They put the poisonous plant in the warehouse. Although it wasn't dark yet, the two didn't search for it anymore and instead headed to their resting place.
As soon as they reached the riverbank, Xia Hua said, "Shu Shu, bring out two chickens. I'll slaughter them and make you beggar's chicken." This dish only requires marinating before roasting in the fire; it doesn't require any special skills.
An Shuyi nodded and took out two live chickens from the trading system. "Do you need anything else?"
"Take out a few more potatoes and some venison, but take the bones, not the meat. These will also be used for roasting." After she took them out, Xia Hua marinated the bones and had Shu Shu start a fire while she went to kill a chicken. After killing it, she put it in a basin to marinate, then bought a roll of tin foil from the store and wrapped the marinated chicken inside. Then she also wrapped the venison bones in tin foil.
Then she dug some mud from the riverbank, mixed it with water, and when it was almost mixed, she spread it on the tin foil, wrapping all three tin foils tightly. Seeing that Shushu had already lit the fire, she threw in a few large pieces of wood, put the tin foil wrapped in mud into the fire, and put a few more large pieces of wood on top. The potatoes were placed next to the fire.
Seeing that she hadn't done anything, An Shuyi opened the trading system and sold the Thunder Vine, bringing her balance to 7,200 taels. She clicked on the buy section, thinking that selling 2,000 taels would increase the number of items she could buy to 20, but she was very disappointed because only 10 items could be added. It has to be said that this trading system is capricious.
The items available for purchase this time include large fat pigs. Previously, they could only buy pork, not live pigs. They thought they wouldn't be able to buy any, but now they can. There are also piglets, which are for raising. However, they never thought of raising pigs in the village. Not only would no one want to raise them, but raising pigs would also be too smelly, and there is no suitable place to raise them.
Now, her trading system not only sells pork but also live pigs, so she no longer needs to raise pigs. The third item is live sheep, which she didn't have before, but now she can have roasted whole sheep to eat. The fourth item is horses, that's right, live horses. This is a real surprise. She won't need to go to Jin'an City to buy horses anymore, and she won't have to worry about not being able to buy them.
The fifth recipe is for brewing liquor, but it's for strong liquor. This recipe is good because their workshop currently only makes fruit wine and doesn't have any strong liquor yet. However, the two of them don't plan to brew strong liquor right now, so they don't need to rush to buy this recipe.
The sixth item is morel mushroom spawn. Of all the things she could buy, this was the one she was most satisfied with. She had been struggling with this before. She already had the plantations and was just waiting to plant them next year, but she didn't have the morel mushroom spawn. Now that's good, she has the spawn, so she can plant them next year.
The seventh one also surprised her, because it was actually a recipe for vegetables. The remaining ones were also recipes for vegetables: stir-fried morel mushrooms, morel mushroom stewed with chicken, and steamed morel mushrooms with eggs. Moreover, these recipes were not expensive, costing only ten taels of silver each. Now she could sell not only morel mushrooms but also recipes for vegetables.
The last dish wasn't a recipe for morel mushrooms, but rather a recipe for roast suckling pig. But can't you just marinate the meat and roast it? It costs fifty taels of silver per piece—this is robbery!
Unable to resist her curiosity, she bought the recipe anyway. After checking it, she found that the fifty taels of silver were well spent. The recipe not only showed how to marinate the meat, but also the seasonings needed for the dry dipping sauce, which was suitable for all kinds of roasted meat. However, there were many seasonings needed, which they did not have at the moment. Otherwise, they could have tried it to see if it was delicious and worth the fifty taels of silver.
She told Hua Hua about what she could sell this time, especially the morel mushroom strains, which were what she was most satisfied with.
Xia Hua was also very happy to hear her story, after all, they could grow morel mushrooms next year. However, she had some doubts when she heard the last recipe. "Shu Shu, have you ever thought that the piglet is not for raising, but for roasting? It's a suckling pig, only that big. Otherwise, the last recipe wouldn't be roast suckling pig."
After listening to her, An Shuyi also felt that it made sense, since the recipe had been provided. She just didn't know if it was as Hua Hua had said. "How about we have roast suckling pig tomorrow? I still have the clivia you dug up that I haven't sold yet. After I sell it, we can buy five more things, and maybe we'll need some seasonings later."
Although they've been eating barbecue these past few days, this is roast suckling pig; it must be delicious.
Xia Hua didn't refuse her idea and readily agreed, "Then sell the clivia and see if it can be used as a spice. If it is, I'll make you a roast suckling pig tomorrow."
"You do it?"
"Do you mean you're a better cook than me? Didn't I make all the roast chicken and meat you've been eating these past few days? Besides, if I don't know how, I can learn. One of us has to know how. I consider myself a bit smarter than you, so I'll take care of the cooking. Of course, if you want to cook, I have no objection. Even if your cooking is terrible, I'll still eat it."
An Shuyi shook her head. "I'm not as smart as you. You can handle this huge task. I can be your assistant. I'll do whatever you ask without hesitation." She didn't want to cook. She could manage a simple, quick boil, but anything too difficult was beyond her. She was only good at eating.
"I'll sell the clivia right now!" she said, opening the trading system and selling the clivia. Her silver became 7,750 taels. Then she checked what she could buy, clicking on items while silently reciting the names of seasonings in her mind.
She was able to buy five things this time, and it didn't disappoint her. The first thing was ginger, which is great because it can be used directly as a seasoning, or it can be grown. Moreover, ginger has many uses.
The second is garlic, this is dried garlic, which can be eaten or grown. The third is scallions, but these are live scallions. The fourth is cumin powder, but you can find it in the market, so this is a bit redundant.
The fifth one is cinnamon. Although it is also a spice, Huahua already has a spice packet for braising meat, so this is a bit redundant. However, having scallions, ginger, and garlic is already good enough. Huahua has the other spices. Of course, if not, then don't add them.
After listening to her, Xia Hua nodded, "Okay, then we'll roast suckling pig tomorrow. They only eat two meals a day now. They get up at nine in the morning and don't have time to eat lunch because they're busy. Sometimes they just eat some snacks when they're hungry."
Seeing that she agreed, An Shuyi closed the trading system and sat down to wait for the meat to be grilled.
"Eat a few potatoes first, the beggar's chicken will be ready in a while!" Xia Hua scraped the potatoes clean and handed them to her.
"Thank you, Flower!"
After eating the two potatoes, Xia Hua moved the fire aside, dug out the three lumps of mud with a stick, took out three large bowls from the warehouse, and then took out a kitchen knife. She knocked the mud off, put the exposed tin foil into the bowls, and watched Shu Shu pick up her chopsticks, reminding her, "Be careful, it's hot."
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