Qi Mengmeng originally thought that she was going to use millet, but the old woman took out a candle and lit it...
When everything was over, Lei Lei was still a little confused, and Qi Meng Meng didn't see anything either. Li Lai Di pulled Qi Meng Meng and said, "Let's go."
The old woman suddenly said, "Be careful when you go out, don't let anyone see you coming."
Li Lai Di nodded but said nothing.
After going out, Li Laidie picked up Leilei and took Qi Mengmeng with her, walking very quickly.
Qi Mengmeng didn't know what was going on, so she could only quicken her pace to catch up.
After walking for more than ten minutes and getting far away from the village, Li Lai Di finally breathed a sigh of relief and told Qi Mengmeng, "We are here just to buy things today. Don't tell anyone else when you go back."
Qi Mengmeng nodded quickly: "I have to thank my sister-in-law for bringing me here to buy a kang mat, otherwise I wouldn't know where to buy it."
Seeing Qi Mengmeng being so understanding, Li Lai Di nodded with satisfaction, then sighed again and couldn't help saying, "In fact, it's not easy for grandma either. She wants those fine grains for her granddaughter at home."
Although Qi Mengmeng was curious, she didn't ask anything. Curiosity killed the cat, and she knew it.
But seeing that she didn't ask, Li Lai Di didn't say anything more, and the two of them hurried back to the family compound.
It was almost noon at this time, and the two of them went home.
Qi Mengmeng washed Lei Lei's face, gave him two pieces of red bean cakes and asked him to eat them first while she went to cook.
Qi Mengmeng was tired after walking for a long time today. She didn’t want to cook complicated food, so she prepared some noodles with soybean paste.
I didn’t buy any meat these days, so I can only make egg sauce.
She kneaded the dough, and while she was alone in the kitchen, she took out a manual noodle machine to make noodles, and then quickly put the noodle machine back into the space.
She also cut some cucumber and carrot shreds to prepare the dish later.
She looked at the closed door outside and simply made a tomato and egg stew. These were the vegetables available in this season, but she just made a little more, which was okay.
After comforting herself, she called Lei Lei to come over for dinner.
Maybe Lei Lei was tired from walking in the morning and ate a lot at noon. Qi Mengmeng didn’t dare let him go to bed immediately after dinner. She walked around the house with him before letting him take a nap.
After Lei Lei fell asleep, Qi Mengmeng took out a lot of meat from the space to thaw it. She planned to cut the meat first and stew it together next time she bought meat.
That night, Qi Mengmeng woke up several times, fearing that Leilei would cry again, but Leilei slept soundly all night and did not wake up once.
Qi Mengmeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Leilei was fine.
Qi Mengmeng got up at five in the morning. She had almost finished eating the buns in her space, so she needed to make some new ones to store.
If you were to ask what vegetable is the most popular in this season, it would definitely be cowpea. She had seen northerners complain on Douyin more than once that the main dish for every meal, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, was cowpea.
There is a large bundle of cowpeas in Qi Mengmeng’s space refrigerator, which was given by a friend from the north.
Although I will never see those friends again, the things they gave me are not wasted.
While thinking about it, Qi Mengmeng quickly blanched the cowpeas, then soaked them in cold water, wrung them dry, took them out and cut them into small cubes.
She beat six eggs without any hesitation. Since the eggs were scrambled, they would not be noticeable when put into the cowpeas.
After mixing the fillings, she beat two raw eggs, but they were all wrapped inside the buns so you couldn’t see them.
Unfortunately, the steamer at home is for domestic use and can only steam twelve buns at a time. She almost makes full use of her time. She steams the buns, starts to wrap them, covers them with cloth to ferment, and then puts them in the pot to steam. Then she continues to wrap buns.
Fortunately, she had baking powder and the weather was hot, otherwise she could only steam one pot.
By the time Lei Lei got up, Qi Mengmeng had already steamed three pots, with the fourth pot on the pot, and the remaining vegetable stuffing and noodles could be steamed for another pot.
Qi Mengmeng had already put away the first three pots, and Lei Lei only saw two pots, which contained twenty-four buns.
Qi Mengmeng thought about it, took three buns and sent them to the next door. She and Lei Lei ate two, and then went to the hospital to get ten more. There were six left. She put them on a plate, put them in the newly bought basket, and took it to Qi Zhijun's house.
A few days ago at the gate of the state-owned enterprise, if it weren’t for Zheng Meili, she probably wouldn’t have gotten away so easily.
When she left, Qi Zhijun was about to go out. When he saw her, he was happy at first, then frowned: "Mengmeng, is there something wrong?"
"I steamed some buns and brought them to you as a thank you to Aunt Zheng for helping me in front of the state-owned restaurant a few days ago." Qi Mengmeng said it very clearly.
Qi Zhijun took the buns, which were made by his own daughter.
"I'll leave first." Qi Mengmeng prepared to leave when she saw the buns were delivered.
"Wait, how can you not come in when you're at the doorstep?" Qi Zhijun insisted that Qi Mengmeng go in.
Qi Mengmeng thought so too. Since she was already here, she might as well say goodbye, so she followed him into the house.
Zheng Meili came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes and asked, "Zhijun, who's here?"
"Auntie Zheng, it's me. Thank you for helping me at the entrance of the state-owned restaurant a few days ago." Qi Mengmeng repeated her words: "I made some steamed buns at home today, and I brought a few for you."
Zheng Meili didn't expect Qi Mengmeng to come and thank her for what happened that day. She smiled politely and said, "We are all family. This is what we should do."
Qi Mengmeng ignored what her family said. The buns were delivered, and they said thank you, so they left.
"I still have to go to the military hospital, so I'll leave first."
Qi Zhijun quickly chased after her and called out to her, "Mengmeng, I'll take you there."
Qi Mengmeng: "...No, I have to go back and get some buns to go to the hospital."
Qi Zhijun insisted on sending Qi Mengmeng back to the yard. While Qi Mengmeng went to the kitchen to get buns, he waited in the yard.
"Do you have something to say to me?" Qi Mengmeng guessed.
"Mengmeng, I want to tell you about me and your mother." Qi Zhijun said.
"I am your grandfather's adopted son. After sending you and your mother back home, I went to participate in a battle. Many people died and many were missing. The army thought I was missing, so they sent the death certificate back home."
"Your grandpa was a capitalist, and your mom didn't have an easy life. Even because she was the relative of a martyr, she didn't receive many preferential treatments. Your grandpa was worried about your mom, so he let her remarry before he died."
"I was recuperating at Zheng Meili's home. After I returned to the army, I recommended her to the art troupe and went back to find your mother. But your mother was already married. I didn't dislike her and wanted to take her to the army, but your mother was very stubborn. She felt sorry for me and refused to come back with me."
"I wanted to take you to live with me, but I often have to go on missions. Even if I take you here, there's no one to take care of you. I think it's better for you to live with your mother. As long as I send you money, you will definitely be able to live well."
"Mengmeng, do you blame me for all these years?"
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