Chapter 2 Self-sufficiency without worrying about money
For a whole day, that voice didn't appear again, and Wen Tiantian didn't bother to think about it.
What do you want to do so much? Don't you know that overthinking will cause hair loss?
So, she began to decorate her own small yard with a good attitude of being at ease.
When there is no pressure from work and life, time is completely free. Wen Tiantian walked around the yard, tidied up each room, put things in place according to her preferences and habits, and then moved a big bamboo chair from the utility room and put it in the open space in front of the house, and began to transform her old clothes one by one with the needle and thread found in the cabinets.
Humming a little song, enjoying the warm sunshine, the breeze blowing, the mountain air makes people feel comfortable, and the depression that has accumulated in my heart for a long time gradually dissipates.
Stay at home as a salted fish, eat and drink and enjoy leisure!
I used to read those messy online novels, but the heroine who crossed over was either gifted or had countless hidden skills, and she would be arranged by the author with a very powerful background, so that she could set off a bloody storm when she went out of the mountain, and then experienced all kinds of bloody incidents, and finally held great power, surrounded by beautiful men, with countless resources and gold and silver treasures......
It's not that she didn't fantasize when she watched it, what would she do if she crossed over into the heroine of the online text one day. However, after the dream really became a reality, she didn't have so many miscellaneous thoughts.
The embroidery needle in his hand was sewn on the fabric of the sleeve, and a delicate pink flower slowly revealed its shape. Wen Tiantian thought of the various life and death loves that the heroine had engaged in in ancient times, and suddenly calmed down, feeling that it was better for a rookie like herself to be a waste in such a no-man's place, after all, saving her life is the most important thing, maybe one day she will fall asleep and open her eyes and return to her rental house!
In modern society, there are refrigerators and air conditioners, as well as potato chips, cola jelly, milk tea......
Sure enough, thinking about it, I was hungry again.
Hey, that's not good about ancient life, the diet is too healthy, and the days are too monotonous!
Although she got up in the morning and touched a steamed bun from the kitchen to fill her stomach casually, in the final analysis, it was because she didn't have the habit of eating breakfast, and when it was close to noon, she still missed her spicy beef instant noodles very much.
What to do?
Wen Tiantian scratched her head and thought about it. Put down the needle and thread in his hand and get up from the bamboo chair, ponder for a while, and then trot to the kitchen.
This ancient kitchen was really simple, that is, a large stove made of yellow mud, with an iron pot on top and wood burning below. There were several wooden jars on the side of the stove, and when I opened them, I found that they appeared to contain seasonings such as oil, salt, sugar, etc.
How can I get it!
At most, she would turn on the gas stove to cook some noodles in her own home, and usually either instant noodles and snacks or take takeout to fill her stomach, Wen Tiantian swore that she had never seen such a "retro" cookware when she was so old.
"Dead ghost, you come out!"
picked up a big wooden frying spoon and knocked on the side of the pot, Wen Tiantian unceremoniously gave the guy a nickname: "Dead ghost, you came out and said, how to use this thing?" I've never seen it, how to cook! ”
Who let her be brought by that ghost's spell, not to mention that this body is still that guy's, who is distressed if she can't eat and sleep well!
Therefore, asking for something from that dead ghost, Wen Tiantian is right.
"What are you knocking! Don't knock, kill someone! The voice rang in his ears, and he said impatiently, "I can't even use a pot, why did I ask such a fool like you to help." ”
"Hehe, it's strange!" Wen Tiantian proudly put the big stir-fry spoon on his shoulder, and smiled without smiling, "Dead ghost, you are asking me now, otherwise cast a spell to get me here?" I can tell you, no matter what your plans are, it's the right thing to do for me to eat first, don't forget that this body is yours, don't blame me for starving! ”
The voice paused, as if it was gritting its teeth and cursing in its heart.
The corners of Wen Tiantian's mouth were hooked, and her proud little expression made people angry when they saw it.
