If they were to pay too much, they would feel uncomfortable; if they paid too little, Wenxi would be at a disadvantage. After all, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue earned their money through their own labor, so what could the three of them offer in return?
We can't just let them eat and drink for free every day, can we?
"Xiaoxi, let's go find Captain Qian now. We'll leave the grain with you for now," Tian Shengnan said.
Although she really wanted to eat with Wenxi, she couldn't bring herself to ask. Once or twice was fine, but eating here for all three meals a day would mean Wenxi would have to put in so much more effort than them.
"What's there to worry about with the grain stored here? You can go with peace of mind!"
After Song Lan and the other two turned to leave, Wen Xi went back to the kitchen to continue eating dinner. She could lend the kitchen to Song Lan and the others for a while, but she wouldn't invite them to eat with her because she didn't know that something like this would happen to them. She had only cooked for three people and couldn't feed six.
Song Lan and the other two went to Captain Qian's house and told him what had happened at the educated youth settlement. They then asked Captain Qian to build a small kitchen next to the kitchen at the educated youth settlement, and the three of them would contribute money to the project.
They paid for it themselves, and Captain Qian didn't say much. He just told them to prepare an iron pot, and he would bring people over to fix it the next day so they could have a kitchen to cook in as soon as possible.
After the three returned, they asked Wenxi to use the kitchen. Wenxi and the others had already finished dinner, so they lent them the pot they used for stir-frying, since the other pot was boiling water.
Wen Xi got up and handed the stove to them, watching them cook. She asked curiously, "What did Captain Qian say? Did he agree to help you build a small kitchen?"
Tian Shengnan nodded happily, "I agree. They'll come over tomorrow to help us build the small kitchen. If we get a few more people, it should be finished in a day. We'll have our own kitchen to use in a couple of days. We'll wait until everyone else has used the kitchen before we use it, since the kitchen at the educated youth settlement is shared, not their private property."
Wenxi nodded. They had a plan in mind and weren't just wandering around aimlessly like headless flies, so she stopped worrying.
After the water boiled, Wenxi, Shen Jiaojiao, and Jiang Yue took turns washing up. Song Lan and the other two were no longer children, so Wenxi didn't need to stand by and supervise them.
Tian Shengnan and the others made dumpling soup, which was ready quickly. After eating and drinking their fill, the three of them took some of the food back with them, since they still needed to eat before the small kitchen was repaired! They could take the rest of the food back when the small kitchen was usable again.
At six o'clock, Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui came to class. After two hours of class, the two went back, and Wen Xi also closed the door and went to her room to sleep.
Thursday was the day Wenxi made her deal with the black market boss, so on Thursday morning, Wenxi cooked breakfast before dawn and then set off.
She is serious about saving money.
In the original story, the female protagonist later bought a lot of houses and land and became a real rich woman. She didn't expect to be that rich. She was content with being well-off. So she wanted to save more money so that she could buy a few houses when she returned to the city in two years. Even if she didn't have any great abilities in the future, it shouldn't be too difficult for her to be a small landlady.
After taking the 'Rejuvenating Pill' and completing the black market transaction, Wenxi asked for some tickets, half the money, and half the old items. With plenty of time left, Wenxi went to the pork stall to queue up and buy meat.
Although we still have pig trotters and bones from when the team slaughtered the pig for the New Year, meat is quite rare these days, so we buy as much as we can, since we have a place to store it.
Despite having a man's face, Wenxi went to the pork stall again and again to buy meat. In total, she bought fifteen pig trotters, fifty catties of ribs, twenty-four pork bones, and four sets of offal. She didn't want to buy the whole set; she only wanted to buy the pig stomach and liver, which were easy to handle. But they didn't sell them separately, so she had no choice but to buy the whole set.
Fortunately, it wasn't expensive; all that food only cost a few dozen yuan, enough for the three sisters to eat for a long time—a very good deal. Wenxi, now that she had money, naturally didn't want to skimp on herself and her friends.
Wenxi made a deal with the black market boss and got some grain coupons and meat coupons. When she left the town after buying the meat, she went into a state-run restaurant and bought twelve large meat buns. There were three of them, and ten meat buns wouldn't be enough to share, so she bought twelve.
She is a very fair person and would never mistreat the people around her.
After returning, Wenxi took out a set of pig offal and gave it to Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to clean. She then used the excuse of going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables. First, she went to the foot of the mountain to collect the eels that Zhao Zhiping had left there, and then headed straight for the waterfall.
Wenxi arrived at the waterfall and first collected all the fish from the fish and shrimp nets and traps. Then she put earthworms in them and threw the fish and shrimp nets and traps back into the water.
Afterwards, Wenxi found a shallow spot, took out the pig offal, pig legs, bones, and other items she had bought that morning, and soaked them in the water. Then, wearing her boots, she went into the water and began washing them.
After cleaning, divide the food into portions and store them in the system warehouse. When you want to eat it, just take it out and cook it. It's very simple and convenient.
Wenxi bent over and carefully washed the pig offal in the water. The pork fat wafted out, attracting a large number of fish to circle around her. Afraid that the fish would eat the pig offal, Wenxi quickly put it into the system warehouse. Then she took out the net she had signed in earlier and cast it into the water. All the fish that wanted to snatch the pig offal were caught in the net.
The fishing net was too heavy for Wenxi to lift ashore by herself, so she put it into the system warehouse. After taking out the fish, she went into the water to clean the pig offal. However, she soon attracted a large number of fish. Wenxi did not expect that there would be so many fish in the river below the waterfall in the mountain valley.
Wenxi had no choice but to take out a wooden basin, fill it with water, and wash the pig offal in it. However, she put a set of pig offal in the river to attract fish. Every time the number of fish increased, Wenxi would cast a net to catch them.
Wenxi stayed at the waterfall for five hours to clean the pig offal and trotters. Using the cutting board and knife she had signed in earlier, she cut many things into bite-sized pieces. She chopped the pig trotters and ribs into pieces, and split the bone marrow in half with a bone cleaver to make it easier to eat the marrow.
After everything was taken care of, more than five hours had passed.
Wenxi collected the fish from the fish and shrimp nets and the fish traps, and also put the fish and shrimp nets and fish traps back into the system warehouse.
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