Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Yue Niang was as cheerful as before, but Du Wenxiu always felt that there was something different about her.

I couldn't help but look inside again and again with worry.

Following her gaze, Yue Niang seemed to have guessed something and smiled faintly:

"Master Chi has already left, don't look at him."

"Well...are you okay?" Du Wenxiu asked.

Yue Niang blushed instantly, took her arm and went into the house.

Du Wenxiu sat down as she asked. Yue Niang picked up the teapot to pour tea, but when she touched it, it was cold.

I hurried to boil water to make tea.

Du Wenxiu grabbed her and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Are you worried about something?"

Yue Niang hesitated, picked up the cup and put it down again, and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Du Wenchan smiled faintly and walked forward to take the teapot from her hand, then went to the door to light a fire on the small stove to boil water.

But his ears perked up, listening to the movement inside.

"I came here in a hurry for you, and now you don't say a word, which makes me seem like I'm meddling."

Du Wenxiu looked so delicate and gentle now, and she gently wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

In modern terms, it's the tea aroma.

Yue Niang's pretty face turned red, and she sat down there suddenly.

"Oh, it's not that I don't want to say it, but...how can I say this?"

"What do you mean? Tell me everything, from beginning to end." Du Wenxiu said with a smile.

After struggling for a long time, Yue Niang seemed to have given up and finally said, "Forget it. I'm not the kind of person who would be shy if I stick my head out."

"Master Chi is coming to check on the progress of the workshop this afternoon, and he asked me to show him the blueprints."

"The brazier in the room was warm, and he was looking at the blueprints without saying anything. I was so tired that I couldn't help but fall asleep on the table."

"When I woke up, I saw him putting his cloak on me. I was very embarrassed."

"I returned the cloak to him immediately. He asked me if I had any idea of ​​finding someone else to live with..."

"I, I, I was just about to divorce, how could I have such an idea? I rejected him outright. He left without saying anything."

Yue Niang's face was as red as a cooked shrimp.

Du Wenxiu looked at her with a sidelong glance, a smile on her lips.

Yue Niang felt embarrassed by her stare, so she walked to the door again to ask if Du Wenchan's water was ready.

"It's ready, it's ready. It turns out that Sister Yue Niang didn't know how to pour a cup of tea for Master Chi just now, and she made him talk to you with a thirsty throat."

Du Wenchan also teased her playfully. Yue Niang glanced at her and said angrily, "How do you know I didn't pour him tea? It's just that he left early, so the tea got cold."

That is, since Chi Linghua left, Yue Niang has been sitting in the room in a daze, and she didn't even notice that the tea had gotten cold.

The Du Wenxiu sisters looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"Sister Yue Niang, do you think he is not your type?" Du Wenchan asked curiously.

Yue Niang shook her head gently and sighed.

"I am a divorced woman, what do I have to look up to? I just don't want to get involved in marriage and suffer from others' anger."

"In fact, his family background and character are good, so it's not impossible to consider him..." Du Wenxiu pondered.

Yue Niang was startled and said hastily:

"It's because of his good family background and good character that I can't consider him. I heard that although he is not the only son in the family, he is also the one his parents value the most."

"Even though we were married, my wife died before she gave birth. If I find him and I can't raise a child, will I have to divorce him again?"

Du Wenxiu lowered his head and smiled, saying that he didn't have such thoughts, but he had already found out all the affairs of the family.

Yue Niang was also a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly:

"I didn't mean to ask specifically, but I heard a few words from the gossips of the women working here."

"It's possible that he doesn't have a wife, but he has concubines who already have many children. There's no need for you to worry about them."

Du Wenxiu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said teasingly.

But Yue Niang's expression darkened, and she murmured, "That's even worse."

"To be honest, although I was born in the countryside and my parents died young, my brothers and sisters-in-law treated me like their own children. Even nephews and nieces had to take a back seat to me. I was also pampered and spoiled when I was growing up."

"Since I was a child, I have envied my brother and his wife. You respect me, I respect you, we can discuss things and live in harmony. When two people get along like this, there is no room for a third person in between."

"Even if I can't find such a person, why would I be willing to lock myself up in that small courtyard again?"

"Besides, I can't have children, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to find a good companion in this life."

"Since I made the decision to divorce, I have been prepared to live alone for the rest of my life."

"If you love me, when your child is born, you can recognize me as your godmother. I will take care of him in his old age and he will take care of me until the end of my life."

Du Wenxiu was already feeling sad when she spoke, but she suddenly changed the subject and started talking about her unborn child, leading to another verbal sparring between the two.

But I didn't notice the shadow outside the window coming and going quietly.

Time passed quietly in the busyness, and in the blink of an eye, it was the New Year.

Du Wenxiu waved his hand and everyone in the family had new clothes made and stuffed with new cotton, so that they were much warmer to wear than before.

On the Laba Festival, I cooked a big pot of thick Laba porridge and sent it to the neighbors and the Fan family, and also received gifts from other families in return.

He also sent it off to Young Master Chi, but he said that he had received an urgent letter from home yesterday, so Young Master Chi went home early this morning.

I had said before that I would spend the New Year in Dongxing County, but I left in the blink of an eye. Plans cannot keep up with changes.

Du Wenxiu glanced at Yue Niang and felt relieved when he saw that there was no emotion on her face.

After the Little New Year, the workshop was closed for holiday. Before the New Year, they finally managed to produce a large batch of goods, which were then taken away by the young master for distribution.

It will probably be after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before we can resume work.

The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month is the Little New Year. On this day, the Kitchen God returns to heaven to report on the year's situation. A Luo bought some candy as an offering to the Kitchen God early.

Du Wenxiu laughed and said that since A Luo was so eager to seal the Kitchen God's mouth, he was afraid that the Kitchen God would eat it and refuse to go to heaven.

A Luo hurriedly scolded her to get out and not to make the Kitchen God unhappy again.

Du Wenxiu stuck out her tongue, hugged her pregnant belly and went back to the house.

Xiaohu is on vacation now, and in order to save some charcoal, he does his homework in the main room.

Seeing that he was dressed in new clothes and had grown a lot taller, and was also a handsome young man, Du Wenxiu could not help but nod and sigh.

People do not eat lunch on the day of the Kitchen God Festival. Instead, they put fried dough twists, vermicelli and white cabbage into a pot at around 3 p.m., fry them and add water.

After the water boils, pour the batter into the boiling water and stir it constantly until it becomes a paste to make the soup for the Kitchen God offering.

Sprinkle salt and vinegar before serving, and add a few drops of sesame oil. It smells so good that your mouth will water.

Since A Luo learned how to make pancakes, he said that it was much easier than making steamed buns, and it was more fragrant, but it consumed a lot of oil.

Fortunately, the Du family is not short of this little bit of oil, and she enjoys making a few every few days. There are many people in the family, and they eat quickly.

It made her feel quite accomplished.

Therefore, he put a lot of effort into making the food more refined, and his cooking skills became better and better.