Thus, there are five main rooms and three west wing rooms.
There were no houses built on the east side, but a grape trellis was erected along the wall, with a swing chair and tables and chairs attached to it.
Planting grape seedlings at this time of year means that in the summer, you can come in through the side gate connecting the front and back yards and enjoy snacks and play directly under the grape trellis.
The middle room of the main house is slightly larger, and that's where Old Lady Li lives.
The main room is for living, sewing, and conversation; the back room is where you sleep at night.
The room next door is Jiayin's little world; the outer room is a study and activity room, and the inner room is a bedroom.
Of course, she is still young, and her family is worried about her living alone.
On weekdays, Shuiyun and Shuiling would stay in the outer room to keep watch at night, while Granny He would stay in the side room.
The remaining suites were shared by Tao Hongying and Li Laosi, Zhao Yuru and Li Laosan, and Jia Huan and Wen Juan.
The last three are for backup.
After any of the brothers, including Jiaren, got married, they could choose a room as their place to stay when they returned to the old house.
Thus, the front yard was occupied only by Li Zhensheng and Li Lao Er, who were unsure whether they would remarry, along with a group of unmarried sons and nephews.
After the family held a hot pot banquet, Jiayin couldn't wait to move into the backyard with her grandmother and mother!
With everything settled at home, Li Laosi and Li Yong were relieved and returned to the military camp.
The Marquis would send his head steward to deliver food and drink every few days, but he rarely returned home, even after ten days or half a month.
After a winter of hibernation, the barbarians north of the river are starting to stir again. The riverside docks must be defended, and the enemy must be kept out of the defensive line.
These things are easier said than done.
Many people are tired of the mundane and mundane days, but they don't realize that these days are something countless people have risked their lives to protect...
In the midst of their busy lives, the area outside Xindu is already a vibrant tapestry of birdsong, lush grass, green willows, and blooming flowers.
In April, the most beautiful time of year, countless people leave the city and flock to the free and vast wilderness.
People went on spring outings, enjoyed flowers, fished, and went boating, indulging in the pent-up frustrations of a long winter.
The hot spring valley in Suijintan is a great choice!
Soaking in the hot spring, you can admire the bougainvillea covering the cliff, its flowers and leaves more abundant than a waterfall, swaying freely in the spring breeze, exceptionally enchanting.
Just wait and see, the orchard will soon be full of blossoms, that will be a rare treat.
Unfortunately, the people of the new village seem afraid of making too much money and insist that the wooden houses or courtyards only accept a limited number of guests, with a maximum of thirty individual guests allowed each day.
This has attracted many people who wanted to enter the valley to join in the fun, but none of them could.
Of course, everyone who got in praised it.
The hot springs are great, the scenery is beautiful, the service is excellent, and the food is delicious...
In the new village, every household is extremely busy.
A few days ago, the Li family wanted to make fermented soybean paste, but the backyard had been transformed into a new courtyard, and there was no place to put the sauce vats.
Of course, Old Lady Li wouldn't be stumped, because the gardens of her neighbors, the Ye and Cui families, were still there!
So, the Li family's soy sauce vat was moved to the Cui family's vegetable garden.
Today, the weather is fine, with not a cloud in the sky, and the sky is an extremely pure blue.
The spring breeze felt wonderfully comfortable on my face, neither too hot nor too cold.
With such good weather, it would be a shame not to do some work.
Grandma Li carried a basket and led her granddaughter to rake the soy sauce vat, and while they were at it, they also pulled out some sprouting scallions from Cui's garden.
The sprouted scallions are last year's old scallions, a bit spicy, but when placed on the table with washed tender wild vegetables and dipped in fried egg sauce, they make a great accompaniment to rice.
Especially the men in the family, who are all native northerners, love this kind of food.
After stirring the sauce jar, Grandma Li didn't put the lid on, intending to let it dry in the sun longer so that the fermentation would be faster.
Jiayin was curious, so she raked it a couple of times. Then, looking at the bright green scallion leaves on the side, she suddenly felt a little hungry.
She picked a scallion, brushed off the leaves with her little hand, and ran to the soy sauce jar, wanting to dip it in the sauce.
The soy sauce jar wasn't high off the ground, only reaching Jiayin's shoulder. She tiptoed and reached her hand inside, and the scallions were still about two inches above the soy sauce.
She tried several times, panting heavily, her little face turning red, but she still couldn't reach it.
Then her stubbornness flared up; she grabbed the edge of the vat with one hand and sprinted forward with her feet...
Grandma Li was squatting down pulling scallions when she didn't hear her granddaughter make a sound for a while. She had a bad feeling and turned around to see her granddaughter's shoes disappear into the mouth of the soy sauce jar!
Startled, she dropped the basket and scallions, rushed over, and scooped her granddaughter out of the water!
The chubby girl who was fair-skinned just a moment ago has now turned into this mess!
From head to toe, I was covered in soybean paste!
Jiayin wiped her eyes, still a little dazed!
Who buried the soy sauce jar halfway underground?!
She thought it was just a shallow layer, never expecting that the soy sauce vat was deep enough for her to take a bath!
Grandma Li looked at the soy sauce vat, then at her granddaughter, and didn't know what to say for a long time!
She wanted to pat her granddaughter, but after searching for a long time, she really didn't know where to start.
Jiayin stretched out her arms, like a human clothes hanger, letting the soybean paste drip onto the ground.
The grandfather and grandson stared at each other in silence for a long time, the atmosphere quite awkward.
As luck would have it, the school had just let out at that moment.
The mischievous boys rushed out in a swarm, heading home. As they passed the Cui family's backyard, the sparse wooden fence did little to stop them.
A mischievous boy, as if discovering a new continent, pointed at Jiayin and shouted, "Fu Niu'er, did you fall into a cesspool?!"
Jiayin was shocked...
You're the one who fell into the cesspool! Your whole family fell into the cesspool!
Unfortunately, as soon as she opened her mouth, the soybean paste smeared on her upper lip dripped down, and she instinctively licked it...
The boys were eerily quiet for a moment, then erupted into chaos.
One of the boys, with the loudest voice, shouted, "Run! Fu Niu'er has gone mad! She's eating shit!"
"Mommy, Fu Niu'er ate shit!"
"Help! Help!"
The rest of the boys ran off shouting, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jiayin's face turned ashen. "You kid who's yelling for help, are you serious?"
It's just a spilled sauce jar, does it think it'll turn into a zombie and eat you?
She couldn't hold back any longer, slapped her face hard, and finally shouted, "This is soybean paste, soybean paste!"
Unfortunately, the boys can no longer hear it.
For the first time, Grandma Li didn't protect her granddaughter, because she was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight, and tears were streaming down her face. "Fu Niu'er... haha, Fu Niu'er, don't be angry, Grandma knows... hahaha, knows it's soybean paste! Soybean paste!"
Jiayin stomped her feet in anger, splashing soybean paste soup all over herself.
She will never eat green onions again in her life!
Hearing the commotion, Granny He and the others came around from the back door of the Li family. Seeing the young master like this, they tried their best to hold back their laughter and quickly went forward to help.
But before they could even "carry" their little master back next door, the mischievous boys had already dragged their mothers over...
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