The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 8
Feng Jian's expression finally softened a little, and he lowered his head to sweep over his injured leg, the annoyance in his eyes welling up again.

"Since you want to stay here temporarily, let Xuanming investigate more."

"Young master, don't worry, let Gao Ren run away tomorrow."

Gao Ren, who was sleeping on the kang, turned over, and then the snoring sounded again, as if he didn't hear the conversation between their master and servant at all, but the two were not worried...

Lu Xiaomi didn't know that the master and servant in the East Chamber were so concerned about the country and the people, even if they knew it, they didn't care about it.

At this moment, she just put all kinds of cooking ingredients into small clay pots, rice noodles into the pot, and finally put the lids on one by one, smiling so hard that her teeth can't see her eyes.

This is what the old man often said, there is food in the tank, so don't panic.

With so much fine grain added today, plus the sorghum and millet left over from earlier, half a tank of buckwheat noodles and half a tank of corn, the whole family is finally not afraid of going hungry this winter.

Father Lu and Boss Lu and his son were originally helping out, but when they saw their little girl touching here and looking there, she was so happy that she seemed about to fly.The father and son looked at each other and touched their noses, feeling a little more guilty in their hearts.

As a daughter of the Lu family, it's really unlucky to have a father and brother like them.In the future, you must have a long memory. Even if you can't help you, it's not good to hold you back.

Of course, their determination is very firm, but there is an old saying that the country is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change...

Lu Xiaomi was addicted to being a "good woman with food", so she urged Boss Lu to help deliver the cloth and cotton bought during the day to her backyard.

The several batches of cotton cloths that the furrier gave us were as good as he said, but the color was a bit old-fashioned, two horses of azurite, one of soot, one of navy blue, and two of ivory white.

However, it's only been three months since the Bai family passed away, and everyone in the Lu family must observe filial piety, so this color is just right.

When buying cotton, she added several bolts of brightly colored satin to sew quilts and new clothes for Feng Jian's master and servant.

All these things were added up, and the cloth and cotton piled up half of the kang.

After a busy day, now that the money is in hand and the things have been bought, Lu Xiaomi is really relieved, and the fatigue is like a tidal wave.

She simply didn't tidy up, and directly put the quilt on the kang to sleep.Around, Aunt Liu will come to help the next day. At this time, it has been tidied up, and it will be dismantled in the end.

Sure enough, after breakfast the next day, Aunt Liu brought a few neighbors and women whom she had been friends with, and came to the door without waiting for Lu Xiaomi to invite someone.

Lu Xiaomi welcomed them in with a smile, and joked, "Did the aunts know that I'm going to stew chicken and mushrooms today, so they came here early to cover my bed?"

Everyone laughed, and Aunt Liu pointed her forehead to blame, "I came to help you with sewing with good intentions, but you arranged it. Next time, I will let you do it yourself. Who will cry with eyes like peaches?"

"Oh, auntie, I was wrong!"

Lu Xiaomi was not good at handwork since she was a child, and now she has changed the "core" to become more clumsy. Hearing this, she quickly hugged Aunt Liu and acted like a baby, "If Auntie doesn't help, I will go to Auntie's house and cry!"

"Okay, okay, you're still relying on it!"

Aunt Liu didn't have a daughter, so she couldn't be happier to see Lu Xiaomi's cute appearance now.

Everyone chatted and laughed and pulled out the cloth and cotton and began to search. Xiaomi first pointed out the materials that were going to be used to sew quilts and clothes for Feng Jian's master and servant, and asked, "Auntie, this brown hidden flower silk cloth is for Brother Feng to sew a piece of cloth." A long shirt with tighter cuffs to make it easier for him to walk around later in the day. This smoky gray cotton cloth will make him two sets of jackets, and this ivory cotton cloth is wrapped with four catties of cotton as the inner liner. If you want to put on a quilt cover, use this royal blue satin to embroider an eagle with spread wings, it must be beautiful! There is also this navy blue cotton cloth, which is used to make a jacket and trousers for my father, and this azurite is used to make a cotton robe for my second brother. ,this…"

Lu Xiaomi got up early to make a list, and knew all the materials and cotton by heart, and now he talked about it without any hesitation, and the arrangements were clear.

All the women heard it funny and heartbroken. Every family loves a daughter of Xiaomi's age. Occasionally, she can embroider a skirt for herself with her mother, which is considered very capable.Only Xiaomi, worrying about the whole family, eating, drinking and dressing up and down, can't be described as hard work.

This is the hardship a motherless girl must endure.

Aunt Liu lost her mother since she was a child, and now she felt so sad, she grabbed Xiaomi's hand and said, "You child, why have I been listening for a long time, these clothes and bedding are all made for others, and you don't care about everything?" No?"

"That's right, I've seen the New Year, even if you are keeping your filial piety now, you should cut a new jacket and skirt. A little girl like a flower bone, don't feel wronged!"

The other women also persuaded, Lu Xiaomi has been used to living tightly these past few months, and yesterday he really didn't think of buying a piece of material for himself to make a new coat, not to mention the money was obtained by Gao Ren from hunting, even if Feng Jian said it, he had full control over it. Let her distribute it, and she can't be shameless to finish the clothes for her father and brother, and waste money by herself.

"It's okay, auntie. My old jacket and skirt are probably new. Besides, my second brother bought me a new jacket the day before yesterday. I don't need anything to wear."

