The Space Doctor Became the Favorite of the Exiled Powerful Minister - #104 - Chapter 104: Budget carefully (third update)

Chapter 104: Budgeting carefully (third update)

Mrs. Cui couldn’t help but swallow as she burned the firewood.

Jiang Zhiluo took out the dried Sichuan peppercorns she bought today, put them in a stone mortar for pounding garlic, and began to pound them into powder.

 When making Guokui with mushroom and meat filling tomorrow, adjust the meat filling and add ground Sichuan peppercorns.

As if thinking of something, Mrs. Cui asked: “Zhiluo, what should we eat as staple food?”

Jiang Zhiluo thought for a moment and said, “Mom, didn’t we make cornmeal steamed buns last night? You can eat them with the cornmeal steamed buns.”

 Steamed a pot of cornmeal buns last night, which can be eaten for several days.

Even if their family conditions are better now, they still can’t bear to eat white-flour steamed buns every day.

　　It is usually mixed with cornmeal to make steamed buns.

 Just because the house hasn’t been built yet.

 So whether you can budget wisely or budget wisely.

 Save a little bit and save a little bit.

　　Don’t build a house halfway through and run out of money.

And since you have bought medicine for Cui Hejin and Mrs. Cui to recuperate their bodies, it is best not to stop halfway. A few consecutive courses of treatment can completely restore Mrs. Cui’s damaged body.

Mrs. Cui nodded and said, “You can really just have cornmeal buns.”

“By the way, Zhiluo, are you pounding garlic? I can do it after a while, or let Hejin do it.”

Jiang Zhiluo said: “Mom, my husband will be tired after working in the school for a day. I can do this work, so I don’t have to work hard for my husband.”

Mrs. Cui was at a loss for words to refute when she heard this.

 She has never seen someone who cares so much for her husband.

 When she was the Duke’s wife, she didn’t feel so sorry for him.

Mrs. Cui smiled and sighed: “He Jin must have accumulated some virtue in her previous life, and now she has found such a good wife like you.”

“I didn’t feel sorry for his father that much back then. I just felt that he was a man and should pamper me more!”

Jiang Zhiluo’s expression changed, her hand movements paused, her nose felt sore, and her heart ached: “Maybe he was very hard in his last life.”

 Yes, it must be very hard for him to protect her like that.

 In this life, she was reluctant to let him suffer at all.

Mrs. Cui said: “Those are all guesses. After all, I feel relieved that you have been harmonious and beautiful in this life.”

 She was happy and relieved to see her son and daughter-in-law doing well.

Hands and wives just support each other and feel sorry for each other.

Her deserted son felt as if he had some fireworks under the influence of Zhiluo.

While he was talking, Cui Hejin had already come in carrying two buckets of water.

He glanced at Jiang Zhiluo, as if he heard what he just said. A dim light flashed across his eyes, flickering, and his black eyes became darker and darker.

Cui Hejin poured two buckets of water, and the water in the jar was full.

 He went to the yard again to chop firewood.

Looking at his busy figure, Jiang Zhiluo’s cheeks felt a little dazed, as if she saw another scene through him.

After Jiang Zhiluo pounded the pepper into powder, Mrs. Cui smelled the breath and said, “Is this the smell of spices?”

“Mom, this is ground Sichuan peppercorns. I’ve just kneaded the dough and made it into dough. When I wake up early tomorrow morning, I can make Guokui.”

“I plan to make Guokui stuffed with mushrooms and meat, and these peppercorns are used as seasonings for the stuffing.”

Mrs. Cui was stunned, “Then you really don’t do the leek box business and make pot helmets?”

Although Mrs. Cui doesn’t know what a pot helmet is at this time, if her daughter-in-law wants to make it, it must be a good thing.

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, “Well, when it comes to making Guokui, our noodles are different from others, and they are not pies. They taste unique, so we can easily stand out among a bunch of food stalls.”

“There are not many people buying leek boxes now, so we won’t do it for the time being.”

