In the blink of an eye, more than a month later, it is almost approaching the New Year.

Chen Xiuli and their winter are from the fifth to the fifteenth day of the new year, because during this time, the whole country of Nanyang, that is, the imperial court is in rest, and it is the most suitable to come out to play.

The decoration of the house is almost busy, Hua Manxi plans to take advantage of the New Year to move in, of course, the eldest aunt and aunt are going to take over, there is a two-story shop outside the house, and it will develop here in the future, just let the eldest aunt continue to sell wonton, and you can also teach her to make a few more pasta, and it is not a problem to maintain the livelihood of the family.

The middle yard grows vegetables, you can pick ready-made, and the middle house lives in the aunt's family.

Planting flowers in the backyard, the last one into the yard is the world full of flowers and flowers.

Of course, in the past month or so, Hua Lanxiang and Xiaoye have been busy with repairing and adding furniture, and Hua Manxi has been so busy that he has almost no feet touching the ground because of the preparations for the food festival.

There are five streets in the county, hundreds of shops, to make hundreds of characteristics, of course, the streets and alleys that are far apart, there can be duplicate things, but the menus and recipes of hundreds of shops are not a joke, in order to avoid the excessive workload of Hua Manxi, Chen Xiuli also deliberately selected some experts who were originally making food.

But hundreds of shops are full, and time is tight, so Hua Manxi is still busy to death.

She divides most of these restaurants into five categories, the first is a traditional restaurant like Jinyutang, which focuses on three meals a day and all kinds of dishes.

The second type is to make new food, hot pot, barbecue, novelty steak, pizza, drinks, etc., all of which need to be taught by hand.

The third category is snacks, stinky tofu, sizzling squid, fried potatoes, fried bean buns, grilled cold noodles, etc.

The last category is dim sum snacks, all kinds of shortbread and dim sum, as well as fried melon seeds, beef jerky, preserved fruits, etc. - fortunately, I taught Li Qiuqiu a lot at that time, and I took her over to help, otherwise Hua Manxi would really be too busy alone.

Not only did Li Qiuqiu come over, I heard that the whole county was mobilized, and the godfather and godmother also came, as well as Uncle Li and Aunt Li also rented a shop and devoted themselves to studying, and even the sales of chili sauce were postponed, but the production was carried out as usual, and during the time when Hua Manxi was not at home, Uncle Liu invited several honest village women to make chili sauce, these chili sauce is the signature of Peach Blossom Village, and it will definitely sell well at the food festival!

Therefore, everyone was busy, but Uncle Zhao was left alone, with no taste for food, and lived in Xu's house.

Seeing that there are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year, Hua Manxi and Chen Xiuli are worried about publicity.

This is in ancient times, there was no Weibo, no headlines, no popularity, no TV, it was really difficult to promote something, not even a newspaper!

Hey—

Only by promoting this food festival can they maximize their profits, after negating various methods such as inviting storytellers, letting caravans preach, and creating public opinion.

It suddenly snowed in Shishan County.

The snow didn't fall much, but it also stained the streets a little white, and of course, brought coolness.

When Hua Manxi went out today, there was still the sun, so he didn't wear a lot, and when it snowed, he shivered.

Chen Xiuli hurriedly took off the cloak on his body and handed it to her: "Chef Hua, I'm not cold, you can put this on first." ”

Hua Manxi felt a little embarrassed, but it was really cold, so she was not hypocritical, and took it and said, "Thank you, Lord Chen." ”

"Ouch, cousin, I'm cold too! Why don't you give me the cloak? Wang Shishi smiled strangely and said deliberately.

"Chef Hua is wearing thin clothes, you are wearing a short jacket, besides, we have to go to the hot pot restaurant on East Street to try the taste, you turn around and go home."

"Ho, go try the taste, don't call me-" Wang Shishi glanced at Chen Xiuli and smiled even more ambiguously.

"It's not that I don't call you, it's my uncle who ordered you to come to your house today and let you go home on time for dinner." Chen Xiuli sighed helplessly, having said that, but under Wang Shishi's playful gaze, he couldn't help but redden his ears slightly, and he felt like his heart was beating like thunder.

However, Hua Manxi, who was walking in front, didn't notice it, and urged: "Lord Chen, it's snowing and it's getting dark quickly, let's hurry up, otherwise my mother will nag me again." ”

These days, every day when Hua Manxi returns home, Hua Lanxiang always nags her, saying that Lord Chen is an official or a nobleman in Kyoto, and she can't climb high, so that she is self-respecting, and every time she says that Hua Manxi is annoyed, but out of filial piety, it is not good to contradict her, so she can only let her aunt save herself.

Fortunately, she took the opportunity to learn technology and management methods to take out the uncle's family, otherwise she was really isolated, although the aunt and uncle were not optimistic about this Lord Chen, but with Xu Jinfei Zhuyu in front, although this Lord Chen was also a talent, it was a little bit worse in the end.

So they are very relieved about Huamanxi.

