In the evening, under Su Pan'er's repeated insistence, Mrs. Su-Hua reluctantly cooked a pot of white rice without mixing in any grains.
She also made some white flour steamed buns and vegetable buns.
The stuffing for the vegetable buns was not made from pre-bought vegetables but instead consisted of shepherd's purse that Mrs. Su-Hua had dug up in the wilderness during the day. She boiled the leaves, let them cool, then squeezed out the water. A small amount of green salt was then added, followed by a few drops of oil, to make the stuffing.
Su Pan'er glanced into the basket of wild vegetables and saw there was still an ample amount of water chestnuts, kalimeris and sow thistle.
While Mrs. Su-Hua was busy, she walked out of the house.
Outside, Qin Yi was busy arranging his writing tools.
Taking advantage of the lingering daylight, he planned to start copying, hopefully earning some silver coins in the process.