A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

"Xiao Wei is awesome." Shen Wu patted Gu Wei on the shoulder.

Turning her head to look at the little brother on the bamboo chair, she had never raised a child, but she had seen cubs from her relatives' families. This child was too quiet and didn't cry or make a fuss. Shen Wu was vaguely worried, fearing that the child had some disease.

Shen Wu squatted down, almost level with the child sitting on the bamboo chair. Looking at the child who was giggling and reaching out his hand, she couldn't help but reach out and try.

"here!"

Shen Wu stretched out a finger, pointed it towards the left side of the child's body, and shook it to see his reaction.

The younger brother seemed to feel that someone was playing with him and became even happier. He opened his mouth wide to reveal the tender buds inside, drooling uncontrollably, and looked at Shen Wu's shaking fingers.

"This way, baby!"

Shen Wu changed her finger to the child's left side and made a similar movement. The younger brother also looked at the finger she pointed at.

It’s not enough to just look, I actually want to reach out and grab it.

Shen Wu failed to catch him and his attack was in vain.

The child didn't cry or make a fuss when he didn't catch something he was interested in. He just stopped laughing and patted the small table in front of the bamboo chair.

It seems that there is no problem. Maybe I am overthinking it, Shen Wu thought.

"Sister Jiang Yu, how are you today?" Gu Wei asked awkwardly.

Shen Wu didn't realize what she meant, and replied subconsciously: "Today's sales are pretty good, and the tofu and shepherd's purse are all sold out. Don't worry, Xiaowei, if the shepherd's purse and beans are not fresh, I will change to scallion pancakes and take them out to sell!"

Gu Wei knew that she had misunderstood what she meant. She looked unhappy and muttered, "I'm not asking about this. How was Sister Jiang Yu and Brother's trip today?"

"This?" Shen Wu was a little surprised that Gu Wei would ask this. She lived alone in modern times and seldom met with her family. She hadn't heard these words of concern for a long time.

Realizing this, Shen Wu turned around, squatted down and pulled up Gu Wei's sleeve.

She originally wanted to hold the child's hand, but was afraid that the child would not like it, so she changed to pulling the sleeve.

"Don't worry, Xiaowei. There wasn't much rain on the road today. We went there in Uncle Li and Grandpa Li's ox cart, and we didn't encounter any slippery spots at all."

Hearing her say this, Gu Wei felt even more embarrassed. She didn't dare to look at him directly, and could only glance at him stealthily from the side.

Shen Wu was amused by the child. He stood up, touched her head, and said with a smile, "Your brother and I bought some pork, pork fat, and some wild vegetables. How about I make meat noodles for you at noon today?"

"?! Delicious!" Gu Wei was immediately attracted by her and turned her head. Children like to taste things at that age, and they were very happy to hear that there was meat to eat.

"Then please, Xiaowei, look after your brother for a while. Your brother and I will go to the back mountain later to see if there is anything delicious."

"Okay!" As if to prove how powerful she was, Gu Wei ran to the younger brother's side, holding onto a bamboo chair that was only slightly taller than her, and said, "Then you guys should hurry back!"

Shen Wu couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, it won't be too late to go after I finish making the noodles."

As she spoke, Gu Zhou walked into the main room, holding the porcelain basin he usually used for kneading dough, and scooped out three or four bowls of flour from the basin.

"You..." Shen Wu was stunned when she saw him come in. Before she finished her words, she realized that Gu Zhou had heard her and wanted to make peace.

"Take a break first, I'll come and..."

Gu Zhou poured some of the herbal tea into the flour pit he had dug, carefully moved the surrounding flour to the center, and started to rub it into a lump when the water stopped flowing.

Shen Wu really felt sorry for this child, he was so sensible.

Gu Wei was only seven or eight years old, but she was as considerate as a little adult, helping to take care of the children and even cooking.

Gu Zhou was only in his teens, but he could already take care of the children and do all the housework, and even support the entire family. Whenever Shen Wu saw them like this, he wanted to do more to make sure these children had good food and drink, and to make more money so that they could live a better life in the future.

"Okay, then I'll go get some pork and the wild vegetables I bought," Shen Wu said as he choked up and quickly turned to the kitchen.

She didn't like to show her emotions too much, so she walked in a hurry, and her back showed a bit of anxiety.

Although Gu Zhou felt it was strange, he did not take it to heart. There were many things to do at home, so he just had to finish the noodles quickly and put the money away.

Gu Wei and her younger brother gathered around the table, watching their brother knead the dough with great interest.

He learned this method of kneading dough from her. Although his mother's method is similar to hers, he has been selling more buns these days and has seen more of it, so he also learned to knead dough her way.

Shen Wu came to the kitchen and washed her hands on the wooden rack at the door. She made this wooden rack out of boredom when it rained a few days ago. At that time, her hands and back ached from making clothes. When she stood up to rest, she saw the wooden basin being borrowed outside for rain showers. She immediately had an idea and made it temporarily.

Fortunately, the wood was dry enough and the hatchet was sharp, so I rounded the edges of the wood a little and cut out the basic mortise and tenon structure. I finished making a frame in about half a day.

However, because it was her first time and she didn't have any suitable tools, the wooden shelf was a little shaky. But since she had made it, she didn't want to give up. In ancient times, there was no woodworking glue or white latex to stick sawdust together, so she found a piece of hemp rope and fixed the wooden shelf slightly. After she felt that it was no longer shaking, she took it into the kitchen.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to put it in the main room, but the living space is really small. If she puts this in, it will be uncomfortable. There are children in the house, and one of them might get bumped.

So she put this thing on the right side of the kitchen entrance so that she could wash her hands by just turning around.

After wiping his hands on a T-shaped towel rack made of wooden sticks, Shen Wu officially began to cut the meat.

The price of pork in ancient times was quite acceptable, if a little higher, and the taste was stronger.

I don’t know if she has been scolded before. She can smell a fishy odor from her body, but she has never smelled an unslaughtered pig before, so she can’t tell what this is.

However, this body doesn't seem to have as strong a disgusting reaction to pork as hers. The fishy smell when cutting the meat is not so bad.

The pork still had skin, and the hair on it was not cleaned so well. Shen Wu only cut a little over a bowl of lean meat before stopping.

We still have to wait and burn the pig bristles when we make a fire later, otherwise how can we eat it?

Shen Wu was helpless as he pulled at the remaining pig hair on the pig skin. There were too many inconveniences in ancient times. It takes more than an hour to cook a meal in modern times, but in ancient times, the workload was more than doubled!

As she was complaining, Gu Zhou came over. Seeing her squinting at the hair on the pig skin, he was afraid that she wouldn't know how to handle it, so he quickly said, "Why don't you leave it alone? Didn't you say you wanted to go to the back mountain? I can just burn it on the stove when you come back to cook."

"Ah? Okay, let's do it later. Wait a moment while I slice the pork and make some minced meat." Shen Wu said as he cut off another palm-sized piece of meat and chopped it quickly.

Because it was small, it soon became soft and was put aside by her.

She quickly cut the piece of meat that she had cut earlier into slices, put them in a bowl, added salt and pepper, but felt that was not enough, so she cut some ginger slices and scallion segments, and rubbed them in before stopping.

The younger brother's portion of minced meat was marinated with the same scallion slices, ginger slices and a little salt. After everything was done, the meat was put back into the backpack and placed off the ground. Shen Wu then grabbed a handful of wood ash and washed his hands.