Pei Yuezhi's eyes lit up; this was truly a benefactor!
"Auntie, could you take us to see this place? Is it around here?"
The proprietress smiled and said, "Yes, of course I'm here. They're right behind you."
The two turned around with delight. The house was rather small and did look a bit old, but living here meant they wouldn't have to travel back and forth, and it was so close by.
This is truly a godsend!
The house looks old, but it's also very clean. There are three bedrooms and a small room converted from a storage room, making a total of four habitable rooms. It's not fully furnished and is mostly empty, but that makes it easy to tidy up.
The house isn't big, but the transportation is very convenient. I just don't know how the rent is calculated.
"Auntie, how do you rent out this house?" Pei Yuezhi asked.
"Originally, I planned to offer you 500 coins a month, but since you've already rented the shop and the building is indeed old, I'll give you a discount to 450." The proprietress and the proprietress discussed it briefly.
Pei Yuezhi suggested, "Could you give me a discount? I've rented a shop and I'm a little short on cash. How about four hundred?"
The couple discussed it again and agreed. However, since they had already rented the shop, they did not need to collect a deposit for the rental property.
The two parties wrote two more documents, pressed their fingerprints on them, and then gave the key to Pei Yuezhi.
Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan carefully examined the house and both felt it was very suitable.
The oxcart was probably heading back, so it didn't stay long, but it had seen everything it needed to see.
After arriving home, Pei Yuezhi told Liu Yuanyuan about her thoughts.
"Yuanyuan, then it'll be just Mu'er and me in one room, you and Aunt Li in one room each, and the two boys in one room. Is that alright?"
Grandma Liu, who was standing nearby, said, "Yuezhi, you've rented a place in town? That's great, you don't have to travel back and forth anymore. You don't need to save a room for me, I'll go back to the village to live."
"That won't do. How can we let you run back and forth like that? It's too much trouble. Besides, it gets dark as soon as you finish your work at night. This is a rented house with four rooms."
"Oh dear, Auntie isn't being polite, but I still have so many vegetables growing in this garden, and I'm so used to living at home, I really don't want to move there."
Pei Yuezhi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Auntie? From now on, you can come with the oxcart in the morning and help out until the afternoon. Then you can take the cart home, and I'll include the round-trip fare in your wages."
"Noon is the busiest time, so you can help out during lunch. That way you'll have time to tend to the vegetable garden and stay home more often to help us keep an eye on the house."
Grandma Liu thought for a moment and then agreed: "In that case, I'll do less work than before, so you can pay me less. That's normal, so don't feel bad about it."
"It's no less than before. This shop gets quite tiring when it gets busy. We've already decided on this, but I still feel like it's not enough."
Grandma Liu smiled and agreed, but then, as if remembering something, she asked, "Yuanyuan, can Nian'an come with you?"
“Yes, he can’t be home alone while you’re helping out in town,” Liu Yuanyuan replied.
"How much did you guys say you rented this house for?"
Pei Yuezhi replied with four hundred coins.
Grandma Liu took out a cloth bag from her pocket, counted out two hundred coins, and handed it to Pei Yuezhi: "You have to accept this money. You rented a room, and Yuanyuan and Nian'an have moved in. I have to pay half of the rent."
"No need, no need. Yuanyuan has already given me the money she saved, so don't worry," Pei Yuezhi quickly said.
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The next day, Pei Yuezhi packed a lot of things, a pile of large and small bags, and carried a large basket on her back. She and Liu Yuanyuan went into town first, saying that they would take some things to pack first, and if they missed the oxcart today, they would not come back. Before anyone noticed, most of the things in the house had been put into Pei Yuezhi's space.
The two tidied up for quite a while, and finally the house was almost done. They could move in tomorrow.
The smallest of the four rooms was right next to the master bedroom, so Fan Mu was assigned to stay there. Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan each had their own room, while the other two boys shared a room.
However, there was only one bed in that room, so Pei Yuezhi bought a bamboo bed from the system shop. It wasn't expensive, costing only fifty coins.
We've almost finished packing. We're not planning to go back today, and since it's just the two of us, we decided to have something nice to eat!
There's no one else here, so you can do whatever you want.
I bought ten chicken drumsticks and ten chicken wings from the mall for twenty coins. I soaked them in cold water for a while to remove the blood.
Liu Yuanyuan kept asking what they wanted to eat, but Pei Yuezhi kept her in suspense and wouldn't tell her. Liu Yuanyuan got impatient and said she wouldn't let her light a fire, but Pei Yuezhi hit her and then obediently went to start a fire.
Make a few shallow cuts on the thickest part of the chicken drumsticks, then marinate them with chili powder, salt, pepper, and some of the milk you bought last time. Mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.
Looking at the milk, Pei Yuezhi suddenly wanted to drink milk tea, and she did whatever came to mind.
Tea leaves were found in the luggage that Liu Yuanyuan brought.
First, stir-fry the tea leaves and white sugar together over low heat until they turn caramel color. Then, pour in water and milk, and be sure to stir for a while, otherwise the flavors will not blend well.
This little thing can be left to Liu Yuanyuan to do; Pei Yuezhi should go and prepare the chicken first.
After marinating for a while, you can pour out the milk. Although it's a bit of a waste, milk that has been used to soak raw meat still contains bacteria, and I don't know how to eat it anyway.
I had tried making pancakes with eggs and flour before, but the results weren't very good.
Seeing this, Liu Yuanyuan knew what Pei Yuezhi was going to do: "Yueyue! You're going to make fried chicken! That's great!"
"Yeah, it's just the two of us. We can eat whatever we want! I'll cook two more packets of snail rice noodles later."
Add two eggs and a large amount of flour to the chicken, and mix well.
Then mix the flour and starch in a 1:1 ratio, and the frying powder is ready.
Coat the chicken wings and drumsticks evenly with flour, then shake off the excess flour. Fry in oil at 60% heat.
Once they're fried until golden brown and crispy, they're ready to be taken out.
Leave little oil in the pan, add light soy sauce, salt, chili powder, minced garlic, minced onion, hot sauce, sugar, and cornstarch. Add a little water and simmer over high heat until thickened. Pour the sauce over the fried chicken, and it's done!
While frying the chicken, Pei Yuezhi also bought two packs of snail rice noodles and gave them to Liu Yuanyuan to cook. By then, it was almost ready.
Snail rice noodles with fried chicken and homemade milk tea—life is so wonderful!
"Yueyue! I am so happy right now!" Liu Yuanyuan said, her mouth full of fried chicken, her words muffled.
Pei Yuezhi's face was also full of happiness: "It's delicious. I've had such a happy and tiring two days. It's time to treat myself!"
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