There was a gentle breeze and the sun was shining brightly. In a blink of an eye, it was already the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Maybe it's because tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and today the weather has been so beautiful that it has changed from continuous rain and snowflakes flying in the past few days to a rare sunny day.
Ye Chuqiu was sitting on a stone bench in the yard, sipping a cup of light tea alone. There were several plates of pastries on the stone table in front of her. The warm sunshine shone on her body, making her whole body feel warm.
It came out comfortable.
The breeze in the mountain forest blows, the trees rustle, and there are small sounds all around. The children are busy preparing for the New Year, either slaughtering chickens and ducks, or cleaning the courtyard, or laughing and laughing against the window grilles.
Red lanterns hang under the eaves.
Qiaoer is toddling in the yard. After her living conditions have improved, she has walked very steadily and her brain has developed a lot. Now she can speak many, many words.
Perhaps she was attracted by the cakes in front of Ye Chuqiu. She stumbled over, threw herself into her arms, and called out vaguely, "Grandma."
Then he stared at the cakes in front of Ye Chuqiu with his black eyes as clear as black gems.
"Eat."
Ye Chuqiu grabbed a piece and handed it to her. She held the pastry in both hands and ate it in small bites. After just a few bites, the pastry was smeared on her face. Her white face was covered with the pastry as white as snow, which made her look even more beautiful.
So cute.
Ye Chuqiu couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this. Zhao Hehua turned around when he heard the laughter and couldn't help but smile a little when he saw his daughter's face covered with pastry crumbs, but she complained, "
Look at you, it’s all over your face, you’ve crushed the cakes, what a waste.”
"It doesn't matter. Children eat nothing without wasting it."
Ye Chuqiu said something, and then watched Qiaoer lower his head and finish the cake in small bites, then stretched out his short white hands, and put all the crumbs on his face into his mouth, and finally stretched out his tongue to lick his mouth.
side, and licked his fingers like a cat.
If others did this, Ye Chuqiu would definitely be disgusted, but the strange thing is that when these actions were done by the little girl in front of her, she didn't feel disgusted at all, she just felt it was indescribably cute. After she finished eating, she
He took out the handkerchief and wiped her face and hands.
"Grandma, Qiao'er didn't waste it. Qiao'er ate it all." Qiao'er said while letting her wipe it for her.
"Yes, we Qiao'er are very frugal." Ye Chuqiu reached out and touched her head.
"Can Qiao'er have another piece?" Qiao'er still stared at the cake.
"No, you are a child. If you eat too much, you will get bloated. Go and play with your sister-in-law." Ye Chuqiu said, patted her, and she staggered to find Wufeng again.
Two days ago, Ye Chuqiu signed a book specializing in pastry making. It contained a variety of pastry recipes. From the recipe to the process, it was very detailed. She copied a few recipes and asked Zhao Hehua to try them.
Did it a few times.
I failed a few times before, but in the end I became more and more proficient at it, and I actually managed it.
For example, the pastry in front of Ye Chuqiu is osmanthus rice cake, which is made of cooked glutinous rice and sugar, with osmanthus sprinkled on top. It tastes fragrant and soft. However, because glutinous rice is not easy to digest, children should not eat too much.
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Things for the New Year at home have been prepared. Zhao Hehua also prepared a large pot of braised meat, planning to eat it tomorrow. In addition, he bought ten kilograms of pork, and packed up two chickens and ducks. That's it.
After the New Year, there is no need to go out to buy anything anymore.
Just like Ye Chuqiu's family, the second and third bedrooms are also well-prepared today, especially the second bedroom. Because they want Wu Ming and the others to leave as soon as possible, Li Youmei has spent all her money preparing for the New Year. She hopes that these gentlemen will come tomorrow
Once you've eaten and drank enough, hurry up and leave.
On the other hand, it is a three-bedroom apartment. Because there is no income, the family situation is a little worse.
During this period, Sanfang had been making a living by burning charcoal. When the weather was cold, when Ye Chuqiu went to sell braised meat, he also helped them sell it twice.
Because of selling braised meat, Ye Chuqiu became familiar with Manager Nie, so the charcoal was sold directly to Manager Nie. In this way, no one took a commission, and there was no need to pay protection fees. Secondly, the city fee was saved. Thirdly,
It is better to make more money by selling to Manager Nie than by selling to those retail investors, so the third-family house can barely make ends meet, but of course the living standards are certainly not as good as those of Ye Chuqiu's family and the second-family house.
However, they were self-reliant, which made Ye Chuqiu quite satisfied. She planned to wait until the Chinese New Year and teach Chai Chunfang some pastry recipes to see if she had the talent to make a living selling pastries.
As for the two brothers Da Xiong and Er Xiong in the third room, Ye Chuqiu originally planned to ask Huang Yougui if he knew anyone who was a carpenter, so that they could be sent to learn carpentry, which could be considered a craft.
It was just that during this period, the villagers had a lot of objections to them because of the second wife's matter. Ye Chuqiu estimated that Huang Yougui would not agree if she spoke now, so he could only wait until after the Chinese New Year and Wu Ming and others left before doing anything for them.
Planned.
The days were too short in winter, so Ye Chuqiu felt that she would just bask in the sun, eat some snacks, and read a book in the evening. After dinner, she went to bed early.
After staying in ancient times for a long time, I have gradually become accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early. Anyway, there are no other entertainment activities at night, and it is very boring not to sleep.
Living in the mountains, there are few people around. At night, everyone lights up lights to sleep, and the night becomes very quiet.
Just when everything was completely silent, rustling sounds came from Lin Qingyun's house, and it was Wu Ming and others walking out of the hut where they lived.
Each of them quietly went into the room of Lin Qingyun and his wife, used an iron piece to gently open the door latch, then quietly went under the bed, pulled out a clay pot from under the bed, and quietly opened the cabinet.
, and emptied out all the valuable items such as cloth and clothes in the cabinet.
The couple turned over, snored and murmured in their sleep, but they had no idea that a person was standing in front of their bed.
Wu Ming held something in one hand and a knife in the other. He had long been prepared to wake them up and fight with them. Even though he usually smiled at the couple, he was actually ruthless. As long as they woke up, he would definitely take action immediately.
Kill them.
It was the couple who were so lucky that they slept like dead pigs without realizing it at all, until the other two people went into the kitchen, brought out all the wine and meat that the couple had prepared for the New Year, and imitated night owls outside.
After making a sound, Wu Ming saw that the couple was still awake, so he put away his murderous intention and turned around to leave.
It turned out that Wu Ming had been planning to attack Lin Qingyun after he and his wife told them to leave. In the past few days, he finally found out where the couple hid their money, so he took the money and belongings they had saved with great difficulty.
All were swept away.
After getting the things, Wu Ming and the others walked to the door of Ye Chuqiu's house. Looking at the heavy wooden door, one of them said: "Brother, this old woman's family is very rich. The smell of meat comes from the house every day. There are horses at home. We want to