Chapter 14, White

Feng Jiao certainly doesn't look old, she looks like she is in her early thirties, and she is the most charming age.

Gu Nansang didn't know her, and in the memory of the original owner, Feng Jiao was not a soft-spoken character.

Feng Jiao is Chinese New Year's Eve second today, and her husband has been dead for five years, and in the past five years, her reputation in the village has been very bad. Some married men hated her to the core, and some young men with strong blood passed by and blushed when they saw her.

Even Li Changsheng, who came to the Gu family to find fault and ask for a hoe before, was suspected of having an affair with this widow Feng Jiao, a strong person like Zhao Guihua, he could only swallow his anger about this, it can be seen that although this Feng Jiao hooked up with three or four, he had some means.

The Gu family and Feng Jiao have never had a relationship, and when Gu Congzhi was there in the past, she also tried every possible way to get close, but unfortunately Gu Congzhi never looked at Feng Jiao squarely. And if you want to talk about style, Xu's was the daughter of the scholarly family back then, far better than Feng Jiao a hundred times.

Gu Nansang didn't want to have unnecessary friendships with irrelevant people, such as Zhou Qingxiao, and he didn't want to have unnecessary contact with people with too much negative news, such as Feng Jiao.

"Aunt Fengjiao, is there anything wrong with you?" Gu Nansang was stunned, as if he had only recognized her now.

Feng Jiao gritted her teeth, she didn't know if this little girl was intentional or pretended, she had to bring out a weak smile on her face, and said softly: "Nansang girl, my aunt has been looking for wild vegetables in the mountains for most of the day, and when she passes by here, she really can't stand it, and she has a thick skin to beg for saliva to drink." ”

The cuckoo on her head was bright and bright, and there was no trace of sweat on her forehead, and she didn't even have a hoe or basket in her hand, and she said that she was looking for wild vegetables in the back mountain. That's it, but don't go through the door, come knock on the back door.

Gu Nansang was too lazy to poke it, he just wanted to send her away quickly, so he said, "Then you are waiting here, I will bring you a bowl of water." ”

The back door happened to be her room, there were vegetables and roses planted in the yard, and there was a big locust tree next to it, and under the tree was a table made by Gu Dongqing from an old stump, and there happened to be a pot of tea on the table.

She didn't mean to let Feng Jiao in, but fortunately, Feng Jiao was a very sensible person, just standing in front of the half-open back door, looking at the things in the backyard, but she didn't speak.

When Gu Nansang came back with a cup of tea, she saw that Feng Jiao's eyes were dull, and she didn't have the charm and pretentiousness she had before, her eyes widened, and she suddenly hugged Gu Nansang's hand with both hands, trembling and speechless.

Gu Nansang couldn't take it back no matter how hard she tried, she frowned slightly, and said, "...... Auntie, you don't drink water? ”

Feng Jiao came back to her senses at this time, and hurriedly let go of her hand, but she accidentally spilled the water from the tea bowl on the ground, but she didn't realize it, she looked at Gu Nansang in a daze for a long time, and then looked at the vegetables in the backyard, and suddenly said: "I suddenly remembered that the fire in the stove has not been extinguished!" ”

With that, she turned around and stumbled away.

"......" Gu Nansang was speechless, her wrists were pinched red.

"This aunt, what's wrong." She rubbed her hands and went back to the backyard.

I happened to catch a glimpse of the complex clusters of roses blooming one after another, and I was stunned for a moment.

In the morning, she came to pick shallots, obviously ...... This flower is very red.

"it...... System, what kind of rose are you, and you still have a discoloration? Gu Nansang frantically called the system in his heart: "I haven't seen purple roses, isn't it very valuable?" System system, speak! ”

The "......" system says that it does not want to talk to this superficial person.

Seeing that Gu Nansang was really about to pull it out, the system reluctantly spoke: "This is a dark rose, which only turns purple within an hour after noon, and is blue at night. This flower is extremely rare, and it used to be a tribute, but it has since become extinct. ”

Gu Nansang was really impressed by the system: "I didn't expect that your Rausch rose is really a little valuable." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Don't you have the idea of flowers, I said that it is a tribute, if you take it out and sell it casually, you may be killed. "The system is really heartbroken for this host.

Gu Nansang was stunned, and said in an unsurprising tone: "You are really still that chicken rib system." ”

The system was tired and said, "I'm going to hibernation." ”

"Go, go, go." Gu Nansang waved his hand indifferently, planning to study the new food business.

"Before that, there was a mission." The system slows down.

Before, Gu Nansang also felt that the rewards given by this chicken rib system were very ordinary, and he rarely released tasks, just as he had something to accompany him to relieve his boredom. But today, since I learned about the rarity of the Dark Rose, I can't say that I am still very excited.

"What task?"

"North of the suburbs of Anping City, there is a lotus pond, the lotus pond is almost ripe, pick three catties, you can complete the task."

It is a kind of aquatic plant, and the edible part is like bamboo shoots, so it is also known as high bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots.

Gu Nansang was glad that he could swim.

"What's the reward?" She asked with a sigh of relief.

"It matures in about seven days, and I can't figure out what the reward is yet."

"Spicy Chicken System."

The "......" system turned a deaf ear and went straight to sleep.

