The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Lin Dajiang arrived home as usual, washed off the mud on his clothes, and took a casual shower.

I walked into the kitchen and found an extra dish.

"Did Xiaoman make this?" Lin Dajiang asked, pointing at Hei Erduo.

Li Taohua nodded, smiling happily, "Yes, Jingzhe will probably not dare to come to the table when he sees her later."

as predicted.

"Ahhhhh~"

Lin Jingzhe had just stepped into the kitchen when he saw Black Ear, which had turned into a dish on the table. He covered his head and backed away while screaming.

"Xiaoman really made the poisonous ears into a dish!" Lin Jingzhe leaned against the door, scratching his head with lingering fear.

"Jingzhe, mom ate more than an hour ago and she's fine. Your two sisters also ate and they're fine too." Li Taohua was no longer surprised and had guessed this would happen.

Lin Dajiang couldn't help laughing, "Jingzhe, you are a real man, what are you afraid of with these black ears?"

"Father, try it first. If something really happens, I will go ahead of you."

Li Taohua slapped Lin Dajiang on the shoulder, "Pooh, pooh, pooh, why do you always say unlucky things, boss?"

Lin Dajiang chuckled, took a bite of the black ear, chewed it a few times in front of Lin Jingzhe, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Lin Jingzhe frowned and looked bitter.

Lin Dajiang rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Lin Jingzhe's slightly cowardly face, and smiled unkindly.

"Jingzhe, Jingzhe, come, close your eyes and take a bite, then you won't be afraid anymore."

Lin Guyu, who was watching the excitement outside the kitchen, made a face and said with a grin, "Brother is a coward."

Lin Jingzhe's expression was twisted, "Bullshit!"

"Stop talking about farts and piss all day long. You're almost getting married." Li Taohua quickly put the food on the table.

"Mother, I'm only twelve!"

Li Taohua: "You are not young anymore. You can get married at 15."

Lin Xiaoman collected and put away the magnolia fruit seeds, and when he walked to the kitchen, he heard A Niang's "tiger words".

She is the same age as her brother, so she didn't go in to join in the fun.

Who knows if innocent people will be affected.

Twelve years old! In the past, I would still be an elementary school student!

Even at fifteen, he is only a junior high school student.

The ancients were so cruel that they could marry and have children at the age of fifteen.

Lin Xiaoman tiptoed back and was spotted by the sharp-eyed Lin Jingzhe, who shouted out the door in delight.

"Xiao Man, Xiao Man."

Li Taohua's expression changed instantly, and she said with a smile, "Xiao Man, come in, it's time to eat."

Lin Jingzhe was shocked. He thought his mother must have learned this skill of changing faces from grandma. She was very good at it, adapting to different people.

It’s a pity that he is that worthless black ear, while Xiaoman is the delicious roast chicken.

……

Except for Lin Jingzhe, the whole family enjoyed eating the delicious and refreshing black ears.

Lin Xiaoman made a big pot of black ears, which was enough for the whole family to eat. It was also delicious when paired with wild vegetable black noodle porridge.

Lin Dajiang was sweating all over after eating and was 90% full.

The black noodles in the family were the grain distributed when the family was divided. Although Lin Xiaoman made money, the family still tried to save as much as possible.

The bowl of black batter was licked clean.

After the meal, each person had a bowl of cold dessert with a spoonful of sugar water.

"So sweet! I guess this is how the master lives his life?" Lin Jingzhe had just finished one bowl of rice when Lin Xiaoman gave him another.

I made a lot, even Lidong had to feed him a few bites.

Li Taohua didn't dare to let Lidong eat too much, so he stopped after eating a few bites.

Lidong was not happy with it. He refused to let him eat the sweet food right after he tasted it, so he held on to Li Taohua's trouser legs and turned around.

"Dad, is it delicious when it's frozen?" Lin Xiaoman asked.

"It's delicious. How much do you plan to sell a bowl for?"

"Put it in the same bowl as the cold noodle soup and sell it for two cents."

Hiss~ So expensive.

Lin Dajiang sighed.

However, people were buying the four-cent cold noodles, as the people in the town were richer than them, so the two-cent frozen noodles didn’t seem that expensive.

Lin Xiaoman added: "The fruits are picked from the mountain, so it's hard for my brother. Also, the brown sugar water costs money, but there's only one spoonful in each bowl of ice cream, so it's not expensive."

Lin Dajiang felt that Xiaoman was very smart. She didn’t seem like his daughter, but more like God’s own daughter. How could she be so smart?

"Xiao Man, teach me and your mother how to make ice-cold jelly later, and we'll take turns making it. You and Jing Zhe are still young, and you need to get enough sleep at night, otherwise you won't grow tall."

Speaking of height, Lin Jingzhe became unhappy again.

He is a man, and is only slightly taller than Xiaoman.

He had to grow to be as tall as his father, no, taller than his father, and stronger than his father, so that he could protect his family.

But now the most important thing is to set up the stall to make money. He looked at the sky outside, which was almost dark, and said, "Dad, let's go fishing."

