After finishing his meal, Brother Zhang immediately set off, for there were no streetlights in this era.
It's best not to travel at night, otherwise accidents can easily happen.
Sister-in-law Xiuhua insisted on washing the dishes, so Wei Yuyan went to take a shower because she felt too uncomfortable.
In this kind of weather, adults can skip boiling water, but children can't; they still need to boil some warm water.
"I still have some trouble sleeping."
When Sister-in-law Xiuhua came out after taking a shower, she saw them still sitting in the backyard enjoying the cool air.
"Hmm, it's a bit hot in the room, but there are mosquitoes outside. Next time I'll have to bring some mugwort to fumigate it."
Wei Yuyan touched the mosquito bites on her calves. The mosquitoes in this yard were too hungry; no one had come for a long time.
"Then quickly close the room door, otherwise the mosquitoes will get in again."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law closed the room door.
"We won't have any chickens tomorrow, how will we know what time it is? Will we oversleep?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law suddenly became worried.
"Don't worry, Sister Xiuhua, there are night watchmen in town at dawn."
Wei Yuyan had overheard someone mentioning this when she was setting up a stall. They said that the night watchman kept them awake, and then he would come again and again.
"That's good, I'm going to sleep now, there are so many mosquitoes." Sister-in-law Xiuhua couldn't stand it anymore and quickly ran away.
The next morning, Wei Yuyan got up quickly when she heard the night watchman's drum, followed closely by her sister-in-law Xiuhua.
Wei Yuyan started by frying mushrooms, while Sister-in-law Xiuhua began kneading dough, as she would also need to fry chili peppers and meat later.
"Knock knock knock~".
When Wei Yuyan was halfway through stir-frying the mushrooms, she heard a knock on the door.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, the meat has probably arrived. Go open the door."
Wei Yuyan couldn't leave, so she asked her sister-in-law Xiuhua to open the door.
A little while later, Sister-in-law Xiuhua brought the meat in.
"Quickly cut the meat."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua started fetching water to wash the meat, otherwise she was afraid it would be too late.
The two of them worked together to cut and chop the meat, not daring to stop for a moment, for fear of running out of time.
"There's still time, sister-in-law, it's still early."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua looked at the sky and realized that it was still dark, but the steamed buns were almost ready, so she could rest for a while.
"Yes, it's our first time, so we didn't get the timing right. We'll know next time, so there's no need to rush."
Wei Yuyan took a steamed bun and started eating; she was starving after all that.
"Knock knock knock~ Xiuhua, sister-in-law~".
As dawn broke, Brother Zhang arrived.
"Brother Zhang, it's good that you remembered to bring the wooden bucket, otherwise we would have had to carry the steamer over today to sell steamed buns."
Wei Yuyan had forgotten to tell Brother Zhang about bringing the wooden bucket, and was worried that he wouldn't remember.
"Oh, I saw it in the kitchen when I went home to feed the dog yesterday afternoon, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it."
Brother Zhang carried the wooden bucket down to fill it with steamed buns. The buns were all steamed and ready to be loaded into the bucket.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, Brother Zhang, you go ahead, I won't go. They're still here, I'll cook at home later."
Wei Yuyan helped pack the buns and then prepared to go back to bed for a while.
"Okay, the two of us are enough. These steamed buns are nothing."
Brother Zhang cracked his whip, and the oxcart gradually drove away.
As usual, the steamed buns sold out quickly, in just an hour and a half.
Wei Yuyan woke up after a nap and prepared the meal. Today's meal was stir-fried pork cracklings with chili peppers and stir-fried cucumbers.
After all, I'm going home in the afternoon, and it wouldn't be good to cook too much and not be able to finish it.
"Sister-in-law, we're back."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua returned looking slightly tired.
"The food is ready, let's eat. After you eat, take a nap, and then we'll go back this afternoon."
Wei Yuyan served the food on the table.
"Where are the children?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua didn't see the two children come out to eat.
"They said they'd play in the alley for a bit and come back to eat later. I left some food for them, so let's eat first and finish this."
Wei Yuyan put food into their bowls.
"Okay, actually, I don't necessarily get sleepy if I don't ride in an oxcart. I used to get sleepy every time I went home because of the bumpy oxcart ride."
Brother Zhang doesn't feel too tired today.
"yes".
Xiuhua's sister-in-law nodded in agreement.
"So, renting a shop is still easy. If we open in a few days, our shop will also be selling steamed buns, and I can't be lazy anymore."
Wei Yuyan was still wondering whether she should ask someone else for help.
"It's inconvenient for us living in the village, otherwise the shop could sell steamed buns every day, don't you think?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law made the suggestion.
"Yes, it would be a waste if our shop didn't sell steamed buns when it wasn't market day."
But this would be too much work for everyone; the three of us aren't enough unless we hire more people.”
Wei Yuyan didn't want to exhaust everyone; money was a small matter, health was the most important thing.
“Sister-in-law, if we’re hiring, we have a selfish reason: your brother Zhang’s older brother and sister-in-law are also hardworking people.”
I think if you want to hire more people in the future, you can consider them.”
Sister-in-law Xiuhua shamelessly voiced her thoughts.
“Sure, I’d be even happier if you recommended someone to me. I wouldn’t trust anyone else.”
Wei Yuyan thought she would make a detailed plan after returning home to make full use of the shop.
After they finished eating, Brother Zhang and his wife went to rest, while Wei Yuyan sat in the yard waiting for the children.
In the afternoon, as soon as Brother Zhang arrived, the children started making a ruckus.
"Brother Zhang, come home, come home! Sister-in-law, if we don't come home soon, the dog will starve to death."
Qianqian pouted.
"Qianqian, don't worry, I fed them this morning."
Brother Zhang made a point of feeding all the chickens and dogs at home before coming to town this morning.
"I miss my little flower."
Qianqian sat at the shop entrance waiting, afraid that they wouldn't come home.
Seeing this scene, Wei Yuyan became even more determined to have another baby, otherwise the child wouldn't be able to adapt.
In addition, the children will be going to school in August, and it's inconvenient for them to come to town. We'll need to add more people sooner or later, so it's better to do it sooner rather than later.
After locking the shop, the group headed home in a large entourage.
"Woof woof woof~ Woof woof woof~ Woof woof woof~"
As Wei Yuyan was still unlocking the door, the dog inside started barking, indicating it was quite alert. Wei Yuyan was very satisfied.
"Oh dear, three little dogs are making quite a scene!"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua also came; she came to collect the steamed buns.
Ah~
Wei Yuyan looked at the two piles of dog poop in the yard and couldn't help but scream.
"What's wrong? Oh, it's just two piles of dog poop."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law found a shovel and scooped up the two piles of dog poop and threw them into the composting pit.
"I think we should teach them a lesson and let them know that they can't poop in the yard."
Wei Yuyan wanted to train them to poop in the outhouse, or rather, to poop outside.
"It's still small now. When it gets a little older and starts pooping everywhere, you can spank it and it will understand."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law used to own a dog, but the male dog went into heat and disappeared.
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