After a few more days, Gu Nansang followed Gu Dongqing into the city every day to sell radish cakes, seeing that the sales were not as good as when they were first listed, and there were not many radishes left at home, she was a little anxious.

She went to see the Liu couple who bought noodles, and even though the business was better because of the two newly hung couplets, only a small number of people accepted the hot sauce. Gu Nansang later sent a few more upper couplets, saying that as long as he could match the lower ones, he would give chili sauce.

The business of this noodle restaurant is really good, and the hot sauce is still rarely cared for, although there are more people who like spicy, but there are very few of them.

Gu Nansang couldn't, he specially took the time to teach Mu Yao how to make roast chicken, and the same method is also suitable for meat animals such as rabbits. He is good at hunting, and he basically has no business, so he only needs to spend a little effort.

Gu Nansang was blunt about his intentions, and did not accept the remuneration given by Mu Yao, and bluntly said that he would let him use his own hot sauce as much as possible, and if he had long-term customers in the future, he would come to buy hot sauce from her.

Mu Yao's business has also started in the past few days, because of the unique fragrance and affordable prices, it has attracted many customers.

However, because of the small amount, although the hot sauce is consumed every day, it takes a long time to use up a can.

Gu Nansang was a little discouraged, and he wanted to change directions.

It's early summer, and a lot of fruit is starting to ripen, so maybe you can make some canned fruit, or something new like fruit wine.

It doesn't matter if the hot sauce fails, after all, there is more than this way to make money, and she is not very worried, but it is a pity that this monopoly operation is about to come to naught.

Seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Gu Nansang and Gu Dongqing took Mu Yao's board car today and went to the market together.

The stalls of the two families were close to each other, and there were many people who asked each other, and later Gu Nansang proposed that it was better to put the roast chicken, roast rabbit and radish cake on the cart, and then attach the hot sauce. In this way, the stall is much larger, and more people come to ask.

Half of the rent is paid by each family, and those who buy radish cakes occasionally buy some roast chicken, and those who eat barbecue sometimes bring radish cakes to relieve greasyness.

Business is not very good today, there are still some radish cakes that have not been sold out at noon, and there are still two roast rabbits left in Mu Yao.

Gu Dongqing looked at the sun and said, "It's better to stop here today, it's getting hotter and hotter in the afternoon, and these cooked foods can't stand the sun." ”

Mu Yao nodded, and the two packed up together, ready to go back.

Gu Nansang rolled his eyes, suddenly grabbed Gu Dongqing's sleeve, and whispered, "Big brother, I want to go to the northern suburbs today." ”

"The northern suburbs?" Gu Dongqing was surprised: "Why do you suddenly want to go so far away?" ”

"I heard from Grandma Wang, who bought the baked cakes, a few days ago, that the lotus pond in the northern suburbs was ripe, and I was hungry for a while." Gu Nansang had already thought of an excuse, holding his eldest brother's sleeves and swaying from side to side, starry eyes said, "Brother, you just let me go." ”

Gu Dongqing has a steady temperament, and his father died early, so he treats his sister and brother very much, and even says it harshly, after all, the eldest brother is like a father.

He frowned slightly: "If you want to eat, I'll ask someone to buy some back, you are a girl, how can you go into the water to pick white calluses alone?" ”

…… He said so reasonably, Gu Nansang couldn't refute it.

"Brother...... of course she has to go, otherwise she won't be able to complete the task, and there may be some more moths in that chicken rib system, she is unlucky enough now, and she doesn't want to be unlucky anymore.

Mu Yao on the side heard it, and there was a rare smile on his subtle face, and he said: "Dongqing, if Nansang really wants to go, let's go together, and we won't be busy today." ”

Gu Dongqing sighed.

For Gu Nansang's younger sister, he likes it very much, she has a lot of ideas, she is well-behaved and sensible, she is good at housework, even in the village, she is also a very sensible child.

Thinking of this, she had some unexpected actions today, and Gu Dongqing could also tolerate it.

"Okay then." He said helplessly: "Thank you, Mu Yao." ”

Mu Yao shook his head.

The three of them packed up their things, got into the cart, and the horses dragged them to the northern suburbs.

Although this place in the northern suburbs is called the lotus pond, but it has been abandoned for a long time, now it is overgrown with weeds, only a few sparse lotus leaves can be seen, the pond is very shallow, the white branches and leaves are horizontal, but it is indeed a gratifying growth.

With the help of the two teenagers, Gu Nansang was naturally happy, but she was afraid that the treacherous system would judge her for cheating, so she walked along the dry shore and pulled out a white cocoon from the mud from time to time.

The branches and leaves of the white cocoon are very long, but the edible part is only a small white rhizome at the root, so the three of them dug for a long time before digging about five catties.

The white meat is tender and slightly sweet, and the simple oil stew is delicious, and this season is to eat a umami.

"Brother, Brother Mu Yao, that's enough, come up quickly!" Gu Nansang tidied up the last cocoon and waved them ashore.

Both of them took off their shoes, rolled up their trouser legs, and walked a long way on the muddy floor.

Hearing Gu Nansang's words, they all turned around and walked back.

Sudden change.

I saw a carriage rushing in this direction, and the coachman held the reins in one hand and pressed his abdomen with the other, his face full of horror. The horse seemed to be frightened, and completely ignored the coachman's command, and rushed straight towards the lotus pond!