Chapter 169 Preparing for the New Year

Compared to Zhou Ying, she was actually more interested in Mu Jin because he was incredibly impressive. Not only was he a time traveler, but he was also a renowned expert in traditional Chinese medicine who brought the entire hospital with him.

Such a person would never be overlooked in any era; after all, he is talented!

Looking at myself, I'm good for nothing except having a space, so it's no wonder I'm cannon fodder.

After summarizing the contents of the two books, Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly realized that there wasn't much description of the Su sisters in Mu Jin's book; only a few chapters were written before the two returned to the city.

Qin Xiaoxiao was startled, and cold sweat broke out on her brow.

Su Yun is gone, what will happen to her brother?

By the way, her brother isn't with Su Yun yet.

Su Yun is really great; it's a shame I missed out on her!

Oh well, never mind. She hasn't even figured out her own problems yet, how can she have time to care about others? Everyone has their own destiny, and you can't really explain fate.

Qin Xiaoxiao exited the spatial dimension and began preparing for the New Year.

She's spending the New Year at the Qin family's house, so it's not advisable to prepare too many things, but she should still prepare something as a token of her appreciation.

First, we need to prepare some meat, but not too much. Five pounds should be acceptable to her grandmother.

She prepared a lot of peanuts and melon seeds in the fall; taking back a third of them would be enough.

She can also make her own sugar.

For the next two days, Qin Xiaoxiao didn't go anywhere. She stayed in her online space every day, learning to make candy by watching videos.

I made some rice candy, peanut candy, pear candy, and so on.

In addition, I took some time to make twenty skewers of candied hawthorns, intending to give them to Qin Yue when she came over.

There were osmanthus flowers in the space that she had picked in the fall. They were all dried flowers and could be used to make osmanthus cakes, but there wasn't much of it, so she probably couldn't share any with the Su sisters.

On the third day, Qin Xiaoxiao delivered the candy she had made to Old Qin's family.

Ma Dahua looked at the candy in Qin Xiaoxiao's hand with surprise and delight, "Our Xiaoxiao is really talented, she can even make candy!"

Grandma Qin was very proud and raised her head, "That's right, look who her granddaughter is."

Ma Dahua promptly turned around and flattered her mother-in-law, praising Old Mrs. Qin to the skies, and the smile on her lips never faded.

Qin Ye doesn't like sweets, but he still politely took a piece and put it in his mouth. "It's pretty good, better than the ones you buy at the supply and marketing cooperative."

Qin Feng nodded with a smile, a candy in his mouth. "That's right, it's not very sweet, I can eat it."

Grandma Qin stuffed a handful of candy into Ma Dahua's hand, and put the rest into the kangqin (a type of heated brick bed). "We'll eat it during the New Year. There are so many children in the village, there probably won't be enough to go around."

"No way, this is candy my granddaughter made. I won't let those little brats eat it. Eldest son, go to the county town tomorrow and ask your second son's wife to buy more candy for the New Year."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly said, "No, I still have quite a lot. I brought them from home. We don't eat them often, and they'll rot if we leave them any longer. I'll share them with the children in the village during the New Year."

Why buy anything? She doesn't have any candy in her online space. It's just regular, unpackaged loose fruit candy, all in bags. It's not much different from what the supply and marketing cooperative sells now. It's perfect for the kids.

Grandma Qin frowned. "Keep yours and eat them slowly. We'll buy more later. We have money for milk."

Qin Xiaoxiao laughed, "It's not about whether you have money or not, it's just a waste to leave it there. I don't really like eating milk, I prefer milk candy, so let's take these fruit candies and share them with the children."

Grandma Qin's eyes lit up. "You like milk candy? That's easy. Eldest son, tell the second son's family to buy some milk candy. We'll take care of the fruit candy."

Well, it's gone from fruit candy to milk candy, and it costs even more money now.

Qin Xiaoxiao twitched her lips and looked at Qin Feng speechlessly.

Qin Feng smiled and agreed, "Okay, I'll go to the commune to ask for people tomorrow anyway."

What kind of people do you need?

Qin Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

“It’s almost Chinese New Year, and the commune is organizing a hunting trip in the mountains. I’m going to ask the commune for people and weapons, otherwise our village doesn’t have enough people.”

The main problem is that it's too dangerous to be unarmed. If something goes wrong, no one can cover it up.

Qin Xiaoxiao then remembered that Qin Ye had gone up the mountain last time to prepare for hunting and unexpectedly encountered Su Yun.

Thinking of Su Yun, Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Qin Ye again.

I wonder if her adopted brother will be able to marry her.

Qin Ye looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a puzzled expression, "Is something wrong?"

Qin Xiaoxiao shook her head. "No."

Qin Ye was speechless, rolled his eyes, and ignored her.

The next day, Qin Ye drove the oxcart with Qin Feng to the commune. Qin Xiaoxiao had nothing to do, so she stayed at home making dumplings and steamed buns, and also steamed a lot of bean buns, bean steamed buns, and sugar steamed buns.

Finally, the water vat in the woodshed where she kept cold steamed buns was full, and there was really no more room to put them, so Qin Xiaoxiao stopped.

Only one-third was placed outside; the remaining two-thirds were inside the space, which was enough for her to eat.

Qin Feng and Qin Ye returned in the evening, bringing with them the New Year's goods that Qin Hai had prepared for the family in advance.

Ten catties of fatty pork, five catties of pork fat, ten catties of large bones, ten catties of spare ribs, two bolts of blue and dark blue cloth, two catties of milk candy, four catties of various pastries, and Sun Zhirou also managed to get two bags of milk powder from somewhere, which was a wonderful surprise.

Milk powder is hard to come by. It's not sold in supply and marketing cooperatives. The last batch of milk powder was snapped up by people. Sometimes even our own people can't buy it.

Grandma Qin didn't keep a single bag; she gave it all to Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Take this home and eat some to help you get better; look how thin you are."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly waved her hand, "Grandma, I don't want it. This is something my second aunt bought for you and Grandpa. How can I take it?"

Besides, I'm perfectly healthy now, I don't need to drink this. You and Grandpa should drink more."

These days, she would rush into the kitchen whenever she had the chance, because they knew she could cook, and cook quite well. Old Mrs. Qin and Ma Dahua weren't watching her as strictly anymore. When the two weren't paying attention, she would drip two drops of spiritual spring water into the water tank.

The spiritual spring water wasn't that amazing, and since she dripped only a small amount, the improvement to the Qin family's health was gradual. For a while, the Qin family didn't really notice anything different from usual.

But Qin Xiaoxiao knew that as long as she persisted, the health of the Qin family members would improve significantly within two or three months, and they would be able to make up for the deficiencies in their bodies even without drinking milk powder.

Moreover, she has plenty of milk powder in her space, even a lot of infant formula, so she really doesn't need these two bags.

Grandma Qin put on a stern face and forcefully stuffed the milk powder into Qin Xiaoxiao's arms.

"You have to have it, even if you don't want to. You absolutely must drink it."

Grandma Qin looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with heartache and sighed silently.

Her eldest granddaughter is really pitiful!

First, my health deteriorated. I had finally raised my child to adulthood, and just as I was getting better, my parents passed away together. I lost weight again, and then I observed three months of mourning, without eating any meat. I became so thin that I was practically skin and bones.

But after the mourning period ended, and two months were spent making up for it, he fell into an ice hole. Now, all the weight he had gained is gone.

She was afraid that if she didn't take care of herself soon, she might die one day.

(End of this chapter)