Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

"Alas," Qin Ying couldn't help but sigh, "This is really difficult. Logically speaking, they are Mr. Zhou's sisters and should be together for the New Year, but their situation...

"There are more rules between men and women in wealthy families, and I'm afraid it would be inconvenient for Master Zhou to come and celebrate the New Year with them.

"How about this, Huzi, you go over and ask. It's really hard for us to make the decision for others."

Zhao Hu dropped his axe, put on his coat, and went next door.

An An came out of the rabbit house and started to feel sleepy again.

Seeing that she could hardly open her eyes, Qin Ying quickly dropped the work in her hands, took her into the house, helped her wash her hands and face, took off her coat, and carried her to bed.

An An turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

Qin Ying covered her with a quilt with a smile, put a pillow on the edge of the kang, and came out again.

There are only a few odd jobs left at home.

Let’s steam the buns today and fry the ones that need to be fried, and then we’ll be done.

Meatballs cannot be fried in the house because the smoke and fire make it unsafe for people to stay inside. So a temporary stove was built at the fire mouth of the rabbit house's fire wall, where meatballs, tofu, rice noodles, etc. are fried, which also keeps the rabbit house warm.

The pot in the house was used to steam buns. In order to make An An happy, Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying discussed and made a lot of different steamed buns, which were no longer the simple steamed buns as before.

There are flower patterns, rabbit patterns, and hedgehog patterns... They look very beautiful when decorated with dates or soaked red beans.

I also made some soft steamed cakes. Although An An can eat a lot of food, his teeth are still tender after all.

For adults, the main food is cornmeal steamed bread and two-grain flour steamed buns.

Qin Ying put the steamed buns in the pot, left a piece of dry firewood in the stove, and came out to help Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao rambled on and on, "After frying these, our soybean oil will be pretty much gone. I was thinking, why don't we go to the city together after the New Year and buy two more gourds of soybean oil?"

"We have so many old gourds at home, they can finally be put to use."

Qin Ying was a little worried: "Will it be unsafe on the road? How about we ask around and see if there's anyone who wants to go to the city together?"

"Your worry is justified," Aunt Zhao sighed, "It's peaceful here, but that may not be the case elsewhere.

"Until the drought ends, there's no way to say anything! Forget it, we can probably make do with what we have at home for another half a year.

"Didn't we still survive even when there was no oil to eat?"

Qin Ying laughed, "But we can obviously live a good life, but we still suffer so much, why bother?

"Or we can ask when Lord Zhou will return to the city, and let Hu Zi go with him, and the three of us can take some time off.

"Anyway, An An is still young, so even if we go shopping, she won't be able to remember it.

"We have to keep an eye on her all the time. If she gets slapped by a beggar, we won't even have a place to cry."

"That's right!" Aunt Zhao sighed again. "Forget it this year. Let's wait a few years. I'm just afraid that in a few years, my legs won't be as good as they used to be and I won't be able to walk anymore!"

"Look at what you said!" Qin Ying said quickly, "People older than you don't admit they're old, so why are you old?

"I see, you've grown younger in these two years!

"From now on, our lives will get better and better, and we'll have less and less to worry about. You'll get younger and younger!"

Aunt Zhao couldn't help laughing: "No wonder people like daughters so much! After all, daughters are considerate. Hu Zi would never say such things to me."

"What did you say about me?" Zhao Hu trotted over. "Sister, didn't mother say anything good about me again?"

Aunt Zhao raised her hand at him and gritted her teeth, "Bullshit!"

Zhao Hu chuckled, leaned over and picked up a meatball that had just come out of the pot. He chewed it quickly while making "sah-sah-sah" sounds, and gave a thumbs-up in praise, "Delicious! Fragrant!"

Aunt Zhao raised her foot and smacked him on the butt, "Why are you so greedy?"

"Hey! I didn't kick you!" Zhao Hu jumped up to avoid it, and went to chop wood with a grin. It was the New Year, and a lot of firewood was needed, so he had to make sufficient preparations. He was the pillar of the family now, and he had to take every aspect into consideration.

After a while of commotion, Qin Ying asked, "What did Mr. Zhou say?"

"Master Zhou said..." Zhao Hu carried the chopped firewood to the side and piled it up, "Master Zhou said they should just come over and celebrate the New Year with us. They'll be in my room, and you and the two Miss Zhous will be in yours."

Aunt Zhou was shocked and stammered: "This...how can this be possible? Our house is narrow, how can it accommodate so many people!" Besides, Zhao Hu's house was not clean enough.

Zhao Hu chuckled and said, "Look how scared you are! I was just kidding!" He didn't expect his mother to take it seriously.

Aunt Zhao was so angry that she wanted to take off her shoes.

Qin Ying quickly stopped him with a smile: "My Lady, we're still frying something! Watch out for the hot oil splashing!"

"Just wait for me!" Aunt Zhao pointed at Zhao Hu, "I'll beat you up for three days and three nights sooner or later. You don't know how powerful your mother is!"

Zhao Hu laughed for a while, but when he saw his mother's face was really not looking good, he stopped making trouble and came over and said, "Master Zhou said that they will not leave during the New Year and will spend it here.

"He also said that we should go to Mr. Chen Jiu's house to have some fun, just like last year, and asked me to go along.

“By then, only you women will be at home.

"Don't worry, it's unsafe. We'll take turns checking it out. Please bolt the gate."

Aunt Zhao didn't bother to settle accounts with Zhao Hu and asked, "Then why didn't you ask someone to help with cooking?" She had helped last year.

"That's not necessary," Zhao Hu waved his hand. "They've got someone who can cook this year. Every household in the village has sent us some food these past few days, so it's quite a bit."

Aunt Zhao then said, "Since you're going there too, don't go empty-handed. Bring some of our homemade snacks. I'll bring the food later."

Qin Ying nodded and added, "We still have frozen dumplings, take some too, and get two steamed cakes for Master Chen Jiu."

The plan has been decided.

After all the fried food was out of the pot, Zhao Hu was sent to deliver some to Zhou Yu and the others. Zhao Hu did not return empty-handed and brought two pig's feet.

Aunt Zhao was about to scold again, but Zhao Hu quickly said, "Master Zhou said this is specially made for the two Miss Zhous. He asked us to stew it until it is soft and add some soybeans."

Aunt Zhao stopped talking and turned to Qin Ying, saying, "Yingzi, you stew it. Mother has never made this before."

Qin Ying couldn't help but laugh and said, "I haven't done that either!"

"Sister, you're a great cook, and everything you cook tastes delicious!" Zhao Hu said quickly, "I'll leave it to you. Even if we don't eat meat, we can still eat soybeans, right? And the broth will definitely be delicious when used to soak pancakes!"

He slurped his saliva as he spoke.

Qin Ying picked up a fried dough stick and gave it to him, saying with a smile, "Satisfy your craving first!"