Food that he likes so much must be very delicious.
Su Xueer accepted Pei Yao's ice jelly and politely said thank you.
Pei Yao had business to attend to, so she didn't continue chatting with the two of them and went straight back.
Su Xue'er looked at the ice jelly in her hand. It was the first time she had seen packaging like this, and she found it very interesting. Next to the bamboo cup was a small, simple bamboo spoon.
The contents of the cup were soft and bouncy, transparent, and looked very tempting. Most importantly, this delicacy called "ice jelly" also emitted a faint aroma of lychee and fermented rice.
She followed Lin Shaoqing's example and took a small bite, instantly captivated by the flavor of the ice jelly.
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Lin Shaoqing, speechless with delight at how delicious the food was.
So her cousin was secretly eating so well!
This ice jelly is so cool and refreshing, it's practically a summer cooling miracle. She had only taken one bite when she already felt cool all over.
"Cousin, did that girl make this herself?" Su Xue'er asked in surprise.
Lin Shaoqing was also eating his ice jelly. Although he ate it very politely, he quickly finished the whole cup in no time.
He looked at the girl's busy figure not far away and nodded: "Yes, Miss Pei made it herself."
Su Xue'er thought the ice jelly was so delicious that one cup was not enough, but if she went back today, she wouldn't be able to eat it tomorrow. So she decided to stay at her cousin's house for the night and go back tomorrow.
Without hesitation, Su Xue'er sent her servant back to the Lin family to inform her father that she would be staying with her uncle for a while.
Lin Shaoqing: "..."
When Mr. and Mrs. Lin heard that Su Xue'er would be staying at their home for a few days, they were naturally delighted and even instructed Lin Shaoqing to accompany her around Meilin Town every day.
And so, Su Xue'er, looking so fresh and beautiful, settled down in the Lin family home.
Pei Yao was naturally very happy to receive such a big order from Su Xue'er. In fact, her family still had some lychee wine brewing at home. With a little water, it would ferment for another day or two and it would be ready. She estimated that it would produce more than a hundred jars of lychee wine.
Because his family uses a lot of lychee rice wine every day for their ice jelly, Pei Yao makes some to keep on hand every now and then.
After Pei Yao sold out of everything at her stall, she went to the grain shop in town with her family.
Manager Zhang of Liangpu was overjoyed to see Pei Yao and immediately greeted her with a smile.
"Miss Pei, would you like glutinous rice again today?"
Pei Yao nodded: "Manager Zhang, do you have 100 jin of glutinous rice in stock?"
It wasn't that Pei Yao didn't want to make more at once, but the lychee wine didn't keep well and the customer base was unstable. Otherwise, Pei Yao would definitely have made more.
Fortunately, lychee wine is quick to make, so it can be made and sold immediately.
Shopkeeper Zhang just received a new batch of glutinous rice today, all of very good quality, totaling over 300 jin.
Upon hearing this, Pei Yao asked Manager Zhang to take him to see the rice. It turned out that the quality of this batch of rice was indeed better than the previous ones, so he immediately bought all two hundred catties.
Shopkeeper Zhang asked his employees to help Pei Yao carry the glutinous rice onto the oxcart.
As for the wine jar, Pei Yao only needs to go and tell the shopkeeper where she bought it before, and ask him to deliver it directly to the Pei family in Liangshui Well Village.
Fresh lychees are almost out of season now, so there aren't many left on the trees.
Fortunately, Pei Yao had been collecting dried lychees recently, and the dried lychees she collected almost filled her entire room.
Pei Yao's room is now filled with dried lychees, except for her small bed.
Pei Yichen's room was now filled with Thunder Fruit seeds, except for a small bed.
These two siblings can be considered to have fallen into the same boat.
Speaking of this, Pei Yao thought her house was quite big before she had these stockpiled goods, but recently, since she collected so many mountain products, there is less and less room in the house.
Both Pei Yao's and Pei Yichen's rooms were overflowing with stuff, and even Yunniang and Chen Fang's rooms were not spared.
Therefore, Pei Yao decided that after finishing Miss Su's job, she would definitely find some craftsmen to see if she could add two more rooms to the courtyard.
She really didn't want to fall asleep every night smelling the sweet, cloying aroma of dried lychees.
Pei Yichen said he didn't want to either.
Although we can't make lychee wine with fresh lychees, the taste of dried lychees is just as good.
Pei Yao added water to the lychee wine she had made earlier and let it ferment. Then she washed and steamed all 300 catties of glutinous rice that she had just bought today.
After finishing her work, Yunniang also finished cooking. After the family finished eating, Pei Yao stared blankly at the courtyard.
The Pei family courtyard now has five rooms side by side, including the kitchen. All of them are currently occupied. The courtyard is still quite large. There is a well in the corner on the left side of the courtyard, near the kitchen, and on the right side is a small vegetable garden and the place where Pei Yichen raises chickens and rabbits.
If Pei Yao wanted to build two more rooms, the area with the well on the left would definitely not be suitable. So, she could only build them on the chicken coop area on the right. That would be fine, since the Pei family's yard is large. Even if they built two new houses there, there would still be room to raise chickens and rabbits. However, the original vegetable garden in the yard would no longer exist.
Pei Yao hesitated again, because there were mint plants she had just planted there...
"Yao'er, what are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed in your thoughts." Pei Erlang looked at his daughter, who was staring intently at the small vegetable patch not far away. Her expression was quite varied, sometimes frowning, sometimes showing regret...
Pei Erlang had no idea what heinous crime that vegetable patch had committed to offend his little girl, and why she had been staring at him ever since she finished eating.
Pei Yao was pulled back to her senses by her father's voice, and looked at Pei Erlang with a blank expression: "Father, I want to add two rooms to the yard to store some mountain products. My room is already too full, but..."
Upon hearing this, Pei Erlang exclaimed, "Oh, so that's how it is!" No wonder her little girl looked so worried. She followed Pei Yao's gaze and asked, "But if we want to build two houses, we'll have to take over the original vegetable garden, right?"
Pei Erlang was a smart man; upon seeing the layout of the courtyard, he immediately understood Pei Yao's idea.
Pei Yao nodded, after all, she had only planted the mint yesterday.
Pei Erlang smiled and looked at Pei Yao. This girl was usually so smart, but it turned out that she also had times when she was in trouble.
However, Pei Yao quickly came to a conclusion: houses were more important, and there were plenty along the Bohe River; if they were to be pulled up, so be it.
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