Chapter 1634 Yunshui Town

It was not until the eleventh that Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan were able to escape, and they took Lixia and others straight to the Yunshui Town Farm.

On the farm in Yunshui Town, the fields are bare and dirty at this time of year. Land preparation will not start until February at the earliest. Planting will not start until the weather gets warmer and the soil is moistened by two spring rains.

But the village was very lively.

Qiao Xuan is very popular among children. They all love coming to her place because it is warm and there are plenty of candies, snacks, and candied fruits to eat.

Qiao Xuan loves to cook all kinds of food. Nowadays, there are many people and it is not convenient to cook, but barbecue, making dumplings, buns, steamed rice cakes, etc. are very convenient.

There is laughter and joy in the compound every day.

Sometimes when the weather is good, I would go out for fun and mountain climbing with Shao Yunduan. The high sky and vast land made one's eyes clear and one's mind open.

Aye, Sun Bai and Sun Qian were all good hunters. Qiao Xuan became interested in hunting again, so she went hunting in the nearby forest.

In winter, prey are better at hiding and less active, so it is not a good time for hunting and generally the harvest will not be much.

It was just that Qiao Xuan wanted to go, and Shao Yunduan didn't have any pursuit. As long as his wife was happy, it was fine, so he agreed.

Sun Bai, Sun Qian and others were also happy to go out and stretch their muscles.

With Liu Fu, Wu Guan and seven or eight others also going, it looked like a huge team.

With Qiao Xuan around, they would not return empty-handed even if they went hunting in the mountains in the middle of winter.

After hunting more than ten pheasants and rabbits, Sun Bai and others were very satisfied and said happily that there were actually quite a lot of prey in the mountains and forests near Yunshui Town! It was a good place to go!

Their luck was really good that day, as they subsequently hunted two wild goats, one weighing about 60 to 70 kilograms and the other about 50 kilograms, which they carried back happily.

When they returned to the farm, everyone in the village came to watch the fun.

Qiao Xuan kept a leg of lamb, some lamb chops, lamb meat and lamb offal, and asked a few women to stew the rest in the cafeteria at noon the next day as a side dish for everyone.

Everyone was overjoyed.

For dinner, Zheng Sangge and others stayed at Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan's place to eat. They stewed fresh lamb bones together with chopped lamb, added some cabbage, vermicelli, green onions, and coriander, and served it in a large bowl. The aroma filled the whole yard.

Dry-pot mutton offal, stir-fried mutton with green onions, pheasant stewed with soaked wild mushrooms, spicy rabbit meat, plus stir-fried homemade pea sprouts, scrambled eggs with winter melon slices, pickled radish shreds, and preserved eggs, all served steaming hot on the table. This is the festive atmosphere of a Spring Festival meal.

They stayed at the farm until the 18th day of the first lunar month, when Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan left with reluctance.

During these days, everyone on the farm knew that their master and mistress were leaving Beijing.

The tenants still farmed according to the old rules, and the farmhands still did what they were supposed to do. After investigating with Shao Yunduan, Qiao Xuan selected one of the three people recommended by Song Shi, named Zhang Jie, to be the leader in charge of the affairs in this area.

Zhao Shu would send people to check on Zhang Jie from time to time, and if he had any hesitations or difficulties, Qiao Xuan would give him a place to contact Zhao Shu.

Zheng Sangge and his people still live here, and their wages are paid according to what is signed in the contract.

During the time Zheng Sangge and others have lived here, they have truly lived a safe and stable life, without having to worry about whether they can find hard labor to do tomorrow or whether they can have food to eat. They are full of gratitude and trust towards Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan.

(End of this chapter)