Lin Dajiang ate and drank his fill, and all the fatigue from the day was gone, and he felt full of energy.

"Let's go."

Lin Jingzhe's worries came and went quickly, and he waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Lin Xiaoman washed the bowl with clean water.

All the dishes at home have been licked clean. It’s not so much washing dishes as washing the saliva on the dishes. They are very easy to wash.

It’s actually not very convenient not to have a well at home.

The water used at home is fetched from the well next door by Lin Dajiang or Lin Jingzhe in the morning.

They brought them back and put them in two large water vats.

That was because Aunt Li next door was a nice person, and the Lin family happened to rent her house. If it was someone who was not easy to talk to, his family would have to go to the river to fetch water to drink.

The night is getting darker.

Li Taohua gave Guyu and Lidong a bath, and asked Guyu to coax Lidong to sleep.

For farm children, the older ones would coax the younger ones, and the younger ones would coax the younger ones below them. It was not that particular.

Li Taohua processed the meat so that she could save some time when frying the lard later.

Lin Xiaoman followed Li Taohua's example and made the sauce for smoked fish first.

Li Taohua watched Lin Xiaoman pour water into the pot, and then add sauces and cooking wine... as if it were free.

She frowned unconsciously. No wonder the smoked fish tasted so delicious. It turned out that it was "fed" with these precious ingredients.

Li Taohua felt a pang of pain in her heart, but she seemed to have gotten used to the pain and it was not as painful as it was at the beginning.

Lin Xiaoman was smiling, and without looking any further, one could tell that her mother was feeling distressed again.

Actually, running a food business is neither difficult nor easy.

Making food clean and delicious are the two most basic principles, but also the most difficult.

You catch the fish yourself, which takes time.

However, there were not many entertainment activities in ancient times, and people often did not light lights after dark. People just slept.

This time cost can be ignored.

All that's left is the sauce for the smoked fish and the oil for frying the smoked fish.

However, the oil used to fry the smoked fish can still be used at home.

After Lin Xiaoman finished making the sauce, she covered it with a layer of gauze to prevent dust and placed it on the table for later use.

Lin Xiaoman poured the sauce in the space while Li Taohua wasn't paying attention.

In less than half an hour, Lin Jingzhe and Lin Dajiang caught four fish and there were some long-bearded worms at the bottom of the basket.

Lin Dajiang separated the fish and the long-bearded fish into a large basin and hurried to wash up.

After washing up, Li Taohua rushed them to their rooms, "It's past midnight, so get up and go to bed."

The four of them fell asleep quickly, and all felt that time had passed very fully.

How come a day passed so quickly?

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After midnight, Li Taohua and Lin Dajiang woke up.

The first thing I did when I opened my eyes was to run to the kitchen.

Lin Dajiang made a fire and Li Taohua boiled lard.

"Zila Zila——"

Put the thinly sliced ​​fat into the pot and jump happily.

When the lard was half fried, Li Taohua knocked on the twins' door.

Lin Xiaoman got up first, walked out of the room, and saw Li Taohua still knocking on the other room.

"Mom, let brother get some more sleep. There's nothing he can do anyway."

Lin Xiaoman thought that her brother must have been very tired from picking fruits and catching fish yesterday. Now is the time when he is growing taller, so let him sleep more.

Li Taohua looked at Xiaoman lovingly, with some worry in her eyes.

After hearing what Xiaoman said, she started to worry about whether Xiaoman would not get enough sleep. "Next time, teach your mother how to sleep more like Jingzhe."

"I understand, mother." Lin Xiaoman agreed with a smile.

After that, she hugged Li Taohua's arm and shook it to act like a spoiled child. Li Taohua smiled and pulled her arm away, saying with a smile: "Ah, you are such a big girl, why are you still hugging your mother?"

"So what? You're my mother, I can hug you whenever I want!"

Lin Xiaoman let go of Li Taohua with a smile, ran to the kitchen, called out "Dad", and prepared to make some frozen jelly.

Lin Xiaoman estimated that it was around two o'clock in the morning, which is called Chou time here.

The wooden barrel that was originally specially made to store cold noodles is now useful again.

Lin Xiaoman deftly scooped the boiling water from the pot into the bucket, put the magnolia seeds in gauze, and began to rub them slowly under the gaze of Li Taohua.

Unlike washing clothes, she kneads and rubs the seeds, and finally squeezes out the pectin inside the seeds.

When no more thick pectin could be squeezed out of the gauze, Lin Xiaoman stopped.

She washed the gauze, placed the bucket in a basin of cold water, and while her parents weren't paying attention, she secretly put some ice cubes from the refrigerator into the bucket to speed up the freezing of the ice in the bucket.

By the time she finished all this, Lin Dajiang had also processed the four big fish.

Under Lin Xiaoman's command, Lin Dajiang cut the fish into pieces, and Lin Xiaoman took out a basin and put the fish pieces in it.

Fortunately, there were many basins at home, and the four fishes filled half a basin. Lin Xiaoman added cooking wine and ginger, and sprinkled some salt to marinate the fish to remove the fishy smell.

