Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "I think it's a bit risky. When my little sister looks at it eagerly, Dad will give her the egg to eat! It's better to just give it to my little sister directly, so that she doesn't have to go through the motions of eating it in his bowl!"
Wang Xiaolan and Liu Cuihua helped to take out the fruit and said, "Go away, go away! You keep talking bad about your father all day long! Your father was born on the seventh day of the seventh month, which is right before Qixi Festival. There are still a few days left! I can save a few extra eggs and give one to each of you!"
"Oh! So Dad was born on Qixi Festival. Why didn't my grandpa give him the name Ye Qixi? Isn't that better than Ye Tianya?"
"You know nothing! This name is taken from 'The Heartbroken Man in the World'. Your father changed it because he lamented that he was all alone and adrift!"
After hearing Wang Xiaolan's words, Ye Zhiqiu stopped talking about this topic. It was obvious that his cheap mother didn't want to talk about his uncle and his family. It was probably because Aunt Liu and her husband didn't know about these things.
But this is normal. After all, you can't just say you're from a capitalist background. If you let it slip and someone reports you, you'll be subject to all kinds of scrutiny.
After putting the fruit back in the living room, Wang Xiaolan soaked the watermelon. Although the water in the water tank alone was not cold enough, soaking it in this way would not make it feel cold when eating it in the evening.
Ye Zhiqiu returned to the living room to get some water. This time, Ye Bailu was staying at home, sleeping on the table. As for Ye Wubing, he must have run away again. This guy couldn't stay at home at all!
He couldn't stay here when he didn't know anyone, let alone now that he has new friends!
After drinking the water, Ye Zhiqiu went to the kitchen. At this time, Wang Xiaolan and the others were boiling a large pot of water and preparing to make vermicelli with sweet potato starch!
Ye Zhiqiu quickly asked, "Mom, Aunt Liu, they're getting ready to make vermicelli noodles! Do you need my help?"
Liu Cuihua, who was eating sweet potato starch, shook her head and replied, "This job doesn't require more people. Your mother and I can do it! But Xiao Zhiqiu, you can get a basin of water and use a cloth to clean the bamboo poles we've set up. After the vermicelli noodles are rinsed with cold water and cooled, they need to be hung up to dry in the shade so they can be stored for a long time."
Ye Zhiqiu agreed, packed his things, and headed towards the room where the bamboo poles were hung. This entire courtyard had five main rooms, and Ye Bailu still refused to sleep alone in one. So, besides the living room, there was also a side room that was unoccupied!
Ye Tianya and his wife lived in the west wing, Ye Wubing and Ye Bailu slept in the east wing, and Ye Zhiqiu lived in the west wing.
This room is really spacious. For example, the living room can be partitioned into a separate room. The east and west wing rooms can be partitioned into two rooms. Even the back room that was used as a storage room can be cleaned up and used as a room.
After Ye Zhiqiu cleaned the bamboo poles, he walked out with the basin and kicked Xiao Hei away. This guy was not sensible at all. He ignored him for a long time and still came over to play with others!
The two nimble hands quickly prepared the vermicelli noodles. They were responsible for making and removing them, while Ye Zhiqiu was responsible for constantly adding cold water to the basin to prevent the water temperature from rising when the vermicelli noodles were cooled.
This thing has to cool down completely before it can be hung to dry, so the three of them worked together and quickly cooked the sweet potato batter prepared this time into sweet potato vermicelli.
To be honest, making starch was more tiring. Whether it was cleaning or grinding, it was all labor-intensive work. But now when I scald it, it is much easier.
They were busy until half past five and everything was done. Liu Cuihua told the two to soak the vermicelli thoroughly and then hang them on bamboo poles to dry, and then she went home to cook dinner.
Ye Zhiqiu asked Wang Xiaolan to bring two peaches and a pair of Beijing white pears to the reinforcements. He then cut a small half of the soaking watermelon and asked Liu Cuihua to take it back to her family to cool down.
Liu Cuihua was polite for a long time before accepting the fruit and leaving with the fruit basket.
Wang Xiaolan looked at the basins and buckets on the ground and said with a sense of accomplishment, "Son, we made so many vermicelli noodles so quickly. I wonder how many pounds they will be after drying!"
Ye Zhiqiu said jokingly, "We'll know after it dries. It's another way to make money. Isn't it a great sense of accomplishment? But you have to be careful, Mom. I've noticed that the rabbit grass my second son has been cutting lately isn't enough for our rabbits!"
Wang Xiaolan, who had been looking very happy, rolled her eyes at Ye Zhiqiu. She said dissatisfiedly, "Look at you. You're just sitting around doing nothing anyway. You don't need to go to work all day. If the second child isn't cutting enough rabbit grass, why don't you go out and cut some too?"
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Wang Xiaolan, who had turned her back on him. He didn't get angry, but just smiled and said, "Let me explain first. There's absolutely no problem with me going to cut the rabbit grass. But these rabbits don't belong to the family anymore! When I sell them for money, they'll all be mine!"
"You wish! You gave it all to your family, so it's all gone into Mom's pocket. You still want to take it back? I'm telling you, no way! Tomorrow I'm going to go cut rabbit grass and dig wild vegetables with your Aunt Liu!"
Looking at the unhappy Wang Xiaolan, Ye Zhiqiu was very happy. As long as he knew how to deal with her, being lazy every day would not be a dream anymore!
Ye Wubing came back, yelling, "Mom! Little sister! Come out and see! I caught a big fish!"
Not only Ye Zhiqiu and the others heard the sound, but Ye Bailu, who was sleeping in the living room, also woke up and trotted out to the yard to see the big fish that Ye Wubing had caught.
Ye Zhiqiu and his mother walked out of the kitchen and went over to take a look at the bucket!
This is incredible! This fish weighs at least two taels!
Wang Xiaolan ran back to the kitchen to cook without saying a word!
Ye Bailu reached out to scoop up the fish, but she didn't say anything. Fish was a good thing, and she wondered if it would taste good if grilled.
Ye Zhiqiu curled his lips and said unhappily, "Second Brother, is this the big fish you were talking about? A fish weighing two taels is not even enough for you to eat!"
Ye Wubing argued confidently, "Brother, the size of a fish can't be calculated by weight! Compared to the small fish I used to catch with my small net, it's a big fish! And compared to what I caught before, how can it not be a big fish? No one here can help today, it has to be a big fish!"
Ye Zhiqiu said unhappily, "Okay, okay, okay! Right, right, right! You said it was a big fish, so it must be a big fish! Otherwise, don't use my fishing rod to fish. I think there's something wrong with it! It's already forced out all the fish. If you continue fishing for a few days, I'm afraid this rod will drive you crazy..."
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