After dredging the silt, Wei Yuyan washed the bowls and started cooking chicken feed.
This time, Wei Yuyan also added half a handful of cornmeal. There was no other way; if she wanted the chicks to lay eggs sooner, they couldn't just eat vegetables, as they wouldn't provide enough nutrition.
While lighting the fire, Wei Yuyan noticed that there wasn't much firewood left; it would probably only last for two or three days.
I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll go chop some firewood and chop a lot at once.
It was still early, not yet lunchtime, so Wei Yuyan found the dirty clothes in the house and washed them.
While washing them, I found that many of the children's clothes had come undone and hadn't been sewn up yet. I'll sew them up after they've dried.
"Sister-in-law, the cow dung is here."
Wei Yuyan had just finished washing the clothes when Little Fatty rushed in, shouting loudly that cow dung was coming.
"It's done so quickly, how much is it?"
Wei Yuyan quickly hung the clothes up to dry.
“There are two baskets. Wu Lei will carry one first. I will carry the other one later.”
The chubby boy patted his chest, showing off.
"good".
Wei Yuyan nodded. Just then, Wu Lei came in carrying cow dung, which seemed a bit heavy, so Wei Yuyan quickly took it from him.
"Don't carry so much in the future, it's half a basket and half a basket."
Wei Yuyan poured all the cow dung from the basket into the basket.
"Okay, sister-in-law."
Wu Lei scratched his head sheepishly.
Then Little Fatty took the basket and ran off. Wei Yuyan went back to the kitchen to cook rice and also cut up some sweet potatoes to cook together.
There weren't many sweet potatoes at home. It's said that the original owner's older sister sent over half a basket of them because she saw that they didn't grow sweet potatoes. The original owner was reluctant to eat them.
There were only about twenty sweet potatoes left, and they looked very sweet.
The original owner's older sister was the only person in her family who treated her well, and she cherished her dearly.
Coming to her senses, Wei Yuyan took a vegetable basket to the garden and picked some chili peppers and cabbage. She planned to make two dishes of fried pork cracklings for them for lunch today.
Cut the pork cracklings into small pieces, and mince the garlic, green and red chilies.
"I'm back, I'm exhausted."
When Little Fatty saw Wu Lei helping to start the fire in the kitchen, he ran in too.
"Xiao Lei, pour a bowl of boiled water for Xiao Pang. He's a guest here, you know?"
Wei Yuyan saw that Xiao Pang wasn't the spoiled type of child, and that he had a good relationship with Wu Lei, so she had a pretty good impression of him.
"good".
Wu Lei got up to pour water, his face full of resentment, while the chubby boy looked smug.
Wei Yuyan went out to get some water and poured the rice water into the composting pit, as rice water can ferment.
"Oh my, this water you poured is so delicious."
The chubby boy took a huge gulp, making it look like there was sugar in the water.
"I wouldn't have poured it if my sister-in-law hadn't told me to."
Wu Lei was indignant, saying he had never drunk the water that Xiao Pang poured for him.
"Okay, next time you come to my house, I'll pour you some water too."
The chubby boy said with a grin.
"That's more like it."
Wu Lei nodded in satisfaction.
Half an hour later, the food was ready.
"Children, dinner is ready."
Wei Yuyan brought out two dishes, and Xiao Pang and Wu Lei served rice.
"Wow, Wu Lei, your food is pretty good. You're having rice today."
Xiao Pang's family is well-off, but they don't eat rice every day; they can manage to eat it every two or three days.
"Shh, this is rice my sister-in-law just cooked since you came. You can't go home and say you ate rice at my house."
Wu Lei remembered what his sister-in-law had told him: no one else should know.
"Okay, if my mother asks me, I'll say I ate cornbread."
Little Fatty quickly assured him.
"Okay, I'll serve you a big bowl."
Wu Lei served the little fat boy a full bowl of rice, knowing he ate a lot.
"Thank you~".
Little Fatty happily carried the food to the table.
"Little Fatty, there aren't many vegetables at home, but there are some cracklings from rendering lard yesterday. Don't be shy."
Wei Yuyan picked up a piece of chili-fried pork cracklings with her chopsticks and placed it on Xiao Pang's plate.
"Thank you, sister-in-law, your dishes look delicious."
Little Fatty was very obliging and started eating heartily, while Wu Lei and Wu Qian were not to be outdone and also ate heartily.
Wei Yuyan took a bite of the sweet potato. Mmm, it was really sweet. It would be delicious if it were roasted.
After finishing her meal, Wei Yuyan told Xiaopang to hurry home, otherwise the adults would get worried.
"It's alright, my mother knows I'm here."
Little Fatty waved his hand, indicating he wanted to continue playing here.
"All right".
Wei Yuyan nodded, deciding to ignore them; they were all grown-up kids now.
After washing the dishes, Wei Yuyan lay on the bed and read for a while, not really feeling sleepy, since she had slept enough the night before.
I got up and found the three children sleeping soundly; Wu Lei and Xiao Pang were sleeping together.
Wei Yuyan picked up a wood-chopping knife and carried a basket on her back and went out. Since she had nothing else to do, she decided to chop firewood because the family was running out.
Her home was very close to the foot of the mountain, and Wei Yuyan didn't want to go too far, as it would be too difficult to carry.
Wei Yuyan couldn't cut down trees that were too thick, so she cut down some long branches that were as thick as her arm, and she would drag them home and chop them down slowly.
There were some dry branches on the ground, and Wei Yuyan picked them up and put them in her basket. The dry branches were relatively light.
After chopping for about an hour, Wei Yuyan was also a little tired, so she sat down on the ground to rest.
Looking at his harvest: four bundles of firewood and four long tree branches.
It seems we can't go back in one go. Since that's the case, Wei Yuyan decided to chop some more firewood.
"Sister-in-law~ Where are you? We're coming to find you."
"Sister-in-law~".
Suddenly, Xiao Pang and Wu Lei's voices rang out.
"I'm here, I'm here~".
Wei Yuyan shouted loudly; they should have heard her.
"Sister-in-law, we're here."
Wu Lei, Xiao Pang, and Wu Qian soon came into Wei Yuyan's sight.
"Why are you three here? Why don't you stay home and sleep a little longer?"
Wei Yuyan was somewhat surprised.
"I slept enough, and when I got up I found you weren't there, nor were my machete and basket. I guessed you must have come to chop wood."
Wu Lei explained, then squatted down to collect firewood, and Xiao Pang and Wu Qian also started collecting.
Wei Yuyan felt a surge of energy and picked up a machete to cut down some drier trees, as these branches would burn better.
Half an hour later, Wei Yuyan called a halt.
"Alright, that's enough, kids. There's too much. We can't take it all back. No need to cut it anymore."
Wei Yuyan looked at the ground and saw that there were about six bundles of firewood and six long branches.
"Yes, it seems like there's a bit too much."
Little Fatty was sweating, so he sat down on the ground to rest.
"Okay, Wu Lei and I will take it back first. Little Fatty, you and your sister wait for us here. Don't wander off, okay? Otherwise, we won't be able to find you later."
Wei Yuyan was still a little worried about the two of them.
"Okay, sister-in-law, I promise I won't run around. I'll sit here with my sister."
Little Fatty just wanted to rest and didn't want to run around at all.
"Xiao Lei, let's go."
Wei Yuyan carried two bundles of firewood on her back and dragged a tree branch.
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