Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

If he hadn't offended her, why would Second Sister make Brother San Lang do such a foolish thing?

Qin San Lang slightly stunned, forced a smile: "I suppose so."

On her birthday, he had given her an Iron Certificate from his family. Although valuable, it was a hot potato. She must have been angry about that, so she decided to get back at him on his birthday.

"Oh, then take your punishment well. Once Second Sister has punished you, she won't be angry anymore, otherwise she will always remember it."

Elder brother said, Second Sister holds grudges, if you see her suddenly smiling sweetly at you, you better run fast, otherwise, she will fix you good.

Qin Er Lang was chopping wood in the Qin family's yard. Due to the low wall between the two houses, being tall, he could see into the Gu Family's yard, seeing Qin San Lang holding a ceramic bowl in one hand and a pair of chopsticks in the other, constantly stirring the contents in the bowl, he snorted disdainfully and gritted his teeth: "Useless!"

What kind of spell had San Lang fallen under, to be so manipulated by a country girl, behaving like a fool.

Two hours later, Qin San Lang, who was still beating egg whites, also felt a bit foolish.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yu had come several times, adding ground caramel into the egg whites. He couldn't help but want to ask her, how long should he beat the egg whites?

But he held back, considering it a test of his stamina.

Until noon, when it was almost lunchtime, Qin San Lang, seeing that the egg whites in the ceramic bowl had turned snow-like, finally stood up, went to the kitchen door, and said to Gu Jinli who was making lunch: "Xiao Yu, the egg whites have turned into snowflake shapes, is it okay now?"

His arms were quite sore.

Gu Jinli looked up at Qin San Lang, seeing a slight grievance on his face as he spoke, she felt immensely pleased. After flipping the fried tofu in the pan, she came over to check the egg whites in the bowl and said, "It's fine now, go have your lunch first, then come back after, the egg yolks need to be whipped too."

"The egg yolks have to be whipped too?" Even the calm Qin San Lang was finding it hard to endure, he asked: "What are you planning to cook that's so complicated? If it's too much trouble, don't bother."

Gu Jinli sternly lectured: "How can you give up halfway? Moreover, this is a special birthday gift for you, don't you want it?"

Qin San Lang: "..."

Actually, he could do without it.

But eventually he nodded: "Indeed, one should not give up halfway, I'll go home for lunch first, and come back after two hours."

So Qin San Lang went back home, only to be ridiculed by Qin Er Lang as soon as he entered: "Busy half the day, and didn't even score a lunch." Now you know how malicious that country girl is.

But the latter part of the sentence, Qin Er Lang did not say out loud.

San Lang had warned him not to speak ill of Gu Jinli anymore. He knew San Lang well; he was patient, but once he said something, he would carry it out. If he dared speak ill of that fish again, San Lang would definitely beat him.

Qin San Lang ignored Qin Er Lang, went to the backyard to feed the horses, then directly carried the water bucket to his own fallow land to water the three mu of soybeans.

Now it was mid-June, the soybeans were already fruiting, bulging with pods, and soon, they could be harvested.

Qin San Lang had good footwork, walking fast and steady, and it took him just under 30 minutes to water the three mu of soybeans.

After returning home, he fetched two buckets of water and quickly washed off the sweat from his body, then sat in the main room for a short rest before heading to Gu Jinli's house.

As for lunch, the Gu Family doesn't eat it; they only eat breakfast and dinner.

Grandpa said they need to maintain this habit, otherwise during times of crisis in the future, they wouldn't be able to endure hunger.

"Xiao Yu, I'm here." After knocking on the courtyard door, Qin San Lang entered the courtyard and upon seeing Gu Jinli asked, "I've brought the egg yolks for you to whisk."

Gu Jinli looked at his sunburned red and black face and handed him a bowl of noodles mixed with duck oil: "This is made for you, consider it as your lunch and longevity noodles. Hurry and eat so you can get back to work."

Qin San Lang was taken aback, looking at the noodles in the wooden bowl. The noodles weren't very pretty, not comparable to the ones made by the chefs at his old home, but smelling them now, they seemed exceptionally fragrant: "Thank you."

He took the noodles, grabbed the chopsticks, and finished them in just a few bites.

Seeing him eat so quickly, Gu Jinli thought he was very hungry and had not eaten enough, and said: "I only made one bowl, if you're still hungry just bear with it, you'll be able to have cake in a bit."

Noodles are expensive, Third Grandma usually doesn't allow them to be made, today's bowl of noodles was only made knowing it was Qin San Lang's birthday.

Qin San Lang smiled and said, "It's okay, I will save some room for the cake."

That was his birthday present after all.

"Alright then." Gu Jinli went to the kitchen and took the egg yolks blended with milk, flour, and crushed caramel out to Qin San Lang, "Here, take this and start whisking."

The milk was buffalo milk bought yesterday from Shang Family Village; buffalo milk can also be used to make cakes and is very nutritious.

Qin San Lang took the clay bowl and started whisking the egg yolks. This time, it only took him 30 minutes to turn everything into a flowing batter.

"That's enough, give it to me." Gu Jinli took the clay bowl back to the kitchen, gradually added the whisked egg whites to the batter, stirred to mix, then brought out the smallest iron pot from the house, brushed a layer of oil at the bottom and sides of the pot, poured the batter into the iron pot, and started to fire it up, slowly baking it on low heat.

It took a full hour of baking before the fire was stopped.

As soon as the lid was opened, the sweet and thick aroma hit her nose, she looked at the cake in the pot seeing it slightly yellow on the surface, pressed it gently with her hand, and it bounced back.

"It's ready." She happily moved the iron pot down, scraped off the soot outside the pot with a bamboo strip, then inverted the pot onto an iron plate.

After removing the cake, she directly carried the iron plate out: "The cake is here, Brother Qin, go move our table outside."

Qin San Lang was teaching Gu Jin'an some moves after coming from school, upon hearing this he entered the hall, moved the table into the courtyard.

With a bang, Gu Jinli placed the iron plate on the table and pointed at the cake on it, "This is the cake, doesn't it smell sweet?"

Third Grandma, who was preparing offerings for the opening of the shop tomorrow, upon hearing this, put down the incense candles, looked at the cake on the iron plate, "Is this what you've been fussing about all this while? It does look like a pastry."

Gu Jinli sensed it, Third Grandma was criticizing the appearance of her cake: "It may look plain, but it must taste good, right Brother Cheng?"

Brother Cheng nodded vigorously: "Right, if Second Sister says it's delicious, then it certainly is."

Third Grandma teased him: "You little flatterer, always praising your Second Sister."

Brother Cheng turned back to Third Grandma, "I praise Third Grandma too, Third Grandma is the best, always making meat for us to eat."

Now, as Daya's family was making cured meats, they had to buy fresh meat daily, Third Grandma, seeing the children at home craving meat, simply decided to spend twenty cents daily to buy 1.5 catties of pork belly to cook for the kids.