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As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, Xiao Li smelled a burst of fragrance.

Pushing the door open, Li Jinhua's voice came from the kitchen, "Is Li'er back?"

"It's me." Xiao Li responded and walked towards the kitchen.

Li Jinhua was boiling lard when she heard footsteps and looked up. Seeing him about to come in, she quickly stopped him, "Oh my, the smell in here is so strong, Li'er, don't come in."

Xiao Li glanced at the things in the kitchen and saw that the meat and bones he bought had been processed and ready for use. It seemed that there was really nothing that needed help. He replied "Okay" and went to the main room.

Just after sitting down for a while, the courtyard door was pushed open from the outside, and Bao Ge'er came in with a large bowl bigger than his face in his hands.

Without even looking over, Xiao Li could smell the sauerkraut smell that made him salivate.

Looking up, I found that the bowl in Baoger's arms was indeed filled with sauerkraut.

He sat relaxedly on the stool and waved to Bao Ge'er with a smile, "Bao'er, where are the pickled vegetables?"

"Fifth Grandma gave it to me!" Bao Ge ran towards him excitedly. Seeing Lin Cao holding a basket of mushrooms, his eyebrows jumped. "Bao Er, run slower, be careful not to fall."

"I got it, little daddy!" Baoger responded very quickly, but he did nothing at all. He just continued to run.

That rebellious little look, it turns out, actually pleases Xiao Li.

Compared to his father's illegitimate children before he traveled through the book, that is, his half-brothers, this little boy who is only three years old is so adorable.

When the person ran over, he reached out and took the bowl from Baoger's arms and put it aside, then he held the soft little boy on his lap.

"Fourth brother~" Baoger sat obediently in his arms, looked up and called him, then looked at him with his big eyes blinking.

"Yeah." Xiao Li protected him with one hand and touched his head with the other, "What did Baoer do today?"

Bao Ge'er showed him one finger at a time, "I accompanied grandma to feed the chickens, and went up the mountain with little daddy to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables. When I came back, I saw my fifth uncle. He asked Bao'er to go find my fifth grandma, and then my fifth grandma gave me some pickled vegetables, so Bao'er brought them back."

Lin Cao put the mushrooms he brought back in the kitchen. As soon as he reached the door of the main room, he heard Baoger's words and added with a smile.

"There are still some fresh mushrooms, enough for our family to eat for two meals. Uncle Fu said you gave him a bag of osmanthus cake as a return gift for us."

Of course, the original words were not like this. At that time, Xiao Laofu wanted to praise Xiao Li to the sky, but Lin Cao could not say those words.

Besides, as an uncle, how could he have the nerve to say these things to his nephew, not to mention that they were supposed to be adoptive father and son.

However, Lin Cao still talked about this matter tactfully later. He couldn't let Uncle Fu praise him for nothing.

Xiao Li has received a lot of praise and criticism, and he has no special reaction to it.

Seeing that he was holding Baoger all the time, Lin Cao was afraid of tiring him out, so he took Baoger away and let him go out to play.

Li Jinhua came out after boiling the lard and was delighted to see the sauerkraut. "The sauerkraut made by my fifth sister-in-law is famous in Yangliu Village for its delicious taste. I used to see Uncle Fu selling it at the market, but life has gotten much better in recent years, so I haven't seen him selling it anymore. I've been missing this for a long time."

The original body had memories of the old lady liking sauerkraut, but because they had to support the original body, the Xiao family usually tightened their belts and lived a frugal life. They only ate purchased sauerkraut once many years ago.

However, the original body did not know that it was sold by Xiao Laofu's family. Even if he knew, he would not be willing to spend money to buy it, and he was too embarrassed to ask for it.

The large bowl for sauerkraut is very large, and if divided into serving bowls, it can hold about five or six bowls, which is not a small amount.

It would be fine if I couldn’t see it, but when I saw it, Xiao Li also missed the home-cooked dishes made with sauerkraut.

He hasn't eaten dishes like stir-fried beef with pickled cabbage, fish with pickled cabbage, diced chicken with pickled cabbage, etc. for more than ten years since the end of the world.

Li Jinhua thought about the things in the kitchen and suddenly felt a little conflicted. "This pickled cabbage won't keep long after it's been taken out of the jar. It's too much to go with the porridge alone. I'm afraid it will be wasted."

Hearing this, Xiao Li pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It won't be wasted. I'll catch some fish in the river and cook some pickled fish. Grandma, don't worry about cooking. I'll do it when I get back."

"Oh, Li'er..." Li Jinhua quickly stopped him as he stood up and left.

Xiao Li turned around and looked, "What's wrong?"

Li Jinhua wanted to say that the fish in the river were too fishy and no one liked to eat them, so she asked him to stop bothering. However, seeing how excited her grandson was, she could not bring herself to say the words.

