Chapter 118 Celebration with Roast Chicken (2)_1
"It’s right to be cautious and steady, can’t rush these things!" Lady Fang nodded approvingly and asked what they had eaten, going to heat up food for them.
"Big Sister and I have eaten already! We had... beef noodles," San Ya whispered.
Lady Fang nodded, "That’s good that you’ve eaten! With the snow falling and such cold weather, a bowl of noodles is surely warming! If you get sick from the cold, you’ll suffer!" She then scooped up some hot water to bring over.
Si Ya muttered softly in dissatisfaction a couple of times.
Pei Wendong was eating pastries with Pei Qin, "The pea cakes are so tasty!"
Pei Qin, sipping hot water and eating pastries, discussed setting up the stall with Lady Fang, "We now have ten taels of silver, which is enough to get things started. It’s just that we don’t have a flat cart at home, so we can only carry the flour and condiments on our backs to the town temporarily. We can borrow tables and stools from Sun Tiezhu’s house, and leave the pots and pans there too! That way it’s easier for us to move back and forth!"
They discussed until dusk, and then Lady Fang made dinner, reheating the roasted chicken, cooking rice porridge, steaming corn dough bread, and frying leftover cabbage.
Roasted chicken, a luxury they couldn’t even afford during the New Year, prompted everyone to offer it to each other until Pei Qin decisively tore the meat off and piled it together for whoever wanted to help themselves.
After dinner, lying on the warm kang, Lady Fang still talked with Pei Qin about trying out making he lao noodles the next day and deciding what kind of soup to pour over the noodles.
The next day dawned with a sweeping whiteness all over the ground, branches laden with snow, and the biting wind causing the frozen branches to crackle incessantly, dislodging unstable snow from the trees.