Because I need to cook for more than a dozen people tomorrow, and there's only one iron pot at home, I also need to go to town tomorrow afternoon to get a barbecue grill and sell barbecue at Yunlai Restaurant. Of course, if all goes well, I also need to buy an oxcart.
With so much to do, in order to get to town earlier tomorrow, Han Yi decided to prepare the dishes she could make on time in advance. She originally planned to ask Aunt Zhang to come and help her, but not wanting to delay them from picking mushrooms, she decided to do it herself.
Thinking about the sausages she promised to make for the two families, and also wanting to bring some to the Yunlai Restaurant tomorrow, Han Yiyi exchanged for more sausage casings in the system.
Worried that the taste would be different, I didn't redeem the pre-made sausages from the system, but instead chose to chop the filling myself.
Tomorrow, Han Yiyi wants to make a braised fish and a meatball. Half of the meatball can be deep-fried and eaten directly, while the other half can be used with tofu to make a meatball and tofu soup.
Then make a stir-fried mushroom and meat dish, a steamed rice and egg dish with minced meat, and finally a stir-fried vegetable dish. That should be about right.
Han Yi first chopped the minced meat, and then fried the three fish in oil so that it would be faster to braise them tomorrow.
In the evening, Aunt Zhang and the village chief came over again to exchange mushrooms. The quantity was significantly more than the day before. Fortunately, they had also exchanged for fifty catties of rice during the day, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough.
They said they were still using the rice brought from the village chief's house. This time, the village chief's house exchanged 52 jin of white rice, while Aunt Zhang's house exchanged 80 jin. Both families had more than half as much as yesterday. Watching the group leave excitedly, Han Yiyi also hurriedly opened the system to exchange.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Seeing her balance increase from over 20,000 to over 40,000, Han Yiyi couldn't help but laugh out loud. At that moment, she suddenly felt incredibly wealthy! Right?
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Han Yiyi got up.
The first step was to make steamed buns. Half of the flour was white and half was dark. Since there were more than ten people to make them, and these people were all men who did physical labor, Han Yiyi planned to make five steamed buns for each person, so that there would be about sixty.
Han Yiyi's iron pot requires at least three batches of steaming to produce the desired result, so the process of kneading the dough and steaming it took more than an hour.
Now that the busy farming season is over, many families have changed from three meals a day to two meals a day.
They eat one meal around 10 a.m. and another around 4 or 5 p.m., but don't eat anything in the morning. Although the men who come to build houses eat something in the morning to tide them over because they have to do physical labor, they can't help but swallow their saliva when they smell the aroma of steamed buns wafting from the kitchen.
Just as Han Yiyi took the steamed buns out of the pot, she heard Aunt Zhang's voice coming from not far away.
"Oh dear, Han girl, why are you cooking so early..."
When Han Yi saw Aunt Zhang coming over, he quickly grabbed two steaming hot buns and tried to give them to her.
"Auntie, you've come at the perfect time! Come and try my steamed buns, aren't they delicious...?"
Seeing the steamed bun, as big as an adult man, that Han Yiyi was offering, Aunt Zhang waved her hands repeatedly in refusal.
"No need, no need, I ate breakfast before coming over. I was worried you might be too busy today, so I thought I'd come and help you out..."
As soon as Aunt Zhang finished speaking, the village chief's wife's voice rang out from outside the kitchen.
"Oh dear, it seems I'm late. Han girl is already getting ready..."
When Aunt Zhang saw that the village chief's wife had also come over, she smiled and echoed her sentiments.
"That's right, I was thinking this time would be enough, but I didn't expect Han to have already made the steamed buns..."
In fact, Aunt Zhang and the others had gotten up early. They spent about an hour picking mushrooms, thinking that everyone would have lunch on the main beam. It was only just past dawn when they arrived. Unexpectedly, they found that Han Yiyi had already steamed all the steamed buns.
Seeing that the two of them had given up picking mushrooms in order to help her, Han Yiyi was quite touched. After all, a pound of mushrooms was equivalent to a pound of rice, so she quickly said with a smile.
"Thank you both, but as you can see, I'm almost done here. I can manage on my own. You two go ahead and do your work. Don't cook lunch at home. Come and eat together here, let's have some fun..." As she spoke, she actually pushed the two women who wanted to help out of the kitchen.
The most time-consuming part was making the steamed buns. Now that the steamed buns are done, I can handle the rest myself. Besides, if they pick an extra pound of mushrooms, I'll get more points, right?
So one person stuffed two steamed buns into the person's hand, pushed the person out, and told them to come back for lunch.
The two looked at the steamed buns in their hands, exchanged a glance, and couldn't help but chuckle. Seeing Han Yiyi's resolute attitude, they had no choice but to leave and quickly walked towards the back mountain, thinking that they would come back earlier at noon to help tidy up.
However, before leaving, the two put the steamed buns back. They felt embarrassed to take any food now that they hadn't been able to help.
Han Yiyi's fried meatballs only contained some scallions, making them all-meat. The aroma filled the entire yard, and combined with the smell of braised fish, it made the men building houses in the yard drool.
Even the usually mild-mannered Zhu Zi couldn't help but glance towards the kitchen several times. A few people couldn't resist calling out to Han Yiyi in the kitchen.
"Sister Han, what kind of food have you cooked? It smells so good..."
It's no wonder the group was drooling. The seasoning Han Yi used for the meatballs was Thirteen Spices, which she had directly redeemed from the system. Since the meat was pure meat, frying it in oil created an aroma that was unbearable for people who usually couldn't even be stingy with oil when cooking.
Hearing the sounds outside, Han Yiyi replied with a smile.
"It smells delicious, so I'll eat more later..."
The people who were raising the roof beam were all ready. Han Yi took out the firecrackers he had bought earlier and lit them. As soon as the firecrackers stopped, Zhu Zi shouted loudly.
"Raising the roof beam..."
Just as the red-clothed beam was set up, a light drizzle suddenly began to fall from the previously bright and sunny sky.
The rain was light and stopped after only the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. After the rain stopped, a rainbow appeared in the sky, giving people a sense of rebirth for some reason.
Everyone stared in a daze at the rainbow that seemed so close to them, and then someone spoke up.
"Rain beats down on the beams, the rain makes the beams stronger, each generation is better than the last. Sister Han, it seems that your two children will definitely have great things in the future..."
Han Yiyi smiled and thanked them, but she only thought it was a lucky saying to please them and didn't take it to heart. Little did she know that the two children would later live up to those words...
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