A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 106 Confirmation and Affirmation

"No, don't worry, I'm sure and certain, that's all. After all, there are hundreds of stores in Jinxiufang throughout Yuanqi Country.

But when I looked at the account book at Jinxiufang today, I was also shocked by the amount shown on it. After all, we only provided 10 patterns, right? "

The other three nodded. They knew exactly what to provide to Jinxiufang.

"Okay, put your chins down. I calculated that if we split it equally among the four of us, it would be exactly 1035 taels per person."

Zhang Yunyue then divided the silver note in his hand into four portions of 1035 taels each and gave each to the other three persons.

"This is a silver note. When you need money, you can exchange it directly at Wantong Bank in town. It is also convenient to carry."

When they heard the amount of more than one thousand taels of silver just now, they were surprised. But now that the three of them actually held the silver bills in their hands, they felt like they were frozen and couldn't recover for a long time.

"Okay, you three, calm down. There will be this many every month. Are you going to be surprised every time? Wake up, you three rich people."

When Zhang Xiaohe heard Zhang Yunyue talking about rich people, she immediately reacted and covered her mouth with her hands:

"Hahahahahaha, I'm a rich man. Hahahahahaha, I'm a rich man."

The other two also laughed, but their personalities were not as lively as Zhang Xiaoxue, so they just smiled with their lips pursed, but their hearts were probably already pounding.

Zhang Yunyue teased the three of them, "Now that you have so many banknotes, you feel particularly motivated and want to start embroidering patterns right away."

The three nodded.

Zhang Xiaohe: "It's really motivating. I will definitely learn more embroidery patterns from Sister and Xiaoxiao in the future."

"Me too. I will pay more attention to everything around me and think more about how to embroider."

Zhao Xiaoxiao followed Zhang Xiaohua's words and nodded, indicating that she would do the same.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. It's already twilight hour and the family is almost done cooking. I'm going to go home first."

"Yueyue, let's go together. We also need to go home and cook. Otherwise, there will be nothing to eat when my mother comes back, hehe!"

"Okay, then Xiaoxiao, let's go first."

"Okay, I'll take you out."

The four of them walked out of the room arm in arm.

After leaving Zhao Xiaoxiao's house, Zhang Yunyue and the other two linked arms and walked towards the end of the village facing the sunset.

"Yueyue, you're back!"

"Second Aunt, you have already started cooking."

"Yes, the rice that was harvested two days ago has already been dried. Today, I asked your uncle to grind some rice so that we can try it. Tomorrow, we will go to the town to send some to your father and mother so that they can also try our new rice this year."

"Oh, we're eating new rice today. OK, Second Aunt, I'll help you cook."

"Okay, the dishes you cook are much more delicious than ours. Second Aunt will help you."

"Second Aunt, no way, I just made something you guys haven't made before, that's why it tastes good, that's why I really like Second Aunt's cooking!"

"Second Aunt, what are you going to do with this piece of pork belly?"

"If you want to use the pork belly to cook, then use it. I just want to stir-fry it."

"Second Aunt, I want to eat hot pot today. Do you want to try it? Let's make hot pot with pickled peppers."

"Okay, make whatever you want. We all like what you cook."

"Okay, then Second Aunt, I'll go to the backyard and pick some more vegetables."

Zhang Yunyue picked a lot of vegetables suitable for hot pot in the backyard. After all, there were quite a lot of people in the Zhang family, and most of them were adults, so they naturally had big appetites.

Zhang Yunyue picked a lot of coriander and onions. In fact, wild onions are the most delicious when added to the pickled pepper hotpot, but there are no wild onions in this season, so she can only use onions grown in the fields instead.

Back in the kitchen, Zhu took the basket from Zhang Yunyue, put a few peeled potatoes in the basket, and carried the basket to the well to wash the vegetables.

Zhang Yunyue took a bowl and scooped a full bowl of pickled chili peppers from the ceramic jar, then peeled the pork belly and cut it into thin slices.

She also brought some lean meat and cut it into thin slices. Zhang Yunyue thought that the hot pot could be paired with some crispy meat. It could be put in the hot pot or eaten alone, and both would be delicious.

By the time Zhu came back after washing all the vegetables, Zhang Yunyue had already started frying the crispy pork. This process was quite time-consuming and had to be fried twice, but frying it again would ensure that the crispy pork would be even crispier.

After the crispy pork was fried, Zhang Yunyue fried the base of the hot pot, poured water, and added salt and soy sauce.

Grandpa Zhang is weaving bamboo baskets in the yard. Now he doesn't need to sell them in the town. He can just use them in the workshop after he's done weaving them, or he can take them to the food shop in town if they need them.

"Grandpa, light up this small stove in the yard. We'll put the pot on it later. We're going to have pickled pepper hotpot today."

"Okay." After saying that, Grandpa Zhang put down the bamboo basket he was weaving, took the small stove from the kitchen to the yard and lit firewood.

Zhang Yunyue put the hot pot that had been cooked in the kitchen into the clay pot that was usually used to cook porridge on the small stove, sprinkled it with chopped green onions, and then brought the clay pot to the small stove in the yard and cooked it slowly over low heat.

Zhu had already placed all the washed and cut vegetables and meat on the dining table in the yard. Zhang Yunyue picked up some pork belly with chopsticks and put it on the table to cook.

By the time the meat was cooked, my second uncle and his family had not returned yet.

Zhang Yunyue walked to the door and looked in the direction of the workshop. Some of the workshop employees were already on their way back.

Then I knew that my second uncle Zhang Cheng and my eldest brother would be back soon.

Now the eldest and second brothers will stay in the workshop to help when they have nothing to do. That day, grandma gave each of the brothers twenty taels, which made them very happy. So now they are very motivated to stay in the workshop.

After looking at the door for a while, Zhang Yunyue saw Zhang Cheng and the others on the road, and waited for the three of them to arrive at the door of their home.

"Uncle, Big Brother, Second Brother, you're back. The food is ready. We're having pickled pepper hotpot today."

When Zhang Xingyun stepped into the house, he also smelled the strong spicy smell in the air:

"Hmm, it smells so good, is this the smell of the pickled chili hotpot you mentioned?"

After saying that, he took two deep breaths of the fragrance. His stomach, which was not very hungry originally, now became very hungry, and he felt like he could eat several bowls of rice.

Zhang Xingyun took Zhang Xinghao's arm and walked quickly into the yard: "Hurry up, it smells so good."

Zhang Xingyun pulled Zhang Xinghao and started serving food to everyone, looking very impatient.

Zhang Xingyun served the rice, Zhang Xinghao brought the rice to everyone, and Zhang Yunyue used chopsticks to put vegetables into the hot pot and added some crispy meat.

But luckily, I had just cooked some pork belly, so the dish could be eaten after just blanching it for a while.

"Everyone, come and try it. This crispy meat can also be cooked in a hot pot and eaten later."

Everyone has eaten crispy pork a few days ago, but it was eaten alone. I didn’t expect that it could be eaten in hot pot.

But everyone took the lead in picking up a piece of pork belly from their bowl, pairing it with rice, and slowly taking big bites of it.