A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 171 Exaggeration

Zhang's mother looked at the crowded streets and said worriedly, "Let's go buy some meat first. If we're late, we might not be able to buy good ones."

Everyone nodded, and then they went to Fang Xiaohu's pork stall.

"Uncle Zhang, Auntie, are you here to buy pork?"

Grandma Zhang: "Yes, Boss Fang, I want 20 kilograms of pork belly, one front leg, and how many pig feet do you have? I want them all. Oh, do you still have the pig head? If you do, I want it too."

"Well, okay, Auntie, we killed two pigs today. It's still early, so the pig's feet are still there, and there are two pig heads. Do you want any?"

"Okay, I'll take them all."

Grandma Zhang thought that since she could make braised meat at home, she could make more and the eldest and second son’s wives could bring some back to their parents’ home.

"Okay, auntie, I'll install them all for you."

Fang Xiaohu weighed all the pork, pig's feet and pig's head that Grandma Zhang wanted. Grandma Zhang paid the money and told Fang Xiaohu to leave the things there first and come back to get them when they finished shopping.

The group started shopping on West Street, where there were more things for sale and they were cheaper.

The Zhang family also bought some roasted peanuts and melon seeds, which they will use to entertain guests or visit relatives and friends. They didn’t buy any snacks, after all, Yueyue can make them herself, and the Zhang family likes them more.

Zhang Yunyue met a man selling mutton again. She thought that she had been here for almost half a year and had never eaten barbecue. It was a good opportunity to grill mutton. So she waved her hand and asked the mutton vendor for half a mutton.

"Grandpa, grandma, do we still need to buy couplets?"

"Yes, and I'll also buy a few red lanterns to hang on the gate and in the yard."

Zhang Xinghao: "Grandma, Yueyue, I just saw someone selling couplets and red lanterns over there." After saying that, he pointed in a direction.

"Okay, then let's go buy the couplets and red lanterns first."

"Selling couplets, selling couplets."

"Aunt, take a look at the couplets. They are all written by the scholar. Hang up my couplets and pray that your children will be able to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar in the future."

Zhang Yunyue followed the hawking of the couplet seller and walked to the stall. Although the boss's words were a bit exaggerated, the words on the couplets on this stall were indeed very beautiful.

"Grandpa, grandma, the couplets here are all written very well, let's buy them here."

Grandpa Zhang nodded: "Okay, I think the person who wrote this couplet must have studied for many years."

So a few people went to the stall to choose couplets with better meanings. In total, they chose about ten couplets and three door gods. When the time comes, they will be posted in the new house, the old house, the workshop, the lobby, and each room.

I also bought a dozen pairs of lanterns from the lantern stall next to the stall. This is the first year we spend the New Year in a new house, and everyone wants to make the new house more prosperous.

Because the lanterns are relatively large, they are not suitable for carrying around all the time, and they can be easily damaged by being squeezed due to the large number of pedestrians on the street.

Grandpa Zhang and Zhang's father put some things in the backpacks of Zhang's mother and Zhu into two backpacks carried by the men of Zhang's father and asked the men of the Zhang family to leave the city first and put the things on the ox cart.

Then they came back and carried the pork they bought back to the ox cart, and went to the rice shop to buy 100 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of glutinous rice, so that Grandpa Zhang and his friends would not have to go into the town again.

When the time comes, we'll just have to wait for Grandma Zhang, Mother Zhang and the others to buy the rest of the things and then gather outside the city.

After all, the big and heavy things have already been bought, and even if there are a lot of other things, there are still several people here, and each of them can carry a little more without feeling tired.

Next, Grandma Zhang took everyone to buy some incense, candles, and firecrackers.

Zhang Yunyue wanted to make some cookies as snacks during the New Year, so she went to the livestock market and bought some milk.

Then I went to the grocery store and bought some oil paper. The main reason was that I had already bought the glutinous rice and was going to make glutinous rice cakes today. I would use the oil paper to wrap the prepared biscuits and glutinous rice cakes.

Zhang's mother and Zhu were thinking about going back to her parents' home, so they decided to go to the cloth shop to buy some cloth for her parents' home.

So the two of them went to the cloth shop and each picked out four pieces of cloth, enough for each person in the family to make a set of clothes, with a lot left over.

Then they passed by a wine shop and each bought five kilograms of the store's finest Qingxi wine.

Seeing that they had bought most of the things and it was getting late, Grandma Zhang took everyone out of town.

Grandpa Zhang and his men were already waiting at the city gate, and the ox carts and horse carriages were tied to the trees on the roadside.

Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng took the backpacks from several people and put them on the ox cart.

Grandma Zhang and her family got back into the carriage, and the family returned home.

Because we had been in town for the whole morning, everyone was a little hungry when we got home.

In order to eat quickly, Zhu and Zhang's mother prepared to make noodles. There happened to be some leftover chili oil and crispy shreds at home, so they each just had to fry an egg.

While Zhang's mother and the others were kneading the dough, Zhang Yunyue kept three pounds of the twenty pounds of glutinous rice for making pickled meat, and soaked the rest in hot water. After lunch, she could start steaming the glutinous rice.

"Grandpa, Dad, Second Uncle, I have already soaked the glutinous rice in hot water."

Father Zhang nodded: "Okay, I'll clean the dui nest after dinner."

Not long after, the noodles for Zhang's mother and Zhu were cooked, the eggs were fried, and everything else was ready.

After eating the noodles, Zhang Yunyue pinched the glutinous rice with her hands. When it was enough to crush it, she took it to the kitchen stove and steamed it.

"Mother, the glutinous rice is being steamed. I'm going to make some snacks for everyone to eat during the New Year. I'm going to go to the old house next door to use the oven. You watch the glutinous rice on the stove."

"Okay, call your eldest brother and second brother to do it with you. Don't do it alone and tire yourself out."

"Ok, I know."

Zhang Yunyue took some flour from the kitchen, mixed it with the milk she bought, kneaded it, and placed it next to the stove to ferment.

After the fermentation was ready, Zhang Yunyue called Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao to help get the chopping board, knife, bamboo basket covered with oil paper, salt and sugar.

He took the fermented dough to the old house next door.

Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue thought it was fun and went to the old house too.

"Sister, what are you going to do?" Zhang Xingfeng asked as they walked.

"Well, sister is going to make cookies."

"Biscuits? They're edible, right?"

"Yes, you'll know when Sister makes it."

Zhang Yunyue and a few others took the things directly to the thatched shed in the backyard of the old house because it was relatively cold there.

So she asked Zhang Xingfeng to light the fire in the oven first so that everyone could stay warmer here.

Then Zhang Yunyue poured the fermented dough onto the chopping board and cut it into two portions, preparing one for salty biscuits and the other for sweet biscuits.

Then put the salt and sugar into the two doughs respectively, and then knead the dough for a while to make sure that the salt and sugar are evenly kneaded.