Xu Lanyin put on her clothes and came outside. Xu Lanzhou had already brushed his teeth with a willow branch and went into the kitchen to light a fire.
Xu Lanyin ignored the disgust in Xu Lanzhou's eyes and said with a smile, "I'll help you prepare some pancakes for eating out." Then he realized belatedly, "I should have made some steamed buns last night."
Xu Lanzhou said with a gloomy face, "What a spendthrift! You should save the cornmeal for later consumption. I'll just take a dozen to cook sweet potatoes." He calculated that if he had to eat four meals outside, with three sweet potatoes for each meal, twelve would be enough.
Xu Lanyin shook her head and said, "Logging is hard work. If you don't eat and drink enough, how can you have the strength to work?" She then threatened, "If you don't do a good job, Master Tian will never call you back next time."
Xu Lanzhou agreed. If things went wrong, there would be no chance in the future. He nodded and said, "Then make some tortillas and bring some sweet potatoes."
Xu Lanhui added, "If you don't eat salt, you won't have strength. Add some salt to the bread, it will taste good and increase your strength."
Xu Lanzhou also remembered that his mother once said that eating salt could increase strength, so he nodded in agreement.
Xu Lanyin had scouted the kitchen yesterday and found it was bare bones: only half a jar of cornmeal, a pile of sweet potatoes, a jar of pickles, half a bowl of salt, and a little white flour at the bottom of the jar. That little white flour was used to make dumpling soup or noodles for Qin and Xu Lanting, who had a poor appetite.
Xu Lanyin deftly scooped up two large bowls of cornmeal and mixed it with warm water to form a paste. Because there was no oil, the paste had to be a little thinner and the heat was kept very low.
The pancake was not baked yet, but a fragrance wafted into the air, and the pancake was not burnt.
I baked ten pancakes and boiled twelve sweet potatoes.
Xu Lanzhou left two cakes and two sweet potatoes, and said viciously, "The cakes are for mother and younger brother to eat. Don't even think about stealing them or giving them to the Gu family again."
Xu Lanyin still felt a little sad for the original owner. She was wrong to be deceived by Gu Wangchen and steal the family's food. But she still cared about her mother and brother, and was diligent, which was also true. She would rather starve herself than let her mother and brother eat first. Of course, Gu Wangchen had to eat first, followed by her mother and brothers, and she herself came last...
What a silly girl! Not only did she not buy Gu Wangchen's good things, but she also made her family hate her. In this family, except for Hanako who was still sleeping under the eaves, everyone hated the original owner.
Xu Lanyin couldn't stand the same argument with a little brat, so she stuffed the cake back into his mouth and said, "Mom and I have weak stomachs, and this cake is too dry to digest. You should take it away."
Xu Lanzhou accepted it. He ate a large bowl of wild vegetable cornmeal and two sweet potatoes. To gain strength, he ate a few pickles. After the meal, he left with a small package, a bamboo hat, and a straw raincoat.
The sky was just beginning to turn pale, the mountains were shrouded in mist, and a thin layer of fog was also floating underground. Xu Lanyin watched the slender figure disappear in the morning light before closing the gate.
Unable to sleep, she went to the backyard to look at the vegetable patch. It was mainly planted with cabbage, cucumbers, and radishes, with a small amount of leeks, shallots, turmeric, and garlic.
She unconsciously thought of storing some cabbage and radishes for the winter, making sauerkraut from the cabbage, cutting the radishes into strips and drying them in the sun, and making pickles from the cucumbers. When she made some money, she'd buy a few chicks...
The original owner was quite good at managing the household, but her brain went blank when she met Gu Wangchen.
At daybreak, Xu Lanyin returned to her room. She first surveyed the main room. A large, dark brown table with eight chairs was set up. In the back, a black high table held a statue of Guanyin. In the west room, there was a kang (a bed), three small kang cabinets, a small square table, and two stools.
Although the furniture was old and the sheets, quilts, and curtains were patched, they were still quite complete and considered good for the countryside. These were all purchased by the original owner's father or made by him personally.
Her eyes were fixed on the locked cabinet at the back of the bed. She quickly took off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, took the key from her purse and unlocked it. Inside were a few patched clothes, a cloth package, and four copper coins scattered around.
This money was secretly saved by the original owner from selling herbs. When he saved enough to buy half a pound of meat, he would go buy the meat or directly give the money to Gu Wangchen and his mother.
She took out the package and opened it. Inside were several feet of folded red silk, a foot square of red silk, and a small wooden box. Inside the box were a silver lotus hairpin, a pair of silver bracelets, a pair of silver earrings, and a carved wooden comb.
The comb was a gift from the Gu family when they were engaged, and the other jewelry was part of Xu Qingyan's dowry for the original owner. The red silk was for the wedding dress, and the red gauze was for the veil. Xu Qingyan had said he would slowly add to the collection later, but sadly, he never returned.
Even though the family was so poor, the original owner still couldn't bear to give these things away. Not to mention giving them to his family, even Gu Wangchen was reluctant to give them away, which shows how important they were to the original owner.
This is her bridal outfit.
The red silk for the wedding dress had never been made into a dress because the original owner was still young when it was bought, and they wanted to wait until she was full grown before making it. But now she was full grown, and the original owner's hands were not good at cutting it herself, and Qin was seriously ill and could not cut it.
In her memory, the original owner was also extremely anxious. She wanted to wait a little longer, until Qin was a little better, so she could let her sew and make the clothes herself. If that didn't work, she had to pay for help from outsiders. This body's grandmother, Old Lady Xu, and her aunt, Gu, both sewed, but the original owner didn't dare to bother them, fearing they would steal the materials and sell them to her younger brother.
The veil has been embroidered. In the center are two large peonies, with two butterflies above them and a circle of cloud patterns around them.
Even Xu Lanyin, a modern person, could tell the embroidery skills were average, the color matching was average. This was embroidered by the original owner herself, whose needlework, like her mind, could not be improved no matter how much she was trained.
Xu Lanyin's eyes flashed to a young girl, secretly embroidering her wedding dress in her room. She embroidered for a moment, then looked out the window, seemingly catching sight of the handsome young man smiling toward her in the sunlight. She pursed her lips in a smile, then lowered her head to continue embroidering.
Xu Lanyin's eyes grew hot. That silly girl, her infatuated fiancé turned out to be a heartless man who only wanted to use her and wasn't willing to marry her. The female partner Xu in the book must have fallen into the water after learning the truth and being so distraught, right?
Since I have decided to have nothing to do with Gu Nanpei anymore, I might as well sell my dowry and wedding dress, which will temporarily solve the family's difficulties.
Xu Lanyin made up her mind and packed the things again and put them in the kang cabinet.
She got off the ground and combed her hair in front of the bronze mirror on the table, taking a closer look at her appearance in this life. Her features were still somewhat similar to her previous life's, even more refined. However, she was darker and her skin was rougher, which reduced her beauty considerably. However, she was still a rare beauty in the countryside.
Women all love beauty, and Xu Lanyin is very satisfied with this appearance.
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