Chapter 52 Winter Hunt (IV)
It is now one o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that it is still early, Lu Xiaoxiao thinks about making a pot of century egg and lean meat porridge. When she was preparing the materials before, she bought various kinds of porridge, but there are only a few dozen servings of each kind, and the quantity is not large. She cannot eat it all at once and has to save some for later consumption.
Lu Xiaoxiao thought that since she had free time now, she should prepare some more cooked food in case she was too busy to cook in the future.
Lu Xiaoxiao took out five kilograms of rice from the space, washed it, and soaked it in water. She lit the earthen stove, added half a pot of water to the pot, and then poured the washed rice into the pot to boil.
After half an hour, Lu Xiaoxiao opened the lid of the pot and saw that the rice had bloomed. She poured two pounds of chopped lean meat and a handful of shredded ginger into the pot, stirred evenly, then covered the pot and cooked for ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, Lu Xiaoxiao opened the lid of the pot, poured ten cut century eggs and three spoons of salt into the pot and stirred evenly, then covered the pot again and cooked for twenty minutes. The delicious century egg and lean meat porridge was ready.
After the porridge was cooked, Lu Xiaoxiao put it into a bucket and put it into the space. When she saw that there was still fire in the stove, she put a hundred eggs in to cook as before.
Lu Xiaoxiao looked at the time and it was past three in the afternoon. She thought that the firewood at home was almost burned out, so she went to Aunt Caihua's house to ask if she could exchange money for firewood.
Lu Xiaoxiao went into the bedroom to change her clothes, then took out a pound of tiaozi cake from the space, closed the yard door and walked towards the captain's house.
When Lu Xiaoxiao came to the captain's house and saw Aunt Caihua feeding chickens in the yard, she greeted Aunt Caihua.
When Aunt Caihua saw Lu Xiaoxiao coming, she hurriedly invited Lu Xiaoxiao into the house.
After Aunt Caihua went into the kitchen and washed her hands, she asked Lu Xiaoxiao to warm herself up on the kang.
After hearing what Aunt Caihua said, Lu Xiaoxiao did not sit on the kang immediately. She only sat on the kang after she handed the oil paper bag in her hand to her.
Aunt Caihua took the oil paper bag that Lu Xiaoxiao handed to her and asked, "What is this?"
"Caozi cake." Lu Xiaoxiao said after hearing what Aunt Caihua said.
"You kid, you came here and you still brought something with you. Are you being so formal with your aunt? Hurry up and put it away and take it back to eat slowly. Your aunt is so old that she has eaten everything. She doesn't need this. You are still young, so eat more to grow."
Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard Aunt Caihua's words, so she pushed the trough cake to Aunt Caihua again and said, "Aunt, I still have some. If you don't take it, I won't dare to come to your house if I have something to do in the future."
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Aunt Caihua had no choice but to accept the trough cake.
After Lu Xiaoxiao sat on the kang and chatted with Aunt Caihua for more than ten minutes, he said to Aunt Caihua, "Aunt, can I exchange firewood with you?"
Aunt Caihua understood what Lu Xiaoxiao meant when she heard it, so she quickly said, "No need to change, wait for Baozhu and the other two to come back and they'll go to the mountain a few times and it will be enough for you."
"Aunt, if it's just once or twice, I can still ask you to help, but look at my body, I won't be able to chop firewood for several years. I can't let you keep working for nothing, it will make me feel guilty."
Aunt Caihua thought about it and agreed. If it happened a few times, it might be okay, but this would be a matter of several years. Even if she was willing, her daughters-in-law would definitely complain. Besides, they had to go to the fields to earn work points after the spring. If they missed one day, they would lose many work points. Her three sons earned ten full work points every day. If they didn't go for a day, they would lose a lot of food.
Every family is having a hard time now, let alone a big family like mine. Food is life. Helping others is not that easy.
After Aunt Caihua figured it out, she said to Lu Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, I won't lie to you. If they can help you during their free time, that's fine. But after the spring comes, they need to go to the fields to earn work points. Baozhu and the other two get a total of 30 work points a day, and if we calculate it at 5 cents per work point, that's 1.5 yuan a day. The firewood they chop for one day will be enough for you to use for a month. From now on, let them take a day off to help you chop firewood for one day each month. You can pay them 1.5 yuan. What do you think?"
When Lu Xiaoxiao heard what Aunt Caihua said, she knew that she was taking care of her. Chopping wood was much harder than working in the fields to earn work points, but it was still the same pay, and she couldn't agree without a clear conscience.
"Aunt, I'll listen to you about everything else, but I want two yuan for this. Chopping wood is harder than earning work points, but I can't let you help me and then let you suffer. If you don't agree, I'll find someone else."
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Aunt Cauliflower had no choice but to nod in agreement.
When Lu Xiaoxiao saw that Aunt Cauliflower agreed, she was very happy, so she asked Aunt Cauliflower when the hunting team would return. She said they would be back the day after tomorrow at the latest.
After that, Lu Xiaoxiao listened to Aunt Caihua talk about some things in the village. Seeing that it was getting late, she said goodbye and went home.
(End of this chapter)
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