Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 320 Chapter 219
Moved the things to the warehouse, and brought the annual gifts prepared for the Liu family, almost all agricultural and sideline products, etc., and asked the carriage to take them back.

Well, the price is definitely not equal, but Jiang Hu caught a big turtle from the pond in the courtyard, and the portion is not bad.

After all, except for the things they raised and grown by themselves, the Liu family has no shortage of things that they can buy outside. On the contrary, they are probably worthless to the Liu family.

Therefore, Erniang Jiang and Hu never thought about those things. They just packed the family's chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pheasants, bamboo raccoons, etc., as well as various vegetables and eggs, into two large carts.

By the way, Jiang Hu also drove a pig, not too big, only about two hundred catties of pork. A few days ago, his family killed a pig to make bacon, and bought several pigs. This is specially reserved for the Liu family.

Although all the Jiang family's annual gifts were sold, they were estimated to cost only one or two hundred taels of silver, which was far worse than the carriages brought by the Liu family.

But the things from the Jiang family are rare and delicious. If it weren't for the relationship between the two families here, they would not be able to buy so many things this Chinese New Year.

After sending off the Liu family's carriage, Jiang Hu took out the letter specially handed to him by the coachman, which wrote some recipes and some ways to preserve seafood.

"Seafood? Are these things brought from the sea?"

Jiang Hu looked at these strange things in surprise, some looked like bugs, some had many legs, and those fish had never been seen much.

If these were not sent by the Liu family, Jiang Hu would definitely not have bought them!
However, the Liu family never delivered bad food, so they were only surprised for a moment, and then hurriedly continued to read the letter in their hands.

The border of the Xuyu Dynasty is near the sea. Although I have never seen what the map looks like, many people know or have heard of the fact that there is a sea.

But Cheng County is too far away from the sea, so far away that even if there is ice, the fresh seafood shipped here will already smell bad or taste bad.

Dried fish can be stored for a longer period of time, but the shipping cost is higher, and it used to be only available in those prosperous places in Fuzhou.

This year, Manager Wang bought it at a high price in Fuzhou, and then asked someone to deliver it.

In other words, if you want to buy it in the city, you will definitely not be able to buy it, at least not now!
There are brief introductions in these letters, and Jiang Hu also read them to others.

In addition to these, there are simple ways to do these things.

While listening to his father reading the letter, Xiaomi rummaged through, except for dried sea fish, dried squid, dried shrimp with long fingers, and dried scallops and fish gelatin.

These are all good things!

Xiaomi is speechless, Aunt Qian is really willing, just this little seafood, I am afraid it will be more expensive than those New Year gifts from their family!

In fact, she also has a lot of these things in her space, but she dare not take them out because of the fresh seafood.

However, there are also dried seafood. Since these things have started to appear now, wait a little longer, and when the trade between places becomes more frequent and Cheng County also has these things, she can take them out.

It doesn't matter whether you sell it secretly, or pretend to buy it yourself and eat it, it's a very good thing.

It has only been a few years since the Xuyu dynasty settled down, and occasionally I can hear that bandits broke out in a certain place, and business exchanges have not yet been fully opened, so many things are relatively rare now.

But it doesn't matter, let's take it slowly, I believe that in a few years, Cheng County will be able to buy a lot of new gadgets.

After Jiang Hu finished reading the letter, he picked some more from these dried seafood.

The grilled dried fish, grilled shrimp, and this dried squid are all cooked and can be eaten directly.

Xiaomi has already reached out, and directly broke a piece of grilled dried fish. It is crunchy, and it is very crispy in the mouth. There is no smell of fish, only fresh and crispy!
Xiaomi's eyes lit up instantly.

"Delicious!"

Immediately took another piece of dried shrimp and squid strips.

These two kinds are relatively chewy, and they taste very good, the more you chew, the more fragrant they are!

Jiang Hu directly took out some and let them eat by themselves, and each took a little more, and went to find Er Niang.

Xiaomi shrugged, pretending not to know, and then took the recipe written by Aunt Qian to ponder.

Not to mention kelp and seaweed, scallops and dried fish are all raw, and the method is also written on it.

Sea fish actually has no fishy smell, it is delicious in any way, and the recipe is relatively simple.

There are also dried squids that are not cooked.

Cooking is not difficult, but most of these must be soaked in advance, and then they can be cooked directly.

After tasting the taste, the sisters helped to classify the things together, put the food next to the kitchen for easy access, and put the used ones in the warehouse next to the house.

The key to the warehouse is in the hands of the second mother, only the husband and wife can open the door, and even the children have never wondered where the parents put it.

The warehouse is not small, but because it is next to the main house and partly blocked by the wing room, it is not conspicuous from the outside.

The sisters seldom enter the warehouse on weekdays, and today they seldom come in to help pack things, and they all look around curiously.

"Wow, brother, look, there is a locked box here."

