Qianqian stood at the door, too afraid to come in, because it was too hot.
"I had small meatballs for lunch today, they were so delicious."
Wei Yuyan swallowed hard as she spoke.
"What will the puppy eat later?"
Xiao Lei thought that he hadn't cooked porridge today, otherwise the puppy would sometimes drink the porridge too.
"Sister-in-law, please cook some for them separately later."
Wei Yuyan thought of cooking cornmeal for them, and also cooking some for the chicks, since the chicks wouldn't get much nutrition from just eating vegetable leaves and wouldn't lay eggs.
"good".
Xiao Lei quickly prepared the chicken feed and fed it to the chicks and rabbits.
After frying the meatballs, Wei Yuyan braised them again for extra flavor. She also stir-fried a cucumber and a water spinach.
"You and your brother eat first, I'll cook some dumpling soup for them."
Wei Yuyan poured water into the pot, then scooped out cornmeal, letting the children eat first.
The dumpling soup was ready, but she couldn't feed them yet because it was too hot. Wei Yuyan washed her hands and went to eat, only to find that the children hadn't touched their chopsticks yet and were waiting for her.
"Didn't I say we don't need to wait for my sister-in-law? The meatballs won't taste good if they get cold."
Wei Yuyan put two meatballs in each of their bowls.
"It's so delicious!"
Qianqian was extremely satisfied.
"From now on, your sister-in-law will cook for you often."
Seeing that they also liked it, Wei Yuyan decided to make it often in the future. Now that the family had savings, they could afford to eat meat every day.
Xiaoya didn't arrive until evening.
"Sister-in-law Wu~".
Xiaoya brought over a small basket, but we don't know what's inside.
"Hey, here it is, I've brought the scale, let's weigh it now."
In the afternoon, Wei Yuyan went to Sister Xiuhua's house to get the scale.
"good".
Xiaoya nodded, watching Wei Yuyan weigh the mushrooms.
"Oh dear, seventy-nine pounds and eight ounces, let's say eighty pounds."
"That's 120 coins in total, but I still need to give you 20 coins. Wait here."
Wei Yuyan went to her room and quickly took out twenty coins, which she handed to Xiaoya.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Wu. I called a doctor for Grandma today, and she took the medicine and is feeling better now."
These are eggs; Grandma said she wanted me to bring them to thank you.
Xiaoya handed over the small basket, and Wei Yuyan realized that it contained eight eggs.
"Grandma is sick and needs to eat eggs, Xiaoya, you should take them back."
Wei Yuyan shook her head, not wanting her eggs.
"No, Grandma said it has to be given to you."
Xiaoya put the eggs on the table.
"Then how about this: you give us eggs, and I'll give you a pound of rice."
Take this home and cook it for Grandma tonight. You can also cook porridge for Grandma tomorrow.
Wei Yuyan racked her brains and came up with a good idea.
"No, Sister-in-law Wu, rice is too expensive."
Xiaoya shook her head.
"A pound of rice isn't even worth as much as your eight eggs. Listen to me, Grandma is sick and can't eat cornmeal."
Wei Yuyan put the rice in a small basket and covered it before letting Xiaoya go back.
A few days later, the last market day of the month arrived quickly, on the 29th.
Wei Yuyan went to town and bought two pounds of pork belly, planning to fry them all into small meatballs for the evening's gathering.
In the afternoon, Sister-in-law Xiuhua did indeed arrive early.
"Sister-in-law, this is the profit from the past few days."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua handed over the money bag.
"Okay, I'll go count them."
Wei Yuyan took the several hundred coins and turned to go back to her room.
These several hundred coins, plus the family's savings, totaled seven taels and six hundred and fifty-three coins.
This time, I plan to give Sister Xiuhua and her husband 600 coins, and Licai and his wife 200 coins.
She took out 800 coins, and there were still 6 taels and 853 coins left at home. Wei Yuyan put them away in three different places.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, this is your and Brother Lifu's wages for this month, six hundred coins. Count them."
Wei Yuyan counted out the money and handed the six hundred coins to Sister-in-law Xiuhua.
"Ah, so many, sister-in-law, no, this is too much."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was somewhat flattered; last month it was four hundred coins.
This month has been a bit tougher than before; I had expected an extra hundred coins.
Who would have thought that his sister-in-law would add two hundred coins?
"Not much, there will be more next month. You should leave the money at home now. If you carry so much money with you, you won't be able to eat properly."
Wei Yuyan took the vegetables from her hands and continued washing them.
"Okay, I'll leave it at home."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was quite excited, never expecting that she and Lifu would earn so much money in a month.
And my sister-in-law just said that there will be even more next month.
Wei Yuyan took out the pork belly and started chopping it. Chopping two pounds of pork belly was no easy task and took a long time.
"Yu Yan, my sister".
"Auntie".
Knock, knock, knock. Someone knocked on the door. Wei Yuyan recognized Zhang Dasao's voice. Wei Yuyan put down the knife and went to open the door.
"Sister-in-law, Xiaoru, Xiaoxuan, you're here. Come in and sit down."
Wei Yuyan let them in and closed the door.
"Auntie, where are Xiaolei and Qianqian?" Xiaoru wanted to find them to play.
"It's in the backyard; you'll see it when you go past here."
Xiao Lei took Qianqian to pick water spinach, and the two puppies followed.
"Sister-in-law, I'm so glad to have you come to my house for dinner. Here, these are ten eggs, laid by our old hen. It's just a small token of my appreciation."
Sister-in-law Zhang lifted the small winnowing basket in her hand, revealing ten round, clean eggs that had clearly been wiped clean.
"Oh, sister-in-law, I can't accept this. Please, thank you. Please have a seat."
Wei Yuyan accepted the eggs; she was afraid they would overthink things if she didn't.
Perfect timing, I'll fry a few extra eggs for them tonight.
"I'll chop the meat for you."
While Wei Yuyan went inside to put the eggs, Sister-in-law Zhang took two cleavers and started chopping minced meat.
"Chop slowly, there's no rush."
Wei Yuyan started fetching water to wash the eggplants.
"Braised pork meatballs, Mapo tofu, stir-fried eggs with chili peppers, water spinach, eggplant with minced meat, and tomato and egg soup."
As evening approached, a hot meal was served. The two women had helped wash and chop the vegetables, while Wei Yuyan was in charge of cooking.
"This is too lavish, it's like celebrating the Chinese New Year."
Sister-in-law Zhang was too embarrassed to say that her family's New Year's dishes were never this lavish.
"From now on, on the last market day of each month, if there's nothing else going on, come to my house for dinner."
Everyone has worked hard for a month, so we must reward you.
Wei Yuyan was afraid they would be too shy to take food, so she gave each of them a small meatball.
"Sister-in-law, we're really lucky to be able to work for you."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua wished she could worship Wei Yuyan; she was truly a benefactor to her family.
"Yes, Yuyan, we're not good with words, but we're really grateful to you for giving us work. It's not easy to find work outside these days."
Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't help but thank Wei Yuyan.
"My two elder brothers and sisters-in-law, I know how you feel, and I've seen your progress."
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