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Chapter 61 Taking Group Photos!

The next day, Xiao Ran walked his dog while doing his morning exercise, practicing a set of boxing to loosen up his muscles and bones.

They leisurely went to Zhang Erya's house with corn, melons, fruits and vegetables.

When Xiao Ran arrived in the courtyard, Third Sister was scattering millet to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese.

Suddenly I saw an egg in the corner and I was very excited.

"It's eggs, sister."

San Niang turned around and saw Xiao Ran, changed direction, and ran to Xiao Ran, "Young master, it's an egg!"

"Hmm, really good." Xiao Ran rubbed Third Sister's head.

I'm quite envious; an egg can make a little girl happy for a long time.

Hearing that Xiao Ran had arrived, Zhang Erya came out of the house, "Young Master!"

"Okay, Second Aunt, put this in a pot and boil it. You don't need to add anything else, just boil it." Xiao Ran handed a bag of corn to Zhang Erya.

"How much should I cook, young master?" Zhang Erya took the pot; it was quite a lot, and rather heavy.

One for each person is enough.

The first thing Zhang Dalang did every morning was to check on the cows in the cowshed and add some hay.

It's the season for tilling the land, and every few days villagers come to borrow oxen and curved plows.

Zhang Jinhe borrowed the most, and also had several cows to help haul stones to build the house.

Zhang Dalang was very fond of him and took good care of him.

Life was indeed looking up, which filled Zhang Dalang with enthusiasm, but the thought that he only had one year left made him look dejected, as he was really reluctant to give it up.

Zhang Dalang could only keep these things to himself; being a man of few words, he wouldn't tell anyone else.

Now, you don't need Xiao Ran to roast chestnuts; Zhang Dalang can do it.

Zhang Jinhe has a lot of things to do, so he arrives a little later than usual.

The profits from the persimmon cakes will definitely be shared between Zhang Jinhe and Zhang Huaicai.

Unlike roasted chestnuts, persimmon cakes are mainly about time.

Afterwards, Xiao Ran talked to Zhang Jinhe and gave him three persimmon cakes for one coin.

Zhang Huaicai sold them for two coins each, and the rest was the Zhang family's profit.

The villagers certainly couldn't sell the persimmon cakes themselves; the most convenient way was to sell them to Zhang Jinhe's family.

The Zhang family are business people, but they are fairly fair to the villagers.

Previously, a dou (a unit of dry measure) cost 7 wen (a unit of currency) and contained about 75 pieces. Now, at 3 pieces for 1 wen, it still costs 25 wen.

Compared to before, this is ridiculously high.

Zhang Huaicai didn't earn much, but he wouldn't lose money either.

It's a strategy of low profit margins and high sales volume.

I'll also help out the villagers.

Prepare some roasted chestnuts and persimmon cakes, and Zhang Jinhe will also come over.

Zhang Jinhe had to give the money for the persimmon cakes to Xiao Ran.

Zhang Erya smelled a special aroma coming from the pot; the corn had a rather unique smell.

It was a little hot, so Zhang Erya used chopsticks to take it out and put it in a small bamboo basket.

"Young master, it's cooked!" Zhang Erya brought the corn to the small table in the yard.

Zhang Jinhe glanced at it casually, "Hmm? What is this?"

Immediately, Zhang Jinhe's third aunt also smelled the unique aroma of corn.

"This is corn, have a taste!" Xiao Ran pulled San Niang down to sit.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Since they were already familiar with each other, Zhang Jinhe had helped out quite a bit and often ate here for free.

We've had a very good relationship lately and have been very close.

Xiao Ran picked up a corn cob, broke it open, and stuck chopsticks in it. "Third Aunt, this way it won't be hot. Eat the outer part of the corn, but you can't eat the inside."

"Okay!" Third Sister quickly took it, blew on it gently, and took a bite.

Zhang Jinhe and Zhang Erya stared intently; the smell was quite enticing.

"It's sweet and fragrant, young master, this corn is really delicious," Third Sister said excitedly.

