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Chun Cao scooped a spoonful of flour out of the bowl and put it in the basin. She added some water and started to make up the noodles, preparing to roll out the noodles.

It wasn't that she needed to make noodles out of hand, it was because this place was in the north and noodles were always the main dish. Furthermore, in this era, she didn't even know what a noodle machine was, and if she wanted to eat noodle soup, she could only roll it manually.

Maicao's cooking skills were not bad. Of course, they were not Maicao's, but Sunn Miaomiao's.

When Sunn Miaomiao was eight years old, her mother passed away due to an illness. Her father was afraid that finding another wife would make Sunn Miaomiao feel wronged, so he didn't look for her. The father and daughter stayed by each other's side for a long time.

Although his father was a good father, his culinary skills were not good. Every time he cooked, he would try his best to cook something good for Sunn Miaomiao to eat, but perhaps it was due to talent. Every time he cooked, things went against his wishes.

When Sunn Miaomiao grew up, she took over the task of cooking from her father. In order to make her father eat better, she spent most of her free time thinking about food. Later on, she even attended a cooking class.

In terms of cooking skills, Sunn Miaomiao had more talents than her father, so she quickly cooked up a good dish. Not only did her father eat praises, even the other people who had eaten the food she cooked gave her a thumbs up.

However, no matter how good the culinary arts were, they would require excellent ingredients to cook one after another. In this era, not to mention good ingredients, even ordinary ingredients were extremely scarce, especially in a family like Han Maicao's.

However, Maicao felt that eating should be a lifestyle. Even if it was just a cabbage leaf, she had to make a pearl, jadeite, and white jade soup to be able to live up to her expectations.

Therefore, no matter how simple or lacking the ingredients, Maicao would try her best to cook a delicious meal.

After Maicao had rolled out the dough, she called Qingyu and Qinglin over to cook.

The reason why they were called over was because Maicao couldn't afford to burn this kind of soil. Last time, because Qingyu and Qinglin weren't at home, she tried to burn it herself, but the fire didn't burn and instead filled the kitchen with smoke.

Han Shangjun, who was next door, thought her house was on fire and ran over with a bucket of water. If it wasn't for Maicao, who choked and coughed, running out of the kitchen to run into Han Shangjun, Han Shangjun's bucket of water would probably have been poured over her.

Maicao was embarrassed at the time, so she had to explain to Han Shangjun that the firewood was too wet. When Han Shangjun heard this, he secretly carried a bundle of dried firewood for Maicao to use.

From then on, Maicao did not dare to try again. However, she was also a smart girl. She secretly observed Qingyu and Qinglin's movements when they were on fire and slowly learnt them. However, she did not dare to try again due to some lingering fear.

While Qingyu and Qinglin were burning, Maicao went to the yard to pick some fresh eggplants and cucumbers.

Eggplant and cucumber were washed by the rain just now and hung with droplets of water, fresh and tender enough to pinch water. Maicao couldn't help but break off a piece of cucumber and put it in her mouth, immediately feeling the unique clear fragrance of cucumbers in her mouth.

After cleaning the eggplant and cucumber, Maicao cut the eggplant into strips and placed it in a bowl. She then placed it on a steaming tray, preparing to make a steamed eggplant.

This dish was soft enough to be bitten by an old man like Third Grandmother.

After putting the eggplant on the steaming tray, Maicao cut the cucumber into thin shreds and added some salt and vinegar.

If he added some raw tobacco, sesame oil and chili oil, then this cold mixed cucumber filament would be even more perfect. Unfortunately, these three items were not available in his house at all.

After doing all this, the water in the pot had already boiled. Maicao instructed Qingyu to peel some garlic and mash it into garlic juice while lifting the lid to see if the eggplant had been steamed.

After confirming that the eggplant had been steamed thoroughly, Maicao took it out and put the noodles into the wok.

The noodles were quickly cooked. Maicao told Qingyu to get a basin of water and scooped all the cooked noodles into the water.

The water in the well was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When the cooked noodles were frozen by the water in the well, they would taste extremely good. It was as good as eating cold water.

Taking advantage of the noodles being frozen in the well water, Maicao mixed the steamed eggplant with cold sauce. The only seasonings she used were salt and mixed garlic juice.

Sigh, at this time, Maicao could be considered to have truly experienced what it meant to be a "beautiful woman without a cure".

After all of this was done, Maicao scooped out a bowl of noodles and added the eggplant and cucumber silk. She got Qingyu to send a bowl over to Third Grandmother and then scooped out three more bowls.

According to Maicao's original plan, she wanted to fry some more scallion oil and pour it into her mouth to make it taste good. However, when she looked inside the oil jar, she saw that it was actually full of lard. How could she afford to eat such greasy fat in the middle of summer? Therefore, Maicao helplessly gave up on this idea.

Although there was not a single drop of oil in the bowl, the bowl was white, purple and green.

Qinglin was already hungry. He didn't wait for Qingyu to come back, he just carried a bowl to eat first. He ate like a wolf, which made Maicao feel uncomfortable.

