Chapter 254: Picking Mandarin Oranges

Li Xin and the others had had dinner in the house here in Osmanthus Village before they were ready to go back to the town.

On this day, everyone really took a turn around the osmanthus village, walking around the village in the morning, and wandering around the mountains in the afternoon.

At this time, there are no mushrooms to pick on the mountain, but after half a day on the mountain, it is not without harvest. Li Xin and his entourage picked a lot of mandarin oranges this time, but they can be pickled and eaten slowly, or dried and kept, and can be ground into fine powder to make zuò olive tea.

There are not many people picking mandarin oranges here, so there are many of them in the mountains, and the children in the village don't like to eat them very much. Occasionally, some children will pick it and dip it in the condiments to eat, and the taste is actually quite good, but there is a bit of a bitter taste, some people like to eat it, but most people still don't like it very much.

Li Xin and Wen Hao mentioned that they could be pickled and eaten before, but Wen Hao remembered it, and today he walked on the mountain and told everyone that there are more oranges in those places. So they picked a lot, and when they got home, they found a jar to pickle. It is not difficult to marinate, wash the orange with clean water and then dry the water stains on the surface.

The jar should also be washed well, and then mixed with some water. Salt and licorice are added to the water, and the mandarin orange is soaked in the water, and it doesn't take long to take it out and eat it. When it is soaked, the sour and astringent taste will fade, and with licorice, there will be a faint sweetness soaked into the orange.

Xuan papaya can also be soaked in this way, and after soaking, it tastes very good.

"I haven't really eaten anything like this." Ling Ziye pinched the orange and said, with a look of surprise.

"Where can such a thing get in front of you? Eating it directly is naturally not good, even the children in the village don't like to eat it very much, let alone people like you, who want something on weekdays. However, if my cousin is interested, he can also go back and find some mandarin oranges to soak and eat. When the green color on the surface of the orange gradually turns a little yellow, you can eat it. Li Xin said with a smile.

"Okay, you can go back and give it a try."

The oranges had already been soaked in jars, and then everyone had dinner. After dinner, it was naturally not early, and Li Xin and the others were about to go back to the town. The people who didn't leave went out to see Li Xin and the others.

"You've had a good journey." Yin Liuchen said with a slight smile.

"Okay, they're all their own people, and there will be more when we meet in the future! Don't all watch xiàn want to be the same as parting, let's get in the car! Ling Ziye said and got into the carriage.

The crowd said no more, waved their hands, and those who wanted to leave got into the car, and those who did not go also returned.

"Did you have a good day?" Sitting in the carriage, Li Xin asked his younger siblings.

"I'm happy, it's hard to go to the mountains now." Wen Hao said with a grin. Since the family moved to the town, there have been few opportunities to walk in the mountains. When I used to be in the village, I had to go to the mountains almost every day, and my house was leaning against the mountains, and there was no other place to play, and I couldn't play with the children in the village.

Therefore, I can only run in the mountains all the time. The main thing is not to play, but to look in the mountains to see if you can find edible wild vegetables and various fruits.

When there is no food, the back mountain has become a treasure trove to feed everyone, looking around, you can always find something to eat.

"Yes! It's really hard to walk in the mountains now. Li Xin also sighed. Everyone in the family has their own things to do, and where there is so much spare time to go to the mountains all the time.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, and Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang were already waiting for them at the entrance of the village with Xiao Wang.

The carriage stopped, it was not too early, everyone no longer greeted politely, and Li Xin and the others did not get off. It was the carriage that stopped, beckoned Xiao Wang to get into the carriage, greeted Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, and the carriage left the village.

In the next two days, Sister Li Xin also took Ling Ziye's brothers and sisters around Osmanthus Village. Wenbo and they naturally went to the academy to attend classes as always.

Walking around and playing, Ling Ziye is about to take Ling Feifei back to Beijing.

Ling Ziye set off early in the morning on August 24, but fortunately, Ling Feifei had been preparing to go back before, and her things were all packed, and she could leave when she was leaving. The gifts Li Xin prepared for the Ling family were also prepared, and there were no very valuable things at home, so he only picked out some ordinary things.

Most of them are some food, and Li Xin brought a lot of potatoes, and this year's harvest is bumper, so you can eat it casually. Prepare more, but also think that you can almost plant potatoes, and the Ling family can also go back to plant them, so that the Ling family will have potatoes to eat in the future.

Li Xin also took out some muslin cloth that the Zheng family gave last time. Muslin is not a precious thing, but it is still comfortable to wear as a garment.

August 24 will soon be around.

