Lin Chaonan ultimately failed to find a shop, let alone one to sell, or even one to rent out.
He was just acting on a whim, and it didn't matter whether he bought anything or not. After walking around, he found that there was nothing left to buy, so he carried his things, led his horse, and went back.
The two brothers did not meet that night, and early the next morning, Lin Chaonan left with the two men.
It wasn't that he didn't want to leave someone for Lin Chaodong, someone who could help him cook and clean the house.
It was Lin Chaodong who was unwilling.
He lived alone and did whatever he wanted. His meals were either provided by his employer, or he ate out or bought food to eat at home. Moreover, he was often not at home. For him, home was just a place to sleep. His clothes were washed by the old women who earned a few copper coins by washing clothes, so there was no need for someone to stay at home.
What if it happens again, like that night?
Lin Chaodong was unwilling, so Lin Chaonan didn't care. He wasn't a three- or two-year-old child. Why should he, as the younger brother, care about how the older brother lived, especially since he was an older brother with two children?
Lin Chaonan took Da Niu away without worry. Although they encountered a rainstorm on the way and got wet, summer rain is like a child's face, coming and going quickly. Before their clothes were even soaked, they were dried immediately by the sun.
It wants to catch a cold too! But it's too late!
As soon as Lin Chaonan got home, he rested for half a day and then rushed off to town.
The two younger children in the family, especially the older one, were unhappy because they couldn't wait for Lin Chaodong to come back.
The younger one, who doesn't understand anything, was chewing on the toy Lin Chaonan bought for him, drooling all over the place.
Yue Jiuyue happened to find a newly hatched quail egg, which became the starting point for the future "quail farm".
I don't know if this quail egg is a fertilized egg; I'll have to find someone knowledgeable to take a look.
The older one will go to learn to read in a little while, and the younger one is also being looked after. Yue Jiuyue doesn't need to worry about the two children much. She just needs to take care of herself and do whatever she wants, as long as it's not too outrageous.
For example, she suddenly wanted to eat spicy hot pot.
Although summer is the perfect time for barbecue and draft beer, she might give it a try if asked to brew grain liquor, but she's afraid of poisoning herself if asked to brew beer.
Therefore, mala tang is simpler; you can eat it whenever you want.
Add a glass of iced fruit juice, and the taste is absolutely amazing!
Without thinking, Yue Jiuyue cooked a pot of tomato soup and then blanched the vegetables in it to avoid suspicion.
It's not that she doesn't want to eat mild or medium spicy food, but if she wants to eat those flavors, Yue Jiuyue would have to stew a big bone broth or something, which is not as quick as making tomato soup.
When she wants to eat something, she wants to eat it as quickly as possible, otherwise, who knows if she will lose her appetite and want to eat something else later?
Yue Jiuyue is now living a life of "being rich and willful," eating whatever she wants without ever depriving herself.
So, after the tomato soup was ready and the vegetables were washed, I was too impatient to go to the kitchen to get the meat, so I bought some from the store and put it in the tomato soup pot to blanch the vegetables and cook the meat.
As for the dipping sauce, it was of course bought from the mall. She didn't have the time to make any sauces or bits and pieces; she just ate first.
This time, Yue Jiuyue wasn't caught red-handed by Xiaoman'er. She had already finished her iced juice, and Xiaoman'er hadn't even finished school yet.
Touching her belly, which looked like that of a three- or four-month pregnant woman, Yue Jiuyue regretted eating too much and was annoyed at being too lazy, yet at the same time felt that this was the life a landlady should have.
Oh well, so be it. She's almost forty anyway, and being chubby actually makes her look more blessed!
Moreover, she was never someone who liked to lose weight or be thin; she just used to be able to eat whatever she wanted without gaining weight, and there wasn't much good food that would make her gain weight.
Now that she has the chance, she naturally wants to experience it properly. The only problem is that her fat belly, rather than her whole body getting fat, looks rather unattractive.
If she goes out now, will people suspect she's pregnant?
Tsk tsk tsk, what a sweet little trouble!
Yue Jiuyue put the empty cup she had finished drinking into her spatial storage, then sprawled out on the soft couch, not wanting to move.
She gets sleepy after eating, and there's nothing she can do about it!
I'll just go to sleep first, as I feel like it.
Yue Jiuyue fell asleep without a care in the world, but Liu, who was in charge of the kitchen, felt extremely uneasy.
She has been unusually free lately.
The old lady of the house, Yue Jiuyue, would often say that she didn't need to cook for her anymore; of the three masters in the family, the eldest master had been gone for a long time and said he wouldn't be coming back, and the third and fourth masters stayed in town every day, sometimes even eating breakfast and dinner there; only the youngest generation, the eldest daughter and the eldest son, needed her, but how much could those two siblings eat? She almost never had a chance to show off the fancy dishes she had learned.
There were quite a few ladies and young women who came to the mountain to escape the summer heat, but they all brought their own cooks, so there was no need for her at all!
She actually faced unemployment after mastering excellent culinary skills?
It's unbelievable!
Before she signed the indenture, she could have used her cooking skills to do something, like set up a stall or work as a cook in someone's kitchen. She wouldn't be as idle as she is now.
However, without signing the indenture, she wouldn't have such excellent cooking skills now.
Life is indeed not always as you wish.
During this time, Liu was so bored she was practically rotting away, but she didn't want to lower herself to cook for the servants, so she could only take her wages and openly slack off.
I wonder when she'll be able to shine again...
Little did she know, Yue Jiuyue, who had just finished eating and drifted off to sleep, had already planned out her next steps.
"Mrs. Liu, regarding the antique soup we had before, could you please adjust it to a few different flavors, and also make some variety of dipping sauces, so we can try it at home sometime?"
At dinner time, Yue Jiuyue instructed Liu Shi.
"Yes, madam."
Liu happily agreed; at least her master had assigned her tasks, which meant she was still quite useful.
"Mother, why are you making antique soup? Do you want to open an antique soup shop in town?"
Lin Chaonan has a keen business sense; Yue Jiuyue had only mentioned it briefly, but Lin Chaonan had already thought of it.
"I do have that idea, but I need to think about it further."
To be precise, Yue Jiuyue wanted to open a mala tang (spicy hot pot) restaurant. In her opinion, mala tang and hot pot were not much different.
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