The meat is almost marinated. We can start cooking now.
For braised pork chops with scallions, you need to use plenty of scallions. Cut the scallions into small sections, separating the white and green parts, and then slice a few pieces of ginger.
After preparing everything, Pei Yuezhi started frying the pork chops. She used a little more oil, and once the oil was hot, she put the chops in and fried them until both sides were golden brown.
Use the remaining oil in the pan to fry the white parts of the scallions until they are slightly browned, then add two slices of ginger.
After frying until fragrant, add the scallion leaves. Once the scallion leaves have wilted, place the fried pork chops on top, then add a bowl of hot water, two tablespoons of dark soy sauce for color, one tablespoon of oyster sauce, and a little sugar. Simmer for ten minutes.
Stir the bottom of the pan occasionally to prevent sticking.
Once the time is up, you can turn up the heat to reduce the sauce, but it's best to leave a little sauce to mix with rice—it's incredibly fragrant.
The aroma was so enticing that four leaders peeked inside, while three children and Benben looked at Pei Yuezhi with longing expressions.
Pei Yuezhi smiled and said that dinner was ready, and the group happily came in to get their bowls.
"Wow, this smells so good! Yueyue, is this pork tenderloin? It's so tender, and every slice is coated with rich broth and has a strong scallion aroma. It smells amazing!" Liu, the gushing Yuanyuan, is now online.
"And this tofu, after being pan-fried and then stewed for a while, is incredibly flavorful! Plus, it has a scallion flavor, so delicious!"
"Mom, you're amazing! Mu'er loves it!"
Pei Yuezhi smiled and tapped Fan Mu's head: "You, you get so happy as soon as you eat meat."
Fan Chao picked up a piece and gave it to Pei Yuezhi: "Mother, please eat. I think everything you cook is delicious."
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After dinner, they prepared the food. After preparing the ingredients, Liu Yuanyuan stayed behind to chat with Pei Yuezhi. At this time, Fan Mu, who had gone back to his room to lie down, appeared at Pei Yuezhi's door.
Thankfully I didn't have a late-night snack tonight, otherwise I would have been caught again.
"What's wrong, Mu'er? Why are you pouting?" Pei Yuezhi noticed that Fan Mu wasn't in a good mood, looking aggrieved, with reddened eyes.
"Mother, I accidentally tore my clothes, I'm sorry." Fan Mu, who was fine just now, burst into tears when she was hugged.
Upon hearing this, Pei Yuezhi hurriedly checked to see if she had hurt herself. Sure enough, her knee was scraped and red.
Pei Yuezhi gently blew on the wound, her heart aching: "Mu'er, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, but my pants are torn." Fan Mu stretched out his leg, showing Pei Yuezhi the tear in his pants.
Liu Yuanyuan also came over and saw the red knee. She blew on the knee with heartache and said that she would wait for her aunt to come back. She got up and ran back to the front yard. She returned with a small jar of ointment in a short while.
"Quick, Mu'er, let Auntie apply some medicine for you."
Pei Yuezhi looked at Fan Mu's clothes and suddenly thought of something.
Although the clothes of the two children, along with the original owner, were clean, the patches on them had been overlooked. Now that life is a bit better, it's time to put changing their clothes on the agenda.
However, the system's current task is to save money, so we'll have to wait a few more days.
After Liu Yuanyuan applied the medicine, Pei Yuezhi took Fan Mu back to his room, then took the pants she had changed out of and went back to her room to mend them.
Fortunately, besides cooking, Pei Yue's biggest hobby in her previous life was playing with cotton dolls and making clothes for them. This was something she was very good at. She just didn't play with them much anymore, but mending clothes was still a piece of cake for her.
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Pei Yuezhi planned to make a final push in the next few days, so she increased the quantity of goods again. The first two days, there were eighty meat pies, forty chive and egg pies, and forty tofu buns each.
I made a slight change today: I made 100 meat pies, 60 chive and egg pies, and kept the same number of tofu buns.
If they don't sell well, take them to the area near the dock, where there will be more people.
We need to work harder on the task.
However, with increased fame, even though there was more food available, it was all sold out. Seeing the money in his storage space growing, he felt more and more at ease.
I currently have two taels and four hundred coins. The rent for a slightly larger shop in town is about two taels of silver per month, but it usually takes several months or half a year to rent.
I'm afraid I'll have to pay several months' rent upfront.
Pei Yuezhi was lost in thought when she almost bumped into someone, but luckily Liu Yuanyuan pulled her away.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention and almost bumped into you," Pei Yuezhi said apologetically.
"Sister, what a coincidence?" The person we almost bumped into was Pei Yunzhi. That was quite a coincidence indeed.
Pei Yuezhi saw that her younger brother was carrying a medicine bag and knew that he had come to town to get medicine again. Pei's father was in poor health and rather weak.
When he was young, he worked as a schoolteacher in town, but he also did a lot of hard and heavy work at home. Unfortunately, his mother was lazy and shrewish, and his father didn't want to get entangled with her, so he did all the work himself.
This leads to a deficiency in the body, causing chest tightness, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs, and sometimes difficulty breathing.
Pei Yuezhi always felt that this was caused by overwork, malnutrition, and low blood sugar.
I was originally planning to visit Pei's father sometime, but I happened to run into Pei Yunzhi today, so I'll go back with him to see him.
I don't know if it's the original owner's emotions, or because I was an orphan in my previous life, or because I just inexplicably want to get close to this father who suddenly appeared.
Just like Liu Yuanyuan's feelings for her mother-in-law, there's a kind of inexplicable affection between them.
"Yuanyuan, you can go home by yourself today. You don't need to wait for me for lunch this afternoon. I'm going home with Yunzhi to visit." Pei Yuezhi instructed.
On the way home with Pei Yunzhi, she was still a little uneasy. The original owner of this body had not been home for about two years. During these two years, the house had been lifeless. Pei's father was unwell and had come to visit her a few times.
However, the original owner remained the same as before, not speaking and not leaving the room. Pei's father was helpless. Later, his daughter-in-law caused trouble at home, which made Pei's father's health worse, so he stopped coming.
The Pei family's courtyard wasn't large, but it was very clean and tidy, showing that both the Pei father and son were hardworking people.
"Father, come out and see who's here. My sister has come to see you." Pei Yunzhi walked to her father's door and knocked softly.
As the door was pushed open, Pei Yuezhi became extremely nervous.
"Has Yuezhi returned?" Pei's father walked out of the house. He was tall but too thin, with some wrinkles on his face and white hair at his temples that showed signs of hardship.
Pei Yuezhi quickly went over to support her father and said softly, "Father, Yuezhi is back."
"Good, it's good to be back. Seeing how energetic you are now, I'm relieved. Your brother said he went to visit you a few days ago. You're different now than you were two years ago. If he hadn't brought back some food, I wouldn't have believed he went to visit you."
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