Xiaomi has good eyesight, and he saw the box in the corner at a glance, and even wanted to go over to have a look, but was grabbed by the elder brother.

"That's the box where parents put the bank notes. They brought them from Fu'an Village. Don't go there."

Xiaomi nodded obediently: "Oh."

Helped sort things out, took all the food to the kitchen, and when I came back, the warehouse was locked.

Er Niang just released the key and came out: "By the way, Aunt Qian sent you something, try to make it tonight, don't wait until New Year's Eve and you won't know how to make it."

Xiaomi suddenly became energetic: "Mom, I will help you."

Erniang looked at her suspiciously: "Why are you so active today?"

Xiaomi is not lazy, but she lacks enthusiasm for cooking. She would rather pull weeds in the fields than cook.

Xiaomi smirked: "It's not like I haven't seen these things before, I want to see how they are made."

This is the truth, she also lived in the inland in her previous life, plus orphans, poor, how can she afford these good things.

Thanks to Aunt Qian, this is something I have never tasted in my previous life, and I still have a chance in this life.

The method is not very complicated, but it needs to be soaked in advance.

Soak the dried sea fish for a quarter of an hour to remove some of the saltiness from the dried fish, then steam it for a quarter of an hour, and finally fry it.

It's still early to eat, so Erniang soaks it first, then steams it when it's done soaking, and saves it for the last step when eating.

Dried scallops are dried scallop scallops. It is not difficult to make, at least as written, it is not difficult, but it is a bit time-consuming.

First soak in cold water for an hour, then remove the outer layer of fascia, wash it with clean water, and then add a little wine to remove the fishy smell.

Then it has to be steamed for half an hour until the scallops can be easily torn apart by hand.

Dried scallops can be used for porridge or cooking, but the preparation is time-consuming.

The soaking time of dried squid is longer, at least soak in warm water for half a day, and the water needs to be changed two or three times in the middle, until the dried squid swells and softens at the end, then it can be taken out and cleaned.

The soaked squid can be fried directly, braised in soy sauce and stir-fried.

In other words, the only thing that can be eaten tonight is dried sea fish, scallop porridge tomorrow morning, and dried squid at noon tomorrow.

However, while eating the fried sea fish, Xiaomi thought, this is indeed different from the fish in the pond, and this piece of dried fish is bigger than her palm, the whole fish weighs about ten catties!
As expected of a sea fish.

She had never been to the beach in her previous life, so she wondered if she would have the chance to see it in this life, although the journey was a bit far and the traffic was not very convenient.

But as long as she exercises her body well, it's not impossible for her to walk around the world with her sword.

As Xiaomi ate, he planned happily in his heart.

Her dream is to travel all over the world, and getting married and having children is not in her plan.

There are too many restrictions on women in this world, especially after getting married, she doesn't like those restrictions, so from the beginning, there were no such plans.

Not to mention the existence of space and swordsmanship, with these, she can pass through the desert safely.

Anyway, she has never been to a place she has never seen in her previous life, and she wants to visit it in this life.

Of course, you can only think about these things in your heart, and you can't say them anyway, at least not now.

Fortunately, she is still young, and those things are still far away from her, so there is no need to worry about it so early.

And according to Xiaomi's understanding in the past two years, the poorer the people, the sooner they get married.

If the family is poor, the daughter will be married off earlier, and there will be fewer people in the family to eat.

If the family is poor, marry a daughter-in-law earlier and have one more person working in the family.

It's that brutal and simple.

On the contrary, they are the sons and daughters of rich families, and it is not uncommon for them to get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

There are also express regulations that a man must be at least 20 years old to take part in the imperial examination, that is, to be a Jinshi.

The top three Jinshi are the No. [-] Scholar, the No. [-], and Tanhua. Since ancient times, many court officials have selected their sons-in-law among these people. If they get married too early, they will lose their chances.

People like Liu Qingfeng, who were able to take the provincial examination immediately at the age of 19, and who are very confident that they can pass the examination, and those who are sure to take the palace examination at the age of 20, are actually going to be fathers soon, which is very rare.

This also means that even if he is admitted to Jinshi, he will lack the support of a powerful Yue family, so he can only grope in the officialdom by himself, but there are many difficulties.

In this regard, Xiaomi also expressed admiration.

Although Uncle Liu is the magistrate of Cheng County, his foundation is only in Cheng County. It is even more difficult for Uncle Liu to climb up the ladder. It is estimated that there is not much support for his son. The most he can do is teach him how to be an official.

However, the relationship between Liu Qingfeng and Xie Fuya seems to be very good, the two of them hit it off, and they love each other. With this condition in front, it seems that whether the Yue family can support it is not that important.

There was a sudden knock on the head: "What are you thinking? You can't hear me a few times?"

Xiaomi grinned: "Mom, I just think this fish is delicious."

"Then do it again tomorrow. When we go to Nanyang Mansion next time, we will also look around and buy more."

"Well! Thank you, mother!"

(End of this chapter)