Chapter 59: The Pregnant Woman Who Fainted from Hunger
This is what they, brother and sister, earned through tireless toil from dawn till dusk; it won’t be used to support Qin Guohua’s wife Hu Li and their two kids.
With New Year’s just a few days away, Qin Xiangyang and his sister took the time to give the shop a thorough cleaning. So early in the morning, they went to the shop, first lighting two stoves to prepare some hot water for use. The siblings’ lunch would also be settled here. Once the shop was closed, they began their New Year preparations.
"Brother, what would you like to eat?" Qin Xiangnuan asked Qin Xiangyang. There were still a lot of ingredients left in the shop, some of which they would take home; otherwise, if left for too long, they’d spoil.
"Just the porridge you make, and make a few scallion pancakes," Qin Xiangyang really had no grand aspirations. What their family sold, he would eat.
Okay then.
Qin Xiangnuan kneaded the dough and then added water to the pot—god knows how many times she had repeated these actions. Not to mention her, even Qin Xiangyang could now make a delicious pot of century egg and lean pork porridge. After New Year’s, Qin Xiangnuan planned to buy two more stoves and also make pumpkin porridge and Eight Treasures porridge, offering more options with a variety of porridges.
As the porridge simmered in the pot for a while, the fragrance began to waft out.
She didn’t make scallion pancakes, feeling a bit tired of them, so she made egg-stuffed pancakes instead.
"Brother, I’ll go take out the trash. Keep an eye on the pot, okay?" She had made a few pancakes already; now it was time to let the porridge steep for a while. This kind of porridge becomes tastier the longer it’s left to steep; that is why they could add glutinous rice to it.