Seeing Xiao Li seemed to be about to walk back, she quickly waved her hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I just wanted to tell you, remember to take the fish basket, be careful when you go down to the river, pay attention to the time, and remember to come back early."

"I understand, grandma." Xiao Li took the fish basket and walked out to the river.

There are often people washing clothes downstream, but he went upstream, where few people usually go.

After choosing a shady place, he lifted his clothes and squatted down, putting his hands in the water, while activating his wood-based abilities to confuse the fish hiding in the water plants.

Although life is not easy now, at least people can still survive, so no one will pay attention to the fish in the river, so the fish in the river are not only fat, but also very stupid.

The main reason is that these fish have an earthy smell, and the people here don’t know that they can use ginger to remove the fishy smell. The spices that can be used for seasoning are also used as medicinal herbs or spices.

In addition, the reluctance to add oil and salt also has a lot to do with it.

Salt is now an important strategic material. All the salt sold openly is official salt. Not only are there limits on buying and selling, but it is not necessarily available for purchase at all times.

In the original body's memory, salt was a very scarce commodity in Nan'an County. If you wanted to buy salt, you had to wait for notification from the government and bring your household registration, which stipulated the maximum amount each household could buy.

Normally this wouldn't happen, but in a remote and less profitable place like Nan'an County, to put it bluntly, corrupt officials would look down on it.

If they were greedy, you might still see salt, but at most you wouldn't be able to afford it. But they looked down on this place, and who knows where the salt that was supposed to be sent to Nan'an County to be sold ended up?

Only Xiao Li relied on the space he had, which contained enough daily necessities to last for a long time. Otherwise, he would have to find a way to solve the problem of salt alone.

Except for using his supernatural powers when catching the first fish, Xiao Li just caught them directly after he found out that the fish were really stupid.

He had strong mental strength, agile movements and quick reactions, and in a short while he caught five fish and threw them on the shore.

Including the one he caught at the beginning, there were six in total, all as big as his fist, and the fish basket couldn't hold them all.

After estimating the Xiao family's appetite, Xiao Li did not continue catching fish. Instead, he pulled out a few pieces of water grass, tied them together, and then passed them through the fish's mouth and gills to tie a knot.

He picked up the fish and tried it. After finding no problem, he repeated the same operation several times. After picking up all the fish, he carried the fish basket and prepared to return the same way.

He didn't know if it was really fate, but he had just separated for a short time when he met Lu Yuan on the road who was carrying a wooden basin back home after washing clothes.

The young man was wearing a coarse cloth shorts, his messy hair covering his gray face. He lowered his head and hurried on in silence.

Because it was not far from the laundry place downstream and there were people there, Xiao Li did not call him, but just followed him slowly.

When no one could see him anymore, he chuckled softly and called out to the person, "Little Kite."

Kite refers to a black flying bird, but at this time, it is often used to represent kite, which is how the word paper kite came about.

However, people here generally do not call it paper kite, but directly call it kite. Many people do not know that the "yuan" in "lu yuan" is the same as the "yuan" in "zhi yuan".

Hearing the smiling "Little Kite", Lu Yuan knew who was calling her even without turning around, not to mention that the person's tone was so, so...

It's like she's teasing him on purpose.

When his father was alive, he explained to him why he was called Lu Yuan, and he also knew what the word "Yuan" meant. At that time, his father always liked to call him "Little Kite". Later, his father passed away...

Lu Yuan stopped without looking back. When she heard his footsteps stop beside her, she said unhappily, "What do you want me to do?"

Because he was looking down at the ground, Xiao Li didn't notice his red eyes. He picked the biggest fish from the ones he was holding and handed it to him.

"Do you want fish?"

"Fish?" Lu Yuan looked at the big, fat fish and frowned in disdain. "Fish tastes bad."

Xiao Li was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he was different from himself. He didn't know how to prepare fish to make it delicious, and he didn't have ginger or spices.

After pondering for a moment, he reached into his sleeve pocket and pretended to take something, but in fact he took out a small piece of ginger from the warehouse in the space.

"If you cook this with fish, it won't be hard to eat. This fish also has few bones, only a few big ones, so it's not difficult to eat."

Lu Yuan took the piece of ginger doubtfully, "This thing looks like wild ginger, but it's different. Wild ginger isn't this big, and it's a medicine."

"Hmm." Jiang Xiaoli already knew about this by now, so he wasn't surprised. "This is fresh ginger, a type of ginger. It's more suitable for removing the fishy smell of meat than wild ginger."

Lu Yuan grasped the key point of his words very accurately, "Can it also be used to remove the fishy smell of other meats? Then pork will work too, right?"

"Sure," Xiao Li nodded. "Chop the ginger into small pieces and marinate the meat. Then cook it with the meat. It can suppress some of the fishy smell. If you add some wine, the effect will be even better."

