After replacing the kitchen roof, the next step is to replace the east room.

At half past ten, Li Qingyun was ready to make lunch. There were many people eating at noon, and the work was heavy and tiring, so she had to prepare the meal early.

Gu's mother and sister-in-law Qiuju continued to help. Erbao had finished his feeding and fell asleep. Pan Di came to the kitchen to help her. It was no problem to light the fire and pick vegetables.

While everyone was busy, Gu Tingzhou went to the kitchen and boiled a pot of mung bean soup and put it in the well. It was cool and sprinkled with sugar, so it was just right to drink. Everyone drank a bowl and continued to work.

Since he couldn't do heavy work, he did logistical support. He was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and helped out with what he could do. Li Qingyun thought that this man was quite good and had a keen eye for work.

At noon, she planned to make a pot of pork stewed with vermicelli. This dish is delicious and the portion is large.

Add another dish of chili and egg sauce, it is delicious whether mixed with rice, noodles or steamed buns, and it is easy to make.

For vegetarian dishes, I would make three fresh vegetables, shredded green peppers and potatoes, and stewed tofu with soy sauce.

The tofu was brought over by Gu's mother in the morning. She said it was a few pounds of tofu made last night and she gave them two pounds to try.

Making tofu is a very troublesome task and it wastes beans. Every household exchanges their work points for food and money throughout the year, so the beans are only exchanged for a symbolic amount.

Finally, have a tomato and egg soup. There are five dishes and one soup. The portion should be larger, which should be enough for six people.

There are many people at noon, so it is not easy to steam rice as the staple food, so she has to make steamed buns. The two baskets of steamed buns she steamed in the morning were enough for lunch, but now there are only two left, so she has to steam a new pot.

The most commonly made steamed buns are made of two kinds of flour, white flour and corn flour. Although you can also afford white flour steamed buns, these are less eye-catching, and the two-kind corn flour steamed buns taste more fragrant.

After steaming two baskets of buns in the pot, I started preparing the dishes.

The steamed buns are out of the pot. There are two pots, one for stewing pork with vermicelli and the other for stewing tofu. These two dishes take a little longer to cook, so you can stir-fry a few more dishes and eat.

The sun was high at noon, making people sweat profusely and unable to open their eyes.

You can't continue working at this time. It is very easy to get heatstroke and faint if you work during the hottest hours of the afternoon, especially when you are working at height. If something goes wrong, everything will be over.

Although my father-in-law is still strong, he is in his fifties or sixties, so I am afraid of what might happen.

So as soon as the meal was ready, Li Qingyun immediately asked Gu Tingzhou to call them down to eat.

After washing up, sit down to eat.

The whole family ate together around a big dining table, regardless of the food.

Earlier, Li Qingyun wanted to invite Mrs. Gu and Dani and Erni to come here for dinner. After all, all the family members except them were here.

Later, I heard from Gu's mother that Mrs. Gu had taken the two children back to her parents' home early in the morning and there was no need to worry about them.

As she spoke, Gu's mother looked unhappy. Li Qingyun didn't ask much, wondering if they had a quarrel over helping her family. Why did she go back to her parents' home when it wasn't a festival?

Everyone enjoyed the meal to their heart's content, and everyone praised Li Qingyun's cooking skills.

Only Mother Gu wondered why the second son's family always had to buy meat. They couldn't live like this, but she also knew that she couldn't spoil the fun at a time like this, so she just grumbled to herself.

Anyway, if she said it, she would only be asking for trouble, and the second son's wife would not listen to her.

Forget it, as long as she lives a good life with the second son and raises the children well, let her spend the money. At most, I can save some money for my two grandsons.

After dinner, it was too hot to do anything. Gu's mother saw that the pile of hazelnuts in her yard had fermented and offered to help her peel the hazelnuts.

So, Gu's mother, sister-in-law Qiuju, Li Qingyun and Pandi sat in the main room, chatting while processing hazelnuts. They divided the work and cooperated with each other, and the process was very fast.

On the other side, Father Gu took his eldest son to the riverside and picked up two baskets of stone slabs suitable for paving the ground.

On the one hand, he heard his second son mention that he wanted to renovate the toilet. On the other hand, he was worried that his eldest son's legs and feet were not in good condition, and if he fell and got injured while using the toilet, this would be no joke.

Parents all over the world are so pitiful. They have to consider everything about their children.

The toilet space is not very large, and most of it is used for raising poultry. It is estimated that the previous owner of this house raised chickens or pigs. Now it is vacant, and some farm tools, backpacks, hoes and the like are placed inside.

The other small part was the pit toilet. The two baskets of stone slabs they picked up could be laid directly from the door to the edge of the pit toilet, especially around the pit toilet, which was full and flat.

After cleaning up like this, you no longer have to worry about falling because the floor is slippery, and it looks much cleaner and tidier.

Li Qingyun was very satisfied after seeing it.

Extra dishes in the evening!

This job was done beautifully and solved a big problem for her.

The hazelnuts have been roughly processed and are dried under the eaves together with the walnuts.

After a short rest, they put on their straw hats around three o'clock and started working under the scorching sun.

The sun in September is not as scorching as in midsummer.

As usual, Li Qingyun stayed with him until 4:30 and then started to cook dinner.

The second baby fell asleep after drinking milk at three o'clock and hasn't woken up yet, so Pan Di can help her.

After helping to take care of the child for a few days, Pandi's mood was obviously stable, with a gentle smile on her face. Having a child is really healing.

All the meat bought from Aunt Jiang yesterday had been cooked at noon, with only a piece of pork liver left. Of course, it was not enough, so she had smuggled a few pork bones, a piece of pork belly, and a string of pork intestines from the space.

In the evening, when Cheng Jie brought the children back, he had to stay for dinner. Sister Qiuju had helped him all day.

So there are eight adults and two children eating at home in the evening, and we cannot do without food.

Stir-fry the pork liver, make a big stew with the pork bones, stir-fry the pork belly with peppers and onions to make twice-cooked pork, and use the pork intestines to make tofu.

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