Chapter 22: How Much Do You Have To Earn?
Sometimes, he also wanted to ask God, how could Shen Jing'an give birth prematurely by such a coincidence?
How could it be such a coincidence that Shen Jingan looks exactly like the Huang family, without any trace of their Shen family?
Alas, it would be great if Shen Jingan looked like the fourth child, then there would be no problems.
Naturally, Lin Yan would not know about Shen Erping's troubles.
She still got up early.
I kneaded the dough and let it rise early in the morning. I squatted in the kitchen and took a nap as usual, waiting for the dough to rise and ferment it for the second time. Then I kneaded the dough again and waited for the steamed buns to be steamed. The meat stalls in the market also It opened.
Today is another big gathering that happens every five days.
Lin Yan had previous experience and planned to do more this time than last time.
She is not worried about being busy. She has help today, right?
The owner of the meat stall was also familiar with Lin Yan. When he saw her walking from a distance, he raised his knife and cut her a large piece of front leg meat, about four kilograms.
Lin Yan went over to take it, and smiled sweetly at him: "Uncle Lin, cut me another four pounds, and also the leg meat."
Lin Bo looked at her in surprise and hurriedly cut it for her. He then smiled and said, "You little lady, I heard that people fight and snatch buns in front of your shop every day. Are you willing to make more buns this time?"
Lin Yan laughed: "Where are the fights in front of my shop every day? If this were true, I would have asked the headman to arrest him and question him. This is not a big gathering today, so I just thought I could do more. On weekdays It’s better to forget it, you’ll lose money if you can’t sell it.”
Lin Bo clicked his tongue: "You are really humble. How can you not sell your buns?"
Lin Yan just smiled and said nothing.
He looked at the meat on his chopping board again, pointed to the fat and thin pork belly with the most layers, and said: "Give me one piece of this, it's about two pounds."
This was Lin Yan's first time buying pork belly. Lin Bo had just cut up another two pounds of leg meat. He was stunned when he heard this, and finally smiled: "Hey, it seems that I have made a lot of money recently."
Lin Yan just said: "My family is coming over, so I have to treat them to something good."
She calculated an account secretly, waited until Uncle Lin had cut it, collected the meat and put it in the basket, gave the money to Uncle Lin, and left.
Before leaving, it was still early, so I went to visit a few other meat stalls, and finally bought some fruits and vegetables, etc., and went back when the noodles were almost ready.
When we arrived, Mrs. Huang was already busy in the kitchen.
Xiao Li was actually there. Seeing Lin Yan come back, he asked her again: "Why did you buy so much meat?"
Lin Yan then smiled: "Mother Yan has remembered my second uncle's advice and didn't buy too much. These are the fillings for the buns this morning."
Little Li was even more shocked: "You need to wrap so much meat?"
Huang couldn't help but look over: "Why did you buy so many?"
Lin Yan then explained that she planned to do more for today's big gathering.
After saying that, the dough was almost done, Lin Yan asked Huang to help knead the dough, cut the ingredients, and make steamed buns.
And she weighed out the flour and prepared to knead the third portion of dough.
When Mrs. Huang saw it, she looked at Xiao Li again and called Lin Yan: "Didn't there be a lot of orders yesterday? Didn't the steamed buns come out yet? Why don't you ask your second sister-in-law to help you sort out the steamed buns? Leave the steamer basket empty and steam another basket later."
It took a while for the dough to rise. Lin Yan, who was about to knead the dough and set it aside to let it rise, was a little confused for a moment.
But she didn't refute Mr. Huang. Since Mr. Huang said so, she went to see Mr. Li.
Little Li heard it from the side and came over happily.
Lin Yan asked her to help him carry the steamer with the steamed buns into the yard and put it next to the cleaned bamboo basket.
The bottom of the basket was padded with banana leaves, and Lin Yan carefully told her that there should be twenty steamed buns in one basket, so be sure to count them carefully.
Little Li looked at the several baskets in front of her and was a little stunned: "Are these baskets for sale?"
Lin Yan smiled at her and said, "This is the order I placed last night. Someone will come and pick it up later."
She didn't quite understand what Lin Yan said, but she still understood the meaning.
As she counted the steamed buns and put them into the basket, she secretly thought, with so many baskets, how much money would it cost just to make them?
Two steamed buns cost three cents. Little Li counted them on her fingers for a long time without being able to figure it out. However, she took out all the steamed buns from the steamer, and there were only three baskets.
Little Li looked at the several remaining baskets and was stunned for a moment, then returned to the kitchen carrying the steamer.
When he arrived, he happened to see Lin Yan putting the kneaded dough into a basin and covering it with a lid.
She couldn't help but take a few more glances.
When Mr. Huang suddenly asked her for help, Mr. Li knew that she was deliberately trying to distract her.
After all, although their relationship is not bad, it is not that good because of Li's relationship. Although Huang loves to cry, she is actually very aloof at heart.
When she first got married, she would sometimes ask them for help, but since she fell out with Mrs. Li, she has never shown weakness to them, let alone asked them for help.
Not to mention that she wasn't very good at covering up, and the excuses for getting rid of her were very obvious.
But when she thought that this was their family's craft, she still didn't ask any more questions.
Li said that she would give her the shop and let Lin Yan teach her how to make steamed buns.
In fact, she was moved, very moved.
Ever since the last big gathering, someone bought steamed buns from Lin Yan, and everyone in the village has been wondering how the steamed buns are made.
But no matter how you knead the dough, the steamed buns will be hard, and you can't make them as soft as cotton.
She was very excited and curious, but she didn't dare to ask.
Everyone in the world pays attention to this craft. As long as you learn one, your descendants will no longer have to worry about having a livelihood.
Since this is the Lin family's craft, unless Lin Yan takes the initiative to teach it, she can't learn it.
She didn't want to rely on her status to get it, as Li said.
Although, Lin Yan might be forced to teach due to his status as a junior.
But what happens after that?
Even if they don't live under the same roof in the future, their relationship is destined to have a lot of contact in the future. The knot in their hearts is sown, and they can't help but worry about everything in the future. Once they break up, they will think about it again.
It's difficult to get along well.
After Xiao Li figured it out, whenever Lin Yan kneaded dough or mixed fillings, she would always look for opportunities to avoid it. She would help with the kitchen work if she could, and stay away if she couldn't.
Don't learn secretly.
Lin Yan didn't notice it once or twice, but he slowly discovered it later.
This surprised Lin Yan.
When she first saw little Li here, she thought she wanted to learn.
Chapter completed!