“How much is appropriate… Let’s reduce the amount of flour by one pound first, Brother Zhang. We still need to buy some wheat flour and rice later. I’m going to buy meat now.”
Wei Yuyan felt it was necessary to buy some meat to celebrate today, and also that since she was making more steamed buns now, she would need to buy more flour more often.
The same goes for rice, but it will be ready for harvest in another month. Then we won't need to buy rice anymore, and we can exchange the extra rice for wheat flour.
Wei Yuyan went to the butcher stall and bought a pound of pork belly. When she got home, she started cooking.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, Brother Zhang, hang in there, we'll be able to eat in 45 minutes."
Wei Yuyan makes the simplest dishes: stir-fried pork belly with chili peppers, stir-fried water spinach, and cucumber salad. It only takes 15 minutes.
"Let me help you, otherwise you'll feel sleepy."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law came over to help smash the cucumbers and wash the water spinach.
"That's true."
Wei Yuyan sped up her chopping of chili peppers, thinking that if she cooked the dish faster, she could cook one more dish since they couldn't finish all the vegetables at home anyway, so she should eat more.
"Sister-in-law, the weather is particularly hot and humid today. It might rain tonight, so you should put away these dried vegetables if it rains."
Brother Zhang stood at the kitchen doorway, holding Little Black, and chatted with them.
"Really? I also think it's especially hot today. What do you guys think if it rains, we can go mushroom picking tomorrow?"
Wei Yuyan was worried that the mushrooms were running out; there would only be enough for half a month.
"Sure, you can come to my house tomorrow morning or afternoon."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua is now full of energy every day.
"Okay, I'll have Xiao Lei let you know the time tomorrow. I want to have lunch early so I'll have more time in the afternoon."
Wei Yuyan thought that picking more would save some money to buy mushrooms.
"No problem, you go and cook the dishes."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law took the water spinach and continued to trim it, because the water spinach was too long if it wasn't trimmed.
…
Liu Cuifang dressed up beautifully and arrived in town early in the morning, wearing new clothes.
“Sun Wei~”
Liu Cuifang and he had arranged to meet at the pavilion. When Liu Cuifang arrived, Sun Wei was already there.
"Cuifang, you're here! You look beautiful today."
Sun Wei put his arm around Liu Cuifang's waist.
"Don't do that, someone's there."
Liu Cuifang felt embarrassed as people walked by.
"After visiting my parents today, I will ask the matchmaker to come to our house tomorrow."
After Sun Wei finished speaking, he pulled Liu Cuifang towards home.
"Sun Wei, is it appropriate for me to come empty-handed?"
Liu Cuifang was a little nervous.
"That's fine, let's go."
Sun Wei felt that if her parents liked her, they would still like her even if they didn't buy her anything; if they didn't like her, they wouldn't like her even if they bought her gold.
Sun Wei's family and her cousin's family lived in the same alley, but Liu Cuifang didn't know exactly which house it was.
"This is it."
Sun Wei pushed open the door and went inside, while Liu Cuifang looked him over.
This house has a different structure than my cousin's house; this house is two stories.
It looks nicer, with side rooms on both sides of the first floor, probably for storing firewood or other miscellaneous items.
"Wei'er, why are you back again? What's going on?"
Sun's mother didn't have to go to work at the master's house today and was resting at home. Unexpectedly, her son brought a woman back with him.
"Father, Mother, this is Cuifang. I want to marry her and bring her back for you to meet."
Sun Wei got straight to the point.
"Hello, Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun."
Liu Cuifang quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"Come in and sit down."
Sun's mother looked a little cold, but she was still polite in her words. After she finished speaking, she went inside.
"Miss Liu, are you Xiao Fei's sister-in-law?"
Mr. Sun remembered that Xiao Fei's wife had mentioned this matter to him before, but he hadn't taken it to heart. He didn't expect the two of them to develop their relationship so quickly.
"Yes, Uncle Sun, my cousin introduced us."
Liu Cuifang said this to tell Sun's mother that she was introduced by someone else and that it was not a private engagement.
"Where does Liu Cuifang live, and what do her parents do?"
Sun's mother still had a cold expression on her face.
“My family is from the countryside, in Wujia Village, which is not far away. My father is the village chief.”
As Liu Cuifang explained these things, she still felt rather unsure of herself.
"Oh~".
Sun's mother didn't say anything more, and the scene suddenly became a little awkward.
"Honey, go buy some groceries. What should we buy? Miss Liu will be having dinner at home later."
Mr. Sun was ultimately happy; his son had brought home a girl he liked, and he didn't care whether she was from the countryside or not.
"I'm not feeling well today, why don't you go buy it?"
Sun's mother rubbed her head and went back into the house. Liu Cuifang immediately felt that this was a sign that Sun's mother didn't like her.
“Sun Wei, your mother isn’t feeling well, so I’m going to Zuixianlou to buy some groceries. It’s Miss Liu’s first time here, so she should definitely stay for a meal.”
Mr. Sun had long known about his wife's bad temper, and he stood up to go out to buy groceries.
"Uncle Sun, how about we call it a day? My wife isn't feeling well today, and I've come at an inopportune time. We can visit another time."
Liu Cuifang was in a bad mood and didn't want to eat while facing her mother-in-law's sour face.
“We can’t not eat, Dad, you go buy some. Cuifang and I will stay home and have some tea to rest.”
Sun Wei believed that if he couldn't marry Liu Cuifang, he would have to marry his cousin. In any case, he would never marry his cousin.
"good".
Mr. Sun felt that it was both moral and logical for him to invite Miss Liu to stay for a meal and treat her to a good meal, otherwise the neighbors would find out and he would be drowned in their gossip.
"Cuifang, go to my room and take a look."
Sun Wei hurriedly pulled Liu Cuifang to his room.
Liu Cuifang looked around the clean and tidy room and was quite satisfied; the room was quite large.
"Cuifang, I miss you so much."
Sun Wei pulled Cuifang directly to the bed.
"No, your mother is still here."
Liu Cuifang resisted.
"I just want to tell her that we've already slept together, and she has no choice but to agree."
Sun Wei's words stirred Liu Cuifang's heart, and Liu Cuifang's half-hearted resistance made Sun Wei unable to resist.
When Sun's mother downstairs heard the noise upstairs, her face darkened. She thought that this Miss Liu was a promiscuous woman.
Half an hour later, Sun Wei and Liu Cuifang finished tidying up and came downstairs. Sun's father had already set out the meal, and there was quite a lot of food on the table.
There are braised pork, scrambled eggs, braised fish, tomato and egg soup, stir-fried cabbage, and roast chicken.
This table of food would cost at least two hundred coins.
"Wow, Dad, you're being unfair! You've prepared such a nice meal for your daughter-in-law, but usually it's just tofu and vegetables."
Sun Wei winked at his father.
“This is Miss Liu’s first visit. There’s not much food here, so please eat more. Sun Wei, please serve Miss Liu some food.”
Sun's father accepted his son's signal and treated Liu Cuifang well.
"Thank you, Uncle Sun."
Liu Cuifang felt much better after hearing what Sun's father said, and she felt more confident.
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