sbdcsierra Chapter 170 Returning to the Village and Moving into a New House
Chapter 170 Returning to the Village and Moving into a New House
Since the "victim" had accepted the arrangement, Gao Mengli and Lin Xi would not say anything more.
The two, who had planned to return tomorrow, decided to set off for the village today.
Lin Xi quickly cooked a pot of dumplings and took out the braised pig's trotters she had made last night.
Da Niu watched excitedly as Lin Xi picked out the marinated pig's trotters, swallowing hard. "Dad, pig's trotters for dinner today?!"
Lin Xi smiled and nodded, "Yes, we're having pig's trotters and dumplings today."
Gao Mengli helped set the table, and seeing Da Niu's excited expression, she couldn't help but find it amusing.
Their child is still too young and inexperienced!
Lin Xi took the pickled pig's trotters out of the jar and served them on the table.
The pig's trotters were a tempting reddish-brown color, with a slight sheen of oil on the skin. When you brought them close and took a sniff, the rich and mellow aroma of fermented rice and meat intertwined and wafted into your nostrils, tantalizing your taste buds.
Yesterday I got six pig trotters, which I cut in half and marinated in brine.
The seven people each took half a piece, and there was some left over. Gao Mengli asked the chubby girl to take it back for the buck-toothed girls to try.
The chubby girl's eyes lit up, her face beaming with joy, and she quickly replied, "Thank you, boss lady!"
After saying that, he quickly picked up a pig's trotter and took a bite. The pig's trotter was stewed just right, and the meat was tender and glutinous but still elastic.
With a gentle bite, the skin and meat separate easily, offering a smooth and delicate texture. The salty and savory flavor is complemented by a unique fermented aroma, and the distinctive umami taste from the pickling and stewing process spreads freely throughout the mouth.
Every bite was irresistible, and the aroma made the chubby girl squint her eyes!
Seeing that the chubby girl was eating happily, Jiang Ya looked down at the pig's trotters in the bowl and swallowed.
He quickly put his portion on the chubby girl's plate, saying, "Chubby girl, you eat!"
Although the chubby girl loved to eat, she couldn't "take away someone else's favorite food," so she shook her head and said, "Jiang Ya, you eat! You haven't tried it yet, it's so delicious!"
After saying that, the chubby girl put the pig's trotter back into Jiang Ya's bowl and then happily buried her head in her sauerkraut dumplings!
Seeing the chubby girl eating so heartily, Gao Mengli and Lin Xi's appetites also increased rapidly, and they ended up eating a little too much without realizing it.
Dinner is over.
Lin Xi quickly repurposed today's eight pig trotters into "pickled goods" and divided them into two jars for marinating.
One jar was for my aunt, Yu Yuan, and the other half was to be taken back so that everyone in the old house could also try it.
By dinner time, the food should be well marinated and flavorful.
Lin Xi finished her work, and Da Niu also just finished school.
So the family got into the carriage and returned to Wangyue Village.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi went to their new courtyard house and chose two rooms with tiled roofs.
After cleaning, the bunk beds that Lin Yong had made for the two of them were carried into the room.
Da Niu thought he was the "bunker," but he didn't realize he wasn't.
His parents put a big bed in his room?!
He was flattered and thought his parents had made a mistake, so he didn't pay much attention.
He was sent to the double room by his father when he went to bed at night.
Da Niu stood in front of the double room, looking completely bewildered. He asked Lin Xi, puzzled, "Dad, is there a mistake? This should be your and Mom's room."
It's a king-size bed, after all, isn't it?!
Lin Xi glanced at the room, which was clearly smaller than the one next door, and pursed her lips. "This is your room. The one next door is where your mother and I live."
Da Niu was even more confused. Pointing to the big bed, he asked Lin Xi a probing question, "But Dad, this is a big bed. I should be sleeping in the bunk bed now."
