Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11786

Liu said, "What can we dry in this little yard? I took all the bedding from our bed to the new house at the village entrance. After washing the bedding and sheets at the pond at the village entrance, I also dried them at the new house."

Yang Huaming understood. No wonder Zhao Liuer said she hadn't seen Liu Shi go to the front yard all day, nor had she seen her go to the back yard.

It turns out that Liu had been busy at the village entrance all along.

"You've worked so hard today, you must be exhausted. I'll go to the new house at the village entrance and help you collect your things."

At this point, Yang Huaming finally understood why Liu had come from the backyard. There was a small path from the backyard that led directly to the village entrance, while going through the village required a much longer detour.

Liu pushed him away: "I don't need you to help me pack things. I can pack them myself, one trip at a time. If you really care about me, you should hurry up and go check on the Sun family's meat shed and cook me some good food tonight to help me recover!"

Yang Huaming quickly put down what he was holding and immediately went outside to prepare some good food for Liu.

Old Yang happened to be out for a stroll and happened to accompany Yang Huaming. After learning about He'er's situation, Yang Huaming went to buy meat, while Old Yang went to spread the news among the various households...

While Old Yang was spreading the news in each room, Yang Huaming rushed to the Sun family's meat shed at top speed.

The Sun family's meat stall opens twice a day, once in the early morning and once at sunset.

The significance of setting up a stall early in the morning is self-evident. The reason for setting up a stall after sunset is to sell what was left over from the morning's sales.

In the morning, before the sun gets too strong, they would pack up and take the leftovers home, then sink them into the well with wooden crates filled with dry ice to keep them warm.

Dry ice can be considered a luxury in this era, but it is not really a luxury.

For families with better conditions, such as the Luo family, there are special cellars to store dry ice. Every summer, dry ice is placed in the rooms of adults and children to cool down and regulate the temperature.

However, ordinary families cannot afford it. As for the Sun family, because they are in the pork business, they also need dry ice, otherwise the high temperature will cause too much damage to the pork.

The Sun family mainly gets their dry ice through Da Jie, and sometimes Yang Ruoqing also sends some dry ice to them.

So Yang Huaming sprinted to the meat stall, just in time to catch the villagers who were going home after work buying meat there.

The price of meat differs between the morning and evening. For example, the same piece of pork belly might cost 18 coins per pound in the morning, but only 12 coins per pound in the evening.

Some families buy the freshest meat in the morning, even if it's a bit expensive, because they can't eat it every few days.

Some families prefer to buy meat in the evening. Although it's not as fresh as it is in the morning, the meat hasn't spoiled. The Sun family uses dry ice to keep the meat fresh in their well, making it much cheaper in the evening.

In addition, some farming families who hadn't planned to buy meat ended up eating only vegetables all day after a busy day.

When you finish work and go home in the evening, your body will be very tired and hungry, but your mind will be relatively relaxed.

In this state of mind, when passing by the meat stall and seeing the juicy pork belly, one would think of taking a piece home, digging up some potatoes for dinner, or using the long beans, eggplants, and peppers that there was no way to finish eating in the vegetable garden, to make a stew, and then drinking some wine. The taste was indescribably wonderful.

So when Yang Huaming rushed over, there was only a few pieces of meat left in the meat stall.

They consisted of a fist-sized piece of pork belly, a palm-sized piece of pig's head meat, and a pig's ear.

"I'll take it all!" Yang Huaming waved his hand and swept up the rest of the goods.

Madam Sun laughed and said, "It's already night, why are you still so extravagant? Didn't you eat enough at the Taoist temple at noon or what?"

Yang Huaming said with a smile, "I ate and drank my fill at the Taoist temple, and this is to treat my wife."

"Huh? What happened to her?"

"She's amazing today. She's worked all day at home and made the house look great. I have to treat her to something nice!" Madam Sun gave Yang Huaming a thumbs up. "It's twenty-five coins in total. I'll round it down for you because of what you just said!"

"Hey, thanks a lot!"

Yang Huaming happily carried his things home, while Liu was still traveling back and forth between the new and old houses.

Yang Huaming said to Liu, "Tell Jin Chuan not to burn any more food tonight, and to invite Kang Xiaozi over for dinner!"

"I bought pig's head and pig's ears, I'll braise them later to have with my drinks."

"I'll braise the pork belly for you and your mother to eat with rice."

"Put in a few juicy little potatoes; Liangliang loves them," Liu instructed.

"Okay, what about you? I remember you like to eat glass noodles?"

"Thank goodness you have some conscience, remembering I love pork stew with vermicelli. Grab a few more handfuls, we have plenty of sweet potato vermicelli at home, Ju'er brought back several pounds last time!"

"Don't worry, I'll get everything ready for you..."

……

Before we knew it, it was the end of July and the beginning of August.

The weather has really cooled down, and Yang Ruoqing has dressed all three little ones in autumn clothes.

Wang Cuilian and Sun Shi get together every day to discuss what flavors of mooncakes they should make for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yang Ruoqing's focus, however, was not on this, but on Changhuaizhou.

According to the timeline, the results of this year's imperial examination should be released soon. As soon as the results are released, regardless of Zhi'er's results, Da'an will send someone to deliver a message back to the village immediately.

Not only Dazhi's grades, but Zuo Jinling's grades were also of great interest to everyone, especially his daughter. When she came home to visit last time, she repeatedly told Yang Ruoqing that if her brother's grades came out, she should have Xingwang send a message to the camp as soon as possible to inform her.

Yang Ruoqing knew that this girl was genuinely concerned about her brother's grades, but she was too embarrassed to say that she was also concerned about Zuo Jinling's grades.

Therefore, Yang Ruoqing has been paying attention to the carrier pigeons in the sky and the guards sent back by Da'an to deliver messages these past few days.

Finally, on the last day of July, Yang Ruoqing did not receive the carrier pigeon or the messenger, but she did receive Xiao An and Ping An.

"Sister, my brother was worried that the carrier pigeon might get shot on the way, and he was also afraid that the letter brought back by the guards would be incomplete due to limited information. So he specially sent me and Ping An back to tell you the good news!"

Xiao An and Ping An had just dismounted when they headed straight for the Luo family. Before they could even have a cup of tea or sit down, Xiao An excitedly grabbed Yang Ruoqing's hand and told her everything in one breath.

"Our Dazhi is truly remarkable, he's on the list of successful candidates, and Jinling is doing just as well. It's a double celebration for our family!"

Xiao An's words brought Yang Ruoqing's heart, which had been hanging in suspense for nearly two months, back to normal.

Okay, okay, that's great!

Yang Ruoqing's smile blossomed brightly on her face, but her eyes were moist.

Ten years of hard study!
Studying is so tiring! These kids have suffered so much, but they've finally made it through!

Meanwhile, the rest of the family members also rushed over from all directions upon hearing the news. They didn't even need to listen carefully; just by seeing Yang Ruoqing's joyful tears, they all knew that good things had happened!
"When will the children be back? Are they on their way?" Wang Cuilian asked impatiently.

Xiao An said, "They are on the road, but they are heading north, on their way to the capital!"