It's a pity that she was only halfway through when the sharp-eyed little daughter-in-law pulled out the peach red jacket and said with a smile, "Your second son is good at swinging his fists, but he doesn't understand the details of life at all."

"That's right, this jacket can only be worn out of filial piety. I'm afraid it will take another two years, and it will be small by then."

Aunt Liu stretched out her hand to open the ivory-colored cotton cloth for comparison, and made a decision, "I don't think this piece of cloth will be used, why not cut a small jacket for Xiaomi and embroider a few light-colored flowers, which is not a violation of the rules. There are still some blue and soot materials left, so I will put together a skirt, maybe I can make a shoe upper, and put together a set."

"Auntie, that's a good idea. Let's measure the size first."

A group of women are good at work. A few young daughters-in-law took off their shoes and spread cotton on the kang. Aunt Wang next door went to measure the size of Father Lu and his son, and Xiaomi took Aunt Liu to the east wing.

"Uncle Yang, is Big Brother Feng awake? I'll bring Aunt Liu to measure and prepare to make a new coat."

Not long after Xiaomi's words fell to the ground, Lao Yang smiled and opened the door curtain. There was some medicinal gas left in the room, but it was cleaned up very cleanly. Two cups of tea had just been poured on the small table on the kang.Feng Jian took a cup with his big pale hand, and looked over when he heard the door curtain rattling.

Ever since Aunt Liu heard that the Lu family had a distinguished guest, she had been thinking about it, not because she wanted to see something new and gossip with the women in the village, but because she felt sorry for Xiaomi.After all, she is the only little girl in the Lu family, and her father and brother are big-hearted. If she meets a villain with bad intentions and intentionally ruins the little girl's reputation, it will be a bad thing.

However, at this moment, she was completely relieved.

The so-called appearance comes from the heart, it doesn't necessarily mean that a person with a dirty mind must be born with a brain, but a person like Feng Jian with handsome features and a hint of nobility in his brows will definitely not be a sinister and sharp villain.

"Master Feng, Xiaomi entrusted the old lady to make clothes for you. I'm afraid I'm going to offend you by taking measurements."

"No, please trouble auntie."

Feng Jian put down the teacup, her tone was calm, but it didn't make people feel slighted at all.It's just right to raise your hands and throw your feet.

On the other side, Xiaomi was also measuring Uncle Yang, muttering while busy, "Uncle Yang, I asked my sisters-in-law to add two catties of cotton to your quilt, so you can sleep on the top of the kang, even if it gets colder in the middle of the night. In addition, the sheepskin boots will take a few more days to be ready, so don’t sweep the yard when you get up early, your feet will easily get sick when you get cold. My second elder brother needs to get up early to practice boxing, so let him do the sweeping.”

"Okay, thank you Miss Lu."

Lao Yang's eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile, and his old face was wrinkled, obviously very happy that Xiaomi treated him so caringly.

Feng Jian, who was on the side, also looked at Xiaomi a few times after hearing too much, but Xiaomi didn't notice it, so he asked Aunt Liu about Gao Ren who had disappeared, "Auntie, you've seen Gao Ren before, and the size was compared. Auntie Wang’s son will be a dog, right?”

"I think it's the same. Let's sew first, and we can't modify it later."

After discussing it properly, the two went back to the backyard.

These days, it is not popular to go to shops to buy ready-made clothes, but anyone with a woman in the family sews clothes, shoes and socks by himself.

Aunt Liu's work was quick and clean, but in just one hour, most of the clothes and bedding were cut.

With Zhuyu in front, Lu Xiaomi had no intention of embarrassing her, so she offered tea, a few snacks bought from the city, plus a plate of melon seeds and peanuts, and she decisively got into the kitchen.

The pheasants and rabbits that Gao Ren hunted back the day before yesterday also left six or seven at home. Lu Wu, who consciously made mistakes again and again, packed them up long ago, and they were frozen in the snowdrifts.

Previously, Xiaomi took two pheasants and two rabbits and thawed them. Now, after blanching a whole chicken in a boiling water pot to remove the blood, he changed another earthenware pot and added more than half of the water, adding jujube, wolfberry and Bi San The few wild ginseng beards that my uncle asked for, boiled directly on high heat and then simmered on low heat.

The remaining pheasant was cut into pieces directly, and the dried mushrooms collected in autumn were also put into the pot together.

Xiaomi wandered around in front of the bag of potatoes for a while, but still cruelly took a few more potatoes, peeled and cut them into pieces and threw them into the cauldron.

As for the two wild rabbits, there is nothing to say, just add red pepper, pepper and star anise to make a pot of spicy rabbit meat.

The lid of the rice jar was also opened, and a scoop full of white and shiny round-grained rice was poured into the pottery pot, rinsed and poured into the pottery pot on the stove, boiled until the water splashed for a while, and then fished into the pottery pot again.A wooden grid is set up in the pot of stewed chicken and mushrooms, and the clay pot sits on it. When the chicken is stewed, the rice is steamed.

A row of cabbage was frozen under the window outside the kitchen, all of which were inferior ones without cabbage hearts in autumn, but now they were frozen hard, but they kept the moisture in the leaves well.Pick off a few trees, chop them up, rinse them, throw them into a hot water pot, cook and drain.

Then fry a bowl of egg sauce, it is the best partner for dinner.

Gao Ren ran outside all morning, jumped into the yard to smell the aroma, and went straight into the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)