These thousand jin of apples should be enough for her to make some pocket money. As for the rest, she could wait until she reached the Northeast and settled down before making further plans.
Mu Xi picked out several large, red apples and left the space.
She placed the apples on the dining table.
Whenever the family had some fruit, they would usually leave it there so anyone who wanted some could simply take it. Of course, those were only ordinary fruits and couldn’t possibly compare with the apples Mu Xi had brought out.
Seeing that it was about time, Mu Xi went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
She looked at the two rice containers in the kitchen. There was only a tiny bit of white rice left, while the brown rice container was about half full. After thinking for a moment, Mu Xi decided to cook brown rice congee and mix in some white rice.
There was so little white rice left. She couldn’t possibly use it all up at once.
As for vegetables, she saw that there were still a few potatoes and half a Chinese cabbage left in the kitchen. Fortunately, the seasonings were quite complete, with all the basic necessities for cooking.
As for aromatics, there was no shortage of scallions, ginger, garlic, or dried chilies.
In that case, stir-fried shredded potatoes and stir-fried cabbage would be just about right.
For a family of four to have two proper dishes was already considered living quite well. In other households, even a lump of pickled vegetables counted as a dish. Eating pickles with corn buns was enough to muddle through another meal.
In this era, it was normal for families to never have enough to eat.
Want to eat well?
Dream on.
Mu Xi methodically prepared the ingredients, then lit the stove and began cooking.
“Oh my, Xixi is cooking?”
Jiang Yun opened the door and walked inside, taking a deep breath.
She had already smelled the aroma of food from outside, and now that she was inside, the fragrance was even stronger. With a smile on her face, she walked toward the kitchen.
“You’re back!”
“I saw there were potatoes and cabbage in the kitchen, so I thought I’d use them to practice. This is my first time cooking dishes on my own, so if they don’t taste good, Mom, Dad, don’t dislike them, okay~?” Mu Xi said with a smile.
“We won’t, we won’t! Your dad and I are too happy for that. How could we dislike them? Changhong, don’t you agree?”
Jiang Yun hurriedly reassured her and even gave Mu Changhong a push.
“Mm, we won’t.” Mu Changhong put down what he was carrying and nodded seriously with a smile.
Seeing that both dishes were already finished, Jiang Yun hurriedly took over.
“Come, come, just leave them to me. I’ll carry them out. Xixi, you’ve really worked hard.
“By the way, Xixi, did everything go smoothly with your registration today?”
“It’s all settled. I’ll be leaving the day after tomorrow, so I have one day tomorrow to pack everything.”
“What? Why do you only have one day?” Jiang Yun immediately became anxious upon hearing this.
There were so many things to prepare before going to the countryside. How could one day possibly be enough? Jiang Yun put the dishes on the table and began pacing around the room in agitation.
Judging by her expression, she wasn’t even planning to eat anymore and wanted to immediately start preparing everything Mu Xi needed to take with her.
“Mom, there’s no need to rush this very second. Let’s eat first. Don’t you want to taste my cooking?”
After finishing up in the kitchen, Mu Xi came out, pulled Jiang Yun over to the dining table, and made her sit down.
“All right, all right, let’s eat. I really do need to taste our Xixi’s cooking.”
What else could Jiang Yun say? No matter how anxious she was, they really did need to eat first. After all, this was Xixi’s first time cooking.
The family of four sat down at the dining table.
Mu Xi served everyone some brown rice congee.
“Mom, Dad, hurry and eat.”
“All right. Xixi, you eat too.”
Smiling, Jiang Yun picked up some shredded potatoes with her chopsticks.
Just from the appearance alone, she felt certain that they couldn’t taste bad.
After taking a bite, sure enough—
“Mm! This tastes really good!”
Mu Changhong nodded as well. “It really is good.”
He was eating the stir-fried cabbage. It had just a tiny hint of spiciness, making it perfect with rice.
But it wasn’t particularly spicy, so even Mu You could eat it.
He gave Mu Xi a thumbs-up.
“Sis, you’re amazing!”