Chapter 31 Help

"That's fine." Bai San nodded and grinned, "Then I'll come back tomorrow to buy it. No, I'll buy it here from now on. I won't make a reservation for you. I'll just come early tomorrow."

It saves people from waiting here for so long.

"Okay." Zhuang Qingning also smiled.

After Bai San left, Zhuang Qingning packed up the bamboo basket and cloth, said goodbye to Liu, and took Zhuang Qingsui to buy the necessary things.

They regularly bought some soybeans and a small amount of rice and flour in batches, and saved the excess for emergency use. Zhuang Qingning then took Zhuang Qingsui to find a cloth seller.

The only spring clothes that could be exchanged through the system were the ones they were wearing. Many farmers took apart their winter jackets, removed the cotton, and then sewed them into spring clothes. The winter clothes they were wearing were too worn out, so there was no need to sew them any more.

Ordinary cotton coarse cloth can be woven by clever and hardworking young girls and wives in every family and be self-sufficient. At most, only clumsy wives or families without anyone to manage the household will choose to buy coarse cloth from outside. Therefore, the sales of this coarse cloth are not good and the price is low.

The two sisters calculated the cost of the cloth for two sets of clothes and two pairs of shoes, which cost only twelve cents in total. After paying the money, they took the cloth and put it in a bamboo basket. Then, the two sisters went to buy a pound of pork belly as instructed by Mrs. Wen.

Thinking of eating it himself, Zhuang Qingning bought himself half a pound of pork belly. He went home to stir-fry the meat sauce and make noodles with soybean paste at noon.

They went to the wine shop that Wen mentioned and bought some wine, and then the two sisters went back.

When they got home, they first put everything in order and asked Zhuang Qingsui to wash and cook the meat. Then Zhuang Qingning took the meat and wine to Mrs. Wen.

"You're back so late?" Mrs. Wen had already had lunch at home.

Rice, scrambled eggs with green onions, and cold spinach.

"Something delayed me." Zhuang Qingning smiled and said, "Shall I put the pork belly and wine in the kitchen for you?"

"Just leave it in there for now. I'll clean it up later." Wen said without even raising her head.

"Okay, then I'll go first." Zhuang Qingning put the things in the kitchen and walked out.

"Let's go." Mrs. Wen still lowered her head and ate.

Zhuang Qingning's footsteps paused slightly.

In the past, when she left, Mrs. Wen always snorted coldly, but now she spoke, and her voice did not sound as harsh as before.

Maybe he was in a good mood? He should be, otherwise why would he buy wine and meat? Maybe he was celebrating something happy.

Zhuang Qingning was thinking that when he got to the yard, Zhuang Qingsui had already kneaded the dough and was lying awake.

The pork belly is cut into small cubes, put into an iron pan with stir-fried ginger, garlic and scallion shreds to make meat sauce, rolled into thin dough sheets with a large rolling pin, then folded and cut into thin noodles, put into the pan to cook, taken out, rinsed with cold water, and poured with the fragrant meat sauce, and the fragrant mixed noodles are ready.

With the noodle soup, the two sisters held their bowls and ate their lunch while chatting and laughing.

I took a nap after lunch and woke up in the evening as usual.

Scrambled eggs with green onions, spinach mixed with vermicelli, white rice porridge and scallion pancakes.

After dinner, it was not yet completely dark.

Zhuang Qingsui went into the house and walked around outside the kitchen.

"What are you looking for?" Zhuang Qingning was quite surprised to see her flipping through this and digging around in that.

"Let me see if there are any shovels, hoes or something." Zhuang Qingsui finally dug out a hoe from a corner. Because it had not been used for a long time, it was exposed to the sun and wind and was already rusty.

"It can be used." Zhuang Qingsui looked around for a long time, tried it again, and then raised his head and said, "I see that there is a lot of open space in this yard. It would be a waste to leave it idle, so I thought about digging the soil in the yard and planting some vegetables. It will be enough for us to eat on weekdays."

The vegetables we eat these days have to be bought from the market. After all, it’s not money, and it’s not easy for my sister to earn money. Zhuang Qingsui thought, I have to save some money somehow.

Since she is young and not smart, she can't think of any way to make money, so she should think more about how to save money.

"That's good." Zhuang Qingning nodded in approval. "It's time to plant cucumbers and loofahs. Let's plant some. We'll have more vegetables than we can eat in the summer."

"Then you try to hoe the land first. I'll go to Aunt He's house next door and be back soon. If you are tired, just take a rest. Don't try to be stubborn."

"Sister, go ahead. I know what I'm doing." Zhuang Qingsui found a piece of rough porcelain and tried to grind the rusty hoe so that it would be easier to use.

Zhuang Qingning went out and went to Aunt He's house, holding the cotton cloth bought from the cloth shop and a piece of tofu that he had specially saved up in the morning, covered only with a cage cloth.

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He's needlework skills are very good. Many of the clothes that Zhuang Qingning wore in the past were made by He. She would ask He to help make clothes, and she would find a reason to give her some labor fees as a reward.

Furthermore, He loved her and would only be happy that she made money, and would never say anything about her outside.

When we arrived at He's house, the yard door was open. They had just finished dinner, and He was asking the children to help clear the dishes and benches, and to fetch water to wash the dishes.

"Aunt." Zhuang Qingning called out sweetly and crisply and walked in.

"Miss Ning?" When He saw Zhuang Qingning, she was also a little curious. In the dim light, when she saw that Zhuang Qingning seemed to be holding a cloth bag in her hand, she frowned slightly.

After telling the children to fetch water and wash the dishes, He came over quickly and pulled Zhuang Qingning to the corner of the yard to talk: "Why are you here?"

"There is something I would like to ask for your help..." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile.

He's brows furrowed even more.

Judging from the situation, we may need to borrow some food.

Yes, it has been several days now, and I guess the cornmeal I sent last time has been eaten up.

Although I heard that the sisters Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui rented Wen's tofu shop and wanted to grind tofu and sell it in the town, grinding tofu is easy, and I also heard that Wen did not teach them how to grind tofu. I think these two girls can't grind delicious tofu and sell it for much money. - Regarding the price of cloth, textile technology was developing day by day in the late Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy 33 pieces of cotton cloth, and one piece of cotton cloth was only more than 30 wen. The author set a similar price.

I've been busy today, so I'm sorry for the late update.

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