After doing all this, she stretched, marinated the meat strips she had prepared earlier, and started making a paste for the crispy pork with the white flour and starch in the space.

Li Taohua was busy frying lard and didn't notice Lin Xiaoman's little movements at all. When she finished, Lin Xiaoman had already poured the paste into the pork strips.

Lin Xiaoman explained to Li Taohua the key points to pay attention to when frying the crispy pork, and then fried the crispy pork with her.

The mother and daughter worked together and soon a pot of crispy meat was ready, and then the only thing left was the fried smoked fish.

When the fish was put into the pan, a fragrant aroma emerged.

Lin Dajiang joked, "Fortunately, the wind is blowing towards Lower Lam Village today, otherwise who would be able to stand this fragrance?"

After the smoked fish is fried, put it into the sauce that has been prepared in advance. By the beginning of the morning hour, all the smoked fish is ready and placed in a bowl.

Lin Jingzhe ran out yelling, "Dad and Mom, why didn't you call me?"

Li Taohua was annoyed, "Why didn't I call you? You were sleeping deeper than a pig, and you still have the nerve to say that?"

Lin Jingzhe didn't believe it and asked Xiaoman, "Little sister, did mother really call me?"

"Yes!" Lin Xiaoman's voice was crisp, making Lin Jingzhe feel embarrassed.

"Let me do it, let me do it!" Lin Jingzhe saw Xiaoman moving the bowl, and stepped forward to take it.

After he put it away, Lin Xiaoman asked, "Aren't you going to pick weeds?"

"No, I picked today's harvest yesterday. If it's not enough, I'll ask Brother Li to help look after it."

Lin Jingzhe looked around and found that everything was almost ready. The smoked fish and crispy pork were already on the cart.

Lin Xiaoman wrapped the sugar water sticks in cloth and put them into the backpack. Li Taohua made white flour pancakes with scallion oil and went to pull the Grain Rain and the Beginning of Winter.

The adults ate the bread in one gulp, while the children took the bread with them and ate it on the way.

Lin Xiaoman opened the bucket of frozen food, and the frozen food inside had already taken shape.

She covered it with gauze and, together with Lin Jingzhe, carefully lifted it onto the cart.

Li Taohua put Guyu and Lidong on the cart and locked the door.

Lin Dajiang and Lin Jingzhe took turns pushing the cart, while Li Taohua and Lin Xiaoman walked on the road.

The morning light breaks through the clouds.

The rolling morning mist faded away.

The breeze is blowing and the air is sweet.

The family set out on the road in the morning light, passing through rice fields and villages along the way.

After walking for an hour, they arrived at Dayi Town.

At this moment, the town was filled with shouts. Lin Dajiang pulled the cart forward, looking for a spot.

"Peach Blossom, is it peach blossom?"

Lin Xiaoman heard someone calling A Niang's name, and Lin Jingzhe beside her also heard it.

"Mom, those are my second and third uncles, as well as my grandma and grandpa!" Lin Jingzhe hadn't seen his uncle's family for several months, so he ran forward.

Lin Dajiang pulled the cart, and Li Taohua protected the two children, and they hurried forward.

"Dad, Mom." Li Taohua hadn't seen her family for a long time and was a little excited.

"Taohua, why are you and Dajiang still pulling a cart with your families? What's going on? The old Lin family can't tolerate you, so you want to run away?" The tall and strong middle-aged man had a fierce look on his face, as if he was going to roll up his sleeves and fight to the death at the old Lin family the next moment.

Seeing that Third Brother was still so stunned, Li Taohua said with a smile, "Third Brother, we are here to sell food."

"Come on, there's some space here, Dajiang, put the cart here." Another man moved a few backpacks inside to make room for Lin Dajiang.

That’s my second uncle. He’s shorter and thinner than my third uncle, and looks more stable.

"Taohua, your mother-in-law still allows you to sell food? I'm afraid you have to hand it all over, right?" Third uncle looked disdainful.

He didn't know much about Old Lady Lin's character. Every time he sent some mountain products and pickled meat to his younger sister, he would be criticized by Old Lady Lin.

Li Taohua glanced at Lin Dajiang and saw him bending over and busying himself, so she whispered, "Brother, we're splitting up."

"Separation?" Taohua's mother stepped forward and held Li Taohua's hand: "Separation is good. You and Dajiang have your own hands and feet, and all the money you earn is your own. By the way, if you need anything, I'll ask Shitou to deliver it to you."

"Mom, Jingzhe and Xiaoman are here, and you call me Stone again."

"Uncle Shitou." Guyu held Lin Xiaoman's hand, looked up and called him with a smile.

"Hey~ Let uncle see, has Guyu grown taller?"

Li Shi picked up Guyu and said, "Oh, it's heavier and taller."

This made Lin Guyu giggle non-stop.

Lin Xiaoman followed Guyu and called Shitou "Uncle", which scared Li Shi and several people from the Li family.

Li Shi was surprised, "Taohua, Xiaoman will call for help?"