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

After getting on the ox cart, they arrived in the city in a short while. Daniu parked the ox cart under a big tree. The three of them agreed to meet here in an hour and return to the village.

When Xu Congyi saw the ancient town for the first time, he was so excited that he looked left and right, feeling extremely curious. When they passed by a dim sum shop, Li Dahua generously bought a large bag of jujube flower cakes, which was her mother-in-law's favorite dim sum. She had never bought it since her child fell ill, so she came to buy it specially to give her mother-in-law a surprise.

Later, Li Dahua bought some corn and black noodles, and bought some fresh vegetables from the vendors on the roadside. Xu Congyi saw a vendor selling hawthorns on the roadside and asked about the price.

"This pile of sour fruits is only twenty cents!" The vendor held up two fingers.

"Mom, I want to buy it." Xu Congyi winked at Li Dahahua.

"What's so delicious about this? There are so many in the mountains. They're so sour and rotten on the ground, but no one eats them."

Xu Congyi had an idea in her mind. After going around for so long, she didn't see anyone selling candied haws. Maybe no one knew how to make it in this era. She tentatively asked Li Dahua,

"Mom, I want to eat candied haws."

"Tanghulu? What is Tanghulu?" Li Dahua was puzzled.

"It's nothing, just a small snack. By the way, mom, do you have any candy at home? I want to buy some."

"Yes!"

Hearing Li Dahua's affirmative answer, Xu Congyi was a little surprised. In this era, sugar should be a luxury, so why was his mother so calm when she heard that he wanted sugar?

"You forgot," Li Dahua touched Xu Congyi's head gently, "You didn't like drinking water or eating before. Your father was afraid that you would starve, so he always made sugar water for you to drink. Sugar water was sweet and you liked to drink it."

Xu Congyi is an orphan and has never felt what it is like to have a father and a mother. Now that she has come here and has a father and a mother who love her so much, she feels honored.

After buying everything they needed to buy and the time agreed with Da Niu had arrived, the three of them met and returned in the ox cart.

When they got home, the rabbit meat had just been cleaned and chopped into pieces. Old man Xu had just woken up and was squatting in the yard washing his face. Seeing the two of them come back, Xu's mother came over with a smile and took the package from Li Dahua's hand.

"Mom, look what this is!" Li Dahua smiled and asked Xu's mother to open the brown paper package.

"It's jujube flower crisps!" Xu's mother exclaimed.

"Mom, try a piece quickly," Li Dahua urged her mother-in-law.

Xu's mother pinched a small piece and put it in her mouth, squinting her eyes to savor the long-lost delicacy, "So crispy, so fragrant!" After opening her eyes, Xu's mother pinched another piece and fed it to Xu Congyi.

"It smells so good!" This was the only feeling Xu Congyi had. She had not expected that the snacks of this era were so delicious, so she threw the idea of ​​making snacks and selling them out of her mind.

"Okay, old greedy cat, little greedy cat, put it aside and eat it later. Quickly wash your hands and let's cook together!" Old man Xu interrupted the grandparents and grandchildren who were eating the jujube flower crisps with a smile.

"Yes! Yes! Let's cook first!" Mother Xu placed the jujube flower crisps on the table in the main room with a smile. Li Dahahua and Xu Congyi also washed their hands and prepared to join in the preparation of dinner.

Old Man Xu and Hunter Xu were responsible for cooking the rabbit meat, while Mother Xu and Li Dahua were responsible for making dishes. Xu Congyi also wanted to help, but was chased away. It happened that Xu Congwen and Xu Cong'an were returning home from school, and Xu Congyi asked her two brothers to take her to the mountain to pick sour fruits.

They left immediately. Xu Cong'an threw his schoolbag into the house and was about to take Xu Congyi up the mountain. Xu Congwen reminded them that there were mosquitoes on the mountain and they had to change into long-sleeved shirts. The school they attended was in the next village. The students were all children from nearby villages. For convenience, the students still wore short coats and shorts that they usually wore at home. Of course, the tuition for such a school was also cheap. Each student was paid 100 wen per month.

After changing their clothes and taking a bamboo basket, the three of them went up the mountain and found the hawthorn tree. Xu Congyi's eyes lit up.

"Big brother, second brother! Pick up the sour fruits quickly. Just pick those on the ground. They won’t be so sour when they are ripe. Pick the good ones!"

The three of them picked up half a basket, and Xu Congyi said that was enough and didn't want any more. On the way home, Xu Congyi found a chestnut tree and shouted out with joy.

"Ah! Chestnut!"

Xu Congwen and Xu Cong'an looked at each other, not understanding what their sister was so happy about. The villagers called this thorny tree ball "thorny ball". They usually didn't even look at it, and would only pick some for burning in winter when there was no firewood.

"Big brother, come and shake this tree!" Xu Congyi wanted to shake it by himself, but he didn't have enough strength to shake it down.

Although they didn't know what their sister wanted to do, they still did what she said and shook down a lot of thorn balls. Xu Cong put a bunch of hawthorns on his clothes and filled the bamboo basket with it before he stopped.