I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

After eating and cleaning up, the whole family sat around the table again. The Xu family is a very democratic family. All major and minor matters at home will be discussed by the whole family. They will not think that the children know nothing and ignore their opinions just because they are young.

Xu's mother told the whole family what Xu Congyi had said this morning about wanting to treat the villagers to a banquet. The whole family unanimously agreed with Xu Congyi's idea. The Xu family all saw how good the villagers were to the Xu family. In fact, before Xu Congyi recovered, Old Man Xu had thought of this plan before, but he was short of money at the time and wanted to treat everyone to a meal but had no money. Now that Xu Congyi has recovered from his illness, the family has earned some money by selling wild boars and ginseng, so they are able to thank the villagers.

After the whole family discussed, the time for the dinner was set at noon the day after tomorrow, as Xu Congwen and Xu Cong'an were on their day off and could help at home. The dinner was set to be noodles, not the noodles mixed with black flour or corn flour, but solid white flour noodles.

It's not that the Xu family had never thought about holding banquets like they do at weddings or funerals, but those banquets come with gifts. The villagers are simple and honest. If they see the Xu family holding a banquet, even if they tell them that it is to thank the Xu family for treating them to a meal, the villagers will definitely be afraid that the Xu family will spend too much and will give gifts. It would be awkward to push the issue back and forth at that time.

Moreover, at that time, the villagers still used black flour and corn as their main food, and only bought some white flour during festivals. When Xu Congyi first traveled here, the only thing her family ate was wild vegetable porridge with black flour steamed bread, and she was the only one who could eat millet porridge and eggs. Therefore, inviting the villagers to eat white flour noodles was not shabby at all, and if she put some effort into the noodle soup, it would also be a very good meal.

After breakfast the next morning, the brothers Xu Congwen and Xu Congan went to school, while the rest of the people got on the ox cart rented by Xu the hunter and went into the city to buy ingredients for tomorrow's dinner party.

Because the whole village was being entertained, the amount of food needed to be purchased was relatively large. Hunter Xu specially rented two ox carts, with his father driving one each, which made it more convenient to transport the food.

Xu Congyi felt that he still needed to earn more money and buy an ox cart, so that daily travel would be convenient. Otherwise, he would have to rent a car every time he went out. It would be fine if he had a car, but if there was no ox cart to rent, the originally planned itinerary would have to be put on hold. With this idea, Xu Congyi felt that it would be time to put starting a small business on the agenda as soon as possible.

On the ox cart, Old Man Xu told everyone the story of how his precious granddaughter cured the noodle stall owner's illness when he went to the city to sell wild boar meat last time. The whole family looked at Xu Congyi in disbelief. Since she woke up, she was really like a little fairy and could do everything.

Hearing her grandfather talking about her treatment of Grandpa Shen, Xu Congyi also remembered that a week had passed since they last saw each other. She didn't know whether the medicines she prescribed were effective for Grandpa Shen. She planned to buy the ingredients needed for tomorrow's dinner party and then go to Grandpa Shen's house to check on the situation.

Arriving at the county town, the family went straight to the market. Old man Xu was in charge of watching the ox cart, while the others went in to buy ingredients. Xu Congyi saw that there were many stalls selling eggplants in the market, so he planned to make diced eggplant and meat stew. There were many people eating, so Xu Congyi basically bought all the eggplants in the market. There was only one stall selling pork in the market, and Xu Congyi basically bought all the meat stalls. Seeing the pig offal thrown aside, Xu Congyi curiously asked about the price. The pork owner was also generous, saying that no one usually wanted this thing, so he gave it all to Xu Congyi.

Passing by a stall selling scallions and ginger, Xu Congyi bought a lot of scallions and ginger. She had almost used up all the scallions and ginger at home in the past few days to make stewed food, but if she wanted to get rid of the fishy smell of pork, scallions and ginger were indispensable. On the way, she also bought a jar of soybean paste from the seasoning store in the market. This soybean paste was not expensive, only fifteen cents a jar.

When several people came out with big and small bags, Xu Congyi had to admire his father's foresight. Fortunately, he rented two ox carts, otherwise all these things could not be put into one cart.

"Grandpa, is there anyone selling liquor in this county town?" Xu Congyi asked Old Man Xu.

"Yes, why do you suddenly want to buy wine? Isn't there enough at home?" Old Man Xu looked at his precious granddaughter.

"Grandpa, I just want to buy some of the cheapest wine to remove the fishy smell from meat and offal. We only have a small pot of wine, and it's grain wine. I always feel it's a bit of a waste," Xu Congyi explained to Old Man Xu.

"I know where I can find the cheaper wine you mentioned," said Xu the Hunter, "I'll take you there!"

Hunter Xu drove the car around and around until he arrived at a bungalow and an open space. He could already smell the smell of alcohol in the air. Hunter Xu asked his family to wait outside. The alley inside was winding and narrow, and the oxcart could not enter. He was strong and could carry two large jars directly out.

When Hunter Xu brought out two jars of wine, Xu Congyi couldn't help asking the price, and Hunter Xu made the number three with his hand.

"These two large jars are only thirty cents!" Li Dahua exclaimed, "This is too cheap. The small pot of wine at home is fifty cents!"

It's no wonder that Li Dahua reacted like that. After all, grain was precious in that era, and wine brewed with grain was naturally expensive as well. The pot of wine at home was bought a long time ago, but Xu Congyi only knew to buy cheap wine before. She didn't expect that the small pot of wine at home would cost fifty cents. After all, the big bucket of soy sauce she bought from the seasoning store last time was thirty cents. She thought the price was probably about the same. But even though the wine was expensive, no one in the Xu family stopped her from using it.

"Youhu, how did you know that cheap wine is sold here?" Xu's mother expressed her doubts, and the rest of the family nodded, wanting to know how Xu the hunter knew about such a hard-to-find place.

Hunter Xu smiled naively and touched Xu Congyi's head. After this touch, Xu Congyi knew that it must be related to her again. Xu Congyi had just observed this place. People coming in and out were all wearing tattered linen clothes. It must be a place where coolies lived together.

"It was last year. Do you remember? Last year, Yi Yi got sick and all the animals ran away to the mountains. I couldn't hunt for anything in the mountains, and my children needed money for medical treatment and medicine, so I went to the dock to carry heavy bags for a while."

After hearing what her son said, Xu's mother nodded. This was last winter. Xu Congyi was seriously ill and needed someone to be by his side. She and her daughter-in-law took turns looking after the child. Her old man made bamboo baskets for people in the village to sell. Her son said he found a job in the county town. She only found out later that her son had gone to do hard labor and carry heavy bags.

"At that time, I was carrying heavy bags every day, and the weather was cold. I was freezing. Later, I saw other brothers carrying bags brought wine bottles. When they were very cold, they would drink a sip to warm themselves up. At that time, I thought, how can I afford wine with just the few copper coins I earned? Later, when it was really cold, a brother gave me a sip. Then I knew there was a place to sell cheap wine. I followed them here to buy it. A wine bottle only cost three cents."

"Then why is the wine so cheap here?" Xu's mother asked again.

"Why is the wine we buy expensive? It's made from pure grains. If grains are expensive, then the wine won't be cheap. The wine here is made from leftover materials like husks, rice husks, and rice bran. The boss gets them from rice and flour mills. They're very cheap, so the wine is naturally cheap."

Hunter Xu smiled naively, but Xu Congyi felt unhappy. If it weren't for him, his family wouldn't have had to live a hard life for so long. During these days, Xu Congyi felt the love of the Xu family, and coupled with the original owner's memory having been restored, she already felt that she was the Xu family's biological child.