Grandma Qin was very satisfied with her husband's pragmatism. She squinted her eyes and gave him a rare smile, which made Qin Aiguo so happy that he was almost dizzy. He also found Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue much more pleasing to the eye.
Of course, Qin Aiguo had no time to look at them right now; he was busy trying to please his grandmother by serving her food.
"Eat up, everyone. After you finish eating, go do whatever you need to do and don't get in my way."
As she spoke, Old Mrs. Qin glanced at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng understood that the one who was an eyesore in the old lady's eyes was himself.
He glanced at Qin Aiguo, then at his son who was eating with his head down.
Well, the men in the Qin family have no say at home, and no one can help him.
Qin Feng considered asking his wife for help, but seeing that she was busy serving food to Qin Xiaoxiao, Qin Yue, and Su Yun, without giving him a single glance, he completely gave up on the idea.
Let him be. What can he do? With his mother around, he can forget about disciplining the Qin family's daughter.
It would be a miracle if Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue hadn't gone astray in this environment.
After finishing her meal, Qin Xiaoxiao scurried away, afraid that Qin Feng would come looking for her behind her grandmother's back again, so she decided to stay out of his sight.
Back at the educated youth compound, she turned on the stove, added some pine branches, and once the fire was burning, she added more firewood. Soon the fire was blazing, and Qin Xiaoxiao took out a few pieces of coal from her spatial storage and added them in.
Once the fire had fully ignited the coal, Qin Xiaoxiao took out flour from her spatial storage and started kneading it again.
There was still some leftover filling in the space, so Qin Xiaoxiao planned to wrap it all into buns for convenience.
After kneading the dough and letting it rise on the kang (a heated brick bed), Qin Xiaoxiao ignored it and started thinking about the Mai family's affairs.
It seems that Mai Sui has been reborn. It's just unknown which year she died in her previous life, and whether she has any memory of her. If not, will her existence attract her attention and cause her to come looking for her again?
If she has this person in her memory, then how did she, as cannon fodder, die in her own world?
Qin Xiaoxiao felt very tired. She already knew that this world was an overlap of five books, and there were already five female protagonists. Now, another person of unknown identity had appeared. What if she was also from one of those books? What if she was cannon fodder in that book?
She felt that God was playing a joke on her. Being reborn into this strange world was bad enough, but she still had nowhere to escape. Did God have to make her die again?
What evil deeds did she commit in her past life? Did she dig up the ancestral grave of some immortal cultivator? Why is she always chasing after her?
At this moment, Qin Xiaoxiao felt the deep malice of heaven towards her. This was the second time she had felt this way since she came into this world. The last time was when she was in the previous one.
Qin Xiaoxiao pondered for a while and felt that she should still inform Su Lu about Mai Sui's matter. What if the reborn Mai Sui wasn't the female lead but a supporting female character from some book? It's not impossible for a supporting female character to be reborn!
If she's the supporting female character, then who is the female lead?
Holy crap! This is terrible, it feels like this is never going to end!
A short while later, the afternoon work bell rang. Qin Xiaoxiao snapped out of her reverie, got up, poured the boiled water into another prepared wooden bucket, then put it back into her spatial storage and continued boiling water.
Qin Xiaoxiao lay there for a while, then, feeling bored, took out her phone to watch a TV series she had downloaded in her previous life.
Basically, one episode is enough to boil two pots of water. Qin Xiaoxiao watched three episodes in a row and boiled six pots of water. By then, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. The dough had risen, so Qin Xiaoxiao stopped watching, put away her phone, and prepared to make steamed buns.
After wrapping the buns, Qin Xiaoxiao put them in a pot to steam. She then took out the crayfish she had saved earlier, intending to make garlic-flavored ones this time for a different taste.
The crayfish had been cleaned by Su Lu beforehand, so there was no need to wash them again. They could be cooked directly in the pot. As soon as the crayfish were put into the pot, a commotion was heard in the yard.
Qin Xiaoxiao turned around and saw that Su Lu had returned.
Qin Xiaoxiao raised her hand and glanced at her watch in confusion, "Why are you up so early today?"
The transport team gets off work around 5 p.m., and even if Su Lu rides his bike back from the city as fast as he can, he won't get home until around 5:20 p.m. It's only a little past 4 p.m. now, and Su Lu is already back.
Su Lu hugged Qin Xiaoxiao and kissed her first, then glanced at the crayfish in the pot. "Still not enough? I'll go get some more after I finish eating."
Qin Xiaoxiao shook her head, "No need for now. You've had a long day, you should rest. You can go fishing when you have a day off."
The more crayfish the better. To be honest, if the current situation didn't allow it, she would have liked to lease an entire river and pond to raise them herself.
However, perhaps it will be possible in the future.
This idea only flashed through her mind, but little did she know that Qinjiagou would become rich thanks to her sudden flash of inspiration. Every household built a small villa, and they were so wealthy that they wouldn't want to leave even if they were offered a city residency permit. They were even known as the richest village in the country.
Qin Xiaoxiao pointed to the basin of water next to her, "Wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon."
Su Lu nodded, washed his hands, and changed his clothes. This was Qin Xiaoxiao's requirement: one set for home, one set for going out, and another set for working, so as not to mix them up.
She washed the clothes and hung them out to dry in the yard, while Qin Xiaoxiao's crayfish were just ready to be cooked.
The steamed buns were already cooked, but Qin Xiaoxiao was afraid they would cool down too quickly if left outside, so she didn't take them out. Now that Su Lu was back, Qin Xiaoxiao asked Su Lu to pick out the steamed buns.
There was a large bowl of steamed buns that the two of them couldn't finish in one go. Without thinking, Qin Xiaoxiao packed ten large steamed buns for Qin Aiguo and the old lady Qin, and also set aside half a bowl of crayfish, asking Su Lu to send them to the Qin family first.
Without saying a word, Su Lu took the two basins, put them in the basket, and left.
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at the dishes on the table and felt they were a bit monotonous, so she went to her private plot outside and picked two cucumbers and three tomatoes.
Smashed cucumber, topped with minced garlic, sesame oil, and cilantro, and seasoned with salt, makes a delicious cold dish that's simple to make and goes well with rice.
Wash and cut the tomatoes, put them on a plate, add white sugar, and you can eat them directly or as a dessert. In particular, the soup made by pickling tomatoes with sugar is sweet and as delicious as canned soup.
Just as they finished cooking, Su Lu returned. He put the basket aside and took out a plate of stir-fried eggs with chives.
“The old lady said she thought you would go out for dinner, so she made scrambled eggs. She didn’t expect you to not go and even brought them some vegetables. So, the old lady insisted that I take the scrambled eggs back so she could make them again.”
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at it and smiled, "My family still cares about me the most!"
Su Lu didn't speak, but looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a quiet gaze.
Qin Xiaoxiao realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "You're good to me too. You're the best person to me besides the Qin family. You're my dear husband."
After saying that, she quickly kissed Su Lu on the cheek to show that she loved him.
Su Lu touched the cheek that had been kissed, and smiled with his eyes narrowed. "That's more like it."
The two finished their meal in a sweet and intimate manner. Su Lu then dragged Qin Xiaoxiao around the village three times, and when they returned, she didn't want to move a finger.
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