The next day, Xia Qiyue got up early and bought steamed buns directly from the space. She didn’t cook porridge, but poured a basin of milk out. This morning, it was milk to accompany the steamed buns. Boiled eggs and pickles were not allowed.
There are less.
She didn't let the porridge be cooked in a pot in order to make the syrup. When the six people came over, the syrup was ready, and there were also a large bowl of white and plump steamed buns, a large bowl of milk, eggs and small bowls on the dining table.
pickle.
We all ate and drank together along the way, and we had long been used to it, so we didn’t need anyone to say anything, so we just took our bowls and chopsticks and sat down.
"Is this milk? Fourth sister-in-law?" An Youde asked, but he already had the answer. He was just curious about how there could be so much milk.
Because of the scarcity of cows, there are few families raising cows in the village, and no one has raised cows since the drought, so I haven’t had milk for a long time.
"Yeah, I bought it from outside! Eat it quickly, you two are making sweets!" Xia Qiyue poured herself a bowl of milk, soaked the steamed buns in the milk and ate it.
When the hot steamed buns hit the cold milk, the temperature is just right and ready to eat.
The milk bought in the space was not raw milk, so I didn’t cook it in Xia Qiyue. It was just right to eat it with hot steamed buns.
However, An Zihao would rather just eat pickles than drink milk, saying it smelled fishy and he didn't want to.
Xia Jiuyue saw it and quickly advised, "Drink more! This is very nourishing for the body!"
Xia Qiyue looked up at her sister in shock. Normally, her sister didn't communicate much with the six boys. After finishing her work, she would quietly go back to the house to look after the children. But today, something was a little unusual.
"Sister Jiuyue, can this milk really nourish the body?" An Youde talked a lot while chatting with Xia Jiuyue.
"Yeah!" Xia Jiuyue just nodded in response and ate his own food on the spot without saying anything else.
An Zihao picked up the bowl and poured himself a bowl of milk to drink.
Xia Qiyue couldn't understand why these people were so strange, but she didn't have time to care so much. After eating a steamed bun, a bowl of milk, and a boiled egg, she wiped her mouth and got up and went back to the room.
The others also ate very quickly, but looking at the young men each making two steamed buns and sharing two eggs each, Xia Jiuyue waited to clear the table and felt panicked for them.
However, he discovered that Liangzi secretly put two eggs into his sleeve pockets and did not eat them.
Xia Jiuyue didn't expose it. Firstly, she was embarrassed. Secondly, since everyone got two portions, she didn't have to worry about keeping his own portion if he didn't want to eat it.
Everyone else ate it, and An Sijin ate it even more quickly. He didn't want to cause so many troubles anymore, so it was better to eat it in his own stomach.
Although An Youde had a pregnant sister-in-law at home, he did not keep her. His uncle and sister-in-law should have been careful about their behavior, and her sister-in-law was not someone he should care about.
His monthly salary was given to his family, which was enough. After Xia Qiyue returned to his room, he planted another crop of rice. Soon he had space, and when he came out, he held two hens in his hands.
Live.
When I brought up the live chicken from her space, no one saw it anyway, so she went out for a walk and came back and said she bought it from the market.
After everyone had finished breakfast, Xia Qiyue took An Youde and An Zihao into the kitchen and started making halva.
Fortunately, there were still fifty kilograms of peanuts crushed last time, which was enough this time. Xia Qiyue asked Anton and An Liang to continue peeling peanuts, and asked An Sijin and An Cheng to crush the peeled peanuts.
Just let my brother Xia Xinghe kill the chicken.
In the evening, eat chicken stewed with potatoes. In the winter, eat some stew and drink some hot soup to keep your body warmer.
In fact, it is easier for women to do tasks like peeling peanuts, but Xia Qiyue can't use so many people, and he appreciates the character of these people, so he uses them like this.
Just as the three of them were about to start pulling candies, Xia Jiuyue hurriedly sent over the gloves he had made.
"I was just about to ask if you're done yet! This is great!" Xia Qiyue took the gloves and put them on herself. "You should also learn from me and put them on to prevent your hands from burning!"
Ask An Youde and An Zihao to quickly put on their gloves.
Xia Qiyue handed over the gloves made for the two of them, and then said to Xia Qiyue, "Sister, I'm going back to the house."
Ke'er is still waiting to play with her.
After the three people got the gloves, they didn't have to blow their hands for a while, and their movements became faster.
Making one hundred kilograms of candy at a time, which is their current speed, because peeling peanuts only takes about fifty kilograms a day, and there are too many to peel, and pulling candy is very tiring, Xia Qiyue doesn't want to embarrass herself too much
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After all, one hundred catties of sugar candies cost four hundred taels of silver, which is enough for her and she is not greedy.
When the three people came out after making a hundred pounds of candy, their arms were a little sore, and An Cheng and An Sijin had just crushed the peanuts.
Xia Qiyue took out the milk bottles that she had dried and everyone sat around and started filling them with candies.
Xia Qiyue gave them the task of holding the candy, went back to the house, put on makeup, and quietly went out.
She wanted to see how the candy sales were going and how Li Ji's business was doing today.
But she had to disguise herself so that the fat shopkeeper couldn't recognize him, so she had to sneak over and have a look.
This was the warmest time of the day. Li Ji was crowded with customers and customers came like clouds. Xia Qiyue followed the flow of people into the shop.
She saw that everyone had a piece of halva in their hands. She was a little curious and walked towards the halva counter.
But there was someone watching next to it. A customer could only buy one serving, and it was sold in a bundle. He had to buy two taels of silver from other products to buy a bottle of halva.
Many of them come with their companions, but they can only buy one piece per person.
The fat shopkeeper kept walking around the shop, but Xia Qiyue made changes and he didn't recognize him.
Xia Qiyue looked at the grinning smile on Shopkeeper Fei's face and knew that the business of crispy candy was easy to do.
Instead of buying halva, she bought a pound of candied peaches and returned home.
Xia Xinghe was killing chickens. He was only a ten-year-old child, but he could do everything. Xia Qiyue knew that his younger brothers and sisters did all kinds of work when they were at home, so they developed their own skills.
"Sister, are you back?" Xia Xinghe looked at Xia Qiyue, who looked nothing like usual, but recognized him at a glance and said hello.
"Well, let me help you!" Xia Qiyue stepped forward to help, but Xia Xinghe dodged him.
"Farewell, eldest sister, this Mi Tai, you should go and help the second sister!"
Xia Qiyue didn't force it. She suddenly remembered that there was something else. The food was piled on the ground and she had to buy sacks to put it in.
I ran back to my room, changed my clothes, took off the makeup on my face, and went out to buy a sack.
The grocery store was not very far from their home, and they arrived quickly. Xia Qiyue bought a hundred sacks weighing 100 kilograms each, and only spent one hundred silver.
The sacks are quite cheap and of very good quality. I did a lot of work that day. All the candies were packed and the remaining fifty kilograms of peanuts were almost peeled.
Dinner is still sumptuous, with white rice, chicken stewed with potatoes, and a small stir-fried cabbage to accompany it, which is very refreshing and goes well with the meal.
Xia Jiuyue glanced at the two eggs in Liangzi's sleeve pockets. She thought he was saving them for lunch when he was hungry, but wasn't he?