Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Following Liu Xu's family, Liu Changshun also held a house-warming banquet. The villagers of Liujia Village said that the food they had these days was more abundant than during the Chinese New Year.

Next, everyone devoted themselves to growing mushrooms.

As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable. This winter will be the time when the price of mushrooms will be the highest, and everyone is trying their best to make a fortune.

Liu Xu asked Zhu Jiacheng to send someone to build a kang for the old house, so that the two old people would not be frozen in the cold weather. Liu Dashan and his wife were even more satisfied with the second house. Many people who had not built a fire wall before saw it, and because they had saved a lot of money during this period, they also asked people to help them build one. Zhu Jiacheng even arranged a few more people to come.

Widow Liu felt like she was being scratched by a cat when she saw that every family in the village made money from mushrooms.

Originally, her family was not rich in the village, but they had enough food and clothing. But now, in comparison, they are the last. Even the poorest Grandpa Guisheng and Liu Gensheng have more money in savings than her. Thinking of this, she envied Xu Ruolan even more.

Especially every time Laibao came back from outside, he would say that someone's family had cooked meat again today, and he would cry and shout that he wanted to eat meat, which made her so angry that she would pick up a broom and start beating him.

On the contrary, Liu Dongcheng's home was quiet. On the second day of the house-warming party, Liu Dongcheng and Liu Chengming went to the gate of the old house, said goodbye to Liu Dashan and his wife, and returned to town.

Because Zhang had raised pigs and chickens at home before, the old man said when the family was divided that these livestock were previously mostly raised by Liu Xu and Zhang, so they should be raised by the eldest wife for the remaining month or so, and then the New Year pig would be slaughtered and divided into three parts.

Therefore, Chen Shuman and her two daughters now have to go out to pick grass for pigs every day. However, they are no longer as cautious as before. Although Liu Juan is a little reluctant, Chen Shuman greets people politely when she sees them. When she cooks meat at home, she also sends a bowl to the old house.

The villagers soon spread the news that Liu Dongcheng would teach his wife a lesson, Chen Shuman had changed her ways, and so on.

Liu Xu listened to what He Lei said and then frowned, wondering what the family was up to. After thinking for a while, she couldn't figure it out, so she just ignored it. A fox will always show its tail.

However, she asked He Lei to be a little careful. As long as they were well behaved, she would not do anything to them. If they had other ideas, then don't blame her for not considering blood ties.

It will be the middle of the month in a few days, and Mu Lingxuan's people will come to pick up the mushrooms. She calculated yesterday that the two families already have more than 1800 kilograms of dried mushrooms, plus Zuiyunxuan will need another 100 kilograms, so three days will be enough.

"Miss, we are almost out of meat. How about I go to the mountains to get some more in the afternoon?" Liu Xu was thinking when He Lei came up to her and whispered.

Why was he speaking so quietly? Aren’t they afraid that his father and brother would find out? It was another mixed doubles match.

Hearing this, Liu Xu glanced at him and said, "Brother He Lei, I noticed that you are madly testing the edge of being beaten every day!"

He Lei: ...Don’t expose people’s weaknesses, and don’t hit people in the face.

"Miss, why don't you go and talk to my brother. Look, Uncle Ming just left your barbecue grill there after he brought it back. Aren't you afraid that it will get rusty?" It must be said that this kid has figured out a little bit of Liu Xu's temperament over such a long period of time.

Sure enough, Liu Xu suddenly remembered this after hearing what he said. Then her eyes lit up. She had already got her grill back, so she could have a BBQ, right?

So, Liu Xu nodded immediately:

"Okay, I'll go down and tell Uncle He that your brother is on duty tonight, so let Uncle Ming go with you."

"Okay, then I'll go talk to Uncle Ming first!" He Lei said and ran away. As for why he went to talk to Uncle Ming instead of his father, he was not stupid. If he went to tell his father, his father would definitely guess that it was him who instigated the lady, and he would definitely give him a beating when he got back.

Liu Xu couldn't help laughing when she saw him running away. Even Qiao Yun lowered her head and her shoulders kept shaking.

"Okay, Qiao Yun, there's no outsider here, so just laugh if you want to. When you've laughed enough, go and tell Uncle He. We'll go get some vegetables and mushrooms later and have a barbecue tonight." Liu Xu said with a smile looking at Qiao Yun.

"Yes, miss, I'll go right away." Qiao Yun stopped immediately and walked out.

Liu Xu then lowered her head again and began to write and draw. The other day, Chang Yifei sent someone with a letter saying that a store had been found and asked her if she had any ideas about the decoration.

She asked someone to bring back a copper pot and asked him to make 100 pots first. She was drawing the decoration plan for the store. After that, she had to find time to list the staff training plan and the store management system to avoid a mess.

