Chapter 75: This is her secret

"It's just adding more seasoning. Since you like eating it, Sister, come to my house during New Year and festivals in the future. When Ruxin gets married in the future, three days after the wedding, call me to go cook."

"Must. Not only do you have to come and cook, but you also have to invite your whole family to come and accompany us."

"Speaking of this, Sister Lu doesn't have any brothers or sisters?"

"I have an older brother, and that's it. My maiden home is from Meihua Village in Tianshui Town. Don't look at my maiden home being in the village, but my maiden home has six uncles, all very united, and my brother is a scholar, so my father and mother have weight when they speak in the village. No one dares to bully me in Tianshui Town."

"If I had known Uncle and Aunt were so close, I would have gone to visit them no matter what."

"Then go back to my maiden home with me tomorrow?"

"Haha, forget it. Go another time. That day is specially prepared for you."

"What about you? You have no maiden home to return to, how do you plan to spend it?"

"Of course, eating, drinking, and sleeping at home, or I'll take my whole family out to play."

"The road is full of snow, the carriage is hard to travel, and it's so cold, better to stay at home warm. Ling'er is still small."

Who says traveling is a man's business? Women can too.

Qiao Mai pulled a strawberry one from inside and came to Yuan Jiaqi, reaching out to take Ling'er.

Who says exploration is a man's business? Women can too. Believe that there are more unknown regions in ancient times than in modern times.

"Ask who it is?"

Took a can of beer from the shelf, took a bag of chicken-flavored tofu, and ate while drinking.

Suddenly, this woman knew how to box, could get many rare things, and also knew double-sided embroidery.

Watching Shopkeeper Lu's clumsy appearance, Qiao Mai let her hold the child and she moved to heat the dishes.

"We are from the town. Today is the second day of the New Year, we want to buy some snacks from your house, do you have any?"

"Not hawthorn?"

Could it be that she really changed into another person?

"Who says only hawthorn can do this? Any fruit is fine. Whoever likes what flavor, pick it yourself."

This was her first year here. Looking back at those few months, she smiled.

"Yes."

No matter how she is, who she is, she is kind, good to the children, and wholeheartedly thinking for the children. That is enough.

The children smelled the fragrance and immediately felt hungry again. After Qiao Mai finished the noodles, she boiled a bowl for each of the children and Yuan Jiaqi.

"Why don't you go pick one and taste it?"

The lunch on the first day of the New Year was eaten at Shopkeeper Lu's house. To be honest, Qiao Mai really couldn't eat it, but Yuan Jiaqi and the children gave face, so it could be considered full.

Yuan Jiaqi didn't dare to think that way, because it was impossible to change people; the matter of changing people didn't exist at all.

Yuan Jiaqi sighed. Forget it, the child is too small, he wouldn't understand even if he told him.

Yuan Jiaqi gently touched his little belly. "Did you eat too much again?"

In the future, that man will have to eat the food she cooked with her own hands every day, every meal. His mouth suddenly had no taste, and his heart felt uncomfortable.

"Mother, open?"

Clatter, Yuan Jiaqi held Ling'er, Feng'er, Yun'er, and Chuan'er, all ran out. They opened their mouths.

Dove into the kitchen. The children couldn't go out to play, so she had to let them eat and drink well.

The child is still small, she can take her into the space. When the child grows up, she won't be able to enter this space anymore.

Tonight, after harvesting four fen of winter melon, she planted pumpkin. Most of the non-tree fruits were planted. Now she is planting vegetables.

Just at this moment, the courtyard gate rang. Everyone turned to look at Qiao Mai together.

"No cooking tonight, everyone rest early. I'm taking Ling'er back to the room to sleep."

Go wherever, rest wherever, stay for a while when tired, and set off again when rested enough.

She planned to finish planting the vegetables, then plant fruit trees, and finally plant medicinal herbs, because there were too many types of medicinal herbs.

"Homemade is delicious, not expensive, and clean."

