Transmigrating as the Buddha-like Main Consort of a Power Minister

Chapter 34: Meatballs and Visitors from the Old Residence

In the following half month, business continued to be good and even better.

Every day, Ji Wan'er counted the silver coins she earned, ecstatic with joy. In just over ten days, she had earned over three taels of silver, which felt like a dream. Looking back at the day she had just passed through, it was like night and day compared to the present.

With so much money, she could eat eggs if she wanted, and she could eat meat if she desired.

On this day after finishing work, Ji Wan'er took Yun Shuang and Zi An to the market. It was close to the hour of Shen (3 p.m. to 5 p.m) , and there were almost no people left in the market. The two meat vendors had already left. Afterwards, Ji Wan'er went to another meat shop in the town. Unlike the market vendors who only sold in the morning, this shop was open all the time.

They bought some pork from there and returned home.

After coming home, as usual, she counted the money. Although she did it every day, each time she did it, she felt happy. Seeing that her money box was almost full, Ji Wan'er decided to exchange the silver fragments for whole silver coins another day.

After waking up from a nap, Ji Wan'er started cooking.

Today, she planned to make meatballs.

First, she steamed the rice and then brought over the meat and chopped it into small pieces. This task was not easy, and it took Ji Wan'er a long time to chop it finely. Slowly, she finally turned the minced meat into a paste.

At that moment, she greatly missed a meat grinder. In an era without machines, they had to rely on manual labor.

Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind. Since there wasn't one here, could she make her own? That way, she wouldn't need to grind beans or chop meat anymore.

Unfortunately, she had never dismantled a meat grinder before and didn't know how it was made inside.

So, the idea quickly came up and was dismissed by herself.

Next, Ji Wan'er brought some scallions and ginger, minced them, and added them to the meat paste. She also added some salt and the seasoning powder she made herself, as well as some sesame oil. She beat two eggs and added some starch, then mixed everything together thoroughly in one direction.

Stir. This step is crucial, you need to keep stirring continuously to make the meatballs more tender.

Yun Shuang asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, what are you making?"

Ji Wan'er's hands kept moving as she replied, "I'm making meatballs."

Meatballs? What's that? Yun Shuang was puzzled. She had never eaten them or seen them before. The only balls she had eaten were the ones made during the New Year, fried by her family. They tasted delicious, but they were vegetarian, not meaty. They were fried in a lot of oil and were very fragrant and tasty, but unfortunately, her family didn't allow her to eat too many.

"Are they fried?" Yun Shuang asked. In her memory, meatballs were always fried. If they were fried, they should be delicious, considering that vegetarian meatballs were also delicious.

"No, they are boiled in water," Ji Wan'er said.

Yun Shuang became even more curious and offered to help.

When the meat was mixed well enough, Ji Wan'er washed some greens, cut them into small pieces, and set them aside.

She heated the pot and boiled water, then added the meatballs and the greens, along with the seasonings.