Zhou Shuren leaned sideways and said, "I will give him the money that Brother Zhao paid in advance today, and I will go to the academy with him. I will not be back for lunch."
Zhulan took the shoes and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten to tell Li that we have three meals at home. If we cook one more meal, we have to pay extra money."
Zhou Shuren, "Then add a hundred coins."
Zhulan added, "Mingqing and Shumo live in the front yard. Tell them to eat separately. The backyard is where the women live. They eat in the front yard. They eat whatever we eat. They can also light their own fire. We can buy a cart of firewood and put it in the front yard later."
Zhou Shuren pulled up the quilt and prepared to lie down for a while, "Okay."
As soon as Zhulan left the main room, Li came knocking on the door. Fortunately, Zhulan thought that Li would be here soon and went to the front yard, otherwise she would not have heard it. She would talk to Zhou Shuren later and ask Mingqing and Shumo to pay attention to the door so that they would not be unaware of the visitor.
Li first cleaned up the table in the front yard. There were not many dishes left, and it would be a pity to throw them away, so Li asked Zhulan, and Zhulan gave them all to Li. Li picked up the meat with chopsticks and put it in a bowl to take home later.
Breakfast was rice porridge with pickles and vegetarian buns, and steamed egg cakes for the children.
The pickles were a small jar of pickled radish that Li brought from home to thank Zhulan for the meat, vegetables and rice she gave him yesterday.
Pickled radish is eaten with rice porridge, the crispy pickles go well with rice.
After the meal, Zhulan told Li about the three meals, "Cook one more meal, and you'll get an extra hundred coins a month."
Li had only worked as a helper in a wealthy family and had three meals a day. She didn't expect that this family also had three meals a day. However, she didn't ask much. She was naturally happy that she could earn more money with one more meal.
After dinner, Zhou Shuren took the silver and left.
Zhulan was not going to stay at home either. She asked about the shops nearby. She planned to take the children around. When Li came home, Zhulan locked the door of the main house, and then locked the gate to the backyard. The advantage of having two courtyards is that the front yard and the backyard are separated, and there is a locked door so you can't get into the backyard from the front yard.
The house I bought is in a good location. No one dares to cause trouble in this area and there are very few beggars. I went to the grocery store first. The price of food was the same as in the county, but the price of some condiments was a little higher, but the difference was not big.
There are many cloth shops and dim sum shops nearby, and there was a long queue at one of the dim sum shops.
You can smell the aroma of snacks as you walk over.
Ming Teng held his aunt's hand, his eyes fixed on the dim sum shop, and licked his lips. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren had given him a good education, so Ming Teng did not ask for anything.
Xue Han touched her purse with her free hand. She had brought all the money she had saved, which amounted to more than one tael. Seeing Ming Teng looking so pitiful, she felt sorry for him. "Mom, there's a long queue at the dim sum shop ahead. There must be a reason for the fire. I want to buy some dim sum to try."
Zhulan saw Mingteng's excited face and took out a tael of silver from her purse, "Go buy it, mother. You take Yushuang and Mingteng and follow me."
Xue Han felt embarrassed. In fact, not only Ming Teng wanted to eat it, she also wanted to try it, "Mom, I have money."
Zhulan smiled and said, "How much money do you have? Keep it for yourself. Mother is also planning to buy some for your father to try."
Xue Han opened her purse. If she paid the money, her father would not think she was filial. She had no doubt that her father would think she was meddling.
The fewer people there were in front of Zhulan, the stronger the creamy smell she smelled. The name of the dim sum shop was not very interesting, Ruyi Pastry, but the dim sum was interesting. She also knew why Wang Ru came to Pingzhou, and this was the recipe for the pastries.
When it was Zhulan's turn to enter the dim sum shop, there were rows of various familiar pastries, small biscuits, cream puffs, egg tarts, small cakes, bread and so on. There were so many kinds that if it wasn't in ancient times, she would have thought she had returned to the modern era. The decoration in the shop was very modern. She chose the pastries herself, followed the waiter to explain the prices, and went to the counter to pay after making her choice.
Zhulan chose six egg tarts, five cakes, and half a pound of small cookies, spending a total of two hundred cents. These pastries were very expensive, but in fact the total cost was less than sixty cents.
If she were Master Shi, she would not let Wang Ru go. However, Wang Ru was really courting death. The more things she took, the less she had. Once Wang Ru had no value, there was no point in keeping her.
Ming Teng saw his grandmother carrying several paper bags. It was the first time he saw this. After all, he was small and rushed over first, "Grandma, what snacks did you buy? I miss them so much!"
Zhulan didn't take it out for her grandson, "It's windy today. I have a stomachache from eating outside. I'll eat it when I get home."
Ming Teng stretched out his chubby little hand, "Grandma, you have frozen hands, I have more flesh to resist the cold, I will help you carry the snacks."
Zhulan pinched the little guy's hand and said, "We'll be home soon. Grandma can carry you."
Ming Teng secretly felt regretful that he couldn't help with the work and couldn't ask for credit from his grandfather to get more snacks, but he was soon happy again. It was really nice to come to Pingzhou with his grandparents. He could go shopping and have delicious snacks. He would make his brother angry when he got back!
As soon as I got home, Li came and made the corn tortillas, cabbage and meat soup, and scrambled eggs that I had made for lunch. Li didn't stay for lunch, so she took her portion home to eat.
After dinner, Ming Teng stayed in the main room and refused to leave, because it would be time for dinner when he returned. Zhulan only gave each of the children one biscuit, but the little guy was so sweet that he was reluctant to leave.
Zhulan touched her grandson's bulging belly and said, "Wait until he wakes up and digests it before eating."
Ming Teng rolled his eyes and said, "I sleep with grandma. My body is warm. Dad likes to hold me while sleeping. He said I am like a little stove."
Zhulan curled her eyes and said, "Okay, Mingteng will accompany grandma for a nap."
Zhulan has three grandchildren in her heart. The eldest grandson is the eldest grandson and the old one is not smart. In the future, the main house will rely on the eldest grandson Mingyun to support it, so Zhou Shuren taught him for half a year. Mingyun is like a little adult, and Zhulan doesn't know what to say when she wants to get close to him.
Ming Teng is not particularly smart but not stupid either. She has inherited Li's lively personality. She is small and lively, and she is a bit of a jerk to her parents. She is also chubby, which is really rare.
As for the little grandson, he is too young and cannot express himself, so among the three grandsons, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren like Mingteng, who is like a happy person, the most.
As for the granddaughters, the eldest granddaughter is so beautiful that she is naturally popular. The younger granddaughter is not very old and speaks childishly but is also cute, but she is not as good as the eldest granddaughter.
When Zhulan woke up, Mingteng was still sleeping, his fat belly floating up and down with his breathing, and he was sleeping like a pig.
Zhou Shuren came back at some point and sat on the kang, "Are you awake?"
Zhulan looked up and asked, "When did you come back without making a sound?"