Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 106: Zixuan's Annual Ceremony Letter (2)
"What do you think the foundation is so high for? You also made those stone steps, tsk tsk, it's really luxurious, there's nowhere to spend the money."

"That's right, I heard that the foundation and those stones alone cost tens of taels of silver."

"Yeah, yeah. I've heard about it too, and they said it's for waterproofing. But here, the rain is okay, but it's not so bad that it's submerged. Why... If you ask me, I still can't manage the house."

"Don't say that grapes are sour because you can't eat grapes. Who doesn't know you? It's not that the envious family has a daughter who can make money. If you have the ability, let your daughter earn money for you."

"Hey, I'm ashamed to say that your daughter is two years older than Xiaohua. Why haven't you seen your daughter make money for you? It's okay to hurt me here. Don't you feel jealous? That Xiaohua made money, but you The whole family will not be able to earn in this life."

"You guys, let me tell you, you're really stupid! What about this woman, even if she can make money again, she still wants to marry and have children in the end."

"Yes, yes. The women nodded in agreement."

Seeing everyone's agreement, the woman continued to speak: "Let me tell you, after Xiaohua's filial piety is over, I will find someone to come to propose marriage, and she will be my daughter-in-law from now on."

"Come on, just like your baby, even if Xiao Hua is blind, she doesn't like your family. She is so old, she knows how to cry and cry, with two snots hanging from her nose."

"What's wrong with my second child, it's better than your bankrupt (no son)." As he said that, he was going to fight.

At this time, Xiao Hua followed Cui Shi into the room: "All aunts and ladies, please drink tea in the front yard. The banquet is about to start, please take your seats." Xiao Hua stood beside Cui Shi, smiling.

Cui Shi is Xiaohua's best teacher now, Jingniang knows herself now, she thinks about herself, and doesn't care about her and Xiao Zhuzi.Xiaohua had no choice but to ask Xiaocao Niang for advice on these things, thanks to her being a warm-hearted person who taught Xiaohua the various customs and ways of the world without reservation and by herself.

"Okay, okay, let's go."

Xiaohua looked at the piles in the corner of the house, and the uncle of the village head was counting the gifts from the villagers, how many eggs in one basket at this house, and how many green onions at that house.In short, he piled up the corners of the house.Xiaohua walked over and saw that there were all kinds of vegetables. Although it was more than October in the lunar calendar, cabbages, potatoes and so on were piled full.

There are also some rice, millet, flour, chicken, duck... In short, there are miscellaneous things, and these have to be sent to the kitchen after the statistics are finished.

Looking at the women going away, Xiao Hua shook her head.It seems that he is serious about his own family, that is, the three families who helped dig the bamboo shoots in the first place.For the rest, forget it.

The men of the three families were helping with work, either chopping firewood or borrowing tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks, while the women were all helping in the kitchen, except for Xiaocao's family, of course.Xiaohua knew that they were serious about their family, although they were always unknown, but whenever something happened, they would always come over and silently help, without having to call out.

Xiaohua's kitchen now has three pots, one for hot water and one for cooking.As for the cooking, Xiaohua thought that she cooked it directly in the pot before. In fact, it is called stewed rice, and there will be crusts left after cooking. If the technique is good, the rice will not have crusts, but it is very fragrant and delicious.It's a pity that the current people don't know how to do it. Xiao Hua thought of making wooden barrel rice.Of course, this wooden barrel rice is not those bamboo tubes or anything like that, it’s what I ate when I was a child, it’s made of wooden barrels, a round wooden barrel, the empty bottom is dragged by a breathable one, and the top is covered with a lid .This wooden barrel rice is also delicious, the key is that you can finish it early and put it aside, and it will cool slowly.

When making this wooden barrel, Xiaohua specially asked Wang Changgui to help make it, one big and one small.It can come in handy when there are many people, and I made a few more fences.

Because of this wooden barrel, it also reminded Xiaohua that the promotion of wooden barrel rice in Ruyi Restaurant is actually the current small wooden barrel rice, and there is also claypot rice.Thinking of when to find a time to go to the town, and teach the wooden barrel rice and claypot rice to Xiaoluo and Xiaocao first.

At the beginning of the banquet, many people in Chengjiakeng were dumbfounded as bowls of dishes were served.It's not something that these ordinary people can often eat, even if they can eat one or two dishes during the Chinese New Year, it's not bad.What's more, today's chef is borrowed from Guan Yuelai Restaurant, that is, the fat chef who refused to accept Xiaohua at the beginning, but was willing in the end.How can the food he cooks be affordable by the common people here?Look at the rice I ate today. I don’t know what was put in the rice. It was red, in pieces, and white.It tastes sweet, and they have never eaten such delicious rice.Today is finally a long experience.

In fact, this rice is sweet potato rice. Xiaohua dug up all the sweet potatoes in the yard a few days ago.Some were kept for seeding, and the rest were used for cooking.There are not many sweet potatoes harvested this year, so most of them are reserved for planting next year, and some are steamed in the rice for the villagers to taste.

The place for sweet potatoes is vacant, and it happens to be potatoes. These two crops are planted in rotation, so that the land will not be wasted. Xiaohua plans to grow more next year.And a few days ago, she went to the mountain to dig up all those sweet potatoes, and then count as much as she can grow.It is best to promote it on a large scale throughout Chengjiakeng, so I will cook sweet potato rice for everyone today.

Just as the banquet was about to end, Du Yuchen and You Zixuan came with great fanfare.Now that Xiaohua saw the two of them, her cousin was very upset. She put on a small face and stared at the two of them.

But Du Yuchen and You Zixuan turned a blind eye, and stepped forward: "Miss Xiaohua, your family is overjoyed, why didn't you inform me, since Miss Xiaohua forgets a lot, then Du will take the liberty to disturb you. Shopkeeper Liu, why don't you tell me?" Send the congratulations up!"

Shopkeeper Liu at the other end was holding a bunch of things, and came up out of breath: "Miss Xiaohua, this is our young master's gift today, please be sure to accept it."

Xiaohua looked at the two people in front of her, frowned, and saw that the villagers of Chengjiakeng were all looking this way, knowing that it was inconvenient to happen now, no matter what, even if she didn't like the business, she had to accept it . (Actually, the main object of her displeasure is You Zixuan)
You Zixuan looked at Xiao Hua, feeling very unhappy, this ugly monster is just a little smarter and more capable, how could he impress his cousin.Although it's not really ugly, but when he speaks, he doesn't even have many teeth. Look at the front teeth, they haven't grown yet, he's just a kid.The whole is dragging and dragging, which is annoying when you look at it.

Xiaohua looked at You Zixuan, and felt a little nervous in her heart no matter how she looked.What did this stinky man come here for? Although he couldn't be called a man yet, he was just upset.See what kind of eyes he has, how dare he do this on her territory, and see if he can find a time to deal with him later.

(End of this chapter)