Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 76: Making New Ways to Make Money (4)
Seeing that he was with me all day, but he didn't show the slightest temper of the young master, he was quite patient all the time, thinking that he was alone in Anping Town, with no relatives around him.

Lin Xiaoqiao politely invited him to go to their house for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Unexpectedly, Qin Ye agreed without any excuses.

After returning home, Lin Xiaoqiao gave Mrs. Li 100 taels of silver and explained the source of the money.Then, with Li's consent, he hid seven taels of private money.

In a blink of an eye, it will be August [-]th, which is the annual Mid-Autumn Festival.

A few days ago, the Lin family sincerely invited Widow Zheng, mother and son to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with them.

Widow Zheng originally declined many times, thinking that it was too troublesome to the Lin family, and this move was not in line with etiquette.

But then Mrs. Li pretended to be angry, scolded Widow Zheng for being too out of touch, and Chen Xuewen was also persuading her mother not to be too rigid about etiquette, so Widow Zheng nodded and agreed.

Now the relationship between Mrs. Li and Widow Zheng is getting better and better. Although the two have a big difference in appearance and temperament, they are already close friends who talk about everything.

Mrs. Li felt very sorry for Widow Zheng who was lonely on weekdays, so she often came to visit or pull her over. The two often did needlework together, chatted about household chores, and gave her help in life within their ability.

Widow Zheng is grateful for Mrs. Li's kindness and friendliness, so she always makes some pastries for the children of the Lin family. She also tries her best to teach Lin Xiaoxi her own needlework, and conveys her kindness to everyone in the Lin family.

Since the two families celebrated the festival together this time, and Qin Ye was added later, the Li family seemed particularly cautious.

As early as the day before the festival, Mrs. Li followed Lin Erniu into the town and bought a lot of food, chicken, duck and fish, almost everything that one could expect.And discussed the menu with Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters for a long time. After repeated consideration by the three of them, they finally decided on the menu.

Therefore, the menu of the Lin family's autumn family banquet is: roasted chicken with potatoes, braised duck with radish, pork ribs in tomato sauce, sweet and sour carp, braised prawns in oil, braised pork from the farmhouse, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, chopped green onion tofu, fried small mushrooms, shredded Sweet potatoes, fish-flavored shredded pork and cold wild vegetables, plus a light and delicious three-flavored soup.

Since there are more dishes to be prepared today, the three of Li's mother and daughter got up early in the morning to get busy.

Do all the preparations first, wash and cut the things that need to be washed, and even clean up the main ingredients for some meat dishes first, so that the efficiency of cooking in the afternoon will be greatly improved.

The three of Lin Erniu, father and son were also pulled up from the bed by Li Shi early, and were assigned by Li Shi to clean the courtyard and the house, and the three of them were also working in full swing.

At noon, Mrs. Li simply ordered a pot of noodles, and everyone finished eating hastily, waiting for the sumptuous meal in the evening.

Lin Xiaoqiao and sisters had just packed the dinner table when Widow Zheng, mother and son came to the door with a bunch of things.

Mrs. Li saw that the two of them had a lot of things in their hands, so she said angrily: "Why do you bring so many things when you come to the door? Isn't it just two families having a meal together, what are you doing so far?"

Chen Xuewen heard this, with a warm smile on his face, and said: "Auntie, there is nothing, just some fruits and moon cakes. After eating, let's sit in the yard and eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon."

The two Dalang brothers were busy agreeing. Now that they have just studied for a few days, they also know the difficulty of being a scholar, and they admire Chen Xuewen even more.

Normally, as long as Chen Xuewen said something, they would always think it was right.What's more, since the two brothers read the book, they have also started to admire the elegant things, so they nodded and said: "Yes, yes, let's try to enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, such elegant things, how does it taste?"

Seeing that she didn't have any expensive gifts, Mrs. Li said straightforwardly: "Success, we are all interested in studying literature today, and we also come to enjoy the moon after dinner. Aunt just forgot to buy moon cakes. I didn't expect You brought it here. Auntie, thank you in advance! Go sit in the main room, drink tea and chat, and I won’t be with you for a while.”

Widow Zheng insisted on following Mrs. Li to help in the kitchen. The Lin family knew that she had come so early, so she must have wanted to help.

After so many days of getting along, the Lin family can always feel the elegance and nobility faintly emanating from the mother and son, and at the same time feel the kindness and easy-going of the two of them.

And Chen Xuewen went to the study with the two brothers Dalang Erlang to guide and guide the two brothers in their homework, just like usual, to help them answer some doubts.

In the evening, Mrs. Li and the others had cooked all the dishes and brought them to the dining table one by one.At this time, Qin Ye also came late, as if he came here just in time for lunch.

Lin Xiaoqiao saw that he was carrying a lot of things in a big way, so he said jokingly: "Brother Qinye, you really know how to pinch and count, and you came here just for the meal time, and you really came here for dinner."

Qin Ye was not angry when he heard this, and replied: "Oh, I have a dinner party at noon, and I got a little drunk. If I don't sleep, I get up late! Uncle, aunt, don't be surprised."

Naturally, Mrs. Li would not be angry with him, seeing that his face was still slightly flushed, as if the drunkenness had not completely dissipated, she said with concern: "Auntie, make you some hangover soup, you seem to be drunk It doesn’t look like it’s all gone yet.”

It was no secret that Qin Ye's identity was in the noble circle of this small Anping Town. Everyone knew that he was here alone.

Therefore, every festival, many rich gentry and wealthy families invite him to have dinner together and make friends.

At noon today, he had no choice but to go to the county magistrate's dinner, so he drank too much wine.After resting for an afternoon, he already felt much better, so he didn't want to bother Mrs. Li anymore, so he refused and said, "No, I'm already much better, so I won't bother my aunt."

Lin Xiaoqiao saw that Mrs. Li still seemed a little uneasy, and said, "Mother, let's have dinner quickly, brother Qin Ye must have eaten well at noon, let's have dinner now and let him have a good meal." It's serious. Don't cook some hangover soup."

Qin Ye quickly nodded in agreement, touched his shriveled stomach, and said with a funny face: "Yes, these dishes smell delicious. The greedy worms in my stomach have already been drawn out."

Then, everyone sat down and prepared to eat.

At the beginning of the meal, as the head of the family, Lin Erniu raised his wine glass and said two rather clumsy opening remarks: "I'm here to offer a toast to everyone, and I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Everyone must eat today. It's delicious!"

Hearing these few clichéd words, everyone felt that they were very true.

(End of this chapter)