When Li Hui and Wang Sen returned home, it was already dark.
The dumplings have just been cooked, stuffed with cabbage and pork, and a little garlic sprouts. They taste particularly good.
Wang Sen took off his shoes after washing his hands and got on the kang. He looked at the four dishes in the middle and pursed his lips.
Beef stew with potatoes, braised lamb, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, and cold cabbage.
Seeing Cheng Xue bringing dumplings over, I was too busy to say:
"If you have dumplings, you don't have to cook. Sister-in-law, we are not outsiders. This is too wasteful."
Cheng Xue shook her head indifferently and said:
"It's okay. If you can't eat it, take it out and freeze it. It's cold. Let's make dumplings today and have barbecue for lunch tomorrow. You can stay here tonight and don't go back to the inn."
"Okay sister-in-law, I've caused trouble for you."
"Speaking of foreign languages." After Cheng Xue finished speaking, she poured the wine for them, "Open up and drink. If you drink too much, take a rest in the east room. Brother Qinglin, don't go back either."
"Sister-in-law doesn't know me yet? I told my second uncle before I came here that I won't go back tonight."
At first, Xiao Feng was not at ease with Li Hui and his wife, but after a few contacts, he no longer stopped his eldest nephew. It was rare to meet someone he liked.
"Eat more. Green vegetables are all grown in the West. If the restaurant business in your county is good, we will grow more varieties next year and give them to you specially."
Hearing what she said, Xiao Qinglin nodded hastily.
"Okay, okay, if my sister-in-law can contribute, that would be great. Two farms are not enough. Anyway, growing and selling vegetables will not affect my brother."
Cheng Xue said "hmm" and called Li Heng to the table on the floor. Yan Yixin is old and has nothing to do here, and can just take care of them.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the conversation between the three of them was completely open.
Now we talk about scientific research, now we talk about the northern border, now we talk about the war in southern Xinjiang...
Cheng Xue and the others did not drink, so they finished eating quickly. They carried Li Tian and Li Huai to the west room, leaving the east room completely to the three of them
After picking up the table, washing the dishes, and tidying up, Yan Yixin and Li Heng went back to the next door to rest. After a long day of traveling and driving, they were still exhausted no matter how energetic they were.
Li Huai and Li Tian didn't take a nap because someone was at home, and they were very sleepy now. They didn't need to coax them, they each found pillows, and fell asleep in a few seconds.
Li Yue practiced calligraphy on the kang table while Cheng Xue read medical books. She was almost finished reading the book in her hand. If she could keep up this pace, she would be able to memorize it all before going to the county in the next year.
Cheng Xue watched for half an hour and urged Li Yue to rest, while she went to the east room to check on the battle situation.
Xiao Qinglin, the youngest, was already lying on his back. Although Wang Sen was still strong, he was crying profusely and pulled Li Hui to talk about his difficulties.
Only Li Hui was sober when everyone else was drunk, and he was in good condition.
"Do you want to take it?" Cheng Xue asked in a low voice.
Li Hui raised his fingers at her, waited for someone to come to her, and said:
"I'm hungry, let's get something."
Are you still hungry after eating? Cheng Xue is really an eye-opener.
I went to the outhouse to heat dumplings for him, and when I brought the dishes into the house, the two of them were all lying down sleeping, covered tightly with quilts. The north and south windows were supported, and the draft "cleaned the battlefield".
The smell in the room was no longer so smoky. Li Hui stuffed five dumplings in a row and chewed them slowly.
"So hungry? Don't you always eat?"
Li Hui ate two more and then found time to explain:
"You can't eat after drinking, and you'll naturally feel hungry when you sober up. Did you see what I bought? The gelatin boss highly recommended it, do you like it?"
"The one with osmanthus flavor? It tastes pretty good, isn't it cheap?"
"Cheap."
After Li Hui finished speaking, he finished the dumplings in twos and twos, and then closed the windows.
"There is a war in the south, and the situation in the north is tense. There are not many people buying things, so the prices are very low. The same goes for the pastries I bought. Wang Sen said that they usually cost four to five hundred coins, but today they only cost more than two hundred.
How about the return gift from Pan Yongzhang and the Wang family?"
"It's quite satisfactory. Master Pan gave me pens and paper, so you can use them. His wife made clothes for Li Huai and embroidered purses for several children, with five cents in them."
Li Hui nodded after hearing this and went down to the floor to clean the dishes. Seeing that she was going back to the west room to sleep, he called out "Hey"——
"What's wrong?"
"If Wang Sen mentions that he wants to take the scientific test tomorrow morning, please remember to advise him"
Huh?
Crazy?
Are you going to quit working as a good government official?
Li Hui noticed her shock and explained in detail what Wang Sen had just experienced.
It turns out that Wang Sen is not from Pingyang County at all. His hometown is in a place called "Wuluoguo Village" in the west of Liaodong. His family background is pretty good. He started studying at the age of eight and "competed" for the scientific examination at the age of seventeen, but he failed both times.
Unsuccessful.
Later, the family really had no money, so they gave up. He went to the county alone to find work, helping others do calculations at the escort agency, and learned a few kung fu moves from the escort master.
It happened that the county government was recruiting government officials that year, and he was admitted because he could read and write.
Being able to eat half of the royal grain is something that ordinary people would never dare to dream of. But if you want to give up now... you will definitely not be able to do it.
"Okay, if he mentions it tomorrow, I will advise him to give up the idea."
"It's not necessary to persuade them harshly. What if they don't like it? Just persuade them and do your best. Did you...did you sleep well last night?"
Uh...
"Very good." Cheng Xue lied.
Li Hui said angrily "Ah" and then said:
"Go back to sleep. I'll burn some firewood to save you from the cold in the rest of the night."
Cheng Xue ran back to the house as if fleeing, his face still flushed. Did he not sleep well yesterday?
No, I can’t think about it, otherwise I’ll be dreaming again.
Thinking about Wang Sen, thinking about how to persuade him to give up the idea of taking the scientific examination. I made some hints in my mind and temporarily put Li Hui behind me.
After being in charge of the house for this period of time, she deeply understood what it felt like to "knock down a hero with a penny". If Li Hui hadn't handed over the money in time, she wouldn't have known how she would have lived the rest of her life.
To be honest, their time travel was much happier than the time travel in online stories. There was no shortage of food and plenty of clothing. But their time travel was more difficult than the time travel in online stories, because many of the money-making jobs were just nonsense.
.
You can make tofu at Liangyan. You can grow potatoes at Liangyan. You can sell cooking recipes. The restaurant won’t even pay attention to you. Where can I sell them?
The more I thought about it, the more I went off topic, the more I thought about it, the more confused my mind became, and finally I fell asleep.
When she woke up the next day, Cheng Xue made up her mind to persuade her. But no one mentioned it until after breakfast, and all the reasons she thought of were stillborn!
Seeing that Li Hui was about to take the two of them out for a walk, Cheng Xue called out "Hey"——
"Remember to tell your cousin to come back for lunch."
Every time the forest farm takes a break, Yu Zhao always leaves on the evening of the fourth day of the lunar month, and goes directly to work on the forest farm on the sixth day of the lunar month.
Li Hui agreed and left. Cheng Xue looked at the closed courtyard door and sighed softly.
If the prediction is correct, what he warned yesterday is probably going to go wrong.
Cut the meat, marinate it, crush the leftover cumin, pepper, etc. with a roller, and save it for dipping the meat...