Farmer’s Stepmother’s Skillful Farming

Chapter 320 Gossip

After steaming it in the pot, the four carrot heads held the little hedgehog like a treasure and placed it on the ground beside their respective beds, hoping that the little hedgehog would bring some good luck.

At the age of twenty-eight, the village became more and more lively.

Children are running and playing all over the village, and the adults are busy at home, making croquettes, fried tofu, fried fish, etc. There will be a strong aroma floating in the sky over the whole village.

　Sumulan’s family also prepared a lot of fried food.

 In addition to those snacks, we also made radish balls, fried sweet potato chips, fried small meatballs, and most importantly, fried French fries.

Cut the potatoes into strips, freeze them outside, and then put them in a frying pan until they are golden and crispy. Then take them out and let the children eat them as snacks.

There is no tomato sauce at this time, so the sorghum can only be sprinkled with some salt and eaten as plain.

In addition to these, braise some pork liver, pig heart and other things to prepare cold dishes, cook a piece of pork belly, prepare braised pork, and marinate a whole chicken, ready to be roasted and eaten.

 The work continued until New Year's Eve.

Waiting for the cold pork liver, stir-fried pork heart, hot pot pork with garlic sprouts, roasted chicken with honey sauce, cold shredded tofu, celery peanuts, roasted yuba, spicy and sour cabbage, and a large plate of steaming dumplings stuffed with scallions, cabbage, and pork to be served. At that time, the lively New Year began.

After having a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, we ran around in the yard setting off firecrackers at night, carrying small paper lanterns and walking back and forth from door to door. We got up early the next morning and went door to door to pay New Year greetings to our elders and receive food and drinks. After the New Year's greetings, I will go play with sandbags with my friends, exchange food, compare new clothes...

 This is the unique New Year fun for children.

 Walking with people you have good friends with, preparing two side dishes, drinking two glasses of wine, summarizing the harvest of the year, and figuring out what to do next year, this is the daily routine of an adult man.

The women greeted each other and had a good conversation. They drank two cups of tea, cracked two pounds of melon seeds, and had a good talk about the family's problems.

“Have you heard? Mrs. Zheng said that she has a niece from a distant relative who married in the county. I heard that her niece’s husband is a teacher and she has to earn this amount in a year.”

As the woman spoke, she stretched out her hand and turned it inside out.

"Ten taels of silver? That's not a lot, right? The head of my family can earn five taels of silver a year. The teacher must at least be a scholar. Only a scholar can earn this amount..."

"What are you talking about? It's one hundred taels! They are said to be among the top three talents. If they take the exam, they will be the masters of public education. If they want to be officials, the schools in the county are scrambling for them. They teach in the two colleges and earn a lot of money. Isn’t that a lot? It’s said that the school will provide a courtyard for you, so you don’t have to worry about food, food, and accommodation. The students also give gifts from time to time, and there are so many things in the house!”

“Tsk, you are really marrying into a wealthy family. You will have to follow the popular ones and drink spicy food. When you turn around and become an official’s wife, I’m afraid you will have to be taken care of by several maids. It’s great..."

"Who says it's not the case? I saw Mrs. Zheng saying that she was extremely envious. From what I heard, my niece-in-law is probably more knowledgeable and has a better future than his second brother."

"The kind of family you can marry into? Does Zheng's niece look like a fairy? Is the family rich? Is she in business?"

 (End of this chapter)