Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year

There were two large bags of water chestnuts piled on the carriage.

The village entrance was crowded with people who came to see them off spontaneously.

The clan leader beamed with joy: "You all must come and visit next summer. By then, the lotus flowers will stretch as far as the eye can see, and there will be lotus pods to eat. You can stay as long as you want. We in Luhua Village have it all covered."

An auntie nearby said, "My husband can make a bamboo raft. Let him make a big, strong one for you to sit on and pick lotus seeds. I heard that the rich people in the county like this kind of music."

"My daughter-in-law is the best at making lotus seed soup. When you pick lotus seeds, let her help you process them. She can cook them in dishes, make soups, and even make snacks."

"I led people to build houses..."

The villagers rushed to show off their skills, fearing that they would fall behind.

Cui Jingwen was delighted: "Okay, okay, we will definitely come and play."

Cui Zhaozhao chuckled softly as he watched the farm stay plan being perfected one by one. If it were in the future, such sincere and hospitable villagers would definitely make a lot of money by developing the tourism industry.

The detectives crossed their arms and hesitated, and Chief Constable Yan nodded indifferently with a serious face.

He didn't know what to say.

Normally, when the people saw the constables, they would rather avoid them. If he had not accompanied the Cui brothers and sisters on this trip, he would not have known that the villagers would also smile at them from the bottom of their hearts.

This feeling is not bad.

In Xiahe Village, chestnuts are picked based on labor, and the more you pick, the more you get. In Luhua Village, after digging out the water chestnuts, they are piled together in one place and distributed according to the number of people.

More than 1,100 kilograms were dug out in one night. The clan leader kept 200 kilograms as a thank you gift, and each person could get 12 kilograms.

Only a small half of these were dug up, and this amount, if saved and eaten, would be enough to last until the next harvest.

Facing the rising sun, the group set off again.

After getting on the carriage, Cui Zhaozhao felt drowsy. He leaned against the carriage, shaking his head to nod.

Because she was the only girl in the team, the clan leader's daughter-in-law thoughtfully prepared a room for her. She hadn't slept alone for a long time and was a little uncomfortable.

I wonder if my mother also feels that the kang is a bit empty.

......

Lin cut the lean meat into cubes and marinated it with salt, sugar, white wine and other seasonings.

She had seen recipes for bacon before, but had never made it. This time, she prepared five pounds of meat to give it a try. If it was successful, she would make more and store it for winter.

Ever since Silang brought back three carts of pottery, he has devoted himself to repairing it. He is either burning gum and making mud in the yard, or picking gum in the mountains.

Most of the pottery in the yard has been repaired by him. The repaired and dried ones have been moved to the backyard, and the rest will be repaired today.

Erlang led his younger brothers and sisters to pick up stones in the fields.

Dahei's wound has already scabbed over, and he went out with Xiaoliu to walk the chicken early in the morning.

The only sound left in the house was the rhythmic sound of cutting meat.

The marinated lean meat and fat were mixed together, and Lin sat at the door, stuffing the sausages slowly and steadily.

Since coming here, I have experienced water and food shortages, and the looting of homes by disaster victims. I can now appreciate how precious this moment of leisure is.

In the previous life, I worked hard for half my life and didn’t even have a chance to enjoy my retirement life for a single day before I traveled through time and space to here.

Although she is just an ordinary peasant woman, she feels very at ease in her heart. Every family in the village lives the same life, with a pace so slow that it is measured in years. It is peaceful and leisurely.

Whatever is planted in the fields is what we eat. Chickens, ducks, and geese are raised in the yard. The manure of poultry and livestock can fertilize the fields. The fertile land brings abundant crops. People are full and feed the fattened pigs. When the pigs are slaughtered in the twelfth lunar month, it is a new year again.

It repeats itself over and over again, year after year.

She likes this kind of life very much, having three meals a day and nothing to worry about.

At this moment, I felt an itch at my feet. I looked down and saw that the puppy had crawled out from the inner room at some point, with its fat little belly exposed, trying to steal some meat.

Two little grey puppies crawled out. Although they were slightly bigger than the little black puppies in the same litter, they still couldn't reach the basin.

One of them was placed underneath, with the puppy on top holding onto the edge of the basin with its front paws and trying hard to stand up with its hind paws. The puppy below was wagging its tail back and forth as if waving a flag to cheer.

The soft hair on its tail stroked the instep of its owner's foot, completely unaware that its crime had been exposed.

Lin was amused by their cute appearance. She wiped her hands, then held the babies up in her arms, one each, holding their belly.

"Don't even think about eating meat when you're still breastfeeding. Just go back to your nest and lie down. Your mother will be back soon."

The puppy whined and twisted its body, but it still couldn't escape the fate of returning to its nest.

Lin closed the door to the inner room. She didn't know if the genes of these two gray cubs were too pure, and they took after their wolf father. They were more active and courageous than their brothers and sisters in the same litter. They started wandering around as soon as they opened their eyes.

She has never raised a wolf, so she doesn't know the personality of the little wolf, but the two gray ones are very friendly and have no intention of attacking people, so they should be able to be raised to guard the house.

Lin quickened her pace, stuffed the sausages, and hung them out to dry on the clothesline in the yard.

The red and white sausages are scattered in a row, which looks very pleasing from a distance.

"What did my third sister-in-law do?"

Lin turned around and saw Yu just entering the yard with a smile on her face, as if something good was going to happen.

Lin also laughed: "Sanlang bought too much meat when he went to the city, and it won't keep anymore. So he made it into sausages, which can be stored for a while longer."

"What's sausage?"

"It's just like bacon, but with an extra casing. You can eat one and cook it later. It's more convenient than bacon."

She knew about bacon, which was spread with salt and hung up to dry, but this was the first time she had heard of sausage.

I saw that the sausage hanging on the rope was divided into sections by thin lines. Each section was about a foot long. Through the translucent casing, the meat inside was clearly visible.

"You're so good with your hands. I've cured bacon so many times that it's gone bad. If I had half the skills as you, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams."

Yu smiled and joked to herself that compared to her third brother's wife, her cooking skills could only be considered as cooking.

Lin smiled and welcomed her into the house.

"...My Dalang chewed up the bones of the fried chicken you sent me yesterday. Lichun and Liqiu, the two girls, finished the meat and rushed to lick up the juice."

Yu felt a heart attack when she thought of that scene. After being a mother for more than ten years, it was the first time she saw her child so crazy for a bite of food.

Yu said quietly, "As a mother, I feel angry and sad. If someone doesn't know, they might think I'm abusing them."

"I'll teach you later. Cooking is not difficult. If you use enough ingredients, even stir-fried shoe soles will taste delicious."

Food is fun when it is shared and communicated with everyone. Lin was happy to share her cooking experience with Yu.

Yu waved her hand and said, "I won't learn anymore. The children are grown up now, so even if I learn, it won't be of any use. If Dalang wants to eat, let his wife cook. But if possible, I want Lichun and Liqiu to learn one or two dishes, so that they can have confidence when they go back to their in-laws' house."

"No problem, they can come and learn whenever they want."

Having eaten and seen it in restaurants in his previous life, and combined with his original body's memories, Lin boasted that his cooking skills were not much worse than those of the chefs in the county restaurant.

However, she raised her eyebrows and gossiped, "You seemed so happy the moment you walked in. From what you said, is Dalang's marriage coming soon?"

Hearing this, Yu couldn't hide her smile.