The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

The spring morning sunshine is a little chilly...

"Miss, I have bought everything you wanted." Aunt Xie smiled kindly.

"Thank you, auntie! I'll need your help later."

"Miss, that's what you said. If there's anything you need me to do, just tell me." Although Aunt Xie said she didn't mind, the wrinkles on her face deepened a little when she was treated so politely by the young lady.

A voice suddenly sounded from the side: "Yin'er, what are you going to ask Aunt Xie to help you with?"

It turned out that Xue heard their conversation and asked out of curiosity.

When Gu Yin saw her mother coming, she quickly stepped forward and took her arm, her tone a bit coquettish: "Mom, the rape flowers are blooming, and I plan to go on a spring outing with my friends in a few days. I thought of making some snacks so that everyone can have fun."

"Oh, by the way, Mom, if you have time, go and have a look. It's right on our farm. The rape flowers are in bloom and the scenery is so beautiful."

Xue couldn't help but burst out laughing, and tapped Gu Yin's head with her delicate hand: "You, you have to postpone your plan this time."

"Why?" Gu Yin looked confused. She was looking forward to her first spring outing in Daji Dynasty.

Xue smiled softly: "Girl, your birthday is in two days, and you even forgot it..."

Xue was halfway through her speech when she suddenly paused. Only then did she realize that she had obviously forgotten what Gu Yin looked like before. Now, only half a year had passed, and looking at this lively and lively daughter in front of her, it seemed like a lifetime ago.

Gu Yin really didn't pay attention to the specific date. After hearing what Xue said, she murmured, "My birthday..."

Xue came back to her senses from her memories, and her eyes became gentler as she looked at Gu Yin. She nodded and said, "Yes, February 26th is your fifteenth birthday. Mother has already asked a fortune teller to calculate it, and your birthday is a good day, so we can hold your coming-of-age ceremony at the same time. What do you think?"

"Listen to my mother." Gu Yin didn't have any idea about it.

Xue then continued, "As for the selection of the main guest, do you have anyone you want to invite?"

"Mom, it's up to you." Gu Yin said that she knew very little about the ancient coming-of-age ceremony. She only knew that the process was complicated, but she didn't understand anything else.

Xue gave Gu Yin a reproachful look and said, "Okay, if you have any requests, you can tell me."

"Mom, can I invite my friends over then?" Gu Yin asked uncertainly.

Xue nodded: "Of course, as long as you like, you can invite anyone you want."

"Okay." Gu Yin was relieved. "Then, Mom, if there's nothing else, I'll go make some snacks first?"

Although the spring outing time has been postponed, it does not affect her from giving it a try.

"Go, go..." Xue smiled helplessly, it seemed that the coming-of-age ceremony was not as important as her snacks.

As soon as Gu Yin entered the kitchen, she started shouting, "Auntie, Auntie, where are the tenderloin and bean curd? Where are they?"

The day before, Gu Yin asked Aunt Xie to help buy two kilograms of pork tenderloin and bean curd sheets. Yes, she wanted to make meat floss and spicy strips!

Aunt Xie smiled cheerfully: "Here it is, Miss, how do you deal with this?"

As she spoke, Aunt Xie had already picked up a kitchen knife.

Gu Yin began to give instructions excitedly: "Auntie, have you washed the tenderloin?"

"It's washed, and the seasonings you ordered in advance are also ready." Aunt Xie's tone was somewhat expectant. Every time the young lady entered the kitchen, she could guide her to make unique delicacies.

"Then cut them into small cubes of this size." Gu Yin gestured with her hands.

"Okay!" Aunt Xie quickly cut the meat with her knife and cut it cleanly and neatly in a short while. Then she looked at Gu Yin, waiting for her next instruction.

"Uh...put them in cold water and boil them. When the water boils, skim off the foam on top and fish them out when they are cooked through."

"Then put the meat in a ceramic pot and stew it. Add the prepared spices, scallions, ginger slices, soy sauce, salt and sugar. Simmer on low heat for an hour."

