After Su Qingluan, with her resentment towards "Coptis chinensis", diligently prescribed medicine for Liu Yunniang for seven or eight days, the girl finally recovered.
In fact, Su Qingluan knew from the descriptions of Xi Niangzi and Liu Sheng that Liu Yunniang's symptoms were actually much more serious than hers - she had a fever, and it was the kind of high fever that almost made her unconscious.
"I'm sorry," Su Qingluan still felt extremely guilty when she thought about it now, "If I hadn't infected you with the disease..."
"You've said it too many times," Liu Yunniang waved her hand nonchalantly. "If you really want to be picky, it was me who took the initiative to take care of you. How could I blame you? Besides, you've been helping me get medicine and bringing me delicious meat porridge every morning these days, so there's no need to feel so guilty."
Su Qingling looked at Liu Yunniang who was wearing a light blue shorts: "What are you wearing?" This outfit was very neat, and she could immediately perform the feeling of stepping on a mountain of knives or breaking rocks with her chest.
While this idea wasn't entirely accurate, it wasn't far off. Su Qingluan watched as Liu Yunniang actually walked to the center of the yard and began... doing one-handed push-ups...
Wait, is this something a human can do?!
Su Qingluan still remembered that in her previous life, when she was not sick yet, she was curious about what it felt like to do push-ups, so she did eleven or twelve of them with all her might, and ended up lying on the ground for a long time.
The next day, the muscles in her arms, chest, and back felt like they were soaked in vinegar water. They were sore and painful that she couldn't even lift a kitchen knife. It took almost a week for her to return to normal.
So now seeing Liu Yunniang not only doing push-ups with one hand, but also doing twenty or thirty of them, and looking very relaxed, Su Qingluan felt a kind of "respect" for this friend for the first time.
Being able to do 20 to 30 push-ups with one hand without getting red in the face or out of breath is definitely a tough guy!
What made Su Qingluan gasp even more was that after Liu Yunniang finished doing forty push-ups on each side, she actually sighed: "Ah, I've been lying in bed for several days, doing nothing but eating and sleeping. My body has become rusty."
Su Qingluan: ...Her physical condition is called "rusty", then what do you call mine? Useless?
Although she was overwhelmed by the Versailles, Su Qingluan said that as long as she recovered, she would be fine. So Su Qingluan extended the invitation that she had wanted to send for a long time but postponed because of Liu Yunniang's illness.
"What? A thank-you banquet?" Liu Yunniang took a few breaths and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Thank you for what?"
"Of course it's because you've been busy day and night for so many days and helped me a lot."
"I thought it was something else," Liu Yunniang said, as if she had suddenly realized something. "Didn't I tell you? Putting aside the fact that I consider you a friend, it's only natural for me to help you. Even if you really wanted to express your feelings, you've already expressed them by paying me the wages."
Liu Yunniang's words were not entirely sarcastic, but she felt so from the bottom of her heart.
During the past few days helping out at the Su family, although she'd been working day and night, Liu Yunniang had done harder work before. However, her income was far less impressive than this time—in less than two weeks, she'd actually earned over three taels of silver!
Of course, not everyone can earn so much, but as the person who pays everyone, Liu Yunniang knows that even the person who gets the least pay can earn about one or two taels of silver from helping out in the past few days. Of course, in addition to the basic wages, there are also bonuses from various "competitions".
These incomes are even equivalent to the income for half a year or even a year!
This is also the most important reason why, although Su Qingluan is very strict and ruthless at work, and anyone who does not meet the standards will be fired immediately, everyone is eager to come in and help.
Su Qingluan waved her hand: "You work for me, and I pay you. This is what I should do, but I understand that it's just paying you, you don't have to go to this extent."
"What's more," Su Qingluan skipped the emotional part and took the bait directly, "Don't you want to have another meal cooked by me?"
Liu Yunniang: Thinking back to the taste of the "welcome banquet" she had eaten before, this sentence was simply the sound of nature that could not be refused!
"But I'm afraid it won't be possible in the next few days. We need to move our luggage to our new home first." Liu Yunniang pointed to the neatly packed luggage in the corner. "Although the luggage isn't much, the two-story courtyard we're moving into has been uninhabited for a while and has been neglected. We'll need some time to sort it out."
Su Qingluan nodded. "In that case, let's wait until you have time in a while." After thinking for a moment, she added, "Speaking of which, there's someone who has been very helpful to my jam production during this period. I'd like to have him as a guest. Do you mind?"
Liu Yunniang waved her hand nonchalantly: "As long as the other party doesn't mind, why should I mind?"
Su Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, Liu Yunniang and Mu Xingzhi were not narrow-minded people, and in the countryside, when entertaining guests, they would always have a lively table with everyone, regardless of gender, age or status. Otherwise, she would have to entertain guests twice, and the workload would be a headache just thinking about it.
So, Su Qingluan decided to ask Liu Yunniang if she had time in a few days. As for Mu Xingzhi...she still remembered that inviting him was magnanimous! She hadn't forgotten the bitter taste of coptis in her mouth!
When she got home and saw that Yang had bought pork belly with the skin on, Su Qingluan asked curiously, "Mother, are you making braised pork or pagoda pork today?"
Yang smiled and said, "We won't eat today. The two little ones said they wanted to eat steamed buns, so I bought some pork belly with the skin on for the filling. A good balance of fat and lean meat is better. All lean meat is too tough, and too much fat is too greasy. But we don't have enough time to let the dough rise. If we want to eat steamed buns, we'll have to let it rise tomorrow."
Baozi...
Su Qingluan thought for a moment: It's already late autumn, and even if the lowest temperature at night doesn't drop to freezing, it's probably not much different from the constant temperature of a modern refrigerator. So...
Su Qingluan took the skin-on pork belly from Yang's hand and said with a smile, "Mother, although the temperature is slightly higher during the day than at night, there's no guarantee that the dough will fully rise, right? In that case, why not try some other buns?"
Yang blinked curiously, "Other buns? What?"
Su Qingluan looked at the whole piece of pig skin and rolled her eyes. "As for this, I'll keep it a secret for now, but I can guarantee your daughter that it will taste delicious beyond your imagination!"
So, after dinner that day, Su Qingluan started putting chicken, pork and pork skin into the pot to cook.
"Sister, what are you cooking?" Su Xueyan was confused.
"The filling that will be in the buns tomorrow."
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