Stepping into the kitchen, the lightly cooked food was still warm.
Holding the chopsticks, I slowly put the food into my mouth, savoring its delicate aroma and the lingering warmth from being cooked several times.
In my leisure time, I stand with you at dusk, smiling as I ask if the porridge is warm by the stove. The poems and lyrics carry a unique, simple, and down-to-earth quality that he once did not understand.
The food in the bowl was eaten clean without anyone noticing.
Wash the bowl in your hands.
I glanced back at the lanterns hanging in the courtyard.
He returned to his room, leaned against the pillows, and slept without a dream.
The next day, Su Jiaoniang walked towards the county town. Passing by the Lu family's house, she could still hear people arguing and cursing inside. She covered her ears as she passed by, knowing that anything related to the Lu family was never good.
Her best option is to stay away.
It's not that I'm afraid, but the people in the Lu family are like dog excrement; they avoid dog excrement because they hate its smell. How can I be afraid?
Su Jiaoniang walked out of the county town and saw Wu Shi passing by the village entrance.
Wu opened and closed her mouth slightly.
They fled in panic.
Su Jiaoniang scoffed and headed towards the county town.
Madam Feng has already begun preparations to open a cake shop, and she needs to carefully and meticulously teach the cake-making techniques to her maids.
In the small kitchen of Madam Feng's courtyard.
Su Jiaoniang had a strong grip and used the wooden bucket to whip the egg whites. When she saw the people below bringing in milk, she felt a pang of envy. It was good to have a big family and a large business; you could get milk so quickly if you wanted it.
Unlike her, who walks around the whole village just to get some milk.
I didn't even have enough time to make the soufflés; I didn't let my child eat them until they threw up.
Madam Feng came out of the room and looked at Su Jiaoniang's teaching scene. There was white sugar, milk and eggs. These were all good things.
The price can't be too low.
Su Jiaoniang watched as Madam Feng wrote and drew with paper and pen.
The clothes were stained with ink.
It's so hard to clean a perfectly good piece of clothing like this. If only I had a pencil or ballpoint pen. Su Jiaoniang shook her head. Things have to be done step by step.
Continue stirring the egg whites in your hand.
My gaze shifted to the buckets of milk.
With so much milk, could we try to make some butter? You know, butter makes really delicious desserts.
"Where did you get so much milk?" Su Jiaoniang asked Madam Feng.
Madam Feng chuckled: "At the estate in the suburbs."
In the village, farming is all done by plowing with oxen.
Every year, a few cows will grow old and retire, and some cows will give birth to calves. If there is a particularly large demand for milk, the estate may not have enough. Madam Feng suddenly became melancholy.
"Is it a lot?" Su Jiaoniang asked.
Madam Feng shook her head slightly: "Milk is for calves. Who would have thought it would turn into such a delicious cake? I've already asked people to raise more cows, but these things are not easy to raise. The people below say that raising a small number of cattle and sheep is a good thing, but if it's done in large quantities, all sorts of diseases will appear."
Su Jiaoniang nodded, agreeing that it was true; cows weren't people and couldn't take care of themselves.
If one cow gets sick, the other cows raised together will quickly become infected.
This is also why there are very few livestock farmers in this era.
Fortunately, Dr. Liu can act as a veterinarian.
Su Jiaoniang taught the people how to make the cake step by step, then washed her hands and headed towards the village.
Back in the village, I saw a group of people standing at the village entrance, fencing off an open space.
Su Jiaoniang peeked on tiptoe, but only for a moment before she immediately looked away.
Lu Dashan was beaten up and lay on the ground, unable to move. It was unclear whether he was dead or alive. How pitiful.
Su Jiaoniang looked in the direction of the Lu family.
The Lu family members ran towards them. Zhu pushed through the crowd, clutching her buttocks as she moved, and upon seeing Lu Dashan covered in wounds, she immediately collapsed to the ground and began to cry.
Lu Daishu stood in the crowd, his face pale and his vision blurring. He almost fainted. Lu Congrong was so frightened that her face turned white and she covered her mouth.
Old Zhu and Lu Defu were old and walked slowly. When they saw Lu Dashan lying motionless on the ground, their hearts clenched and they almost lost their balance.
"What happened to Dashan?" Lu Defu asked.
Someone in the crowd said, "He's still breathing, he's alive! Quick, get a doctor to check on him!"
"Alive?" Old Zhu's eyes widened.
He quickly instructed Lu Daishu to carry Lu Dashan back.
Lu Daishu felt disgusted thinking about how Lu Dashan had kissed and touched him yesterday, but now, he was the only one here who could carry Lu Dashan on his back.
They couldn't very well let their elderly grandparents carry them, so they shifted their gaze to Su Jiaoniang, who was watching the commotion outside.
Lu Daishu's lips twitched slightly: "Third Aunt, please help me out."
“Men and women should not touch each other. I have to keep my dead husband a widow. In a few more years, I can ask the county magistrate to award me a chastity arch.” Su Jiaoniang shook her head, speaking with reason and evidence, and Lu Daishu had no way to refute her.
He glanced at Lu Dashan lying on the ground.
Gritting his teeth, he carried the injured person on his back and shakily brought them home.
After putting the person on the bed, they immediately invited Dr. Liu, the best doctor in the village.
Doctor Liu was a skilled physician, but that didn't mean he didn't charge money. He glanced at Lu Dashan's injuries and said directly, "If you want someone half-dead, five taels of silver; if you want them alive, ten taels of silver..."
Five taels of silver was something the Lu family could manage to scrape together even if they tried their best to save up.
However, once the ten taels of silver were given to Doctor Liu, Lu Daishu's hope of studying in the provincial capital was completely dashed.
For a moment, the Lu family members looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Go ask Su for it," Old Zhu said.
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