Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

At noon, what was delivered to Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian were freshly-baked steamed buns made with two-grain flour, steamed cakes, fried food, stir-fried bean sprouts and some pickled vegetables.

Qin Ying said: "I'm a bit busy today and can't do anything else. You two can just make do with each other. Tomorrow is the 30th, and we'll have a good meal tomorrow.

“Also, when you’re staying up all night, you can come to our house. My brother is not at home. He will go to the home of our village elder, Master Chen Jiu, with Mr. Zhou and the others.

"By then, there will be no one left in our neighborhood."

The two sisters' eyes were a little vague. After a while, Zhou Mian asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. We can just bolt the doors," Qin Ying smiled faintly. "Besides, no one in the village dares to cause trouble now, and people from other villages don't dare to come and make trouble.

"On the night of the 30th, neighbors would light a fire in their yards to drive away evil spirits and wish for a prosperous new year.

"There aren't many children in the village now. In the past, the village was full of children running around..."

Zhou Mian looked at his sister and asked for her opinion.

Zhou Qi's expression also relaxed a little.

Qin Ying took advantage of the situation and said, "My mother, An An and I are the only ones left at home. If you two go over, it will be more lively for everyone.

“We are poor people in the mountains, so we don’t have much delicious food. We have some mountain products in stock, so please try them.

"In addition, we also grow mushrooms and some small vegetables in the house..."

Both sisters widened their eyes slightly, becoming curious.

Qin Ying walked out: "You guys eat first, I won't disturb you, I'll call you tomorrow."

After she left, Zhou Mian asked quietly, "Sister, shall we go?"

"Go...go." Zhou Qi hesitated, "If there really is no one else."

Zhou Mian showed some joy on his face, "I quite like that little girl An An..."

Thinking of An An's pretty and cute face, as well as her various lovable little looks, Zhou Qi couldn't help but smile, "Yeah."

She was quite interested in what Qin Ying said about growing mushrooms and vegetables. When she was a child, her family had a greenhouse, but it was used to grow flowers. She thought growing vegetables and flowers were similar, but this kind of mushroom was the first time she had heard of it...

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Zhou Yuzhang Jinzhi took his people and Zhao Hu to Uncle Chen Jiu's house.

The firewood pile in the yard next door has been built, and in order to prevent fire, adobe bricks have been piled around the firewood pile.

The same thing happened in the Guo family’s old house.

I specifically greeted Aunt Zhao and asked her to send someone to light the fire after dark. I'm afraid she will still need to take care of it by then.

This amount of firewood is not enough to burn for one night, but it can last until midnight. If we add more firewood at that time, it will be enough to burn until dawn.

She got up early in the morning and cooked some dumplings for everyone to share. Then Qin Ying started stewing rabbit and pig's feet. The ingredients for other dishes were also prepared. Once the two main dishes were ready, they would be ready soon.

Aunt Zhao prepared various cold dishes and pickles.

An An went to accompany Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian to relieve their boredom.

Near noon, Qin Ying called An An in the yard.

An An slid down from the kang nimbly, put on her shoes, and said to Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian, "Let's go over and eat! Mom made some soybean stewed pork trotters. Uncle Zhou said that's your favorite."

Zhou Qi's gaze involuntarily fell on her own and her sister's feet. Their feet were injured. They were beaten when they tried to escape and almost became disabled.

Unexpectedly, after the reunion, my eldest brother, who had never spent any time with me, still knew this.

An An ran to the outer room, and seeing that the two hadn't caught up, she called out again, slapped her forehead, and added, "Mom asked me to tell you that Uncle Zhou and the others, as well as my uncle, have all gone to Jiu Taiye's house!"

The two sisters looked at each other and saw expressions of relief on each other's faces.

An An continued to walk out, waving: "Let's go, let's go. If you go too late, you won't be able to eat hot food!"

The two sisters couldn't help laughing again and followed hand in hand.

Because there was a lot of food, it was not placed on the kang table in the inner room, but on the big table in the main room. Although the ingredients were limited, seven plates and eight bowls were still made.

There are six staple foods: steamed buns, dumplings, pancakes, steamed cakes, and vegetable dumplings.

The main dishes include braised rabbit, braised rabbit head, cured meat stew, salted fish and tofu, and pig's trotters stewed with soybeans.

The rest are just some mixed tofu, stir-fried bean sprouts, stir-fried vegetables and so on.

But in a year of famine, it would definitely be a very sumptuous meal.

Seeing that the two sisters had indeed come with An An, Aunt Zhao rubbed her hands and said with a smile, "We don't have much delicious food in the countryside..."

"Please sit down." Qin Ying also greeted with a smile.

Although the two sisters didn't talk much, they were very polite. They insisted on waiting for Aunt Zhao to take a seat first, and then let Qin Ying sit down. They thanked everyone for the seat and took their seats one by one.

Aunt Zhao smiled from ear to ear: "After all, she comes from a wealthy family. Her behavior is really enviable..."

"Our family is great too!" An An pouted slightly. "If you ask me, when the aunts come to our family, they should act just like us..." Then she turned to Qin Ying and asked, "Mom, what's this called?"

Qin Ying was afraid of embarrassing the two Miss Zhous, so she didn't respond.

Instead, Zhou Mian whispered, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

An An couldn't help but look at her again, "Yes! This is it!"

Aunt Zhao handed the two sisters chopsticks: "They are all scalded with boiling water." She heard Qin Ying say that people carry their own chopsticks and special bowls and cups with them, and they didn't use the ones they had taken before.

Zhou Qi took it first with both hands and thanked him in a low voice.

Only then did Aunt Zhao breathe a sigh of relief.

Qin Ying first scooped half a bowl of big bone mushroom soup into each person's bowl: "Warm up your body first."

The two sisters were very well-educated and drank their soup without making any noise.

An An was acting a bit deliberately, drinking it slurpfully, smacking his lips and praising it: "It smells so good!"

Qin Ying knew that she was unhappy, so she reached out and touched her head.

An An said, "My hair is a mess!" But she had a smile on her face.

It's nothing else, she just can't stand the way her grandma and mother are so cautious in front of these two people.

Your own grandma and mother are the best grandma and mother in the world. There is no need to put yourself in a difficult position for irrelevant people!

In order to make them happy these days, she has been working very hard and is extremely tired!

She originally thought that if these two people didn't come today, she would have a good talk with the handsome uncle later and get rid of them so that she wouldn't have to look at them with displeasure.

I didn't expect that they would come.

After finishing the soup, I started eating.

Aunt Zhao first gave each person two dumplings and explained to Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian: "In our country, eating dumplings is the best thing.

"This thing brings good fortune and longevity! But, we have a lot to eat today, so I'll just have two to taste."

Both sisters took the bowl with both hands.

Look at the pig's trotters in front of you. They are all boneless, stewed until soft, and sprinkled with green onions as decoration, which shows that a lot of care was put into them.

Zhou Mian thought for a moment, then picked up a piece of pork trotter with chopsticks and placed it in An An's bowl. He also explained, "I haven't used these chopsticks yet, so they're clean."