Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 63 Are you very familiar with the county magistrate?
Li Yinyin's face turned red. "I want to sleep with Brother Yishan."

Li Ruru: "..."

"You can't sleep with Brother Yishan."

"Why not?" Li Yinyin retorted, unconvinced.

Li Ruru didn't know how to explain it; Xiao Yishan wasn't her biological brother, and there was a difference between men and women.

But he was afraid of hurting Yin Yin's feelings if he said that, so he could only say, "We have a house now, so we don't have to squeeze together."

Li Ruru really wanted her own private space; it was so hot that the four of them had to squeeze into one bed.

Li Yinyin's eyes reddened. "Mother, it's so pitiful for Brother Yishan to sleep alone."

Li Peipei said with a smile, "Yinyin, you don't think your mother is going to drive Brother Yishan away, do you?"

Li Yinyin nodded with tears in her eyes. Brother Yishan was about to leave, and even her mother didn't stop him.

Li Ruru didn't care about anything else. She rubbed her forehead and said, "No one is allowed to leave here. Each person has their own room. Two people can sleep together if they want, but men and women cannot sleep together."

When Li Yinyin heard that Xiao Yishan could stay, she flew into his arms like a butterfly, "Brother Yishan, don't go."

Xiao Yishan looked at Li Ruru, who said, "You can stay here in peace and learn from some people to be more shameless."

Some people, including Chu Xiu, strongly suspect that Aunt Li is talking about him, but he has no evidence.

The houses were quickly assigned; Li Yinyin and Daya shared a room, while the others each had their own room.

The houses are bright and spacious with good natural light, and the furniture inside is also very complete.

Li Ruru touched the new furniture and exclaimed, "This money was well spent."

For just 30 taels of silver, he owned seven large rooms, and they even furnished them for him.

Chu Xiu raised his head proudly and said, "Auntie, what did I tell you? You can trust me to handle things."

"Since you're so capable, why don't you help me build a bread oven?"

There are some remaining tiles and bricks in the courtyard; it shouldn't be too difficult to fix them.

Chu Xiu patted his chest. "Leave it to me."

Li Ruru washed her hands and started kneading dough, chopping vegetables, and preparing lunch.

In the courtyard, Chu Xiu immediately found Xiao Yishan, who was quietly busy at work.

"Brother Yishan, how do we set up this bread oven?"

Xiao Yishan was speechless. "Didn't you just agree to it yourself? Why are you asking me again?"

Aunt Li is right, Chu Xiu is really shameless.

Chu Xiu put a hand on his shoulder and said nonchalantly, "I did agree, but I didn't say I would do it myself."

He promised to do it, so he can just find someone to do it.

Xiao Yishan couldn't figure out what kind of kiln it was, and he didn't even know what bread was.

The two men and Xiao Wu whispered among themselves for a long time, but no one actually made a move.

Chaochao and Peipei had already cleaned up the yard, and even Yinyin had brought back a basket of grass, but the three of them still hadn't made a move.

Peipei ran over to help Yinyin feed the rabbits, and she smiled at the three of them, saying, "If you don't know, just ask my mother."

Mother said Chu Xiu was thick-skinned, so why is he suddenly not so thin-skinned now?

Chu Xiu hesitated and didn't move. He had already made his boast, and he didn't want to disappoint Aunt Li.

Yinyin put down the grass and ran over, saying, "How about we make it into a big rabbit?"

Chu Xiu seemed to be inspired, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Yes, let's make it into a big rabbit."

It's just for baking things in the middle, so as long as you leave space in the middle, it's fine.

Soon, the three men got to work.

By the time Li Ruru's dough had risen, their Rabbit Brand bread oven was already ready.

It has a huge belly, with a space in the middle for baking, and two cute bunny ears.

Wow, that's great!

Xiao Yishan had already fired the bread oven. He took out all the burning firewood and wiped the inside with damp wheat straw. "Auntie, why don't you give it a try?"