Since she had taken the place of Han Maicao and lived in this world, it was her responsibility to take care of these two children and allow them to grow up healthy and healthy.

However, it was still the same old saying. A woman cannot afford to make a meal like this. With such a poor person, what could she possibly use to make them eat and dress properly? She had to do something to make the rice grow.

But in such a poor place, what could she do? Furthermore, she had never come into contact with a field before. She could not even differentiate between grass and crops. Could she dig out 'rice' in the soil?

Maicao was deep in thought when Qingyu, who delivered noodles to Third Grandmother, came back with a ladle of white flour in his hand and handed it to Maicao.

"From where?" Maicao asked, puzzled.

"Third Grandmother gave it to me."

"Why is Third Grandmother giving this to me?"

"Didn't Third Grandmother always give them to you?" Qingyu was confused.

After Qingyu's rhetorical question, Maicao somewhat understood what was going on. It could be that Third Grandmother felt sorry for having eaten her family's food for nothing, so she brought some plain noodles as compensation. From Qingyu's tone, it seemed that he did the same thing before.

Maicao was a little embarrassed. She hurriedly said seriously, "Third Grandmother is too old to work, and that little food in her house, isn't it something that's collected from the village? "Therefore, I can't ask for Third Grandmother's food anymore. She won't be able to eat much in the future anyway."

Hearing that, Qingyu nodded his head as if he understood something. He picked up the bowl and started eating. After taking two bites, he smiled innocently at Maicao, "Second Sister, I think your cooking is better than before."

Maicao patted Qingyu's head, "That's because I didn't put my heart into it in the past. In the future, I will do my best to cook for you two."

It was still not completely dark, so Maicao closed the kitchen door, thinking of something to do to pass the rest of the time. When she looked up, she saw Qingyu and Qinglin, the two brothers, standing outside the door, looking at her as if something had happened.

"What's the matter?" Maicao asked Qingyu and Qinglin.

Qinglin lowered his head and didn't say a word. On the other hand, Qingyu hesitated for a moment before mustering up his courage and said, "Sis, today, the teachers are urging us to pay the tuition."

Pay tuition? Maicao didn't understand what they meant at first, but when she thought about it later, it was probably the school fees for these two brothers.

Maicao remembered that the start of the new semester should be around September 1st. It was already September 20th, but it seemed like these two kids had yet to pay their tuition fees.

The two children did not pay the tuition fee and allowed the students to continue attending school. It had to be said that the teachers of this era were very kind.

"How much?"

"Four dollars."

"4 yuan per person?" Maicao widened her eyes in surprise.

Even though nine years of compulsory education had already passed since she came here, the amount of money a child spent on school wasn't a small amount. A big sister in her company often lamented that the family was only one child, and if there were two or three children in the family, they wouldn't even be able to afford it.

"Two people."

When Qingyu replied, Maicao almost vomited blood.

What could four dollars buy in her time? At most, he could only buy a single ice cream, and it was the most ordinary kind. However, in this era, it was actually the school fees for two children for one semester!

However, the crux of the issue was that the family probably wouldn't be able to afford this 4 yuan. Otherwise, why would they still be delayed until now?

"I know." Maicao still wasn't sure if the family had the money, so she didn't dare to agree too quickly. After she finished speaking, she walked into the house.

When Qingyu and Qinglin saw Maicao's reaction, they looked at each other and couldn't hide the disappointment on their faces. It looked like there was no hope, but if they didn't turn in, they might be expelled.

Maicao seemed to have sensed their frustration. When she reached the door, she stopped and turned around with a serious expression. "Don't worry, Second Sister will definitely pay the tuition fees for you two."

Taking advantage of the light, Maicao started to search the house for money. She thought to herself, "No matter how poor my family is, it shouldn't be so poor as to not even cost four Yuan."

But Maicao spent almost half an hour rummaging through the house, finding only fifty cents.

It was only fifty cents. Holding this thin note in her hand, Maicao felt depressed. She really complained about Han Maicao, thinking, Han Maicao, Han Maicao, don't you only know how to dig in the ground for food? Haven't you ever done some side jobs to make a little money? I really don't know how you lived in the past!

Despite her frustration, her days had to go on as usual. Qingyu and Qinglin still had to pay tuition fees, but Maicao was really worried about how she could earn 4 yuan in one go.

Maicao stood up and looked at the pile of junk in front of her with a worried expression. She thought that even if she sold all of these old belongings, it wouldn't be worth four dollars.

As Maicao was worrying, she suddenly heard Qinglin call her "Second Brother" outside. Qinglin was calling Qingyu, but Maicao's heart was moved: She had forgotten that the original owner of this body was also her elder brother and elder sister. When she just woke up, she vaguely remembered that her elder brother and elder sister had come to visit her.

As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. Now that he has met with such a problem, who else could he go to find his elder brother for help?

Thinking of this, Maicao immediately became spirited again. She quickly walked out and said to Qingyu and Qinglin, "You two come with me to Brother's house."

Hearing Maicao say that she wanted to go to her big brother's house, Qingyu and Qinglin guessed what she was going to do. At the same time, a trace of cowardice appeared on their faces.