Traveling through the mountains and farming

At this time, Li Ke, who was called by Li Tao to play together at the entrance of the village, was holding her rabbit lantern to show it to her friends.

She held up the rabbit lamp high, and the delicate rabbit looked vivid.

The attention of the little friends was instantly attracted, and their eyes were full of novelty and envy.

"Wow, what a beautiful rabbit lantern!" Li Tao couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Yes, yes, I have never seen such beautiful lights!" another friend also echoed.

"Xiao Ke, are there a lot of beautiful lights in the county?"

“Are there still many beautiful and delicious things?”

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The friends surrounded Li Ke and asked all kinds of questions. They all envied Li Ke for having his sister-in-law to take him to the county town for fun.

Li Ke smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, there are all kinds of beautiful lights in the county town, and there are many fun things! There are also many delicious cakes, which are sweet and delicious!"

My friends were curious and asked what was in the county town, whether it was all blue brick and tile houses, and whether all the food was delicious...

None of them had ever been to the county town, and each of them wanted to know what it was like.

Li Ke tilted his head and thought for a while, then continued, "There are also many beautiful clothes, with many colors and styles. There are also many interesting gadgets, such as various sugar figures that can be blown, spinning windmills, and ringing bells."

"Wow, that sounds great!" Li Tao said with a longing look on her face.

"I really want to go to the county town to have a look." Another little friend murmured.

Li Ke looked at the envious eyes of her friends, she shook the rabbit lamp in her hand and said:

"When we have a chance in the future, let's go to the county town together, and then we can see more beautiful and interesting things!"

The friends nodded one after another, their hearts full of anticipation.

At this time, Li Cuigang came over and heard their conversation. She pretended to be curious and asked:

"Xiao Ke, have you seen that pink drink in the county?"

She paused for a while, and when Li Ke didn't respond, she continued:

"My brother, I bought a pink crystal ice jelly from the largest teahouse in the county yesterday. It looks so pretty and tastes so delicious."

Li Chongsong next to him was confused by his elder sister's words and was scratching his head, wondering if he had remembered it wrong.

Yesterday, my second brother said at home that he accompanied others to a party in a teahouse and brought the food back. How come it became that my eldest brother bought it specially?

When hearing the mention of crystal ice jelly, Li Tao and several of his friends whose families sell ice jelly remained silent tacitly.

Because the elders in the family had told them not to tell outsiders about the ice jelly.

However, Li Cui's cousin Zhang Sanya suddenly asked:

"Cousin, are you talking about crystal ice powder?"

Seeing Li Cui nod with a smile, she continued, "The day before yesterday, I heard my parents say that Luo Xiaoya's family was selling crystal ice jelly at the Taohua Village market. Is it the same kind?"

After that, he turned around and asked anxiously: "Xiaoya, is that the pink crystal ice jelly you sell?"

Luo Xiaoya was stunned by this sudden question and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Her family asked her to keep it a secret when she was away.

So she quickly turned to look at Li Ke and several other friends, asking for help with her eyes.

Before Luo Xiaoya could answer, Li Cui raised her chin and replied with disdain:

"Sanya, did you hear wrongly? How could Luo Xiaoya's family possibly make such an expensive drink? And they even said they were going to sell it at the market?"

She turned her head and stared at Luo Xiaoya and asked, "Right, Luo Xiaoya."

Zhang Sanya pouted and said anxiously, "I didn't hear it wrongly. I really heard what my parents said. Xiaoya, don't hide it from me."

After saying that, he stared at Luo Xiaoya, as if he had to get a definite answer.

Luo Xiaoya was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond. She could only stand there awkwardly.

At this time, Li Tao couldn't bear it anymore. She stood in front of Luo Xiaoya and said to Zhang Sanya and Li Cui:

"Okay, stop forcing Xiaoya. The pink crystal ice jelly that Brother Chongbo bought was made by Lin Wan's cousin's wife, and the ice jelly sold by Xiaoya's family was also made by Lin Wan's cousin's wife. There is nothing wrong with admitting this."

Li Ke, who was standing next to her, stretched out his hand but had not yet grasped Li Tao's hand, and looked at her with a worried look on his face.

I was thinking, it’s over!

Now everyone knows that their family can make ice jelly, so she will be more careful when picking ice jelly fruit in the future.

After these words were spoken, Li Cui's face turned a little ugly. She didn't expect it to be true.

He snorted and said, "I don't believe it. How can it be such a coincidence? You must be making it up."

Li Tao said with a firm look:

"Li Cui, this is the truth. We are not making it up. The ice jelly was indeed made by my cousin's wife. Believe it or not."

Then, he turned around and saw Li Ke with a dazed look on his face. Then he realized that he had been impulsive just now. How could he be provoked by the momentum of their questioning of Luo Xiaoya to tell the truth?

Feeling guilty, she pulled Li Ke, who looked helpless, and Luo Xiaoya, who was still a little dazed, and ran away.

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Li Cui returned home angrily. Seeing her parents and brother chatting in the yard, she said angrily:

"Brother, the crystal jelly you brought back was made by Li Ke's sister-in-law. And Luo Xiaoya's family is helping to sell it!"

"How is that possible? That's the largest teahouse in the county. It's a drink that's unique to Qinxin Teahouse. How could they possibly make it?" Li Chongbai replied indifferently.

He turned around and prepared to continue talking to his parents about other things.

Zhang was surprised. She stood up and pulled Li Cui to ask hurriedly:

"You heard it right, are you sure it's crystal ice powder?"

Yesterday, her sister-in-law from her mother's side came over and asked her if she knew that Luo Dashan's family was selling ice jelly at Taohua Market, and also asked if she knew how to make the ice jelly.

Could it be that the ice jelly you are talking about is the extremely expensive crystal ice jelly that Chongbai brought back?

At this moment, she suddenly realized, "Could it be that the food that your great-uncle's family and several other distant relatives sell to the county town every day is also crystal ice jelly?"

If so, they would be making a lot of money.

After hearing what his mother said, Li Chongbai also began to think, frowning and saying:

"If that's true, then they've kept it a secret. This ice jelly sells for 100 coins a bowl in a teahouse, which is the same as the price of a pound of sugar. This business is very profitable."

When Li Changren heard this, he hurriedly said, "What? It's so profitable! No, we have to find a way to get a piece of the pie."

Li Cui nodded repeatedly and agreed, "That's right, Dad. We can't let them make all the money."

Li Chongbai thought for a moment and said, "But we don't know how to make this ice jelly, and they will definitely not let us interfere easily."

Li Changren's eyes were firm as he said, "Humph, people always come up with solutions. Besides, I am their father. Others are making money together, so why shouldn't they take us with them?"

Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Yes, you are their father, they have to listen to you, the head of the family. Otherwise, how about we do this..."

They discussed how to go to Lin Wan's house and force her to hand over the recipe for making ice jelly so that they could get a share of the pie.