"good".
Xiao Lei quickly slipped away; if he didn't hurry, it would get dark soon.
Wei Yuyan and Qianqian chopped chicken feed together at home and cooked it for them.
Now I have to collect several eggs a day, so of course I have to feed them well.
They now cook rice bran, cornmeal, and vegetable leaves together every day.
I guess it's because I've been eating well that I haven't gotten sick much.
Wei Yuyan thought that when they got to their new home, the chicken coop should ideally be a sturdy nest made of bamboo and wooden planks.
They provide shelter from the wind and rain, and are less likely to get sick.
In the evening, Wei Yuyan added some vegetable leaves to the leftover rice and cooked a pot of stew.
"Why hasn't your brother come back yet?"
Wei Yuyan saw that the risotto was almost ready, and it wouldn't taste good if it got cold.
"I'm back."
When Qianqian saw Xiaolei come in, she quickly told her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, this is lotus root, Little Fatty's mother gave it to you."
Xiao Lei brought back two more long lotus roots, which were white and plump and looked delicious.
"Wow, okay, put it here. Did you thank her?"
Wei Yuyan was happy that she would have lotus root to eat again tomorrow, so she quickly served the stewed rice and started eating.
"Yes, she also said that I could come to her house for dinner sometime."
Xiao Lei helped bring the rice to the table; it was a little hot.
"Do you want to go?"
Wei Yuyan looked at Xiao Lei with curiosity.
"I don't want to, I didn't want to before, and I don't want to now."
To be honest, Xiao Lei said that his family was poor before, and he never thought about eating at other people's houses.
Now that my family's financial situation has improved, I'm even less inclined to do that.
"Well, you can decide for yourself."
Wei Yuyan respected his idea.
It was almost the end of October, and the first floor of the new house was completed.
Master Huang said he needed two more taels of silver, and Wei Yuyan agreed to give it to him on the last day of October.
Anyway, on the last day of the month, Wei Yuyan was going to pay her brothers and sisters-in-law their wages.
That afternoon, having nothing much to do, Wei Yuyan went to see Carpenter Gao with the furniture list she had prepared earlier.
"Carpenter Gao, take a look at these pieces of furniture. How much silver do they cost? Can you finish them in a month?"
Wei Yuyan handed over the paper in her hand.
"No problem, we can finish it within a month if we work hard."
Carpenter Gao has been quite busy lately, but he's not in a hurry. He prioritizes giving work to whoever is in a rush.
"How much silver will it cost? I'll pay you a deposit first."
Wei Yuyan had previously guessed that it would probably cost close to one or two taels of silver.
"Seven hundred and fifty coins, you pay a deposit of three hundred coins."
Carpenter Gao quickly tallied up the prices, and they were indeed close to what Wei Yuyan had guessed.
"good".
Wei Yuyan took out three strings of cash and handed them over.
"Okay, here's a receipt."
Carpenter Gao also gave Wei Yuyan a receipt.
It was the last day of October, and Wei Yuyan went to the market early to buy groceries.
I bought pig's trotters, ribs, and pork belly today, and the owner even gave me a pig's stomach as a free gift.
Lunch was also exceptionally plentiful, including braised pork trotters, steamed spare ribs, steamed pork belly with taro, fried eggs with chili peppers, stir-fried garlic sprouts, and stir-fried mustard greens.
"It's that time of the month again for a big meal, sister-in-law. I don't even eat breakfast in the morning just to wait for your cooking."
Li Fu started joking again.
"Okay, then you'll have to eat three bowls of rice."
Wei Yuyan served Li Fu the largest bowl of rice.
"It's so delicious!"
Xiaoru and Xiaoxuan were also most looking forward to having dinner at Wei Yuyan's house, because there was so much meat.
"Eat more."
Wei Yuyan was worried that they wouldn't be able to get enough meat, so she gave each child a lot of meat dishes.
After dinner, the two sisters-in-law stayed to wash the dishes and chat with Wei Yuyan.
"Yu Yan, how much did your new house cost?"
Sister-in-law Zhang was thinking that in a few years she would have to build a new house, as her current house was too old.
"The contract was given to Master Huang for about twelve taels of silver."
Wei Yuyan spoke the truth.
"It's really not cheap. If the wall were made of mud, we could probably save a few taels of silver, right?"
Sister-in-law Zhang thought that since her family didn't have that much money, she wouldn't do such a big thing.
"If you don't use bricks for the wall and build one less room on the second floor, it should only cost nine taels of silver."
Wei Yuyan thought about it and realized that this would save a lot of money.
“Sister-in-law, Lifu will also be building a brick house in a few years. If we build it together, we can save a lot of money.”
Sister-in-law Xiuhua chimed in.
"Really? Great! I'll definitely save up some money these next few years."
Sister-in-law Zhang had a goal: to finish building the new house before her children were to be married, so that her children could choose better partners.
"Here, your wages."
Wei Yuyan gave Zhang Dasao and his wife 500 coins this time, and Xiuhua's sister-in-law 800 coins.
After paying the wages, Wei Yuyan had ten taels and five mace of silver left. She wrapped two taels of silver to give to Master Huang in the afternoon, and had eight taels and five mace of silver left at home.
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Thank you, Yuyan."
The two women were overjoyed at this moment, and only after thanking them did they accept the money.
"Don't mention it, you deserve it. You've really worked hard since you started selling steamed buns even when you weren't going to the market."
"I'll give you a few days off for the Chinese New Year."
Wei Yuyan thought it best to wait until the Lantern Festival to start selling steamed buns, so that they could have a good rest.
"It's okay, Yu Yan, I'm willing to do it even if I don't rest."
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