Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

At noon, He Lei and his friends lit firecrackers outside the yard. A few children ran into the yard and looked out. The sound of firecrackers and laughter could be heard.

"Oh, it's New Year's Day!"

"It's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year!"

Afterwards, the adults sent him back to the main room to eat.

At the same time, every household in Liujia Village was filled with the sound of firecrackers and children playing. This was to celebrate the New Year and also to inform others that they had started to eat the New Year's Eve dinner and not to disturb them.

The air is filled with the strong smell of fireworks, making the New Year atmosphere even stronger.

The Liu Xu family celebrated an unusually lively New Year, with one table for each of the boys and girls.

The dishes on the table not only looked delicious, but the taste was so good that even Prince Xiao Yan was amazed.

For example, when cooking, Liu Xu asked Granny Fang to add a little bit of hot pot base, which made the dish look, smell and taste good.

Because the fish was an ordinary carp, we made squirrel fish. There was no tomato, so Liu Xu asked Uncle He to buy a lot of hawthorns. Unexpectedly, the taste of the fish was no worse than ketchup.

The cooks in the Liu family have made great progress in their cooking skills with the guidance of Liu Xu.

The heads of green vegetables are cooked in various ways. The blanched heads look like flowers about to bloom, and are topped with specially fried minced meat sauce, which looks beautiful and delicious.

Even the braised meat was specially placed on a plate. Not to mention the blood sausage, Chinese sausage and bacon that Xiao Yan had never seen before, as well as their own mushroom stewed chicken, mapo tofu, and the bean curd skin that Liu Xu had made at home a few days ago.

The most special thing was the fire sprouts and silver threads. He felt that even his father didn’t eat such a delicate dish.

If Liu Xu knew, she would probably sneer at him. That was the dish on a certain empress dowager's table. If they didn't have He Lei at home, who was a delicious and troublesome person, they wouldn't be able to eat it.

The servants of the Liu family all knew that whenever their young lady wanted to prepare some new food, there was an 80% chance that He Lei would be there, a definite royal helper.

If his former master knew that he had cultivated such good skills that he used them to cook, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

Liu Xu should be glad that Chang Yifei was not there, otherwise he would have shaken her and asked why the recipes were not given to the restaurant.

The masters were having a great time eating, and the servants were not bad either. Liu Xu and Xu Ruolan were both very generous. The food on the table might not look as exquisite as on the masters', but there were still plenty of dishes.

The dishes served by Uncle An and his close servants are almost the same as those in the main room.

On the other side, Liu Dongcheng's family of three were a little silent. There were quite a few dishes on the table, but it seemed a little lonely compared to the liveliness of previous years.

Liu Dongcheng picked up a piece of mushroom with his chopsticks and said softly to his children beside him: "Juan'er, Cai'er, eat it!"

This was sent by Liu Dashan at Liu Xiumei's request, because Liu Dongcheng's leg had not yet recovered and their family had not yet grown mushrooms. However, Liu Juan worked in the workshop, and the family was not short of food, so the family was not bad.

The father and his two sons ate quietly. Did they feel resentful? Somewhat, but in the end, it was their own fault. Both Liu Dongcheng and Liu Juan understood that if it weren't for that blood relationship, their family would probably have been exiled.

At the Liu family's old house, Liu Xiumei's family was all smiles. Although they had left Tuqiao Village where they had lived for more than a decade or even decades, they did not regret it.

In the past year, they were heartbroken by the people and things there. After coming to Liujia Village, everything became better.

The family was very grateful to Liu Xu and her daughter for this. After they moved in, Liu Xu specifically asked Liu Hongying to pickle sauerkraut, and now there are several jars of pickled cabbage in the ear room.

After the New Year, they had another way to make a living.

Some women in the village even asked Liu Xiumei about Liu Hongying's marriage. As for Liu Fulin, since he was still recovering from his leg injury, some of them were still waiting and watching.

This made the couple feel that moving back to Liujia Village was the right decision.

Because Liu Fulin's legs could not move, Liu Laishun asked his youngest son to set up the dining table in the side room where they lived. Liu Xu asked someone to send some blood sausage, bacon and braised meat. The table was filled to the brim, a sumptuous feast that had never been seen in Tuqiao Village before.

The same smile was on the face of every household in Liujia Village. This year, thanks to Liu Xu's family, the money they earned in more than a month was as much as they would have earned in several years in the past.

The meal lasted an hour. After lunch, the servants took away the dishes and served tea. The adults were chatting, and Liu Xu took the children out of the room.

Although we can’t visit, we can still play around in the village.

Yuan Hui felt that they were all peasants and didn't want her son to go, but when she saw that no one in the room objected and her parents-in-law looked in favor, she could only swallow her words.

Xu Zeyu and Xiao Yan followed him out. Firstly, there were too many children and they were afraid that Liu Xu and Han Duoduo would not be able to take care of them. Secondly, they also wanted to watch the fun, which was more interesting than listening to the elders chatting in the house.

If you ask what kids in the countryside do during the Chinese New Year, the girls get together to share the things they brought from home and hang out to dry their new clothes; the boys are more lively, picking up unexploded firecrackers and playing pranks, blowing up earthen mounds and cow dung, and getting together to play cockfighting and siege.

Xing'er and his sister came out too. The children were all very friendly. Originally, the Xu family's children were dressed in fancy clothes, so everyone was reluctant to take them with them. But with Liuxu and Shuisheng taking care of them, they soon started playing together.

The two younger ones were taken care of by Liu Xu, while Xu Zelin and Xu Zeyang followed Shuisheng directly, taking with them the two boys who had previously been proud of their status.

"Xu'er, are they both your cousins?"

"How cute! This little girl looks just like you!"

"Look at them together with Ya'er and Niu Dan, just like the little fairies in the opera!"

There is no comparison and no harm!

I don't know who brought out a drying mat, and the two little ones gathered together with other children of the same age, munching on the food brought by their older sisters, like two little squirrels, which made the older sisters' hearts melt.

"Yes, Nannan is my eldest uncle's daughter, and Ruier is my second uncle's son."

"Grandma said Nannan looks like her aunt, not like sister Baoer!" The little girl was smart and quickly retorted.

"Ha ha ha ha"

Liu Xu's mouth twitched, Nannan blinked and pushed her brother, "Rui Rui, what are they laughing at?"

Xu Ze Rui glanced at her blankly, "Sister, seven? I'll introduce you to you!"

"Pfft hahaha!"

“Hahaha, this is so fun!”

There are many children in the village, and almost all of them are out. Most of them are very sensible, and after being told by the adults, they are very friendly to Liu Xu and the others. Except...

"Oh no! Laibao and Xuer's guests are fighting."

After Liu Xu practiced internal strength, her ears became more sensitive, and the boys were not far away from them. Liu Xu stood up in an instant.

"Sister, pick up Nannan and Ruier!" Liu Xu said and ran over. Han Duoduo picked up a baby with one hand and flew over on tiptoe.

Leaving a bunch of girls stunned.

"Did I see it wrong? Did Sister Duoduo fly away?"

"I...I saw it too!"

"Oh, stop talking about this, go check it out! My dad said that Xu'er's grandpa's family is a government official!"