Sweet Dreams in Famine Years: The System Leads to a Brilliant Life

Zeng's mother felt extremely remorseful at this moment.

In the end, it took Zeng Zhengen a while of comforting to calm Zeng's mother down!

Just when Zeng Zhengen wanted to go back, Zeng's mother suddenly called her again.

"Zeng'er, don't let those kids come over to help this afternoon. We've almost finished planting the potatoes here, so let them rest at home this afternoon!"

Zeng Zhengen nodded and said, "Yes, mother, I understand!"

When Zeng Zhengen returned home, the three kids had already washed their hands and put the dishes in place.

After seeing Zeng Zhengen coming back, the three little guys came out together and shouted "Mom".

After Zeng Zhengen put the basket away, he came to the dining table.

"Hurry up and eat! Otherwise the food will get cold soon."

Zeng Zhengen gave the order, and the boys started to serve the rice.

Zhang Jiajun first served Zeng Zhengen a bowl of rice, and then served himself a bowl.

Seeing that the job of serving rice had been snatched away by their eldest brother, Zhang Jiahu and Zhang Jiaqi hurriedly put some food into Zeng Zhengen's bowl.

"Mom, this chicken is for you."

"Mom, this rabbit meat is for you!"

The two brothers said in unison.

Zeng Zhengen looked at the three little guys, then picked up a piece of meat for each of them and put it in a bowl.

"You should eat too. Eat more meat so that you can grow taller," said Zeng Zhengen.

When the three little guys saw Zeng Zhengen pick up some meat for them, they were all deeply moved.

Without waiting for them to say anything, Zeng Zhengen spoke directly.

"Hurry up and eat! After dinner, help mom at home in the afternoon."

The three kids didn't dare to say anything else and hurriedly lowered their heads to eat.

After dinner, the three boys cleaned up the dishes and came to Zeng Zhengen to ask what work he was going to do.

Zeng Zhengen went straight into the room and brought out a large bag of persimmons, then placed them in front of them.

"Mom is going to make some persimmon cakes. You should peel all the persimmons in the afternoon," Zeng Zhengen ordered.

The persimmons Zeng Zhengen carried out weighed about forty or fifty kilograms. The three little guys were so shocked when they saw such a big bag of persimmons that their mouths opened wide.

Zeng Zhengen didn't care how surprised they were and just gave each of them a paring knife.

The three little guys looked at things in their hands that they had never seen before, and they were all very curious.

"Mom, what is this used for?" Zhang Jiaqi asked.

Zeng Zhengen then remembered that she had not yet introduced the kids to how to use a paring knife.

"This is a tool specifically for peeling the persimmon. Hold the persimmon in one hand and the peeler in the other, and then do this..."

Zeng Zhengen introduced the use of a paring knife to the kids in detail.

Fortunately, the three little ones were smart and quickly learned how to use the paring knife.

"Mom, it's much easier to peel vegetables with this peeler." Zhang Jiahu said with a smile.

"Okay, just relax and get to work! By the way, don't mention the matter of the peeler to others outside, okay?" Zeng Zhengen warned.

There were no such things as paring knives in that era, so she bought these paring knives from the system mall.

So in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zeng Zhengen still gave the little guys a warning.

The three kids nodded in unison, "Mom, we won't say anything nonsense."

After arranging the three little ones, Zeng Zhengen went to the room and took out some hawthorns. She planned to make some hawthorn cakes.

Hawthorn has the effect of helping digestion and stimulating appetite. Hawthorn cake made with hawthorn is the most suitable snack for the little ones.

When the system drew a lottery before, Zeng Zhengen drew a food recipe, which included the method of making hawthorn cake.

Zeng Zhengen followed the recipe and first cleaned the hawthorns, then removed the core of the hawthorns, put them into the pot and added rock sugar, and cooked until the sugar melted. He then spent 1,200 system coins to buy a rechargeable wall-breaking machine from the system mall.

Pour the cooked hawthorn into a blender, add some water, beat all the hawthorn into hawthorn paste, pour the paste into the pot, add some white sugar and continue cooking.

During the process, you have to stir it constantly to prevent it from sticking to the pot. When it is almost cooked, Zeng Zhengen pours the prepared hawthorn jam into a large container.

Because there was no refrigerator, Zeng Zhengen could only put the prepared hawthorn jam directly in the cupboard and wait for it to cool naturally.

After finishing all these, Zeng Zhengen went to the main room to check on the progress of the three little ones.

The three boys worked quite diligently, and most of the persimmons Zeng Zhengen brought out had been peeled by them.

Zeng Zhengen got a rope and hung all the peeled persimmons under the eaves, waiting for them to dry into persimmon cakes.

The three little guys looked at Zeng Zhengen with curiosity as he tied up the persimmons one by one.

"Mom, why do you tie these persimmons up like this?" After eating, Zhang Jiahu fully demonstrated his good quality of asking questions when he doesn't understand.

Looking at the little ones who were like curious babies, Zeng Zhengen patiently explained to them.

The kids were listening very seriously. After listening to it, Zhang Jiahu smacked his lips and spoke excitedly.

"Mom, does that mean we can eat persimmon cakes after the persimmons are dried?"

Zeng Zhengen nodded, "Yes, that's right!"

Zhang Jiahu was so happy that he almost jumped up, which immediately caused Zhang Jiajun to roll his eyes.

Zeng Zhengen watched the little kids playing and fighting.

Time passed little by little, and the sun gradually set. Zeng Zhengen went into the kitchen and saw that the hawthorn cake had cooled and taken shape.

Zeng Zhengen took the hawthorn cake out of the mold and then cut it into small pieces.

When Zeng Zhengen brought out the cut hawthorn cake, little foodie Zhang Jiahu was immediately attracted by the small pieces of hawthorn cake.

"Mom, what is this? Can it be eaten?" Zhang Jiahu asked, blinking his eyes as he looked at the hawthorn cake that Zeng Zhengen was holding.

Zeng Zhengen directly took a piece of hawthorn cake and stuffed it into Zhang Jiahu's mouth.

"You're a little foodie, let me give you a try and see if it tastes good." Zeng Zhengen said with a smile.

Zhang Jiahu immediately opened his mouth and bit a small piece of hawthorn cake into his mouth. He chewed it a few times and his eyes lit up instantly.

"Mom, this is really delicious." Zhang Jiahu said vaguely with his cheeks puffed out.

After hearing what Zhang Jiahu said, Zhang Jiaqi couldn't help but feel curious and wanted to try it.

Zeng Zhengen directly gave him and Zhang Jiajun a piece each. After Zhang Jiaqi took it, he immediately put it into his mouth. Zhang Jiajun was a relatively calm person and was not as impatient as his two younger brothers.

Zeng Zhengen put the plate of hawthorn cake in his hand on the table, then filled another plate with it and walked towards Zeng's house next door.