Chapter 78 Black Rice and Shaomai

Ma Yinghe nodded, and when she saw Zhu Tao coming out, the two of them stopped talking about this topic.

In the end, only the Wen family and Zhu Tao were left in the yard.

Wen Zhenyi didn't see his grandfather: "Grandma, where is Grandpa?"

"Your grandpa is such a sly fellow. He ran back to his room and lay down long ago. I'm afraid he's snoring loudly now."

Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head: "Brother and Xiaoman are going to become apprentices tomorrow, so go to bed early."

Old Lady Wen nodded quickly and looked at Wen Yongman and Wen Yongnan: "You two should go to bed early. You must dress neatly tomorrow morning."

"Okay, grandma. Let's go take a shower and go to bed." Wen Yongnan and his brother got up and went to take a shower and go to bed.

Wen Chengwen looked at Old Lady Wen and said, "Mom, Dad and I are taking Xiaonan and Xiaoman to private school tomorrow. Can you handle the stall?"

"Don't we have a little peach now?"

Zhu Tao nodded vigorously: "I will help seriously, although I don't know what to do."

Ma Yinghe smiled and patted her head: "It's okay, we will teach you slowly tomorrow."

Wen Zhenyi looked at the clothes she was wearing: "Xiao Taozi, I will find you some clothes later."

"Thank you, Yi Yi."

"You don't have to be so polite."

Old Lady Wen slapped her forehead and said, "I was so busy that I forgot to make clothes for you with the cloth I bought."

Wen Zhenyi thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, why don't you go to the cloth shop tomorrow to buy new clothes for your brother and younger brother? You still have to be sincere when you go to become my disciple."

"You're right. Let's go to the cloth shop tomorrow and buy a new set of clothes. We can make our own clothes in the future."

"Well, it's time to make clothes for the children." Wen Chengwen nodded.

Ma Yinghe looked at Wen Zhenyi: "Yiyi, we have used up all the ingredients for tomorrow's stall. What are we going to sell tomorrow?"

Wen Zhenyi thought about it and realized that the black rice she had soaked today had already been steamed, but she later asked the servant to help her make a lot of Nanzhu leaf juice.

"We're going to sell black rice dumplings tomorrow. I'll have Zhu Tao mix the dough this afternoon."

"Is black rice what we eat in the afternoon?"

"Well, this is the color formed after soaking the leaves of the southern candle. We will sell this tomorrow. However, we are out of some ingredients, so we have to go to the market to buy some tomorrow."

"Okay, let's get up early tomorrow and prepare all the necessary equipment. Everyone has been tired all day, so let's go back and rest early."

There were two empty rooms in the house, and one of them was cleared out and given to Zhu Tao to live in.

Zhu Tao looked at the room in a daze.

When Wen Zhenyi came over with the clothes, he saw her still standing in the room, "Why are you standing here?"

Zhu Tao raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face: "No, nothing."

Wen Zhenyi put the clothes on the bedside: "Don't be disgusted with these clothes. I will make you a few new ones later. You can wear them now."

Zhu Tao quickly shook her head: "No, these are enough for me."

"Can you do needlework?"

Zhu Tao nodded: "Yes."

"I'll have my mother send you some fabric later so you can make it yourself."

"Really, no need. You've been good enough to me." He looked towards the room and said, "The place I lived in before was just a woodshed. There wasn't even a piece of wood, let alone a bed."

Wen Zhenyi patted her shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. You will have a good life in the future. Have a good rest. You will be busy tomorrow."

"good."

Wen Zhenyi walked out of the room and stretched, and found that Ma Yinghe was still awake: "Mom, why haven't you rested yet?"

"I can't sleep. Are you going to bring clothes to Xiao Taozi?"

Wen Zhenyi walked over and sat down next to her: "Yeah, she's about the same size as me."

"This child is just unlucky. Even ordinary families wouldn't torture their daughters like this."

Wen Zhenyi put his arm around her and rested his head on her shoulder: "I'm very lucky."

Ma Yinghe was slightly stunned, then she smiled and reached out to pinch her face: "You are my daughter, we love you no matter what."

"Mom, it's great to have you."

"Don't we think so too?"

"Mother, send some cloth to Xiao Taozi tomorrow. She is good at sewing, so let her make two sets of clothes for herself."

"Well, your mother's needlework is only good at mending, but your grandmother's needlework is amazing. She made all our clothes."

"When we have more money, we will build a big house and hire some people to make clothes for us."

"Haha! Great! We should also assign a few maids to each of our families."

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you and grandma too."

Ma Yinghe smiled and pinched her little nose: "Yi Yi, Hu Zi's mother just told me something."

"What's up?"

"When we came back, Zhu Tao's mother was by the big tree. She must have seen Zhu Tao."

"You saw it, so what? Are you planning to sell her off again?"

"But I heard that her son and the old couple of the Zhu family seem to be getting worse and worse in health. Now they are relying on ginseng to keep them alive. This ginseng costs a lot of money."

The mother and daughter chatted in the yard for a while before going back to their rooms to sleep.

When Zhu Tao woke up in the morning, she heard that it was very noisy outside. She quickly got up, put on her clothes and rushed out of the room.

Wen Zhenyi and the others saw her rushing out, her clothes still untied: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Zhu Tao stared blankly at the people in the yard: "Sorry, I got up late."

Old Lady Wen said with a smile, "Not too late, not too late. We are going to exercise, so we will get up early. If you are still not fully awake, you can go back to sleep for a while."

Zhu Tao quickly shook her head: "No, I, can I go with you?"

"Sure, we'll wait for you at the door."

Zhu Tao hurried to wash up and then ran out to the yard.

Wen Zhenyi saw her come out, and the family began to run in circles around the village.

Although Zhu Tao had not eaten well or dressed well at home before, her health was not that bad. She was just a little weak inside, and she would sweat profusely after running for a while.

Wen Zhenyi can now run two laps easily, and three laps is still a little difficult, but he can still finish it.

Zhu Tao's clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Xiao Taozi, go change your clothes. We are going to get ready to work." Wen Zhenyi looked at her face covered in sweat.

Zhu Tao nodded, breathing heavily, then stood up and went back to her room to change her clothes.

It was still early today, so they simply steamed the black rice at home, rolled out the dumpling skins and wrapped them in wet cloth.

Wen Zhenyi rolled out the dough without a rolling pin. He rolled out twenty sheets of dough with his bare hands. Zhu Tao's eyes widened when he saw this. He was so fast.

She reached out and picked up the dough to examine it. The size and thickness were all even, not thicker than others. "How did you do that?"

"Practice makes perfect. You can try it when you have time." While Wen Zhenyi was speaking, twenty more pieces of dough appeared in his hand.