The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 777 - 766: Early Meal

Chapter 777: Chapter 766: Early Meal

The next day, Manbao woke up and first checked the remaining points in the system, feeling sorely pained, but then seeing the various boxes placed by the bed, she cheered up again.

She found a piece of cloth in the chest to wrap these boxes, and then she happily carried them out to find her mother.

She hadn’t expected the handmade jewelry in the mall to be so cheap, although they didn’t seem to be very well made. Keke also said the materials used were quite cheap, except for some pearls and stones, the other materials were all synthetics.

But to Manbao, these so-called cheap synthetic materials looked even better than their silver.

So, she bought plenty without hesitation.

However, after buying them, she did feel a twinge of buyer’s remorse.

But what was bought was bought, it wasn’t like she could return them.

Zhou Wulang came out yawning and saw his youngest sister this way, "Why don’t you wash up? Where are you going with that bundle?"

Manbao glanced at Zhou Wulang, then turned her head to look at the quiet courtyard, and asked, "Where are Fifth Sister-in-law and the others?"

Zhou Wulang shrank his neck, "They haven’t gotten up yet."

In such cold weather, when it’s rare to have leisure time and the parents don’t hurry them, who would get up so early?

There were some, of course, whoever was in charge of cooking would get up early.

Zhou Wulang counted on his fingers and said, "Oh no, today it’s Second Sister-in-law’s turn to cook."

Manbao, carrying the package, turned around and went back to her room. After combing her hair, she went to the main courtyard to fetch some hot water to wash her face.

Second Sister-in-law Ms. Feng was starting the fire in the kitchen and upon seeing Manbao come in, she smiled, "I figured you’d be up soon. Our Manbao is still so diligent, not like those few rascally boys who laze in bed whenever there’s no work to be done at home."

Manbao fetched hot water while looking around for others and asked, "Second Sister-in-law, where’s my eldest sister-in-law?"

Others might sleep in, but the eldest sister-in-law definitely wouldn’t.

Ms. Feng laughed, "She’s gone to the mill, saying she wanted to grind some beans to make tofu pudding, to have something warm."

Manbao was delighted, "I haven’t had tofu pudding in a long time. They don’t sell it in Yizhou City."

So as soon as tofu pudding was mentioned, Manbao couldn’t help but swallow her saliva, feeling unbearably craving.

She was not the only one who was greedy; she had just washed her face and ran to the mill to find her eldest sister-in-law when she found two people dressed round and fat squatting at the entrance.

Manbao ran up to them and immediately laughed, "Hahaha, how can you guys dress like that, you look so ugly!"

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked up at her, and similarly expressed distaste, "You look just as ugly."

Manbao looked down at her clothes. This outfit was a new one her eldest sister-in-law had made for her, already laundered and ready for her to wear upon her return.

Since her luggage was all on the cart, she had put it on last night; she only felt comfortable and had not paid attention to whether it was ugly.

Bai Shan put his hands in his sleeves and hunched his neck, "I always feel that the village is colder than Yizhou City."

Bai Erlang nodded in agreement, "Much colder. I originally wanted to wear my blue cloud-patterned robe this morning, but as soon as I put it on, my mother acted as though I had suffered a great indignity. I had no choice but to change into this cotton-padded coat."

Bai Shan said, "Me too."

After all, in the village, no one compared to them in terms of being handsome and dashing. Even if they were wearing ugly cotton-padded coats, they were still the best-dressed young masters in the village.

And Manbao was certainly the best-dressed young lady.

With that thought, Manbao felt better and took a few steps forward to ask, "Why are you squatting here?"

Bai Shan replied, "My house hasn’t finished preparing breakfast yet. Bored with nothing to do, I came out for a walk. There was some noise over here at the mill, so we came over."

Bai Erlang said sorrowfully, "I didn’t use to be like this. I don’t know if it’s the bed, but I woke up so early this morning."

Manbao said, "It’s a habit, called a biological clock. You feel sleepy or wake up at a regular time."

Bai Shan furrowed his brow, "What clock? How come I’ve never heard of it?"

Bai Erlang, however, didn’t care about that and said sadly, "Then it’s over, waking up so early every day. It’s so cold outside, I don’t want to get out of bed."

Manbao also came forward and squatted next to Bai Shan, "I’m waiting for my eldest sister-in-law to finish grinding the beans so I can eat tofu pudding. Today it’s my Second Sister-in-law’s turn to cook, what delicious food does your family have?"

Bai Shan said, "We’ll definitely have small steamed buns, it seems they also cooked meat porridge, and there are eggs, pickled vegetables..."

The two looked at each other, and Bai Shan invited her, "Do you want to come to my house to eat?"

"I’ll bring the tofu pudding over, my eldest sister-in-law cooked a pot of brown sugar water, it’s particularly sweet."

Bai Erlang immediately said, "I’ll have the cook make some noodles to bring over. We have a big piece of beef that has been stewing since last night..."

The three of them looked at each other and clapped hands to seal the deal.

The three of them squatted on the ground, hehe-ing with laughter. Bai Shan said, "It’s been a long time since I’ve had the tofu pudding your eldest sister-in-law makes."

"Doesn’t your cook know how to make it too?"

"It’s too late now, and anyway, the tofu pudding your eldest sister-in-law makes is softer, and the sweet soup she makes is always sweeter than what they make."

Manbao proudly lifted her chin, "Of course, the food my eldest sister-in-law makes is the best."

"But the braised pork made by our cook is even better..."

Unwilling to be outdone, Bai Erlang said, "Our stewed chicken is also very tasty..."

The three squatted at the entrance of the mill bragging, and Junior Ms. Qian, hearing the jabbering outside, couldn’t help but laugh with Zhou Dalang, "These three kids seem to have grown up a lot, but when they get together, they’re still like children."

Zhou Dalang smiled, "They are still children at their age. In two more years, they’ll be grown up."

Junior Ms. Qian hadn’t planned to make tofu to sell, so she only ground enough beans for her family to eat. Soon she was done and brought out a bucket.

Seeing the three squatting at the entrance, she greeted them with a smile, "Manbao, in about fifteen minutes, you can go back and get your tofu pudding."

Manbao cheerfully responded and continued squatting on the ground chatting and bragging with the two.

Zhou Dalang didn’t bother with them, just patted Manbao’s head and instructed them to not fight or quarrel.

Manbao felt they had grown up and of course, they wouldn’t do such childish things anymore.

As the time drew near, she went back home and soon came out carrying a small wooden bucket and holding a small basin.

Bai Shan immediately came to help, lifted the basin lid, and saw the dark red sweet brown sugar water, with its sweet aroma wafting up, causing him to swallow his saliva involuntarily.

Bai Erlang also came over to take a look, then ran back home quickly, "I’ll go let the cook start the noodles."

In a short while, the combined breakfast from the three families was laid out on the table.

Ms. Liu and Ms. Zheng, knowing that the three of them would eat breakfast together, didn’t join them but had the servants set up a separate table for them in the side room.

Bai Erlang brought over a big bowl of noodles with a big spoonful of beef topping carried by a servant.

Everyone immediately portioned out the noodles, each taking a small bowl. After eating the noodles, they dipped into some tofu pudding, picked up an egg to eat, and then went on to enjoy the meat porridge...

After breakfast, Ms. Liu came to see the three eating so happily and joked to Ms. Zheng, "It’s really better when there are more people, it boosts the appetite. Look at them, getting up early and saying they don’t feel like eating much, look how much they’ve eaten now?"