Wei Yuyan thought that there was another advantage to selling the food while frying it: it would smell delicious, and the aroma of the oil could travel far and wide.
"Okay, we'll get it done tomorrow."
Li Fu nodded to indicate that he understood.
After settling some minor details, the group drove the two oxcarts home.
Afternoon~.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, is Brother Lifu home?"
Wei Yuyan arrived at Xiuhua's house in the afternoon. Xiuhua was washing clothes in the yard.
"At home, you're in charge. Your younger siblings need to talk to you."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law gave a shout, and Lifu quickly came out of the house.
"Oh, sister-in-law is here. What's up?"
Zhang Lifu had just woken up and was saying he wanted to go for a walk in the mountains.
"The rice harvested last time hasn't been processed yet, and we've run out of rice at home. I'd like you to help me process the rice."
Wei Yuyan felt that eating food in this era was too troublesome, as she had to scoop rice herself. It was much more convenient to buy it.
“Okay, then you go home and wait for me. I’ll go drive the oxcart and call my brother along. We should be able to finish chiseling by mid-afternoon.”
Li Fu readily agreed and went to the old house to fetch the ox.
"Okay, sure."
Wei Yuyan hurried home to prepare. This time, Wei Yuyan wanted to harvest half of the rice.
Half of the rice has been harvested, weighing over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg). I'll bring 50 jin (approximately 25 kg) of rice to visit my sister, and the rest will be enough for this year.
There are actually advantages to chiseling rice, namely that you get rice bran.
The chicks won't have to worry about food anymore; there should be about 100 pounds of rice bran, enough to feed them for a long time.
"Thank you both, brothers."
The two men arrived quickly and loaded several large bags of rice onto the truck.
"Don't mention it, we have plenty of energy, let's go."
The two older brothers drove the oxcart away. There was a rice mill in the village, but it was in the opposite direction from Wu's house, quite far away.
Wei Yuyan thought she should prepare something to reward her two older brothers, as scooping rice was actually quite hard work.
There wasn't much good stuff at home, so I just boiled some mung bean soup, put it in the well to chill, and it would be perfect for them to drink when they came back.
Bored, Wei Yuyan thought of her older sister, Wei Yuhan, who was even gentler than herself.
She took care of her younger siblings from a young age; as the saying goes, an elder sister is like a mother.
Based on the kindness she showed by sending things through someone before, I should go and see her. Now that my family is better off, I should bring her more things.
That's doing justice to the original owner. If you get along well, it's fine to visit each other more often.
"Sister-in-law, I'm back! Wow, there's mung bean soup to drink."
Qianqian, that little glutton, discovered the mung bean soup the first thing she did when she got back.
"Have a drink, you're back quite early today."
Wei Yuyan found it somewhat amusing.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know, Xiaoya has to go back to take care of her grandmother, so she doesn't have much time to play with me. Even when she does play with me, she's always listless."
Xiaoqian explained why she came back so early.
"Oh, really? Why isn't Grandma Xiaoya better yet?"
Wei Yuyan wondered if she should go and visit Xiaoya's grandmother. She was a very kind old woman, and what would happen to Xiaoya if she fell ill and couldn't get up?
"Um".
Qianqian nodded as she drank, hoping that Grandma Xiaoya would get better soon so that she and Xiaoya could have fun.
"My sister-in-law is going to Pear Blossom Village tomorrow. Do you want to go?"
Wei Yuyan was torn about whether or not to take the children with her.
"I want to go~".
Qianqian loves being her sister-in-law's little shadow; wherever her sister-in-law goes, she wants to go too.
"But it's a bit far, it takes an hour to get there by oxcart, can you manage?"
Wei Yuyan didn't want to take the children because she thought the long oxcart ride would be too tiring.
"Yes, I can do it, sister-in-law, please take me there."
Qianqian then pulled out her trump card: acting cute.
"Where to?"
Xiao Lei returned covered in sweat, only to hear his younger sister and sister-in-law discussing where they were going.
"I'm going to Pear Blossom Village tomorrow. It takes an hour to get there by oxcart. See if you want to go."
Wei Yuyan explained it clearly.
I want to go.
Xiao Lei also answered enthusiastically, saying that he also wanted to go out for a drive.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you tomorrow. But you can't sleep in tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan had no choice but to compromise and agree to take them with her tomorrow, so she wouldn't be bored on the way.
It was getting dark when the two older brothers returned with the rice and rice bran.
"Sister-in-law, these are all finished, take a look."
The two older brothers unloaded the rice and rice bran from the car.
"You cleaned it very well, thank you."
Wei Yuyan could see that her two older brothers were working very hard.
"No need to be polite, we'll head back now."
The two men wiped their sweat and prepared to leave.
"Wait, this is mung bean soup that I made especially for you. Here, take it home and drink it."
Wei Yuyan was served in a ceramic jar, and the portion was quite generous.
“Sister-in-law, you’re too kind. Okay, we won’t refuse.”
Li Fu took it first, and then Li Cai took it.
"By the way, is anyone free tomorrow? Could you come with me to Pear Blossom Village?"
Wei Yuyan thought for a moment. Grandpa Niu in the village was old, and it wouldn't be good if he got sick from the long journey. It would be better to have one of the two older brothers accompany her.
"I'm free tomorrow, girl, I'll go with you."
Li Cai scratched his head.
"Okay, it's best to set off before 7 a.m. tomorrow, so we don't get too hot in the sun later."
Wei Yuyan said as she saw the two older brothers off.
"Okay, no problem."
After her two elder brothers had gone far away, Wei Yuyan bolted the door and began to hide the grain, as so much grain could not be stored in one place.
Wei Yuyan divided the space into four or five places: the cellar, three rooms, and the kitchen, placing a portion of each.
In addition to fifty kilograms of rice, Wei Yuyan also looked around at home for suitable gifts to bring with her.
I couldn't find any. All I had at home were some dried fish and vegetables. My sister had given me some dried fish before, which shows that there's no shortage of fish in their area.
"Never mind, if we pass through town tomorrow, we'll buy some; if we don't, we'll just pay."
Wei Yuyan planned to bring two hundred coins this time, which was not a small amount; it would be enough to buy anything.
The main concern is that carrying too much is also unsafe.
The next morning, as dawn was breaking, Wei Yuyan got up first to cook some dumpling soup and let it cool so the children could eat it when they woke up.
Then I cooked rice bran, vegetables, and dog food, and kept busy until Brother Licai came to the door.
"Yu Yan, Xiao Lei Qian Qian, are you ready?"
Li Cai didn't come in. He didn't want to cause any trouble in the village and spread rumors, which would be bad for both himself and others.
"Hey, Li Cai, have you eaten yet? I made you some dumpling soup, have some?"
Wei Yuyan cooked a portion of the dumpling soup for Li Cai Ge.
"I've already eaten, Yu Yan."
Brother Licai stood at the door waiting.
"Then let's go."
Wei Yuyan didn't wash the dishes either, afraid it would be too late and hot on the way.
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