Chapter 58 Chapter 58-Two-in-one oil residue and chili peppers with pork head...
Many idle people in the village joined in the fun, and a huge group of people followed Muramasa and his companions.
Lin Chunxing, Lin Chunhe and others also ran out. They originally had no intention of joining in the fun, but after standing for a while, they found that Lin Qingqing, Lin Jiaye and others jumped out from behind.
The group seemed to have connected. Lin Qingqing stood there and waved at them. Lin Chunxing looked at Lin Chuntao and asked, "Sister, can we go?"
Lin Chuntao saw that Lin Changhua and the others were also there, so she smiled and said, "Go ahead."
The three sisters ran towards Lin Qingqing and the others quickly. Lin Chuntao yawned and went back to the yard and closed the door.
She has recently gotten into the habit of taking a nap, and when the time comes, she starts to feel sleepy and yawns constantly.
"I'm going to sleep for a while. Call me in half an hour."
Pei Ying nodded at her sleepy expression. After Lin Chuntao went to sleep, he went to get a clay pot to boil some water, got some buckwheat flour, and mixed some paste. Taking advantage of the good weather, he used the leftover cloth from making clothes to make shoes.
When he went back to the room to get the cloth, Lin Chuntao had already fallen asleep. Her breathing was steady and she was sleeping soundly.
Lin Chuntao has been sleeping much better recently and has been eating more. This must be because the medicine prescribed by the doctor has taken effect.
Pei Ying did not move slowly so as not to disturb her. She fell asleep and showed no signs of waking up even after more than half an hour.
At this time, several villagers were busy dividing the land.
This is the case on Shuangzi Village, and also on Yangjiazhuang.
When the villagers divide the land, they will definitely want to be closer to the village. Lin Miaomiao and the others will have to return to Shuangzi Village in the future, which is exactly the opposite of what the people in Yangjiazhuang want. They hope to be closer to Shuangzi Village.
The old lady greeted Old Man Yang early on, and the land that was finally divided was indeed closer to Shuangzi Village, but except for two or three acres by the river, the rest was mountainous land.
The old lady was a little dissatisfied, thinking that the land was not very good, but in the end, there were many people who shared the land. Lin Miaomiao and her friends were special, and the villagers were all watching. The old lady didn't want to cause any more trouble, thinking that the mountain land mainly needed to be cultivated, but it would take a few years to make the land fertile.
It’s better to have less trouble than more, so he didn’t say anything and just let Lin Miaomiao and the others put their fingerprints on it.
Lin Miaomiao was in a good mood today, but her complexion was not very good. When she first arrived, the old lady noticed that she was not feeling well. When she looked at Niu Hongxi, she felt a little unhappy.
This is a thing that has no compassion for people. But young women have all been through this, and it's the same at the beginning. It will get better after waiting for a long time. She didn't say much and let Lin Miaomiao and the others return.
When Lin Miaomiao and the others came back, Lin Cunzheng and his group had just divided the land among the villagers.
Lin Cunzheng and the others had everything arranged in advance, just like when they divided the land with Lin Chuntao and the others, with those close to the river, those in the mountains, and those close to home distributed evenly.
In fact, Lin Jialang and his friends didn’t care whether the land was good or not. They were happy just thinking about having the land and being able to survive on their own in the future.
After all the land was divided and fingerprints were pressed, Lin Jialang was visibly happy.
Aunt Guizhi also went and walked with Fan Li'niang and others. After hanging out for half a day, everyone became more familiar with each other and talked and laughed along the way.
Aunt Guizhi and the others were walking at the back and were the first to see Lin Miaomiao and the others.
"Miaomiao, you're back? Have you divided the land?"
Lin Miaomiao glanced at them. It was Aunt Guizhi who asked the question, so she replied indifferently, "It's been divided."
Aunt Guizhi saw that she was not very happy and said that it was fine as long as it was divided, without asking any other questions.
Fan Li'niang, Meng Yun and the others were not familiar with Lin Miaomiao and didn't say anything to each other.
Lin Qingqing, Lin Chunxing and the others looked at the divided land and felt bored, so they ran off to look for Paoer.
Now, everyone is preparing to go back, and a few of them are following the main force with a bag of things.
Seeing the children running on the road, Aunt Guizhi laughed from afar.
"Did you guys pick any bubbles?"
Lin Chunxing heard the voice and replied, "Aunt, I picked it."
As they were talking, several people came over and brought it to Aunt Guizhi and the others to eat. Aunt Guizhi waved her hand and said, "I don't want to eat it. You guys eat it."
