Chapter 43 Eat Them If You Don’t Obey
Wang Cailian folded her arms as she looked at her, smiling unabashedly: "What? Why don't you want it anymore? Why send it back? Just take it away."
"Ah... I was just possessed by a ghost for a moment," Zhou Cuihua said with a smile on her face. "You can take the clams. We can't afford to serve them."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll call Baoya." Wang Cailian was in such a good mood that she walked away humming a little tune.
Zhao Zhilan from the east room heard the noise and came out. She was not surprised to see Zhou Cuihua standing at the door with a grin on her face.
Zhou Cuihua saw Zhao Zhilan and smiled awkwardly, but then she pulled her pinched finger and frowned in pain again.
Zhao Zhilan was both angry and amused. She curled her lips and said, "Do you still want to see the money this time?"
How could Zhou Cuihua dare to ask for it? She was afraid that if she said something wrong, Zhao Zhilan would not let Baoya control her.
He shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, no, how can I take Aunt Zhao's money?"
Zhao Zhilan gave her a cold look, wrapped her coat tightly around her, moved a stool and sat down on the floor in the main hall.
After a while, Baoya was brought over by He Chunxiu.
The little girl must be sleepy, rubbing her eyes and yawning.
Zhao Zhilan felt so distressed when she saw this that she rolled her eyes at Zhou Cuihua. If it weren't for this person asking for trouble, there would be no need to torment her precious granddaughter.
"Baoya, my eldest sister has repented and returned the clams to us." Wang Cailian stood at the door with her hands on her hips. "Take a look at her hands."
Baoya blinked her eyes and glanced at Zhou Cuihua: "Aunt Zhou, don't you want the big river clams?"
"No, no, no!" Zhou Cuihua said repeatedly.
"Then you are not allowed to take anything else from my house!" Baoya said in a clear voice, "You also have to keep Chen Xiaojuan under control and don't let her come to our house for no reason."
"Oh, I'll take care of it."
"Well," Baoya nodded and knocked on the clam shell with her little hand, "Clam, let her go."
With a click, the shell of the river clam that Zhou Cuihua couldn't pry open no matter how hard she tried finally opened. She quickly took her fingers out, and Wang Cailian reached out to catch the big river clam.
Seeing her blowing on her red and swollen fingers, Zhao Zhilan said, "Alright, go back to sleep. Live a stable life from now on and don't look for trouble."
Zhou Cuihua agreed and left quickly.
Wang Cailian closed the back door and looked at the little girl in He Chunxiu's arms. She had to admit that this little girl was really amazing. If she said it was a coincidence once, it would be a bit unreasonable to say it happened twice.
She smiled and tried to ask Baoya: "Baoya, how can you make the big river clam listen to you?"
Baoya hugged He Chunxiu's neck, still feeling a little sleepy: "Well... I don't know either."
"I just told them, if they don't obey me, I'll eat them!"
Wang Cailian: ...
Zhao Zhilan waved her hand and said, "Alright, let's all go to bed. Ke Lai Xiang will come over tomorrow morning to get some tofu."
Several people went back to their rooms to sleep.
Zhou Cuihua covered her swollen finger with her hand. As the Yun family closed the door behind them, her smiling face changed.
She said that Baoya was an evil girl. When she was in their house, she ate a lot and was very strong. Now this river clam listens to her so much, maybe it is a monster!
The big river clam she had caught was gone, and her fingers were hurting terribly. Zhou Cuihua was so angry that she was fuming.
She cursed and raised her foot to kick the back door of the Yun family, but somehow she kicked a big rock at the door.
She used a lot of force, and her big toe hit the stone so hard that it hurt so much that she bent down in pain, hugged her foot and gasped for breath. In her heart, she felt bad for the Yun family and Baoya.
The next morning, Erlang and Sanlang's families got up before dawn. Although they now had a donkey, the small millstone still had to be ground two or three times before it could be used.
Zhao Zhilan also got up very early and woke up Dalang and Wang Cailian, asking them to go to the fields and cook.
At first, the work of making tofu and grinding beans was rotated between the second and third wives in the Yun family. Wang Cailian always felt that this was a job that was laborious and not very profitable.
But now, their tofu has suddenly become a hot commodity for Ke Lai Xiang, and she is also tempted to do it.
The main reason is that he is afraid that Zhao Zhilan will hand this job over to the second or third wife in the future.
The Yun family got up early and made the tofu quickly.
When Zhao Zhilan started to order the marinade, Baoya also started rubbing her eyes.
"Milk." Baoya stood beside the big pot wearing a pink jacket.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer? Why get up so early?" Zhao Zhilan said, seeing that she hadn't opened her eyes yet.
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. I want to order some tofu with grandma," Baoya smiled, her eyes curved with laughter, "and then ask for a bowl of tofu pudding."
"Come, I've saved the tofu pudding for you." Zhao Zhilan said as she ordered the marinade.
Baoya also came over and used her little finger to tap the top of the pot, muttering: "Dip, tap, tap the tofu, and a pot of tender tofu will come out."
Zhao Zhilan looked at her with a smile. After a while, the original soy milk slowly solidified into lumps, and she used a big spoon to scoop out a few bowls and leave them for the children to eat.
The adults just drank some soy milk and were reluctant to eat tofu pudding.
After a while, Yun Chenglu, Yun Hua and Yun Yue also got up.
Several children sat around a small table in the main room, eating salty tofu pudding with the leftover mixed flour buns from last night, while the adults ate some buns, leftover vegetables, and drank a bowl of soy milk.
When they had almost finished breakfast, Ke Laixiang's servant arrived in a carriage.
The one who came to pull tofu was the waiter who had dealt with Baoya and the others for the first time. His name was Xiaodouzi. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a coarse cloth shirt and had a strong build.
"Aunt Zhao, I'm here to make tofu! I'll pay you guys while I'm at it!"
He had a loud voice, and the village was especially quiet in the mornings, making his voice even clearer.
Zhao Zhilan hurriedly asked her three sons to help Xiaodouzi load the large buckets of tofu onto the carriage.
The carriage did not have a carriage, it was just a flatbed cart surrounded by a wooden fence, specifically used for transporting goods.
The agreed number of tofu was 300 pieces, and each bucket was filled with 30 pieces, which filled up 10 buckets in total.
After moving all the buckets, Zhao Zhilan wanted to ask Xiaodouzi to count them.
Xiaodouzi grinned and said, "No need. Our boss said that he trusts the character of your Yun family. There is no need to count."
"I really have to thank Boss Zhu for his trust." Zhao Zhilan said with a smile.
Xiaodouzi paid her one and a half taels of silver and set a time for her to pick up the goods the next day.
After paying, he looked down and saw Xiao Baoya standing next to Zhao Zhilan. He turned around and took a small paper bag from the car: "Here, our boss bought some food for the kids."
Baoya looked at the bag handed to her, did not take it, and looked up to see what Zhao Zhilan meant.
"Oh, this is unacceptable!"
Zhao Zhilan quickly refused. This Boss Zhu was really a very nice person. He sent his clerk to pick up the goods and even brought food for the children.
"Take it. It's all made by our boss himself. Just think of it as inviting people to taste it." Xiaodouzi said.
Since it was made by Zhu Qi himself, Zhao Zhilan couldn't help but appreciate it. She patted Baoya's shoulder and said, "Then take it. Thank you for your kindness, Uncle Zhu."
Baoya took it obediently and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhu, and thank you, Brother Douzi."
Xiao Douzi was so moved by Baoya's sweet words that he smiled happily: "Okay, Baoya is so good. I will definitely bring this thank you to our boss."
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