Old Lady Lin's face was already thin, with high cheekbones on both sides. She was also sneaky in her actions. Right now, she was holding a bowl of hot soy milk, as if she was afraid that someone would take it from her. She pouted and slurped it into the bowl. To be honest, for that moment she really looked like a female monkey.
Yunling stared at Old Lady Lin, a smile playing on her lips, but by sheer coincidence, her eyes met Old Lady Lin's as she looked up. Feeling guilty for speaking ill of others, she was afraid this person would overhear.
She buried her head in the bowl of soy milk and drank it. It was so hot that it felt like she was putting her tongue in a pot of boiling water. She couldn't smell the aroma of the tofu or the bean curd sheets. All she felt was the heat. This made Yunling's fear of soy milk even deeper.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Aunt Lin, Aunt Shang, and Old Wang's wife started dividing up the food. Aunt Yun wiped her mouth clean, rubbed her hands together, grabbed a basin in her left hand and a bucket in her right, and rushed forward. In the end, she got five catties of fresh tofu, five catties of dried tofu, half a catty of dried bean curd sticks, and a small half bucket of soy milk. She had a very good harvest.
"You little bastard, if you could get two fish, make a fish head tofu soup, crack in two eggs, sprinkle in a few peppercorns, and add a handful of coriander, I wouldn't trade it for any amount of duck meat."
Yunling was so tempted by her mother's words that her mouth watered.
"If that's what Grandma says, then I think the boiled fish slices are pretty good too. Thin slices of fish paired with the pickled cabbage that Grandma and the others make, plus some minced garlic or peppercorns, it's sour, fragrant and spicy, you can imagine how delicious it is."
Old Lady Yun was also tempted by Yun Ling's words. The two exchanged a glance, then walked to the riverbank, put down what they were carrying, and began to sway.
"Grandma, this job is yours. I don't know how to catch fish."
"Oh, all you know is eating, isn't that right? Go, go, go find a stick."
"Grandma, what are you doing with that stick?"
"I'll hit you."
Yunling quickly covered her bottom. This little old lady was really indecent. Standing in the shade of the tree, she naturally didn't want to go outside to sunbathe, so she looked up at the tree and reached out to break off a branch. But after thinking about it, she felt it wasn't appropriate, so she looked at Yunling's mother.
"Grandma, when we make boiled fish fillets, we have to eat fresh ones. If you skewer them with a stick, the meat will be soft and won't taste good."
"You don't know anything! If you don't drain the blood properly, the fish will taste fishy. If you were to make raw fish like in the old days, it would take a whole day to bleed it out, you little brat. Besides, if you don't use a stick to catch the fish, do you think it will just wait for you to catch it?"
Others might not be able to do it, but Yunling is 100% capable of doing it.
No sooner had Old Lady Yun finished speaking than Yun Ling couldn't wait to show off her skills.
"Grandma, look behind you, aren't those fish just waiting for you to catch them?"
Oh dear, when Grandma Yun saw that fat fish, she wished she could sew Yun Ling’s mouth shut to prevent her from scaring the big fat fish away. But this brat couldn’t even pick up a stick. How was she supposed to catch it?
Old Lady Yun moved nimbly, careful not to make any sudden movements lest she scare the fish away. She crouched down, spread her arms wide, revealing her ten claws, and tiptoed toward the fat fish.
Because the fish was controlled by Yun Ling's supernatural power, it remained still until Yun Ling's claws reached out towards it, at which point it pretended to struggle for a while.
"Grandma is amazing! I knew she could catch fish with her bare hands."
Looking at the big, fat fish in her hand, Old Lady Yun felt like she was dreaming. She seemed to have caught the fish by doing this and that, and finally doing this and that. It was easier than taking off her pants to fart.
But it was never this easy before. It seemed that the fish appeared right after Yunling spoke, and it just stood there dumbfounded. This bastard is really strange. It seems that his words are golden.
However, this brat has been taught by an immortal since childhood, and he must be blessed by an immortal. He naturally has a connection with the immortals, so you can't really blame him for this.
Old Lady Yun was overjoyed. She couldn't say anything like "bastard" or "good-for-nothing" now, so she replied with a smile:
"Ling-jie, Grandma is so grateful to you."
"No, no, no, it's all thanks to Grandma."
"Not at all, it's all thanks to you."
"No, no, it's all thanks to you."
"..."
And so the two continued to rely on each other's good fortune, from the riverbank to their homes, leaving Zhang and Old Lady Fan completely bewildered, wondering what tricks the two were playing.
Yunling drank a cup of perilla drink, casually wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then carried the half-full bucket of soy milk to the woodshed.
Tao Yao's arrangement was nearing completion, and Yun Ling didn't want to interrupt her train of thought, so she first divided the soy milk, leaving a large bowl for her on the round stool next to her.
"Didn't your mother just say that I should treat this place as my home? If that's the case, then we're family. Why are you being so polite and busy?"
Tao Yao naturally heard the "quack quack quack" of the ducks. In addition, Yun Ling had been gone for so long, her face was red from the sun, and she came back with soy milk and a slight fishy smell, which meant that she had gone to find food.
Yunling rubbed her hands together like a fly rubbing its hands, and laughed:
“We’re family with my sister, aren’t we? We weren’t busy doing anything. We just saw that old lady who used to cause trouble picking soybeans to make soy milk, so we wanted to take advantage of her and get revenge for what we’d done before.”
"You're quite the vengeful one."
"Of course, if you don't hold grudges, there's no justice in the world."
Tao Yao was amused and played a particularly cheerful pipa tune. After the soy milk in the bowl had completely cooled down, the piece was officially composed.
"You, the big boss, should listen to this music yourself and see if it's even acceptable."
As soon as he finished speaking, a highly rhythmic pipa melody rang out like shattered pearls falling onto a plate, captivating the listener's heart and making it beat in unison.
Yunling quickly gestured for Tangling and the others to start walking. Their catwalk was so much better than before. Although they were a little slow to react at first, they were able to walk it once they got the hang of it. There was still a day and a half left, and Yunling believed they could do it.
really,
With Tao Yao's tireless playing time and time again, the newly composed pipa piece was successfully imprinted in everyone's minds. On the last day, during the final practice session, everyone walked with perfect steps.
"That's fine, boss. Tomorrow your show will definitely become the talk of the town. The orders will be piling up higher than a mountain, and we won't be able to keep up with the demand. Don't forget to hire me to count the coins."
Yunling smiled and said:
"Hiring you is definitely the right thing to do. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth it if you deliberately played a wrong note at tomorrow's show and made them go astray."
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