That Xu Gongzi couldn't kidnap Huamanxi, let alone this Lord Chen.

"Then I'll go home first." Wang Shishi walked directly through the alley through the side door, which is the backyard of Wang's house, which is very convenient.

Hua Manxi and Chen Xiuli walked from the main gate to East Street.

Hua Manxi walked in front, and when she was at the door, Chen Xiuli suddenly stopped her: "Chef Hua, the strap behind this cloak is loose, let me tie it for you." ”

Hua Manxi paused when she heard this, Chen Xiuli also adhered to etiquette, although he tied the belt for her, his hands definitely did not touch her back.

"Chef Hua, this cloak was hunted by myself, it is the best fox skin, white and flawless, it happens to be smaller, but it is more suitable for you to wear it, why don't I give it to you?" You have done me such a big favor, and the poems have given you a house, but I haven't said anything yet. Chen Xiuli suddenly whispered.

"I'm not just helping you, I have a share of those recipes, and I earn as much as I sell." Hua Manxi smiled happily and said sincerely.

Although both of them were talking about business, but from a distance, the man was handsome and the woman was pretty, and after the man tied the cloak for the girl, he took out a plum blossom paper umbrella, slowly opened it, and blocked the top of Hua Manxi's head, afraid that the snow would fall on her.

"Thank you, Lord Chen, Lord Chen is really careful and thoughtful, whoever marries Lord Chen in the future will definitely be a good blessing." Hua Manxi habitually touts it commercially.

"Where, Chef Hua is ingenious and smart, and whoever can marry Chef Hua is a good blessing." Chen Xiuli's words came from the heart.

Even if these words are regarded as commercial blowing, but who doesn't like to compliment, Hua Manxi still couldn't help but show a coquettish smile.

This scene fell in the eyes of others, and it happened to be a concubine and a happy conversation.

Directly in front of the gate, there was a carriage parked, and the people in the carriage got down and crashed into this stinging scene.

The person who came was dressed in a pale green brocade robe, without a cloak or a big hat, and his tall figure like a green pine looked proud and noble in the snowy world, and he looked at the warm scene at the gate with a solemn expression.

It was Xu Jinfei who specially rushed back from the north to celebrate the New Year with Huamanxi.

The breeze and clouds that followed him all looked at their own sons with some sympathy.

It's just been out for a few months, Hua Xiaochu has empathized with him, and he has moved to the city, the son of the world is really pitiful-

Hua Manxi went down the steps, and then saw the familiar carriage and people in front of him, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

She rubbed her eyes, and then she was sure that the person standing in front of her was Xu Jinfei, whom she had dreamed of from time to time.

The surprise came too suddenly!

She let out a sudden scream and ran as fast as she could.

As soon as Xu Jinfei got out of the carriage, his heart was originally cold, but he didn't want her to see him, so he was surprised and ran towards him without any scruples.

Only then did he come back to his senses, Hua Manxi had already rushed to him, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he hugged her tightly in his arms.

A firm and eager hug can dissolve all fatigue and loss, Xu Jinfei hugged her for a while before putting her down.

Hua Manxi raised his head and looked at his handsome face, which had obviously lost a lot of weight, and then blushed unconsciously: "Why are you back?" Nor do I write letters. ”

However, Xu Jinfei did not answer her question, but instead took her hand and looked behind Hua Manxi with a calm gaze.

Hua Manxi realized that something was wrong, and followed his gaze to look behind him, only to see a row of people standing neatly at the door, namely Uncle Hua, Uncle Hua, Cousin Yang, and Hua Xiaosong, Hua Lanxiang, and Xiao Yezi, who came back from vacation in the academy, all staring at her with blazing eyes.

It was Hua Lanxiang who reacted first, so angry that her fingers trembled and pointed at Hua Manxi, and her voice was two points sharper than usual: "Hua Manxi!" What are you doing! ”

Hua Manxi has deeply understood her mother's nagging skills these days, and now she only feels that she is too surprised and forgets where she is.

Her mother is not as foolish as her aunt!

Hua Manxi was in a hurry, and immediately subconsciously wanted to break away from Xu Jinfei's hand, but he didn't want Xu Jinfei to hold it tighter, with a cool palm, wrapped her hand tightly, and rubbed the thin calluses on her fingers intentionally or unintentionally.

Xu Jinfei took Hua Manxi forward, approached Hua Lanxiang, saluted her, and said modestly and calmly: "This must be Manxi's mother-in-law, Aunt Hua, right?" My name is Xu Jinfei, I am from Kyoto, I moved to Taohua Village for business and health reasons, and I am happy with Manxi, and I came from the north to ask for relatives today. ”

Courtship? If you don't bring this, you won't discuss this matter with her! Hua Manxi twisted his palm fiercely in protest.

"Asking for a kiss? Where are your parents and elders? Where is the matchmaker's post? How can anyone come to the door to ask for marriage? Hua Lanxiang said a word of denial.