Three points are destined, seven points depend on face

Lao Zhengtou parked his car outside the West Market. Food and food here in West Market are cheaper than elsewhere, and it is a must-visit place for ordinary people.

Although it is a dirt road, it does not prevent everyone from opening a shop or setting up a stall. At a glance, there are various colorful stalls, selling and bargaining. The whole street is full of people coming and going, and there is a constant flow. Although it looks a bit messy, isn't this just fireworks in the world?

Xia Chuntao held a child in each hand and walked forward slowly.

There is a pie stall on the left. The prepared pie is put into the oil pan. With the bubbles of oil, the big fat pie turns golden. The pie is placed in the pan. Drain the oil on the bamboo strips, and the fragrance overflows.

No one had breakfast because they were afraid that the children would get carsick. The three mothers gathered around the pie stall, staring at the golden and crispy pies.

Xia Chuntao originally planned to find a restaurant for a good meal, but now, she simply can't walk down the road!

"Want to eat?" Xia Chuntao swallowed without taking her eyes off the pie.

"Think!" the two children said in unison.

"Boss, here are three pies."

"okay!"

When you bite into the steaming hot pie, it is charred and crispy, mixed with the salty aroma of the meat, and fills your lips with a sense of happiness.

Xia Chuntao felt that she could eat three more!

It would be great if there was another tofu noodle to drink. There were several stalls selling tofu poo. Xia Chuntao chose one and ordered two bowls of tofu poo, one bowl for the two children and one for herself.

The three of them, mother and son, had their heads buried in the bowls, sucking on the tofu curd.

The three mothers were very satisfied with this breakfast.

"Mom, can we come here again to eat pies and tofu puffs?" Alai asked.

"Of course! When Mom is free, she will bring you here to eat. Not only the pies and tofu buns, but also all the good things here!"

"Really, mother?"

"Of course! Mom must keep her word!"

The two children jumped up and down happily.

"Mom, I know that one. My father bought it for me and my brother before. That's a candy man. It's beautiful and delicious!" Niu Niu pulled Xia Chuntao and pointed to a stall on the right that was making candy men.

Xia Chuntao looked around and asked the two children: "Want to eat?"

For some reason, the children suddenly fell silent.

After a pause, Alai said: "Dad used to bring us candied haws and candied people."

Niuniu nodded, "Dad also said that you should brush your teeth carefully after eating sweets, otherwise your teeth will hurt if there are bugs in them."

Alai raised his head and asked Xia Chuntao: "Mom, will dad never come back?"

Looking at the hopeful eyes of the two children, Xia Chuntao really didn't know what to say.

"I was thinking that your father might have gone to some mountain to become a god."

"But, they all said that my father is dead." Alai stubbornly wanted an answer.

Xia Chuntao knelt down and said, "Alai, life or death, it's just a path we all have to take, but some are a little earlier and some are a little later. Your dad is just a little earlier than us."

Alai seemed to understand what Xia Chuntao meant.

"In short, from now on, we mothers should live a good life. We should eat and drink when we should, and live a good life. Your father will also be very happy."

Alai nodded heavily, "Mom, we want to make dad happy."

Niuniu didn't know what her mother and brother were talking about, but that didn't stop her from shouting slogans.

"Make daddy happy! Make daddy happy!"

"Let's go buy candy figures too!" Xia Chuntao led the two children towards the candy figure stall.

Because there was a special car owned by Lao Zhengtou, Xia Chuntao and her children bought many things, including food and entertainment, and piled up most of the car.

Oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, cakes, tea, rice, glutinous rice, wheat flour, red dates, fungus and other dry goods, headbands and silk flowers bought for Niu Niu; cloth shoes bought for the whole family... and so on. The most satisfying thing is that so many things cost less than one tael of silver!

This is an impressive price!

In fact, this is just Xia Chuntao's illusion.

In Dai Viet, the income of an ordinary family is less than ten taels a year, or less than one tael a month. Note that this is still the income of a family.

If you hire a boy in the county, the salary is only ten yuan a day, which is pretty good. In some small shops, the clerk's daily wages are only seven or eight cents.

Xia Chuntao earned sixty-four taels yesterday. She bought so many things today for less than one tael. Of course she felt it was cheap.

To sum up, living with money means nourishment!

"We will make dumplings later, stuffed with pork. Alai and Niuniu will eat a lot of them and grow strong!"

Alai and Niuniu cheered and ran around in the yard.

Xia Chuntao took out five pounds of fat meat and refined the oil first. Ordinary people refine oil at home, and few go out to buy vegetable oil. Firstly, it is not cost-effective, and secondly, vegetable oil for cooking does not have the aroma of lard.

The lard is refined and solidifies into a white ointment after cooling. A little bit of it can be used for cooking for a long time.

The lard residue is the most delicious snack. Sprinkle it with a little salt and bite it in your mouth. It is crunchy and the aroma instantly fills your lips and tongue. The two little guys ate until their eyes widened.

In the evening, Xia Chuntao prepared the stuffing and noodles, and the mother and son made dumplings in the yard. Xia Chuntao taught Alai how to make dumplings while rolling them out, and assigned Niu Niu a casual position as captain of the transportation team, mainly because he was afraid of her Huo Huo flour.

Alai learned it well and got started in a short time. Xia Chuntao really saved a lot of effort. Xiaoxia classmate thinks back to when she was five years old, well, she still wet the bed and cried in kindergarten!

When the first pot of dumplings was served, Xia Chuntao filled it in a big bowl and sent it to Mrs. Zhao next door. Sister-in-law Zhao resisted for a long time, then finally accepted it and filled Xia Chuntao with a full bowl of glutinous rice.

Xia Chuntao remembered that her grandma once said: What comes and goes, the river flows.

Whether friends or husband and wife, if you only accept without giving, you will eventually reach a dead end.

The sunset shone into the small courtyard, and the mother and son were sitting at a small table in the courtyard eating dumplings.

The dumplings are white and fat, with plump meat fillings. When you bite into them, the aroma of the dough and the meat filling fills your lips and teeth. Drink another bowl of dumpling soup and beat the living gods.

"Mom, the dumplings are so delicious! Why don't I remember eating such delicious dumplings before?" Alai stuffed a whole dumpling in his mouth and kept mumbling.

"You were still young at that time, so it's normal if you don't remember. Niu Niu definitely doesn't remember either, right, Niu Niu?" Xia Chuntao said deceptively.

Niuniu nodded, buried her little head in the bowl again, and continued to fight with the fat dumplings.

"Mom, I think you are different from before." Alai said again.

Every soul that travels through time will be tested by the relatives of the original owner.

"What's different?" Xia Chuntao asked with a smile.

"The things you made before were not very delicious. You didn't talk as much as you do now. You always listen to dad on everything..."

Niuniu on the side suddenly raised her head and said, "Mom, don't go!"

Xia Chuntao was stunned, touched Niuniu's little head, and smiled at the two children, "Mom is not going anywhere. From now on, I will make a lot of delicious food and raise you two into piglets!"

After saying that, he pointed at the two little guys with his fingers, "Pig, come, pig, Niuniu, okay?"

The two children looked at each other and laughed.

The rays of light shine on Xia Chuntao's smiling face, and also on the children's hearts...