SIAS Chapter 36.1

Yi Qingqing mainly wanted to build her own small yard. It would be safer to have a yard and door at home.

She also specifically told the old carpenter to make the courtyard gate and the back door of the house more sturdy.

At first, it was just Qian Lailai who came to see Yi Qingqing stepping on the mud happily. Then, she wanted to try it too.

They didn’t know when Yun Guyuan came over, silently rolled up his trouser legs, and joined in.

Then, the number of people stepping on the soil increased. Li Mengxue, who was very careful about her image, joined in. Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Zhihe were of course no exception.

“What do you think? Should I invite you to dinner tonight or not?” Yi Qingqing said to these uninvited people.

“Qingqing, look at my feet. They are all red from being pricked by the grass nodes.” Qian Lailai stretched out her feet.

Yi Qingqing: “…”

Who could see if her mud-covered feet were red?

“I heard that Comrade Yi is going to treat Uncle Yougen and others to a good meal today.” Chen Zhihe also said meaningfully.

Li Mengxue sighed, “Let’s go wash our feet. What should we eat tonight?”

“Wait for me, let’s do it together,” Zheng Xiaolong also said.

Comrade Yun Guyuan still lowered his head and stepped on the mud diligently, but he hadn’t moved for several minutes.

Yi Qingqing laughed and snorted, “Why are you washing? You haven’t stepped on the mud yet!”

“Hey, what’s delicious tonight? Do you know that I cry every day when I smell the smell coming from your house?” Qian Lailai said. She knew that Yi Qingqing was hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

“Wait, step on it well. I’ll go cook.” With four more people to eat, Yi Qingqing had to prepare in advance.

She never expected that even though she refused the help of the fellow villagers, she would still be dependent on these uninvited people in the end.

But although Yi Qingqing said this, she actually understood that if the bricks were to be made solid, the mud had to be stepped on thoroughly. With only her and Uncle Yougen, she was afraid that she could only finish a small part today.

It was also because she was not clear about the process of making adobe bricks before, otherwise, she might have found a few skilled people in the village to help in advance.

So, their help was very timely.

She was joking when she brought up the topic of dinner, but in fact, she had already thought about saving some for dinner.

After entering the house, she steamed the rice first, but not the sweet potato rice. It was not the time for sweet potato harvest yet, and she had not exchanged the stored sweet potatoes with the villagers, so it was difficult to explain where they came from.

However, with so many people, she didn’t want to be so extravagant as to use only white rice, as that would be a bit too much.

She was afraid that there was no one else in the village who ate fine grains every day except the heroine Li Mengxue and her.

It would be too conspicuous to invite so many people to eat all-you-can-eat white rice.

It just so happened that the cornmeal borrowed from the team had not been eaten much, so she mixed some with the rice and cooked it together.

She also cut some of the pork belly in the backpack and took several eggs.

Finally, she decided to make five dishes: braised pork with cabbage, fried eggs with wild vegetables, stir-fried cucumber with black fungus, fried eggplant with green beans, and loofah and egg soup. The portions were as large as possible, after all, there were eight people eating, and they all did physical work.

“It smells so good! It makes me hungry,” Qian Lailai sniffed.

As soon as Zhao Yougen smelled it, he knew there must be meat. He licked his lips, and thinking about eating the meat soon, his hands moved much faster.

Once the mud was ready, it was pretty quick to make the bricks using a mold.

It was time for dinner before it got dark.

 

 

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