When Li Yan pulled the donkey cart back home, Li Xiaomei was busy cooking in the kitchen. Li Yan first put the donkey cart away and washed her hands before entering the kitchen.
These days, Li Xiaomei has to get up in the middle of the night to make a plate of tofu. Because of the spring plowing these days, the tofu business is very good.
Every day at dawn, Li Dalang came to help his younger sister sell tofu. They only needed to go to a few villages and a plate of tofu would be sold out quickly.
After selling the tofu, Li Dalang came back and led the cow to plow the fields. This year, he borrowed the help from his brother's family and kept the cow he bought for himself. It was much easier for him to plow the fields. He had turned over more than half of the 20 acres of land in just three or four days. This was something he would never have dared to think about in previous years.
Li Yan came close to her aunt and asked, "Aunt, what delicious food do you want to make for lunch today?"
Li Xiaomei was busy kneading the dough while she said, "I made extra tofu and saved it for their lunch today!"
Thanks to my aunt, ever since she started making tofu, there has never been a shortage of tofu and soy milk in our house!
At this time, Mrs. Lin, who was sitting under the stove making a fire, asked, "I just saw you pulled the potatoes from the field, and they're all planted now?"
Li Yan nodded: "It's mainly thanks to the help of the aunts, plus this thing is easy to take care of, so the speed of planting is naturally fast!"
"Mom, Grandpa said that our fields will be plowed today. My uncles, aunts and mothers have all been busy helping us these past few days. Let's stew some meat today as a thank you for your help!"
When Mrs. Lin heard her daughter say this, she stood up and said to her daughter, "There are still some pieces of bacon hanging in the warehouse. I'll go get some for you!"
"Mom, you light the fire, I'll go!" After saying that, he hurried to the warehouse to get the meat.
Li Yan brought over a large piece of bacon and asked, "Auntie, how do you think we should cook it?"
Li Xiaomei took the bacon and soaked it in water first. Then she said to Li Yan, "Go to the cellar and get two cabbages. We'll stir-fry them later!"
When Li Yan took the cabbage out of the cellar, washed it with water, and brought it to the kitchen, Li Xiaomei was cutting meat.
She cut the bacon into thin slices, placed it on a plate, piled it up completely, and then placed it in a steamer to be steamed with the buns.
She skillfully cut another plate to prepare for stir-frying cabbage later.
The three of them were busy in the kitchen and soon the meal was ready.
Li Yan brought out the food box and put the prepared dishes into it. She then placed the white flour buns in the bun basket and covered them with a white cloth to prevent dust from falling. Now that the weather is warm, there is no need to worry about the food getting cold too quickly!
Li Yan carried the food box and Li Xiaomei held the steamed bun basket, and the two went into the field one in front and the other behind.
When passing by the fields, the villagers looked at what the two men were carrying. Although they couldn't see what was inside, they couldn't help swallowing.
Most of the villagers only drank a bowl of thick porridge in the morning before going out to work. After being busy for half a day, their stomachs were already empty. When they saw someone coming to the fields to deliver food, they looked forward to the time when their families would send them food!
The two of them came to the field. Li Yan put down the lunch box in her hand and said to Li Xiaomei, "Aunt, I'll go over there and ask my uncle and the others to come over for dinner!" After that, she ran to the field not far away.
"Uncle and aunt, stop working and come over to have dinner together!" Li Yan said to Li Dalang who was plowing in the field.
Li Dalang refused and said, "Your grandma and your elder sister have gone home to cook. They will be here soon. Come and eat!" Li Dalang was thinking that with so many people around and he was not helping with the work, it would be bad if he went!
The eldest aunt wanted to go over, but under the glare of her husband, she could only say to Li Yan against her will: "Okay, Second Girl, there are too many people at your house, so we won't go over. Your grandma and the others will be here soon!"
Ever since Liu went back to her parents' home during the Spring Festival, she saw that her parents were living such a miserable life. When comparing it with her current life, where her husband is diligent and hardworking, her children are sensible and filial, and her mother-in-law is not as strict with her as before, Liu's mind has gradually changed.
As for the money given to the couple by their mother-in-law, she only needed to inform her husband how she wanted to use it, and Li Dalang never asked. Even when something happened to her parents' family last time and she wanted to support them, Li Dalang never objected.
Liu knew that as long as she didn't offend her husband or contradict him, she would be able to live happily ever after.
Neither of them wanted to go over, and Li Yan couldn't persuade them anymore, so she just said, "Then I'll go back first!"
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