Farming in another world to make a fortune

Chapter 25

After lunch, the dishes were washed, and the two rarely had time to rest and relax.

After sitting and chatting at the door for a while, Yu Zhou suddenly became interested, took out all the money left over from the town today, poured it into the bamboo basket and counted copper coins one by one for fun.

In fact, before he went to town today, he only had 69 coins left on him, and what he earned and spent in the town today is also counted, and he can know the balance after a little calculation.

But Yu Zhou always feels that the result of calculation is not as fulfilling as the result of counting.

He didn't say anything, and Jin Chuan didn't remind him, one person counted with interest, while the other watched with interest.

While putting the last copper plate into the purse, Yu Zhou raised his head and said to Jin Chuan, "It's 340 seven coins in total, and there is also a broken silver coin of five coins."

Add up to 840 Qiwen, enough for the two of them for about a month.

Seeing that he had finished counting, Jin Chuan asked with a smile, "There should be about [-] Wen in my place, do you want to count them together?"

"Still not." Yu Zhou shook his head. Counting his own money can still be said to be a personal hobby. If he even counts his partner's money, it would be a bit too much, and it's not his style.

Although if the current trend continues, it may not be long before the money of the two of them will become the money of the family, but it should be Jin Chuan who manages his money.

On this point, Yu Zhou is very conscious.

He played with the purse for a while, thought of something, and said to Jin Chuan: "Give me another purse, it's simpler."

As he spoke, he picked out the five-cent piece of broken silver, "Pack this separately and save it, and the other 300-odd coins will be reserved for our daily use. Or you can put this at your place."

Jin Chuan felt a little hot in his heart, every move of Yu Zhou showed that he was planning for the future, which made him feel at ease.

But in the end, he still didn't accept the five coins, but went back to the house and took out a purse.

For him, if Yu Zhou is willing to let him be the housekeeper after getting married, then he will definitely not give in. Now is not the time.

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I want to invite Aunt Chen's family to dinner at night, and there is no electricity or lights here, so I must not make the time too late.

Therefore, Yu Zhou started to prepare the dishes to eat in the evening.

When buying vegetables before, he and Jin Chuan only bought the dishes for the evening after discussing them.

One steamed meat with dried vegetables, one stewed pig's trotters with soybeans, one fish with pickled cabbage, one fried sausage with sauerkraut, and finally stir-fried green vegetables.

Although there are not many types, but the portion is bigger, the two of them plus the Chen family of five will be enough to eat.

Dried vegetables and steamed pork Jin Chuan watched Yu Zhou cook it twice, and he was able to get started. Stewed pork trotters with soybeans is also simple. The only difficulty with these two dishes is that it takes time.

While Jinchuan was chopping dried vegetables and sliced ​​meat, Yu Zhou burned the pig's trotters to remove the smell, washed them clean and chopped them into small pieces with a hatchet, then brought them to Jinchuan for stewing, while he handled the fish and fatty intestines himself. .

These two things are not easy to take care of, but there is plenty of time this afternoon, and this is the most sumptuous meal he has had since traveling to this world, so Yu Zhou is also quite patient.

In the evening, when there was only the last vegetable left to be fried, Yu Zhou went to the next door and invited Aunt Chen and the others over, while Jin Chuan was frying the last vegetable in the kitchen.

The table for eating was placed at the entrance of the main room, and Chen Feng was still in the yard, so he sniffed and said, "What delicious food did you cook, I can smell it right next door."

"Here, it's all on the table, you can see for yourself." Yu Zhou helped Aunt Chen into the room and sat down.

The dishes were served by Jin Chuan before, and as soon as the man sat down, Yu Zhou discovered Jin Chuan's carefulness.

The softly stewed pig's feet and steamed meat with dried vegetables are in the direction of Mrs. Chen, the fat intestines are close to Uncle Chen and Feng, and it is more convenient for Aunt Chen and Xiaojuan to pick up fish. There are still some places in front of them. Open space, just enough to place the last green vegetable.

Aunt Chen glanced at the dishes on the table, then frowned and said in disapproval: "It's fine for us to have a casual meal, why make it so extravagant, it's not easy for you and Jinchuan to make money, especially Jinchuan, It was all embroidered stitch by stitch, and if you have money, you should save more for future plans.”

Jin Chuan just came out of the kitchen with green vegetables at this time, and when he heard Aunt Chen's words, he knew that she had misunderstood, so he explained with a smile: "It was all bought with the money earned by Yu Zhou. He is also in charge, and I saved all the money from selling embroidery."

Aunt Chen and Aunt Chen looked at Yu Zhou in surprise when they heard the words. They all knew that Yu Zhou was copying books for the bookstore, but they always thought that the income was not too high. It looks okay.

Aunt Chen pondered for a while, and said to Yu Zhou quite satisfied: "Since you can earn it, it's okay to spend more, but you have to remember to plan more for the future."

Yu Zhou nodded in response.

When sitting down to eat, Chen Feng just took a bite of the fat intestines, and couldn't help but praise: "This is delicious, and it's very clean."

Jin Chuan glanced at Yu Zhou and said in a low voice, "Yu Zhou did it."

He didn't dare to say that Yu Zhou used at least three taels of flour when washing the fat intestines, because he was afraid that he had just educated them to save money and Aunt Chen would educate them again.

