Manager Liu came out with the silver and money. Excluding the viscera, there were still 253 pounds of wild boar, and the price of wild boar meat was 12 cents per pound.
Blake Tang was walking on the street with the three taels of silver he had just obtained, his mind in a state of confusion. Should he go up to the mountains and become a savage? No, he still had his mother to worry about. But for a man from the 24th century, first of all, he was a girl, so he was worried about being discovered.
She could accept marrying a woman. After all, people had been able to get a marriage certificate in the 24th century. But marrying a stranger - no, no, no, she couldn't even think about it. Besides, even though she could accept it, could the ancients accept marrying a woman?
He went to the embroidery workshop but could not come up with a solution. When he arrived at the embroidery workshop, Blake Tang gave the embroidery to the shopkeeper and took some new handkerchiefs and fans for 450 coins. He then went to Huichuntang and sold plantain, dandelion, Polygonum multiflorum and Ganoderma lucidum for more than 50 taels.
Thinking that I still had large intestines and internal organs at home, I bought some star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, fennel, angelica, cardamom, etc. at the pharmacy; I planned to go home and braise the large intestines.
He pushed the cart to the grain store and bought rice, flour, soybeans, and mung beans, and added some seasonings for the family. Blake Tang took a look and found that in addition to salt, plums, and sauce, he couldn't tell what the sauce was. He ordered a little bit to make the dish more flavorful.
He also bought two catties of rice wine to remove the fishy smell from the meat, and spent another tael of silver, and then Blake Tang pushed the cart back home.
Blake Tang got home after noon, at about 12:00 p.m., and handed the money to Ellen.
"Lu Zi, how come you got so much silver today?" Ellen looked at the silver ingots. This wild boar usually only got three or two taels of silver at most.
"Mom, I also dug some herbs to buy. I was lucky when I went up the mountain yesterday. I happened to see some good-aged Polygonum multiflorum and Ganoderma lucidum. I'll buy some from Huichuntang today."
"Lu Zi, you are really capable. How about I go and pick herbs with you?"
"No need, mother. These herbs are all on the edge of the mountain. If there is any danger, I can't take care of you."
"Well, then you better be careful about your own safety."
"I know, mother," and then she ate the lunch that Ellen had left for her.
In fact, many families at that time only ate two meals a day, but the Tang family was a hunter, and they did physical work. Their family conditions were not bad, so they always ate three meals a day.
After dinner, Blake Tang carried the large intestine to the small river in the village to wash it. When she met the villagers, she didn’t recognize them very well, so she just smiled and nodded.
Seeing a woman washing clothes by the river, he went downstream to wash them. The third grandmother who was riding the ox cart with him that day saw Blake Tang and asked:
"Lu boy, this intestine smells fishy and won't taste good even if you wash it."
"Third Grandma", Blake Tang did not explain, just called her Third Grandma and then smiled foolishly.
She couldn't explain it, nor could she say that she knew how to avoid the fishy smell, and she might not be able to walk out of the river beach today.
He also took a look at the original owner's appearance in the river water. Hmm, he was quite good-looking, with three-dimensional facial features, heroic eyebrows, and a slightly dark skin from long-term hunting. He really looked like a young man. Overall, Blake Tang was very satisfied.
It's good that if you don't have a particularly outstanding appearance, you won't attract other people's attention.
After washing it at the riverside, I took it home and took out some wood ash from the earthen stove to rub the large intestine. After washing it until it smelled good, I added the marinade I bought in the morning, "Mom, I've cooked something in the pot, please watch over it while I go to the mountain to collect some herbs."
Ellen replied, "Okay, be careful, take the axe, and come back with a bundle of firewood." "Got it, mother."
Blake Tang felt that it was great to have family. She was not afraid of hard work, but was afraid of loneliness. In the 24th century, she was selected from an orphanage and later joined the army as a special forces soldier. Her job was also special and she had few friends. Every time she had a holiday, her teammates went home and she had nowhere to go. She stayed at home to study food and exercise.
But she still felt lonely in her heart. She had never experienced the warmth of family at the age of 30. Now she has a mother and a family, and someone cares about her.
I walked along the small path from the back mountain, stopping here and there along the way, and gained a good harvest of herbs and game in the backpack. I made two bundles of firewood and walked home.
As soon as I walked outside the wall, I smelled the aroma of braised meat. Fortunately, their house was at the foot of the mountain, and few villagers passed by here. It was also far away from the village, otherwise the smell from their house would probably attract all the villagers.
"Mom, I'm back."
"Lu Zi, what seasoning did you put in this large intestine? After cooking for half an hour, a fragrance wafted out of it. I thought you were cooking something else, but it turned out to be large intestine and internal organs. What did you put in it?"
"Mom, I went to the pharmacy this morning and the old doctor said this was a marinade ingredient that was prescribed to me. He said it was to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor."
"I just said that I have never cooked food like this before. It is very fragrant and makes me drool just by smelling it."
"Hahaha, mom, I'll chop the firewood, you can help me boil some water to take a bath, I stink, after I take a bath, we'll eat, and wait for the stew to absorb its flavor."
Ellen went to the kitchen to boil water. But this did remind Blake Tang. The main dishes now are still "roasted", "grilled", "minced meat" and "pickled". Rich families are called Dingshi families, so they use Ding more often.
Ordinary people don't even have iron pots, so cooking is mainly done by steaming and boiling, and the pots are all clay pots. So she has a lot to do in the field of food.
Thinking of this first, she went to chop wood. When she piled the wood against the courtyard wall, Ellen called her.
"Lu Zi, go take a shower first. I'll cook some porridge. After you take a shower, we'll eat." "Okay."
"Lu Zi, this stew is really delicious. I didn't expect that the large intestine can be so soft and sticky. It's no worse than meat."
"Mom, this is meat. If you let it sit overnight, it will taste better tomorrow."
"Really? That's great. In the past, the intestines smelled fishy when cooked, and people who were not very poor would not eat them."
"Mother, I'll tell you what to put in there. Do it this way next time." Thinking of the news he heard in the morning, he said to Ellen: "Mother, the law stipulates that men must marry at the age of 20. I'm already 19. What should I do?"
Ellen also thought of this problem, "We still have some time, let's discuss it carefully, if it really doesn't work out, we can go to the human traffickers to buy someone to make up the number." Blake Tang thought, that's fine, at worst he could just buy a maid for his mother, so he didn't want to think about this matter for the time being.
A few days passed like this. Blake Tang was really tired of eating steamed, boiled and braised food. Her family happened to have some game and herbs in stock, so she took the iron pot drawing she had drawn and pushed a cart to the town.
Blake Tang arrived at Xiangmanlou, and Ethan Zhao said that Manager Liu was not there, but the boss was, and asked Blake Tang to wait. After a while, Brother Ellen came over with a beautiful young lady, "splendid as spring flowers, bright as autumn moon, and charming with a smile."
This was Blake Tang's first impression of the ancient pristine beauties. After seeing too many heavily made-up faces online, Blake Tang's eyes lit up.
I have never seen such a beauty in my life, with willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, fair skin, and a well-proportioned figure. As she approached, a faint floral fragrance wafted over, and I was instantly attracted by this beautiful sister in front of me.
I thought, "What a beautiful girl, is this real?"
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