zhen saw wild mushrooms for sale, he would buy them, whether they were dried or fresh.
Even though he bought several stalls, he only bought about 10 kilograms of wild mushrooms in total. After all, it is the busy farming season now, and few people go to the mountains to pick mountain products. It is already very good that he can buy these.
Coming to another stall, Chen Zhen saw some green and yellow fruits. He picked up a few and took a look. Finding that there was nothing wrong with them, he bought all of them.
After buying, the two continued walking forward. He Jinshu asked Chen Chen as they walked, "What's the name of this fruit you just bought?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Chen said, "Water apple, this fruit tastes very fragrant. You can try it when you get home."
After hearing this, He Jinshu nodded and agreed.
After walking around for a while, Chen Zhen bought some wild vegetables and two unknown wild fruits. Later, he saw Badu bamboo shoots, so he bought some more bamboo shoots.
Then he saw an old lady selling ducklings, so he bought some more.
Later they went to the butcher's shop to buy some meat, and then the two of them left the market.
As they walked out of the market, Chen Chen said happily, "We're lucky today. We bought so many mountain products. I can make you something delicious when we get home."
He Jinshu smiled and nodded and said yes.
Afterwards, the two of them went to the cloth shop and bought some embroidery thread for Grandma He, and also bought a few pieces of cloth to make clothes.
Later they went to the clinic again and bought some spices and ginger.
In Dongli Country, ginger and spices are still used as medicinal materials, so if you want to buy them, you can only go to the clinic, and the prices are very expensive.
After buying everything, Chen Chen said to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, let's go to Mo Yue Xuan for dinner. Mo Yue Xuan has ice cubes. We can go and order a pot of iced fruit wine."
The weather was too hot and both of them were sweating a lot, so they found a place to rest before going home.
John Horgan naturally did not disagree.
So the two of them went directly to Mo Yuexuan and had a meal before returning home.
In late July, the house was completed. Chen Chen first paid the villagers their wages, and then paid the balance to Foreman Liu and his team.
After the accounts were counted, Foreman Liu said to Chen Chen, "Brother Chen, I heard that you studied food. Are you selling this? Can I buy some from you?"
Ever since he helped Chen Chen build the house many years ago, Foreman Liu has learned a lot of skills from it. In recent years, many people in the town have asked him to help build houses, so he has also made a lot of money from it.
Moreover, he also liked Chen Zhen's character. Although he was a little intimidating and didn't act like a real brother sometimes, he was capable and could cook everything. Foreman Liu had bought a lot of good things from him, so he liked this brother even more.
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