Lin Xi turned around and waved her hand, "Don't talk nonsense. Those bunk beds are for me and your mother. The extra beds are for storing miscellaneous items."
"Oh."
Da Niu scratched his head, not dwelling on it, and temporarily believed his father's explanation.
Turning around to look at the big bed, she pouted excitedly!
After all, he used to sleep on a makeshift bed in the main room at home.
For the first time at home, he had his own room and his own bed, and he was very content.
Once in bed, I hugged the quilt and drifted off to sleep.
Lin Xi came out of the cowshed. She took a gourd ladle, scooped water from the water vat in the yard, and watered the three chayote plants in the yard.
When they returned today, they saw that all the roads in the village had been covered with scaffolding, and they thought they would set up scaffolding around their homes when they got back.
To everyone's surprise, the old house had already set up the melon trellis for them yesterday.
There was absolutely no need for him to fight Mengli.
After watering the melon seedlings, Lin Xi turned and went back into the house.
The floor of the house was paved with stone slabs, which was much cleaner and fresher than the previous mud floor.
The walls were also coated with quicklime, making them look bright white.
The house is decorated in an antique style, which is the traditional style that he and Gao Mengli like!
Lin Xi sat on the bed, looking at it from the left and right, extremely amazed!
"Hehe, it's still best to be home!"
Hearing Lin Xi's exclamation, Gao Mengli, who was on the upper bunk, leaned out and teased, "You look like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, everything is new and exciting to you."
"This is just our own little nest, and you're this happy. If I gave you a mountain of gold one day, wouldn't you be so overjoyed you'd lose your bearings?!"
Lin Xi quickly blew out the candle by the bed, chuckled, and lay down on the bed, saying, "Mengli, in the future, if we earn even more mountains of gold and silver..."
We'd have the bed made of gold, the bed boards of silver, and wake up every day surrounded by mountains of gold and silver! Just thinking about it is so exciting!
Gao Mengli, who was on the upper bunk, smiled and said, "You certainly had a beautiful dream!"
Lin Xi retorted dismissively, "If it's a dream, then we definitely can't be stingy!"
Lin Xi was in high spirits and continued to excitedly recount the dream scenes: "At that time, the pillars of our house will all be made of jade. They will be so dazzling during the day that we won't need to turn on the lights at night, as the pillars will be the source of all the light."
The curtain had to be made of strung pearls; when the wind blew, it would jingle and tinkle, like a shower of pearls falling from the sky.
This got more and more outrageous, making Gao Mengli laugh. "You just keep making a scene, blatantly telling everyone you're rich, very rich! Aren't you afraid someone will come to your door and rob you?"
"I bet they'd have to guard against thieves and robbers every day, how could they possibly get a good night's sleep?"
Lin Xi, however, was unconvinced. "What's there to be afraid of? We'll hire a group of martial arts masters to guard the place. If one comes, we'll chase it away; if two come, we'll chase them away. Let them know that our gold and silver mountains are not to be coveted."
After saying that, Lin Xi clenched her fist and made a couple of gestures in the air!
Gao Mengli chuckled, her face full of doting affection, "Alright, alright, whatever you say!"
Go to sleep. Tomorrow we'll go to the money exchange and get some silver to build up your duck shed, so you can become rich overnight!
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi quickly pulled the blanket over herself. "Oh right! I almost forgot. Let's go to sleep. We have a big battle to fight tomorrow!"
As Lin Xi finished speaking, her breathing gradually became even.
Gao Mengli curled the corners of her lips into a smile.
How does this person manage to fall asleep so quickly?!
Gao Mengli tiptoed down from the upper bunk and, by the moonlight, looked at Lin Xi, who was sleeping so carelessly with a drool dripping from the corner of his mouth. She felt both annoyed and amused.
She muttered under her breath, "Just a moment ago they were dreaming of mountains of gold and silver, and now they're acting like little piglets!"
She quickly closed her eyes and went to sleep.
I can't be a lazy bum anymore...