After breakfast that morning, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest prepared to thresh the corn kernels.
If you peel the grains by hand, it's very slow.
So the two decided to put the corn cobs into sacks and then pound them with sticks.
After drying, the corn cobs are easily threshed by pounding them with a stick. Then, pour out the threshed corn cobs and pick out the corn cobs from the center.
If some corn cobs are not completely pounded, put them back into the sack and continue pounding until they are clean.
Although this method is fast, all the corn cobs inside are crushed. Fortunately, Xu Han doesn't want these corn cobs; she just crushes them and uses them directly for firewood.
Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest were busy threshing corn in the backyard when Xu Han came out of her room as the weather cleared up.
Today is the 26th, and Yunhua and Zhao Yunyun should be arriving home in the next couple of days, so Xu Han can no longer stay home and be lazy like she did the previous two days.
While the weather is nice, let's clean their room first, and then take the blankets out to air them.
After finishing these tasks, Xu Han went into the kitchen to prepare fried foods for the Chinese New Year.
Meatballs, sesame leaves, and crispy pork are all essential items for Chinese New Year.
In addition to these, Xu Han also fried some peanuts and other snacks like steamed buns.
Xu Han even made a lot of lotus root cakes, which Zhao Yunyun liked to eat.
Finally, it's Chinese New Year, and Grandpa Zhao has given Mu'er a holiday.
Starting today, Mu'er doesn't have to go to class every day like before, but she still can't fall behind on her homework during the holiday. It's just that she won't be able to attend classes and leave on time every day like before.
Xu Han was too busy in the kitchen by herself, so Grandpa Zhao volunteered to come in and help her prepare these things.
Mu'er called out to Xu Han, "Mother, Little White has flown back again."
Upon hearing this, Xu Han replied, "It should be a letter from my martial uncle or Aunt Yun. Mother is busy right now, so go and call Father."
"Okay." Mu'er finished speaking and ran off to the backyard.
Lu Chuan took the letter into the kitchen. "It's a letter from Yunhua. He said he'll arrive this afternoon and asked me to take the boat to pick him up."
While busy with her work, Xu Han took a moment to say, "Then you should hurry up and go. Taking a boat will be faster. Can the two of you fit in the small boat? Or do you want to take a bigger boat?"
"No need, he's all by himself, I can go by myself in a small boat."
"Okay, did he say approximately when he'll arrive? Are you still home for lunch?"
"I'm not eating anymore. I think we'll be there soon. The roads are difficult to travel in this weather. I'll go and wait for him there so I don't come back late and it gets dark."
Grandpa Zhao also said, "Okay, go early, there's not much time in winter. There are some freshly fried meatballs in the pot, wrap some in oil paper and eat them as you walk, it'll fill your stomach. Also, take a bamboo tube of hot water to drink on the way."
Lu Chuan took the things from Grandpa Zhao and turned to leave.
Xu Han stored the large boat in her spatial dimension, but the small boat was still hidden by the riverbank, just like before. Lu Chuan could use the small boat to pick up Yun Hua.
After Lu Chuan left, the family continued with their own busy work. Xu Han even took the time to stew some chicken soup so that when the two of them came back, they could cook noodles in the soup and warm themselves up.
At noon, Xu Han was busy frying New Year's goods in the kitchen and didn't have time to make lunch.
The adults ate some freshly fried food, and Xu Han took out some tomato and egg drop soup from her spatial storage for everyone. The children ate some steamed egg custard. And so, they had a makeshift lunch.
Around mid-afternoon, Lu Chuan returned with Yun Hua, each of them dragging a large wooden plank with many things on it.
Grandpa Zhao took the things and said, "Haha, you two are finally back! Come inside and warm up."
Xu Han also enthusiastically said, "Yes, yes, come in and have a cup of hot water. It must be tough traveling in this cold weather."
Only the Taoist priest coldly glanced around at Yunhua and said indifferently, "You've lost weight."
After greeting everyone, Yunhua bowed deeply to the Taoist priest, saying, "Master."
The Taoist priest gently helped him up, saying, "Get up. We can talk about it after we finish eating."
After saying that, she went into the main room first, and the others quickly followed. Lu Chuan followed Xu Han into the kitchen, reheated the chicken soup that had been simmering, and then used the chicken soup to cook noodles and brought them into the main room.
"Knowing you were coming back, I specially made chicken soup for you. Hurry up and try it. There are also noodles in the pot, they'll be ready soon. Drink some chicken soup to warm yourself up first."
Yunhua quickly took the chicken soup from Xu Han and said, "Haha, then I won't be polite. I've been away for so long, and all I've been thinking about is this food."
"Haha, eat more if you like it. I just fried some meatballs and sesame leaves today. I'll go get them for you to eat with them. I'll cook you a big meal tonight."
"Okay, okay, take more, I'm starving after traveling all day."
The Taoist priest rolled his eyes at Yunhua, looking disgusted, and said, "You're like a starving ghost reincarnated every day. Can't you be a little more ambitious?"
Although the master and apprentice had not seen each other for more than a year, they still cared about each other.
Faced with his master's complaints, Yunhua laughed and accepted them all. He hadn't seen his master for a long time and missed him quite a bit.
The Taoist priest couldn't bear to look at his foolish disciple, whose expression was utterly stupid. He simply avoided his gaze and turned to tease Ze'er.
Yunhua didn't mind and slurped down the chicken soup that Xu Han had brought over.
After Yunhua and Luchuan had eaten and drunk their fill, the group sat down and began to chat.
Yunhua looked at everyone present and said, "Hasn't Yunyun arrived yet? I thought she would arrive before me."
Grandpa Zhao explained, "She hasn't come back yet. She said she would arrive after the 26th, so it should be in the next day or two."
Yunhua shook her head and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen Yunyun. I wonder what she'll be like when she comes back from the border. That girl is really stubborn. She said she was going to the border and went right away. I can't persuade her at all."
Xu Han smiled and replied, "Yunyun is a woman of her own mind and has a lot of skills. She will do what she wants to do right away."
"The border is not a good place. You'll see, when she comes back, it will be even worse than a year of famine."
Everyone laughed upon hearing this. Yunhua was already home and was just waiting for Yunyun to return.
Yunhua glanced at the luggage she had brought back and said, "This time I came back from the capital with a lot of good things for you, and there is one very, very important thing, which is so heavy that I couldn't even ride a horse back."
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