Thinking of this, Liu Xu began to bury his head in writing and drawing again.

He Lei and his friends came back early today, probably because Liu Xu said they would have a barbecue in the evening. But they also caught a lot of prey, including rabbits, pheasants, and a wild sheep.

Liu Xu asked them to pack up the prey and asked Uncle He to chop two bamboos to sharpen bamboo sticks. She and Grandma Fang and the others prepared vegetables.

Yuyang Town has a good geographical location, and there are some green vegetables to eat in winter, such as leeks, green bamboo shoots (lettuce), and small green vegetables...

"It would be even better if there were lotus roots and potatoes." Liu Xu muttered.

"Miss, what is lotus root? What kind of bean is potato?" Qiao Yun heard it nearby and asked curiously.

Uh...Liu Xu said: You can pretend you didn’t hear it.

"Lotus root and potatoes are both vegetables, well, they can also be eaten as food." Liu Xu thought for a while and said.

"Wow, it can be used as both a vegetable and food, it's really a good thing. Miss, you are really amazing. You know such things." Qiao Yun looked admiring.

"Haha, I also saw it in a miscellaneous book once." Liu Xu said perfunctorily with a twitch of his mouth.

"Okay, go see if Uncle He's skewers are ready. If they are, skewer the vegetables together. Oh, and the meat too. I'll go call Uncle San and the others." Liu Xu was afraid that she would ask something again, so she quickly found an excuse to slip away.

"Uncle San, Aunt San!" Liu Xu knocked on the door and ran in, shouting as she ran.

Liu Changshun and others thought something had happened and ran out quickly, "Xu girl, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Ah?" Liu Xu was a little confused when she saw the people running out of the house with anxious faces.

"Girl, what are you standing there for? What happened? Why are you so anxious?" Chen Lan said anxiously.

"Um, no, nothing happens. I just came here to call you guys to have barbecue later." Liu Xu scratched his head.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Chen Lan walked up to her, tapped her forehead, and said angrily, "Girl, you are so anxious and flustered. We thought something had happened!"

"Haha, hehe, pay attention next time, pay attention next time!" Liu Xu laughed awkwardly.

"Xu'er, what is barbecue you are talking about? Have you come up with some new food?" Xing'er asked with surprise.

"Yeah, actually I've already prepared the tools before, but I've been busy these days, so I just remembered it today. We can eat while grilling it, and sprinkle it with... Oh, I think I haven't got all the seasonings yet. You guys come over earlier, I'll go back to get the seasoning powder first!" After Liu Xu finished speaking, she ran away again.

Xing'er and Shuisheng looked at each other and ran after him. Their voices were heard in the wind: "Dad, Mom, we're going to help first, you guys come quickly later!"

Liu Changshun and Chen Lan looked at each other and smiled helplessly. Seeing that Xiu'e and Shitou were still stunned, they asked them to follow them and they would go over after they finished their work here.

Liu Xu saw Xing'er and his sister following him, and said nothing. She took them to the kitchen. She took out the spices she had bought earlier, picked some out, asked Granny Fang to help dry them, and then took the pestle and mortar to start pounding the powder. The three of them took turns and soon finished.

The catkins were mixed in proportion and served in bowls in the yard. Her mother came out at some point and was skewering vegetables with everyone else. There were many people in the family, so they prepared a lot. Except for those working in the backyard, everyone else was busy here.

"Xu'er, why don't you invite your grandfather and the others over as well?" Xu Ruolan thought. After all, they were her husband's biological parents, and now they had separated from the first wife's family. In addition, Zhang had taken the initiative to send Liu Xu a birthday gift before, so she finally softened her heart. It was not a matter of forgiveness, after all, the hurt had been done, but she should try to let it go.

"Yes, that's fine! Huanxi, go to the old house and invite the old master and the old lady over." Liu Xu naturally had no objection. It was better for the old couple to be close to them, so that they would not be fooled by the bunch of people in the first house one day.

Thinking that it would be bad for the old man to eat too much barbecue, he turned around and said to the other woman:

"Grandma Fang, make a soup with pheasant and mushrooms later and prepare two light dishes. My grandfather and his family can't eat too much of this, as it can easily cause internal heat."

Xu Ruolan looked at her arrangement with great satisfaction. Her Xuer was an open-minded person.

Not long after Huanxi left, Liu Changshun and his wife came over. There were more than a dozen people, and they quickly came out with several large winnowing baskets. Liu's eyebrows jumped when she saw the catkins. There were so many catkins. If she had to roast them alone, she would be exhausted.

She asked Liu Ming and the others to move the shelves to the middle of the yard. She made five shelves, and she planned to leave one for Chang Yifei. The remaining four shelves were all put up.

At that time, it was made with half iron mesh and half iron plate, which can be used for both charcoal grilling and teppanyaki, perfect.