Zhang Zongde is almost seventy years old. In his early years, his health suffered due to poor family conditions.
In recent years, I've had a lot of minor health problems, and even my appetite has been poor.
But tonight, while eating the food prepared by his third brother's family, he felt an unusually good appetite. Moreover, his old joint problem from the past two days had flared up again, but after eating today, he felt that his joints were not as uncomfortable.
Zhang Zongde didn't know what the third brother's family had done, but he believed it must be related to the meal.
Aunt De's health hasn't been very good in recent years, so Zhang Zongde didn't refuse and accepted it, saying, "You're a good girl!"
His efforts to help her today were worthwhile.
When helping her, Zhang Zongde only thought that Zhang Jizhou was risking his life to protect the country and the people in the army, and his wife and children should not be treated like this.
I didn't expect the third child's family to be so sensible.
"Thank you so much for today, sir. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to divide the family property so smoothly. Thank you, Uncle!"
Fang Yan thanked Zhang Zongde earnestly and sincerely.
"Don't bother with these formalities," Zhang Zongde waved his hand at her. "Your Aunt De likes it when someone keeps her company and talks to her. If you have time, come over to my house and chat with her."
The Zhang family's and Fang Yan's courtyards are separated by only one wall.
"Okay, Uncle and Aunt De are welcome to visit us anytime," Fang Yan said with a smile.
After seeing Zhang Zongde off, the courtyard finally quieted down.
Fang Yan quickly went to fetch bath water to bathe the baby.
While she was taking a shower, her baby moved a small stool and sat by the bathroom door, waiting for her and talking to her, "Mommy, I'm so happy that I don't live with Grandma anymore."
Behind the woodshed was the toilet, a small room, but it was Fang Yan's favorite.
"From now on, it will just be you and Mom living here. Are you scared?"
"Where's Daddy?" the baby asked, tilting his little head.
"Dad is going to join the army."
Oh, Dad's in the army, so he won't be able to come back for a very long time.
The baby suddenly shouted, "Don't be afraid, stay with Mommy, don't be afraid!"
Fang Yan, however, felt that the nights in the countryside were too quiet.
With such a large yard, and only the mother and son there, they felt a little unsafe.
If she has the chance, she should get a dog to raise.
After taking a shower, she washed her clothes and hung them out to dry in the yard before going back to the room with her baby.
"Baby, how about Mommy gives you a new nickname?"
Fang Yan always felt that since the baby was a boy and his nickname was Bao Bao, people would laugh at him when he grew up.
The baby asked in a soft, babyish voice, "What should I change?"
"How about we call her Fishy?" Fang Yan remembered that the original owner loved to eat a small river fish about the size of a little finger, so she would use this nickname to commemorate her.
"Okay, Mom, I like the little fish." The little fish was also very happy.
"From now on, if anyone calls you Dog Egg again, tell them loudly that your nickname is now Fish Boy, understand?"
To be honest, Fang Yan absolutely loathed the nickname "Dog Egg" and simply couldn't accept it.
Little Fish nodded, "Yes, I know."
After feeding the child some spring water and coaxing him to sleep, Fang Yan then disappeared into the kitchen space to cut up all the braised food to be sold tomorrow and tie it into portions with clean straw.
She had figured it out: since she didn't have a shop, she naturally didn't have the tools to cut and weigh the items for her on the spot.
So she simply divided the braised food in advance, half a pound per serving, one yuan for a serving of pig's head meat, and six mao for a serving of pig intestines.
After completing all the preparations, she used the rice cooker with the timer function to set it to cook the breakfast she would eat the next day, so that she could sleep a few more minutes the next day.
She turned around, poured herself a glass of spring water and drank it before leaving the kitchen.
A busy day has finally come to an end.
Now, let's see if we can make a big sale on our first day out tomorrow.
You don't need to go to the braised food stall too early.
The next morning, Fang Yan cuddled the little fish and slept until 7:30 before getting up.
After washing up, the two ate a bowl of plain congee taken from the kitchen, along with salted duck eggs and pickled mustard greens. It was a light and refreshing meal, and the mother and son ate with great enjoyment.
Xiao Yuzai is still young, and there aren't many people in the family, so Fang Yan can move freely in and out of the kitchen without worrying about being discovered.
After breakfast, she went to see the village chief to discuss the matter of dividing household registrations.
Although the family has separated, their household registration has not yet been transferred.
To avoid being controlled by the Zhang family in the future, Fang Yan decided that she should also transfer her household registration as soon as possible.
“I know about this. I happen to be going to the town to report on my work today, so I’ll take care of it for you then.”
Before the national network was established, transferring one's household registration was relatively simple and easy.
"Thank you, Village Chief. By the way, Village Chief, when I re-register, could you change my name to Fang Yan?"
Fang Yan wanted to take this opportunity to change her name back to her original name. "To commemorate separating from the Zhang family and getting a new life, I want to change my name to Fang Yan."
After all, it was the name she had used all her life, so Fang Yan still preferred to use her original name.
"Sure, I'll fix it for you later." The village chief didn't suspect anything and agreed with a wave of his hand.
"Thank you, Village Chief!"
After returning from the village chief's house, Fang Yan carried the iron bucket she had bought yesterday and led Xiao Yuzai to take an oxcart into town.
Fang Yan stored most of the braised food in the iron bucket in the kitchen, leaving only a small portion in the bucket to conceal it from view, so it wasn't very heavy to carry.
The oxcart costs two cents per person, but the little fish is too small to pay.
However, because I brought my own metal bucket, I also took up a spot.
Fang Yan still gave her four cents.
"Third brother's wife, if you're going back to the village at 11:30 a.m., you should wait here."
When they arrived in the county town, the old man driving the cart gave Fang Yan, who was riding in an oxcart for the first time, some instructions.
"Okay, thank you, sir."
After thanking Grandpa Niu, Fang Yan took Xiao Yuzai and started selling braised food.
Last night, she considered whether she should sell her wares at the entrance of the textile factory.
Because it can be served as a side dish when everyone has lunch.
However, the only two factories in the county town both have canteens, so selling braised food in these places might not be feasible.
In the end, Fang Yan decided to sell her produce at the entrance of the vegetable market.
After some investigation, Fang Yan found the best spot. She placed the iron bucket down and had Xiao Yuzai sit on the stone next to it. While no one was looking, she quickly took out all the braised food she had prepared last night from the kitchen, including the meat and broth, and put it into the iron bucket.
The kitchen has highly efficient heat preservation equipment; as soon as the braised food is put into the iron bucket, the aroma spreads immediately with the smoke.
And this happens to be peak time for grocery shopping...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
