Yan Funing said, "I'll buy some more things, then we'll go back."
Fu Beimo smiled: "Sister-in-law, I'm not in a hurry."
He was happy to walk around the streets.
The two of them went to the grain and oil store. This time, Yan Funing scooped out two pounds of rapeseed oil and one pound of vinegar, filling each with the ceramic jars she had brought with her. She spent 125 coins.
Because there were too many things in the backpack, Yan Funing put the two pottery jars into the food box.
After leaving the grain and oil store, I bought some dried chili peppers, onions, ginger, and garlic at a small stall, spending ten cents.
I also bought ten eggs for fifty coins and a bunch of dried bamboo shoots for twenty coins.
The uncle and his sister-in-law walked towards the ox cart driven by coachman Li.
Yan Funing sighed as she walked.
In total, I spent 510 coins at the market. After deducting the copper coins I earned from selling oyster mushrooms, I spent an additional 260 coins this time.
This does not include the car fare for her and Bei Mo.
If there is no good income, there will not be enough money to live like this.
Fu Beimo heard it with keen ears, so he asked, "Why is sister-in-law sighing?"
Yan Funing did not hide it from him and said directly: "It is easy to spend money, but it is not easy to make money."
"Sister-in-law, how can we make more money?"
Thinking of how he had slept in the dark to save candles, Yan Funing smiled: "It's rare that Bei Mo didn't say he wouldn't eat it and would save it."
Fu Beimo laughed and said, "You still have to eat."
"Wait until your brother takes a rest, and I'll go into the mountains with him."
Ganoderma lucidum is valuable, and pheasants are also valuable, so the family expenses are settled.
"I'll go there then."
"We'll decide whether to go or not. It depends on what your brother thinks."
"oh."
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It was already past noon when the uncle and his wife returned to the village in Li's ox cart.
After getting off the car and paying the fare, the two quickened their pace home.
On the way, Fu Beimo kept chattering: "Sister-in-law, will you bring me food today?"
Yan Funing asked back, "Do you think I should bring him food?"
Fu Beimo scratched his head: "I don't know either, but the food box is so beautiful, it looks good when my sister-in-law carries it to deliver food."
The two returned home.
Fu Nanyao is already cooking.
Yan Funing put all the ingredients in the kitchen and told Wan Niang every time she took out something.
Wan Niang praised: "We are so lucky."
At this time, Fu Nanyao asked: "With so many delicious foods, will my sister-in-law bring some food to my brother?"
There is pork and duck meat. Could it be that my sister-in-law bought them for my brother?
So the sister-in-law has a brother in her heart?
Yan Funing shook her head: "We're in a rush at noon, and we don't have time to cook the meat and duck. Your brother's dish will be the leftover braised spareribs and cabbage from yesterday."
Fu Nanyao blinked: "Didn't you buy pork and duck for your brother?"
Yan Funing said calmly, "The duck meat was given by the restaurant owner, and the pork bones and fat were given by the butcher. These are for our family to eat today, not just for your brother."
Wan Niang said, "That's right, but Fu Ning must have Ci Yi in her heart, right?"
The corners of Yan Funing's lips twitched. "I just want to improve the food. Didn't Nan Yao say before that the dishes would remain the same?"
After being retorted, Fu Nanyao pursed her lips and said softly, "Then will my sister-in-law still bring food to my brother?"
"Go and send it off." Wan Niang said.
Fu Beimo also said: "Sister-in-law, I don't really like the food cooked by the headman's daughter. I want to eat at home at noon."
Hearing him say this, Yan Funing nodded: "Then I will go and see you off today."
After saying that, he beat an egg, added salt and beat it, then put it in a pot to make steamed egg custard.
Soon, Fu Nanyao finished cooking and began to heat up the spare ribs and cabbage left over from yesterday.
After the egg custard was steamed, Yan Funing took a scallion, rinsed it with water, cut it into small pieces, and sprinkled it on the egg custard.
Soon, the ribs and cabbage were heated, and the rice was cooked.
Yan Funing beat another egg, cut some shredded meat, and put them in the pot to cook shredded meat and egg soup.
Then he served a bowl of rice, took out the spare ribs and cabbage and put them on a plate, and put them into the lunch box along with a bowl of egg custard.
Remembering that I bought some fruit today, I washed an apple and cut it in half and then in half again.
One piece was given to mother-in-law, one piece to Beimo, one piece to Nanyao, and the remaining piece was put on a small plate and put into the food box.
Seeing this, Fu Beimo shouted, "Sister-in-law, why don't you eat by yourself?"
Yan Funing said, "I eat oranges."
As he spoke, he peeled an orange, put half of it on the small plate in the lunch box, ate the other half himself, and put the peeled orange peel on the windowsill to dry.
"You can soak this in water and drink it, don't throw it away," she warned. "If you want oranges and apples, help yourself. Oh, by the way, the shredded pork and egg soup will be ready soon. Nan Yao, don't overcook it, just sprinkle some salt on it when you're done."
Seeing that she was finally going to deliver food to her brother, Fu Nanyao smiled and said, "I know, don't worry, sister-in-law."
Yan Funing nodded, picked up the lunch box and walked out.
"I'm going to deliver the food."
Wan Niang warned: "Be careful on the road."
"I understand, mother."
Yan Funing waved her hand and quickly walked out of the yard.
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A quarter of an hour later, Yan Funing arrived outside the village school wall, where the sound of reading could be heard from inside.
She couldn't help but slow down her pace.
The gatekeeper, Mr. Xu, saw her coming and greeted her with a smile, "Is it the Master's wife who is here to deliver the meal today?"
"Yes." Yan Funing nodded politely.
Uncle Xu waved to his wife in the yard, and Aunt Xu came out quickly.
When she saw Yan Funing, her eyes lit up: "Master's wife is here to bring food. I will take my wife to the master's room."
Yan Funing nodded: "Okay, thank you, Aunt Xu."
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