After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

What this means is that the second child doesn't plan to have a baby? !

Grandpa Qin was angry and heartbroken, and tears were about to fall. He glared at Uncle Qin and said, "What are you talking about? Learn from me, or you, the second branch, will not get any dividends today."

Today is the Kitchen God Festival, which is also the Little New Year's Eve in the north. After several families have eaten the Little New Year's Eve dinner together, they share the profits.

"Okay, I'll learn it." Uncle Qin fought hard for a share of the dividends, and couldn't bear to see Qin Xiaogu idle, so he grabbed him to prepare things for the Kitchen God Festival.

Grandma Qin, Aunt Qin, Aunt Xu, Grandma Zhu, several female medical apprentices and others made corn rice cakes together.

As Grandma Qin was making it, she said to Aunt Qin, "This is a specialty of our hometown in Zhongyuan Prefecture. After the corn and glutinous rice are steamed, they are beaten into balls with a stone mortar, and then shaped with a cake stamp to make corn rice cake."

The corn and glutinous rice were soaked yesterday and are now being steamed in a large pot.

Because there were so many people, Qin Xiaomi's family alone steamed three large pots.

Half an hour later, the corn and glutinous rice were steamed.

"Fifth Uncle, the stone mortars have been cleaned. Should we put them in the main hall?" Brothers Qin Eryong, Xu Erjun, Qin Ying and Qin Jie came over carrying three stone mortars and asked.

"Put it in the main room. It's too cold outside. Make the rice cake in the main room. It'll be warmer." Grandpa Qin said.

Not long after, Aunt Xu, Aunt Qiao, Mrs. Su, Qin Eryong's wife, Qin Dashi's wife Mrs. He, and Qin Dayan's wife Mrs. Gong also came over, carrying the steamed corn and glutinous rice from their homes.

"Pour the two kinds of rice into the mortar and start pounding." Grandma Qin was directing from the side.

"Hey." Qin Eryong and the others immediately started pounding rice.

Three stone mortars were used to beat the dough at the same time. After a quarter of an hour, the first batch was ready, which made Qin Eryong and his team exhausted: "It's too sticky, hard to beat, and tiring."

Uncle Qin said sarcastically, "Eryong, you are not yet thirty, and you are at a good age to work. How can you complain of being tired? Hurry up and get up and continue working. After making the rice cakes, you still have to knead the dough to make steamed buns. If you don't steam the steamed buns before the New Year, what will you eat during the New Year?!"

It sounds righteous and reasonable.

but……

"Can you please stop talking and get some work done?" Qin Xiaomi opened the door to the left wing and shouted towards the main house.

Uncle Qin pretended to be deaf and didn't answer at all.

Grandpa Qin couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Uncle Qin by the back of his collar and dragged him to work.

Several families and servants worked for an hour and finally made 120 kilograms of corn rice cakes... It was bright yellow and looked particularly good.

He started kneading the dough and making steamed buns without stopping.

There were not enough stoves, so we used the stoves in the workshop to steam the buns. We were busy until mid-afternoon and had steamed 500 large buns.

On the other side, Old Man Xun, Xu Zhengmao, Su Sanping and others killed the fish, heated up the oil in a pan, fried a dozen carps, and stir-fried two pots of soybeans for the Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao families to use for the Kitchen God offering.

After finishing the work, I hurried to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Everyone worked hard for half an hour, and by the beginning of the third hour, the New Year's Eve dinner was ready.

Fish stewed with perilla, sweet and sour pork, pig's trotter stewed with soybeans, chicken stewed with mixed mushrooms, sweet and sour spare ribs, blood sausage stewed with sauerkraut, cabbage, and freshly cooked steamed buns.

There are a lot of meat and vegetables, and the portions are sufficient. There is no shortage of tables, so three tables are set up.

Grandpa Qin sat at one table with the men from each family, Grandma Qin sat at another table with the women, and Aunt Qin sat at another table with the unmarried girls and kids.

Several families looked at the table full of food and their eyes were red.

Qin Cunquan stood up and toasted Grandpa Qin with water instead of wine: "Fifth Uncle, we can have the good life we ​​have now, all thanks to your family. We will remember this kindness for generations to come, you..."

