Chapter 771: Starting to Make Money Again

After Li gave birth safely, Bai Yunxi asked her second son to go to Li's parents' home with a gift to announce the good news.

When Old Man Li learned that his daughter had given birth safely, he immediately came with his son and wife carrying the old hens, brown sugar, and red dates that had been prepared in advance.

According to custom, when a daughter gives birth, her mother will come over to take care of her during the confinement period. But Li has no mother, only the sister-in-law of the Li family takes her place. The Li family's sister-in-law stayed here for a few days and was extremely satisfied when she watched her sister-in-law eat during her confinement period.

"My aunt is still lucky. Her husband's family is kind and her sisters-in-law are harmonious. You are also very ambitious and can win a man in one fell swoop."

Mrs. Li chuckled, "Actually, my daughter-in-law's mother-in-law also likes it. My sister-in-law will know it just by looking at Yaya."

Listening to her sister-in-law's tone, the Li family's eldest sister-in-law thought for a moment. This is true. After getting along with her biological mother these days, she has learned that the family has a big structure and does not care about the birth of a boy and a girl. Even so, she hoped that her sister-in-law's first child would be a boy, so she could establish herself first.

As for the boy, the eldest son, even if he is in the countryside, the eldest son will take advantage of it.

Li's sister-in-law stayed here to take care of her for five or six days in a row. She thought that the house would be in a mess with no one to cook, so she had no choice but to suggest to her sister-in-law,

"I think your mother-in-law takes good care of you. Sister-in-law, I won't stay here any longer. In fact, I don't do much every day. Your sister-in-law and sister-in-law are all competing for it. I can't help you here. You also know that there is a big stall at home. Just cooking is a problem, and my sister-in-law is really worried.

Mrs. Li thought about the situation at home and nodded.

"Sister-in-law, just go back. There is nothing wrong with me here. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law will take good care of my confinement period. When the full moon wine is made, I will invite my sister-in-law and father to come over."

"Hey, don't worry about this, we have already prepared it." Sister-in-law Li stretched out her hand and pinched her sister-in-law's round cheek. The old saying is true: those who are blessed are not busy, and those who are not blessed are heartbroken.

After the sister-in-law of the Li family left, Du Shi and Bai Anjing took over all Li's confinement care.

Bai Yunxi directly explained that she must be meticulous in serving the confinement, and don't be stingy with food. The family is not short of anything. She also told the village that if anyone sells old hens, just send them over, and she will accept them all. The price is A penny more than a pound in town.

You can inquire by yourself before selling.

It's not that she shows off her wealth, except that Li needs old hens for confinement, and most people keep their old hens to lay eggs and are reluctant to sell them. Don't think it's a penny higher, you can get several more.

As for the ones they raise at home, they eat one every now and then, which is almost enough.

It is very important for a woman to undergo confinement. Once her body recovers, she will be able to suffer less in the future.

In this regard, Baiyunxi is not stingy at all. It combines meat and vegetables with old hen soup, ginseng beard soup, and pork rib soup with lotus root.

She went to Mrs. Li's room every day to take a look, and the rest of the care work was taken over by her daughter and Mrs. Du.

Seeing Mrs. Li getting better and better day by day and the child getting stronger day by day, Bai Yunxi felt completely at ease.

That day, as soon as she was about to leave after seeing the children, she was stopped by Mrs. Li.

"Mom, are you bothering to give the baby a good name? Brother Yan and I are stupid and can't come up with a good name, so we can only give the baby a nickname of Zhuangzhuang. Mom needs to worry about the name."

After hearing Li's suggestion, Bai Yunxi was stunned and looked down at the rosy and strong eldest grandson.

"The nickname Zhuang Zhuang is really suitable for him. Let's call him a name first. I will give him a name later when the child is enlightened."

During this period, it was relatively late for children to get their first names, and they would only get their first names when they read genealogy or went to school for enlightenment.

Mr. Li nodded.

"It's not urgent. Mom can just remember it. If I go back to the family tree, I'll have to worry about it. Brother Yan and I can't do anything about the name."

Bai Yunxi looked at her and chuckled,

"You just need to rest peacefully during confinement. You don't need to worry about anything else."

When Mrs. Li gave birth to a child, people in the village came to visit her one after another after receiving the news. If the conditions were good, they would bring a few eggs, a bag of brown sugar, and some would bring a bowl of flour. In short, everyone who comes to see the children is not empty-handed.

Everyone who came to Baiyunxi asked Du to take note that when the full moon wine was made, they would need to invite people to sit down.

Ever since Xiao Wu passed the exam, the village's attitude toward his family has changed visibly. They say don't hit anyone with a smiling face. As long as no one makes trouble, Baiyunxi will be polite.

I think there are many people coming to participate in the full moon wine, most of them from the village alone. Early on, she asked her second son to clean out the two yards next door so that tables, chairs and benches could be easily placed.

As for the procurement of ingredients, Baiyunxi directly handed over this task to his second son. He and several long-term workers at home started preparing several days in advance.

As for the chef of the banquet, Bai Yunxi thought for a while. They have a chef in the countryside who specializes in weddings and weddings. They are experienced. You only need to tell the number of people and specifications, and they can calculate for you how many ingredients are needed.

With the master chef taking care of it, almost nothing is wasted.

Li's confinement was in winter, which was a time of leisure for farmers. There were many people and it was lively, and the full moon banquet was held happily.

The day after the banquet, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The north wind is howling and the snowflakes are flying. The cold winter is the most suitable for everyone.

But the Baiyunxi family was very busy, because it was time for the ducks raised by Xiaosi to be put out of the market. Thinking of the delicious roast duck, Baiyunxi made a simple sketch, and took the second child and Xiaosi together to make a half-person height in the yard. The oven has an arched mouth and no door. You can hang the processed duck on the iron structure in the oven, which is the correct hanging method.

The oven was first heated with fruit wood charcoal fire. Baiyunxi took Xiaosi to pack the ducks, from slaughtering to plucking and pickling. Baiyunxi explained while doing it.

"If you want to taste delicious, you don't have to skip a step from slaughtering the duck to hanging the oven. If you cut corners, the taste will be affected and your reputation will be damaged..."

Bai Yunxi explained carefully, and Xiaosi listened carefully. When there were many steps, he even took a small notebook to write it down, for fear that he would miss it.

Traditional roast duck is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It takes a day from slaughtering and marinating to the golden and crispy skin.

Taking advantage of the break of roasting duck, Baiyunxi asked Du to make pancake crust, dipping sauce and scallions.

Putting the sliced ​​duck on a plate, paired with pancake dipping sauce and scallions, Baiyunxi gave them a demonstration and took a bite first. The skin was thin and the meat was tender, and the taste was pretty good.

It is 80% to 90% close to the taste in memory. Although it is not perfect, it can be improved a bit. It is close to 90% no problem.

Everyone imitated my mother's technique and each wrapped themselves a piece of duck meat, served it with dipping sauce and scallions, and put it into their mouths... everyone's eyes widened.

Many strong flavors are blended together, and at the end is the fragrance of duck meat, which is fragrant but not greasy, and very delicious.