Since Steward Lin and the Wang family left, Lin Zhu was left alone in the Zhuangzi, and the three-acre Zhuangyuan was too big for an eight-year-old girl. And the farm work in the Zhuangzi is also a big burden for her.

Lin Zhu inspected the warehouse and kitchen, and found about twenty catties of white rice in the kitchen, as well as five or six catties of white flour, enough to eat for a period of time, there are kinds of green vegetables in the yard, just pick from there, but when Lin Steward and Wang were there, they didn't manage it carefully, and now Lin Zhu has to do it herself, growing up in the countryside, this thing is not difficult for her, and there are some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, etc., and there is no need to add it at the moment. I didn't find any eggs or meat or anything like that, so I guess they've all eaten them. Lin Zhu's body is still very weak, and these things should be prepared to replenish his body. You can't buy meat right away, but you can easily buy eggs because you have chickens in the countryside. Fortunately, there is a well in the yard, which saves Lin Zhu a lot of trouble, if she uses this small body to carry water, it will be too difficult for her.

There was nothing in the storeroom, and it was used as a firewood room, so there was a lot of dry firewood in it, and it could be used for a while. After inspecting the things in the house, Lin Zhu found that he still had some things to support his daily life, at least he didn't need to use the silver taels he got from the Wang family now.

I checked the yard again, the courtyard wall is still very strong, the bottom is made of stone, and the top is made of green bricks, it can be seen that it was built with great care, and the main house is also made of green bricks, compared to most of the countryside with adobe houses, the houses here are the envy of many people.

The front yard is very large, but except for a few vegetable fields next to the well, most of the rest of the vacant land is idle. The backyard is not big, but it needs to be properly planned.

Lin Zhu found some agricultural tools from the corner of the warehouse, but most of them needed to be repaired before they could be used. The forest steward said that there are still five acres of land, so these farm tools must be prepared in advance.

After roughly looking at the yard, Lin Zhu felt a little tired, and returned to his house and wanted to lie on the bed and rest for a while, but looking at the worn-out quilt on the bed, the exposed cotton mattress, the faded and broken bed tent, and the hard pillows, Lin Zhu felt that he had to make a plan to purchase the door, at least he had to buy a new quilt, the old one could be rearranged as a mattress, but it also needed to be dismantled and washed and dried. She found that the original Kobayashi Xiuzhu didn't have any clothes, and the clothes in the cage were either small, or they were old like the ones she was wearing now, and there were some patches, which needed to be bought, and there were no toiletries found in the house, so it seemed that there were still a lot of things that needed to be bought. However, Lin Zhu didn't know where to buy these things. It seems that the sooner you meet the village chief, the better.

Seeing that it was almost noon, I had to prepare lunch, because I was leaving immediately, the Wang family did not prepare breakfast, and Lin Zhu didn't pay attention to this matter because he wanted to keep an eye on the Wang family, but now that he has checked the place where he will live in the future, after having a preliminary idea, Lin Zhu also feels hungry. This lunch was the first time Lin Zhu had cooked for himself when he came to this time and space. Without modern kitchen supplies, I don't know what to do.

When I came to the kitchen, I looked at the earthen pot and earthen stove, thinking back to my rural life since I was a child, and I could only comfort myself, fortunately, thanks to my experience, although I have lived in the city for more than ten years, but after all, I came from the countryside. Slowly get used to what you can handle.

But this is not a modern countryside, there are no matches, lighters and the like, just making a fire is a troublesome thing, looked left and right, from the bottom of the stove door to find two stone-like things, should be used to make fire flint, Lin Zhu tried to use it to knock on the fire, although the first use is a little rusty, but still reluctantly lit the firewood. After the fire is lit, wash the pot with water, add an appropriate amount of water, take a bowl of rice from the rice bowl, wash it clean, pour it into the pot, look at the ratio of water and rice is about the same as cooking porridge, then cover the pot and start to cook.

After a while, the water boiled, and the fragrance of rice porridge came out of the pot, but in order to make the porridge delicious, it had to be boiled for a while, so it continued to burn the fire, and after five or six minutes, the rice in the pot at this time absorbed enough water, became viscous and elastic, and the rice soup also became white, so that the porridge was cooked, fragrant and delicious, Lin Zhu stopped the fire, first let the porridge simmer in the pot, she was going to go to the front yard to pick some green vegetables and stir-fry. After a while, I picked a handful of greens and a green onion, washed them with water, and cut them for later use. Put the porridge that has been prepared and put it in a large bowl that has been prepared, wash the pot, wait for the pot to dry, put a little oil, wait for it to be hot, put in the green onions and greens, stir-fry twice, add a little salt and stir-fry again, and it will be done quickly, because it is a person's meal, plus the body has not fully recovered, you can only eat some light meals, so Lin Zhu does not do much, and it is very simple. After making the meal, Lin Zhu washed the pot with his hand, filled a few coarse firewood in the stove, and prepared a warm pot of water for bathing. Clean up the door of the stove, stuff it with coarse wood, and seal it with bricks so that the fire does not fall out later. This way, the water is also warm, and there is no need to wait.

