"No. They just got back. You guys watch the house tomorrow, I'll go over by myself. If there's work to do, I'll bring you guys over the day after tomorrow."

Also, Brother Gu, I won't be home tomorrow, so please keep an eye on the house. Don't go out looking for food. Just chop some firewood around the house.

After Wang San San finished speaking, he looked at Gu Zhou.

"good."

Gu Zhou didn't understand why the girl and several men were so happy to return to the Wang family. But it wasn't a big deal. Maybe they were friends?

The next day, Wang San San headed towards Feng Ran's house early in the morning. He also picked up a lot of tree branches from the roadside along the way.

"You're here so early?"

Feng Ran and the others were just about to eat breakfast, a pot of boiled corn.

Seeing Wang San San dragging a tree branch over, I told him to wash his hands first and then let him eat corn with me.

"No, I've already eaten before I came."

"That's alright, we'll just eat a few ears of corn. There's plenty, and we're all eating anyway. We can get back to work in a bit."

“Okay.” Wang San San tried his best not to be awkward. He didn’t want to look too exceptional when he was with them. He didn’t like that feeling.

Feng Nangui handed him an ear of corn. The group chatted and laughed, like old friends who hadn't seen each other in a long time.

After dinner, Fengran and Jixiang went into the space to harvest the rice. They then spread it out in the yard to dry.

It took all day. Wang Sansan ate lunch at Feng Ran's house, and Feng Ran didn't let him go home until evening. Feng Ran gave Wang Sansan an old hen.

"This won't do. I haven't done any work today. I definitely can't keep this chicken."

"Oh, why are you being so polite with me? It's just a chicken, I'm happy to give it to you."

Besides, you did a lot of work today.

"Take it. Come back tomorrow; there's still rice to dry. You'll probably be busy all day."

"Okay." Although Wang San San was so moved she almost cried, she didn't dare show it. She carried the chicken home by herself.

"Old hen! What a grand gesture!" Gu Zhou's mother-in-law exclaimed in surprise.

Although the Wang family knew that Feng Ran was generous, they were still shocked.

In this situation, they actually gave them chickens!

"Sister, you should stew the chicken. It's hot now, and it won't be fresh if it's left out for too long."

Let's eat a little later tonight.

We'll stew the whole chicken in one go. Let's all have some soup and some meat!

"Alright!"

"Brother, can I go tomorrow?"

"No. I haven't done much work today, and I'd feel guilty taking this chicken. There's not much work to do tomorrow either. I'll see how it goes after these next couple of days."

"Alright." After his disappointment, Wang Xiaosi went to help his sister start a fire.

Wang San San didn't say anything more. He had already privately spoken to his family. Whatever they brought back, they were not to gossip about it to the Gu family. He didn't want to involve the Gu family now.

They also wouldn't let the Gu family work for the Feng family.

The relationship with the Gu family is at most a cooperative one. They go to earn food, and Gu Zhou protects their family's safety.

The aroma of the old hen soup wafts out the moment it boils.

Wang Nana added wild yams and chestnuts she had stored in the cave. She cooked a huge pot of it. One person could easily eat two or three bowls.

They didn't start eating until after 10 p.m.

Even the baby drank a little bit of chicken soup.

The next day, Wang San San went to Feng Ran's house alone again to help with the chores. She spent another day drying the produce, and finally finished. The high temperature meant the produce dried quickly.

There was still a lot of wet rice harvested in the space. Feng Ran packed ten jin for Wang San San.

Starting the next day, Feng Ran asked Wang San San to bring his sister and aunt over.

He plans to steam some more buns.

They had already eaten the steamed food from before, after wandering around for so long.

Several women arrived at Feng Ran's house chatting and laughing and started working.

Qi Xie and the others went into their room to play mahjong.

My aunt is quite good at making dough. Once the vegetable and meat filling is chopped, the dough is ready.

There are three types: pork and scallion, chives and egg, and vermicelli and pork.

The steamed buns were quite large, about the size of a man's fist. They were very satisfying to eat.

Steaming in four ovens at the same time.

I worked for one day first.

The wind gave the group twenty catties of wet rice, plus a catty of wheat flour, and some radishes and cabbages.

The next day, they steamed large meat buns all day long. Feng Ran gave them forty catties of wet rice directly.

When the weather is nice, they can take them home and dry them themselves. It saves them the trouble of drying them themselves.

On the third, fourth, and fifth days, they steamed large meat buns every day.

The sixth day, the seventh day, the eighth day, the ninth day, and the tenth day.

Feng Ran and several others are busy making fast food every day.

There are lunch boxes in the space.

Let a few people cook different dishes, and steam several pots of rice. After the meal, put rice at the bottom and serve different dishes on top.

Hot and sour shredded potatoes, braised pork ribs, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried shredded vegetables, stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, braised prawns, braised eggplant, braised pork belly, braised fish, spicy seafood...

In any case, over the course of a few days, everyone cooked a lot of dishes, and each lunchbox contained three different kinds of dishes.

There's simply not enough time to cook while we're out. So it's best to prepare plenty of fast food.

If I ever have to wander again, I can just take this out and eat it.

"San San, do you know how to make a pasta machine?"

"That's easy. The village used to have a noodle-making machine. Right! I'll go down the mountain tomorrow and look for it. As long as the machine wasn't taken away, we can bring it back, fix it, and it'll work!"

"OK."

Two days later, Wang San San and his brother actually dragged a noodle machine up from the foot of the mountain.

Because it was plugged in, Wang San's family couldn't connect it, so they brought Feng Ran's house over. The group spent a whole day fixing it. It was finally working properly the next day.

Then Feng Ran had several women from the Wang family come over again to make noodles for her. This time, they used half of the white flour from her spatial storage to make noodles.

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