Yan Yubai also showed a very reluctant smile and let Lu Yu in.

"Lu Yu is here." Mrs. Yan came out, and Lu Yu suddenly felt that the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

"Hello aunt, I caught two fish in the mountains, and I knew that Xiding loved to eat them, so I sent them over." Lu Yu sighed in his heart and said secretly: "I and the Yan family are finally polite again." ”

Fortunately, Yan Xi'an's sister and brother would not be polite to Lu Yu, and as soon as Yan Xiding came out, he shouted: "Brother Da Yu, are you going to buy me with fish?" This kid is still angry about Lu Yu and her sister "secretly together".

"Xi Ding, you get out." Yan Xi'an took the fish in Lu Yu's hand and said, "Uncle, you ran so far in order to send us fish." ”

Lu Yu said with a smile: "Now that there are no fish in the city, I sent a few over, and they came and went very quickly." ”

"Then I'll cook, Lu Yu, don't leave at noon today, and have a few drinks with your uncle." Mrs. Yan took the grass carp from Yan Xi'an's hand again, and said, "Your uncle often drinks alone, and he doesn't have anyone together, he says it's very boring." ”

Yan Xiding interjected: "Shaofang likes to drink, you just don't give her a drink." ”

Everyone: "......"

Lu Yu and Yan Jibai sat in the living room, Yan Xi'an knew that the two of them would be embarrassed to sit together, and they had nothing to say, so they also pulled Lan Shaofang and sat down with them. Lan Shaofang is here, and Yan Xiding will naturally be there.

Lu Yu didn't know what to say, and it was the same with his words.

Yan Xiding also felt that the atmosphere was not very good, so he said to Lu Yu: "Brother Da Yu, you can come to my house for the Chinese New Year this year." ”

"Hehe......" Lu Yu didn't agree, thinking in his heart: "The future son-in-law, will you celebrate the New Year at your father-in-law's house, is that okay?" ”

That shouldn't work, and he said: "This year, your big brother Yu is going to celebrate the New Year at his own house, and after two years, he can come to our house for the New Year." ”

Of course, Lu Yu knew what Yan Jibai meant, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Yes, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, I will pick you up and go to the village to play." Thinking that the Spring Festival would be in a few days, Lu Yu decided that he still had a lot to do. Tofu must be grinded, fresh fish for the New Year, and it is best to get some small snacks or something. Lu Yu also wanted to get some flour and make dumplings for the New Year.

This year is different from the past two years, this year's New Year, Lu Yu didn't want to live too casually.

At noon, I had dinner at Yan's house and drank a few glasses of wine, and Lu Yu stayed for a while before leaving. He didn't go home immediately, but went to the Golden Mountain Farm.

"Jinshan Farm" was the previous name, but now it has been changed to "Qichu Villa", and Lu Yu thinks this name is very good.

Qichu Villa has almost returned to the scene before the disaster, with fruit trees in the villa, wheat fields, flocks of ducks swimming in the lake, and cattle and sheep everywhere.

Cheng Huai is now the owner of the villa, leading more than 30 young workers to manage the villa in an orderly manner.

Seeing Lu Yu, Cheng Huai seemed very enthusiastic, and shouted from afar: "Mr. Lu, why do you have time to come here." ”

"Come and see, it's fine." Looking at the thriving scene on the farm, Lu Yu sighed: "It's better to have a peaceful life." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Lu hasn't eaten yet, I'm going to let someone prepare a meal, and I'll have a few drinks with you today."

Lu Yu hurriedly said that he had already eaten it, but he just came over and took a turn, and there was nothing wrong.

Cheng Huai smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take Mr. Lu around." ”

The farm was originally on good foundation, but after Cheng Huai and they cleaned it up, it is now almost the same as before.

Passing through orchards, past small lakes, and through wheat fields. Cheng Huai was very satisfied with the current situation on the farm, and said that it was fortunate that Lu Yu had beaten Lin Siyan away, and because Qin Zhongquan, the leader of the Tianhai Gang, had nothing to do with the people.

Lu Yu suddenly thought of one thing, and said to Cheng Huai: "In the past, the county order in the city was still there, and you have to pay grain and taxes here, right?" ”

"yes, I have to pay it." Cheng Huai smiled and said, "Don't say it, there is no 'parent official' here, our life is better." ”

The next sentence was a bit disappointing, Lu Yu said: "I heard that the 'parent officials' are coming back again. ”

"So fast?" Cheng Huai was only slightly surprised, he must also know that now that the world is peaceful, the official will definitely come back.

"I heard that it was after the Chinese New Year. How much rent was paid in previous years? ”

"It's a lot, but it's also about who is in office, I grew up on this farm, I remember a few years, the government was very strong at collecting rent, and we were almost out of food at that time."

"Hey, we farmers want to live a good life, either by looking at the sky, or by looking at people."

Cheng Huai smiled bitterly and said, "I hope this county commander is a good official, don't be too ruthless." ”

After walking around the farm for a while, Cheng Huai asked Lu Yu if there was anything missing at home. Lu Yu said that there was no shortage, but next spring, he wanted to come here to buy some fruit saplings to go back. Lu Yu plans to plant some fruit trees in the valley, and there is still a lot of open space in the valley, so you can plant a small piece. And you don't need to plant so many vegetables in the backyard of your home, you can plant a circle of fruit trees on the edge of the pool.

"The fruit trees are good, when spring begins, I will ask someone to send a car to Mr. Lu."

