vrcanaries Chapter 112 How painful it is to gain and then lose
Chapter 112 How painful it is to gain and then lose
Shen Zhao nodded heavily.
Farming is good, but if you really want to protect your family, you still have to become an official, only then can you truly escape from farming.
In fact, he has always known that his elder brother is very capable and will make a lot of money even if he goes into business.
But my eldest brother said that if you become a businessman, you cannot become an official.
The Great Xia Dynasty had clear class divisions, with merchants having the lowest status and not being able to take the imperial examinations.
He must study hard to repay his elder brother and sister-in-law.
Su Wanwan also agreed with their decision.
Although she did not live in this dynasty, she knows some history.
It’s lonely at the top. In ancient times, people were better off keeping a low profile.
The higher you climb, the faster you die in the struggle for power.
It’s better to stay in the countryside and be a happy landlord.
In modern times, the workplace is very competitive. She had always intended to return to the countryside to live a leisurely life, but she didn't expect that she could realize it here.
After the group made the decision, Su Wanwan packed up the things and only kept some brown sugar, salt and other things.
After Shen Yuan returned to the house, he remained silent.
Thinking of what Su Wanwan said today, where she said she might go back, he felt a little depressed.
Getting it and then losing it would probably be more painful than if she hadn't come before.
Well, what is he imagining? He hasn’t got it yet, he just saw it.
He even thought that as long as he could see her, even if he could never get her, it would still be much better than her disappearing again.
When Su Wanwan woke up the next day, her feet no longer hurt.
She went to the toilet first. Every time she went to the toilet, she felt embarrassed.
No, Shen Yuan must build a toilet. She also needs to think about whether she can make a flush toilet.
The Shen Yuan brothers also got up early, one was reading and the other had already started building the wall.
Su Wanwan took a look and went straight to make breakfast.
She cooked a pot of corn porridge, and seeing that she had picked so many vegetables yesterday, she planned to make some vegetable pancakes with the porridge.
When Shen Zhao saw his sister-in-law cooking, he came over to help light the fire.
Beat a few eggs in the flour, chop the vegetables, add some salt, mix with water into a batter, and then fry it in oil.
This pancake uses a lot of oil, but Su Wanwan didn’t waste it at all.
Even if the oil in the space is used up, we can grow peanuts and press them later.
In fact, after she took the sweet potatoes out of the cellar and put them in the space to grow seedlings last night, she thought a lot.
Since she can't be a businessman, it's not impossible for her to be a landlord and sell agricultural products.
I heard from Shen Yuan and others that after the wheat is harvested, soybeans will be planted on a large scale here. Their Tongxu County is a large soybean-producing county. One-third of the soybeans in the entire Daxia Dynasty are produced in Tongxu County.
This is such a coincidence.
In modern times, her rural hometown is a nationally famous soy product town, and almost every household makes a living from soy products, especially bean curd sheets and dried tofu.
Her grandparents set up a small tofu skin factory in their yard. There were only two pots, but they raised her and she lived a good life.
She was influenced by it through observation and hearing.
However, this matter needs to be done slowly and slowly. We will talk about it later. Let’s focus on the present first.
Looking at the golden corn porridge, Shen Zhao seemed to smell a special aroma.
"Sister-in-law, is this the kind of corn you mentioned?"
It looks delicious, sticky and golden, and its aroma is even more overbearing than that of cereals.
"Well, this kind is ground coarser and can be boiled into a paste to drink. It can also be ground as finely as flour and used to make pancakes."
Shen Zhao seemed to be thinking about something.
"This is more practical than growing soybeans. After all, it is a grain. We mainly rely on wheat for our livelihood. We still have to sell the soybeans after we get them home, and then buy coarse grains such as millet and sorghum to eat."
"But if we grow corn, can we eat it directly?"
Shen Zhao is a scholar after all, and he thinks things through very thoroughly.
Soybeans are indeed not considered a grain.
But it can be sold for money.
Su Wanwan nodded.
"Shen Zhao, you are so smart."
Shen Zhao lowered his head embarrassedly and added another handful of firewood to the fire.
"I'm going to make pancakes, the fire doesn't need to be so big."
Su Wanwan's side is already prepared. She brushes a layer of oil on it and spreads the mixed batter evenly. It will take shape in a short while. Then she turns it over and fries it until both sides are golden brown before serving.
Shen Zhao wanted to drool when he smelled the fragrance, but he tried his best to hold it back.
He is not a five or six-year-old child, and he cannot be too embarrassed in front of his sister-in-law.
Trying to suppress the urge to eat something, Shen Zhao decided to recite a passage from the Analects of Confucius to drive it away.
Unexpectedly, before he started to recite, his sister-in-law tore off a piece of bread and handed it to him.
"You must be hungry. Try it first."
Shen Zhao blushed and gently took the pancake.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Su Wanwan smiled and tore off a piece and put it in her mouth.
Cooking is the most important thing, stealing food is nothing.
The two of them ate the first pancake. Shen Zhao felt that this pancake was simply the most delicious pancake. It was very soft, and the flavors of eggs, vegetables and flour were mixed together. It was delicious.
My heart feels as sweet as honey.
His sister-in-law praised him and even secretly gave him some cakes to eat.
Sister-in-law must be with brother for a long time.
The two little guys got up early today, so they had breakfast early too.
After drinking the corn porridge, Shen Yuan immediately decided to plant corn in addition to sweet potatoes after the wheat harvest.
Just after breakfast, the two brothers Shen Su and Shen Heng came running over, holding trowels for plastering the walls in their hands.
The courtyard wall on their side had been built, and their father rushed over to help Shen Yuan.
Shen Su had wanted to come here a long time ago. Now the whole village knows that Shen Yuan brought back a wife from the official media, and his mother said that they are planning to get married officially on the first day of May.
This made him very curious.
If his parents hadn't stopped him and wanted to build the wall quickly, he would have run over to watch the fun yesterday.
I wonder what kind of wife Brother Yuan will like. Is she prettier than Dahong?
Anyway, my mother said that she had never seen such a beautiful girl.
He also said that now that Shen Yuan had a woman in his family, they, the brothers, could not come to their house at will, especially when Shen Yuan was not at home.
It’s not like he didn’t understand. Shen Yuan was at home.
"Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, my father asked us to help you."
As soon as Shen Su entered the door, he started shouting, but his eyes were looking around everywhere.
Shen Yuan was also in a hurry to finish his work. When he saw the two brothers coming, he didn't hesitate and directly asked them to build the wall.
Shen Su was still standing on tiptoe trying to look into the house, but was suddenly pulled away by Shen Yuan.
"Second uncle, third uncle."
The two little guys heard the noise outside and ran out.
"They are the second and third brothers from my uncle's family."
Shen Zhao was afraid that Su Wanwan didn't know him, so he immediately introduced him and walked out with his bowl and chopsticks.
Since there were guests, Su Wanwan had to see them. She looked at her outfit and saw no loopholes before leaving.
"You two cousins, right? Hello."
Su Wanwan greeted him generously.