Lixia and He Mu supported Chu Zhao and walked for three hours before reaching the foot of the mountain. www.biquge.info At this time, the three of them were already exhausted and out of breath, and the little food that He Mu and Lixia ate in the morning had already been digested, and their stomachs were gurgling at this time, Chu Zhao felt very embarrassed when he heard it, and he knew that he could come down the mountain, and he should have left some food for them just now.

On the way home, there were villagers who kept greeting them, and they were very curious when they saw Chu Zhao.

Lixia hurriedly explained: "This is my grandfather's sworn brother, who came from Huzhou to visit us, but unexpectedly met a bandit on the way, and his money and belongings were looted. Fortunately, the bandit only seeks money and does not kill him, he has also come to our house before, and he still remembers the way, so he begged all the way, and came here, and I happened to run into it, so he took it home. ”

The villagers saw that Chu Zhao was wearing tattered clothes, his appearance was very embarrassed, and there were traces of blood in some places, and they did not suspect it at all. So while scolding the thieves for being too hateful, he comforted Chu Zhao, saying that if he didn't die in a big disaster, he would have a blessing, and it would be good to meet his relatives now. Chu Zhao pretended to be honest, responded again and again, and wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand.

Back at the Lin family, the Chen family, who had been instructed in advance, hurriedly greeted Xiao Han and the spring equinox, one called "uncle" in his mouth, and the other two called "uncle and grandfather", and welcomed him warmly. When Chu Zhao heard their names, his heart and liver trembled, now it's okay, he hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet, and he is a generation older.

When Xiao Han returned home, Chen had already cooked the meal, and she ate it first with the spring equinox. Lixia and He Mu were already hungry, and although Chu Zhao was not very hungry, he was also unceremonious, and the amount of food he ate during the banquet once again stunned everyone. This is really a "rice bucket", Xiao Han gave him a definition in his heart.

In this way, Chu Zhao Daxia began his healing life in the Lin family. The happiest are the spring equinox and Xiao Han, as soon as they have free time, they pester Chu Zhao to tell him the story of wandering the world.

What made Chu Zhao very resentful was that he was forbidden to eat spicy food because his wound was not healed. Every time he could only watch others eat a series of spicy dishes such as spicy fried pork intestines, back pot meat, spicy tofu, and spicy cabbage, he was stimulated to swallow his saliva on the side. But he can only obediently drink bone broth and eat green vegetables and tofu every day.

During this period, some curious villagers came to visit, but they were all vaguely passed by Chen, only saying that the uncle was frightened along the way and lacked food and clothing, and the old disease relapsed and fell ill, so it was not suitable to see guests. Grandma's family also received a letter from Xiao Han, carrying eggs, meat, brown sugar and other items to visit, and asked Chu Zhao for warmth, and the villagers were even more convinced.

Only Tang Yun felt that things were a little strange. Since Liu Bapo was scolded by Xiao Han last time, he has also learned to be obedient, knowing how powerful this girl is, he doesn't dare to target her directly, but his desire to conquer this woman has become stronger. Therefore, he has been secretly paying attention to the affairs of the Lin family and the He family. Although I feel that this man has a strange origin, and he has not shown up. But he couldn't figure it out for a while, he just felt that this man was not a threat to him for the time being, so he didn't bother with it for now.

Time flies, the year has arrived, and the year here refers to the twenty-third day of the lunar month, on which the king of the stove ascends to heaven.

In order to let the king of the stove say more good things for his family after going to heaven and not say bad things, so on this day, people put out tea fruits, and a piece of boiled pork belly, burn incense and light candles, send the king of the stove to heaven, remove the old statue of the king of the stove, and do not paste the newly bought image until the Chinese New Year's Eve sacrifice.

After sending off the king of the stove, people began to clean up. The roof should also be cleaned, as there are often cobwebs, dust, etc. on it. The broom used to clean the roof is made of bamboo leaves and tied to a long bamboo pole. When cleaning, wear a hat, wear old clothes, and cover your mouth and nose with a scarf to prevent dust from falling, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

After cleaning the roof, they start to clean the floor, clean every corner and wash the house, remove the bedding, cotton clothes, etc., because it is necessary to welcome the New Year cleanly.

After the New Year, the flavor of the New Year is even stronger. At this time, Chu Zhao's injuries gradually improved.

During this period, Chu Zhao prescribed his own medicine because he knew medical science. In order to avoid people's eyes, the cautious Xiaohan divided the prescription into several parts, went to several pharmacies to grab the medicine, and sent Lixia and He Mu to take turns.

The news of Xiaohan selling spicy cabbage and recipes gradually spread, and many people speculated about how much money they sold. Some say five taels, ten taels, twenty taels, and some say fifty taels, one hundred taels. In short, everyone knows that the Lin family has made a fortune. So some villagers came to inquire about the news, Xiaohan told his family in advance that he couldn't tell the contract, and if anyone asked about the method of making spicy cabbage, he only said that it had been sold to the owner, and it could not be leaked, otherwise he would have to compensate for the loss.

Some people also heard that the spicy cabbage workshop in the town was recruiting, so they came to ask the Lin family to help recommend. This is not easy to refuse, and there are such honest and capable people as He Mu's mother, Huang Zhongbao's daughter-in-law, etc. Xiao Han agreed, went back and sorted out everyone's conduct and characteristics, wrote them on paper and handed them to the money shopkeeper, and he decided by himself.

