"Mom, I'm fine. I bought a lot of porcelain clay and we can start construction in the spring. Mom, has anyone bullied you during these days when I was away from home?" Xia Qianqian had been away from home for a few days, and what she was most worried about was that Qin and her sister would be bullied.
"No." Qin smiled slightly, "Now the villagers are very polite to us."
In this way, Xia Qianqian felt relieved and picked up Xia Yunyun: "Let's go home!"
"good."
Eight clay carts followed Xia Qianqian to the kiln field. In the twilight, the kiln field was covered with white. The driver asked, "Miss Xia, how can we unload the clay in such a thick snow?"
"Wait a minute." Xia Qianqian ran into the field.
Looking at the vast expanse of white, I thought the snow was very thick. But Xia Qianqian ran all the way, leaving only a shallow footprint. Before, in order to pile up tiles, she spread a layer of sand on the ground, and before the snow fell, she spread straw. Now that the straw is removed, there is just enough space to pile up the porcelain clay.
Before Xia Qianqian could say anything, the villagers who followed her started to help move the straw. After the drivers unloaded the clay, they received their fare and went home. The villagers then covered the clay with straw.
Xia Qianqian secretly took note of who had helped today, thanked them politely, and then went home with Qin.
The stove was cold at home, and there were a few cold steamed buns on the table. Xia Qianqian pinched them and found that the buns were hard, so they were definitely not steamed today.
"Qianqian, are you hungry? Take a rest, I'll make porridge for you." Qin started to make porridge with the help of the light in the room.
Because her eyesight was not good, Xia Qianqian specially turned on the lights. She looked at the rice and noodles at home, which were almost the same as before she left. She felt distressed: "Mom, you have to eat well even when I'm not at home."
"Yes, twice a day, every day!" Qin said with a smile. However, they were reluctant to eat fine grains, and only ate coarse bran and pickled vegetables.
Xia Qianqian shook her head and sighed, took out the bacon and started cutting it, then asked Xia Yunyun to get two small potatoes, cut them into thin slices, soak them in clean water to remove excess starch, drain them and slowly stir-fry them with oil. When the potato slices were almost cooked, put the bacon slices in and stir-fry them together, and finally sprinkle with salt and chili powder.
"Wow, there's meat to eat again." Xia Yunyun stood on tiptoe, grabbed a piece of meat with her little hands, put it into her mouth, and ate it happily.
The white porridge cooked by Qin had no taste, but now it became delicious when mixed with potato slices and bacon slices.
"Has Xia Yu been here?" Xia Qianqian asked.
"No." Qin looked disappointed. In fact, the old Xia family still looked down on her, but they admired Qianqian's ability. When Qianqian was not at home, the old Xia family ignored her, and the second house directly forbade her to see Xia Yu.
Xia Qianqian said: "Get some white flour buns tomorrow, and I'll go pick up Xia Yu."
"Okay." Qin immediately laughed, "My Qianqian is the most capable."
"Mom, when I went out this time, I met a young man from Lu'an Prefecture. His surname was also Qin, and he said I looked familiar." Xia Qianqian said, observing Qin's reaction from time to time.
Qin's whole body stiffened, and the color on her face quickly faded.
Xia Qianqian looked up at Qin and felt that there was a play: "Mom, do you know Liu'an Prefecture?"
“Ah…” Qin suddenly raised her hands and hugged her head, rolled to the ground in pain, and whimpered softly.
"Mom!" Xia Yunyun was terrified.
Xia Qianqian quickly squatted down, hugged Qin into her arms, and gently patted her back: "Mom, relax. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath... No matter what happened in the past, you now have me, Yunyun and Xia Yu..."
(End of this chapter)