Thinking of his family property, Fan Dazhu quickly went forward to comfort his grandmother.
His attempts to comfort her only made things worse; the moment he tried, Fan's mother started wailing even louder.
The room immediately descended into chaos.
Fan Damu and his group also returned. As soon as they entered the house, their mothers came up to them and complained.
“Your aunt doesn’t want us to use firewood, otherwise the porridge won’t even heat up properly.”
She's too lazy to cook, and look at her making such a fuss, leaving our family without a hot meal. She's so cruel!
Fan Damu spat.
The family glared fiercely at the old woman who was making a ruckus in the main room.
The other men also gradually returned home.
Although there are only three brick and tile houses in the village at present, other families also built mud-brick and tile houses last year because they earned some money by helping Fan Qianshuiqing build a house, and sold some of the rice they exchanged for mushrooms and water chestnuts.
Even during heavy rain, the house didn't leak.
With no leaks, life becomes much more comfortable without us even realizing it.
In addition, he sold only a portion of the rice he had previously exchanged for silver, and used the rest to exchange for black flour and coarse salt to stockpile. Surprisingly, his mood was much better than he had imagined.
They couldn't imagine how they would have survived the coming days without Fan Jin and Shui Qing's family last year, who had earned them money to build a house and exchange it for rice.
When the Fan Qian and Fan Damu families insisted that the Fan Jin family was coming to build a dam, not one of them responded.
People aren't stupid; they can tell who gets to eat by following them!
Drinking steaming ginger soup and taking a hot bath, their gratitude towards Fan Jin's family deepened.
The three Li brothers also returned home.
First, she took the ginger soup and drank it all in one go, then took the clothes that were handed to her and took a hot shower to change.
Their family is large, and they have been cutting firewood and thatch to store since winter, and they have also burned some charcoal.
They don't burn as well as the Golden Ox and Silver Ox, but they don't sell it; it doesn't matter if it's a little inferior for their own use.
Nowadays, thatch, firewood, and charcoal can be burned as much as one wants, and they can last for three to five months without any problem, so there is no need to save them.
After taking a shower, the three brothers were pleasantly surprised to see the food on the table.
"Why is there still meat?"
I ate one meal last night, one meal at noon, so why is there more tonight?
Wang Guifen smiled broadly: "Sister Shuiqing gave so much, you have no idea how much was in that rough pottery basin!"
It was packed full of meat, with broth filling the gaps in the middle.
The broth mixed into the vegetables made them even more fragrant.
The three of them grinned sheepishly.
After a long day of physical labor, nothing feels better than coming home to a hot shower and some meat.
The three of them thought at the same time: Dealing with Fan Jin's family means there will be meat to eat!
And Shuiqing, the young lady, is even more generous; following her means an endless supply of meat!
Shui Qing's family also has meat today.
I soaked soybeans last night, and ground them this morning. I had soy milk with fried dough sticks and sweet tofu pudding first thing in the morning.
At noon, I had stewed vegetables and tofu with pork cracklings and served it with rice.
In the evening, a large pot of stew was made with tofu and fish head, along with several kinds of vegetables, and served with cornbread.
Plain white flour pancakes have a delicate texture, but adding corn gives them a corny aroma and a richer flavor profile, which is why my family prefers pancakes with corn.
While munching on crispy cornbread and sipping fish soup, Shui Qing looked at the absent-minded Bai Ziqian and asked, "What's wrong?"
This child always eats like a little piglet, burying his head and munching away.
Today, however, is unusually abnormal.
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