Chapter 172 Leave it to me

Master Qi smiled and said, "I have nothing to do these few days, so you don't need to come. Everyone is sorting out their things before the New Year, and then the useless things will probably be sent to the waste station."

"Oh! Then I'll continue to rest for a few more days." As he said that, Gu Xiaoxi took out thirty oranges and a bag of pine nuts from his bag.

"I bought the oranges in Shanghai, and I picked the pine nuts in the mountains. Let me give you a taste."

Master Qi took the orange and pointed to the house. "We have tofu. Do you want some?"

Gu Xiaoxi nodded immediately, "Yes."

"Then take a few pieces. I'll make you more before the New Year. Do you know how to make fermented tofu?"

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and said, "Can you buy some meat and ingredients so that you can cook for me? My parents and grandpa will come to the army to celebrate the New Year this year!"

After hearing this, Master Qi nodded and said, "Okay, then you bring it over."

Gu Xiaoxi came happily, took four pieces of tofu, and left happily again.

When she was almost at the gate of her family compound, she remembered what Sister Feng Xia had said about asking for the newspaper.

She stopped the bike, took a look at the new product showroom, and put a bundle of newspapers on the back seat of her bike.

Seeing the blank newspapers without words, she took out twenty of them, slashed them with the dagger, cut them into four pieces, and made a thick stack.

When she returned to her family compound, she shouted at the door of Sister Feng Xia's house.

"Sister-in-law Feng Xia!"

Feng Xia was washing vegetables in the kitchen at that moment. When she heard Gu Xiaoxi's voice, she immediately came out of the house.

"Sister-in-law, here are the newspapers you asked for. There is also some white paper for your child to write or draw."

"Thank you!" Feng Xia hurriedly moved the thick stack of newspapers down.

"How much is it? I'll give it to you."

Gu Xiaoxi actually didn't want the money, but there were many people watching him, and it would be bad if everyone asked for money.

So she casually said, "Just give me a penny!"

Feng Xia said with a smile: "You only charge ten cents for so much?"

Gu Xiaoxi blinked at her and said, "I am an employee, so I have to make it more convenient for you. Just give me a dime."

Feng Xia nodded, then felt relieved and gave her a dime.

The two chatted for a few more sentences before going home.

After returning home, Gu Xiaoxi, who had nothing to do, modified the bicycle a little.

She lowered the seat, changed the bicycle's horizontal bar into a diagonal bar, and installed a wire basket in front of the bike.

Anyway, Lu Jiansen doesn't ride this car very often, and she is a little too high for him.

After finishing the changes and washing my hands, Li Guifen's voice rang at the door.

"Little brook girl!"

"Sister-in-law, come in and sit down!" Gu Xiaoxi greeted her with a smile.

Li Guifen handed her a handful of dried kelp and said, "My brother sent this from a coastal city. Bring some over for you to try."

Gu Xiaoxi hadn't eaten kelp for a long time, so he was very happy to see it.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

As she spoke, she also took out a large bag of pine nuts from the room.

"Sister-in-law, these are the pine nuts I picked up in the mountains a few days ago. I picked a lot and sent some back home. I didn't have time to fry these yet. You can fry them yourself and have them as snacks."

Li Guifen was amused. "I came here to deliver something, but I left with something."

"Of course I will make kelp for lunch."

Li Guifen smiled, "Then you cook! By the way, do you want to go with us to collect firewood this afternoon? Although it hasn't snowed since the last heavy snow, the weather in Qingbei is getting colder day by day. With less firewood, it will be very difficult to endure the winter."

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, "Go ahead! I have nothing to do this afternoon."

"Then I'll come and call you in the afternoon." After making an appointment with her, Li Guifen went back first.

Gu Xiaoxi went into the kitchen to light a fire and cook.

Lu Jiansen must have bought some food when he came back last time, so there is some rice and noodles in the kitchen now.

However, she did not use the food, but took out a bag of rice harvested from the accompanying small space from the new product showroom.

After cooking the rice, she made kelp and tofu soup, fish-flavored eggplant casserole, stir-fried chicken offal, and then a roast chicken.

When the meal was ready, Lu Jiansen just came back.

Also returning together were Gu Dachuan, Luo Yang, Li Kun, Zhuan Zi, and Lu Xiangqian, who were pulling three carts of green bricks.

Seeing how efficient they were, Gu Xiaoxi quickly invited them in for dinner.

Gu Dachuan ran to the kitchen and took a look. He found that his sister had prepared a rich lunch, but there was not enough rice. He immediately said to Luo Yang, "We are blessed with delicious food again today, but there is not enough rice. Go to the cafeteria and get some food and come over here to eat."

Luo Yang immediately understood, "I'll go right away."

Gu Xiaoxi said with a smile: "Why don't you cook some noodles?"

Gu Dachuan shook his head and said, "No, roast chicken must be eaten with rice."

"Yes, roast chicken tastes better with rice." Li Kun grinned and hurried to unload the bricks.

My sister-in-law is so nice. She didn't even know they were sending bricks over and she even invited them to dinner.

Gu Xiaoxi was also worried that there were not enough vegetables, so she went into the kitchen again and brought out a large plate of spiced peanuts.

Then he heated up the fish that he hadn’t finished eating yesterday and brought it out.

After Li Kun and his friends finished unloading the bricks and came over, they all took a deep breath when they saw the table full of dishes that were even more sumptuous than most other families' New Year's Eve dinners.

"I haven't eaten tofu and roast chicken for a long time!" Lu Xiangqian scratched his head embarrassedly.

I don't do any work, but I come to Deputy Tuan's house to eat for free. I feel embarrassed.

"Me too!" Li Kun nodded.

"Then you should eat more." Gu Xiaoxi said with a smile.

"Go get yourselves a bowl and drink some soup first." Lu Jiansen said as he had already served a bowl of kelp and tofu soup to his little girl.

Gu Xiaoxi took a sip of the soup and then said to Lu Jiansen, "The kelp was given by Sister Guifen. The tofu was given to me by Master Qi. I have agreed with Master Qi to make fermented tofu for me before the New Year. Can we save all the meat coupons and hand them over to the logistics department and ask them to buy pork for us?"

Lu Jiansen nodded and said, "Leave it to me."

When Li Kun heard this, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll give you all my meat tickets. I love eating fermented tofu."

Gu Xiaoxi smiled and said, "Okay, you can come and have dinner during the New Year. It will make our house more lively then."

Luo Yang, who had just returned with several lunch boxes, heard this and immediately said, "Then I want to come too. I have a lot of tickets, I'll give them all to you."

"Then can I come too?" Lu Xiangqian raised his hand weakly.

Gu Xiaoxi pursed her lips and smiled, "Come on, everyone! Come on, everyone! Zhuizi should come too. Right?"

When she asked the last question, she looked at Lu Jiansen.

Lu Jiansen nodded slightly, "Let's have dinner together on New Year's Eve."

With his words, Li Kun, Luo Yang and others felt reassured and looked forward to the New Year even more.

Because there were so many people and the food was delicious, after Gu Xiaoxi had finished his meal, all the food on the table was eaten up by others.

There was not much time for lunch break. After eating, Gu Dachuan quickly called Luo Yang and Li Kun to leave.

Lu Jiansen walked a few steps back and hugged his little girl.