On the way to the village, Song Yun discovered a patch of wild yam vines. She secretly noted the location and left a mark to come back and dig it up next time.

This trip was very fruitful.

Especially Qi Mo'nan, with the things hanging on his back and in his hands, he looked like a walking Christmas tree.

When I got home, it was already dark.

After leaving everything to Qi Mo Nan and Song Ziyi, Song Yun immediately started to cook dinner.

The dough rose very well. I used two-fold flour and added some sugar before kneading the dough to release the air. It will be sweeter when steamed.

Qi Monan and Song Ziyi in the yard divided the work together. Ziyi was responsible for picking mushrooms and fruits, and Qi Monan was responsible for picking wild rabbits. They smelled the tempting aroma of steamed buns when they were halfway through washing them, and their stomachs started to growl at the same time.

I had egg rice with dumplings at noon, and then did some physical labor, so I was already hungry.

Three trays of steamed buns were steamed at one time, with about twenty buns in each tray, and all were put into a bamboo basket padded with cotton cloth.

Eating steamed buns alone would definitely not be enough, so Song Yun used the existing ingredients to make a pot of very appetizing hot and sour soup.

"Are you done? We can have dinner now."

Song Ziyi had finished his work and was squatting beside Qi Mo Nan to help him. By the way, he was learning how to peel off a complete fur from a rabbit. This thing is very useful. In the cold winter, it is a magic weapon to keep warm.

Song Ziyi glanced at his bloody hands, turned around and shouted to Song Yun, "Sister, we'll be done soon. Eat when you're hungry. You don't have to wait for us."

Song Yun walked over and took a look. The place where the flashlight was shining was a bloody mess, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. Fortunately, the yard was big enough, and Qi Mo Nan chose a corner downwind, so the smell did not spread to the kitchen.

This is the last one, and it looks like it will be over in twenty minutes at most.

"Hey, let me fry a few more eggs. Come over and eat when you're done."

The eggs at home were exchanged with someone in Qie Village last time. Three from the east family and five from the west family, a total of more than thirty eggs were exchanged. Now there are only eleven left. Song Yun simply fried them all. They will each eat one later, and the remaining eight will be taken to the cowshed. Parents and Grandpa Qi can each get two.

After the eggs were fried, Qi Monan and Song Ziyi were also done. Qi Monan brought a basin full of wild rabbits into the kitchen, and he hung the rabbit skins in the yard.

"What should we do with the inedible internal organs?" Qi Mo asked.

Song Yun thought about it. The front and back yards combined totaled an acre. She had to use that land to grow some vegetables. Growing vegetables would require fertilizer, and she didn't want to use manure. Perhaps she could try building a fermentation tank. She could pile up the offal and other organic waste from the kitchen and ferment it there. She'd seen on an agricultural program that this fermented organic fertilizer was suitable for all kinds of crops and was just as effective as fertilizer.

Song Yun shared her idea, and Qi Mo Nan thought it was a good idea. "Today, I'll find a place on the hillside behind us to dig a fermentation tank. We can't do it in the yard, as there will definitely be odors and bugs."

This is what Song Yun wanted to say. "Hey, that's troublesome. I came too late today and couldn't go to town. How about you not go to work with me tomorrow and buy the things in town first, instead of putting it off day after day."

Qi Mo Nan nodded, "Then I will come earlier every day and try to come as early as possible."

"You can do whatever you want. Go wash your hands and eat."

After Song Yun finished speaking, she took the plate of eggs and went to the main room in front. Carpenter Liu had already delivered some of the furniture. The eight-immortals table and benches were the first to be delivered. The main room was also cleaned up. From today on, they could finally eat at a proper table.

When the three of them sat down at the dinner table, Song Yun had already put eight eggs into the lunch box and placed the remaining three eggs into three bowls filled with half a bowl of hot and sour soup. "Here's the hot and sour soup, try it."