Chapter 57 Prepare dry food and set off!

Aunt Huang smiled and stood up, calling her two grandsons: "Okay, little brats, take the things Aunt Xiao Ming gave us and let's go home. If we don't go back, your old grandfather will tell you that I've fallen into some toilet and can't get out!"

Mingdai was almost dying of laughter at Aunt Huang's words. She sent the three of them out the door and watched them leave before going back.

When I closed the door, I saw Zhou Sinian with a resentful look on his face, and I didn't understand what he meant.

Zhou Sinian looked at the negative man's expression and accused him, "It's time to feed the sheep!"

Mingdai suddenly realized that it was indeed past the time when Zhou Sinian fed the sheep every day.

The two of them hurried into the room, then slipped into the space. Sure enough, the lambs in the sheepfold behind began to bleat.

Mingdai had a headache. Zhou Sinian had subtly militarized the management of these sheep, causing them to cry at regular times. If something happened one day, they would probably cry all day.

Zhou Sinian now treats these sheep as treasures, waiting for the adult sheep to give birth to lambs, and for the lambs to grow into adult sheep and then give birth to lambs again. He is very concerned about them.

After all the sheep had eaten, the bleating stopped and Zhou Sinian breathed a sigh of relief. He stared at the lambs with burning eyes, scaring them so much that they hid under their mothers and dared not even drink milk.

It was Mingdai who pulled him away and rescued the poor lamb.

After asking Zhou Sinian what he wanted to eat, he thought for half an hour and decided to eat shredded potato cakes. Mingdai fried some more crispy food for him to roll up in case he was hungry. She also wanted to eat fried fish with chili peppers.

I took out the ingredients and planned to cook outside.

It's fine to eat one or two meals in the space, but if you don't light a fire outside for a long time, it would be too eye-catching if there is no smoke from the chimney.

Zhou Sinian washed potatoes and prepared vegetables while she kneaded the dough.

While they were working, Mingdai told Zhou Sinian about the plan to repair the reservoir.

Zhou Sinian felt nothing, he just said he would follow her and then continued to show off his sword skills.

It has to be said that when it comes to knife skills, no one can surpass Zhou Sinian. He can peel the skin with a kitchen knife faster and thinner than she can with a peeling knife.

The potato shreds were also cut between 2mm and 3mm, with almost no error, and they looked exactly the same.

Sure enough, in front of talent, hard work is worthless. What she cuts can only be considered strips at best, not threads!

Mingdai fried two dishes first, leaving enough for today's meal, and put the rest into the warehouse in the space while they were still hot.

Mingdai's dough had also risen, so she started to make pancakes.

At the beginning, she baked one and Zhou Sinian ate one.

Mingdai was so angry that she laughed. She couldn't make the pancakes as fast as Zhou Sinian ate them.

Fortunately, Zhou Sinian still had some humanity and slowed down, so that the first cake appeared in the cake basket.

The two of them baked and ate the cakes at the same time, and by the time all the cakes were done, they had finished eating.

Zhou Sinian ate at least 20 cakes!

Even though she was baking yeast cakes and the cakes were small, 20 of them were still scary!

A money-making plan must be put on the agenda!

The reservoir repair work will begin in two days. Mingdai thought it would be difficult to open the stove when going out, so she planned to make some more things to take with her.

So they didn't go anywhere for the past two days and just stayed in the kitchen at home.

Zhou Sinian is so happy!

Because Mingdai not only replenished the sugar-roasted chestnuts he had eaten, but also made pine nut candy for him!

A large glass jar full of pine nut candies is placed in his cabinet. He can take them whenever he wants to eat them. He is so happy that he smiles all day long.

Pine nut candies were now his favorite food, so much so that he fed one to each of the lambs.

Mingdai thought that her food couldn't be too different from others, otherwise it would easily arouse anger and suspicion, so she thought of ways to cook coarse food at home.

Finally, she steamed a pot of red date flower-shaped steamed buns, which looked like they were made of coarse black flour, but were actually made of red dates and black bean flour.

I also steamed a lot of brown sugar steamed cakes, which I made on purpose to be a little chewy. They don’t look good but they taste good.

Zhou Sinian was very resistant at first, but after Mingdai forced a mouthful of steamed cake into his mouth, he was completely conquered. He refused to eat the cake at all and ate potato shreds rolled in the steamed cake. It tasted sweet and salty and he enjoyed it very much.

The last one is the upgraded version of vegetable dumplings, made of cornmeal, and filled with dried beans that Auntie Huang brought.

She made the dried beans with meat filling very small, one bite at a time, so the filling wouldn't be exposed, and it was still crunchy and fragrant, so you could eat it without anyone noticing.

At the same time, the spicy cabbage they made was ready. She filled a small jar with it and took it with her. She also fried a jar of grandma's cabbage and a jar of pickled radish.

Finally, thinking that she couldn't bring malted milk and milk powder with her, she fried a large bag of fried noodles and added crushed peanuts and sesame seeds. Zhou Sinian drank five bowls in one breath.

Finally, it was Zhou Sinian’s medicine. She put the bag of medicine away and stuffed it into Zhou Sinian’s big backpack along with other food.

Zhou Sinian secretly took it out again in the middle of the night. After being discovered, he watched unhappily as she stuffed the medicine and medicine jars into the bottom of the backpack. He then received a warning that if she took it out again, the pine nut candy would be confiscated, which frightened him so much that he dared not move.

Ming Dai: Haha, you little brat! I can’t cure you!

Finally, the day to set off arrived.

In the middle of the night, when it was still dark, Liu Dazhu struck the small gong used for work.

The two men held homemade torches, locked the door, and gathered at the village entrance carrying large and small backpacks and rolled up roofs.

When I passed the front yard, the people from the educated youth point just came out.

Everyone was carrying bags, big and small, and gathering at the entrance of the village with blankets and food on their backs.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, most people were there. Captain Liu began to count the number of people. Taking advantage of this gap, Mrs. Huang came over.

Seeing that the two people were carrying a lot of things, they asked if they wanted to put them on the carriage. In an instant, many ears stood up around, waiting for Mingdai to speak so that they could put everything on together.

Mingdai shook her head as she looked at the crowded carriage. Mrs. Huang did not try to persuade her and she carried all her things on her own.

Soon, everyone gathered. Captain Liu said a few simple words, and everyone set out in the darkness and morning mist.

It would take a whole morning to walk from Liujiawan to the reservoir, which is why they set out in the middle of the night.

In the past, Zhou Sinian would have been annoyed and started to get angry at this snail pace, but today he said nothing and just followed Mingdai at the back with his head down.

Mrs. Huang took a few curious glances and saw his lips moving. She didn't know what he was eating.

Suddenly a hand stretched out in front of her and something was stuffed into her hand.

She pinched it and found it was hard. She put it in her mouth in the dark. The long-lost sweet taste spread to her mouth, telling her brain that this was sugar!

She took a small bite of it in surprise, and with a barely audible snap, a small piece of candy fell onto her tongue.

She chewed it carefully and happily. The caramel flavor mixed with the aroma of nuts blended in her mouth. It was so delicious that she squinted her eyes.

How long has it been since I last had candy?

It seems that the last time she ate candy was before she got married.

She looked at the blurred outline beside her. No wonder her mother-in-law liked him so much. She also thought that Xiao Ming, the educated youth, was really a good lady.

The three of them walked at the end, chewing silently until the sky became completely bright.