Chapter 368: Chapter 366: The Cook for Red and White Events (Third Update)
"Ah?"
Mu Shuangshuang was stunned. She hadn’t expected Feng Xiaohua to actually bring a bag of corn over.
This...
In this world, there probably isn’t a better aunt. First, she gave them a hen, and now, corn.
"Haha, you’re dumbfounded, aren’t you? I told Xiaohua that you’d be shocked, and really, you are! And that’s only part of it; Xiaohua also brought fifty duck eggs."
Yu Liulang said this with a proud look on his face, pleased that his wife was so close to his sister.
"Uncle, how could you let Aunt bring so many things over..." Mu Shuangshuang didn’t even know what to say to Yu Liulang. Feng Xiaohua sent things, and not only did he not feel embarrassed, he felt proud.
What kind of logic is this!
"Shuangshuang, don’t blame your uncle. He gave me all the money he’s saved over the last ten years—our corn and duck eggs are his too."
Over the past ten years, except for the silver given to the Luo family each year, every penny and silver coin was saved by Yu Liulang and put into a black jar.
When he gave the jar to Feng Xiaohua, she was stunned.
The two of them counted for a long time before finally getting the total, and with all the broken silver and copper coins, it came to more than thirty taels, which many people couldn’t save in a lifetime.
It was then that Feng Xiaohua realized how much trust Yu Liulang had in her.
"Haha, Uncle, you did the right thing, Shuangshuang likes it."
It’s only right for the wife to manage the finances.
Mu Shuangshuang thought, suddenly remembering that Lu Yuanfeng had also saved quite a bit of silver with her. He...
This was something she shouldn’t think about. As soon as she thought about it, her heart raced, and her mind went blank.
"You’re truly a clever one, with such a sweet mouth. Uncle will just leave the corn in the kitchen for you. Call me when you need to move it."
"Hmm, okay, thank you, Uncle!" Mu Shuangshuang nodded obediently.
Yu Liulang went back outside to continue moving things, and as soon as he stepped out, he ran into Yu Si Niang, who had just gotten up.
Before Yu Si Niang could say anything, Yu Liulang spoke first.
"Sister, I’m getting married. Congratulate me quickly!"
At this moment, Yu Liulang wore a genuine smile on his face. The person in front of him was not just his sister but also the one who raised him, no different from his own mother.
Yu Si Niang’s mouth formed an ’O’ shape. She hadn’t yet registered the meaning of her brother’s words.
When she finally understood, she was so overjoyed she almost fainted.
"Liulang, you’re not just saying this to make me happy, are you?"
"Sister, I’m really getting married. To Xiaohua. We’ve set the date—next month on the 16th."
Next month on the 16th, which is August 16th, right after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the family would still be together.
"Liulang, you..." Yu Si Niang wanted to say her brother was acting too fast, but given she’d been waiting for this for ten years, it wasn’t fast at all.
"Sister, you must come by then!"
"What are you talking about? You’re my brother. Of course, I’ll be there for your wedding!"
"Hehe, yes!" Yu Liulang thought he was silly for saying such a thing.
But he was genuinely happy.
"Wait here. I’ll head to Wang Erma’s place to buy some meat to treat you."
In the kitchen, Mu Shuangshuang heard Yu Si Niang talking about going to Wang Erma’s to buy meat and quickly came out.
"Mom, don’t go. Grandma plans to cause trouble for Wang Erma today. If you go, you’re bound to be scolded by her."
Mu Shuangshuang thought today would surely be a massive commotion. Old Mrs. Mu, with her fierce nature, would definitely flatten Wang Erma.
From now on, the Old Mu Family members probably won’t be able to buy meat from Wang Erma’s anymore.
"But since your uncle and Xiaohua are here, we can’t not have meat dishes!"
Yu Si Niang cared about her brother. Every time he visited, they treated him with the best food and drink. Now that his future wife was here, she wanted to bring out all the good stuff.
"How about I go to town to buy some? I’ll be back before noon," Yu Si Niang proposed.
"Forget it, Sister. Xiaohua and I don’t mind. She’s brought duck eggs; we can just fry a bowl of them."
"Mom, no need to worry. Later, I’ll take Little Black and Lai Mi up the mountain to have a look. What we can find there is much more than what’s outside."
Mu Shuangshuang was speaking the truth. If you live by the mountain, you should make use of the mountain’s resources.
Scraping food from the fields can barely keep you fed; to live better, you have to look elsewhere.
"I don’t feel safe with you going alone!"
To this day, Yu Si Niang still had a dreadful impression of Niuwei Mountain and didn’t want her daughter to take risks there.
"I’ll go find Fengzi to go with me. Will that be okay?" Mu Shuangshuang said helplessly.
However, being cared for like this made her happy. Family taking care and showing concern for her was much better than being indifferent.
Mentioning Lu Yuanfeng got Yu Si Niang to finally nod in satisfaction.
"Remember to invite him and Yuanbao over for lunch at noon. Tell him not to bring anything. Every time he visits, he brings so much stuff that I’m embarrassed."
Almost all of Mu Shuangshuang’s firewood was provided by Lu Yuanfeng, with him delivering some every few days.
Previously, Mu Shuangshuang’s house was even short on firewood, but now there was an abundance stacked beside the pigsty.
"Alright, I’ll go make breakfast!"
Mu Shuangshuang busied herself in the kitchen, making breakfast with pancakes, fried dough sticks, and a wild vegetable porridge. Before bed last night, she had also ground some soybeans to have soy milk ready in the morning.
At the meal table, Yu Liulang, while biting into a pancake, chatted with Feng Xiaohua.
"Xiaohua, isn’t my niece’s cooking particularly good?"
Feng Xiaohua nodded vigorously while sipping soy milk and eating fried dough sticks. "Indeed, much better than those hired cooks for banquets in the village."
"Aunt, you said that for banquets in the village, people are hired to cook, not done by the family themselves?" Mu Shuangshuang picked up on this crucial piece of information and directly asked Feng Xiaohua.
"Yes, usually when hosting a banquet, there’s already so much going on at home, where’s the time to cook yourself? Shuangshuang, are you interested in becoming a cook? I do know someone in that field and could introduce you to learn."
Feng Xiaohua thought it would be a good option; after all, having a skill meant not going hungry and being able to support the family.
"But cooking isn’t easy, with so many people waiting to eat, it would be busy from morning until night."
Cooking for weddings and funerals pays well, but it’s indeed tough for a girl.
"Uncle, Aunt, I don’t want to learn from someone else; I just want to do it myself. For weddings in the village, they’re usually concentrated in the latter half of the year when it’s not the farming season, so doing this won’t delay work."
(I have something to tell everyone. Next month or the month after, there will be a massive update planned, tentatively set to be 100,000 words, which is fifty Chapters. If you think I’m slow, please don’t abandon me. You’ll soon have plenty to read~ Wahaha...)