The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 283: There is no shortage of wild vegetables in summer

Shen Youyou was also very busy. Ever since Shen Zhiqiu left, she had been ordering her brothers, sisters, and aunts around.

They were divided into several groups, some of whom made bamboo bowls and chopsticks.

After all, when they were running the pao cake stall, the bamboo bowls and bamboo cups they made were suitable for eating pao cake.

If you add cold noodles and fried noodles, you'll need some big bowls.

In addition, I also asked a few brothers to make long tables and benches. This time we are not going to put them up for a day or two. We plan to work on it for a long time, so we don’t just put up wooden boards directly.

Of course, she did not forget to refine salt, but because she lived in Tangjia Village,

When refining salt, I specifically asked the sisters to refine it in the two rooms with the newly built kangs, because those two rooms still needed to heat the kangs.

But this time they had no shortage of water, and refining salt did not require as much effort as when they were fleeing from famine.

The large coarse salt particles that Shen Youyou bought are a mixture because they contain a lot of impurities such as mud, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, etc. due to the immature salt-making technology.

It is easy to get poisoned if eaten, and she even thinks that this is one of the reasons why people in ancient times had short lifespans.

Shen Youyou directed her brothers to place large iron pots on the stoves in the two side rooms, add water and firewood, pour in the coarse salt granules, and boil them directly.

This will allow the salt water to melt faster and save a lot of time. After a while, the water in the pot will turn into turbid salt water.

Judging from the color of this salt water, it would be strange if you could live a long life if you drank it!

Shen Youyou asked her sisters to pour the salt water into a wooden barrel, set it aside and wait for the mud and sand to settle.

Then they started to dissolve the brine for the second time. Because they bought a lot of coarse salt, they couldn't dissolve it all in two pots at once, so they had to do it several times.

Just as all the crude salt was dissolved and left to stand, the first batch of salt water and mud had almost settled.

Shen Youyou instructed: "Brother Erhu, you and Brother Dabao should filter the first batch of salt water first."

This is because the salt water is still very turbid after the mud and sand are removed.

Refining fine salt is no stranger to everyone in the Nine Clans. Even though Shen Youyou changed the method this time, the filtering method remains the same.

Da Hu and Er Bao were responsible for carrying buckets and pouring salt water onto the cotton cloth held by Daya, Erya, Jinxing and Yinxing, followed by a clean wooden barrel.

This cotton cloth was also given by the marquis' son-in-law whom she met before. When Shen Youyou pulled the cloth, she felt so distressed for her grandmother and kept muttering:

"Don't you have some old cloth? Why do you have to work so hard on it? It would be great if you could keep the cloth and let your mother make you some clothes."

"My dear grandma, our old cloth is rotten and dirty. We must choose new things for the imported things. Besides, we won't need much, so just give me some."

Although I said nice things, I only got a piece of cotton cloth about three feet long. But it was enough and it was just right to be divided into two pieces.

The young man was very skillful and soon all the salt water was filtered.

Then my sister poured the crushed bamboo charcoal into the filtered salt water to absorb the impurities.

But this time it will take a little longer, Shen Youyou is not here to just wait.

"Big sister, you and sister Taohua stay here. I will take sister two and a few other sisters to pick goat milk. I will also leave brother Erhu and brother Dabao with you.

When the time comes, you can absorb the impurities, filter it again, and then boil the salt directly in an iron pot. You don’t need to use the clay stove distiller this time.”

Shen Daya and Wang Taohua nodded to show that they understood, and they knew what to do the rest.

Daya also warned: "Be careful when you go to pick fruits. Wear rubber shoes. There are bushes and grass on the west side. Don't get bit by snakes."

Er Zhuang suddenly said, "Well, how about I stay and let Da Bao go with you? I have something else to do here."

Shen Youyou nodded to indicate that it was okay. She really didn't think much about it. If she knew that Erzhuang stayed because he was concerned about her elder sister, she would have let Erzhuang take her away no matter what.

Unfortunately, she knew nothing and accidentally left Erhu behind.

Shen Youyou, along with her remaining sisters and several brothers, changed into rubber shoes, said hello to her mother and grandmother, and walked west.

Behind her, she could hear her grandmother's voice warning her not to go up the mountain.

Shen Youyou was dressed in men's shorts, her fair face hidden under a large bamboo hat, and her beloved Tang sword slung behind her.

Without even turning his head, he shouted, "Got it."

This Fangshan is not the Fangshan of later generations. There are wild beasts on the mountain, and she didn't dare to take her brothers and sisters there.

But it is not a problem to pick some wild fruits and dig some wild vegetables in the wasteland. After all, there are already many uncles and grandfathers there cutting wood and preparing for land reclamation.

Looking at the endless and undulating green hills in the distance, Shen Youyou was in a very happy mood. Although she couldn't go in now, maybe she could ask Grandpa Gao and Grandpa Li to take her in in the future.

Erya saw Shen Youyou's expression and eyes and warned her: "Youyou, what's with your expression? Grandma just told you not to go into the mountains."

Shen Youyou had just stepped onto the wooden bridge. The bridge was shaking, and she was worried that she would fall off, so she walked carefully step by step.

But he did not forget to answer: "Don't worry, we'll just walk around the foot of the mountain."

The river water was clear and gurgling, and the surface of the water sparkled in the sunlight.

Shen Youyou looked at the grass by the river, trying to find some wild vegetables. Unfortunately, it was not easy to find them by the river so close to the village.

Of course, it’s not that there is nothing at all. After all, everyone knows how to eat common wild vegetables, and the rest are just small ones.

Purslane, water celery, dandelion, etc., are either small or old. Anyway, there is no good one.

Erya followed Shen Youyou and used a stick to pull at the grass by the river. "There's nothing good to see. Look over there, there are quite a few people digging wild vegetables. The grass on both sides of the river must have been dug up almost completely."

Shen Youyou looked over and saw that there were indeed groups of young girls and adults picking wild vegetables. She saw them from a distance and they were looking in their direction, but the two sides were quite far away.

She had no intention of going over to get close to him now, after all, she was quite busy at the moment.

And it’s summer now. I used to hate the heat and mosquitoes in summer, but now I’m thankful for it.

If they arrived in Tangjia Village in winter, it would be very difficult to open up the land, not to mention whether they could build houses.

Considering the yard we were renting, there was no room for so many people to sleep in the house, so more than half of them had to sleep in the shacks outside.

There certainly weren't many wild fruits and vegetables for them to eat.

But it’s different in summer. Shen Youyou has noticed that although there are no wild vegetables by the river, there are ground vegetables.

She quickly crossed the bridge and looked at the rocks by the river, which were covered with moss, and on the moss were lumps of dark green, soft things.

She carried a basket and waved to her sisters: "Sisters, come here, there are ground vegetables!"

Shen Erya, Shen Yingzi and the others also hurried across the bridge. They saw Shen Youyou squatting and picking up lumps of green things by the river. They couldn't imagine that these things could be eaten.

"What is this? Why does it look rotten to me?"

Shen Xingya squatted down and picked a bunch of them. They felt soft in her hand.

Shen Youyou didn't even raise her head as she picked it up, explaining: "This is ground vegetable. Because it feels soft to the touch, it is also called ground soft vegetable.

Don’t think that it doesn’t look good now, it’s because it has too much dirt on it. We will clean it when we take it home.

It can be used to make steamed buns, dumplings, stir-fry, and cold dishes. It can also be added to bone soup and hot noodle soup.

We even dried the ground lettuce, ground it into powder and added it to cornmeal as dry food. There are many ways to eat it, and it tastes very good. "