After being escorted to the door by Shen Minghua, Lin Weiwan stopped.
"I have prepared some things there. You can pick them up later. There are some medicines to ward off cold, remove dampness, strengthen the body, and some daily food.
You take it to the old man in the cowshed, and I won’t go over there, lest there are too many people and it attracts other people’s attention.” Lin Weiwan whispered to Shen Minghua.
Relying solely on Shen Minghua's things, it would be a drop in the bucket to help a few elderly people.
Looking at an old man who is about the same age as my grandfather, I still can't help but look at him with indifference. It's almost the New Year, so I'll do my best to show my appreciation.
It doesn't matter, but it wouldn't hurt to help.
Shen Minghua didn't expect Lin Weiwan to be so thoughtful. "I thank you on their behalf."
Lin Weiwan waved her hands and said, "Okay, it's not a big deal."
Back in the room, Lin Weiwan placed a bamboo basket full of things behind the door and waited for Shen Minghua to come and pick them up.
Take the wooden box out of the bamboo basket and place it on the kang table.
Open the black cloth package to reveal the real object inside.
The ornate spirals reveal a different kind of beauty in the dark room.
A scent of agarwood slowly wafted out, giving Lin Weiwan a heads up.
Even without looking at what is inside the box, this agarwood mother-of-pearl box is already a treasure.
Fairy cranes, morning sun, peonies, and fairy stones fill the entire agarwood box.
Open the delicate lock and slowly lift the lid, and a soft light instantly illuminates the room.
Lin Weiwan was startled and grabbed the box and went straight into the space.
After entering the villa, Lin Weiwan opened the box again, only to find that inside was a lifelike sculpture of a kind-hearted Guanyin.
The entire body of the Guanyin statue is carved from a single piece of mutton-fat white jade.
From the lotus crown on the top to the lotus stand at the base, the carvings are intricate and lifelike.
There is a red mirror-faced gem inlaid on the forehead. In his hands, he holds a lotus and in his hands, he holds a jade vase.
The standing Guanyin statue is about 30 cm tall and feels warm to the touch.
The light comes from the jade bottle in Guanyin's hand. The small jade bottle can actually illuminate the entire room.
This was also the first time Lin Weiwan saw this, and she immediately felt that the Guanyin statue in her hand was a little hot.
It's too precious. What kind of family is the Shen family to have such a treasure?
Looking closely at the glowing jade bottle, Lin Weiwan guessed that it was carved from something like luminous stone, commonly known as night-shining pearl.
The most precious part is not the Guanyin statue carved from a whole piece of Hetian mutton-fat jade, nor is it the jade bottle that is brighter than other night pearls.
The most peculiar thing is that the night-bright jade bottle is held in the hand of Guanyin.
There are no broken points on the entire hand and the bottle body. Lin Weiwan has a bold hypothesis that this piece of jade is originally a combination of mutton-fat jade and night-shining pearl.
The Guanyin statue is placed on the coffee table. Because of the light emitted by the Jade Purity Vase, the entire Guanyin statue looks dreamy and moving abnormally.
In Lin Weiwan's eyes, his greedy spiritual spring was actually slowly absorbing the mist from the Guanyin statue.
There is also a little mist on the screw box, and the spring water has not let it go.
Lin Weiwan left the space and waited for Shen Minghua to come and get something.
She didn't know that when she opened the box in the house just now, the bright light was not only for Lin Weiwan to see.
Another person who was passing by the backyard on his way to the toilet also saw it.
After leaving the space, Lin Weiwan waited for Shen Minghua to come and get something, while thinking about what delicious food to make for tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner.
Normally when the five of us get together we eat chicken, fish, pork, etc.
It would be a bit boring to do the same thing as usual during the Chinese New Year.
Until Shen Minghua took the things away, Lin Weiwan hadn't figured out what to do.
On New Year's Eve, Ye Jibai, Hu Xiaopang, and Wang Qiaoyun all gathered in Lin Weiwan's house.
Wang Ping's house was locked at Lin Weiwan's place, and Du Shanshan didn't come back last night. The backyard became the domain of several people again.
Ye Jibai chopped firewood, Hu Xiaopang fetched water, and Wang Qiaoyun followed behind Lin Weiwan to help prepare the dishes.
It was almost noon and dishes were placed on the round table in the inner room one after another.
Improved version of pot-stuffed pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, traditional iron pot stewed fish, Lin Weiwan's specialty, braised pork with fermented bean curd, three-no-stick, sausages brought back by Wang Qiaoyun, a plate of stir-fried rice, and Wensi tofu soup are the main dishes.
Melon seeds, peas, White Rabbit milk candy, chocolate with liquor filling, kaoliangyi, and rock sugar were placed on the tea tray.
There were canned hawthorns to relieve greasiness, and drinks included the Coca-Cola that Ye Jibai brought for Lin Weiwan, and the maltose and loquat sauce that Lin Weiwan took out.
The fresh fruits included apples and oranges that Wang Qiaoyun brought back from Heilongjiang.
This table was so packed that it would have been a very impressive table even in the next thirty years, not to mention in that era.
A large table full of delicious food, several people from all over the country gathered together to spend their first year in the countryside.
Unfortunately, Shen Minghua pretended to be sick and stayed in the house to take care of Mr. Shen, so Lin Weiwan had to prepare some of each dish for the two of them separately.
Although the presentation of the dish is not as good as here, it is enough for two people to have two or three meals.
The fragrance from the backyard wafted out when the door was opened several times, and the people gathered in the front yard were no longer interested.
The only meat dish on the table was stewed pork with sauerkraut. Compared with the fragrance wafting from the backyard, it looked pale.
The remaining dishes included braised tofu, boiled cabbage, and steamed pumpkin and potato with soybean paste. Oh, the soybean paste was fried in a pot and two eggs were beaten.
Zhao Kaiyang picked up two pieces of meat and put them into the bowl to eat. He felt that it was a little too salty, so he ordered a spoonful of egg sauce.
Lin Huahua glanced at Zhao Kaiyang with disdain and quickly turned her head away.
Just wait a little longer... everything will be fine after we get through these two years, Lin Huahua thought with her eyes becoming much more determined.
However, he picked up the meat in the bowl with his chopsticks without hesitation. After all, he had paid for the meat, and if he didn't eat it, it would be a bargain for others.
The four of them sat down in the backyard, and Fat Hu quickly poured Lin Weiwan a Coke, "Come on... girls, come on. You've worked hard."
Lin Weiwan felt that she was smelling. After dinner, everyone left and Lin Weiwan wanted to go to the room and take a shower.
Wang Qiaoyun looked at Lin Weiwan with admiration. They had the same things, ingredients and pot.
How come there is such a big difference in how things are made?
The four of them swept the food on the table. The aroma of rice and the taste of the dishes were so fresh and fragrant that they almost wanted to cry.
The useless Hu Xiaopang really shed two tears. He was eating something in his mouth and didn't know which dish to look at.
He gave Lin Weiwan a thumbs up and looked at Ye Jibai with envy. It was really a treasure for this old guy.
Ye Jibai's eating speed was not slow, but the way he ate was much more elegant than Hu Xiaopang's.
Wang Qiaoyun had completely let herself go in the backyard, and she and Hu Xiaopang nearly overturned the table while scrambling to grab the remaining spoonful of Sanbuzhan on the plate.