Five days later, Luo Jingyan received a letter from Xue's mother in Beijing. Since Xue's mother did not know that she had moved out, she wrote the address of the educated youth settlement on the mail, money and package. The postman naturally took the letter, money and package slip to the educated youth settlement.
The postman couldn't find Luo Jingyan at the educated youth settlement. Jiang Manyue told him about Luo Jingyan's new address, so he took some things and went to Luo Jingyan's new residence.
The postman handed everything to Luo Jingyan. Luo Jingyan saw that there was not only a letter, but also a stack of banknotes and a parcel slip, all of which were sent from Beijing.
She first opened the letter and read the opening words of greeting, and then she mentioned the task of making pastries that Old Mrs. Xue had asked her to do.
A few dozen kilograms of pastries is a piece of cake for her. Anyway, she has all the ingredients in her space. Now that she lives outside, she can go into her space to make them anytime she wants, as long as she is at home.
She wasn't in a hurry to go to the county town to pick up the package. She planned to finish making the pastries and then pick them up at the same time when she went to the county town to mail them.
Not long after dinner, Luo Changtian went back to his room, and she also went back to her room and entered the space.
She has a pastry-making machine in her space, which is very convenient. She first made 40 jin of walnut shortbread, and then 40 jin of peanut shortbread, all in just three hours.
After I finished, I took a shower and went to bed.
The next day, as soon as she woke up and finished washing up, she first packed the pastries that had cooled in the space into a bag and put them in her basket before going out to cook.
After lunch, Luo Changtian went to school. She went to the winery, and when she arrived, Uncle Li Jiu had already cleaned it. Uncle Li Jiu was a very diligent old man. Every day, apart from some technical things that required her help, he could do everything else by himself without needing her help.
She checked the status of each step, recorded the data, and finished in an hour.
"Uncle Jiu, someone sent me a package. The postman brought me the package slip. I still need to go to the county post office to pick it up. I'll have to trouble you with this."
As long as the two of them can manage the distillery well, the captain usually doesn't discipline them too strictly, especially Luo Jingyan. He often turns a blind eye and doesn't restrict her freedom much as long as it doesn't interfere with the distillery's production.
"Go ahead, go ahead, I'll take care of things here." Uncle Li Jiu agreed with a smile. It was strange that a man in his sixties would be so gossipy; he asked Luo Jingyan, "Did your boyfriend send you this?"
Luo Jingyan laughed and said, "Why do you have to guess him? Couldn't it be someone else? Let me tell you, it really isn't him, but you're about 70 or 80 percent right. His family sent it to me."
"Then you have a good relationship with his family. Your mother-in-law must like you a lot. You won't have any conflicts with your mother-in-law after you marry into the family. Unlike our family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are like natural enemies. They fight every few days. The three daughters-in-law also have their own little schemes, making the courtyard a chaotic mess."
Sigh, I don't know when this will end. My wife and I have discussed it, and once we've invested enough money in the collective distillery, we'll build a house outside and move out, so we don't have to live with them anymore. Haha, speaking of which, this is all thanks to you, Master."
“Uncle Jiu, you’re right. If you don’t want to get involved with them, then move out. It’ll be easier for the old couple to have some peace and quiet. I reckon once you’re gone, they’ll probably remember how good you were to them.”
“We won’t go back just because we remember how good things were for us. If we go back and hang out with them again, it’ll probably be another mess. And those three daughters-in-law…” Uncle Li frowned in annoyance.
"Uncle Jiu, things will be better once the house is built and we move out. Every family has its own problems, so let's just make do for now."
"Well, I've gotten used to it anyway, so it's no big deal to make do for a few more days. But I still long for the quiet life after moving out. That would be so nice."
Luo Jingyan didn't have time to listen to his gossip for the moment, so she took off her apron and said, "Uncle Jiu, I'll stop talking to you now. I'll listen to your rambling when I get back."
"Well, I don't have much to ramble about. It's just some trivial stuff at home. I'm afraid you'd laugh at me if I went into details. Alright, you go ahead."
"Okay, I'm leaving."
"Let's go."
Luo Jingyan took an oxcart to the county town, found a secluded corner near the post office, took out the basket containing the pastries from her spatial storage, carried it to the post office, mailed the pastries first, and then took out the parcel slip to pick up the parcel.
She took the package and roughly felt it. She knew by feeling that it contained clothes. Since it wasn't convenient to take it out to examine it closely, she put it in the basket on her back, which was actually in her spatial storage.
It had been a long time since she had sold any of the supplies in her spatial storage. Since she had come all the way to the county town, she wanted to go to the black market to discuss some business with Chen Yinghao, and then visit Old Mrs. Qin.
She first went to the black market and negotiated a deal with Chen Yinghao for about 20,000 yuan, planning to make the transaction that night. After leaving the black market, she found a place to go into her spatial dimension to change back into her original clothes. She took a slaughtered chicken from her spatial dimension, put it in her basket, and went to the Qin family.
I had lunch with Grandma Qin at the Qin family home. Grandma Qin said, "Jingyan, the day after tomorrow is my birthday, and Grandma would like you to come. However, you don't need to bring anything that day, just come in person. Your presence is the greatest gift you can give me."
"Grandma, I will come."
Old Mrs. Qin must be worried that she would spend too much money, so she decided to make something herself and give it to Old Mrs. Qin.
"Grandma, I'll make you longevity noodles when you come over that day."
"Great! Grandma would love to eat longevity noodles made by you. I'm really looking forward to my birthday the day after tomorrow!"
After returning home, Luo Jingyan went into her spatial dimension and used flour, egg whites, and sugar to make a large longevity peach for Old Madam Qin, which she planned to bring over the day after tomorrow.
Her space has a natural preservation function. If you put the prepared longevity peaches in the space, they will be as fresh as if they were just made two days later.
After making the longevity peaches, she remembered the sponge cake. Her family members didn't seem to have tried her homemade sponge cake yet. Homemade sponge cakes have no harmful additives and are very fresh, so she could give them to her family with peace of mind. If they asked, she would just say that she bought them from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Haha, this reason always works!
Her main ingredients for making sponge cakes are egg whites, sugar, and flour, without adding any water. She also adds an appropriate amount of milk and honey, making them not only tastier than the sponge cakes sold by the supply and marketing cooperative, but also more nutritious.
She wrapped the steamed sponge cakes she had made in parchment paper. When Luo Changtian came home from school, she let him eat a few pieces first. That evening, she took two packs of cakes with her, and the two siblings went to the cowshed together.
Because she didn't get along with Zhuang Feifei next door, she always paid attention to what was going on in their area, intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhuang Feifei came out of the bathroom and saw that there was no light coming from Luo Jingyan's side. She muttered, "She went to bed pretty early, you pig."
The next morning, after having breakfast, Luo Jingyan went to the village winery to finish her work as quickly as possible before heading to the county town to celebrate Old Mrs. Qin's birthday.
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