Moreover, Chen Xuanxuan was also very sharp and noticed that the pieces of bacon in the basket seemed to be moldy. They

were green and covered with layers of fine hair.

When she thought about how many years the bacon these people had hung on the beams, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but say, "Your bacon... is a little different from what I ate before..."

Hearing this, the Ma family who came with the clan leader Gu Yuxi couldn't help but smile complacently.

"Master, don't underestimate the bacon I sent you. This bacon is aged. It has been hanging on the top of our house for twelve years. Every New Year or festival, we would bear the pain and cut a small piece of it. After everyone in the family has had a good feast, I have to hang it up again. Let it dry slowly."

"Master, my son wants to learn from you, but I don't know if the gifts I sent are sincere enough. In fact, I also want to pay. But you know how poor we are. We can't make ends meet all year round..."

Chen Xuanxuan was stunned when she heard this. She looked at the various molds on the bacon with some suspicion. I think if you really eat this kind of thing, you will definitely have diarrhea.

So, Chen Xuanxuan smiled and said, "Since this aged bacon is your family's heirloom, and you are reluctant to eat it, then I can't take it away from you. You'll be here later, so you'd better take it back quickly..."

After hearing this, the clan leader Gu Yuxi laughed dryly a few times and began to smooth things over, "Yan Zhang's wife, the conditions of my eldest daughter-in-law's family are really too bad. Life is almost unbearable."

"This bacon is the best thing they can offer... You must not disdain it. It is normal for bacon to grow mold. Our bacon grows mold every year. Wash it with cold water, soak it in boiling water, and finally rinse it with clean water. You can cook with it. It's fine to eat it. You..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Xuanxuan interrupted him and said, "I know. I know everything."

“Our family isn’t well off. I just think bacon is too expensive, so there’s really no need for you to send it over. If you’re interested, just grind the sorghum into powder. Then when I teach them how to make buns, they’ll be able to do it themselves…”

Knowing that his children could really learn some real skills from this, the man with the surname Ma laughed cheerfully.

"Okay, I'll send all the ground sorghum flour over after I get back."

"By the way, Master, what are you going to do with our children?"

Chen Xuanxuan listened, hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile, "Since you are willing to hand over your children to me and let me teach them my skills, then your children must listen to my arrangements."

"This winter, except for going home for the New Year, they will spend the rest of the time here with me. I will try to teach them how to make buns in the cold winter. Next spring, when they go back, maybe they can take your two families to various towns to sell buns and make money..."

Hearing what Chen Xuanxuan said, the clan leader Gu Yuxi and the people around him all smiled.

"That would be great..."

As he said this, the man surnamed Ma pulled his son. Let him kneel down and kowtow to Chen Xuanxuan.

After the clan leader Gu Yuxi winked at his grandson, the dark-skinned child also knelt down.

"Apprentice Gu Chongli kowtows to the master!"

After saying this, he kowtowed three times.

Seeing that the child was so polite at such a young age, he was well educated. Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but look up to him.

So, she said to the clan leader Gu Yuxi with a smile, "Uncle clan leader, you really deserve to be a scholar. Your child is so sensible and polite at such a young age. It's really pleasing to see."

Gu Yuxi was quite proud when he heard it.

Thinking that the child was usually silly, but had become a little smarter after being taught by his beloved grandson Gu Chongzuo, he raised his hand, gently pinched the beard on his chin, smiled and said modestly, "No, no..." The

Ma family man standing aside saw his son standing up by himself after a kowtow. His temper came up. He slapped

his son's head hard and shouted loudly, "Ba Gouzi, why don't you learn from your cousin!"

The boy named Ba Gouzi saw that his father was angry.

After being stunned for a few seconds, he began to copy what Gu Chongli had done before, and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Bang, bang, bang, after kowtowed to Chen Xuanxuan three times, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Disciple Ma Bagou, kowtows to the master ."

Seeing that his son finally understood, the tall Ma family man nodded with satisfaction.

"Master, my son is a bad mouth. He is very honest. But, this child is very filial!"

"He never dares to play tricks in front of his parents. If you need him to run errands for you in the future, just tell him..."

After Chen Xuanxuan exchanged pleasantries with the guests in front of her for more than half an hour, she kept the two little boys, and then followed Gu Yanzhang to personally send some of them out.

As soon as Gu Yanzhang and Chen Xuanxuan returned home, they saw that Gu Chongli and that Ba Gouzi started cleaning their house.

"What are you doing?"

Ba Gouzi replied naively, "Master, we are sweeping the floor!"

"..."

Seeing that they were eager to show off, Chen Xuanxuan thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay. Just sweep first."

"By the way, it will be time for dinner later, and you two will eat with our family. When you go to bed at night, you can sleep in the old house. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you the basics of how to make buns..." After

saying this, Chen Xuanxuan immediately turned around and returned to her own room.

She had to follow Gu Yanzhang to clean up the things that the two families had sent. See which things are worth money and which things have gone bad.

Many people in ancient times were very frugal.

Many people were reluctant to eat the fresh food they grew.

When they didn't have much to eat, they would use a small amount of new food to exchange for more old food.

In this way, they would not starve to death.