Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang immediately put down the work in his hands and ran out to greet them.

"Mr. Xu, I'm so happy to see you."

How could I not be happy? Xu Fei's return meant that the wolf had been sold. He came to give me money!

Xu Fei walked forward and took Chen Lang's pulse first, then said in a fake tone: "Hundred-year-old mountain ginseng is very effective. The snake venom in your body has been almost expelled. In a few days, you will be completely back to normal."

Li Xiuzhi, who was busy at work, suddenly blushed when she heard this.

Returning to normal, doesn't that mean Chen Lang will be with me...

Although she wanted to wait until she moved into her new home before doing that, Li Xiuzhi also understood that once a man was in the mood, it was difficult to turn him back.

And from another perspective, as a normal woman, Li Xiuzhi is not completely against that kind of thing.

During this time, I slept in the same bed with Chen Lang, hugging and embracing him, and the little flame in my heart was gradually growing.

"Xiuzhi, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and weigh it." The villagers in front of her couldn't help but urge Li Xiuzhi to hurry up when they saw her staring blankly at the scale.

Li Xiuzhi quickly calmed down and continued to receive the goods.

After Chen Lang led Xu Fei into the yard, he said to the villagers, "Fellow villagers, we have a distinguished guest at home. After receiving this batch of goods, we will not accept any more today. Please understand."

The villagers also expressed their understanding.

After sending the last villager away, Chen Lang hurriedly asked, "Brother Xu, what took you so long?"

Xu Fei clapped his hands, and the young apprentice placed a large box on the table.

"I wasted all this time making this for you."

"You have to make a good meal today to make it up to me."

Chen Lang opened the box curiously and found a crossbow inside.

Chen Lang was stunned and said, "No, I don't hunt. What's the point of giving me this thing?"

"You don't know how to appreciate kindness." Xu Fei said, "In this world, the most terrifying thing isn't beasts, it's people!"

"You're considered a wealthy man now, and there are countless eyes watching you. If someone comes to steal from you, with a crossbow, even if you can't save your money, you can at least save your life, right?"

"The bowstrings on crossbows are made of wolf tendons. Only the most skilled butchers can completely remove the wolf tendons. However, the tendons that have just been removed cannot be used yet and need to be soaked for two days."

"That's why I came back so late."

After hearing this, Chen Lang stood up and bowed to Xu Fei.

"I was rude just now. This gift is indeed valuable. I would like to express my gratitude to Brother Xu for his generosity!"

Xu Fei smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I can't accept this gift."

"I originally wanted to make you a bow, but after careful consideration, I realized that since you are a scholar, you might not have the strength to pull the bow."

"So in the end, I changed to a crossbow. It's less powerful, but you can still use it."

"Okay, enough talk. Hurry up and make me something to eat. I've been craving the crabs and shrimps you made these past few days, but I haven't had a good night's sleep."

Chen Lang put away his crossbow and said, "Brother Xu, please wait a moment. I'll be there soon."

After saying that, he asked Cuicui to call his father and Chen Tao to come for dinner.

Just as Chen Lang reached the kitchen door, Xu Fei called out again, "Wait, there's something I almost forgot."

After saying that, he walked up to Chen Lang and slapped a heavy purse into his hand. "I used five taels for the crossbow, and I'll keep the wolf whip. The rest of the money is here, a total of thirty-four taels. Count it."

Chen Lang took out two silver ingots from his purse and stuffed them into Xu Fei's hands: "Brother Xu, you've worked hard on this trip. Take this money as your hard work fee."

Xu Fei rolled his eyes and said, "Are you using this thing to humiliate me?"

"I've already taken the wolf whip, and if I take your money again, what's the difference between me and a beast?"

"If you really want to thank me, then use all your cooking skills and give me a delicious meal."

Seeing that Xu Fei insisted on not accepting it, Chen Lang had no choice but to give up.

He went to the kitchen, gave the purse to Li Xiuzhi, and asked her to go around the village to see if she could buy a jar of rice wine.

Li Xiuzhi put the purse under the cabinet, took a few coins and went out.

A moment later, Li Xiuzhi came back with Chen Tao and Sun Yuwei.

Chen Tao held the jar of rice wine in his hand.

Pour out a bowl of rice wine, soak the washed dried shrimps in it, then add onions and ginger, and you will have an authentic rice wine drunken shrimp dish.

Then Chen Lang took a few pieces of tofu and made dishes such as tofu with green onions, fish stewed with tofu, and loach tofu.

While entertaining Xu Fei, new dishes were also prepared, killing two birds with one stone.

After the food was ready, Li Xiuzhi took the two children to the kitchen.

Chen Lang pulled her and said, "Let's eat together."

Li Xiuzhi whispered, "When there's a big family banquet, women and children are not allowed to sit at the table."

Chen Lang said: "We don't have such a rule in our family. Sit down!"

Seeing this, Xu Fei also said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, let's eat together. Brother Chen and I are like brothers, and we don't care about those sour rules."

After Li Xiuzhi sat down, Chen Lang pointed at the drunken shrimp on the table and said, "Children can't eat this. The rest is optional."

"Everyone, please feel free to eat, just like at home."

Xu Fei immediately picked up a crab and put it in his bowl. "I want to try it and see what makes it so delicious."

Chen Tao didn't know what politeness was. He was steady, accurate and ruthless in his actions. No matter whether he was eating crabs or shrimps, he would swallow them with the shells.

Seeing Sun Yuwei sitting there uncomfortably, Chen Lang picked up some vegetables to eat, then stood up and put two crabs in his bowl, saying, "Brother Sun, don't be polite."

"If you don't eat, Cuicui will be embarrassed to pick up her chopsticks."

Sun Yuwei said, "Erlang, I really... don't know what to say... Thank you."

"It's boring to talk about this, let's eat quickly." Chen Lang said with a smile.

Sun Yuwei finally let go of the burden in his heart and started to eat with relish.

After the meal, everyone at the table had a full belly.

Sun Yuwei and Chen Tao helped wash the dishes and cleaned the yard, then said goodbye and left.

Xu Fei checked Chen Lang's back injury, applied medicine to him again, and then said goodbye.

Chen Lang sent him to the carriage.

Xu Fei said, "Brother Chen, I didn't expect you to be such a good cook. I guess I'll have to come and have a meal with you every now and then."

Chen Lang said with a smile: "You are welcome anytime."

Xu Fei said, "When you have time, bring your sister-in-law to the city. I'll treat you."

Chen Lang thought for a moment and said, "Maybe in a couple of days I'll have to take Xiuzhi to the county town because I'm planning to buy some livestock."

Xu Fei said, "That's true. You go to the county town every day now, and it would be much more convenient to have your own carriage."

"Remember to come to me when the time comes. I can give you some advice."

Chen Lang bowed and said, "Okay. I'll definitely bother you when the time comes."

Xu Fei returned the greeting: "Goodbye!"