Chapter 26: Greediness is the first trouble-making productivity

From the time they got married until now, Xiao Yongyan felt that he had given Lin Xi enough time.

He knew that Lin Xi would not be used to being close to him for a while, but it was okay, he could give Lin Xi some time.

When the Xiao family met with disaster, Lin Xi, as the new bride, was completely implicated by herself. She had to travel all the way and suffered a lot, and almost died on the road several times. Xiao Yongyan saw all of this and kept it in mind.

After finally arriving at Taoli Village, the two were finally able to live their own lives.

Although he no longer had a life of luxury and had to face taxes far exceeding normal amounts, Xiao Yongyan cherished such days very much.

When Lin Xi arrived in the village, he never complained. Instead, he found ways to make money in order to improve his family's life.

How could Xiao Yongyan not be moved by all this?

"Xi'er," Xiao Yongyan put his hand on Lin Xi's shoulder. Lin Xi was quite surprised and her body trembled. "We are husband and wife."

We are husband and wife.

Every word of Xiao Yongyan's words reached her ears clearly, causing ripples in Lin Xi's heart.

Could it be that today he will...

Wait a minute, even though she is a modern person at heart, she shouldn't be so restrained, but her knowledge has caught up, but her experience has not!

Seeing Xiao Yongyan getting closer and closer to her, Lin Xi's little heart almost jumped out of her chest, and she was so noisy.

"I think the moonlight is nice tonight, maybe we can enjoy..."

Lin Xi was stopped by Xiao Yongyan's kiss before she could finish her words.

For a moment, Lin Xi felt surprised and sudden, but his heart seemed to be comforted by something and he was not so nervous anymore.

The soft touch was a new feeling that Lin Xi had never experienced before. She could feel the body temperature coming from Xiao Yongyan, so hot and so dazzling.

Time seems to go by quickly, yet also seems to go by slowly.

Xiao Yongyan let go of Lin Xi and hugged her, "Take a rest."

Lin Xi was still completely confused, as if he had no memory of what had just happened. He just followed Xiao Yongyan's arrangements and did whatever he said.

It was not until Xiao Yongyan embraced her in his arms that Lin Xi belatedly recalled the kiss just now.

What does that feel like?

The more Lin Xi thought about it, the more she felt her face burning.

I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep, but I actually fell asleep in a daze later.

On the second day, Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan hurried to buy spices.

The spice shop in the county town indeed had a complete range of products, but of course the prices were much higher, and in total it cost Lin Xi two taels of silver.

Fortunately, Lin Xi had saved a lot of money from selling steamed buns before, so buying all the necessary spices was not a problem at all.

The more Xiao Yongyan read, the more he was amazed. "When did you learn all this? Did you learn all this from those idle books?"

He asked this, obviously with some doubt in his heart.

Lin Xi also knew that the excuse he made up was not very clever, but the words had already been said, so he could only blame it on his brother.

"My eldest brother has a wide range of interests." Lin Xi said.

These words seemed feeble and powerless, but Xiao Yongyan did not ask any further questions.

His intuition told him that Lin Xi still had some secrets that he didn't know about, but it didn't matter. Even if there were more secrets, Lin Xi was still Lin Xi.

After a trip to the county town, Lin Xi finally prepared everything she needed, and she decided to officially start making bacon.

There was no suitable shed at home, so Lin Xi invited several brothers from the Ma family to build a temporary shed.

The work was not big, and after it was finished, the Ma brothers refused to accept the money. Last time when they helped Lin Xi build a house, she had already paid enough, and now for this small job, the Ma brothers felt that there was no need to pay them.

Since they insisted on not wanting it, Lin Xi couldn't force them, so he could only tell them to wait until the bacon was ready and then send some to them.

People here have always eaten bacon and have never heard of cured meat.

But since Lin Xi said so, they just responded casually.

"There is one more thing," Lin Xi said, "Making bacon requires a lot of ingredients. Do you want to sell your pigs?"

The Ma brothers didn't expect Lin Xi to buy pigs, and they were very happy. "Sell it, sell it. If you need it, I'll kill it and send it to you tomorrow."

"No rush, I have a few requests..." Lin Xi said.

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All the preparations have been completed, and Lin Xi asked Xiao Yongyan to make a bamboo raft to enclose the space.

Smoking bacon is not complicated. After setting up the shed, hang the bacon that needs to be smoked.

Various branches, barks, spices and other things used for smoking are placed below, ignited with fire, and smoked using the smoke.

Lin Xi put the brazier away and hurried out of the shed.

In order to reduce the smell of smoke as much as possible, Lin Xi specially controlled the amount of fire and only planned to smoke for one day.

Xiao Yongyan had already prepared some water for Lin Xi to wash her face. Seeing how disheveled she looked, he smiled and said, "I'll do these things from now on."

Lin Xi picked up the towel and wiped off the dust on his body neatly, "It's okay, just light a fire. By the way, I want to stew the rest and save it for us to eat."

Lin Xi only bought one pig, and the offal would not look good enough if he sold it, so he might as well keep it for himself.

The marinade recipe is also obtained from the Shennong system and costs 5 experience points.

Both braising and smoking are time-consuming tasks, but not tiring.

Lin Xi was busy for half a day, and she didn't have to worry about the rest.

But she didn't expect that everything she did in the yard was known to Wang Xiaoling again.

Wang Xiaoling herself had no way to monitor Lin Xi's family's actions all the time, but Wang Xiaoling's son played in the village all day and was asked to keep a close eye on Lin Xi's family's situation.

Sun Xiaomao lay on the tree, watching Lin Xi hang the strips of meat into the shed, drooling with envy.

When he was at home, he could only eat meat on New Year's Eve. On other days, he would only eat a few eggs at most, and a slice of meat was a luxury.

Now seeing that Lin Xi’s shed is full of meat, he is so envious.

No use. The more he looked, the hungrier he became. Sun Xiaomao jumped down from the tree and ran home quickly.

As soon as he got home, Sun Xiaomao told Wang Xiaoling everything he saw at Lin Xi's house, and then began to take credit, "Mom, where's the meat? I want to eat meat!"

Wang Xiaoling slapped Sun Xiaomao on the head and said, "What meat are you eating? I'll give you an egg."

Sun Xiaomao took the egg and felt very dissatisfied. His mother had clearly promised to give him meat, so how come there was only an egg now?

As night fell, Sun Xiaomao became more and more unhappy. Before daybreak, he jumped out of bed.

Sun Shuping was awakened by his son and spat, "What are you doing, little bastard!"

"Pee." Sun Xiaomao said this and rushed out of the house without looking back.

Sun Shuping cursed in his heart, there was a chamber pot in the room, where was this kid spilling it?

Little did they know that Sun Xiaomao jumped out of the courtyard wall as if he knew the way, and ran all the way to Lin Xi's new shed.