Mrs. Cui nodded and said, “Well, I don’t know much about business matters, so I will just follow your arrangements.”

 “I’ll get up early tomorrow morning and make pot helmets with you.”

   “Well, after we turn back to use the plum blossoms to make umeboshi, we can use the umeboshi to make guokui, and the taste will be more unique.”     I visited the market before, and there was no umeboshi here at all.

“And we can also make pickled pork with pickled vegetables and eat it ourselves.”

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiluo had a smile on her face.

In this way, Mrs. Cui was talking to Jiang Zhiluo, and the two of them discussed setting up a stall tomorrow.

 Time passed little by little.

 The fragrance in the house is getting stronger and stronger.

 “This fragrance is too fragrant.”

Mrs. Cui has had a banquet in the village before and smelled the smell of stewed chicken, but it was not so fragrant.

 …

Next to Niu’s house

Although Cui’s family and Niu’s house are separated by an abandoned open space, the fragrance is too strong and can easily spread to Niu’s house.

Especially at this time, Shanmao was still playing in the yard. He smelled the fragrance and couldn’t stand it anymore, “Mom, it smells so good, I want to eat meat.”

When it was time to eat, seven-year-old Shanmao was already hungry. His mother hadn’t cooked the rice yet. He smelled the aroma and felt that it must be meat that was so fragrant.

“Yesterday you asked for candied haws. Didn’t I just buy it for you? What kind of meat should I eat? Meat can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.”

Shan Mao was so greedy that he couldn’t bear the fragrance, “Woo hoo, I want to eat meat, eat meat…”

Mrs. Niu usually loves her son. The men in her family are very strong and capable of working. She also divided the family with her brothers below and collected enough food for her family.

 So occasionally she would buy her son a piece of candy, some peanuts and other things to eat.

 But this kind of thing only costs a penny, and it is useful for coaxing children.

 But eating meat cannot be spent with just two pennies.

 It cost 20 cents to cut a pound of meat, and Mr. Niu was reluctant to buy it.

Those are things that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

“Why are you crying? If you cry again, your father will come back and beat you.”

Liu Cang, the man of the Niu family, was very strong and worked hard, so he also went to the back of the village to help build a house.

Mr. Niu was almost overjoyed to receive ten cents home every day for the past three days.

This period is the slack time for farmers. There is not much work on weekdays. If you are idle at home, it is idle. Going out to work for ten cents a day naturally makes people happy.

Just thinking about the Cui family’s conditions getting better, Niu felt a little puzzled.

 She knows best what life the Cui family had lived before.

“Is it possible that Jiang Zhiluo came here with her dowry money? Or maybe her life suddenly becomes better and she still has money to buy a homestead and build a house?”

“Li Zheng is talking about doing business. What kind of business can make so much money?”

 “If business is so easy, everyone will go into business.”

 It’s not like the people in the village are not smart enough to make some food and set up a stall, but it’s not that easy to sell it.

 Things that cannot be sold are wasted, and the white flour used is also wasted.

 Besides, they may not be able to sell the eggs just by setting up a stall at the market.

 So as time went by, everyone stopped thinking and took good care of the land. Once the land was planted, more food could be produced, and there was no need to worry about other things.

Mr. Niu finally calmed down Shanmao and stopped him from making trouble.

 But Shanmao shed tears as he smelled the stronger fragrance, his stomach growled, and he became even more hungry.

Of course Mr. Niu also smelled the fragrance, and his mouth watered, “Really, I don’t know what to make, but the fragrance is so delicious every day.”

I also smelled the fragrance last night. When I saw Cui in the afternoon, I asked about the cornmeal buns they made last night.

 Why do people make cornmeal steamed buns so delicious?

While Niu kept swallowing, Jiang Zhiluo knocked on the door with a small bowl of mushroom and chicken nuggets in her hand.

Niu swallowed his saliva and shouted, “Who is it?”

 (End of this chapter)