Lin Qingqing smiled and said, "Eat two. We picked a lot, and there are more at home."
Aunt Guizhi smiled and grabbed a few from Chunxing's pocket.
They had all been given to Aunt Guizhi, so Fan Li Niang and the others beside them had to be polite as well. Lin Chunxing and the others were still young and didn't know how to hide their emotions. Fan Li Niang looked at the bubbles she handed over and smiled and declined. But Meng Yun, who was beside them, looked at Lin Chunxing and Lin Qingqing and said with a smile, "We don't have this at home. I've never had it in my life. Thank you, sister."
As she spoke, she grabbed some. Little Meng Yue also grabbed her aunt's hand and said she wanted to eat. Meng Yun was about to share the food in her hand with Meng Yue. Lin Chunxing said, "Start here. There's still a lot."
Meng Yue watched Lin Chunxing reach out and grab some, then said shyly, "Thank you, auntie."
Lin Chunxing: “…”
Meng Yun and Fan Liyun were also stunned. Just now Meng Yun called Lin Chunxing "sister", and now Meng Yue called Lin Chunxing "aunt", which was not wrong, but Meng Yue and Lin Jialang were engaged, and Lin Jialang called Lin Chunxing "cousin", which seemed to confuse the generations.
Aunt Guizhi smiled and said, "You should call her sister."
Meng Yun laughed and said, "I'll just talk to them, otherwise I'll feel like I'm old."
As they were talking, the little cuckoo who was following her brother turned around and saw the people eating bubbles here. She stopped and waited for Lin Chunxing and the others to come closer. She looked at them timidly.
"Second sister, I want to take a bath too."
Lin Chunxing paused and said nothing, but still lowered the bag for her to grab.
When Lin Jialang saw Lin Chunxing gave it to Xiao Dujuan, he said to Xiao Dujuan, "Why don't you thank Second Sister?"
Little Dujuan did as she was told, and Lin Chunxing looked indifferent.
But these seemed very glaring in Lin Miaomiao's eyes. Lin Cunzheng told them to wait. After she went to her grandmother's house to find a solution, someone was taking care of Lin Jialang and the others. Although Lin Chunxing and the others ignored Lin Jialang, they shared food with the people in Lin Jialang's family, and even gave it to Xiao Dujuan when she asked them to.
She held her head high and secretly swore in her heart that she would definitely live a better life than them in the future.
Aunt Guizhi remembered the teasing of the women in the morning, and she even observed Lin Miaomiao carefully. She couldn't see anything unusual, so she didn't say anything more.
When Lin Chunxing and the others returned home, they made some noises and Lin Chuntao woke up limply.
Looking at the sunlight in the yard, she said weakly to Pei Ying, "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Pei Ying said, "Look, you're sleeping soundly."
Lin Chuntao slumped in a chair, looking at Lin Chunxing and the others who had brought back some bubbles, and ordered, "Wash some and share with me. Soak them in water to cool them down."
Lin Chunxing nodded, quickly went back to the house to get a bowl, poured the bubbles into the bowl, scooped water into it to rinse it twice, scooped some more to soak, and then handed it to Lin Chuntao.
Lin Chuntao drank some tea and slowly regained some of her energy. She was surprised to see the cloth hanging on the bamboo rack in the yard.
"What are you doing drying the cloth?"
Pei Ying said, "Making shoes."
Lin Chuntao looked down at the straw sandals on her feet. It might be because it was summer, and there was not much difference between wearing them and wearing sandals. Not only in the village, but many people in the city also wore straw sandals. She did not deliberately think about making shoes, mainly because she did not know how to make them.
Seeing Lin Chuntao's expression, Pei Ying continued, "We still have to make the soles. It's very laborious. It might be autumn before we're done."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Let's take a break first. If we make a lot of money in the fall, we can each buy a pair."
Pei Ying also laughed when he heard this.
"If that's the case, that would be even better."
Lin Chuntao rested for a while, washed the half pig's head that Pei Ying brought back, asked Lin Chunxing and the others to light a fire, and she cooked the pig's head.
A lot of marinade ingredients are put in it, ready to be cooked and eaten as cold pork head.
The pig's head was not cooked until the evening. Lin Chuntao took out the meat, put it in a colander, covered it with gauze, and took it into the house to cool down.
The pot was idle, so Lin Chunxing hurriedly brought the steamer and started steaming rice. The pig's head smelled so fragrant that she was eager to start eating.
