A Farmer's Lady's Guide to Getting Rich

Chapter 34 34. Stewardship

The kitchen is a small bamboo shed next to the West House, with two earthen stoves.Due to disrepair, the shed is ventilated on all sides, which is okay in summer, but it can be freezing to death when cooking in winter.

Looks like the kitchen needs a makeover.

Also, I am getting older, so I can't always share the same bed with Liu's Changxi, so I can clean up the Westinghouse and arrange it for myself to live in.

And the bamboo fence used as the courtyard wall is too broken, no one can stop it at all, it's best to repair it.

Looking at his small courtyard, Xin Changning thought secretly.

She folded the clothes and put them on the bed, then found two clay pots from the sundry pile in the west room, washed and dried them, poured the newly bought rice and white flour into them, thought for a while, covered them and put them on the bed into the Westinghouse.

Eggs, peanuts and nuts were also placed in the Westinghouse, and all of them were blocked by sundries.

Put the millet in the rice bucket, put the cornmeal in the basin, and put it in the kitchen.

Give the pork suet to Mrs. Liu, and ask her to fry it into lard. If you don't eat two catties of pork belly today, wash it and put it in a basin, sprinkle it with salt, and marinate it first.Then hang it in a bamboo basket and put it in a well to keep it fresh, not afraid that it will go bad in hot weather.

As for the pile of cabbages, radishes, potatoes, peppers, etc., they just threw them into the basket and threw them on the kitchen floor.

There is no chicken coop at home, so the two hens can only be fostered at Yang Yulan's house.

Liu's hands and feet are diligent, and Xin Changning just packs up the things here, and her lard is fried there. In addition to harvesting a large bowl of lard, there is also a small half basket of fried brown, crispy and fragrant pork skin residue.

"It smells so good, mother. For dinner, let's cook cabbage noodle meat dregs soup, plus the leftover steamed stuffed bun, it's enough to eat."

Liu Shi and Xin Changxi only ate one bun each, and there were still six buns left. After finishing everything, Xin Changning said with satisfaction while biting into the crispy and fragrant pork skin.

"Okay, I'll cover it with a bamboo basket first, so as not to attract flies."

After speaking, Mrs. Liu went to the kitchen and brought a thin bamboo basket that had been washed. After covering it, she turned her head and saw Xin Changning taking out two sets of shining silver earrings from his bosom.

"Mother, these are all exchanged for that hairpin. This pair is for you, this pair is mine, and I gave the other pair to Aunt Yulan." Xin Changning took out the purse again and broke the heavy one or two. The silver and the remaining hundreds of Wen coins were all shown to Mrs. Liu.

"Mother, the hairpin was exchanged for a total of one or two taels of silver. I asked for a tael of silver and eight hundred copper coins. After shopping, there are only more than 400 coins left, and they are all here."

"So much?" Mrs. Liu was taken aback, remembering that she could only get three Wen for a night of embroidering a handkerchief, at least two or three years since she had seen so much money, she couldn't help reaching out to pick up the piece of silver, He held it in his hand and touched it again and again.

"Mother, with grandma and sister-in-law's character, I'm afraid they'll miss the money and come here to embarrass you, so let me keep the money first! I'll take care of it."

Xin Changning knew that Liu's character was cowardly, and he planned to manage the money by himself when he was in the town, so he said it without hesitation.

"Sure, mother has no objection, mother knows that I can't protect things." At this time, Xin Changning showed a calm and mature side everywhere, and because of the fact that he had to meet Lord Yan, he had become a husband in Liu's heart. She didn't object at all to the person she was relying on, and immediately put the money into Xin Changning's hands upon hearing this.

"That's good! From now on, I'll take care of the family's money." Seeing that her stepmother wasn't greedy for money, Xin Changning heaved a sigh of relief, put away all the money, picked up the silver earrings and put them on for Mrs. Liu.

"Other families are mothers who buy jewelry for their daughters. Our family is reversed. Changning, it's useless to be a mother. Mother didn't take good care of you. Mother is sorry for your father—"

Touching the brand-new earrings, Liu's nose became sore, and she cried again in excitement.

(End of this chapter)