Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

Although girls at that time could not go to school, families with a little money could still afford to buy enlightenment books, and some elders in the family who could read would teach the girls in the family.

Some of the words that Xu's father recognized, so some of the words that the original owner and Xu Zhi also recognized, would not appear particularly abrupt when Xu Yuan traveled through time. After all, if there is someone in the family who can read, his knowledge and insights must be very different. He would not wander around like a blind man. Therefore, any new things that Xu Yuan discovered would not be a waste of time in the eyes of the villagers, as he could make money from them.

Xu Yuan was quite glad that he traveled to this era. Most people here treat women the same as men without any prejudice. Women can do the same things that men do. Men and women are equal here.

Thinking of this, I began to calculate when to set up a stall in the county town. Although living in the deep mountains, I would not need a lot of money and as long as I had enough to eat, I could not eat vegetarian food every day. I could eat fish from the river. There would also be game in the mountains, but it was rare to see them.

After all, if wild beasts often visit this place, it will no longer be a Feng Shui treasure land.

The four siblings walked leisurely toward their home, having gained a lot.

"Sister, can I take a few of these sweet potatoes and cook them? I want to try what they taste like." Guozi held a sweet potato in his palm, which was exactly the size of his palm.

"Brother, don't you want to try the eggs that Grandma Pan gave you?

Manyu held a basket of eggs in his arms and walked slowly beside Guozi. He picked up an egg with his little hand and held it up for Song Guozi to see.

Guozi shook her head. "No, I want to keep my egg to hatch chicks. When they grow up, they can lay lots of eggs. Then we will have lots of eggs to eat."

When Xuanyu heard this, his eyes lit up, "Really? Then I won't eat it either, and I'll save it for hatching chicks."

Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard the conversation between their younger brothers.

These two silly guys have some good ideas.

But, there is no rooster in Grandma Pan’s house.

"How do you know these eggs can hatch chicks? What if they can't hatch, won't they just become rotten eggs?" Xu Zhi kindly reminded.

"Ah, is it impossible? Bird eggs can hatch baby birds, so why can't chicken eggs work?" Guozi seemed to have such a memory, but it was very vague.

"Yes." Guozi nodded aside.

"These are not here. Listen to my sister. It's not good to take them home and eat them. Don't let them go bad." Xu Yuan didn't want the eggs that Grandma Pan specially gave him to go bad. Wouldn't they taste good when he ate them?

After hearing what their eldest sister said, the two little kids decided not to keep the chicks to hatch. They knew that their eldest sister was right.

Pushing open the gate of his own house, Xu Yuan put the full load of charcoal on his back into the utility room. Xu Zhi put the sweet potatoes at the edge of the yard and went into the kitchen to cook.

"Second sister, second sister, can you cook some sweet potatoes for me to eat?"

"Here, take some and wash off the mud. I'll light the fire and cook first."

Guozi was very happy. He took out four small sweet potatoes from his backpack and ran excitedly to the water tank in the kitchen.

"Why are you running, Guozi? What's the use of taking four? Just take a few more." After Xuyuan put the charcoal, he saw Guozi taking four small sweet potatoes and running to the kitchen. They were so small that they were gone in one bite. What kind of taste could they have?

After that, I went to the backyard to pick some green vegetables. At this time, the pepper seedlings have gradually started to grow. I believe that they will start to bloom soon. I am looking forward to it. Now I have to go to the wild pepper place to pick some peppers. There are still some dried peppers, and they have to be crushed into powder.

Xuanyu carefully placed the eggs in his arms into a wooden barrel specially used for storing things, covered it with a bamboo sieve, and went to help Xu Zhi make a fire.

"Second sister, I'm done washing. Can I put it in here?"

Guozi put the washed sweet potatoes into a bamboo basket and brought it over. Seeing Xu Zhi nod, he poured all of them into the pot. The rice in the pot was already half cooked. Xu Zhi had already scooped it up with a bamboo spoon and put it into a gauze-lined colander to drain the water. The rice soup in the pot had been scooped into a large basin.

Water was added to the pot again. Xu Zhi put the rice steamer into the pot, poured the drained half-cooked brown rice into the steamer, and covered it with a lid. There was still some space around the pot, which was more than enough for the sweet potatoes.

After the fruits were put away, they sat aside and watched the fire with many others.

Xu Yuan walked in and saw two kids sitting in a row in front of the stove. Seeing the blazing fire, he put down the vegetables in his hands and walked out.

It would be a shame not to roast some sweet potatoes on such a big fire. Xu Yuan took four from the basket and went into the kitchen. "There are so many fruits. Please make way. Sister is putting some good things here."

Watching Xu Yuan put four small sweet potatoes into the fire, Xu Zhi asked, "Sister, with such a big fire, will they be burned into charcoal?"

"So, you have to watch carefully." Xu Yuan said to the two little kids squatting in front of the stove.

Receiving such an important task, the two little kids agreed excitedly. They stared at the sweet potatoes in the fire and turned them over from time to time with a fire poker.

After a while, Xu Yuan looked at the white smoke rising from the pot, poked the sweet potatoes in the pot with chopsticks, and they went in easily, indicating that they were cooked.

It’s yellow meat, not bad.

The ones that were still being roasted were now cooked and were placed on the table, steaming hot. Two little kids were blowing on them and taking a bite and putting them in their mouths.

"It smells so good. Ah, it's so hot." Many people burned themselves just after biting it into their mouths and had to spit it out, then quickly caught it with their little hands.

Guozi looked at him with disgust, thinking, "This silly boy, doesn’t he have chopsticks?"

Xu Yuan wrapped the rice steamer in a wet cloth and brought it out. He then scooped all the sweet potatoes in the pot into a plate, scooped out all the remaining water in the pot, poured some water to wash the pot, and began to stir-fry some green vegetables.

Soon, a plate of fresh green vegetables came out after being stir-fried over a high fire, and Xu Zhi brought the washed bowls to the table.

"Sister, sister, this baked sweet potato is much more delicious than the boiled one, come and try it." Manyu now held a sweet potato in each hand, one side was baked and the other side was boiled.

This kid really knows how to enjoy himself.

Xu Yuan picked up the roasted sweet potato in front of him, peeled off the skin, revealing the golden flesh. He took a bite and it was very soft, sticky, fragrant and sweet.

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After enjoying a sumptuous lunch, Xuyuan took a break for a while. At this moment, he was woken up by the beeping sound in his head. This time he set the alarm specially.

He got up and tidied up, not caring whether Xuanyue and Guozi were awake or not. Xu Zhi had already woken up and was turning over the dried fish that were drying in the yard.

He called Xu Zhi for help, cut the remaining sweet potatoes in the basket into pieces of similar size, put them into the basket, walked out of the yard, and headed towards Chen Biyun's house.

I happened to pass by Uncle Liu and Uncle Wang's house, so I can deliver some of these to them.