Tsk, Uncle Qin felt his teeth ache and said, "Quan, stop writing such sentimental articles. It's unlucky and it will delay our meal. Stop it and sit down to eat. We still have to share the dividends after dinner. That's a lot of money. Aren't you anxious? You're not anxious, but I am. This is the first time our second branch has received dividends!"

Well, Qin Cunquan was talking with tears in his eyes, and Uncle Qin suddenly said this, which made him hold back his tears.

Hahaha, Grandma Qin Liu laughed out loud and wanted to say something, but she was afraid that Qin Xiaomi would find fault with her and deduct her dividends, so she quickly shut up... Today was the dividend distribution, and she had to be honest and not give Qin Xiaomi a chance to deduct money!

Grandpa Qin smiled and said, "We all died together, so there's no need to say anything more. Let's eat."

"Hey." Qin Cunquan sat down.

Grandpa Qin picked up his chopsticks.

Qin Sheng, Qin Mao, Xiao Jiang Erlang and other children saw him pick up his chopsticks and started eating happily.

But they ate very restrainedly, putting down their chopsticks when they were 90% full and not daring to eat more... They had escaped famine and were afraid of having nothing to eat at the next meal, so they always wanted to save some food for the next meal.

Grandpa Qin said, "Eat more. Don't be reluctant to eat. We have escaped the famine and our bodies are in poor condition. We need to eat more meat to restore our bodies."

Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin often said this to several families, for fear that they were too frugal and unwilling to eat, which would harm the children's health.

He then said, "Each of you should drink half a bowl of red date porridge."

Grandpa Qin spoke, and Qin Sheng, Qin Mao and the others ate another half bowl of porridge.

After finishing the New Year's Eve dinner, Uncle Qin called out, "Xu, come and clean up the dishes, don't delay us from calculating the dividends!"

Then he pointed at Aunt Qin Liu and said, "Sit down, Aunt Liu. You don't need to clean up."

The leftovers all belong to his family, Aunt Six, don’t even think about taking them away!

Granny Qin Liu had even stood up to get a basin to put the leftovers in. When she heard this, she rolled her eyes at him fiercely and said with a smile, "Erzhuang, your parents are the ones in charge now."

It’s no use if you don’t want to give it to me. I can ask your parents for leftovers!

Qin Xiaomi didn't have time to watch them quarreling, so she said, "Second Uncle, bring the account book quickly. Grandpa and grandma, bring the banknotes. After we divide the dividends, we still have to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God."

The custom in my hometown is to worship the kitchen god in the evening.

After hearing this, Uncle Qin stopped arguing with Aunt Qin Liu and jumped up and said, "Uncle Qin will get it right away!"

Half a quarter of an hour later, several families sat around the clean dining table, waiting to receive dividends.

"Uncle Cunquan has to take care of the affairs of the Silifang, so from now on, my second uncle will do the accounting. I will check the accounts he has calculated, and I will also let Jiang Dalang calculate them again in public for you to ensure that there are no mistakes. Don't worry." Qin Xiaomi said, and looked at Uncle Qin: "Start reporting the accounts."

"Here we are!" Uncle Qin opened the workshop's profit account book and said, "My eldest niece is a capable person. She found a very profitable business for us..."

Qin Xiaomi interrupted him: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and settle the bill!"

Uncle Qin was upset after being scolded, but when he saw the profit amount on the account, he felt happy again and said happily: "The big accounts between the workshop and the Xue family have been calculated, and now the net profit of the workshop is reported."

Ahem, he cleared his throat and looked out the door furtively. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he said, "This month, the net profit of our workshop is 15,800 taels!"

"Oh my God, are there really so many?" Aunt Qin couldn't believe it at all.

Uncle Qin winked at her: "Yes, that's it."

"There really is 15,800 taels. Not to mention silver, even a grain of rice is a lot!" Aunt Qin covered her chest with her hands, extremely excited.

"Look at you two, you look so ignorant. It's just over 10,000 taels. What's that?" Qin Liupo wanted to mock them for being unsophisticated, but when she thought that after the 10,000 taels were divided, each family would only get a few hundred taels, she became depressed and said, "Anyway, don't get too excited."

Because excitement is useless.