The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Chapter 231 Gu Changsheng Questions

He took out another packet and said, "This is for Jingzhe."

"There was a drought last year, and the Lin'an tabloid was not printed during the disaster, so the revenue was much less than usual."

Lin Xiaoman looked like a money-grubber. "I'll get money on New Year's Day. The God of Wealth will definitely favor me this year."

Seeing that Lin Xiaoman's love for money was written all over her face, Gu Changsheng thought she was too straightforward and cute, so he also laughed, "Xiaoman, pray to the God of Wealth more on the fifth day of the New Year, and you will definitely make a lot of money this year."

"Brother Changsheng, I'll borrow your good words."

"Hey, don't just stand there, please come into the main hall and sit down."

Li Taohua took out fruits and peanuts, and poured Gu Changsheng a cup of osmanthus honey water.

Lin Jingzhe heard the noise and led Lidong out. When Lidong saw Gu Changsheng, he timidly hid behind his brother and looked around. After seeing the person clearly, he moved out in small steps and called out "Brother Changsheng".

"Lidong has grown taller again." Gu Changsheng waved to Lin Lidong, "He has also gained weight and become stronger."

Li Taohua smiled and said, "A boy of this age grows up quickly, changing every day. If we haven't seen him for three months, he will have changed a lot. Jingzhe, you can accompany Changsheng around first. I'll call you when the food is ready."

As soon as Li Taohua left, Lin Jingzhe packed up his work and took Gu Changsheng to the back mountain to dig bamboo shoots.

Lin Lidong hugged Lin Jingzhe's thigh and said, "Brother, I want to go too."

Lin Jingzhe picked up Lin Lidong and put him on his shoulder, then walked away carrying him.

When they passed by Xie's house on the way, Xie Ci'an joined the team.

Four big ones and one small one, went up the mountain in a mighty procession.

Ever since the villagers learned that winter bamboo shoots can be sold for money, most of the winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain have been dug up. What can be dug now are only the bamboo shoots that have just sprouted in the past two days, and they are not very big.

After not digging for a long time, Xie Ci'an felt a little rusty.

He recalled the scene when he met the Lin brothers and sisters while digging bamboo shoots in the mountains, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, we competed openly and secretly to dig bamboo shoots. Now thinking about it, it is actually quite interesting."

Lin Xiaoman laughed as he dug, "Yes, when you said you wanted to sell me bamboo shoots, I thought it was a foolish thing to do. You have horses and servants at home, so you don't need the money from selling bamboo shoots."

Xie Ci'an didn't feel embarrassed when people talked about him.

"I was indeed short of money at the time. A penny can make a hero fall, not to mention that I am just a scholar."

Lin Jingzhe snickered, "You are just a scholar. Scholars are weak. With your boxing skills, even the three of us combined cannot beat you. How dare you call yourself a scholar?"

Lin Xiaoman envied Xie Ci'an's smooth horse riding skills. No matter how hard she tried, she could never learn how to ride a horse with one hand freely and easily.

"Well, and his riding skills are superb, which makes people jealous."

Xie Ci'an raised his eyebrows, "Xiao Man, do you still want to learn horse riding?"

"Well, I can only barely get on the horse now, thanks to Xiao Hei's good training. If it were a fierce horse, it might not let me get close."

Xie Ci'an smiled, "How difficult is that? I'll teach you in the spring."

Lin Jingzhe and Gu Changsheng looked at each other and were eager to try.

Lin Jingzhe waved his hand, "Ci'an, you can teach me as well. I'm sure I can learn faster than Xiaoman."

Gu Changsheng quickly said, "Is it not too much to add me?"

"can."

Xie Ci'an was proficient in riding and archery when he was at his uncle's house, but he just didn't like to study with the teacher. Despite Mr. Xie's repeated instructions, he still did his own thing.

I haven't ridden for a long time, I wonder if I'm no longer rusty on it.

I haven't seen my two brothers for three years. In his letter, the second brother mentioned that the eldest brother got married at the end of last year and can no longer be idle like before.

One year is enough for things and people to change, let alone three years.

Lin Lidong played in the mud, pulling it here and digging it there.

Lin Jingzhe picked up a dead branch for him and asked him to use it to dig for treasure.

Four people were digging bamboo shoots, and one person was making trouble.

Haha, lots of laughter.

In a blink of an eye, the sun was already high in the sky.

Lin Xiaoman brushed off the mud on his trouser legs and patted the mud off his hands, thinking that his mother was almost done.

"Almost done, just enough to stir-fry two plates of braised bamboo shoots."

Xie Ci'an: "Let's go."

Lin Jingzhe picked up Lidong again and said to Xie Ci'an, "We haven't gathered for a long time. Ci'an, don't go back at noon. Come to my house for lunch."

Gu Changsheng also nodded, "Yes, the proceeds from the Lin'an tabloid are still in the carriage, and I just want to give it to you."

Lin Xiaoman also advised, "Yes, mother made a lot of food, and we also dug so many bamboo shoots. If you don't come, we won't be able to finish it."

Xie Ci'an was somewhat tempted, but Lin Jingzhe was more direct and threw Lidong onto Xie Ci'an's back, "Come, I'll leave this brat to you."

