In the blink of an eye, it was already April. An Ning's family had been here for quite some time, and the yard had been almost tidied up. All they had to do was hang up the red silk when An Yong's wedding day came.
Li Zhuangtou and his wife, as well as the eldest son of the Li family, who were in the mansion, had all been sent to the farm by An Ning. An Ning thought that they could start planting potatoes tomorrow. The potato seeds had already been placed in the warehouse on the farm the day before Li Zhuangtou and his men went to the farm. In the past few days, Li Zhuangtou had already started digging potato sprouts with his men.
An Ning called Wang'er's father over and said, "Go to the Duke of Ying's mansion and tell him that we will start planting potatoes tomorrow. Ask the village head of his mansion to come and learn and bring back the potato seeds."
Wang'er's father answered An Ning's words and went to the Duke of Yingguo's mansion. Duke Yingguo was in the study dealing with letters. The captives that were handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last time had officially started working in the major salt mines. In order to prevent these captives from gathering and causing trouble, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince deliberately dispersed them. In addition, the negotiations with the Northern Barbarians had come to an end. In order to avoid suspicion, Duke Yingguo had almost never shown up again except for the initial reception. The Minister of Revenue handed over a letter saying that he would leave for Beijing in the next two days.
At this moment, Wang'er's father arrived at the Duke of England's mansion. The guard at the door already knew Wang'er's father and went in to report without any difficulty.
After listening to Wang'er's father's message, Duke Ying nodded and said, "Go back and tell your master that I will bring the village head there tomorrow."
Wang'er's father received the confirmation letter and bowed and left. Duke Ying thought for a moment and told his personal bodyguard, "Go write back to the Minister of Revenue and tell him that I will hold a banquet the day after tomorrow to celebrate their successful negotiation."
The personal guard heard this, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Yes, Commander."
The next day, Duke Ying brought a few people to the An family. The An family was quite lively at this time. Although An Yong was not there, Yin Wan'er came to the An family early in the morning because she had received a message from An Ning yesterday saying that she would be taken out to play today.
Seeing that everyone was present, An Ning said to An Dashan, "Dad, let's go!"
An Dashan nodded and led the way to the An family's farm. The weather was just right today, and An Ning and Yin Wan'er chattered in the car.
When they arrived at the farm, Li Zhuangtou had already prepared everything and was just waiting for An Ning and the others to come over so that they could start farming. An Ning had already told Li Zhuangtou the general method, and as a senior farmer, Li Zhuangtou had also roughly learned how to plant potatoes.
After they rested for a while on the farm, they went to the fields with everyone else. Yin Wan'er had never seen such a scene before, so she was very excited and said happily, "Sister An, I also want to plant with them, is that possible?"
An Ning nodded and said, "No problem. I'll make you some potato sprouts later. Don't underestimate them. They are very heavy. If they tire you out, my brother will come to trouble me."
Yin Wan'er reached out and pinched An Ning, saying, "You little girl, you always play tricks on me. I'll teach you a lesson." As they talked, the two of them started laughing and joking.
An Ning laughed for a while and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Let's catch up quickly, or they will leave us behind."
Yin Wan'er looked at the people walking away, then she walked around An Ning and walked forward with An Ning.
When they arrived at the field, An Ning looked at Li Zhuangtou who was teaching everyone how to plant potatoes in detail, and nodded, expressing his satisfaction.
After An Ning saw that there was nothing special that needed attention, she started working with everyone else. Yin Wan'er followed behind An Ning and planted potatoes in an orderly manner. Even the Duke of Ying changed into clothes that were convenient for working and followed An Dashan to work.
After working for a while, An Ning found that Yin Wan'er was a little tired, so she said, "Sister Wan'er, let's go home. I saw Sister Liu made some shepherd's purse. How about we go back and make wontons stuffed with shepherd's purse?"
Yin Wan'er was indeed a little tired. When she heard An Ning say this, she nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I haven't eaten the wontons with shepherd's purse stuffing you mentioned." After that, she followed An Ning and took Xiaolian back to the farm.
Because An Ning said she wanted to eat wontons stuffed with shepherd's purse this morning, Liu Mei from the farm was picking the shepherd's purse she had picked yesterday and was planning to make wontons later. At this time, An Ning came back with Yin Wan'er. Seeing Liu Mei busy, An Ning said, "Sister Liu, have you picked the shepherd's purse?"
When Liu Mei saw An Ning coming back, she quickly said, "The county lady and Miss Yin are back. The shepherd's purse will be picked soon."
An Ning nodded and said, "Then I'll go to the kitchen to knead the dough." Then she pulled Yin Wan'er into the kitchen.
An Ning and Yin Wan'er washed their hands first, then scooped two bowls of noodles from the noodle bag, put them into the basin and started kneading the dough.
Yin Wan'er watched the whole process from the side. She looked at An Ning who was working efficiently and said, "Sister An, I will make wontons with you later."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, but we don't need you here right now. Go take a rest first. I'll call you over when everything is done."
Yin Wan'er nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go rest first." To be honest, Yin Wan'er was indeed tired. She had never done physical work since she was a child. Although she had only worked for more than half an hour, she was very tired.
After An Ning kneaded the dough in the kitchen, she started to chop the meat. Because An Ning was only responsible for cooking for An Dashan, Duke Yingguo and Yin Wan'er, she didn't chop so much meat.
After the meat filling was chopped, Liu Mei also picked all the shepherd's purse. She put the picked shepherd's purse into boiling water, then took it out and squeezed out the water, and then chopped it up.
After preparing the meat and shepherd's purse fillings, An Ning began to mix the fillings. After mixing the fillings, An Ning went to the main room and saw Yin Wan'er sitting on a chair, letting Xiao Lian rub her shoulders. An Ning smiled and said, "Sister Wan'er, it's all my fault. I made you tired."
Yin Wan'er shook her head and said, "Although I'm tired today, I had a great time. Have you prepared the filling? Let's go and wrap it!"
An Ning nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask Sister Liu to move all the things over, and we'll pack them in the main room." As she was speaking, Liu Mei moved the things into the main room.
Liu Mei rolled out the dough, An Ning and Yin Wan'er started to make wontons, and even Xiaolian washed her hands and joined the team making wontons.
Although it was Yin Wan'er's first time making wontons, she learned quickly. Except for the first two which looked terrible, she made better and better ones from the third one onwards.
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