"I'm glad you like it, Da Lang, have something to eat first," Xiao Ran called out.

"it is good!"

Zhang Jinhe and Zhang Erya took a bite and their faces lit up with joy.

"This is really good," Zhang Jinhe said, carefully examining the corn. One ear of corn wouldn't actually be enough for breakfast, but he hadn't eaten anything before, so this was just a small snack.

There were pastries and flatbreads at home, but Zhang Erya and Zhang Dalang didn't eat them much in the morning.

If Xiao Ran ate, they would eat some too; if Xiao Ran didn't eat, neither would the brother and sister—they were very casual about it.

After only a few bites, San Niang asked, "San Niang, is it not tasty?"

"No, corn is delicious!"

"Then why don't you eat?"

"My sister said that Sizi Fanyin came to play with me today, and I gave Sizi Fanyin some to eat." Third Sister wanted to share this good stuff with her two friends.

"It's alright, just eat. There'll be more later, we can cook more for Sizi Fanyin. Let's eat our fill first."

"it is good!"

This corn is very tender and sweet; it would be a great breakfast option.

Li Lizhi and her group arrived very early, and Li Wu and Cheng Tiehuan accompanied them this time.

"Aha~" The carriage stopped, and the little princess poked her head out. "I'm back again~"

"Sizi!" Third Sister ran over with Little Black.

Xiao Ran and Zhang Erya walked over with smiles, "Fifth Sister, Sixth Sister."

"Little husband, second mother."

After a brief greeting, the group entered the courtyard.

Zhang Erya brought the bowl for scraping the persimmon frost.

Let the two little princesses eat two first.

Soon Zhang Erya brought over a bowl of chopped maltose and went back inside to start cooking corn.

Without delay, the group began scraping off the persimmon frost.

Xiao Ran took out an envelope and handed it to Li Lizhi, "Fifth Sister, this is for you."

Li Lizhi was stunned for a moment, not understanding why they had to exchange letters face-to-face.

Princess Yuzhang, Zhang Jinhe, Cheng Tiehuan, and Yu Shu all looked at Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi with meaningful expressions.

Li Lizhi took the envelope and felt that it was very thick inside.

Fearing that others might misunderstand, Xiao Ran quickly said, "It's not a letter, Fifth Sister, please open it and take a look."

The envelope didn't contain a letter, which made everyone even more curious.

Li Lizhi took out several photos, the first of which was of the little princess, who was smiling happily.

The moment Li Lizhi saw the photo, her eyes widened.

I can't understand why there would be such a similar 'portrait'.

It's unbelievably real, more so than a mirror reflecting the Tang Dynasty itself.

It's like looking at each other face to face.

Princess Yuzhang Zhang Jinhe and the others nearby also saw it, and they all looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"Ah, isn't this a rhinoceros? How come this painting looks exactly like the real thing?" Princess Yuzhang was completely puzzled.

"Young master, how did you do that?" Li Lizhi looked at the others, including those of Princess Chengyang and Third Sister.

There were several people with their dogs, and others alone.

The more I look at Li Lizhi, the more I like her.

"This isn't a painting, it's a photograph, so it's not a painting either," Xiao Ran said truthfully.

Princess Yuzhang Zhang Jinhe and the others also looked at the photos, noting that the texture was very smooth and unique.

The three little girls gathered around, and the little princess smiled happily when she saw herself, "Hehe~ Xiwo~"

"Big doggy~" The little princess hugged a photo.

"This is me, and this is Third Aunt's." The photo in the little princess of Chengyang's hand was a picture of herself and Third Aunt.

Hearing the laughter, Zhang Erya also came out of the kitchen.

"I prepared two sets of these photos. One set is for Fifth Sister and Sizi, and this set is for Second Sister and Third Sister. You can keep them if you like."

I think this is very meaningful.

"Great!" Zhang Erya looked at the photo with great joy.

"Young master, can this still be made?" Zhang Jinhe wanted to take a picture.

"Sure!" Taking photos of others and group pictures is no problem either.

(End of this chapter)