The guests and hosts had a great meal, and after they were all full, the sky was getting dark, and the blue sky seemed to be covered with a layer of black veil. The Chen family was not in a hurry to go back, so they sat at the door of the main room with Yu Zhou and the others. chat.

Aunt Chen glanced at Jinchuan and said, "Let Xiaojuan learn embroidery from you, your aunt will tell me when she comes back."

Jin Chuan let out a 'huh', indicating that he was listening carefully. Even Yu Zhou turned his head to listen curiously. Only Chen Feng continued to stare at the sky in a daze to digest. Apparently, their family knew the result a long time ago.

"It's her blessing that you are willing to teach her," Aunt Chen said again, "but I think it's better to wait until winter, when Xiaojuan's temperament can be calmed down a little bit, and there will be less work in the fields. You can have more free time, too."

After a pause, she smiled again and said, "Besides, you were married to Boy Zhou at that time, so it was more convenient for Xiaojuan to often run here."

Obviously the reason above is enough, but Mrs. Chen still wants to talk about getting married. Jin Chuan quickly glanced at Yu Zhou out of the corner of his eye, and said with a slightly warm face, "It's all up to you."

After Mrs. Chen and the others went back in the evening, Jin Chuan and Yu Zhou packed up their things together, and then said, "Xiaojuan has always been quite good-natured. Mrs. Chen said that today, probably because she wants me to embroider more things in exchange for money." , so as not to waste time because of teaching Xiaojuan."

Yu Zhou thinks about it. After all, they only have such a small amount of land, and they grow what they want to eat. Even he spends less time in the field, let alone Jinchuan.

The two have their own direction of understanding, and neither mentioned the matter of getting married.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Qingming. Since the night before, it has been drizzling, and the wisps are like smoke.

Yu Zhou sat at the door, looking at the mountaintop shrouded in mist, his mood was the same as today's weather, and the clouds were light.

He didn't have much memory about Yuanshen at all, and naturally he didn't remember where Yuanshen's ancestral grave was.

This is different from asking Chen Feng when he doesn't know anything on weekdays. The ancestral grave is a big deal for the villagers, and he doesn't remember this. He doesn't know how to talk to Chen Feng.

When Jin Chuan came back from Chen's house with the five-colored paper clothes in his arms, he saw Yu Zhou sitting on the threshold, frowning, and his eyes dimmed, and said, "Aunt Chen taught me to cut up the paper clothes, and I'm going to take them to the mountains Have you prepared all the sacrifices, Chen Feng told you to prepare them quickly, and we can go together later."

Yu Zhou's eyes lit up: "Go together?"

"That's right," Jin Chuan said, "Just now I heard Mrs. Chen say that the two ancestral tombs are nearby, and there will be companions on the way together."

Yu Zhou immediately got up from the threshold and said, "I've prepared all my things, and I can set off after putting them in a basket. You should also change into thicker clothes. It's colder in the mountains than at home, so don't freeze later."

"I'm going too?" Jin Chuan was stunned.

"You don't want to go?"

"No," Jin Chuan said hastily, "It's just...it doesn't feel right, isn't it that we haven't..."

The content of what he didn't finish was obvious, Yu Zhou laughed, "Anyway, I'm going to go sooner or later, so I should practice in advance."

"Oh." Jin Chuan responded, propped his face and turned to go to the house to add clothes, almost walking on the same hands and feet, how can he not have the cleverness just now when he turned the corner at Chen's house to find out where the ancestral grave of Yu Zhou's family was? .

When they set off, Uncle Chen's family was not surprised to see Yu Zhou with Jin Chuan, and even thought it should be so.

Yu Zhou doesn't have the memory of his original body, even if he is a Qingming sacrifice, it is difficult to feel sad or nostalgic.

Fortunately, the Chen family did not follow this route. Xiaojuan chattered along the way, saying that Chen Feng would take her to pick tea tongues after the tomb-sweeping was over, and Aunt Chen also said that she would go to the bamboo forest later. Turn around to see if this year's wild bamboo shoots have grown.

It doesn't feel like offering sacrifices, but more like visiting deceased relatives and friends.

Infected by this atmosphere, Yu Zhou and Jin Chuan also relaxed a lot.

When they arrived at the cemetery, Uncle Chen directly instructed Yu Zhou to mow the grass and build up the soil. The embarrassing situation that Yu Zhou was worried about and couldn't find the ancestral grave in the mountains did not happen at all.

After the sacrifice and the fire were extinguished, Chen Feng was dragged away by Xiaojuan, and Uncle Chen accompanied Aunt Chen to find the bamboo shoots, leaving only Yu Zhou and Jin Chuan in place.

After looking at each other, Yu Zhou said, "How about we go around too?"

Now the drizzle has stopped, the air is moist and fresh, and there are occasional voices of people who come to worship in the mountains, but because of the forest and the hillside, they may not be able to see people.

"Okay," Jin Chuan nodded with a smile, "but what is our purpose?"

Xiaojuan was looking for a tea tongue, and Aunt Chen was looking for bamboo shoots. Their words...

Yu Zhou thought for a while and said, "As long as it is useful, we want it!"

Jin Chuan laughed, not paying much attention to it.