"After stewing, take it out, drain the water, crush it, and then stir-fry it over low heat until it turns golden brown."

Gu Yin said one by one, and after Aunt Xie stewed the meat, she said happily: "Okay, let it stew slowly. While we are at it, let's make the spicy strips first."

Aunt Xie was rubbing her hands in anticipation...

In fact, it is not difficult to make spicy strips. The key to whether they taste good or not lies in the combination of seasonings, and they now have the most important chili powder!

Squeeze out the water from the soaked bean curd sheets, put a little oil in the pot, then put the bean curd sheets into the pot and fry them under low heat. When both sides of the bean curd sheets are golden brown, take them out and drain the oil.

Then fry the spices, add the fried bean curd sheets, stir-fry, sprinkle with white sesame seeds, and you’re done!

Looking at the red spicy bean curd strips, Gu Yin washed her nose and praised, "Wow, it smells so good. Auntie, you are such a good cook. You can learn it after just one try."

"It's all because of your good teaching, Miss." Aunt Xie smiled brightly.

Gu Yin picked up a piece and put it in her mouth: "Hiss... fragrant and spicy, delicious."

"Miss, it's hot, please be careful."

Gu Yin waved her hands and said vaguely: "It's okay, it's okay, Auntie, you should try it too..."

Suddenly, a figure jumped in from outside the door: "What smells so good?"

Seeing what Gu Yin was eating, Gu Chenjun complained, "Sister, what delicious food are you eating behind my back?"

Gu Yin glanced at him and asked, "How can you talk like that?"

Gu Chenjun hurried forward and said flatteringly with a playful smile: "Sister, you are really amazing. What delicious food did you make this time?"

Gu Yin held the plate in front of him and said, "This is it, spicy noodles."

Gu Chenjun's eyes lit up, and he swallowed hard a few times. He looked at Gu Yin pitifully and said, "Sister, can you let me have a taste?"

It looks delicious.

"Go get the chopsticks." Gu Yin laughed, then looked at Gu Chenheng who came in from behind and said, "Chenheng, try it too."

Gu Chenjun couldn't wait to start eating.

"Be careful, it's hot." Gu Yin couldn't help but remind him as he looked like he had been hungry for a few days.

"Delicious! Delicious!" Gu Chenjun couldn't stop eating. Even though it was so spicy, he kept stuffing more food into his mouth.

After being busy for a while, the original meat was stewed.

When it came to the final frying step, Gu Yin saw that the fire in the stove was a little too big, so she picked up the tongs and moved the firewood into another stove.

"When you stir-fry the meat floss at the end, the fire must be very low, otherwise the meat floss will be hard and not soft, and it will not taste good." Gu Yin explained to Aunt Xie.

Aunt Xie agreed happily.

After eating the spicy strips, Gu Chenjun set his eyes on the meat floss in the pot.

"You'll get sick of this meat floss if you eat too much. If you want to eat it, just try a little bit later. Use the rest to make rice balls as snacks." Gu Yin originally planned to use it to make meat floss rice balls so that they could eat them during the spring outing.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the day of Gu Yin's coming-of-age ceremony.

The Jigui ceremony is a ceremony held when a girl reaches the age of fifteen. After the Jigui ceremony, the girl has entered the category of adults and can get engaged.

The coming-of-age ceremony was held in the backyard of the county government office. The yard and the main hall had been decorated in advance, and all necessary utensils and supplies were ready.

After taking a bath, Gu Yin changed into her formal clothes and shoes, and sat quietly in the east room waiting, letting them make their arrangements.

Just outside, the sound of a piano was heard. Zhenzhu reported the situation to Gu Yin with a happy face: "Miss, the master and his wife are outside to greet the main guest, Madam Zhang, and other guests."

The main guest is the person who will give Gu Yin a hairpin ceremony. Xue finally invited Madam Zhang, Zhang Yuwan's mother, as the main guest.

