Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 81

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Because of this dream, Xie Zhinuan woke up feeling extremely good.

While cooking breakfast, she hummed a little tune.

She boiled ten plain eggs, stewed an egg custard for the young master next door, cooked a pot of white porridge, fried some pickled vegetables, mixed Kalimeris Indica, and baked a few pancakes.

By the time she finished cooking, Yuanbao was already waiting at the door.

Xie Zhinuan always gave him plenty of food, enough for two, forming a tacit understanding between them. Without speaking it aloud, they both understood that Xie Zhinuan would prepare the foods brought by Yuanbao, and she would keep the leftovers for herself, devoid of any old-fashioned scruples about not eating or using leftovers.

“I’ll be going then!” Yuanbao said, then added, “Those guys are rich, so it’s okay to charge them more as long as the food is tasty!”

“…” Xie Zhinuan paused and smiled, “Understood. But for now, I don’t really have anything special to offer!”

They could only eat what she made.

Thinking of this, Xie Zhinuan soaked some beans, planning to sell soy milk by noon and use the leftover to make tofu, and in the afternoon, she intended to make smoked meat tofu buns.

Pan-fried tofu is also delicious, and she could make some fermented tofu as well.

With this in mind, she soaked some extra beans.

But what Xie Zhinuan didn’t expect was for the villagers to also come buy tofu.

When Yuanbao came to return the bowls and dishes, Xie Zhinuan scooped him a large bowl of soy milk without even adding sugar, “Try this and see how it tastes!”

After tasting a bowl, Yuanbao found it fragrant and rich and nodded repeatedly, “Delicious!”

“Would you like another bowl?” Xie Zhinuan asked.

“Sure!”

Xie Zhinuan scooped another bowl for Yuanbao, “Would you like some sugar in it?”

“No need, it tastes best just like this!”

After drinking two bowls of soy milk, Yuanbao felt utterly refreshed.

When taking it back to Li Hengyi, he even mentioned to the guards, “Miss Xie has made soy milk, do you want to go buy a bowl to drink?”

The guards, knowing about Xie Zhinuan’s well and how its water could heal chronic illnesses in the body and improve Inner Strength, immediately headed her way.

“Five wen a bowl. What do you think?” Xie Zhinuan asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Bring us several bowls. Money is not an issue!”

“Alright!”

Xie Zhinuan’s favorite phrase was just spoken.

Money is no issue!

She scooped and had the simpleton take it out. Thirty bowls from one pot, and they still wanted more, insisting on drinking all two pots of soy milk before they were satisfied.

Three hundred wen, made quickly and easily.

With the leftover soy milk, Xie Zhinuan kept a little for herself and turned the rest into tofu.

She added gypsum to the soy milk, scooped it into a cheesecloth bag, and then placed it into square molds to compress it with force.

Once shaped, she cut two pieces to bring to Old Man Yuan, encountering Liuwang’s mother on the way.

“Zhinuan, where are you going?” asked Liuwang’s mother.

“I’ve made some tofu. I’m taking some to grandpa; they have bad teeth because of their age!”

“…” Liuwang’s mother watched Xie Zhinuan.

She couldn’t help but feel moved inside.

Such a good girl, truly. Responding to ill-treatment with kindness was something she had never seen before.

“Zhinuan, don’t you hold any grudges or resentment? After how they treated you!” Liuwang’s mother couldn’t help but ask.

If it were her, she definitely couldn’t have done it.

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Many people couldn’t do it.

“?” Xie Zhinuan was puzzled, then understood after a moment, “I wouldn’t say resentment. The ones who treated me that way aren’t grandpa or grandma. And the fact is, their life-saving grace is real. Things are good as they are now. Without that tie, being kind to them feels much purer!”

“You… such a kind girl. I wonder which lucky rascal will end up with you,” Liuwang’s mother sighed involuntarily.

She thought for a moment and added, “Liuwang has gone to escort a shipment himself!”

Chapter 82