Thinking about it, they were a little too greedy, but after the separation, the food they ate was almost all things they had never eaten before. Even after eating delicious wontons at noon, they still couldn't resist the smell of pig's head meat in the evening.
As for these sisters, they work very hard and have a keen eye for work. As for their greed, Lin Chuntao never blames them. When they are bullied, she always watches others eat. Even if the food may not be so delicious, if others can eat it but she cannot, then the food must be very delicious.
It doesn’t matter if they can’t afford it, just buy it home and eat it. Let them be greedy, it’s their own home after all. When they eat more and have enough, it will be fine.
She went back to the house and cut some dried chilies, coriander and green onions for later use.
The sisters gathered around her and watched.
The small jar of chili oil that Pei Ying had bought last time was almost finished. She held the jar and asked Pei Ying, "Can I still buy this chili?"
Pei Ying nodded slightly, "Okay."
"Then buy another jar, it's almost sold out."
After Pei Ying agreed, Lin Chuntao lowered her eyes and concentrated on mixing the ingredients.
For dinner, Lin Chuntao fried the broad beans that she had cooked at noon, and cut two halves of pork head meat. In one bowl, she simply mixed coriander, green onions, chili peppers and garlic into a cold dish. In the other bowl, she put coriander and garlic in it, fried the chopped chili peppers until golden brown, and poured the oil and chili peppers directly into the bowl. With a sizzling sound, the rich aroma filled the air.
The sisters took a deep breath and then exclaimed.
“It smells so good!”
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Get a bowl and fill it with rice. You can start eating."
One pig's head, two flavors, both very delicious, making them very conflicted about eating.
Pei Ying didn't know what meat to use. Thinking that his family had never cooked pig's head before, he brought one back. He didn't expect that it would taste like this.
He even had the idea of bringing back another one tomorrow to continue braising it.
But this time, half of the braised food was left and there was enough to eat the next day, so Pei Ying had to give up.
In the next few days, Lin Chuntao waited eagerly for her sauce, bringing it out and taking it in every day.
Life is quite leisurely.
In the yard of the old Lin family, there were always some noises coming from Lin Miaomiao's room for several days. If it was just a happy cry, it would be fine, but Fan Li'niang always felt that Lin Miaomiao was being tortured badly and could no longer bear it. However, she was not in a position to say anything because of her identity. So when she met Aunt Guizhi while fetching water, she asked Aunt Guizhi for help.
Aunt Guizhi also thought that Lin Miaomiao was a young girl, and was afraid that she would be bullied but did not dare to say that no one was on her side, so she took the initiative to talk to her, but she thought that Fan Li'niang was gossiping behind her back and disliked her for being noisy.
The next day when she got home, she started cursing Fan Li'niang, a widow who lacked a man and lived by the wall.
Fan Li'niang was very angry, but she was an adult and was too lazy to argue with Lin Miaomiao, so she ignored it.
Lin Miaomiao scolded Meng Yun for several days in a row. Meng Yun could no longer bear it and had a fight with Lin Miaomiao.
The fight wasn't serious, and they were quickly pulled apart by Niu Hongxi and Fan Liniang.
The news of the fight spread quickly, and Aunt Guizhi and Mrs. Sun hurried over, while Lin Jialang and Lin Miaomiao stood on each side.
When Aunt Guizhi learned that the quarrel was caused by what she and Lin Miaomiao said, she hurriedly apologized to Fan Liniang. Fan Liniang waved her hands, saying that it was not Aunt Guizhi's fault.
Niu Hongxi was also in the yard. Aunt Guizhi and Madam Sun called Lin Miaomiao over and said, "Miaomiao, what I said to you was for your own good. How could you misinterpret it like that? Madam Fan was also doing it for your own good!"
Lin Miaomiao glared at Aunt Guizhi and sneered, "For my own good? That widow must be horny! Not only does she eavesdrop on me, she also goes out and gossips about me!"
Mrs. Sun and Aunt Guizhi were speechless for a while.
Seeing Lin Miaomiao like this, she said helplessly, "Okay, this is my fault. I apologize for meddling in your business, but let me be clear. Madam Fan told me that she was just asking me to show some concern for you. I didn't mean to gossip about you or listen to your will. If you're angry, you can scold me. I'll let you do whatever you want."
When Lin Miaomiao saw Aunt Guizhi's cold eyes, she realized that she had offended Aunt Guizhi.
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The jar of sauce made by Lin Chuntao had been dried for sixteen days. She felt it was almost ready, so she scooped some and tasted it. It was exactly the taste she wanted. Just as she was about to summon the system, she heard the system's broadcast.