There were no pig butchers at that time, and the pigs were all uncastrated black pigs. Not only were they difficult to gain weight, but they also ate a lot. The pork also had a fishy smell, and it was difficult to swallow without adding a little oil and salt.

High-ranking officials and nobles basically do not eat pork. Those who eat pork are minor officials and ordinary people at the bottom who have no power or influence.

Hearing this, Lu Yuan's eyes lit up. She clenched the ginger tightly and no longer complained about the fish being unpalatable. She took the fish from him and said, "Thank you, Xiao Si, you are so kind."

"No need to thank me. If I don't give my fish to my husband, who else can I give it to?" Xiao Li curled his lips and strode forward before the young man could get angry.

Because they lived in two different directions, even if Lu Yuan wanted to chase him and call him shameless, she couldn't do anything. She could only go home angrily with the wooden basin and the fish.

When she got home, Lu Yuan saw Lu Youfu enjoying the cool air at the door of the main hall as soon as she entered the yard. Then he quickly lowered his head and walked towards his and his little father's room.

He didn't want to provoke Lu Youfu, but Lu Youfu, who had been angry with Xiao Li, didn't want to let him go.

"Brother Yuan, are you so poor now that you have to eat fish?" Lu Youfu covered his mouth and widened his eyes in pretend shock.

After a moment, she sighed with a complicated expression and said in a tone of "this is for your own good," "If life really becomes unbearable, you and your little daddy should bow your heads to your grandparents. The Lu family will never let you live on fish!"

Lu Yuan unconsciously tightened her grip on the wooden basin and glared at her fiercely, "Are you going to work like a slave for me when I get home?"

In the past, in order to gain a reputation, Lu Youfu had other people in the Lu family do everything, and she just enjoyed the final results.

In her memory, ever since her second uncle had an accident on the battlefield, Lu Yuan and his little father had always relied on their eldest wife for their livelihood. Even though they later ate from separate pots, they did not dare to speak to them like this.

When did this person, who was once not even as good as her foot-washing maid, become so bold?

Because of her rebirth, many things at this time were very distant to her, so she didn't remember what Lu Yuan was like at this time in her previous life.

She only remembered that when she was fleeing from famine, Lu Yuan accidentally revealed her pretty appearance and was spotted by a bully. In the end, she and her little father died because of resistance.

At that time, the people in their Yangliu Village fled the famine together, and she and Xiao Si were also there.

At that time, Xiao Si wanted to stop them. If he hadn't kept holding him back using the excuse of being afraid, he would have been beaten to death by the bullies.

This time when she was reborn, she and Xiao Si broke off their engagement, and many things seemed to become different as a result.

Seeing that she suddenly became distracted, Lu Yuan quickly lowered his head and went back to the house.

In the not-so-big house, apart from a wooden bed which was in relatively good condition, everything else was either missing parts or tattered.

The sun was about to set and the room was not bright. Lin Qing was sitting by the window embroidering. When she heard the door open, she stopped and looked up.

Seeing Lu Yuan standing at the door angrily, he put down what he was holding, stood up and walked towards him.

"Did your grandma and aunt scold you again?" Lin Qing smelled a fishy smell as he approached. He frowned and looked at the fish in his hand. He was stunned for a moment, "This fish?"

Lu Yuan had been used to being bullied since she was a child, so she calmed herself down in a short while. She shook her head gently and whispered, "Xiao Si gave it to me."

"This..." Lin Qing looked at him, then at the fish in his hand, and complimented him against his will, "He's thoughtful."

"Puff~" Lu Yuan was not afraid of anyone stealing his fish, so he hung the fish outside the door and rubbed Lin Qing's shoulder with his head with a smile.

"Little Daddy doesn't have to force himself to praise me if he doesn't want to. Fish aren't good things. I was just laughed at by Lu Youfu because of this fish. She even hypocritically told us to bow down to our grandparents.

I think she just wants us to work like slaves for her without paying any money. She's dreaming, it almost pissed me off."

Hearing this, Lin Qing realized why he had been sulking. He patted his head with some heartache, "So what did you say?"

"I told you straight away!" Lu Yuan pouted and acted coquettishly with him, "Anyway, I'm getting engaged to Xiao Si soon, and he promised me that I can take my little daddy with me. I don't want to put up with them any longer!"

Lin Qing wasn't as optimistic as him, but he didn't show it. He smiled and poked his forehead, "You little brat, you have no shame. Wouldn't people laugh at you if they heard you?"

"That's right!" Lu Yuan stuck out her tongue at him, turned around and ran out before being poked on the forehead again, not forgetting to pick up the fish.

"Little brother, how come you are so shameless?"

Lu Yuan curled her lips and thought: It's all Xiao Si's fault for being shameless all day long and leading me astray.

Xiao Li, who was busy in the kitchen, suddenly felt his nose itchy. He didn't know if someone was nagging him or what.