194 Full Preparation
Liu Shi nodded.
“I’ve already soaked the rice, but there’s not much rice left at home, only 45 catties.”
Lin Xiaoyue calculated that she could make 36 bowls of cold cake.
“That’s enough.”
Aunt Wang heard that the Liu family was going to make cold cakes later and said she and Wang Shuanzi would come to help.
Lin Xiaoyue invited the Wang family to stay for dinner and insisted that they not help if they didn’t stay for dinner.
Finally, Uncle Wang decided to go back home and prepare for selling cold cakes the next day, so the Wang family left.
While it was still early, Lin Xiaoyue called Liu Shi to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
At this point, many villagers came to buy cold cakes.
Lin Xiaoyue sent Liu Shi out and called the two children to help her cook.
After dinner, the family was busy again.
It took half an hour just to grind the rice into rice paste.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoyue had bought a large pot, so she could cook two pots of cold cakes at the same time, saving her a lot of time.
As soon as 2 pots of cold cakes were cooked, Aunt Wang came to help, and Lin Xiaoyue’s progress was even faster.
The Liu family was grateful, and everyone thanked Aunt Wang.
That night, the Liu and the Wang family worked together, talking and laughing, and it only took a little over an hour to make all the cold cakes.
After finishing the work, it was still early.
Lin Xiaoyue gave the children some coins, and then went to wash up.
It was a tiring day.
And so another day passed.
Lin Xiaoyue woke up on time. The exhaustion from the day before disappeared, and she became full of energy again. Looking at herself in the mirror, Lin Xiaoyue remembered what Li Xiao said yesterday. She hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to tie up her hair. Liu Shi had already prepared breakfast in the kitchen. Seeing her daughter’s tied-up hair, she wasa little surprised but didn’t ask further. As for the others, Lin Xiaozhi didn’t seem to notice at all. Xiao Qing seemed to be lost in thought, and then smiled and glanced at her uncle. Li Xiao smiled as well. Later, just as the Liu family started eating breakfast, Aunt Wang’s voice came from outside. Lin Xiaoyue quickly finished the porridge and went out. Aunt Wang and Wang Shunzi were here. “Why are you here so early? Shuanzi, have you eaten?” Lin Xiaoyue greeted them with a smile. “Yes! You go ahead and eat. We’ll help you bring up the rice cakes,” Aunt Wang smiled and asked, “how many should we bring to town today?”
“We’ll bring more today, so 28. Thank you,” Lin Xiaoyue said. She hadn’t had enough yet, and it’s still early, so she was not in a hurry to leave.
“No worries! Go cat!” Aunt Wang said with a smile. While rolling up her sleeves, she and Wang Shuanzi went to the stream. “Okay, no need to rush,” Lin Xiaoyue said before going back to eat. Lin Xiaoyue told her family about it, and everyone started eating faster.
Lin Xiaoyue had another bowl of porridge before leaving. Li Xiao went to fetch the ox-cart while Lin Xiaoyue went to get the tables, chairs and utensils. Soon, the cart was loaded. Li Xiao moved the rice cakes onto the cart one by one, until they had loaded all 28 buckets. “Okay. There are still 11 buckets of rice cakes left in the stream. Shuanzi, you can take as many as you want.”.