At around ten o'clock in the morning, the mother and daughter arrived at the Yuehan Pier.
Lin Mai looked around and saw a dozen stalls selling snacks on both sides of the pier.
As before, some of the vendors were from Sanyang Village and some from other villages.
But those vendors were closing their stalls, so they must have been sold out.
This is somewhat different from Lin Mai's memory in his previous life.
If there was no law enforcement team enforcing the law during that time a year ago, it was due to the human nature of the law enforcement team.
But it’s already the New Year, and it’s impossible for the law enforcement team to still enforce the law.
Especially the docks were very strictly controlled in previous lives.
Every morning at 8:30, the law enforcement team starts driving away the few small vendors as soon as they get to work.
If the vendor refuses to leave, the items will be confiscated directly.
But these small vendors are able to sell to this point, and it's obvious that no one cares about them.
I don’t know if it’s because of the Lantern Festival or some other reasons.
As soon as the mother and daughter entered the village, they met many villagers, and everyone enthusiastically wished each other good luck in their old age.
When Qian Guoliang saw that Lin Mai had only brought Doudou back, he came over shamelessly and asked maliciously: "Where is your helper? Why didn't he come with you?"
Lin Mai said firmly: "It's none of your business!"
An aunt named Zhang scolded: "Guoliang, don't take advantage of Xiao Lin!"
Qian Guoliang rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not targeting your girl. Aren't you just trying to meddle in other people's business?" After that, he turned around and walked away angrily.
Aunt Zhang walked to Lin Mai and whispered: "That's a scoundrel, you have to be careful about him!"
Lin Mai nodded and asked her about the stalls at the pier.
Although Aunt Zhang did not set up a stall selling snacks at the pier, her daughter-in-law sold fried dough sticks at the pier, so she must be aware of the situation of stalls at the pier.
Aunt Zhang told her that after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, a law enforcement team would come to enforce the law.
You can only sell until half past eight every day, otherwise you will be caught by the law enforcement team and your items will be confiscated.
If you want to get your things back, you have to go to the law enforcement team to pay the fine.
Because of the Lantern Festival today, the law enforcement team does not have to work, and there is no one to monitor the docks, so the vendors can sell for a longer time.
Lin Mai thought that there were so many snack vendors on the pier and asked, "Is it easy to do business now?"
"It's far behind compared to a year ago, but I can still earn four or five yuan by selling for two hours in the morning. It's better than working as a worker in a factory."
The two chatted for a while, and then Aunt Zhang went to pick up her daughter-in-law, close the stall, and go home.
Lin Mai and her daughter also returned to their home.
No one had lived in it for half a month, and a thin layer of dust accumulated in the house.
Putting down his backpack, Lin Mai rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning the house, and Doudou followed suit in a sensible manner.
Lin Mai didn't stop her. Although she was only over three years old, she could still do some housework within her ability.
After living in Sanyang Village for half a month two years ago, Doudou and Niuniu got to know several children in the village who were similar to them in age.
When these children passed by Lin Mai's house, they found that her courtyard door was ajar, so they stood at the door and shouted: "Doudou, are you back?"
Doudou said yes at home.
The children shouted again: "Then come out and play!"
Doudou said loudly: "I want to help mother work!"
Lin Mai said gently: "Let's go play with the kids. Mom can do all the work at home alone."
Doudou then threw down the little rag and ran out happily on his two short legs.
But within five minutes he ran back out of breath.
Lin Mai asked in surprise: "Why did you come back again?"
Doudou held up the balloon in his hand and said, "Huahua and their balloons are all full. Only mine is deflated. I want my mother to help me blow it up."
Lin Mai bought the Doudou balloon at the supply and marketing cooperative when he returned from Yunlai County.
After playing for a while, I let go of the air and let Doudou play by himself.
Doudou was young and couldn't blow big, but her friends' balloons all blew up big, so she ran back to ask Lin Mai for help.
Lin Mai blew up the balloon until it was as big as a volleyball, then tied the mouth of the balloon tightly with a rope and gave it to Doudou.
Doudou ran away happily holding the balloon.
Lin Mai continued to do hygiene.
Although the house is a bit big, there are not many furnitures, and the cleaning was completed quickly.
Lin Mai went to the kitchen to boil hot water, preparing to wash and disinfect the pots and pans at home.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of Doudou crying from far away outside the courtyard gate.
She hurriedly ran out and saw Doudou coming back crying like a little cat.
"Why are you crying?" Lin Mai asked, wiping her tears.
Huahua, who was following Doudou, said: "Dabao popped her balloon, and she cried."
Lin Mai asked softly: "Why did Dabao poke your balloon?"
Doudou wiped her tears with her little hands and choked back: "My balloon was bigger than his. He wanted to exchange his small balloon for me. I didn't agree, so he popped my balloon."
Lin Mai asked Huahua who was following her: "Do you know the Dabao family?
Take Doudou to find Dabao’s mother and tell his mother that Dabao popped Doudou’s balloon and asked his mother to criticize him.”
Huahua responded, took Doudou's hand and left, while Lin Mai continued working.
Before the water in the pot boiled, Doudou came back gloomily and told Lin Mai that Dabao's mother was not at home.
Lin Mai thought, how can children be so good together? It's normal to have some conflicts. Since Dabao's mother can't be found, let's forget about it.
So she filled Doudou's pockets with peanuts and asked her to play games with the children and eat peanuts.
Doudou's attention was diverted and her mood became better.
Lin Mai sterilized the pots and pans with hot water at home and began to put away the basket of things he brought back from Grandpa Fang's house.
The cured fish, bacon, sausages, etc. are all hanging in the kitchen, and the fried peanuts and the like are placed on the cabinet in the main room for Doudou to grab and eat.
The vegetables Grandpa Fang picked for her included Chinese cabbage, radish, cabbage, leeks, chrysanthemum, spinach, spring onions and so on.
There are not many leeks, chrysanthemums, spinach, but there are a lot of Chinese cabbage, white radish and cabbage, which can't be eaten in a short time.
In order to prevent these vegetables from rotting and wasting them in vain, Lin Mai boiled another pot of boiling water and let it cool down, preparing to use it for pickling vegetables.
Pickles must be pickled in water that has been boiled and then cooled. This kind of cold boiled water that has been boiled at high temperature is free of bacteria, so the pickled vegetables will not rot.
In addition to preparing cold water for pickling vegetables, you also need to wash and drain the pickled vegetables before pickling them.
Lin Mai washed the Chinese cabbage, radish and cabbage and set them aside to drain, and then started to make lunch.
With cured fish, bacon and sausages, it’s easy to make for lunch.
When steaming rice, put a few pieces of cured fish and some thinly sliced bacon on the rice, and then fry two vegetables.
Lin Mai was just sitting in the yard choosing vegetables when Doudou ran back crying again.
Lin Mai hurriedly asked: "Are you being bullied by children again?"
Doudou nodded with tears in his eyes.
Lin Mai pulled her to his side and wiped her tears: "Who bullied you again this time?"
Doudou cried and said: "It's still Dabao..."
"Why did he bully you this time?"
"Because I wanted to complain to his mother just now, but he found out, and he beat me. He also said that I would complain to his mother again, and he beat me..."
When Lin Mai heard this, he became nervous and wiped his hands on his apron: "Quickly show mom, where did I hit you?"
Doudou pointed back at his back: "Hit me on the back."
Lin Mai hurriedly opened the clothes on her back, and there were several bruises on her back. She was so angry that she couldn't calm down, so she immediately took Dou Dou to find Dabao.