Xie Ci'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Allow me to talk to my mother."

"No need, I'll talk to my aunt." After saying this, Lin Jingzhe ran down the mountain, fearing that Xie Ci'an would regret it if he was a step late.

Xie Ci'an looked helpless as he carried the kid on his back down the mountain, with half a bag of bamboo shoots in his hand.

Lin Jingzhe ran madly and carried the remaining half bag down the mountain.

When the five of them got home, Lin Dajiang was already sitting in the yard.

"Dad!" Lin Lidong climbed down from Xie Ci'an's back swiftly and threw himself into Lin Dajiang's arms.

Lin Xiaoman laughed and said, "You little brat, you were complaining about being tired just now on the mountain, why aren't you tired now?"

"If Brother Ci'an carries me on his back, I won't feel tired~"

Lin Xiaoman flicked Lidong's forehead and said, "Your brother is really good at being lazy."

Lin Lidong hid in Lin Dajiang's arms, and shouted with a bitter face: "Dad, please take care of my sister. My forehead hurts so much!"

Lin Dajiang laughed, "You are a man, and you let me teach your sister a lesson."

"You kid, sister made you fried chicken sausages yesterday, and now you're complaining to daddy." Lin Xiaoman glanced at the kid in Lin Dajiang's arms with a wicked smile, "Come to think of it, there are still a lot of chicken sausages left from yesterday. I'll fry some more. Brother Changsheng and Brother Ci'an haven't tasted them yet."

After saying that, he picked up a bag of winter bamboo shoots and went into the kitchen.

"Mom, these are the winter bamboo shoots we dug up in the back mountain."

"Want to eat bamboo shoots?"

"Well, Brother Ci'an is here too, let's make some braised bamboo shoots. My mother's braised bamboo shoots are the best."

Li Taohua rolled her eyes and said, "Xiao Man, it's not that my braised bamboo shoots are delicious, but everything braised in oil is delicious."

"That's not true. The braised bamboo shoots my mother makes don't have the astringent taste of bamboo shoots. They just taste better than others."

"Xiao Man, you are really good at talking. You can say a lot of good and bad things."

Lin Xiaoman chuckled and said, "Mom, let me peel the bamboo shoots."

I peeled the bamboo shoots and took a dozen pieces of chicken sausage and fried them in a frying pan over low heat.

The fried chicken sausage is plump and oily, and full of fragrance.

Lin Guyu came back on time for dinner. He smelled the aroma of chicken sausage and followed the scent into the kitchen. "Yeah! Sister is making chicken sausage again."

"Hurry up and wash your hands and sit down. Sister will bring it out soon."

Lin Xiaoman and Li Taohua went out one after another, carrying chicken sausages and braised bamboo shoots.

The round table is placed in the yard.

It was a sunny day with almost no wind.

Everyone sat around a round table with a variety of dishes, including a pot of dried shrimp and lean meat porridge.

"I made pancakes and porridge today. After eating the vegetables, I had a bowl of porridge to relieve the greasiness."

Lidong was short and couldn't reach the food on the table when he sat on the stool, so Lin Dajiang held Lidong and let him sit on his lap.

Lin Lidong reached out to pick up the chicken sausage, glancing at Lin Xiaoman from time to time.

Lin Xiaoman pretended not to see it and let Lidong put the chicken sausage into the bowl.

While Lin Lidong was taking a bite of the chicken sausage and chewing it vigorously, Lin Xiaoman turned his head and looked at him with a smile.

"Lidong, is the chicken sausage delicious?"

Lin Lidong was stunned for a moment, then continued chewing, hesitatingly saying "delicious" three times, "delicious, delicious, delicious, my sister's cooking is the best!"

Lin Xiaoman didn't bother with the little kid and let Gu Changsheng and the others try the chicken sausage as well.

"The chicken was boneless and minced into puree, sweet potato starch and various seasonings were added to make it soft but not mushy. It was delicious. I tried it yesterday on Guyu and Lidong."

Lin Jingzhe took the lead and took one. "The outer casing is the casing for making sausages?"

"Yes, even the method of stuffing sausage is exactly the same, except that Chinese sausage needs to be air-dried, and chicken sausage is directly put into water to cook after stuffing. After cooking, drain the water. It is delicious whether fried, steamed or not."

Gu Changsheng found it novel.

Since he had eaten many delicious foods he had never eaten before at the Lin family, he should have been used to it.

But frying chicken sausage is really unique.

He particularly likes the chicken sausage, which is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The skin is browned and it tastes delicious.

"Xiao Man, how come you can come up with so many delicious foods?"

Lin Jingzhe had asked this question before, but the older generation said that Xiaoman was a blessed child, and must have become stupid and dull because he was missing a soul.

Hearing Gu Changsheng also have the same question, he could not help but explain: "Changsheng, you don't know this, right? Xiaoman is very lucky. She was stupid for the first twelve years because she was missing one of her three souls and six spirits. That soul followed the immortals and became a boy in front of them. I guess Xiaoman saw those foods there."

Gu Changsheng was skeptical and had new questions.

