At noon, she borrowed a piece of old dough from Aunt Wu next door and fermented some flour. She originally planned to steam buns in the evening, but now Chu Tian brought back a piece of lard, so she planned to refine the oil from the lard, and chop the remaining oil residue with the radish she brought back from Aunt Wu's house at noon into stuffing, and then steam buns with the radish oil residue stuffing in the evening.
Chu Tian originally just wanted to pretend to be asleep to avoid Yao Xiujuan's questioning, but who knew that he really fell asleep. When he woke up, Yao Xiujuan had already steamed the buns, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of wheat, oil and radish...
"Xiujuan, what time is it now?"
Yao Xiujuan turned her head and saw Chu Tian had already sat up. "It's already dark. I guess it's eight o'clock?"
Chu Tian rubbed his temples and said "hmm" softly.
Yao Xiujuan stood up and scooped some water from the pot into the basin. Without even turning her head, she said, "Brother Tian, now that you're up, why don't you wash your face and have dinner? I steamed some buns and cooked some porridge..."
After washing his face, Chu Tian still had water dripping down his face. He didn't bother to wipe it off and asked hurriedly, "Where's Wu Ya?"
Yao Xiujuan was putting buns into her bowl when she heard this and replied, "Wu Ya went to visit Aunt Wu's house..."
Chu Tian paused while taking the towel, "Wu Ya went there by herself?"
Yao Xiujuan straightened up, holding a bowl with four buns in her hand, and said with a smile, "No, it was this afternoon when you were asleep that Guoan's kid brought me two salted eggs that Aunt Wu pickled herself in the fall, saying that they should be cooked for us to eat with rice..."
"Wu Ya had just woken up, and when she saw Guo An, she started clamoring to play with him, so Guo An took her home to play..."
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