Happy peasant girl

Chapter 316 Improving Life (3)
"Go to work!" Yan Yun also gave her a warm smile.

Mrs. Ye has been observing Yanyun and Linqingxi not far away, or in other words, many villagers are observing the two of them.Lin Qingxi will be 17 years old after the new year, if nothing happened to her, she should have married a long time ago.

Many villagers knew in their hearts that none of the young people in the village was worthy of the current Linqingxi, but they didn't want her to marry far away. It would be great if this man named Yun Yun was willing to be their son-in-law.

Patriarchs Lin Renyi and Lin Yuanshan have long asked Yan Yun side-by-side, knowing that he has no engaged wife in his family, he is an only son, and his parents are healthy. Would such an outstanding man be willing to be their son-in-law in Linjia Village?Many people were beating drums in their hearts.

"Grandma, mother, Aunt Sun, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Ma, you are all here!" Lin Qingxi approached Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Mu, and found that there were many people standing around them, so she greeted them one by one. .

"Xi girl, it's cold! Come here to warm yourself up!" Behind the group of people was a stove that could be carried around casually. Just now they were only focused on watching the children practice martial arts, and they all walked forward, leaving the stove behind.

"It's okay, I'm not cold. I have something I want to ask a few aunts and aunts to help with!" Lin Qingxi helped Ye Shi and Mu Shi turn around and returned to the stove, and Sun Shi and others followed suit. After a while, some women from the village gathered around them.

"Xi girl, what are you talking about, these days I'm almost idle to death!" Sun said loudly.

Since Nayuan's work of unraveling is no longer entrusted to Sun and the others, and they can't learn Hunan embroidery, and there is no work in the field in winter, they can only cook at home and do housework.

"Auntie, isn't it the Chinese New Year? I want to improve the food for the female workers in Nayuan and the people living in the wooden houses outside, so I want my aunts and aunts to help me make more steamed buns, and then fry them. Some balls, and some fish balls, we can eat it ourselves, I don’t know if the aunts and aunts are willing, but the cook in Nayuan really can’t help it.” Lin Qingxi begged embarrassingly.

"Yes, yes! Why don't you want to do this? We people only know how to embroider the soles and Nana shoes. We really can't learn Hunan embroidery. My eyes hurt and I can't embroider a single leaf." Ma Shi said with a smile.

"Me too, me too!"

At this time, several women in the village echoed the voice. They were all about the same age as Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Sun. They were not as dexterous as young people like Lin Xiaoyu, and they didn't have any embroidery background. is difficult.

"Xi girl, when will you start steaming steamed buns? You guys have plenty of time." Sun said with a big smile.

The women in Linjia Village are not good at anything else, but they are all experts in steamed buns and fried radish balls.

"We can start today!" Lin Qingxi saw that the He family was also in the crowd, and said to her, "Ms. He, ask Uncle Qi to bring me a few larger stone mortars, which I will use to make fish balls. "

"Okay, I'll go to Qijia Village to bring you back later, girl Xi, how many do you want?" He asked enthusiastically.

"I want seven first, let Ruoxin go with you later, she knows how big they want." Lin Qingxi said.

"No problem! Girl Xi, what are those fish balls? Are they the same as carrot balls?" He asked curiously.

Not only He Shi was curious, but many people were also curious when they heard that fish balls were a fresh food, and even Yan Yun also took a look in this direction.

"Fish balls are made from minced fish, adding a certain amount of seasoning and potato flour. Ruoxin will teach you when the time comes, it's very simple." Lin Qingxi said.

"I didn't expect that fish meat can be made into balls, so I must try it!" Ship said with a smile.

In the second half of the day, both Lin Zhongguo and Lin Qinghao came back, and Lin Zhongguo told Lin Qingxi that the blacksmith in the town did not have enough iron, so he went to the largest blacksmith shop in Fucheng to ask, and the shop owner told him, Such a big iron pot is not very easy to make, it will take some time.

"Father, how long will it take?" Lin Qingxi asked.

"He said that it will take at least two months. Girl Xi, the pot you want is too big. Even the best blacksmiths in Chu State will take one or two months together." Lin Zhongguo said in embarrassment.

With the current backward blacksmithing technology, it is indeed difficult to meet his own requirements in a short period of time. There is no other way, so Lin Qingxi had to think of other ways.

"Father, what if it's a three-foot-wide iron pot?" Lin Qingxi found out that some people in the state of Chu used large pots that were almost three feet wide.

"If you want a three-foot-wide iron pot, there are ready-made ones in the blacksmith shop in Fucheng, and Dad can bring them back for you later." Lin Zhongguo also asked for other cauldrons in the shop, and the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop told him , There are many big pots in his shop, but none of the super big pots he wants.

"For that, I need a three-foot-wide iron pot. Qiangwei, tell my fourth brother to make the pots and stoves smaller, and tell the Ding family and his son that the big bellows are no longer needed, and all of them should be made into small ones." Bellows." Lin Qingxi ordered.

"Yes!" Qiangwei hurried out to find Lin Qinghao and Ding Qiangsheng.

The people outside the gate saw Lin Qinghao and his men cutting down trees, and they all went to help. Lin Dashan and Lin Shitou also made bellows with Ding Qiangsheng and his son.

The five brothers Lin Qingyun, Lin Qinghai, Lin Qingfei, Lin Qinghe, and Lin Qingmu were still busy with their respective affairs outside, and they sent a letter home, saying that they would only be back on New Year's Eve.

Lin Qingxi is not worried about their safety now, because she asked Snow Wolf to send some people to protect them secretly. If there is any emergency, she can take action without notifying her. She must ensure that her brothers are safe and sound.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the original grove turned into an open-air kitchen with more than a dozen large pots and stoves. noodles, steamed buns.

When Lin Zhongguo bought the steamer, he also bought it back by the way. Some people outside the door helped steam steamed buns, some helped make radish balls, and some helped chop fish.

Mrs. Ye and the old grandmas in the village were not idle either. They used the leftover cloth heads in Nayuan to make 袼褙, and then made cloth shoes for the people outside.

"Master, this is the news from Xuelang today." In the rice garden, Yushan took out a small note and handed it to Linqingxi.

Lin Qingxi frowned after seeing it, and Snow Wolf told her that the war between Wu and Chu was intensifying, Youta Kingdom participated in the war frantically, and even Qixuan Kingdom had assembled an army to the border, and now there are wars everywhere outside, corpses are everywhere, Blood flowed like a river.

"Yu Shan, let the vulture lead people to build the shelter in the villa bigger. Not only is the world in chaos now, I am afraid that there will be more bandits. Linjia Village and Nayuan are so eye-catching, and they are likely to be targeted by others. Villagers and people They are all people who don't know martial arts, and the villa can protect them at that time."

(End of this chapter)