Ling Ziye also came to Li Xin's house early in the morning, and at that time, Li Xin had not yet made breakfast, so he asked Ling Ziye to take someone to carry the gifts she had prepared and the things of Ling Feifei's master and servant into the carriage. After the things were moved and Li Xin's breakfast was ready, he beckoned everyone to have breakfast.

Those people brought by Ling Ziye, Li Xin asked them to eat at Pinxiang Pavilion. Now she is the only one in the family who cooks, where to prepare so much food in the early morning. She had already said hello to Pinxiang Pavilion, and breakfast should have been prepared at this time.

Li Xin and the others sat down in the kitchen and were about to pick up the bowls, but there was a knock on the door outside. Li Xin asked everyone to eat first, and she quickly stood up and went to open the door.

Li Xin opened the door and found that the person standing outside the door was Yin Liuchen, who was still holding a pot of moon flowers in his arms.

"The Dust Boy came early, come in!" Li Xin greeted Yin Liuchen into the door and beckoned him to the kitchen to have breakfast. He called Caiyun again and took a coachman and two guards accompanied by Yin Liuchen to Pinxiang Pavilion to have breakfast.

"I haven't realized I'm so important! Liuchen, you came to see me off so early. Ling Ziye looked at Yin Liuchen with a smile on his face.

"Yes! You see how good I am to you, I came to see you off so early. Yin Liuchen said with a smile. As he spoke, he sat down, and Li Xin had already taken a bowl to serve him porridge.

After breakfast, everyone sat and talked in the courtyard, and it was not good to rush to the road after eating, and besides, there was no need to rush to start at this time for such a long journey. However, Wenbo and the others were in a hurry to go to class, so they didn't wait to see Ling Ziye off, and went out to the academy first.

Li Xin took the dishes and chopsticks away, and did not rush to wash them, but just put them away, and then went out of the kitchen to talk to everyone.

Sitting in the courtyard, Ling Ziye suddenly saw the pot of moon flowers brought by Yin Liuchen, so he suddenly looked at Yin Liuchen, "I also said that Liuchen, you are so good, come to see me off early in the morning!" But it's not! Ling Ziye looked aggrieved, but he could see that there was a smile in his eyes.

"Why didn't I make a special trip to see you off, that flower is by the way! You can bring Yuling back! She should love it. Yin Liuchen smiled slightly, with some pampering in his eyes, thinking that he remembered Yin Yuling.

That Yueji flower was promised by Li Xin to Yin Yuling. That day in the house of Osmanthus Village, Yin Liuchen suddenly said that Yin Yuling has always liked moon flowers, and has a full yard with many colors. However, this color in Li Xin's house, Yin Yuling really doesn't have it there, and if you see it, you will definitely like it.

Li Xin also said at that time that he would dig one and raise it in a flower pot, and let Ling Ziye take it all the way back to the capital. But I was in a hurry to come back that day, so I didn't dig it. Li Xin also forgot about it for a while, but he didn't expect Yin Liuchen to come with flowers early in the morning.

It seems that this prince still loves his sister very much!

The county lord of Changle should be very happy! Li Xin thought silently. can have such a brother so pampered, she will carefully remember everything she likes, and she will think about it everywhere. That's great!

She has always wanted an older brother, and when she was young, she always felt that those girls with a brother were very happy. Having a brother to pet and protect is much happier than those children without a brother! However, she has never been able to have a brother. It's not sad, it's not really regretful, it's just a little melancholy.

"You're such a good brother! No matter where you go, remember to bring a gift to Yuling! Okay, I'll bring her back. Ling Ziye sighed.

"I can't do much for her, it's just a small gift, and you still sigh."

Everyone sat together and talked, while Yuexiang and Yueting pulled Ling Feifei aside, maybe to say the little girl's intimate words. Li Xin also asked Caiyun to bring the box she had prepared. Caiyun soon brought the box, and Li Xin handed the box to Ling Ziye and asked him to take it back.

That is, some of the needlework and a few letters she made, mainly for Yin Yuling and several young ladies of the Ling family. The letter was addressed to Yin Yuling, Ling Wanyu and Old Madam Ling.

learned from Ling Ziye that the second master Ling stayed in the capital as an official after returning to Beijing to report on his work, so the second master Ling's family lived in the capital as they wished. She divided the things and letters into one by one, and she couldn't make a mistake, so she didn't open the box and pointed them out to Ling Ziye one by one.

"Why doesn't my cousin give me a gift either?" Ling Ziye took the box, and his gaze fell directly on Li Xin's body. R1152