"Okay, can't I teach you!" The voice really couldn't help her, gritted her teeth for a long time, and finally compromised, "You go to the room where you put the sundries and bring some dry firewood, and I will teach you to make a fire and cook." Don't forget to get some rice from the rice bag by the way, cook more at a time and save the hassle. ”
Wen Tian nodded, thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. Although this dead ghost is willing to teach, she is too lazy to learn! Three meals a day, no, two meals a day (sleep lazy in the morning, you can save the meal) have to make a fire, it's really too troublesome, can't order takeout is really a big difficulty at home as a salted fish!
Ran to the utility room, looking at the little firewood left, Wen Tiantian picked up some and walked to the kitchen, chatting with the guy.
"It is said in the book that people like you who are outside the world generally have some junior apprentices and the like around to do chores, why are you so miserable, you don't even have someone to take care of, and you are embarrassed to brag that you are a holy hand ghost immortal, where do the holy hands have to chop wood and light the fire by themselves?"
The ghost sighed faintly, "It's hard to say, don't guess if you don't know anything, I'll tell you when you should know." ”
"Still selling it to me? Believe it or not, I'll turn around and jump off the mountain and leave you dead without a body? Anyway, this body is not mine, it's a big deal that I'll go back to the rental house and continue to be my part-time worker! ”
"You dare!" The dead ghost became anxious all of a sudden, and his tone became much more severe, "I can't help it, so I asked you to come over and live for me, otherwise this great immortal like you won't bother to pay attention." ”
Wen Tiantian rolled her eyes, "Okay, okay, you're a great immortal and I'm a salted fish, aren't you good!" ”
Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence!
Wen Tiantian secretly said that she obviously had the same face as her, but her temper and personality were completely opposite. I'm afraid that this person has stayed in seclusion in the mountains for a long time and is stupid, and his brain is not normal.
Putting the firewood on the edge of the stove, Wen Tiantian took a small wooden basin and ran to scoop rice. Wash the rice by the well in the yard, light the fire and steam the rice according to the steps of the Dead Ghost Sect.
There were no fresh vegetables at home, she only turned out two white radishes and a few potatoes from the corner of the kitchen when she cleaned up yesterday, and Wen Tiantian was a little dumbfounded when she held it in her hand.
"That's what you usually eat?"
"That's right, I don't have any appetite, I usually find something to eat when I'm hungry, these are easy to store, and it's convenient to eat at home."
It's really desireless!
Wen Tiantian was speechless for a while, and carefully recalled the recipes that he occasionally read on the cooking software before, generally speaking, they were stewed chicken with radishes, stewed pig's trotters with potatoes, and they had to be served with some meat dishes to be delicious, which ...... How do you get radish stewed potatoes?
Resigned to putting things down, looking at the rice boiling in the pot, Wen Tiantian counted the time, "Where did you put all the money?" I'll go down the mountain and buy some food and come back to enrich the food, otherwise I won't be able to eat this meal. ”
The dead ghost was very generous this time, and said in a steady voice: "There is a little broken silver in the cabinet next to the bed in the bedroom, you can use it first." This Daxian is low-key and indifferent, and there is not much money, so you can save some flowers. ”
"Got it, got it!"
Wen Tiantian went back to the bedroom and took out a small bag of broken silver from the drawer, opened it and took a look at it, in addition to the silver, it was also mixed with some copper plates, it seems that this dead ghost used to be a master of living a careful life.
When she first arrived, she didn't know what to bring to this ancient bazaar, so she put the money bag in her arms and went down the mountain empty-handed.
Humming a little song all the way down, Wen Tiantian found that in fact, the place where the silent dead ghost lived was not far from the town under the mountain, and he didn't feel tired when he walked down the mountain, and stepped on the bluestone slab ground in the town after a few turns.
At a glance, the antique atmosphere came to her face, and Wen Tiantian felt that she was walking on the street in the costume drama. The people around are all dressed in ancient clothes, the houses on the street look very neat, there are many vendors setting up stalls and shouting, and the street is very lively.
I was dazzled for a while, but I only knew that looking around was a novelty for everything.
"Look at the way you look like you've never seen the world." The voice of the dead ghost suddenly came out again, and he sneered unceremoniously, "Hurry up and buy it, the food at home is still cooking, beware of going back late and not having to eat." ”
Wen Tiantian came back to her senses at this time, feeling that there were new things everywhere, and her brain was a little insufficient.
