Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"Aunt, I missed you so much! Where's Xiao Sicheng? He didn't even come out to greet me. I'll go in and see him."

Tao Siyuan was dressed like a panda, with three layers of clothes inside and three layers of clothes outside, and a sheepskin coat on top, making Xia Shengsheng almost unrecognizable.

Fortunately, once he opened his mouth, it became clear whether it was a wolf or a sheep hidden under the sheepskin coat.

Xia Shengsheng shook his head in amusement and saw Tao Wuji still directing the servants to move things into the yard.

I had no choice but to go forward and ask, "Master Tao, why are you here during the Chinese New Year? What are you moving?"

Tao Wuji's originally elegant face suddenly became festive after a smile appeared on it.

"Sister Xia! Come and have a look, I brought you a lot of New Year's goods.

These boxes contain fish and shrimp caught in the South China Sea, as well as some fish that we don’t usually eat. Oops! I forgot what they are called.

And these few boxes were also brought back from the south..."

Xia Shengsheng only looked at the first few boxes, and there was quite a rich variety of items inside.

There are sea bass, barramundi, turbot, yellow croaker and so on.

There are also some black tiger shrimps, white shrimps, conches and so on.

It's a pity that there are no crabs.

Dozens of boxes of other things were also moved down, including various specialties and New Year's goods needed for the Chinese New Year.

With so many things added together, Xia Shengsheng almost thought that Tao Wuji and his son were moving! !

"Mr. Tao, you don't have to send so many New Year's gifts! We can't finish so much until spring." Xia Shengsheng said.

Tao Wuji showed her signature smile again.

"Hehe! It's okay. Don't we still have father and son here? Every time I come back, I eat up all the food in your house. This time I brought some extra so that we don't have to fight over it when we eat, haha..."

This time, Xia Shengsheng finally understood that Tao Wuji and his son were not only planning to have a meal here, but also to spend the New Year here before going back!

Oh! She is really lively.

Looking at the twenty or so people brought by Tao Wuji, she felt worried and sighed as she realized that cooking would be exhausting for so many people.

Tao Wuji seemed to see what Xia Shengsheng was thinking and quickly dispelled Xia Shengsheng's doubts.

"Don't worry, Sister Xia, I have rented an inn for them in town. They will leave after dropping off their things, and they will also eat in the inn.

They will never compete with us for food."

Tao Wuji whispered the last sentence in Xia Shengsheng's ear, as if he was afraid of being heard by others.

Seeing that Tao Wuji was so close to Xia Shengsheng, Han Liehu punched Tao Wuji, knocking him back a few steps.

"Just talk, why are you so close?"

Seeing this, the servants brought by Tao Wuji stopped what they were doing, drew their swords, stood in front of Tao Wuji, and looked at Han the Hunter vigilantly.

Tao Wuji coughed a few times, looked at Han the Hunter next to Xia Shengsheng, and suddenly asked, "Sister Xia, when did you buy someone who knows martial arts?

Buying someone is a good thing, but you don’t know how to read their face when you buy them.”

Xia Shengsheng quickly came out to smooth things over. "It's just a misunderstanding, let me introduce you to..."

Xia Shengsheng introduced the two men to each other. Tao Wuji asked his men to retreat. The two men looked at each other, and no one spoke first, as if whoever spoke first would feel weaker.

"Well, well, now that we've moved everything, let's go in first! The food will be cold soon."

Just at this moment, Tao Siyuan and Sicheng also ran out to call a few people back to eat.

The two people also noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, but they didn't know what was going on. They entered the inner courtyard under the leadership of Xia Shengsheng with confused looks on their faces.

Before entering the inner courtyard, Tao Wuji asked the servants he brought with him to go back to the town.

One of them seemed to be the leader, standing behind Tao Wuji and whispering.

"Master, how about leaving two people behind? This guy looks like he has bad intentions."

Tao Wuji did not listen to that person, but drove everyone away.

Xia Shengsheng didn't care about their meals. She had indeed prepared a lot of food today.

But no matter how much there was, it was not enough to feed the 20 or so people who suddenly appeared.

So they had no choice but to go back to town and find food on their own.

When Xia Shengsheng brought Tao Wuji, Han Liehu and others into the main hall, Ye Chao and Er Cheng were still standing outside in a daze.

The two looked at each other and said at the same time, "The smell of gunpowder is so strong!"

"Ye Chao, Er Cheng, come in and have dinner!"

Until Xia Shengsheng's voice sounded in the house.

The two people responded quickly, looked at the firecrackers in their hands that had not been lit yet, lit them first, and the crackling sounds echoed throughout the yard.

Then he ran in quickly.

After they went in, Xia Shengsheng had already introduced everyone to each other.

Jin Ling took the children back to their room and ate with Wang Si.

So this big table can seat just ten people.

"Yiyi, bring the wine!"

The wine Xia Shengsheng prepared today was Maotai.

A total of four bottles were prepared and put into ceramic jars.

I plan to have a good drink during the New Year.

This time Tao Wuji and his son are also here, so this wine may not be enough.

He poured wine for everyone. Tao Siyuan was already 17 years old, so it was no problem for him to drink.

But the little ones can only drink juice.

Moutai is a recognized good wine, and even Tao Wuji, who is used to big scenes, praises it sincerely.

However, Han Liehu seems to like to sabotage Tao Wuji and always likes to sing a different tune from Tao Wuji.

The same went for Tao Wuji. During the meal, the two of them interacted with each other, and in the end, no one suffered any loss.

The meal didn’t take long, after all, we had to make time to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening.

After dinner, Jin Ling and her daughter helped clean up.

Tao Wuji and Doctor Zhao asked Xia Shengsheng for the chessboard, and the two started playing Go.

There were eight people left. Xia Shengsheng opened two decks of cards and led them to play Red Ten together.

None of them had ever seen poker, and when Xia Shengsheng took out the poker, it attracted everyone's attention.

Even Tao Wuji and Doctor Zhao, who were playing chess, came over and studied the game for a long time.

Later, they were forcibly driven away by Xia Shengsheng and Tao Siyuan, and only then did they have the chance to start playing.

Xia Shengsheng explained the rules to everyone in advance.

Except for Sicheng who memorized the rules a little slower, the others were fine. They could remember the rules and knew how to play after hearing them almost once.

Therefore, whenever they were assigned to be in the same group as Sicheng, everyone's faces were filled with reluctance.

"You just think I'm disgusted. I'll learn it after a few more fights. Then maybe none of you will be able to beat me!"

These words caused a lot of sighs.

However, Sicheng's words did not refute his words. Although he was the slowest learner, he became the best fighter after he learned it.

It seemed that he was more sensitive to numbers than anyone else present.

Tao Wuji couldn't help but throw down the chessboard and stood behind Sicheng watching him play cards.

Doctor Zhao was also attracted by this novel thing.

As I watched, I couldn't help but occasionally interject.

Seeing that everyone knew how to play, Xia Shengsheng handed her cards to Doctor Zhao, which made Doctor Zhao very happy.

Everyone played until the evening. Xia Shengsheng helped Jin Ling make some new dishes and mixed the dumpling fillings and dough.

Then I asked everyone to stop and make dumplings together.

During the Chinese New Year, everyone gathers together to make dumplings, which creates the best Chinese New Year atmosphere.

So everyone can't just stand by and watch without doing anything.

Even Tao Wuji, who was used to having servants, had to do it himself.

Tao Siyuan was better off, after all, he had made dumplings once when he was recuperating at Xia Shengsheng's place.