What did you say? Am I a pauper again?

Chapter 288 New Food
Jing Yuanzhi was surprised when he heard Li Ran's words. The news spread very quickly.

Nodded: "Yes, this is sister Jinnian. Jinnian, this is brother Li Ran. He lives in the neighboring village."

"Hello, Sister Jinnian." Li Ran greeted Jinnian.

Jinnian looked at the tall man in front of him, then looked at Jing Yuanzhi who was standing next to him. Something flashed in his eyes, and he greeted Li Ran in a calm tone: "Brother Li Ran."

"Brother Li Ran, did you come here directly after killing the goat? There are a lot of things on your body. Go wash up first." Jing Yuanzhi said when he saw the dirty parts on Li Ran's body.

Li Ran smiled at her, "Okay."

Jing Yuanzhi saw that there were some dirt on his back and said, "Brother Li Ran, let me help you clean the back."

As he said that, he walked towards Li Ran.

Jinnian stood at the back, looking at the young man and woman standing together. He lowered his eyes slightly, looked around, and saw a small pile of firewood randomly stacked in the corner of the yard. He walked over silently, picked up the axe, and chopped the firewood into small pieces of similar size.

Jing Yuanzhi heard the noise and looked towards her, seeing Jinnian chopping wood with her small body: "Jinnian, you are too small to lift that, just wait for big brother and the others to come back and do it."

Jinnian stopped what he was doing and looked at Jing Yuanzhi: "I can do it."

After saying this, he continued chopping wood.

Jing Yuanzhi didn't know what to say when he saw her like this.

While Li Ran was washing the dust off his body and face with water, he looked at the figure who was chopping wood.

He is very strong and his hands holding the hatchet are very steady. He can barely be considered a martial artist.

After feeding the rabbits at noon, Jiang's mother returned to the yard and saw Jinnian chopping wood. She felt sad but did not stop her. If doing something could make her feel better, then she should do it.

After Li Ran cleaned the dirt off his body, he started to deal with the sheep.

Jing Yuanzhi was helping him on the side.

Jinnian quickly chopped the small pile of firewood. After that, she took the clothes she had changed that day to wash them, just on the other side of the stream where Li Ran was treating the sheep.

"Jinnian, do you want to wash clothes? Wait, I'll get you some soap nuts." Jing Yuanzhi went into the house and got some soap nuts for Jinnian.

Li Ran skillfully cut the sheep open with a knife, revealing the internal organs, and then separated them one by one.

Jing Yuanzhi had already prepared the bowls, and placed the cleaned internal organs in the bowls one by one.

The sheep was quickly cleaned. Li Ran took the processed sheep into the kitchen and chopped it into small pieces of meat.

At this time, Father Huang came back with a basket of hawthorns. Seeing the sheep in Li Ran's hands, he smiled and caught a rabbit and put it in the small circle next to the sheep pen.

This small pen was casually built by Huang Die and his men to store the prey that Huang Die and Huang Chunyang had killed, so it is very small and not as exquisite as the sheep pen.

"Ran boy, you're lucky today!" Dad Huang laughed and patted Li Ran on the back. Seeing Li Ran standing steadily in the same place, admiration flashed in his eyes.

Li Ran smiled shyly at Huang Dad.

"Dad, come and have a glass of water." Jing Yuanzhi poured a cup of hot water for Dad Huang.

These grown men don’t like drinking water, or they think it’s troublesome, and they always drink water only when they are extremely thirsty.

So his lips always look a little dry every day. Now it is late autumn and Huang Dad's lips are peeling.

Father Huang took it and looked at his daughter lovingly: "Thank you, Yinyin. You are really my precious daughter." Then he tilted his head back and drank the water in the cup.

Jing Yuanzhi took the cup with a smile: "It would be great if Dad could drink water on time." "Haha, Dad will remember it next time." Dad Huang touched his head and said.

Li Ran also took care of the sheep. It was still early, and thinking that Yinyin and the others needed hawthorn berries, he took a backpack and planned to go to the mountain with Father Huang to pick hawthorns.

"Then you guys go, Jinnian and I will go dig some herbs." Jing Yuanzhi said.

Just at this time, Jinnian had also finished washing clothes. When she heard what Jing Yuanzhi said, she nodded and said, "I'll go with...my sister."

When Jiang's mother heard this, she said, "Yinyin, I'll go with you. There's not much work to do at home." Jiang's mother just took care of the vegetable garden, fed the sheep, or cooked at home every day. She had quite a lot of free time.

"Okay, Mom, we'll be waiting for you." Jing Yuanzhi said, holding a small shovel.

Huang Die and Li Ran walked away carrying the backpacks.

Now the wild fruits on the mountain are basically gone, but there is still a lot of goat milk at home. Jing Yuanzhi feels that he has to get some other food.

The two went to the mountain, and Jingyuanzhi dug herbs while explaining them to Jinnian.

Jinnian studied very hard, and Jing Yuanzhi became even more excited when he saw her doing so.

The hawthorns picked today were particularly abundant, enough for them to use for a long time.

I have to say that the ice cellar at home is really a good thing. After having it, Jing Yuanzhi preserves all the snacks he makes in this ice cellar.

At this time of year, snowflake crisps are very popular. On the one hand, they are delicious, and on the other hand, no one can replicate them. Also, the wild fruits in them have long been gone on the mountains at this time of year.

Li Ran cooked the afternoon meal. He cooked half of the lamb from lunch and the whole of the wild rabbit.

I fried another side dish and everyone was very full.

Jing Yuanzhi likes mutton soup very much. He drinks a bowl of it before dinner and another bowl after dinner.

Seeing that she liked the soup so much, Li Ran's eyes moved slightly.

After dinner, Dad Huang took Huang Chunyang and Huang Chunlei to start making butter.

Butter is consumed in large quantities and is difficult to make in small quantities, so they spend some time making it every day. Thirty kilograms of butter are stored in the ice cellar.

Then, Jiang Mu began to wash and core the hawthorns, and Jing Yuanzhi began to boil syrup, preparing to make candied haws and hawthorn cakes.

Tomorrow, Father Huang and Mother Jiang will go to the town to sell them.

Li Ran had already gone back, so Jinnian stayed by Jing Yuanzhi's side to help her.

The family rested only after preparing the food to be sold tomorrow.

Jinnian's room is next to Jingyuanzhi and it is quite big.

This room was a bit shabby before, but after our family’s life got better, we repaired some of the places that needed repair.

The bedding beneath her body was very soft and comfortable, and the quilt covering her body was also very soft, without the slightest odor. It had that pleasant smell that came from being washed clean, and it seemed as if it had been taken out to dry in the sun. Jinnian sank completely into the quilt, feeling so comfortable that she fell asleep soon after lying down.

The Huang family did not come to sabotage the reunion, probably because Huang Houtu and Xu Baicao's favorite grandson had died tragically, in such a tragic way.

Jing Yuanzhi likes her current life very much. While her enemy's family is in dire straits, they are living a peaceful and tranquil life, which is exactly what she wants.

Father Huang and Mother Jiang went to the town, while Huang Chunyang and Huang Chunlei went to the mountains to hunt. Winter was about to come, and the family had to prepare some things for the winter.