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Watching Xia Zheng’s seemingly bewitched expression, Lin Yuan almost had a muscle twitch at the corner of her mouth. She had seen those obsessed with wealth, but she had never seen anyone quite so obsessed! That he could believe such an obvious lie, even Liuzi by her side had some doubts.

Lin Wei knew her eldest sister the best and of course did not miss the gleam of amusement in her eyes. However, after thinking it over, she still did not have the heart to shatter Xia Zheng’s beautiful illusion.

The matter with the mansion went smoothly.

Xia Zheng would never tell her how much silver he spent, but Liuzi, who had been following him closely, knew exactly.

It was less than one hundred taels of silver.

It was said that because the person who had lived there before suddenly had an emergency at their family home, they had hurriedly sold off the property and left Zhuma Town.

Lin Yuan counted out eighty taels of silver from what she had earned at Jin Mansion today and gave them to Xia Zheng. Xia Zheng naturally refused to accept it, even though Lin Yuan threatened not to bring him delicious food in the future. With no other choice, Lin Yuan simply took the money back.

Xia Zheng, however, seemed to have thought of something delightful, stroking his chin and laughing, "Little girl, you even told me about ’Guo Shi Liu,’ such a secret treasure, so what does it matter if I give you a mansion? Feel free to live in it, enjoy yourself!"

Lin Yuan pressed her lips tightly together, feeling somewhat guilty towards him.

By the time she returned to the Lin family’s valley, it was already evening. The mooncakes had sold for a good price, and there was no hurry to make tofu. For the next two days, Lin Yuan could finally enjoy some leisure time at home, preparing food for the family for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

She had already bought glutinous rice beforehand, planning to make rice cakes. Upon arriving home, Lin Yuan took out the glutinous rice and regular rice to soak, intending to grind them into rice milk later that night.

But since she had nothing to do that afternoon, Lin Yuan sat in the courtyard and ground the glutinous rice directly into powder.

She planned to make the classic snack, ’Donkey Rolling.

’ If she started grinding now, they should be able to eat it by evening.

To make ’Donkey Rolling,’ just having glutinous rice was not enough; it also required soy flour and red bean paste filling, both of which she already had on hand.

There wasn’t much to grind, so she didn’t use the big stone mill, a small one sufficed.

Since there was no rush, the three sisters ground the rice while chatting and laughing.

Lady Liu sat at the entrance of the main house, embroidering purses for her daughters, while Lin Jiaxin was also brought out by Lin Changqing to bask in the sun.

With Lao Fan’s admonition, Lin Yuan dared not let her father lie in the room all the time anymore.

After all, the kang was too cold and unsuitable for the recovery of his legs.

Fortunately, there was good news from Lin Ershuan.

The wood had been delivered to Zhuma Town and could be transported back to the village by Lin Fugui the next day.

Once the wood arrived, the wheelchair and crutches Lin Yuan designed could begin production.

As her father was unwell and couldn’t work himself, and Lin Changqing was just starting to learn carpentry, he naturally did not dare to blindly take on such an important task.

But wasn’t there Lin Ershuan? Ever since he learned about the amazing invention of the wheelchair, he had been waiting for the wood to arrive to show off his skills!

Lin Yuan ground a full ten jins of glutinous rice into a sizable basin of glutinous rice flour. Conveniently, like wheat flour, this kind of powder wouldn’t attract insects or go moldy as long as it was kept dry. She transferred the glutinous rice flour into a crock and sealed it with a lid.

To make ’Donkey Rolling,’ one must first fry the soy flour.

Raw soy flour has a raw bean taste that isn’t pleasant to eat, so it needs to be roasted in a big pot until cooked.

After frying the soy flour, Lin Yuan started to mix the glutinous rice flour.

Like kneading ordinary dough, except that glutinous rice flour is stickier, it would stick to her hands if she kneaded it directly, leaving not enough to eat.

Therefore, she could only use chopsticks to mix the dough slowly.

After kneading, she steamed the dough in a big pot for a little over fifteen minutes until done, then set it aside to cool down. However, while cooling, it was still necessary to cover the surface of the dough with a damp cloth, otherwise the dough’s surface would dry out and become inedible.