Reborn in ancient times: I will make my family rich

Jiang Nan is now near the foot of the mountain. As he continues to walk up the mountain, he sees traces of people turning over the ground.

Some common wild vegetables have been dug up.

Now the road connecting the village to the outside world is blocked by mudslides.

No one knew how long they would be stuck in the village. Without food, everyone was trying to prepare as much food as possible for their families.

Looking at the mess, Jiang Nan tried his best to calm himself, not to be affected by these villagers, and continued walking up the mountain.

However, as it was already afternoon, Jiang Nan did not dare to walk too far, for fear of getting down the mountain after dark.

Jiang Nan found a deserted spot on the mountain, then bent down and searched the ground carefully for something edible.

When she saw familiar wild vegetables, she picked them up casually. She had to prepare some as well.

Jiang Nan has not yet explored the entire back mountain, and he doesn't know how big the mountain is.

Following the villagers' method of picking without leaving any behind, it is estimated that the back mountain will be covered completely soon.

Jiang Nan, who was digging wild vegetables, suddenly felt a cool and slippery touch on his ankle.

Jiang Nan was shocked, no way!

Jiang Nan didn't dare to move. He looked at his ankle and felt the blood flowing backwards. Goose bumps appeared on his body.

A black snake, with its tongue sticking out, was still climbing up Jiang Nan's calf.

Jiang Nan's whole body was stiff, and she tried to calm herself down. The thing she feared most in her life was snakes.

Because of fear, Jiang Nan's lips turned pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down.

When he opened his eyes again, Jiang Nan nervously looked at his calves again.

In his previous life, Jiang Nan was a military doctor and had received field training. After careful observation, Jiang Nan discovered that the snake was called the black-banded snake, which was non-venomous and had delicious edible meat.

As for how delicious it was, she had never tasted it in her previous life, nor did she have the courage to taste it.

Knowing that the snake was not poisonous, Jiang Nan's tense heart was relieved. Even if he was bitten, it would not be a problem and he would not die.

Jiang Nan held her breath, trying not to alert the snake. She plucked up her courage and when the snake continued to crawl along her legs with its back facing her, she grabbed the snake by the vital point.

The snake that was strangled instantly let go of Jiang Nan's calf and wrapped around Jiang Nan's arm again.

"Oh, my God!" Jiang Nan screamed in fear. He grabbed the snake with one hand and kept it as far away from him as possible, resisting the urge to throw the snake away.

He took out a kitchen knife from his bag, prepared himself mentally, squatted down, stepped on the snake's tail with one foot, and chopped off the snake's head directly.

Seeing that the snake on the ground had stopped moving, Jiang Nan's tense nerves finally relaxed.

Sister Xiaobei Shuang'er paid a huge price to let you have a bite of meat this time.

Jiang Nan picked some leaves from a nearby tree, picked up the snake from the ground through the leaves, wrapped it in the leaves and put it into his bag.

Jiang Nan learned his lesson this time. He picked up a branch nearby and looked around in the haystack to make sure it was safe before picking wild vegetables.

Jiang Nan looked at the wild vegetables in his bag and saw that they were enough to last for a few days. He was still thinking about other things, so he walked down the mountain.

On the way back, Jiang Nan suddenly caught a glimpse of some rotting gray balls nearby. When he got closer, he saw that they were actually oyster mushrooms, weighing at least five or six kilograms.

Jiang Nan was overjoyed and quickly put down his bag, took out some vines and threw them away to make room for the oyster mushrooms.

If you can’t finish eating all the mushrooms when it’s hot, you can dry them.

"I have a little donkey, but I never ride it," Jiang Nan thought about his gains today as he went down the mountain, humming a little tune all the way back home.

"Sister, you're back. Drink some water and take a rest." Jiang Shuang and Jiang Bei heard Jiang Nan's voice from a distance and went to greet her.

"It's true," Jiang Nan put down his bag, took the water from Jiang Bei with a smile and drank it in one gulp.

"You're in for a treat today," Jiang Nan said as he untied his bag, took out the oyster mushrooms he had picked, and showed off the fruits of his labor to the three people.

Unexpectedly, the three people's attention was immediately attracted by the half-wrapped snake in the bundle.

"Sister, do we have meat to eat today?" Jiang Shuang looked at the snake in the bundle with sparkling eyes, without any fear in her eyes.

"There's meat to eat," Jiang Nan then remembered the snake in his bag and said with some fear.

She really didn't want to deal with the snake, and she didn't know how to do it. Even if the snake was dead, she got goose bumps just seeing it.

Jiang Nan stretched out two fingers and carefully pinched the snake out of the bundle through the leaves.

"I don't know how to clean this up," Jiang Nan said to Jiang Bei.

"How about you go to the villagers and find someone to clean up the snakes, and give them some of the snake meat as payment for their efforts."

"No need, I'll clean it up," Gu Yanzhou, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke.

Just now, when he saw Jiang Nan's expression when he looked at the snake, he found that Jiang Nan was afraid of snakes.

He was afraid of snakes but had the courage to kill the snake and bring it back. He was quite brave.

When Jiang Nan heard Gu Yanzhou's words, his eyes lit up. If he could handle it, the meat would not have to be shared with others, and the two little guys could eat more.

"But, is your wound okay?" Although Jiang Nan really wanted Gu Yanzhou to treat it, he was still a little concerned about his wound.

"No problem, I'll sit and handle it, it's okay."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

It was still early and not yet time for dinner, so Jiang Nan asked Jiang Bei to fetch a pot of water.

She wanted to try making salt.

I just don’t know if it can be successful.

While Jiang Bei was fetching water, Jiang Nan moved the fire to another place and added some firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously.

After Jiang Bei fetched the water, Jiang Nan put all the ashes from the previously burned wood into the pot and boiled it over high heat.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Jiang Bei asked curiously as he looked at Jiang Nan's strange movements.

"I'll see if I can extract some salt."

"You can also make salt from gray, sister, you are so amazing," Jiang Bei looked at Jiang Nan with eyes full of admiration.

Jiang Nan, who was busy at the side, looked up when he heard Jiang Bei's tone and happened to meet Jiang Bei's admiring eyes.

"I'm just trying it, and it may not succeed," Jiang Nan suddenly said guiltily. He found that Jiang Bei seemed to be a sister-con and believed in her unconditionally.

Now she feels a lot of pressure in refining salt.

Gu Yanzhou, who was sitting nearby, was cutting the snake with his knife quickly and efficiently, without any delay.

He peeled off the snake skin completely, revealing the pink snake meat inside. After removing the internal organs, Gu Yanzhou placed the processed snake meat on the leaves beside him.

"Xiaobei, help me go to the well to wash my hands."

"The edge of the well is slippery, Xiaobei, you hold him and be careful." Jiang Nan warned Jiang Bei.

"I know, sister."

After a long time, the wood ash in the pot was boiled over a high fire. Jiang Nan put the pot aside to let the ash settle, and temporarily poured clean water into a bowl beside it.

Finally, clean the pot and boil the water in the bowl again over low heat.

Looking at the water in the pot, Jiang Nan was a little nervous. Whether he would succeed depended on this step.

She really missed the taste of salt.