"Congratulations to the host! The sauce has been successfully developed. 888 points have been credited to your account, and you will be rewarded with three lucky draws!"
Lin Chuntao hissed coldly and muttered, "I worked on it for over ten days, and only got 888 points for completing it? That hasn't even taken away the 200 I used to redeem the recipe. It's too little."
"There are still three draws left. Host, do you want to draw now?"
Thinking about the last time she drew the vegetable seeds and the kitchen knife, she wanted these two things at that time, but now she doesn’t want anything else.
"No, I'll wait until I want to smoke."
After the sauce is made, we must make something to eat. The most convenient thing at home is potatoes, and potatoes mixed with sauce are also the most delicious. Lin Chuntao quickly called Lin Chunxing and others, peeled more than ten or twenty potatoes, cut them into irregular pieces, and fried them in a pan.
Add coriander and chopped green onion, sprinkle some salt, scoop in two spoonfuls of sauce and stir quickly to mix evenly, and half a pot of red potatoes is ready. Each person gets a bowl and the sisters eat it with great praise.
Pei Ying also liked the taste. It was not particularly spicy, but very fragrant. He thought that this sauce would be delicious if mixed with steamed buns.
Lin Chuntao said with a smile, "Buy some noodles and meat tomorrow, and I'll cook some noodles and share them with you."
Lin Chunxing's face was full of anticipation. Lin Chuntao always said that doing business must have a unique flavor. This sauce is delicious, but she finds it hard to imagine what the noodles will taste like if this sauce is added. It always feels like they don't match well.
But Lin Chuntao has her own reasons for choosing the ingredients and side dishes.
The sauce was ready. Lin Chuntao took two bowls to dry and prepared to give one bowl each to Aunt Sun and Aunt Guizhi.
Lin Chuntao went to Cun Zheng's house first. Sun was not there, so Chen Dongniang took her in.
The bright red sauce exuded a spicy aroma, and Chen Dongniang was drooling. She looked at Lin Chuntao in surprise and said, "Your sauce isn't just chopped chili peppers. What else did you put in it?"
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Soybeans were added."
"You came to buy beans that day just to make sauce?"
Lin Chuntao nodded and said, "This is my first time making it, and I think it tastes pretty good. I wonder if you guys can get used to it. Auntie, you guys can try it."
Chen Dongniang said, "Oh, it smells so good."
She poured the sauce into a jar and put it away, rinsed the bowl and returned it to Lin Chuntao, inviting her to come into the house and sit down.
Lin Chuntao didn't sit down and left, saying she had something else to do.
When she returned home to get her things and went to Aunt Guizhi's house, Sun was there too. They had just returned from Lin Miaomiao's house. Aunt Guizhi was very angry, and Sun was comforting her.
They hadn't noticed Lin Chuntao entering the yard yet. Aunt Guizhi's mother-in-law came out of the house and saw Lin Chuntao, so she smiled and greeted her, "Chuntao is here."
Aunt Guizhi and Madam Sun turned around at the same time, and Lin Chuntao smiled and called out, "Grandma, Auntie."
The two of them responded, and the old lady went to get a stool for them to sit on. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Grandma, where are you going? I just went home, and my aunt said you went to the fields."
Sun replied, "We were originally in the vegetable garden over there. We heard that Lin Miaomiao and Madam Fan's sister-in-law had a fight, so we went over to take a look and just came back."
After hearing what Lin Chuntao said, Sun thought that Lin Chuntao came to her house to find her for something, so she asked.
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "It's nothing. I made some sauce a few days ago, and now it's ready to eat. I thought I'd give some to everyone to try."
When Sun heard that she was giving something as a gift, her tone softened: "Child, keep it for yourself after you make it. We will chop some every year when the peppers turn red."
"The one I made tastes different from the chopped pepper. You'll know when you try it. I think it's delicious. I don't know if you can get used to it. The first time I tried it, I made less and only took one bowl. Grandma, please don't say I'm stingy."
She said this with a smile, and the old lady pretended to be angry and patted her.
"You girl, when did I ever say you were stingy?"
As she spoke, she saw the bamboo basket in her hand, and Lin Chuntao opened the lid, took out the bowl of sauce from the bamboo basket, and handed it to Aunt Guizhi.
"Aunt, this bowl is yours."
Aunt Guizhi smiled and said, "I have one too?"
Hearing her words, Sun smiled heartily. Lin Chuntao tutted, "Aunt, you are teasing me because the grandmother is here."
