They're coming back for a meal! We'll also send a portion over to Fan Jin while we're at it!
Butcher Hu also felt sorry for his daughter, but while he could help with the chores inside and outside the house, keeping watch at night required a family member, and no one could take her place.
All I can do is prepare the meal for my son-in-law and bring it over later.
The group finished eating in a hurry. Hu's mother cleaned up the table again, and the children quickly washed up and went to catch up on sleep. Shuiqing went into the house first, bought a lot of pork jerky from the mall to replenish energy, unpacked it and put it in a cloth bag, and then bought two thick cotton quilts before coming out.
When Butcher Hu saw his daughter carrying a quilt in each hand, he was taken aback. He quickly stepped forward and took the quilt from her, asking in confusion, "Why did you bring a quilt?"
Then, thinking about whether it was night watch, she hesitated for a moment before reminding, "Qing'er, why don't you bring two thick clothes to wear at night? They won't be as noticeable as a blanket."
Shuiqing realized, "Oh right, we still have to keep watch tonight!"
It's getting cold at night, so we have to wear thick clothes.
"Yes, Dad, you reminded me just in time. I'll go get some warm clothes right away." She and Fan Jin were wearing cotton-padded coats over down vests and thin fleece jackets. They were definitely warm during the day, but it was uncertain if they would stay up late at night. Of course, they would need to add a thicker jacket.
There were also a few children, who were wearing cotton vests underneath, and they would need to wear more clothes tonight.
Bring them along!
When Butcher Hu saw his daughter rushing into the house, forgetting to bring the quilt, he shouted, "The quilt! You forgot to bring the quilt!"
"The quilts are for the men who keep watch on the dike at night to keep warm, we haven't forgotten!" It's freezing cold, and the dike is already high, with a biting wind blowing from up there. In the past, if you wore thick clothes, you could go back and drink a bowl of ginger soup to sweat it out, and it wouldn't be a big deal to lie down for two or three days.
There's a shortage of people everywhere these days, so we can't let them freeze any longer.
Butcher Hu realized what was happening, and his rugged face broke into a wide smile. His girl was truly kind-hearted!
Butcher Hu was carrying a cotton quilt and was about to reach out to take the food basket when he saw his daughter take it back. His smile widened, and he couldn't help but think that his daughter really cared about her father.
Shuiqing: "Dad, I just remembered that I need to send soybeans to Da Ni and Er Ni's house to make tofu so we can have tofu rice tomorrow. You carry the soybeans."
Butcher Hu: ......
Carrying over a hundred pounds of soybeans, Butcher Hu accompanied his daughter on a side trip to Da Ni and Er Ni's house.
When Li Dani saw Shui Qing coming over and saw the soybeans that were being delivered, she immediately understood that it was to prepare for tomorrow's tofu rice.
She asked for instructions, "Madam, how much tofu should we make?"
Shui Qing and Fan Jin roughly estimated the number of people who would help tomorrow in the afternoon, and invited helpers from the Sun and Zhao families as well, which would amount to about eighty or ninety people. The men could eat a lot, so they said, "Eighty or ninety men, plus our own family, let's make more, and we can save the rest for ourselves to eat slowly."
Da Ni pondered for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "One pound of soybeans can make about two to four pounds of tofu, so if we make all of these?"
Shui settled the accounts. There were about 100 jin of high-quality soybeans. If one jin of soybeans yields three jin of tofu, that's about 300 jin. They'll use about 100 jin tomorrow, and the remaining 100 jin won't be much if they divide it among the four households on Da Ni's side and their own family.
"Okay, set up a few tables in our yard tomorrow. Erni, tell Zhou Yuqiu and the other two to go to the yard early tomorrow morning to help my mother cook."
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