He looked at Lin Xiaoman and asked, "Xiaoman, when Jingzhe said that one soul is missing, do you feel it yourself?"

Lin Xiaoman pretended to be dumbfounded, "Me? I don't know? I just suddenly had the idea to make chicken sausage, otherwise I would have done it a long time ago."

"That's right." Gu Changsheng nodded.

Given Xiaoman's enthusiasm for making money, if he had known the recipe for chicken sausage, he should have made it long ago and would not have had to wait until now.

Lin Xiaoman was feeling very nervous.

Why is it necessary to be so sensitive? She has been in the book for so long, and Gu Changsheng suddenly asked this question.

She was so scared that she almost couldn't eat.

Seeing that Gu Changsheng seemed to no longer be bothered by this issue, she was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she keenly noticed that there seemed to be a pair of inquiring eyes looking at her.

But she looked around and found nothing.

After a moment, she heard Xie Ci'an's cold voice saying, "There are many strange things in the world. What Xiaoman encountered also happened in the capital. It's not surprising."

Gu Changsheng smiled and said, "Indeed, a fortune teller told me that I would meet a noble person in Dayi Town, otherwise my life would be in danger when I turn eighteen. I didn't believe it at first, but now I think there must be a will of heaven."

Lin Dajiang agreed, "Yeah, it's hard to say about this kind of thing. Let's stop talking about this and eat quickly. The mountain mushroom and old duck soup has been stewed for three hours, it's so delicious!"

He served a bowl to each person and said, "Drink it while it's hot. It won't taste right if it gets cold."

"Thank you, godfather." Gu Changsheng looked at the full bowl of old duck soup and felt that it was hard to refuse such a kind invitation.

After just one bite, I found the boiling old duck soup mixed with the delicious wild mushrooms, which was mellow and tasty.

After one sip, I felt relaxed all over.

"My stepmother's craftsmanship has become more and more sophisticated."

Li Taohua smiled and said, "Changsheng, if you like to drink, come more often. There are a lot of wild mushrooms in our ducks. They are all collected from Shadi Village. They are wild things. There are a lot of them in the mountains."

"Ci'an is coming too, okay?"

Xie Ci'an nodded, "Thank you, auntie."

......

Gu Changsheng didn't leave until the evening.

When he left, he took the chicken sausages that Lin Xiaoman had just made, and various mountain products that Li Taohua had dried, including Chinese sausages and preserved eggs, which Li Taohua also stuffed a lot of.

The Gu family’s annual New Year gifts were so expensive that Li Taohua felt embarrassed.

I always want to give more of my own things.

When he came, he brought a carriage full of New Year gifts, and when he left, he brought a carriage full of return gifts.

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The second day of the first lunar month.

Li Taohua and her family drove a horse-drawn carriage to Shadi Village.

Before the carriage drove out of the village, a quarrel was heard.

One of the cries was familiar to Lin Xiaoman.

Lin Xiaoman drew aside the curtain and saw Dongzhi from his second uncle's family sobbing with his hands covering his head, while Wang Chunxiu next to him was arguing with someone else.

Lin Dajiang stopped the carriage, and Lin Xiaoman saw the woman opposite constantly pushing Wang Chunxiu, causing Dongzhi, who was next to Wang Chunxiu, to fall to the ground.

Lin Xiaoman frowned and couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

He jumped off the carriage and yelled, "Stop it, it's New Year's Day and you're pushing and shoving."

When the woman opposite saw that it was Lin Xiaoman, she immediately withdrew her hand, but uttered a sarcastic voice: "I was wondering who it was, it turns out that the Lin family relied on their numbers to bully us orphans and widows!"

Lin Xiaoman sneered, fearless: "Auntie is so unreasonable, I just came here to mediate, before I could say anything, Auntie took the initiative to say that I bullied you."

Although Lin Xiaoman did not recognize all the villagers in Shanglin Village, he knew them generally.

But she had never seen the woman in front of her and the child beside her before, so they should not be from Shanglin Village.

I don’t know why Second Aunt quarreled with her.

Lin Xiaoman helped Lin Dongzhi up from the ground, "Dongzhi, why are you crying? What happened?"

Lin Dongzhi pointed at the boy who was about his age and cried sadly: "Sister, he took my peanuts and I didn't give them to him, so he beat me!"

Then he pointed at the woman and said, "My mother came to argue with her, and she beat her up."

The woman knew she was in the wrong, but she was unwilling to admit her mistake, "It's just a fight between children, how can you take it seriously?"

"Baoer, let's go. Don't let anyone blackmail us."

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Wang Chunxiu nodded in agreement and did not intend to pursue the matter.

Lin Xiaoman was not happy.

After all, Lin Dongzhi is a member of the Lin family.

People from other villages bullied someone and wanted to leave without apologizing. Do they think they are easy to bully?

Lin Xiaoman stopped the woman and said, "You are not allowed to leave. We haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Didn't Auntie say it was just a joke between kids? Why did you join in?"

Lin Xiaoman pulled Lin Dongzhi over and asked, "Dongzhi, where did he hit you just now?"

Dongzhi wiped his face, leaving two light pink marks that were very obvious.