Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All-Chapter 419 - 262: Can You Cook?

Setting out in July, right in the height of summer, with exams in mid-August, many foods still can’t be preserved for long. As for what to bring for the exam, they’ll have to think of another way.

Originally, Jiang Hu wanted to ask Liu Bo to help find out how other families prepared in the past.

But before he could say much, Liu Bo handed him a list, saying Liu Ze’s parents had sent it over.

The couple didn’t delay, they started studying it right away, but the more they looked into it, the more puzzled they became.

Rice flour and soybean flour fried by themselves, boiled into porridge to eat?

Or dry and hard pancakes with only salt that need to be soaked in water to be eaten?

Even the better ones are slices of steamed buns dried like stones, which can last for several days without spoiling.

There are also vegetables, boiled lightly in water, then dried and chopped, soaked in water before eating.

All methods are like this.

The couple looked at each other in bewilderment.

In terms of preservation time, it’s indeed long, and it can fill the stomach.

But eating like this for several days, even a strong man might lose half his life.

"No wonder Liu Bo said, participating in one imperial exam can damage one’s health greatly and takes a long time to recover."

It is said the exam rooms are very small, barely fitting a bed and a chair, and the candidates must spend nine days in that cramped space.

Wanting to come out early means giving up the exam!

Second Aunt’s face already showed concern: "I heard there are even people who couldn’t make it through the exam and passed away directly."

She had seen students who focused entirely on studying, physically weak and looking unhealthy.

Such students, being tormented like this, wouldn’t they indeed lose half their lives? Some who fail once still continue to take the exams.

Some kids’ families aren’t well off and don’t have enough to nourish their bodies, and so going back and forth...

Thinking of this, Second Aunt felt a bit relieved.

The family is better off these years, eating well, and the kids help with farm work when they return home, each one is quite strong.

Plus, they are preparing to go to the prefecture to look after the kids, so the situation shouldn’t be too bad.

Relaxing her expression slightly, Second Aunt continued: "Last night Liu Bo also said, we actually don’t need to go, Liu Ze’s parents will send someone to take care of them."

"But I think it’s better if we go ourselves, and as Liu Bo said, taking this opportunity to let the kids gain some experience isn’t bad."

Second Aunt put away the list in her hand; the family has everything on it, so there’s no need to prepare now.

With ten days left, she thought of trying to make something else,

"Alright." Jiang Hu nodded, not going to the fields today, planning to let Qixi and Aunt Yang get accustomed first.

Jiang Hu followed behind Second Aunt, both carrying bamboo baskets to collect eggs, and Second Aunt suddenly thought: "Hey, aren’t eggs also something that can be kept for several days!"

"When the time comes, let each child carry twenty eggs and eat two each day; it’s better than only eating porridge."

Studying is a brain-intensive task, and exams are even more stressful; if you don’t eat some protein to recharge, it’s really hard to persist until the end.

Jiang Hu smiled helplessly: "Second Aunt, the letter also mentioned bringing some eggs, didn’t you see?"

"Ah? Really?"

"Yes." Jiang Hu nodded, "On the second page."

"No wonder, I didn’t notice there were two pages."

Thanks to the kids, the couple, although not highly educated, with Second Aunt not even able to write and holding a pen improperly, at least know how to read now.

While collecting eggs, the couple discussed whether they could make some meat dishes.

Thinking it over, it seems that the most suitable is jerky, the very dry kind, which can be preserved for quite a bit in summer.

But if it’s too dry, eating it might be hard, and could waste time. It would be better if the jerky were a bit softer.

So when Xiao Mi came down the mountain, she saw her mother was cooking and her father was pounding with a rolling pin on a table, with a plate of beef jerky in front of him.

Approaching, she found her father was also pounding beef jerky, each deep red strip nearly beaten into meat floss.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"Xiao Mi is back, try this, is it easier to eat now?"