Then Wenxi sat down on the edge of the bed and whispered, "Second brother, I write home every two weeks. In the past year, I've written dozens of letters, but they've all disappeared without a trace. If one or two were lost, that would be one thing, but dozens of them? Do you think that's possible? If the postman loses so many letters, how can they still work properly? So I think the letters definitely weren't lost, but rather taken by someone else. I just don't dare tell Mom, I'm afraid she'll..."

Wenrou is her eldest daughter, and she might protect Wenrou to protect the family's reputation. Without concrete evidence, Wenxi wouldn't tell her parents about these things.

Pei Jingzhou nodded. "Xiaoxi, don't worry. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. I raised you, and I know very well what kind of person you are. You wouldn't do such a thing."

"Thank you, Second Brother. I won't disturb your rest any longer. You've been on the train for so long, you should get some rest now!"

Pei Jingzhou: "Xiaoxi, you too."

Actually, Wenxi and Jiangyue slept very well at the guesthouse last night, so they weren't tired at all. They were quite bored staying in the room, so Wenxi decided to go to the kitchen to cook and also get some seasonings!

Wenxi told Jiang Yue and then hurried to the kitchen. Her house was a detached house with a courtyard, and the kitchen was a rural-style wood-burning stove, with firewood bought from a local villager.

Now we have established regular partners who deliver firewood and some vegetables they grow themselves when the time comes.

Wenxi took out a white goose from the bag, chopped it into small pieces, washed it with clean water, put the goose pieces into an iron pot, added enough to cover the goose pieces, along with scallions, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine, and then started a fire to cook it.

Once the water in the pot boils and the goose pieces change color, remove the goose pieces, rinse off the blood, and then wash the iron pot again.

Then, a spoonful of rapeseed oil was added to the pot, along with various seasonings such as scallions, ginger, garlic, and red chili peppers. After stir-frying until fragrant, the cleaned goose pieces were added, stir-fried evenly, soy sauce was added, and then water was added to cover the goose pieces. The pot was then simmered.

Then Wenxi went to get grass carp to process. She raised the grass carp herself in the fishpond. Today she brought a total of six large grass carp and two domestic fish. She was afraid that if she brought too few, her mother would not be willing to eat them and would insist on saving them for the New Year.

Wenxi cleaned all eight fish, even chopping off the head of the large grass carp, leaving only two whole domestic fish, because the fish for the New Year's Eve dinner had to be whole.

Wenxi chopped one of the large grass carp into pieces, flashed into the system kitchen, and then used a fire to fry them into crispy fish pieces. This way, she could just add some seasonings and stir-fry them evenly when she returned them to the pan later.

Wenxi fried the fish pieces and brought them out. Hearing a knock on the door, she went to open it. Pei Jingzhou was standing outside the kitchen. "It smells so good, Xiaoxi, what are you making?"

"Second Brother, I'm making braised goose in an iron pot." Wen Xi let Pei Jingzhou in. "Second Brother, why don't you rest a little longer?"

"You didn't rest either, did you? And you're criticizing me." Pei Jingzhou reached out and ruffled Wen Xi's hair before sitting down behind the stove to tend the fire.

Wenxi scooped out some more flour. She was going to stick a ring of pancakes around the edge of the stewed goose in the iron pot. Wenxi used to know how to cook at home, but now her superb cooking skills made Pei Jingzhou think that she must have suffered a lot in the countryside, otherwise how could she have developed such good cooking skills!

Thinking of this, Pei Jingzhou felt extremely distressed.

If only he hadn't left last year, his older sister wouldn't have been able to sign Wenxi up for the rural service program. Even if someone in the family had to go, it would have been him, the older brother, who went instead of Wenxi, this delicate little girl. She was only sixteen when she went to the countryside. A young girl going to the countryside is fraught with danger. He doesn't know how his older sister could be so heartless as to sign Wenxi up.

Wenxi poked the goose meat with her chopsticks and saw that the chopsticks could easily pierce through it, knowing that the goose meat was stewed until tender. Wenxi then stuck a ring of flatbread around the edge of the pot.

If you make more pancakes, you won't need to cook lunch; you can just eat pancakes.

After the stewed goose in the iron pot was ready, Wenxi took the goose out, washed the pot, and then started making fish head stew with tofu. The fish was raised in the system's fishpond and was not fishy, ​​so Wenxi did not add any chili peppers.

Although the fish head stew with tofu looks white and doesn't look appetizing, you'll know how delicious it is once you actually taste it.

Wenxi added two extra bowls of water so that there would be no need to make soup separately.

Wenxi made braised goose in an iron pot, fish head stewed with tofu, crispy fish pieces, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, and stir-fried cabbage with potatoes from home.

There were six dishes, and the portions were very generous, enough for their whole family.

Anyway, her mother hasn't had time to check the luggage she brought back today, and doesn't know what's inside, so it's not unreasonable for her to take anything out.

When Wen Xinchun returned with a pile of things, Wen Xi realized that her mother had gone out to buy things after taking leave. No wonder she was only coming back now. Wen Xi was slightly satisfied that she didn't see Wenrou. Fortunately, her mother didn't go to pick up Wenrou and the child. To be honest, she didn't want to see Wenrou at all.

Don't say the child is innocent. Isn't she innocent too? She's only sixteen years old, but they showed no mercy when they hurt her!

She was just giving Wenrou and Yang Lianghui a minor punishment; she didn't harm their child.

And didn't the child eat her blood bun in his previous life? Wasn't the child's good life obtained by his parents through her being his aunt?

Therefore, the child is not innocent.

"Jingzhou, Xiaoxi, you've just gotten back, why aren't you resting?" Wen Xinchun came to the kitchen drawn by the aroma of the food and felt a pang of heartache when she saw the two siblings cooking together.

Especially Wenxi, who cooks better than her now. How much hardship did she endure in the countryside to develop such culinary skills?

“Mom, we rested on the train, we’re not tired,” Pei Jingzhou said.

"Mom, I'm not tired either," Wenxi said. She had rested at the guesthouse, and she hadn't even checked out of her room because she would be going there often.

Jiang Yue lay bored in Wen Xi's room and eventually fell asleep. However, she was awakened by the irresistible aroma. As soon as she smelled the fragrance, she knew it was Wen Xi's cooking. After all, Wen Xi had been cooking for them for a year. What didn't she know?

Jiang Yue quickly got up, tidied herself up, and went to the kitchen. When she saw Wen Xi, Pei Jingzhou, and Wen's mother in the kitchen, she immediately felt a little embarrassed.

Everyone was busy in the kitchen, but she was fast asleep in her room.