Fifty egg yolk pastries, ten boxes of mooncakes, and another five jin of loose mooncakes.
"Grandpa Wei, do you really need this much?" Fang Yan was surprised and asked him again to confirm.
Grandpa Wei said definitively, "That's exactly how much I need. My son has an inspection team coming over in a few days, so I'll take this as a gift for him."
His son was still worried about what to give the inspection team when they arrived.
Now, these egg yolk pastries and mooncakes have solved his problem.
The food is delicious, inexpensive, and doesn't involve corruption.
"Okay, I promise to make the packaging look beautiful so that you won't feel cheap when you take it out."
Fang Yan still doesn't understand why Old Master Wei is able to live here—is it because he himself was once a high-ranking official?
Or was it because one of his children held an official position in the county?
No matter who they are, they are not ordinary people.
Fang Yan decided to wait a bit, then go to the packaging factory to design a high-end box and have them make it.
In her past life, although she didn't eat mooncakes, she had opened at least thousands, if not tens of thousands, of mooncake boxes.
For her, drawing a mooncake box is a piece of cake in no time.
However, I went to the packaging factory and discussed the mooncake boxes with the craftsman.
After all that work, Fang Yan checked the time and realized it was getting late. She wondered if Grandpa Niu's oxcart had left yet.
She quickened her pace, holding Xiaoyuzai's hand, "We have to hurry, or Grandpa Niu's oxcart will leave."
Qibei didn't need to be urged at all; she had already run ahead.
After running a short distance, it stopped again to wait for Fang Yan and Xiao Yuzai.
Ever since Qibei came to their home, Fang Yan has taken it with her to the county town every day to sell braised food.
Anyway, if Qibei really runs, the journey from the county town to Gouzi Village will only take about twenty minutes.
Unfortunately, Grandpa Niu's big yellow ox walks too slowly, so Qibei can only treat this stretch of road as a stroll.
In this way, Fang Yan can also save time from walking it every day.
Little Fish knew that if he missed the oxcart, he would have to walk home, and his legs would ache terribly.
So the little guy, with his short legs, walked very fast, constantly urging Fang Yan, "Mommy, hurry! Let's go!"
The mother and son, along with Qibei, hurried as fast as they could and finally caught up with Grandpa Niu's oxcart.
More accurately, it was Grandpa Niu who persuaded everyone to wait for Fang Yan a little while.
Because Zhang Zongde and the village chief had both spoken to him, asking him to keep an eye out and wait for Fang Yan if she occasionally came back late.
Before leaving, Zhang Jizhou spoke with Zhang Zongde and the village chief, instructing them to keep a close eye on Zhang Laowu. He suspected that Zhang Laowu might not have given up and would make things difficult for Fang Yan and her son after he left.
The recent revelations about Zhang Laowu have made Zhang Guode lose all hope in his humanity. After much thought, he figured that with so many people coming and going in the county town market, Zhang Laowu wouldn't dare to do anything to them.
The village was full of people, so it wouldn't be easy for him to harm Fang Yan and her son.
The only thing I'm worried about is the road from Gouzi Village to the county seat.
About a third of this road is a mountain road, with continuous mountains on both sides.
These days, everyone has to work in the fields every day, and they don't go to the city unless absolutely necessary.
Therefore, there weren't many pedestrians on the road.
Zhang Zongde and the village chief were worried that Zhang Laowu might cause trouble for Fang Yan and her child on this road, so they specifically asked Uncle Niu to wait until Fang Yan and her child arrived before returning together.
This is why, even though Fang Yan already had money and a bicycle ticket, she didn't immediately buy a bicycle.
Despite having Qibei with her and the hidden arrow given to her by Zhang Jizhou, riding her bicycle alone with her child for this distance made it easy for someone to find an opportunity to attack her.
For the sake of her life, she still went with everyone else to ride in and out of Gouzi Village in the oxcart.
When making shortbread yesterday, Fang Yan deliberately made two extra pounds.
Once they reached the village entrance, everyone went home.
Fang Yan took out the two jin of shortbread and handed them to Grandpa Niu, saying, "Grandpa, you and Grandma Niu should eat more."
These are all made with spring water from the kitchen space, which is very good for your health.
Grandpa Niu held up the pastry, saying, "You...you don't need to be so polite."
"It's not that I'm being polite. In a few days, I might need to rent your oxcart to go into town. If you don't accept it, I won't dare to trouble you."
"If you need an oxcart, just let me know, and I'll be there whenever you call," Grandpa Niu assured him honestly.
After saying goodbye to Grandpa Niu, Fang Yan led Xiaoyuzai and Qibei home.
Because they were in the village, Fang Yan didn't hold the child's hand. She carried the large iron bucket herself, while Xiao Yuzai and Qibei chased each other as they ran ahead.
"Slow down, don't fall." The village roads are all uneven dirt roads, and Xiaoyuzi wobbles when he runs, so we're afraid he'll fall.
If you fall on this kind of road, you're bound to get a scrape.
However, the unruly children and furry kids who have already let loose can no longer hear her admonitions.
Continuing to run home as fast as he could, Fang Yan was left a short distance behind.
Suddenly, a very fierce cry came from ahead.
Judging from the distance from which the sound came, Fang Yan felt that it should be from her own front door.
Could it be that a stranger is waiting at your doorstep?
Fang Yan quickened her pace and walked forward even faster.
Turning the corner, sure enough, there was Li Ermei looking for pebbles to smash the clam.
After finally finding one, before he could even lift it up, Fang Yan's scolding voice rang out, "You try smashing it too!"
Why did you come to my doorstep and smash my dog?
What's the logic behind this?
Seeing Fang Yan arrive, Li Ermei reluctantly put down the pebbles in her hand and gave Fang Yan a sheepish, friendly smile. "Third brother's wife, you're back?"
Are you blind?
I'm a grown man standing here. If I haven't come back, have I left?
Fang Yan ignored her.
"Mom, Auntie was peering into our house through the door. Qibei was so good today, she protected our house and didn't let Auntie pry the door open."
Seeing his mother arrive, Xiaoyu ran over and pointed at Li Ermei.
"Don't listen to the child's nonsense..." Li Ermei wanted to glare at Xiaoyuzai, but was afraid that Fang Yan would find out, so she could only continue to say sullenly, "I...I came to find you."
“I called you a few times from outside, but no one answered, so I just wanted to press my face against the door to see if you were home.”
Fang Yan: ...
This kind of oddity is probably something only the Zhang family could produce, right?
"What? If you're sure I'm not home, are you going to climb over the wall and ransack my house?"
Normally, if someone calls out at the door and no one answers, wouldn't they just leave on their own?
Who would still be peering through the door?
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