Chapter 15: Making Merits
With limited resources, everyone made do with their share, which also served to increase their nutrition.
And this egg custard once again refreshed the understanding of Bai Shuiliu and the others.
Especially this egg custard. It was fragrant, sweet, tender, and smooth, even tastier than scrambled eggs, so delicious that they almost wanted to lick the bowl clean.
“In the future, when you have free time, go catch some bean worms and grasshoppers in the fields, come back and feed the chickens. If the chickens eat well, they lay more eggs, and then you can have eggs to eat every day,” Su Mulan said.
In other words, in the future, the eggs laid by the chickens can be eaten by them instead of being sold in town for money?
The little radishes were stunned at first, then unexpectedly felt a hint of joy in their hearts.
In the future, not only could they eat their fill, but they could also have eggs every day. Wasn’t this living like immortals?
“Then I’ll go catch bugs whenever I have free time,” Bai Midou eagerly volunteered. “Mom, rest assured, I’ll definitely fatten up our chickens and make sure they lay plenty of eggs.”
“Me too.” Bai Zhuye hurriedly nodded in agreement.
In fact, she was a little afraid of bean worms. Those were fat, large bugs with their shiny green bodies crawling and twisting on leaves gave her goosebumps all over.
But the thought of being able to eat eggs…
She could endure it!
Seeing the twins agree so readily, Su Mulan’s mood became somewhat complicated for a moment.
Three full meals and two eggs could make these two children so happy that they seemed to forget her past cruelty when talking to her. The power of food truly was remarkable.
However, this also indicated just how naive these two little radishes were. In the future, a mere piece of candy could easily be swindled away from them.
However, looking at it from another perspective, their biological mother passed away early. When the original owner first married into the family, they probably hoped to receive the same maternal love as others. So now, seeing her change like this, they are also eager to grasp onto this long-awaited maternal affection.
Oh, what a complicated fate…
“Mm.” Su Mulan lowered her eyes to conceal her thoughts, nodded slightly, and said, “Let’s eat quickly. After eating, while it’s still not too hot, we’ll quickly weed the fields and take care of other tasks.”
The four children picked up their bowls, hurriedly ate the pancakes and drank the porridge made from corn flour.
After finishing their meal, Su Mulan led the four children to weed the corn fields.
The remaining one acre of land was weeded by the five of them, and since they had eaten their fill and were full of energy, the work was quickly completed.
Su Mulan instructed Bai Lixia to go to the sweet potato field to pick some sweet potato shoots and leaves. Bai Zhuye and Bai Midou were tasked with catching bean worms and grasshoppers. Su Mulan then returned home with Bai Shuiliu.
After arriving home, they quickly washed their hands and rinsed the mud off their shoes. Su Mulan asked Bai Shuiliu to help fetch some sweet potatoes from the east room and brought some to the courtyard.
“Shuiliu, help me fetch some water and wash these sweet potatoes clean,” Su Mulan said.
“Alright.” Bai Shuiliu fetched water and used it to wash off the mud and dirt from the sweet potatoes. Then, she found a sharp-edged fragment of a broken bowl.
The kitchen knife was too large and sharp. Peeling too deeply with it would waste a lot of the sweet potato. It was better to use the bowl shard to scrape off just the thin layer of skin, leaving the rest edible without waste.
“What are you using the bowl shard for, Shuiliu?” Su Mulan asked, somewhat surprised to see Bai Shuiliu holding a shard of bowl reflecting sunlight under the sun.
“To peel the skin,” Bai Shuiliu replied, looking somewhat surprised at Su Mulan’s question. “Aren’t you planning to slice and dry the sweet potatoes?”