The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 138 Buying an Iron Pot

When they arrived in front of a tall bamboo house, Chu Ying pulled away the bamboo and led Changsheng to the front of Juma. Several ten-foot-long wooden poles, the upper end is sharpened, and the lower end is a bracket for the cross bar.

The outside of this bamboo house is filled with staghorn wood. The bamboo pieces used are sharpened at both ends and inserted deep into the soil, buried for more than a foot. The exposed bamboo pieces are several feet long. Lower it so that small animals can block it.

Only the section near the side is placed with repelling horses, and the rest are filled with staghorn wood. Because this is in the mountains, there will still be many nocturnal animals that come out to move around at night, and these can resist it.

Chu Ying tied the longevity to a big tree and let it eat the grass on the ground. This area was almost eaten by him, so she took some grass and came down, and carried two baskets on her back.

The balcony of the bamboo building was covered with animal furs drying in the sun, and all kinds of meat being dried. Chu Ying took out the 7 pheasants, 2 partridges and 4 turtledoves in the basket and fed them some water. And steamed cakes, if they survived tomorrow, they would go directly to the market to sell them or bring them back to the study for Ye Qiu to feed them for a while.

These are small heads. Chu Ying dumped another basket on the bamboo mat. Inside were two wild boars and a male deer. If it wasn't for the beginning of spring, the other female deer would also like to bring it back.These three Chu Ying have been treated a little bit, their internal organs have been emptied, washed and smeared with salt.

Chu Ying cut their meat into slices and dried them on the small bamboo racks, waiting for the meat slices to be hung up. Chu Ying took out the half-eaten civet meat and cut it into pieces, added some ginger slices, and put it in a clay pot. broth.Next to the bamboo building, someone dug a well. If the supplies are sufficient, Chu Ying can live here for a long time.

Chu Ying packed small pieces of meat and large pieces of dried meat in sacks, put them in a basket, and stretched the deerskin to dry in the shade on the balcony.Put away all the furs that have been almost sun-dried, pack them up, and go to the city tomorrow to exchange money.

Although the study has made some money now, it has not recovered the capital. If it is to recover all the investment, it will take 2 years according to the current daily income. Even if the study has not been profitable, it is fine, anyway, the money is spent up.

However, the five little servants that Lu Ming sent brought him a lot of burden. Originally, there were only two of him and Ye Qiu, and Chu Ying could barely feed the whole family by herself. Now when I go back and see them, I feel that It's a chick waiting to be fed.

Even if each person had two steamed cakes a day, then 10 steamed cakes would be gone that day. Although they signed the contract of sale, Chu Ying still felt that it was a bit difficult to support such a few people.Originally, he wanted to have a few more boys, but Lu Ming said that no one would sell boys in a famine year, and it was usually girls among the sellers.

There is only one boy among the 5 people. This boy is still dumb because he had a fever and his throat was hoarse before. more children.

Chu Ying has now paid off all the money owed to Lu Ming by relying on the paper business, and after deducting the 10 taels of 30 mu of good land bought early last year, there is still 50 taels of silver left.Originally, Chu Ying didn't plan to buy any more land, but after raising the five cubs for a while, Chu Ying felt that if she didn't buy some good land, she would soon be poor.

Including the silver money I saved from hunting, there are now a total of 58 taels.It's not that Chu Ying doesn't hunt much, but that she only sells fur, and the meat is dried into dried meat and taken back for home use. This adds up to a total of 7 people who have to eat a lot of meat a month, and the more dried meat is Ye Qiu. I have saved them all, and I am not afraid of hunting less when I wait for winter.

This time, selling the fur again can just make up 60 taels, and with an extra 3 taels of silver, I can buy a long-loved iron pot.On the second day, Chu Ying sold the furs and poultry for money, and then redeemed the custom-made iron pot.

Originally, it was the sight of a rich woman, but now that I bought an iron pot, I went back to before the liberation. This iron pot is really a luxury. Thinking that there are only 5 families in this city, Chu Ying took the iron pot Three layers inside and three layers outside are tightly wrapped before putting it in the back basket with confidence.

Originally, it was a large cart of copper plates, but when I returned, I carried an iron pot on my back. I felt like I carried all my wealth on my back.

When they got home, Chu Ying hurriedly used the remaining adobe bricks to build the stove. When it was almost dark, it was finally set up. She put the iron pot on the stove, put a wooden shovel, and Chu Ying Sakura has no money to buy another shovel.

"Heitan said that you took the money from Young Master Lu. What are you doing with it? It's not safe to keep it at home. This... what is this?" Ye Qiu sealed the jars filled with jerky. A storage closet next to the kitchen.

"Iron pan..."

"I know it's made of iron, why are you buying this?" Seeing Ye Qiu's brows furrowed, Chu Ying picked up the wooden shovel and started cooking.

"Stir-frying, Lu Ming said that this stir-frying is much more delicious than steaming, but it takes a lot of oil. It's okay. I have accumulated a lot of fat from hunting. Now I can take it out and boil it slowly."

Ye Qiu watched as Chu Ying knocked the mud off the small pots one by one, lifted the bamboo leaves, and used a wooden spoon to get out the oil lumps.Ye Qiu put his hands on his hips, his almond eyes slightly stared, "Is this money exchanged for this pot?"

"Enn." Chu Ying put all the oil lumps away and started a fire. These oil lumps have been preserved with some salt, and the boiled oil will also have a salty taste, so there is no need to add salt at that time.

Ye Qiu looked at Chu Ying, who was grinning from ear to ear and was controlling the flames not to be too hot. Originally, she thought that this child should not be too tired and go hunting in the mountains every day, so he could have a good rest with the money, but this child actually did this Ridiculous thing, but it's not your own money and you can't hide it.

"I want to see how delicious the dishes made in this iron pot can be, and how delicious it can make your tongue fall off?" Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu who left angrily, and knew that her behavior must be wrong in her eyes. crazy.

But I really want to have a bite of stir-fried vegetables, but the most important thing is that the number of people in the study is gradually increasing. If you only supply steamed cakes every day, it really doesn’t make much money. With an iron pot, you can cook dishes for multiple people. , to avoid the disadvantages of clay pots that cannot cook quickly due to insufficient thermal conductivity.

With this wok, you can make fast food. I have seen lunch boxes with wooden lattices in the market before, but they are relatively deep. It is estimated that the steamed food will have a lot of soup, so it cannot be made into shallow dishes like modern times.

Chu Ying stir-fried mustard greens, minced meat beans and stir-fried pork with sauerkraut. Because there is no MSG in this era, soy sauce can only be used to enhance the freshness, but the taste is still quite good.After cooking a few more side dishes, Ye Qiu asked everyone else to come over.

It's not that Chu Ying has never thought of using iron pans as a gimmick to open a restaurant or something, but many modern and common ingredients here have not been imported, and cooking requires oil, so the prices of these dishes are not easy to position. If you set a low price, you won’t be able to get back your money, and if you set a high price, it’s just a taste for others. Besides, if you really have the ability to consume, you probably have this iron pot, so Chu Ying had to do a trial in the study to see if others can accept it.

(End of this chapter)