After dinner in the morning, Li Yunshan went to set up a stall carrying soap nuts and soap paste. Mao Xiaosui sent him out and blocked the courtyard door.

He boiled the water in a small pot and went to the kitchen with the proofed noodles.

After getting up in the morning, Li Yunshan lit the brazier in the kitchen. When he went in, it was already very warm.

She took the panel over, poured water into the pot, burned it and started chopping vegetables.

Take a large bowl of oil residue and cut it into pieces. Cut a cabbage into shreds and chop it randomly a few times. Chop the washed soft-skinned vegetables into pieces. Five green onions are also chopped into pieces.

Light the empty stove next to it, scoop out half a spoonful of lard and put it into the pot. When the oil is hot, pour in the chopped oil residue and stir-fry. Then pour in all the vegetables and stir-fry. Finally, add pepper powder and salt to season the pot.

Pull the noodles into small balls, roll them out, wrap the vegetables in them, pinch the mouth and put them on the pot to steam.

While steaming the buns, she quickly washed half a pot of mushrooms and a bowl of millet and stewed the rice in a pan with vegetables.

A pot of vegetables steamed three steamed buns, and the remaining white-faced Mao Xiaosui steamed some of the steamed buns and made some of them into various weird-shaped flower rolls.

After finishing the white flour, she dug out another pot of millet flour and half a pot of bean flour and boiled them in boiling water.

Take a small ball of each of the boiled bean flour and millet flour, roll the bean dough into a small ball, and roll the millet flour into a thick round cake. Wrap the small ball and put it in the pot.

She was squeezing the fish when the door to the courtyard rang, and Heizi was already barking, his tail wagging rapidly.

She quickly opened the door and asked through the wooden door, "How is business today?"

Li Yunshan said "Hmm" outside the door and said, "The soap paste has not been sold, but some soap nuts have been sold."

After entering the door, Li Yunshan went to put the basket first, went back to the house, washed the handles, and then went into the kitchen. He looked at the various steamed buns in the basin and on the stove and was immediately amused.

"You did it all?"

"It's interesting." Mao Xiaosui smiled and picked up the fish to show him.

Li Yunshan stared at the strange-looking thing for a long time, nodded, picked up a white-faced flower scroll and said, "This one looks good too."

"You only think that one looks good, right?"

Li Yunshan smiled and said nothing, picked up a bun and started to eat it.

The steamed buns were already cold by now, so she said, "There is rice in the pot. I will heat up the buns for you in the next pot."

"Okay." Li Yunshan put it down again and went to the main room to get bowls and chopsticks.

The rice in the pot has been warmed by the residual fire, and it has become a little burnt over time, but it is delicious when eaten.

He stood by the wall holding a bowl and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I ate a steamed bun."

"Did you throw up?"

She nodded, "There was too much meat in the steamed buns. I couldn't hold it in until I vomited it right after eating, so I ate another steamed bun."

Li Yunshan didn't say anything else and ate two bowls of rice. When he found that there was a lot left in the pot, he went to get a soup basin and put it in. He poured some water into the pot and soaked it. He asked, "Have the chickens and rabbits been fed?"

Mao Xiaosui shook his head, "I didn't think of it."

Li Yunshan had no choice but to go to the backyard to feed the rabbits again. After finishing his work, he came in and the buns were warmed up.

Mao Xiaosui handed him the plate and said, "Go back to the house, I will pack it up soon."

Li Yunshan entered the room with a plate. There was hot water in the small pot. He first made himself a bowl of honey water, drank a few mouthfuls, then picked up a bun and ate it.

The bowl at home was half a soup basin, and he was actually full after two bowls of rice, so he stuffed two steamed buns, drank half a bowl of honey water, and went to bed.

Mao Xiaosui took the steamed buns and steamed buns to the food room.

Of the three water tanks at home, two were filled with water and one was filled with fish. Since there was no room for the steamed buns, she put them directly into a clean flour bag and then stood them in the basket.

It was already getting late after cleaning up the kitchen. The clay stove in the house went out, leaving only a few scattered sparks in it.

She went to the door to grab some dry firewood, broke off some branches and lit it, stuffed another big firewood and planned to go to bed to sleep for a while.

As soon as I lay down, before the quilt could even cover me, I heard the courtyard door ringing.

She was tired after working all morning, so she hesitated and lay down to sleep.

_

When she woke up, the room was dark, and she couldn't see carefully because there was no oil lamp. All she could see was Li Yunshan sitting in front of the clay stove.

She asked "Is it snowing or is it getting dark?"

"It's getting dark." Li Yunshan stood up, lit the oil lamp, picked up the basin beside the bed and went out to pour it.

Mao Xiaosui smacked his mouth, feeling it was sour and the taste was a bit disgusting.

She got out of bed to rinse her mouth and saw that the porridge had been cooked in the small pot. She asked Li Yunshan who came in from the door, "Have you eaten?"

"I ate steamed buns and leftovers from lunch."

Hearing this, Mao Xiaosui put the porridge into a bowl and ate it himself, saying, "Why didn't you call me? My bones are sore from sleeping."

"You said you were sleepy and asked me not to disturb you." Li Yunshan was confused. "Don't you remember? You said you were going to vomit in the middle of your sleep. I went to get the basin from the door."

"You keep saying you're sick, so I thought you had a cold again."

Mao Xiaosui touched his forehead and didn't feel any discomfort, so he said, "Maybe I'm sick from being in the kitchen for a long time."

Li Yunshan nodded, and after sitting for a while, he got up and brought back a piece of dried fish, tore it into pieces and roasted it on the lid of the tandoor.

After dinner, Mao Xiaosui got up and went to the hut. When he came back, he remembered that someone knocked on the door at noon and asked, "Is it your aunt who came at noon?"

"When?" Li Yunshan asked.

She waved her hand and said, "Maybe you don't know even if you're asleep. I was too sleepy and didn't care."

"It's okay." Li Yunshan said.

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The new year is approaching, and the children in the village are also going crazy.

After dinner, when Mao Xiaosui went out to the hut, he saw children from the village playing in the field, including Heizi who started not to return home.

Mao Xiaosui didn't care and blocked the courtyard door to enter the house.

Li Yunshan was grilling fish again, and it tasted quite delicious, just like snacks.

She picked up a piece and tore it apart bit by bit and ate it, saying, "Let's hang up the lanterns this afternoon. Let's be happy in advance."

"Anything is fine." Li Yunshan finished grilling the fish and went to change the mugwort leaves. Soon he heard the door of the side room creaking. After a while, Li Yunshan came back with a lantern.

Two are hung at the entrance of the main room, two at the entrance of the courtyard, one is hung on the pepper tree in the backyard, and of the remaining four, two are hung in the kitchen, and one is hung in the grain and firewood sheds.

With the red lanterns, the yard suddenly became festive.

Mao Xiaosui stretched out his hand to fiddle with it and said, "It's a pity that I can't write, otherwise I could still post couplets. By the way, who in the village can cut flower paper?"

"There are some for sale in the market." Li Yunshan said.

"That's so expensive." She shook her head. "It's nice to have a lantern, and it looks good. Our house is the most beautiful in the village at a glance."

Li Yunshan smiled and nodded.

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