After dinner, Han Shunde made arrangements for the next few days.
The leafy greens in the greenhouse have been sown for another two or three days.
The tomatoes and cucumbers should be ready for their first harvest in three to five days.
So starting tomorrow morning, we can go up the mountain to shop.
If we don't hurry, we won't be able to get up the mountain once the heavy snow falls.
Master Xu also said that the children can have a three-day autumn break.
The children immediately erupted in cheers and excitement in the dining room.
Then, Master Xu's next words made them sit down on the stools with their heads hanging low.
"The school gives us three days off, but we can't miss any of the articles we have to memorize or the characters we have to practice!"
On the fourth day, I went to the school to check on things.
Those who can't memorize the text or write the words will get a beating on their hands!
Everyone in Peach Blossom Village agreed with Master Xu's use of a ruler to discipline the children.
It's not that they don't care about the children; it's that they deeply believe in the principle that "if the teacher is not strict, it is the teacher's fault."
The children cherish their time studying and work hard to complete their daily assignments.
But children are naturally playful.
So sometimes I forget that I still have schoolwork to do.
Since arriving in Peach Blossom Spring, the five people in ordinary clothes have all become much more cheerful.
He's just quiet, always silent, and there's no need for him to say an extra word.
However, he wholeheartedly supported and obeyed Li Lanzhen.
There are still two uninhabited courtyard houses at the very back of the village.
Li Lanzhen wanted the five of them to live in that courtyard.
However, Chang Fu and his four companions firmly disagreed.
They even said that no servants or subordinates in any household would leave their masters and live alone.
Having no other choice, Li Lanzhen took them back to her own courtyard.
Of the three east wing rooms, one is currently occupied by Han Mingxiang.
He will move into his own courtyard after he gets married.
The other two rooms were empty. Li Lanzhen lived in the east room of the main house, and Han Yuemei lived in the west room of the main house.
She then arranged for them to stay in the east wing.
Three men share one room, and two women share another.
The rooms all had heated kang beds, and there were also bedding and blankets provided. In addition to the mattress and quilt they brought with them, there were still extra bedding and blankets to spare.
Now we just need to heat up the kang (heated brick beds) in both rooms.
These past few days, Li Lanzhen has been going up the mountain with the women and children in the village every day to collect mountain products.
There were no spice plants or trees on the land in the space.
But she doesn't recognize these spices, so even if she encountered them in the mountains, she would probably just pass them by.
She might only recognize Sichuan peppercorns because they have very distinctive features and a strong aroma. If she encounters a Sichuan peppercorn tree, she'll definitely recognize it. As for other peppercorns, she won't recognize them.
So she went up the mountain with everyone to learn about wild vegetables and spice trees that she didn't recognize, and then she could transplant them into the space.
Some wild garlic and ginger have already been planted in the space.
They found these in the mountains, and after digging them up, some were planted in their own yards, while others were given to Zhang Deshui to plant in the Wangyou Valley greenhouse vegetable field.
On the western hillside, the wild vegetables, weeds, and shrubs below the halfway point have all withered and turned yellow.
So they went up the mountain and had a great day.
Because the Wu family discovered a large area of yams.
She explained to everyone that this can be used for medicinal purposes and can also be eaten.
Upon hearing that they could eat them, adults and children alike started smashing yams.
Li Lanzhen picked up a yam, which was very different from the yams she had eaten before she time-traveled.
This yam is long and thin with many fibrous roots, making it look like a tree root.
It's probably because the variety hasn't been improved and is still in its most primitive state.
However, the more it is like this, the better its medicinal effect should be.
It can be used to cook millet porridge or stew chicken soup, and it has a very good nourishing effect.
Li Lanzhen dug and threw some things into the space as she went.
She wanted to plant them all in the space to see if she could improve the variety of yams.
It would be even better if the roots of the yam could swell up after it has grown in the air.
In this way, next year, in addition to sweet potatoes and potatoes, we can also plant a patch of yams on the land of Peach Blossom Spring.
Digging holes in the soil to harvest yams is a favorite game for children.
They were all covered in dirt, looking like mud monkeys.
The dug-up yams were all packed into bags and placed aside. Li Lanzhen glanced at them and saw that there were probably dozens of bags.
These bags couldn't be carried down the mountain by the woman and child alone, so she called her niece Dingdang over.
"Dingdang, go down the mountain and call your father and the others to come up the mountain and carry the yams."
We women and children can't take them back.
Dingdang agreed and hurried down the mountain.
Xue Nizi, Tonghua, and Li Sanya are going back to make lunch.
She walked over and asked Li Lanzhen, "Mother, shall we carry a bag down and use these yams to make a pot of pheasant soup?"
Li Lanzhen said, "Great! This is very nourishing. Add a dozen or so red dates and simmer them together to make soup."
The three of them carried the bag down the mountain.
Li Lanzhen was just about to take out a piece of the big snake to make soup, but then she thought that it was still fresh and she would have to explain it to it.
I might as well not take it out. Next time I go to Youzhou City, I'll give this big snake to Sifang Restaurant.
After digging up this patch of yams, Wu instructed everyone to bury all the yam branches, vines, and small roots to restore the yam field so that no large or small holes would remain.
That way it will grow again next spring.
West Mountain is higher up, and Xue Laohu and his men are not allowed to go up.
They say there have been wolves appearing in that area recently.
Li Lanzhen stood up and looked at Dongshan, thinking that she would go to Dongshan to take a look tomorrow.
The side of the mountain facing east is the shaded side.
Because the side of Dongshan facing Taohuayuan is almost entirely cliffs, making it difficult to climb.
It was the cave they used to frequent, also located at a height of over three meters.
Thinking of this, Li Lanzhen thought of the medicine valley in Dongshan, which she had never considered visiting.
She wanted to wait until Silver Fox returned so she could take him there and do some research.
Since Grandpa Silver Fox was the head of the Imperial Medical Academy of the previous dynasty.
Although his grandfather warned his generation not to open a pharmacy to practice medicine.
However, judging from the quality of the pills and powders he made in his space, it's clear that Silver Fox must have secretly practiced in private, perhaps it's a talent inherited from his ancestors.
After lunch, the women and children did not go up the mountain again.
The men had a fruitful morning; they had all gone to the reed marshes to catch fish.
Li Lanzhen saw that among the dozen or so baskets placed outside the kitchen, the large fish weighed more than three pounds and the small fish weighed more than one pound.
After being pickled, these fish are dried into dried fish to eat in winter.
Because they didn't know whether the water in the reed marshes would freeze in winter, or how thick the ice would be.
This year we'll marinate and dry the fish. Once this winter is over, we'll know what to do next year.
In fact, Li Lanzhen agrees more with eating fresh fish, even if it's frozen in winter, fishing by breaking through the ice is the same.
But Li Lanzhen understood them.
Food is only truly yours when it's in your own pocket.
They were terrified of hunger and wanted to store up as much food as possible, so Li Lanzhen didn't stop them.
So in the afternoon, all the women and children were busy in the kitchen and dining room.
Washing duck eggs, washing fish, washing all kinds of wild vegetables...
These are all for pickling.
The fresh wild vegetables have been dried and made into dried vegetables, which are then packed into individual baskets.
During dinner that evening, Li Lanzhen mentioned that she wanted to go to Dongshan the next day.
Her idea was stopped by Xue Laohu.
"It's best not to go to Dongshan recently. Firstly, Dongshan has a complex and treacherous terrain, and every mountain is very dangerous. Secondly, there should be wild beasts on Dongshan that are even bigger than wolves."
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