He raised his hand and patted his forehead, reminding himself that he was here to buy vegetables, and then began to seriously look for a stall selling vegetables.
The first time I took silver to buy vegetables in ancient times, if you want to say that you are not nervous, you must not be able to!
Picked a few pieces of sweet potatoes and three green onions, four round eggplants, and half a catty of pork belly, Wen Tiantian almost stopped talking at the checkout, I don't know whether to speak classical Chinese or Mandarin with the ancients, or ...... Dialect?
"Excuse me, how much do these dishes cost?"
"Five copper plates! Give the girl two more heads of garlic! "The owner of the vegetable seller was very cheerful and picked the two largest garlic sticks and stuffed them for her.
Wen Tiantian nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the ancients talked like the dead ghost, otherwise she thought she might have to make up a foreign language on the fly. While thinking about it, I complained in my heart, it seems that the classical Chinese in the textbook taught by the teacher is not the ancient common language, it is completely used to embarrass them students!
The ancient texts I memorized before the college entrance examination are still a nightmare in retrospect after graduating from college.
Discovering this, the little worry in Wen Tiantian's heart completely disappeared. I calculated that there was enough time, so I thought about taking a stroll around this street to see if there was an ancient version of French fries milk tea and happy fat house water.
Wandering around and taking a look, occasionally chatting with dead ghosts, listening to that guy's "popular science", she can be regarded as having gained a lot of knowledge.
After walking for a while, I suddenly found that there seemed to be a shop in front of me that was not doing very well, and the door was open but few people went in to look. Wen Tiantian was curious, so she walked over by herself, and only when she got closer did she discover the true face of this store: the human market.
Talent market?!
"This is the place to find a job? It's too shabby, isn't it? Wen Tiantian's eyes widened and he looked carefully. After graduating, she never went to a job fair, she just sprinkled her resume on the recruitment website, which one called for an interview before she went to the workplace for consultation, and she listened to her classmates when she chatted about the talent market, and she didn't care if she listened to it.
"Are you stupid?" The dead ghost couldn't help it, "The human market, the human market, is the place where people are bought and sold!" Most of the people who buy it from big families are picked from here, and you don't even have this bit of common sense, how do you read the book? ”
"You don't care how I read it!" Wen Tiantian was almost used to arguing with this guy, and after speaking, he looked at the sun, it was very inconvenient to have no watch to keep time, so he could only calculate in his heart that the time was about the same, and he was ready to go back.
When passing by the gate of the "human market", I couldn't help but look inside, the courtyard was empty, and there was nothing, only to see a few people sitting under the eaves who were tied with ropes, all dressed in rags like beggars, and one was lying on the ground with a crooked body, as if he was sleeping.
Retracting her gaze, Wen Tiantian walked back with her things in her arms, not nostalgic at all. Her coming to this place was purely an accident, in the novel, if a heroine brings back a person casually, she may be a down-and-out general, a prince or something, no matter how bad it is, it has to be a big man of a certain Jianghu sect, and then go through a bloody storm, go to the peak of life, and then come back to marry the heroine.
Such a bloody plot is not suitable for a rookie like her at all, so it is comfortable to go back to cook, eat and sleep in the sun.
A simple life is the beginning of a better future!
In line with the principle that more things are better than less, Wen Tiantian walked home slowly. Under the guidance of the dead ghost, wash and chop vegetables, put the eggplant strips into the oil pan and stir-fry them with minced garlic, pour the seasoned sauce into it to season before leaving the pot, and then put a big bowl of rice with fragrant minced meat and roast eggplant to eat with a mouth full of oil.
After solving the problem of food and clothing, Wen Tiantian packed up the dishes and chopsticks and threw them into the kitchen, and went back to the bedroom too lazy to wash them, lying on the bed with thoughts flying in her head.
It costs money to buy food, and the dead ghost doesn't have much money left, so he really needs to save some money. It's better to go around the mountains and forests in the back tomorrow to see if you can pick some mushrooms and the like, and come back to fry a base to cook a hot pot.
After all, self-sufficiency is the only way to not worry about running out of money to spend.