"Oh, how long do I have to wait here?" After sitting for a while, Gu Yin felt a little bored.

"It's almost there, miss, please bear with it for a while." Pearl advised in a low voice.

The ceremony of coming of age consists of more than a dozen procedures, including welcoming guests, taking seats, opening the ceremony, the person coming of age taking seats, washing hands, first addition, first bow, second addition, second bow, third addition, etc. Gu Yin had already learned about these procedures from her mother in advance, so she knew that the whole process would be very complicated, and the pearls were just to comfort her. And she was just bored and wanted to find someone to talk to.

Gu Yin originally did not have much expectations for this coming-of-age ceremony, but now that she was in such a serious atmosphere, she felt a little nervous.

Gu Yin felt like a long time had passed before Zhenzhu reminded her that it was time to go out.

Gu Yin walked to the center of the venue, bowed to the guests, then knelt down on the marriage matron's seat facing west, and had the assistant comb her hair.

Madam Zhang was ready. Gu Yin turned to the east and sat upright. The officials presented her with a scarf and a hairpin. Madam Zhang walked up to Gu Yin and chanted a blessing in a loud voice:

"On the auspicious day of the month, you will start to add Yuanfu. Abandon your young aspirations, follow you and become virtuous. The test of longevity is only Qi, and you will be blessed."

Then Madam Zhang knelt down to comb Gu Yin's hair and put on a hairpin, then stood up and returned to her original position.

Then there was another long list of preparations. Gu Yin went back to change into a plain dress and came out to pay her formal respects to her parents.

Gu Huaiyi and Xue couldn't help but tear up when they saw their daughter who had grown into a beautiful young lady. Their faces were filled with satisfaction.

Then there were two plus two bows, and by the third plus, Gu Yin had already changed into a gorgeous long dress with wide sleeves.

After changing clothes and bowing repeatedly, Gu Yin was already dizzy. In the end, she was like a puppet, doing whatever they asked her to do.

at last……

"My daughter Gu Yin's coming-of-age ceremony has been completed. Thank you to all the distinguished guests for your participation!" Gu Huaiyi's voice rang out.

Gu Yin seemed to be awakened from a dream, and hurriedly bowed to the audience again with her father to express her gratitude.

Done!

Gu Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to her room.

After a while, Song Ruorou, Ye Ningxin, Zhang Yuwan and other girls who were familiar with Gu Yin came in.

"Ayin, congratulations on your marriage!"

"From now on, you are an adult."

"Yes, yes, Yin, how do you feel now?"

The girls came forward to congratulate and play

Gu Yin was also very happy to be freed: "Thank you."

"What do you feel?" Gu Yin deliberately sighed, "I'm so tired that I just want to go back and sleep early..."

The girls immediately burst into giggles.

Suddenly, Song Ruorou pointed at the painting on the wall and exclaimed, "Ayin, what is that hanging on your wall?"

Damn it, I forgot to put it away!

Gu Yin wailed in her heart, but said calmly, "It's just what you saw, some portraits of men."

Song Ruorou's eyes widened.

Some……

man……

portrait……

That's it? ? ?

Gu Yin saw her expression and immediately wanted to tease her: "Why? Do you like it? I'll give it all to you."

Song Ruorou woke up as if from a dream, shaking her head and waving her hands frantically: "No, no, no, I don't want it."

Song Ruorou originally thought that she was generous enough, but she didn't expect that Gu Yin was even more casual than her, which really made her admire her.

Gu Yin covered her lips and coughed lightly, then looked around and asked the others: "Do you want it?"

Everyone waved their hands quickly, fearing that it would be too late to refuse.

"Since you all don't want it, and I'm tired of seeing it, I can only throw it away. Alas... what a pity..." Gu Yin pretended to be regretful, and then without wasting a second, she let Zhenzhu take it away.

Ye Ningxin and Su Ziyin noticed something was going on, looked at each other, and secretly laughed with their hands covering their mouths.