Parents are busy farming

Lying on the bed, Ye Zifen couldn't sleep and tossed and turned.

‘No, she still has to do something. ’

After thinking about the things I know how to do, the ones I am more mature now are all kinds of food.

There are also woven fabrics and fabrics dyed in ginger and lake blue.

In the end, Ye Zifen decided to make food. She saw a business opportunity by making steamed buns in mutton soup during the day.

But there are no people raising sheep on a large scale around here. Does she need to raise some sheep first?

Then there is the issue of choosing a location for selling mutton soup. It would be best to have a shop on the pier. It seems that I have to ask my brother-in-law for help with this matter.

Thinking of this, I thought of Zhang Gaoyi again.

"I will catch sheep again in the future, they are delicious!" This is what he said when Ye Zifen gave him money.

At that time, Ye Zifen thought to herself, ‘I haven’t tried the roasted whole lamb that my aunt said! ’

I thought about it all night, and when I fell asleep, I didn’t know what time it was.

*

Zhang Gaoyi went home at night and the door was closed.

He looked at the two-meter-high wall of his house and took a few steps back.

Take off during the run-up, grab the top of the wall, and kick against the wall.

After his body crossed the wall, he let go and landed smoothly on the ground.

Came to a small room and entered.

He woke up the woman who was sleeping undressed on the kang.

"Sister, why don't you burn the kang? It's so cold!" Zhang Gaoyi complained after getting the person up.

"I..." The woman lowered her head and couldn't see her expression, but her voice revealed misery.

This woman is Zhang Gaoyi's half-sister.

Zhang Gaoyi's mother remarried a widow, and his father remarried a widower.

Zhang Gaoyi is the first child of their union, and the daughter left by his father's previous wife has taken care of him since he was a child.

He has the best relationship with this sister.

Seeing that his sister was about to turn eighteen, his mother found a twenty-six-year-old man for her. The family was also very poor.

According to the information Zhang Gaoyi inquired about, the man was a carpenter. Unfortunately, his mother was sick all year round and spent all the family's money without retaining anyone. Instead, her sons were delayed.

When my sister got married, she had to take care of her brother-in-law, who was also twenty years old.

That family gave her a betrothal gift of five taels of silver, and his mother planned to withhold it all.

Zhang Gaoyi couldn't bear to take the money from selling the sheep out of his pocket.

"Sister, that's all I have. Go and buy some dowry yourself! I heard that my brother-in-law is a carpenter, so I won't prepare anything for you!"

After saying that, he put the money on his sister's kang and returned to his room.

His sister was left alone holding the three taels of silver and crying silently.

*

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the off year, and they need to worship the Kitchen King today.

Ye Zifen woke up to Ye Zifei's cry.

"What's wrong with you today? Why did you wake up so late?" Ye Zifei asked worriedly.

He even reached out and touched Ye Zifen's forehead, probably because he was afraid that she might have a fever.

Zi Zifen held her sister's hand away, "It's okay, I just slept a little late last night."

Then he started to sit up and get dressed.

"It's New Year's Day today, what are your plans?" Ye Zifei asked.

Zi Ziwei's little head also popped out from the quilt, and she looked at Zi Fen longingly.

"Okay, my sister and dad will make sugar melons in a while." Ye Zifen rubbed the fluffy hair on Xiaoliu's head.

The only one in their family who has hair like Wang Tinghe's is Xiaoliu, which is soft and comfortable to touch.

"I want to get up too!" Ye Ziwei immediately became happy upon hearing this.

"Don't you have to go up the mountain today?" the little girl asked while getting dressed.

"Well! When do you start training again? When do I wake you up?"

Ye Zifen got dressed and went out.

There are many things to do today, not only making sugar melons, but also bacon and sausages.

First, I went to take out the malt that I had grown a few days ago. It was already a finger high.

Clean it, chop it into pieces and put it in water to boil.

Taking advantage of this gap, I made a simple breakfast.

"I will deliver the pork for your grandparents later." Ye Yongwang stood at the door and said to her.

"Have you ever thought about a question, there is a pig in my uncle's and aunt's house, don't they kill the New Year pig? And please remember one thing, everything you eat and drink now belongs to the Ye family, do you Worthy of the Ye family."

After Ye Zifen finished speaking, she stopped talking to Ye Yongwang and continued busy with her work.

Ye Zifei, who was lighting the fire, did not dare to speak. She also felt that her father's behavior was a bit excessive.

Ye Yongwang returned to the main room without saying anything. Wang Tinghe saw Ye Yongwang's expression was not good.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so ugly?"

"What if..., I mean what if, if Tingfeng gave something to his biological parents, how would you feel?" Ye Yongwang asked.

"You want me to tell the truth?" Wang Tinghe looked at Ye Yongwang.

"Yeah!" Ye Yongwang nodded and looked straight at Wang Tinghe.

"I will be unhappy. It is the family business that my father worked hard for. He can use it for himself, but he also wants to give it to his parents. Where does that put my father and me?"

When Ye Yongwang heard Wang Tinghe's words, he was struck by lightning.

"But those are your brother's biological parents! They have feelings!"

Ye Yongwang still asked unwillingly.

"In this case, then go back to your parents and stop coveting my family's property."

Ye Yongwang became even more sad after hearing this.

Wang Tinghe somewhat understood why Ye Yongwang was sad.

She didn't care about her anymore, but walked out and walked back and forth in the yard.

After a while, Ye Ziwei grabbed her hand and walked with her to exercise.

"Why didn't you go to the kitchen and wait for delicious food?" Wang Tinghe asked curiously.

"The fifth sister asked me to come out because she was afraid of the slippery floor."

Wang Tinghe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then lowered his head and smiled slightly.

In the kitchen, "What happened to you today? Why did you suddenly lose your temper with dad?"

Ye Zifei asked curiously.

"It's okay!" Ye Zifen didn't want to say.

She was still angry that no one was waiting for her when she came back last night.

"But you have promised to give me something to the old house, and suddenly you don't give it to me. Daddy will definitely feel uncomfortable." Ye Zifei asked worriedly.

"I'm not feeling well right now! Who cares what I think anymore."

Ye Zifen muttered and scooped the contents of the pot onto the filter cloth.

Strain the water and continue pouring it into the pot to boil.

"Sister, you continue to endure it. I'll go to the warehouse and take out the cooked bean flour that I ground a few days ago."

"Yeah! Go ahead! I'll keep stirring." Ye Yefei knew what she wanted to express.

When the maltose became thick, Ye Zifen poured the liquid into a small pot and waited for it to cool down slightly.

Put a ladle of water in the big pot, add some flour, and make a sweet batter.

"Xiao Liu, come here and drink some sweet dough!" Zi Zifen called Zi Ziwei who was helping Wang Tinghe walk.

But he went into the house and took out Zhi Fang.

Little girls can also eat some of this sweet batter.

Ye Yongwang, who had been shutting himself in the room, also came out and took his little daughter from Ye Zifen.

Feed her the batter spoon by spoon.

"Instead of sending pork to my old house, I'll just give you some ordinary New Year gifts. After all, we are relatives."

Ye Yongwang weighed things in the room for a long time, with his parents who were indifferent to him on one side and his wife and daughter on the other.

There is no suspense about which side to choose, I just feel embarrassed when this delusion is exposed.

"Okay, I will prepare the New Year's gift." Zi Zifen is also a person who accepts things as they come.

"Today I'm sending it to the Stove Lord, you'd better hurry up and make the sugar melons!" Wang Tinghe handed over the ladder at the right time.