I don't even know where Xiuhua's sister-in-law's house is, so it's inconvenient to search around.
Wei Yuyan had no choice but to find a bamboo skewer, sharpen it with a knife, and it worked quite well.
The snail meat was almost ready, and the rice was also ready. Wei Yuyan cooked half of the snails, just enough to make a bowl.
Today I'm also going to stir-fry the snail meat with dried chili peppers; it will taste better that way.
Around noon, Wei Yuyan had already prepared the meal: stir-fried snails with dried chili peppers and stir-fried green beans with eggplant.
Egg and clam soup, water spinach, and half a bowl of leftover rabbit meat from last night.
After cooking four dishes and a soup, Wei Yuyan covered the food to keep it warm, locked the door, and went to the fields to call Sister Xiuhua.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, Brother Zhang, hurry back and eat, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
Wei Yuyan watched as the couple planted almost half an acre of land in one morning. Judging from the looks of it, they could finish by tomorrow morning.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law, husband, go back and eat, don't rush."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua planned to take it slow this time when transplanting rice seedlings, and she slept in well before coming to transplant them this morning.
"Okay, what delicious food did your sister-in-law make?"
Brother Zhang responded and continued planting the rice seedlings in his hands, saying he would finish planting these few first.
"There are so many delicious things to eat, you'll see when you get back. I'm heading back now."
Wei Yuyan still had to go back and stir-fry snails for the children, but since the children had eaten breakfast late, they were probably not hungry yet.
Back home, Xiao Lei and Qian Qian weren't in the kitchen; the sounds came from the vegetable garden. Wei Yu Yan didn't bother with them.
After scooping out the cooked snails, Wei Yuyan started picking out the snail meat. Today, she planned to stir-fry two bowls of snails.
One bowl of spicy food is for myself, and one bowl of non-spicy food is for the kids. The kids can actually eat mildly spicy food, but they can't handle extremely spicy food.
There happened to be a little dried chili pepper left at home, which the original owner had dried last year. There wasn't much, so Wei Yuyan took out a small handful and ground it into chili powder.
These chilies aren't crisp anymore; they've gotten a bit soggy. Wei Yuyan plans to dry more chilies when it gets a little warmer.
After stir-frying two bowls of chili peppers, Wei Yuyan also made six scallion pancakes.
"Xiao Lei, Qianqian has lunch."
Wei Yuyan shouted loudly and looked at the sky. It was almost noon (1 pm).
"Sister-in-law, I'm not actually hungry yet."
Qianqian has returned from the vegetable garden.
"Did you eat two zongzi this morning? Zongzi are quite filling, so eat a little bit. My sister-in-law stir-fried some snails."
Wei Yuyan wasn't actually very hungry, but she wanted to eat snails.
"Oh well".
Qianqian sat down obediently.
Xiao Lei helped serve the porridge. He served Qianqian half a bowl of porridge, while he and his sister-in-law each had a full bowl.
"Come on, Xiao Lei, eat more. Boys get hungry quickly."
Wei Yuyan gave Xiao Lei a pancake, and then tore another one in half and gave it to Qianqian.
"Sister-in-law, this is so spicy."
Xiao Lei accidentally picked up Wei Yuyan's extra spicy snail meat, which Wei Yuyan had prepared with dried chili peppers.
Stir-fried with green and red peppers, scallions, ginger, and garlic, it's especially good with rice.
"Haha, this one is spicy, but you and your sister can eat this one, it's not spicy."
Wei Yuyan couldn't help but laugh when she saw Xiao Lei's face turn red from the spiciness.
Xiao Lei quickly drank a mouthful of porridge to stop the spiciness.
"Sister-in-law, I want to give Xiaopang a meat-filled rice dumpling. He's never had one before."
Xiao Lei now knows that his sister-in-law won't object to her giving food to Xiao Pang, and he remembers Xiao Pang whenever there's something delicious to eat.
"Sure, Little Fatty should have gone to school today, right?"
Wei Yuyan thought for a moment. Yesterday was the Dragon Boat Festival, so there definitely wouldn't be a holiday today.
"Yes, but he gets out of school around 3 PM."
Xiao Lei often goes to the school to wait for Xiao Pang to finish school so they can play together.
"Xiao Lei, why don't you go to school with Xiao Pang in August? But you might not be in the same class as him."
Wei Yuyan had looked into it before; the school here takes a month off during the hottest and coldest periods.
In other words, the holiday starts in early July, and students return to school in early August.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Xiao Lei was so happy he almost jumped for joy.
As for Qianqian, Wei Yuyan had already asked her. The village school would naturally welcome her, but the town school wouldn't accept female students.
We'll ask Qianqian if she wants to go then.
After everyone had eaten their fill, Xiao Lei and Qian Qian went back to the vegetable garden to pull weeds and water the plants.
The weather is quite dry now, and it hasn't rained for several days. Xiao Lei has to water the plants every day, but Wei Yuyan hasn't really taken care of them.
Wei Yuyan was counting her money; she had made quite a bit of money selling steamed buns during the recent Dragon Boat Festival.
Actually, it cost quite a bit. The family now has a total of two taels, four mace, and twenty-one cash.
Looking at the pile of money, Wei Yuyan felt very safe; she no longer had to worry about going hungry or freezing.
Wei Yuyan had calculated that, under normal circumstances, after deducting costs, the net profit from selling steamed buns would be nearly two taels of silver per month.
In the second half of the year, we can rent a shop in town and have Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Brother Zhang sell steamed buns.
Having made these plans, Wei Yuyan was full of enthusiasm. She hid two taels of silver and took out four qian of silver to buy a lot of things tomorrow.
The next day~
Wei Yuyan continued to cook at Sister-in-law Xiuhua's house. They had finished all the dishes from yesterday, and there were no leftovers.
Wei Yuyan isn't stir-frying snails today; Sister-in-law Xiuhua has a lot of pickled cabbage at home.
Wei Yuyan picked out some pickled radishes, pickled chili peppers, pickled cucumbers.
Wei Yuyan cooked three dishes for lunch today.
A large bowl of water spinach, stir-fried river clams with pickled cucumbers, pickled radishes, dried chili peppers, and chili-fried eggs—not many varieties, but the portion was generous.
Wei Yuyan had prepared the meal, but before she could call them to eat, they returned.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your hard work. You've been cooking for us for two days now."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua is really embarrassed.
"Oh, you've finished?"
Wei Yuyan was surprised.
"Yes, we took it slow and it took us a day and a half to finish. Sister-in-law, aren't you eating here? Why don't you eat here with us?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law started fetching water to wash her hands and prepare for dinner.
"No need, but I've taken a liking to your pickled vegetables. I'd like to take a bowl of them home."
Wei Yuyan thought that the pickled radishes made by Sister-in-law Xiuhua were quite delicious.
"Take some more home, we're also planning to marinate some new ones, otherwise we'll just have to give them away."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua poured herself a big bowl of water to drink. It was so hot that she had sweated a lot and was very hungry.
"Okay, Brother Zhang, will you come with me to town to buy some things tomorrow? What time would be suitable?"
Wei Yuyan wanted to confirm the time with Brother Zhang.
"Hmm~ Let me think about it~ Come to my house after breakfast tomorrow, I'll be waiting for you there."
Brother Zhang thought it would be better to go after breakfast, as it would be too hot later.
"Okay, I'll head back now."
Wei Yuyan picked up a bowl of pickled radish and pickled chili peppers, and took the pickled cowpeas home.
When I got home, I stir-fried river clams with pickled radishes for the children.
"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, your sister-in-law is going to town tomorrow, are you two going?"
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