A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

"We dug 133 steps in one morning, and continued digging in the afternoon. We can dig 250 steps in that day. It will take less than five days to dig through them all." Chen Lizheng shared happily.

At that time, the water can flow into the fields for self-irrigation, which is a good thing that benefits the villagers.

Such a good thing is thanks to the old sister-in-law of the Chen family and her eldest daughter-in-law.

Chen Changsheng is also calculating that if today's progress is followed, the digging can be completed in four days, and the next step is to build a reservoir.

It is also necessary to let the water in the ditch flow automatically to the fields, which requires the use of keel waterwheels.

The keel waterwheel was seen by Chen Changsheng in a very remote rural area in his previous life.

There was an old craftsman in the village who specialized in making keel waterwheels. Seeing that Chen Changsheng was interested in keel waterwheels, the old man introduced Chen Changsheng to the principles and manufacturing techniques of keel waterwheels.

Although she can't retell it exactly the same now, she can still remember the general principle. If she searches for relevant information in the bracelet, she should be able to reproduce it.

However, this requires good craftsmen who can do carpentry.

"Uncle Li Zheng, I have a plan. I need your help to find two craftsmen who are good at carpentry in the village. I will draw the drawings and they will make them according to the drawings." Chen Changsheng told Li Zheng what he wanted.

Li Zheng patted his chest, "I'll be responsible for this. There are still a few people in our village who can do carpentry, and your neighbor can do carpentry. Just worry about painting, and I'll find someone for you."

With Li Zheng's words, Chen Changsheng had no worries.

After the break, everyone started digging again, and Chen Changsheng also led Si Xi back.

After returning home, she soaked all the remaining soybeans in water and prepared to make tofu curd tomorrow morning.

Chen Sanshou was washing vegetables in the yard obediently, and Si Xi also joined him.

Chen Changsheng seemed to have remembered something, so he took out the two pairs of rubber gloves he bought from the house, gave Sanshou and Sixi a pair each, and asked them to wash them with the gloves on so that their hands would not be injured.

The third and fourth children looked at the gloves in their hands with curiosity. In the morning, their mother also gave the eldest and second brothers gloves and asked them to wear them while working.

It's just that the eldest brother's and the others' ones seem to be made of linen or kobu. The ones on my hands are slippery, and I can't tell what they are made of.

"You two will wear these gloves when washing things from now on. If someone comes, take them off and don't let others see it. My mother also bought this good baby from the city. I'm afraid that others will think ill if they see it. Steal.”

Chen Changsheng kept telling lies, bluffing Sanshou and Sixi into nodding obediently.

Then she entered the room and activated her bracelet. The screen showed that the current total calorie consumption was 2,800 calories.

You can turn on the new function "Beep and you will know."

The name of this function sounds like a search function. She just needs to search how to make a keel waterwheel, so she can save money on buying reference books in "Payment".

Chen Changsheng had an idea and started talking to the system, "The host needs to unlock the 'beep and you'll know' function."

The system responded, "Unlocking 'Beep and you'll know' requires deducting 2,000 kcal from the host. Could the host please confirm whether to enable this function?"

Chen Changsheng nodded affirmatively, "The host confirms the activation."

The system responded immediately, "Received, the host has turned on the 'Beep and you will know' function, deducting 2,000 calories. The current calorie consumption remains at 800 calories."

The "beep, you'll know" icon on the bracelet turned into a colorful magnifying glass icon. Chen Changsheng clicked on the magnifying glass, and a search bar appeared.

She entered "The working principle and production method of keel waterwheel" and clicked to confirm.

A prompt appeared on the screen of the bracelet, "If the host wants to search, he needs to pay ten calories."

Nanny?

Charge again? !

This system is probably not a vampire sent by God.

More capitalist than all evil capitalists.

Chen Changsheng suppressed his anger and asked, "Can you take care of it? What kind of system is this? Is there such a thing to deceive people?"

The system said, "I am also a wage earner. This is the rule from above."

Sigh, I’m speechless!

Chen Changsheng compromised. After paying ten cards, she continued to search, and search results about keel waterwheels popped up one after another.

Li Zheng gave her a piece of paper and there was one piece left. She took out a small piece of black charcoal from the stove and wrote and drew on the paper to make detailed records.

One afternoon, Chen Changsheng finally figured out how to make a keel waterwheel. She stretched and prepared to go find Li Zheng. When she looked at the time on her wristband, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

It's dinner time again.

Chen Dafu and Chen Erlu came back from the field carrying tools. In the afternoon, everyone was very energetic and dug two hundred steps in one go. Including the morning's work, they dug a total of three hundred and thirty steps today.

This progress surprised everyone involved in the trench digging.

It seems that this canal is not as difficult to dig as imagined.

Everyone is looking forward to the scene when the fields will start to be irrigated automatically in four days.

Since the brothers Dafu and Erlu had been working hard all day, the Chen family decided to have a dry meal tonight.

Chen Changsheng scooped up two bowls of white rice, and bought a three-pound crucian carp and two small handfuls of vermicelli from his bracelet, spending a total of 150 calories.

Soak the vermicelli in water to slowly soften it, then fry half a pound of minced pork marinated at noon.

Stir-fry the minced pork until fragrant, then pour the soaked vermicelli into the pot, stir-fry constantly, sprinkle a small handful of spicy millet segments before taking it out of the pot, and it will be ready with ants climbing the tree.

The preparation of crucian carp is very simple, just braise the crucian carp.

Chen Changsheng took some chili, garlic and ginger from the system space, washed them, put some oil in the pot and started frying the fish over low heat.

When both sides of the fish are fried slightly brown, take it out and use the remaining oil in the pot to stir-fry the ingredients and bean paste until fragrant.

Put the fried crucian carp into the pot again, add an appropriate amount of water to cover the fish and simmer for a while. After a few minutes, open the lid of the pot, scoop out a small spoonful of brown sugar, and finally sprinkle some salt to enhance the flavor, and then throw in a handful of chopped green onions. The braised crucian carp is ready to be cooked.

The four children are now very conscious. As soon as Chen Changsheng's side has cooked the food, the children will immediately bring the food to the dining table in the main room. The remaining people are responsible for serving the rice and setting the dishes and chopsticks, waiting for the last dish in the pot. Once out of the pan, you can start eating right away.

On the table in the main room were five bowls of white rice, a pot of fried minced pork with vermicelli, and a dish of braised crucian carp.

Chen Changsheng said "Let's start", and everyone picked up their bowls and took a big bite of rice.

The braised crucian carp was the first dish to be picked up. The fish skin was fried until it was slightly browned but not broken. It was a bit hard and very chewy.

Take another bite of the fish. The meat is tender and flavourful. The soup is rich and goes well with rice. The fish is moderately salty and delicious. Everyone is left with a delicious taste.

"Mom, with your skills, can you work as a cook in a restaurant in the city?" Although Dafu has never eaten in a restaurant, my mother's skills are definitely top-notch.

Chen Changsheng was not ashamed of himself, "You still don't know my mother's skills? Aren't the local vegetables that my mother makes sold in restaurants?"

Everyone in Ruyilou wanted her to be the cook, but Chen Changsheng was not interested in taking the job.

"Mom, did you go to the city to buy fish today?" Sanshou picked up another chopstick of vermicelli, his mouth full and dripping with oil.

He remembers coming home at noon and seeing only two hens, ducks and two eggs, but no fish at home.