In one breath, she made fifty fruit candied hawthorns for the children, filling the kitchen.

Then she stuck the candied hawthorns one by one on it, and finally shouted loudly.

Shopkeeper Lu let Xiuhong and Xiuyu take the cold dishes to the living room, and she reheated the hot dishes.

Looking at the noodles that didn't look good but tasted very good, Yuan Jiaqi thought unconsciously.

If you look closely, she is completely different from the woman before. It's possible that she changed into another person.

Currently, finish planting the seeds in hand first.

This is her secret, which she won't tell anyone, even the closest person.

She set a goal for herself: to raise Ling'er, and after watching her get married, ride Dongzao to travel the world.

On the second day of the New Year, the weather cleared up. The official road was full of people, ox carts, donkey carts, and carriages, all returning to their maiden homes.

From the more than three hundred types of seeds bought from Wei City, some were common, and many rare ones needed her to collect them herself.

Yuan Jiaqi's heart was churning. Forget about having green vegetables in winter at home, where did these various fruits come from?

After watching everyone finish the noodles, Qiao Mai picked up Ling'er.

After breakfast, Qiao Mai had nothing to do and handed the children to them.

Qiao Mai extended the candied hawthorn to Ling'er. She licked it with her little tongue, tasted the sweetness, and Ling'er giggled.

Before she could think carefully, she was awakened by Chuan'er.

Qiao Mai smiled at Yuan Jiaqi, held Ling'er, entered the room, bolted the door, and entered the space.

She found a thick piece of wood in the firewood shed, shaved it round with a knife, shaved the bottom into a point, inserted the wood into the center of the courtyard, and filled it with holes.

After eating, she sat for a while, then took her family home.

"Hehe, blame Mother for cooking too delicious. Aunt's food is not as good as Mother's, son didn't eat full."

With this space, her life could be saved, and because of this space, she suffered less, and life became better and better.

"Children, dress warmly, come out and see what Mother made for you?"

After thinking it through, Yuan Jiaqi no longer struggled, and even when looking at Qiao Mai, his eyes carried a smile, surging with happy light.

Yuan Jiaqi walked over. "Who?"

After returning home, she went to the kitchen, fried a bowl of meat sauce, and cooked a bowl of noodles for herself.

Shopkeeper Lu smiled awkwardly. "I'm not as good as my two daughters. I'll go to the employment agency to buy a cook later, so we don't have to buy food to eat, let the cook make it and eat at home."

He looked at Qiao Mai, who was smiling and interacting with the children, and thought, what kind of woman is she?

How can she get everything? Before knowing her, Lady Qiao was an ordinary farm woman. Since leaving the Tian family and coming to town, she changed, no longer the cowardly woman before, becoming powerful and mysterious.

"Then don't leave, why leave?"

He could only struggle to classify her as: after leaving the Tian and Qiao families, her luck exploded, and God pitied her, letting her start to turn her luck.

"What will you do if we leave the Qiao family in the future?"

If he left the Qiao family in the future, he would never be able to eat such delicious food again. Thinking that if Lady Qiao found a beloved man in the future, then he, the fake husband, would have to give up his seat.

"Mmm, you go rest. If they aren't hungry at night, I won't cook. If they are hungry, I'm here. You don't need to worry about things at home."

"Wow, Mother, is this candied hawthorn?"

"Father, I want to eat hawthorn cake, can you help me get a few pieces?"

"Yes."

Qiao Mai meant it, ate a few bites, and stopped using chopsticks.

The children looked at the candied hawthorns. "Mother, there are so many, why not sell some?"

"Brother Yuan, go to the warehouse, move the chestnuts, melon seeds, peanuts, quail eggs, pine nuts, persimmon cakes, etc., to the courtyard, take a bowl, our family doesn't have a scale, sell by the bowl."

"What about the candied hawthorns?"

"One hundred wen a string, you all keep two strings each and put them in the kitchen, sell the rest."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 76 =====