As she was talking, Aunt Guizhi took the bowl and took a closer look. The sauce was very delicate and tasted very different from chopped peppers. It had an indescribable fragrance.
Sun really liked the sauce. Seeing the dense, deep red sauce, she looked at Lin Chuntao in surprise: "When did you become so skillful, girl? This sauce looks delicious."
As soon as Sun finished speaking, Aunt Guizhi laughed and said, "Did you take the stone pestle to make sauce last time?"
Lin Chuntao nodded: "Yes, it's pounding beans."
Aunt Guizhi was about to go into the house with the bowl in hand. "Let's have lunch at my house later. I'll cook some potatoes and dip them in sauce."
Sun waved her hand: "We just finished lunch a while ago. What's the point of eating at noon? No, no, no."
Lin Chuntao also said: "Aunt, I'm not hungry either. I just finished eating a while ago."
Although they said they didn't want to eat it, Aunt Guizhi still washed some potatoes and cooked them. She wanted to try the sauce that Lin Chuntao brought.
The potatoes were cooked, and Aunt Guizhi went to bring some melon seeds. Sun said, "I won't sit down. You two aunts and nephews can eat them. I'm still working with my hoe in the field. I'll go pull the weeds in my vegetable garden first."
Then he patted Aunt Guizhi and said, "Don't be angry. This kid can't tell good from bad."
Aunt Guizhi smiled when she heard this and said to Madam Sun, "Of course you're not angry anymore. It was my carelessness that caused this trouble. I'm sorry to bother you, Auntie, to come here."
Sun waved her hand. "No, we are all family. Since the child doesn't need our care, we won't care."
After Sun left, Lin Chuntao asked softly, "Is it okay for them to fight?"
Aunt Guizhi shook her head. "It's okay. They were pulled apart when we passed by. It was just a little hair pulled."
"That's good."
Aunt Guizhi sighed deeply and said to Lin Chuntao, "That Madam Fan is a kind person. She just couldn't bear it anymore, so she came to tell me. She felt that the man was several years older than Miaomiao and was worried that Miaomiao would be bullied and didn't know what to do. I talked to her about it, but she was fine at the time and didn't say anything. I didn't expect that damn girl to go back and scold Madam Fan the next day."
Lin Chuntao frowned slightly when she heard this. She asked Aunt Guizhi, "What was her family doing when you went there?"
Aunt Guizhi thought for a moment and said, "When we went there, the man was coaxing her."
After she finished speaking, Lin Chuntao twitched the corners of her mouth. Aunt Guizhi frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "Are you saying that she was instigated by that man?"
"We can't guess what happens in their house, but it's not impossible. She is young after all."
Aunt Guizhi sighed deeply and seemed a little annoyed with Lin Miaomiao.
"Never mind. I won't care anymore. It's not my turn to care."
Lin Chuntao smiled and comforted him, "Everyone has their own fate. Even our own parents can't worry about it, let alone us. Just let them do whatever they want."
Because of the quarrel, Lin Jialang and Lin Miaomiao could no longer peacefully share the pots and pans and the kitchen. In the end, they decided to sell the iron pots and steamers and divide the money between the two families. They demolished the kitchen and built a wall in the middle, completely dividing the family into two families.
Days in the village are mostly peaceful, with people eating, working, sleeping, chasing chickens and walking dogs, and the whole day passes in a noisy manner.
The next day, after selling mushrooms, Lin Chuntao went to the butcher shop to buy some meat. As soon as she gave the money to Helan, the system's voice came into her mind.
"Ding Dong, the butcher shop has signed in successfully, and the points have been credited to 76. Congratulations to the host!"
Lin Chuntao's heart skipped a beat. Signing in at the butcher shop was possible? Was this because she had opened a recipe section? Confused for a moment, she said something to Pei Ying and went to buy some noodles.
If Lin Chunxing wanted to learn how to make it, she had to buy more. After all, soy milk powder could be used for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so she just bought ten kilograms.
Just as I paid, the system broadcast a report: "Ding Dong, you have successfully signed in to the Suofen Shop. You have received 80 points. Congratulations to the host!"
The points are based on the location plus the amount of money she spends?
Confused, Lin Chuntao asked directly, and the system replied sarcastically, "No, host, shop sign-ins are random, and points are also random."
Lin Chuntao snorted. She didn't like randomness. She liked to be able to get rewards for her efforts.
But if you think about it from another perspective, having something is better than having nothing, so that's fine.
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