The next morning, after breakfast, Yun Yan went to the back mountain to cut grass for the pigs and met Hu Zi and the others there.
"Sister Yun is here. If you don't believe me, go ask her."
"Sister, sister, can we also go catch loaches and eels and sell them to you?"
When the children saw Yunyan, they immediately came over and surrounded her and asked.
"Of course you can, but you have to finish the things your parents assign you to do before you can catch loaches."
"Yes, we know."
After getting the answers they wanted, the children immediately ran away to cut grass for the pigs.
"Sister Yun, it's a good thing you came, otherwise they wouldn't believe what I said." Hu Zi said aggrievedly.
"That's because they couldn't believe such a good thing could happen. Weren't you also afraid to believe it yesterday?"
"Hehe, Sister Yun is the best. I will believe whatever you say from now on." Hu Zi said, patting his chest.
"So do you still want to go catch loaches today?"
"Of course I'm going. I brought the money back to my grandma yesterday and she praised me."
After cutting two baskets of pig grass, Yunyan asked the scorer to record her work points, and then went to the village to exchange them for vegetables with the villagers.
She used two yuan to exchange with Aunt Li from the village for twenty kilograms of beans, twenty kilograms of green peppers, thirty kilograms of watercress and five kilograms of cucumbers.
Aunt Li took the money with a smile and helped Yunyan move the vegetables back. After thanking Aunt Li, Yunyan began to clean up the pile of vegetables.
I took the drying rack that the old carpenter had given me from the utility room and placed it in the yard. After washing the beans, green peppers and cucumbers, I put them in a winnowing basket and placed them on the drying rack to dry.
After washing the mizuna, hang it on a clothesline to dry.
Just as I hung all the water vegetables, Hu Zi and the others came over to deliver loaches.
Yunyan asked them to line up one by one, weighed them one by one and paid them. In the end, all the children got their money and left happily. Yunyan saw a little girl standing at the door, not daring to come in.
"Little sister, are you here to sell loaches too?" Yun Yan asked.
After hearing Yun Yan's words, the little girl walked in and said timidly, "Sister, can I leave the money I earned from selling loaches with you first?"
Yun Yan was curious after hearing her words, so she squatted down and asked, "Can you tell me why you left the money with me?"
"Because I don't want to take the money back and give it to my mother." The little girl said with her head down.
"Can you tell me your name, sister?"
"Pandi, my name is Pandi." Pandi said in a low voice.
When Yunyan heard her name, she probably guessed the reason. It was probably another family that favored boys over girls.
Seeing that Pan Di was planning for herself at such a young age, Yun Yan felt relieved for her. Being able to plan for herself was much better than those brainwashed, brother-supporting demons.
"Okay, I can promise you that I will keep the money from selling loaches for you temporarily. You can come to me for it when you need it."
Yun Yan decided to agree to her first and make plans after finding out the real situation of her family.
"Thank you, sister." Pan Di smiled happily after hearing Yun Yan's words.
After taking the money she handed to her, Yun Yan turned and went to the bedroom, and came out with a notebook in her hand.
She wrote Pan Di's name and the amount of money she gave her on it: "Pandi, you gave me 47 cents today. Take a look and see if it's correct."
Pan Di looked at the notebook in front of him and thought, this sister's handwriting is so beautiful.
"Sister, I can't read." Pan Di said in a low voice.
"You don't even know the numbers?" Yun Yan didn't expect that she didn't even know Arabic numerals.
Pan Di lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her. He wondered if his sister would dislike him.
Seeing her like this, Yun Yan felt a little uncomfortable: "Pandi, do you believe me?"
"Believe! Sister, I believe you." Pan Di looked up and said loudly to Yun Yan.
"Well, now I'll tell you what it says."
"This is your name, and the number behind it is the amount of money you just gave me."
Yunyan pointed at the words one by one in the notebook and showed them to Pan Di.
Yunyan felt bad after Pan Di left, but she knew there was nothing she could do.
Preferring sons over daughters is a bad habit that has been deeply rooted in this nation for thousands of years. Even in the 21st century when there are more sons than daughters, this bad habit still exists.
She thought she didn't have the ability to change this fact.
After pouring the loaches and eels collected today into the tank, Yunyan prepared to make lunch.
At noon, I simply steamed some egg custard and fried some vegetables, and then took a nap after lunch.
After waking up, Yun Yan took out a piece of lard from the space. She planned to boil some lard to fry loaches.
Clean the lard and cut it into small pieces. Add a little cold water to the pot, and then put the cut lard into the pot.
Turn on high heat to force out the moisture in the pork fat, and keep turning it over throughout the process so that the pork fat can be heated evenly.
When the lard starts to release oil, reduce the heat to low and simmer. When most of the fat in the lard is boiled out, add the scallion and ginger slices prepared in advance.
Adding scallions and ginger slices not only removes the fishy smell but also enhances the flavor. Then, use a spatula to press the lard to release the oil. Once the lard is golden and crispy, turn off the heat.
After the lard was cooked, Yun Yan decided to put the remaining oil residue in a space first and use it to make dumplings when she had time.
Around four o'clock, Hu Zi and his friends brought some loaches, but Pan Di was nowhere to be seen. After paying them, they happily took the money and went home.
After putting the loaches they brought into the tank, Yun Yan looked at the chili peppers that had been dried yesterday. They were almost ready to be chopped. After taking out rubber gloves from the space and putting them on, she began to chop the chili peppers.
Half an hour later, Yun Yan couldn't open her eyes because of the spiciness. It was another day when she missed the meat grinder.
After an hour, I finally chopped all the peppers. It was like torture.
After taking out some food from the space and eating it, Yun Yan boiled a pot of hot water and washed herself thoroughly from head to toe.
Yunyan was so tired after a day that she fell asleep before her hair was completely dry.
The next day after breakfast, I went to the back mountain to cut grass for pigs as usual and paid my work points. This time I met Qian Qian.
"Yun Yan, I haven't seen you for several days." Qian Qian greeted Yun Yan happily.
"I've been too busy lately. Besides, you always come to pick grass for the pigs in the afternoon. It's a wonder you see me."
"Hey, I can't get up in the morning. What have you been busy with lately?"
"I'm busy pickling vegetables. By the way, why are you here to pick grass for the pigs this morning?"
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words! Sometimes I really envy you for moving out of the educated youth camp early so that you don't have to be bothered by their trivial matters every day." Qian Qian looked like he had lost all hope in life.
Seeing her expression, Yun Yan asked, "What's going on at the Youth League camp again?"
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