Li Ruru turned and went into the kitchen, quietly taking out an iron plate from her spatial storage.

The temperature in the bread oven is too high; if you put porcelain plates in it, they might explode.

She cut the risen dough into several large pieces, and after thinking for a moment, added some raspberries that Yinyin had picked as a garnish.

The dough, along with several potatoes and sweet potatoes, was placed into the bread oven, and Xiao Yishan blocked the opening with a blue brick.

The principle of a bread oven is to bake bread using the residual heat of burnt bricks.

Several children huddled together, looking expectantly at the bread oven.

Yinyin was like a broken record, asking every now and then, "Is it cooked? Is it done? Can we eat it?"

Peipei and Chaochao went to the kitchen to help Li Ruru with her work.

The bread was rather dry, so Li Ruru made a hot and sour soup instead.

The method for making hot and sour soup is very simple: after boiling water, add shepherd's purse, tofu, tofu skin, enoki mushrooms, and ham slices.

Instead of ham slices and enoki mushrooms, Li Ruru simply added chopped meat and shredded carrots, along with some black fungus.

Finally, when the two maids weren't looking, she poured cornstarch into the bowl, stirred it, and then poured it into the pot.

This step is the most important; it's called thickening.

The soup in the pot immediately became thick. Li Ruru then cut the prepared egg skin and put it in. Finally, she sprinkled chopped green onions and cilantro on top before serving.

A large bowl full of red, white, yellow, black and green colors mixed together, it looks very appetizing.

A bunch of small eggplants had grown in the yard, so Li Ruru made fried eggplant fritters and stir-fried eggs with chili peppers.

"time to eat."

Everyone swarmed around, and Li Ruru used two rags as padding to bring out the bread.

"Wow!" Yin Yin exclaimed first. "Mom, is this golden-yellow bread?"

Peipei picked up a piece and looked at it. "Mom, this looks like a guokui (a type of flatbread)."

Guokui is also made of dough, but it is baked in an iron pan, so it is relatively hard.

Li Ruru patiently explained, "This bread is softer."

Chaochao thoughtfully distributed bowls and chopsticks to everyone, and Li Ruru served each person a large bowl of hot and sour soup.

"Eat."

After he finished speaking, everyone started eating with gusto.

Chu Xiu took a sip of the hot and sour soup and said happily, "Auntie, this soup is sour and quite delicious."

Yinyin retorted, unconvinced, "What do you mean 'it tastes pretty good'? It's 'it tastes really good'!"

After gulping down half a bowl of soup, she soaked the bread in it and ate it.

Li Ruru accepted all the children's praise and said with a smile, "Yinyin's way of eating is good."

Everyone followed suit, and Peipei said, "Mom is so amazing! This hot and sour soup can also be sold. It tastes even better than the hot and sour soup from the shop next door."

Chu Xiu took a piece of bread, put some chili sauce in it, and ate it. "If Auntie's dishes can sell, this bread will definitely be a huge hit."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Why not open a restaurant? That way we can sell all kinds of dishes and we won't have to get up early and travel so far every day."

Li Ruru's eyes lit up. She did have this idea, but opening a restaurant required a large amount of start-up capital, and she was still in the early stages of development.

We'll be selling konjac tofu for a long time to come.

She tilted her head and said, "What do you think? How about we make more konjac tofu and cooperate with the restaurant?"

Xiao Yishan said, "The restaurant needs to make arrangements with the kitchen staff, as the suppliers are usually their own relatives."

Restaurants are very lucrative, and usually, the profits from such businesses don't go to outsiders.

Li Ruru was somewhat discouraged, but Chu Xiu said, "Nothing is certain. I know that the magistrate's kitchen doesn't get its supplies from his own relatives."

Li Ruru asked curiously, "How did you know? Are you close to the magistrate? What's the magistrate's surname again?"

(End of this chapter)