In the end, Qinghe Village recruited six people, all of whom were honest and neat people, including Huang Zhongbao's daughter-in-law. He Mu's mother was incompetent due to physical reasons and was rejected. She was very sad, He Mu hurriedly comforted her, saying that she was already old enough to earn money to support her family, and she would go to work in the town with Uncle Lin when she turned around. Mother just needs to take care of her body and do some housework at home. She was both relieved and distressed when she heard it.

Xiao Han's eyelids kept jumping early this morning, and she had a premonition in her heart that something was going to happen today. Sure enough, at noon, an uninvited guest came to the Lin family.

At that time, Xiao Han and Chen were cooking in the kitchen, when they suddenly heard a tall and thick voice coming from outside the door: "Brother, Qiu Ju, are you at home? I came with your niece to see you." ”

Chen Shi's brows immediately furrowed when he heard this voice, and he looked unhappy.

Seeing this, Xiao Han asked strangely, "Mother, who is it?" Why do I think you don't like this person very much." ”

"It's your aunt and your cousin. To be honest, I don't like them coming, and I even hate them. It's just that your father only has such a sister, and since your grandparents died, he has become more and more tolerant and close to this sister, and I can't say anything. Chen admitted frankly in front of his daughter.

"Your aunt is bitter and mean, and her words are always prickly and annoying. And every time I come back to us, I have to take something with me when I leave. For the sake of your father's face, I had to endure it. Your cousin Amei is the only daughter in the family, and she looks good, but she is heavy, too lazy, and speaks without brains. But her mother and daughter are still high-spirited, and they are determined to find someone who looks good and has a wealthy family, so they are eighteen years old and haven't married yet......"

As he spoke, the shouting outside rang out again, and the sound was very close to the kitchen. Chen hurriedly greeted him: "It's the eldest sister, Amei is also here." ”

"Auntie!" shouted a wooden voice, it was Cousin Amei.

"I shouted for a long time and no one answered, I thought there was no one at home, so you were there. The thorny voice of the eldest aunt Lin rang out. Xiao Han slandered in his heart: No one else came to the kitchen, obviously smelling the fragrance.

"Isn't this cooking, but as soon as I heard it, I came out to greet you. Chen was unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face.

"I'll see what kind of food is cooked, it's so fragrant!" Lin said and stepped into the kitchen, Ah Mei disliked the smell of cooking smoke in the kitchen, and stood outside the door without following up.

Xiao Han saw a woman in her thirties who looked like her father walk in, and her thin lips showed that she was a little mean. Xiao Han didn't get up, but just greeted lightly: "Hello aunt!"

Lin Shi answered in his mouth, and then went to open the lid of the pot and take a look: "Yo, braised pork, no wonder it's so fragrant." And this, isn't it a pig's intestine? This thing can be eaten even if it stinks? But it smells good. This is a big bone stewed radish, and the bones have no meat, isn't it a waste of money to buy it?"

Xiao Han saw that she had to open every dish to take a look, and her mouth was still spitting, and she kept saying this and that, and she was extremely unhappy. Then he said lightly: "If my aunt thinks it's not delicious, just don't eat it later, our family loves to eat it very much." ”

Lin was choked for a moment, and his heart was unhappy: "Xiao Han is really getting more and more promising, I didn't dare to say anything when I saw my aunt before, and I thought I was dumb if I didn't know." Recently, I have become sharp-toothed, and I heard that I had a big quarrel with the Tang family and Liu Bapo, and they were so embarrassed that their faces stinked. It has been spread all over several villages in this vicinity, and they all say that the daughter of the Lin family is really amazing, so spicy. I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw it now, I was really bold and talked a lot. ”

Chen and Xiao Han were furious when they heard her say so ugly: sure enough, the dog couldn't spit out ivory from its mouth.

The Chen family couldn't say anything because of Lin Jincai, but he just sank his face.

Xiao Han is not afraid of heaven and earth, she looked at Lin and said coldly: "I am not as good as my cousin, I am heavy, have a big temper, and I am also outspoken, so I haven't married at the age of eighteen." Could it be that my aunt is reluctant to give up her cousin and wants to keep her for a few more years?"

If you stay for a few more years, you will become a veritable old girl. Lin was very angry and scolded, "Why do you talk like that, this kid? Why don't you want your cousin to be well?

"Auntie, what you just said to your niece is not very good. ”

The Lin family was so angry that he had nothing to say, so he could only turn around and lecture to the Chen family: "Qiu Ju, you are still a talented daughter, and you can't discipline your own children well. And when I first entered the door, I didn't stand up to say hello. So untutored. ”

Chen pursed her lips tightly and kept silent, Xiaohan is small, she can be a child and don't care, if she goes back, Lin will sue her husband and say that he contradicted her. There had been this situation before, and the Chen family couldn't bear to let Lin Jincai be caught in the middle, so he generally kept silent.

Xiao Han shot back nonchalantly: "My grandfather taught me to 'come and not be rude'! My niece and I said those words to my aunt for the sake of "courtesy". Also, I was cooking on the fire just now, so it was naturally inconvenient to stand up. When my aunt came to someone else's house as a guest, she didn't go to the hall to sit and drink tea, but came to the kitchen full of oil smoke, opened the lid and looked around. Could it be that my aunt wants to light the fire for me?"

"Hmph, I don't think I'm welcome here, since that's the case, I'll go! In this way, your heart is as you want!" Lin's face was flushed, and he slammed the door angrily and walked out.