After finishing the kitchen, Lin Zhu washed the water, brought the porridge and vegetables to the table in his room, chewed slowly and ate quietly. After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, the water was almost warm. However, because he had just eaten and was not suitable for bathing, he added a handful of firewood to the stove and rested for half an hour.

Because there is no large wooden barrel for bathing, I can only bring the bucket of hot water to the ear room, pour it into the basin and scrub it with a cloth towel, because there are no cleaning supplies, I feel that the washing is not very thorough. The embarrassing life made Lin Zhu very stressed, but he was helpless at the moment.

After taking a bath, Lin Zhu felt that his body was a little lighter, but he still felt a little tired, so he could only rest for a while. Just as I was about to go back to the house and lie down for a while, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and a woman's voice came from outside: "Is anyone home?" This surprised Lin Zhu, except for the village chief Lin Changqing, she didn't know anyone else here.

Lin Zhu came to the courtyard gate, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged woman standing at the door, the woman was a little rich, with a round face with a light smile, looking very kind, with a simple bun on her head, and a plain silver hairpin, wearing blue cotton clothes, and holding a basket on her arm. Seeing that the door was opened, Lin Zhu inside the door showed a somewhat puzzled expression, so he said to Lin Zhu with a smile, "I am from the village chief's family, I heard that Changqing said that you are here alone, so I will come to see you, my maiden name is Li, you can call me Aunt Li." Hearing Aunt Li's words, Lin Zhu understood the identity of the person in front of him, the village chief's wife. Hurriedly invited her to the door and led her to sit down in the hall.

Aunt Li walked all the way and saw that the situation in the yard was far less good than it looked from the outside. Except for a few vegetable plots with some malnourished greens, most of the vacant land without buildings is deserted. Although the main house is built of blue bricks, it looks very dilapidated because it has not been carefully maintained, the tables, chairs and benches in the room are also old, and there is no other decoration in the house, and the teapots and teacups used to hold water are obviously not complete. I heard from the head of his own family that this child will live here alone in the future, without parents, and feel pitiful. So Aunt Li took the initiative to come to visit Lin Zhu, and sure enough, seeing this situation, it made people's hearts a little sour. Look at Lin Zhu who is pouring water on the opposite side, his clothes are shabby, because of his slender body, he looks a little wide, not very fit, and his face is yellow, as if he has a serious illness.

"Listen to our boss, you had a serious illness two days ago?" Aunt Li opened her mouth first, "It's better now?" You're here alone, and if there's anything you need help with, just let us know,"

Lin Zhu listened to what Aunt Li said, and was very grateful, the woman in front of her made her feel some warmth, no matter if she could help in the future, these few words made Lin Zhu have a good impression of her. "Xie Lu Xie Aunt Li, let you and the village chief bother, I'm almost good now."

"I heard that you will be from our village in the future, if you don't understand anything, just ask me, don't be afraid of trouble, you are about the same age as my little girl, and you have time to play with her." Aunt Li spoke very happily, and the kindness she showed was obvious. Lin Zhu likes her straightforwardness very much. "Xie Lu Xie, I was supposed to visit the village chief and you first, but the house is very messy and has not been sorted out yet, please forgive me with the village chief for the rudeness." "How old are you, what is rude or not, besides, you are just sick, and you should not go out." As he spoke, he put the basket on the table, "There are ten eggs here, I will bring them to make up for you, I think you have never been out, and now there must be no such things at home, so I will bring them to you." "How can I take your stuff? It's not good, so you might as well take it back. Lin Zhu hurriedly rejected Aunt Li's kindness.

"You kid is really out of sight, take it, it's not a good thing," Aunt Li saw Lin Zhu's refusal, and knew that she was embarrassed, after all, she was a stranger who met for the first time. But she was very merciful for Lin Zhu's experience, and Aunt Li insisted that she accept it. "How embarrassing is this, otherwise, Aunt Li, how much are these eggs worth? I'll give it to you. Aunt Li looked at Lin Zhu, who was still refusing, and her character of not taking advantage of others made her like it very much. Okay, this is a little bit of the eldest mother's heart, you just take it, it's not worth a few dollars, if you don't want to go, when I leave, I will pick up a few dishes from you. ”

Lin Zhu saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it, and knew that Aunt Li said that bringing a few vegetables away was just to calm her heart, and she decided to buy some suitable things to send them when she could go out to buy things. On the one hand, Xie Lu Xie took care of the village chief, and on the other hand, he also had a good relationship with the village chief's family.