Although Lu Yu said that there was nothing in the house now, Cheng Huai still stuffed him with a lot of things. Half a bag of flour, a few fish, two sheepskins and a large cloth bag of raw chestnuts.

When he got home, Lu Yu went to Lao Gao's house to exchange some sweet potatoes and came back, and the chestnuts also gave him half a bag. Lu Yu likes to eat raw chestnuts, not boiled ones, because cooked chestnuts taste like boiled sweet potatoes.

There are only wild fish such as grass carp and crucian carp in the stream pools in Yangshan (grass carp is actually not a complete wild fish), and Cheng Huai raised them himself, so there are many types. Especially the carp in winter, each one is fat and tender.

At night, Lu Yu wants to eat braised carp.

When the sheep came back, Lu Yu began to cook. The braised fish is almost the same, if there is fish and green onion and ginger, if there is red pepper, it is even better.

After washing the carp, you should first use a kitchen knife to draw a few knives on the fish, and then sprinkle salt to marinate for half an hour. Lu Yu was afraid that one fish would not be enough to eat, so he washed two.

When marinating the fish, Lu Yu also fried a pot of shredded radish and put a few pieces of pork in it. Lu Yu used to like to stir-fry vegetables with lard, and it tasted delicious. But after practicing, Lu Yu's taste seems to have become a lot lighter, and he doesn't seem to be as keen on those heavy-tasting dishes as before.

Stir-fry the shallots, ginger slices and garlic until fragrant, then fry the fish in hot oil. Because it was two carp, Lu Yu used the slightly larger iron pot.

Lu Yu's family has three pots, a small pot that he usually uses, a steamer, and a small pot. The big iron pot in the middle is the least used, and Lu Yu is using this pot now, frying two fat carp at the same time.

After the fish is fried, it should also be served, and the soup should be boiled first, and then the fragrant green onions, ginger and garlic should be added with a sip of white wine, and half a pot of water. When the water is half-boiled, pour in the carp that has been fried until it is half-cooked. Later, just cook it over high heat.

In some places, braised fish will be thickened with starch and water, but Lu Yu doesn't like any food that has been thickened, noodles, and I don't like it very much.

The soup in the pot is almost dry, and the braised fish is ready.

Lu Yu doesn't have much wine at home, he plans to go to someone's house in the village to buy a little in the next two days, although he can't buy wine in the market, there are still many people in the village who brew it.

If you don't drink much, you eat more. Lu Yu cooked rice, cooked a lot, and if he couldn't finish it, he could save it for breakfast tomorrow.

While eating, Lu Yu suddenly remembered the situation when he broke through the realm, that is, he drank some wine, and suddenly fainted on the ground, and then saw purple pillars of light falling from the sky outside.

Until now, Lu Yu didn't know what those pillars of light were all about, he only knew that they were good things, and after being absorbed by himself, his cultivation increased dramatically, and then the realm broke through.

Lu Yu had already begun to practice the mantra that appeared for the fourth time on the kitchen knife. He didn't know how far he would be able to cultivate in the end, and of course he didn't have any expectations for his own cultivation.

Eat and sleep, get up in the morning, go to herd sheep first, and when Lu Yu comes back, he cooks sweet potatoes and rice.

Lu Yu didn't cook sweet potatoes to eat, nor did he cook rice, he wanted to make some snacks, something called "lettuce fruit".

After the sweet potato is boiled, wait for it to cool, then peel off the red skin on the outside, and then mix it with the boiled rice, add sugar, mash it, and mash it until it is sloppy.

The sweet potatoes are yellow, the rice is white, and the paste mixed together is light yellow. It would be better if the fruit could add some ripe sesame seeds, but unfortunately Lu Yu's family didn't have it.

After the paste is mixed, Lu Yu has to start "pressing the tablet", that is, using a rolling pin to press the paste into thin slices one by one, each sheet is about the same size as the lid of the pot. After pressing, it is taken out to dry, and then cut into small pieces with scissors, and the fruit is finished at that time.

Small pieces of nuts can be eaten directly, of course, most people are fried and fried crispy with fine sand in an iron pot, if there is a lot of oil at home, it is not bad to fry it. Lu Ming preferred to eat fried food when he was a child, Lu Yu didn't care, he didn't like fried and fried food.

The fruit will be dried for a day or two, and Lu Yu plans to wait for the fruit to be dried, send some to the town, and then send some to Jinhua City.

In the morning, he made the fruits, and in the afternoon, Lu Yu suddenly found that he had nothing to do. There is no need to pull out the grass in the rice fields, there is nothing to take care of in the vegetable garden, and there is no other farm work. If you're hunting, it's late, so I'll go tomorrow.

Lu Yu is very idle, and he is actually a little bored.

When he left the house, Lu Yu walked around the village with his hands behind his back, looking like those idle little old men.

Not only Lu Yu, but most of the villagers were not very busy at this time. In fact, there are not many things to do during the Chinese New Year, cleaning, steaming rice cakes, and killing pigs, these things are not very time-consuming. What's more, there are no pigs to kill in the village now.

Walking to the door of Lao Gao's house, Lao Gao's family was sitting at the door basking in the sun, and their son Xiaocai was holding a branch and writing on the ground.

After saying hello, Lao Gao asked Lu Yu to sit for a while. Lu Yu didn't sit down, watched Xiaocai write the words, and left with his hands behind his back.

Lu Yu didn't want to talk much now, so he was willing to walk quietly for a while.