"Didn't I tell you about Xiaohua's situation yesterday? I helped her escape her misery today."
Wei Yuyan took the water and drank a big gulp. She was really thirsty. She left before she even had a chance to drink tea in the embroidery workshop.
"What?.
Xiuhua's sister-in-law stared in astonishment.
"I went to town today, didn't you notice I didn't buy anything? Actually, I only made this trip for Xiaohua's sake."
Persistence pays off, and I actually found out that a famous pearl embroidery workshop in town was hiring embroiderers, the kind who would sign indentures.
I introduced Xiaohua to them, and just now, Xiaohua's parents signed the indenture."
Wei Yuyan recounted the events of the day in detail.
"Is that so? It seems Xiaohua is lucky. If it weren't for you..."
"She's going to be betrothed to that idiot, isn't she? I was so short-sighted."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua couldn't help but admire the slender woman in front of her.
"Just like you said, Xiaohua was lucky. The lady of the embroidery shop agreed to give her eight taels of silver without saying a word."
Wei Yuyan couldn't help but sigh, a person's fate is indeed predetermined by heaven, just like how she ended up in this world.
"Sister-in-law, this is the key to my front door. I'll need your help tomorrow at noon."
"You brought the kids over for lunch. None of you have eaten at my house yet, but we've eaten at your house several times."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law brought the front door key and handed it to Wei Yuyan, since she didn't need to go out today anyway.
"Alright, then I'll gladly accept your offer. Make sure you prepare plenty of food for tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan already regarded Sister-in-law Xiuhua as her own sister, so there was no need for formalities.
"No problem, don't worry, we don't have anything else, but we have plenty of food."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua nodded to indicate that there was no problem.
Wei Yuyan felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders and returned home in a joyful mood.
The next day, Wei Yuyan cooked sweet potato porridge in the morning. There weren't many sweet potatoes at home to begin with, and they only had two left, which they ate that day.
Actually, Wei Yuyan quite likes eating these coarse grains, and she'll have to trade some with the villagers later.
"Xiao Lei and Qian Qian, here you go, candied hawthorn."
After washing the dishes, Wei Yuyan took out the three candied hawthorns left over from yesterday, and each of the three of them got one.
"Sister-in-law, this kind of life is like a dream. I used to dream about eating candied hawthorns."
I got to eat it yesterday and I got to eat it again today, I'm so happy.
Qianqian sat on a small stool, eating with her head bobbing up and down.
"Your sister-in-law will buy things for you often from now on."
Wei Yuyan thought that it was only one coin per skewer, which was still affordable.
"Sister-in-law, you can buy it for my younger sister next time. I don't really like it."
Wu Lei spoke solemnly.
"Alright, then I'll buy you other things to eat from now on."
Wei Yuyan knew that Wu Lei just wanted to save some money, not that he didn't like the food.
After everyone finished eating, they went to the vegetable garden to plant vegetables, including cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, and water spinach.
We also need to take care of that grape, hoping it will grow better and better.
After finishing the eggplant dish, Wei Yuyan prepared to go to Sister-in-law Xiuhua's house to cook.
"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, you two stay home and cook the chicken feed. Your sister-in-law has gone to Xiu Hua's house. Come over when you've finished feeding the chicks."
After instructing Xiao Lei, who was cutting chicken feed, Wei Yuyan went out to Xiuhua's house.
Opening the door to Sister Xiuhua's house, we entered her kitchen and saw the ingredients on the stove.
There is half a pound of lean meat, half a bowl of pork cracklings, shepherd's purse, rice, lettuce, spinach, and one egg.
This dish was already quite abundant for this era; it was something that could only be eaten during festivals and busy farming seasons.
"Oh my, Sister Xiuhua's lettuce is growing so well."
Wei Yuyan thought of her own lettuce, which was only the size of a finger, and couldn't help but praise Sister Xiuhua's ability to grow vegetables, saying that she herself was not very good at it and relied purely on luck.
First, wash and chop the vegetables, and prepare the chili peppers, scallions, ginger, and garlic. Then, when the time is almost up, put the rice into the pot.
"Sister-in-law, we're here."
Wu Lei's voice rang out.
"Xiao Lei, go to the field and call Sister Xiuhua, tell them to come home for dinner in 15 minutes."
Wei Yuyan glanced at the time; it was almost noon. In a quarter of an hour, the rice would be cooked, and they could have a hot meal when they got home.
"Okay, Qianqian, go help your sister-in-law start the fire."
Before leaving, Wu Lei asked Qianqian to start a fire.
Wei Yuyan didn't start cooking immediately; based on her understanding of them, they wouldn't be back so soon.
After waiting for fifteen minutes, Wei Yuyan finally started cooking.
There are four dishes today: stir-fried pork rinds with shepherd's purse, stir-fried lettuce with pork, spinach and egg soup, and stir-fried mushrooms with chili peppers.
The mushrooms were dried in the yard by Sister-in-law Xiuhua, and Wei Yuyan thought she would add one to the dishes.
After cooking the dishes, the three of them waited for about fifteen minutes before finally returning home.
"Brother Zhang, Sister-in-law Xiuhua, the water is ready. You can wash your hands now, brother."
Wei Yuyan first greeted the Zhang couple in front of her, and then there was another man behind her.
Wei Yuyan knew he was Brother Zhang's older brother, so she started calling him "Big Brother" from then on.
The other person nodded and smiled, which was considered a greeting.
"Oh, sister-in-law, your food smells delicious. I'm so glad I got to eat it right away."
Come, come, big brother, sister-in-law, Xiaolei, Qianqian, sit down quickly, it's time to eat.
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was starving. She ate breakfast before dawn and went to the fields. She had been working for several hours.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua, have you finished planting all the paddy fields?"
When Wu Lei came back just now, he said that they only had a little bit left and would finish inserting it soon.
This time, we only planted rice on one mu (approximately 0.16 acres) of land for the experiment. We still have two mu (approximately 0.33 acres) to plant rice on in a month.
"Yeah, the three of them are pretty fast. I'll take a shower this afternoon and then take a nap."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua nodded and ate her meal in big mouthfuls.
After they finished eating, Wei Yuyan helped wash the dishes before going back.
Back home, Wei Yuyan started thinking about selling steamed buns.
My best steamed buns right now are mushroom and meat sauce buns. There aren't many people in town unless I go to the market.
It's best to sell on market days and rest on other days so you won't get too tired.
One pound of pork belly can be wrapped with one pound of flour to make thirty buns, which can be sold for forty-five coins.
The net profit is 29 coins. If you sell 3 catties of flour a day, the net profit can reach 87 coins, which is already very good.
Besides, in some places, you can save some money, for example, by using half a pound of cornmeal and two and a half pounds of wheat flour, and the taste won't be affected much.
You can use one pound of pork belly and one pound of lean meat, which is both a good mix of fat and lean meat and saves money.
We aim to keep the cost down to 15 coins for 30 buns.
In that case, selling 100 buns a day would earn 100 coins.
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