Marrying a village tyrant husband with space, being spoiled by the in-laws

The cooled red date glutinous rice cake also has a unique flavor.

"It's delicious, better than the snacks in town."

Zhou Dazhu took a bite and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

"If it tastes good, eat more. Huanhuan said this thing can't be stored. Heat it up in the steamer with lotus leaves at night and eat it up by tomorrow at the latest, otherwise it will go bad."

Yunniang originally wanted to keep the red date glutinous rice cake for her son Zhou Tian to eat slowly, but when she heard that it could not be kept or it would go bad, she picked up another piece and put it in her mouth.

At noon, Zhou Dazhu asked Yunniang to kill a chicken, but Li Zhoushi stopped her. Her brother from her natal family lived a hard life, relying on the eggs laid by those chickens to exchange for oil and salt to survive. How could she bear to let her brother kill a chicken just for this trip?

"Just make some noodles. My sister-in-law is a good cook. The noodles she makes are chewy and delicious. I've wanted to eat the noodles she makes for a long time."

"Sister, please wait a moment. I'll make it now." When Yunniang heard that her elder sister wanted to eat noodles, she hurriedly washed her hands and went into the kitchen to roll the noodles.

When guests come to the house, we don't kill chickens, so we naturally put more oil in the noodles. Eggs are fried with lard and served with tender green cabbage.

The hand-rolled noodles are chewy and delicious, and the combination tastes pretty good.

Even Yu Suihuan, who is such a picky eater, ate a big bowl of it. It seems that this aunt can cook.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back. Is my aunt here?"

A clear male voice came into the house, and a tall and thin young man walked in holding a water bag.

"My cousin is back, and he's grown a lot taller. This is your third sister-in-law."

Li Chengjin stepped forward and patted Zhou Tian on the shoulder.

"Meet the third sister-in-law."

"Cousin."

Yu Suihuan stood up and nodded slightly.

"Brother Tian, ​​come and try it. This is the red date glutinous rice cake made by your third sister-in-law."

Li Zhou greeted her nephew.

When Zhou Tian heard that there was something delicious, he smiled and swallowed a whole piece of red date glutinous rice cake in two or three bites.

"Cousin Chengjin, you are so lucky. The snacks made by Third Sister-in-law are so delicious."

After saying this, he turned to look at his mother.

"Mom, can I bring two pieces for Xiaomei to try later?"

"Tian'er, why are you still thinking about her? Their family wants a betrothal gift of five taels of silver. How can our family afford that much silver?!"

Yunniang's tone was full of helplessness.

"I will go to the dock every day to carry goods, and save more money. Xiaomei said she would wait for me. Besides, his father said that as long as I give him five taels of silver as a betrothal gift, he will not visit his family during festivals."

"If we don't visit relatives, we can save money. Xiaomei will be a member of our family forever. It's not a loss to buy a person for five taels of silver."

Zhou Tian's voice sounded a little anxious, as he was afraid that his mother would say that she didn't like Xiaomei.

"Is she the daughter of Sun Laoer from the next village? That child is also pitiful. She lost her mother when she was young and has to make a living under the care of her stepmother. That stepmother is definitely planning to sell her and use the money to marry her own son."

Li Zhou knew Xiaomei's biological mother when she was young. She had a miserable life and died early, leaving behind only her daughter to suffer.

"Mom, you see, my eldest aunt said that Xiaomei had a miserable life. If she was sold to those shameful places by her stepmother, her life would be ruined. Anyway, I won't marry anyone else except her."

Zhou Tian is now thinking about Sun Xiaomei.

"I also know that Xiaomei has a hard life and is a good girl, but where can we get the five taels of silver as a betrothal gift?"

Yunniang knew it all too well. She was also a person with a hard life. She also lived under the care of her stepmother. Later, when she reached the age of 15, she was sold to a widower as his wife. After the widower died, the family's land was taken over by his nephew, and she was driven back to her parents' home.

"Her stepmother was cruel and sold her to Zhou Dazhu. She was abused by her stepmother since she was young and her body was damaged. It took her several years of marriage before she gave birth to a son like Zhou Tian. Naturally, she obeyed him in everything.

"Aunt, I see there are several apricot trees in your backyard. The apricots on them are big and sweet. If we sell them, won't we have money to help my cousin get married?"

Yu Suihuan made a rough calculation and found that these apricot trees could produce about 200 to 300 kilograms of apricots, which should be enough to sell for some money.

"Every time you go out to sell something, you have to pay taxes. Now many people are selling, but they can't get the price. Usually, you can sell it for ten cents per pound. Now some people sell it for eight cents per pound."

Some people even tried to bargain her down to a lower price for Ba Wen. Yunniang was really not good at selling things.

"Sell me these apricots at ten cents a pound. I'll make them into honey-glazed apricots and apricot wine, and sell them for a good price in the fall or winter."

Zhou Dazhu felt a little embarrassed and refused to agree.

Finally, Yu Suihuan said that the honey apricots were ready and could be sold, and he would give them the money.

Only then did Zhou Dazhu agree.

In the afternoon, we had nothing to do, so we started picking apricots from the trees. If we couldn't finish the whole trip today, we would have to do another trip tomorrow.

On the way back, Yu Suihuan passed by a porcelain shop and bought another twenty jars. The jars were not big and could hold about two kilograms.

When the three of them returned home, Tao Guihua and Zhang Lanxiang had already returned from their parents' home.

Seeing so many apricots on the donkey cart, I couldn't help but ask.

"Have you brought back all the apricots from my uncle's house?"

"I bought all the apricots from my uncle's house and I plan to make them into food and sell them."

Yu Suihuan has already figured out where to sell it.

"Can't we just eat these apricots directly? Why do we need to cook them?"

Tao Guihua couldn't understand why bother if she could just eat it directly.

"You'll know when I'm done."

Yu Suihuan rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start his own entrepreneurial journey.

"Third sister-in-law, are you going to wash something? I'll help you. Don't worry, I can wash things very cleanly."

Tao Guihua received a lot of praise at her parents' home today. The red date glutinous rice cake really made her look proud.

Zhang Lanxiang didn't say anything, but silently took the basin to fetch water.

She was also very proud to return to her parents' home today. She brought so many expensive snacks that her sister-in-law's attitude towards her was different.

When they heard that their aunt was going to cook something delicious again, the three children volunteered very eagerly to help wash the apricots.

The whole family worked together to help, and soon a basket of apricots and twenty jars were washed clean.

After dinner, Yu Suihuan and Li Chengjin started to work. She said this was a secret recipe, so everyone else consciously avoided suspicion, and naturally there were only the two of them in the kitchen.

This made it much easier to get sugar from the space. She first asked Li Chengjin to boil a large pot of water and let it cool.

Then put most of the chopped apricots in each jar, take out the rock sugar and white sugar from the space and put some in each jar, then add cooled boiled water and cover the lid. Don't cover it too tightly. Now put it in the pot and start steaming.