Daya was stunned for a moment, responded crisply, and then walked into the house carrying the eggs from the cabinet in the main hall.
As soon as Song Guoliang entered the yard, he smelled a strong fragrance. When he pushed the door open and entered the house, he saw the mother and daughter busy on the kang.
A cold wind blew, and the mother and daughter shivered.
Song Guoliang, feeling cold, took off his gloves and stood in front of the coal stove to warm himself. "What's this for?"
"Dad, let's help Mom make egg cake."
Du Xiaoying quickly took the aluminum kettle from the stove and poured a teacup of hot water. "Drink some hot water and take a rest. Dinner will be ready soon."
Song Guoliang noticed his wife swinging her arms, stretched out his long arm, and took the aluminum basin over. "I'll do it, you take a break."
Du Xiaoying shook her sore arms and sighed softly. Beating egg whites by hand was really a tiring job. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind.
"Okay, what else do you need?"
Du Xiaoying hurriedly took the flour that the children had sifted and said, "Just like last time, stir it gently and pour it into these lunch boxes."
Song Guoliang looked at the brand new aluminum lunch boxes, raised his eyebrows calmly, and did as he was told.
Soon, a pot of fragrant and milky white fish soup came out of the pot, and Du Xiaoying was guarding the stove with a bowl and chopsticks.
"Wife, I'll watch the fire. You go inside and rest."
"No need." Du Xiaoying shook her head and refused, worried that if she didn't control the heat well, the whole pot of egg cake would be ruined.
Noticing the man moving a stool and sitting down, she ignored him and sipped the fresh fish soup.
Daya carefully picked out the fish bones and then put the fish meat into Wuya's bowl.
Erya also carefully picked out the fish bones for Siya and reminded Sanya, "Old San, be careful when eating. Be careful of the fish bones."
"I understand, second sister."
.....
Suddenly, a rich aroma of cake came in strongly.
Song Guoliang placed a piece of freshly-molded egg cake on a plate and brought it in. "The cake is ready. Let it cool down before eating."
"It smells so good~" Wu Ya's eyes lit up and she swallowed greedily.
Song Guoliang cleaned up and washed the dishes.
The second pot of egg cake was already in the pot. Du Xiaoying cut the cake on the wooden cage into four pieces, pinched a piece directly, and handed it to the man.
"Try it and see how it tastes."
Song Guoliang swallowed the words of refusal that were about to come out of his mouth, and took the fragrant egg cake and brought it to his mouth.
"How's it going?"
"Mmm~ It's soft, sweet, and delicious. It's the best egg cake I've ever had!"
"I think so too." Du Xiaoying smiled and nodded. After that, she looked at the man's handsome profile and spoke carefully and tentatively.
"Don't you want to ask why I made so many egg cakes at once?"
Song Guoliang remained silent and glanced at his wife's cautious expression.
After a while, he spoke slowly in a deep voice, "Actually, our family is doing pretty well now, so why would you take any more risks?"
Du Xiaoying bit her lip, knowing that she could not hide it from this man. She glanced at the closed door and whispered.
"I just want to make more money during the winter so that my loved ones can live a good life, so they don't have to go hungry or cold, and don't have to worry about having a meal after the previous one..."
"Wife, you forgot that we have so much savings. I get a salary of nearly fifty yuan every month."
"But now you need money and tickets to buy anything. There are many people who can't buy anything even if they have money and tickets. Although it's risky there, I will definitely be careful."
Du Xiaoying gritted her teeth, "The brave ones will die of overeating, and the timid ones will die of starvation!"
Song Guoliang gasped, shocked by his wife's bold remarks. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Daya come out.
Daya didn't notice her parents' abnormality. She took the wash basin and foot basin, went into the house and called out to her sisters who were still licking their fingers on the kang, "Come and wash up, it's time to warm up the kang and go to bed early."
"Here I come~"
The sisters hurriedly put away their books and put down the tables on the kang.
While her younger sisters were washing up on the floor, Daya and Erya quickly made the bed.
....
In the main room, Du Xiaoying was busy until she finished making the last pot of egg cakes. She covered the egg cakes and then washed up and lay down.
"Remember to call me tomorrow morning."
"Yeah." Song Guoliang helped the children tuck in their quilts before blowing out the oil lamp and getting on the kang.
....
The next day, a burst of giggling sounds came from the dark and quiet room.
Du Xiaoying yawned and hid in the quilt in the dark to put on her clothes. After a night, the house was so cold that people couldn't help shivering.
Listening to the whistling wind outside the window, the couple gently woke up Erya and closed the gate. Only then did they feel at ease to go out.
"Huh~ It's getting colder."
Du Xiaoying looked at the man's long eyelashes and eyebrows covered with a layer of ice beads, and smiled and joked, "How come you, a grown man, have longer eyelashes than a lesbian? Who are you envious of?"
Song Guoliang smiled helplessly, looking at the layer of frost on the scarf wrapped around his wife's face. An idea came to his mind, and then he shook his head.
"Okay, go back quickly and don't get cold here."
Du Xiaoying waved her hand and rode away on her bicycle, thinking that she would have to work hard to earn money and buy a bicycle, otherwise the man would have to walk back every day.
Thinking about things in my mind, I soon arrived at the black market.
Du Xiaoying took out the lunch box she had prepared in advance, which was filled with egg cakes cut into finger-sized pieces, and offered them to people to try.
"How about it, big brother, give some to your wife and children?"
"Not bad, how much is it?"
She made a five with her hand and said, "Fifty cents a dollar."
The man in the Mao suit exclaimed, "50 cents? That's so expensive? You can even queue up to buy a pound of pork."
Du Xiaoying still had a smile on her face. "Brother, look at what you said. You might even have to queue for hours in the middle of winter to get a spot. My egg cake uses plenty of ingredients, eggs and sugar. Otherwise, it wouldn't taste like this."
The man thought so too. Compared to the black market price, this was nothing. He directly paid two dollars and said, "Okay, give me four."
Du Xiaoying quickly wrapped the egg cake in newspaper and handed it to the man.
In a short while, two pounds of egg cakes were sold out, and many people who came but didn't buy any couldn't help but complain.
"Why only so little? We wanted to buy a piece to try."
"I'm sorry, I didn't make enough today. I'll make more and bring it to you tomorrow." Du Xiaoying said repeatedly, her heart leaping with joy. She didn't dare to scream until she left the county.
I was silently calculating today's profit. Two kilograms of egg cakes. Yesterday, I used a total of ten eggs, a kilogram of flour, and a kilogram of sugar...
"Hei Mei, why are you here?"
Liu Da Jiao took out a half-finished pair of shoes from her pocket, her eyes gleaming with curiosity.
"Xiaoying, didn't you see it when you came back?"
Du Xiaoying was stunned for a moment and shook her head. "No, I went around from behind. What's wrong?"
"Oh, wasn't Liu Lanhua chased away by Old Lady Song a few days ago? She came here early this morning with her family."
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