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Seeing that Grandpa Shen was not interested in growing vegetables in greenhouses, Shen Dongsu did not plan to go to the manor to have a look. As a result, before arriving at the manor, Butler Liu and his people met him on the roadside.

He asked everyone to go into the manor and have a cup of hot tea to warm themselves up. He didn't say it was okay, but when he mentioned Shen Dongsu, he immediately felt cold all over his body.

As soon as everyone entered the manor, they didn't want to go any further. The manor not only had greenhouse vegetables, but also flowers and plants grown in greenhouses, which were specially grown for making perfume.

Grandpa Shen and Butler Liu went to drink tea, while Shen Dongsu and the others were admiring the flowers in the greenhouse. She took one more look at the camellias shipped from Dianzhou, and the steward immediately had them packed up and ready to be sent to the Shen family.

She stopped it in time, but when she saw kumquats growing in large pots, she asked for two pots. These oranges are beautiful and delicious, and can be used to make tea or candies.

In rural areas where snacks are scarce, it is very popular among children. When Xiaoman came in, he didn't look at the flowers, but stared at the kumquats and couldn't bear to move his feet.

After looking at the flowers and vegetables, Shen Dongsu's farm girl genes awakened. Without taking any action, she cut a handful of fresh leeks, pinched the tender cabbage, and chrysanthemum...

After a while, a bamboo basket was filled and asked to be sent to Shen's house by the steward to make hot pot for dinner in the evening.

The maid said that the hot spring pool has been prepared, the rose milk pool, and the princess can take a dip in it to relieve her fatigue.

Shen Dongsu asked Xiaoman if he wanted to take a dip? Xiao Man nodded cautiously and asked the maid: "Sister, can I take a dip too?"

The maid hurriedly smiled and said: "Of course, young lady can come to Zhuangzi to play often!"

Needless to say about clothes, Butler Liu has already prepared them. Although Xiaoman’s clothes are not available in the manor, the embroiderer is there. After the three of them have soaked them, the embroiderer can quickly make a new winter coat.

At this time, Shen Dongsu himself had to sigh, the life of being a princess is so luxurious!

Fortunately, she always reminds herself not to forget her roots, otherwise she will really be captured by this sugar-coated bullet.

Grandpa Shen was also forced to take a medicinal bath by Butler Liu and asked Shen Linzhong to take him.

Shen Dong Suze took a rose bath with Yue Jian and Xiao Manpao. Xiao Manpao's face was red and she sighed softly, it would be great if Sister Dalian and Sister Damai could come.

Bathing is rare in rural areas in winter because heating water requires firewood, and taking a bath can easily lead to cold and illness.

If we say we don’t take enough baths, then we don’t take a bath for almost a long winter, so both adults and children have lice on their heads.

After the Shen family's situation got better, Shen Dongsu worked hard to get rid of the insects. Xiao Hu even shaved his head, so the family was considered to be free of insects.

You can also take a few baths in winter, but this hot spring is not as comfortable as soaking in it. You can just wipe it with a basin of hot water.

The maid also brought tea and snacks, and the three of them ate and drank while drinking. Xiaoman couldn't help but ask: "Sister Dongsu, are you so comfortable at home here?"

She was referring to her husband's house, which was Prince Ling's house.

Shen Dongsu smiled and pinched her little cheek, handed her a cup of milk tea and said, "As long as I'm at home, that's it. But I always go out and don't have much time at home."

This is the truth. When she went to Chang'an, she stayed in the restricted area for a longer time. She was still afraid of spies in the palace, so she really didn't enjoy a few days as she wanted.

Xiao Man curiously asked: "Then why doesn't sister live here? Does she want to go back to our house?"

Although the Shen family is considered the best house in the village, it is incomparable to this palace.

Shen Dongsu laughed: "Because no matter how nice this place is, there would be no Xiaoman and you guys! My sister doesn't go home for comfort and enjoyment, but to accompany you."

No matter how nice the house is, without relatives, it is just a house, not a home.

Xiaoman seemed to understand, but smiled confidently: "I know, Sister Dongsu is here to accompany grandpa!"

"Uncle Liu invited me to come here as a guest, but he didn't even come, and Aunt Jiang wasn't allowed to come either."

Grandpa Shen didn't know what he could do for his granddaughter. The only thing he could do was to restrain his family, not to take advantage of Prince Ling's mansion, not to act outside in his granddaughter's name, and not to let his granddaughter's reputation be damaged.

Thinking of Grandpa, Shen Dongsu's heart warmed. Grandpa was the anchor of the Shen family. Think about what kind of chaos the Jiang family would have had without the restraint of Grandpa!

After soaking in the hot springs, everyone felt that their muscles and bones were soft and they didn’t want to walk home in the wind.

She heard Xiao Man ask Yue Jian in a low voice, do you want these clothes back? She was afraid that her shoes would be dirty when she walked home.

Yue Jian rubbed her hair and said with a smile, not to mention returning it, it was given to her by the embroiderer.

Xiaoman was both happy and worried, because her grandfather always taught her not to just ask for gifts from the royal family.

Butler Liu first asked everyone to stay in the manor for a few more days. The princess had not stayed in the palace yet when she came back!

The servants and stewards in the mansion were all waiting to see the princess. Grandpa Shen asked Dong Su to stay and they went back first, but Shen Dongsu refused.

She had nothing to do in the palace, just like Xiao Man said, she just lived a more luxurious life. She asked Butler Liu to arrange a carriage for everyone to ride home.

He also told Butler Liu that he would go back to the palace before the year to distribute New Year red envelopes to the servants in the palace.

Butler Liu heard that tomorrow was the day for making glutinous rice cakes in Shenjia Village, so he made a special trip to deliver three large bags of glutinous rice.

Grandpa Shen liked this gift very much and repeatedly told Dong Su: "Get more glutinous rice cakes, and you can take them to Youzhou to eat."

"Float it in clean water and eat it until March next year."

Shen Dongsu laughed: "My grandpa killed pigs and asked me to bring bacon, killed ducks and asked me to bring dried ducks, pickled salted duck eggs, and asked me to bring glutinous rice cakes. Do you think there is nothing to eat in Youzhou?"

Grandpa Shen chuckled and said, "Of course I know there is food in Youzhou, but no matter how delicious the food outside is, it's not as good as the taste of home!"

Xiaoman whispered: "Sister Dalian said that there will be wild shepherd's purses dug in the ravine at the beginning of the first month. Then we will go together and dig some more for Sister Dongsu to take away."

Lin Zhong smiled and said, "That's not all. I also opened a small shallow mud pond and raised eels and loaches, which are also taken away for you."

Shen Dongsu waved his hand and said: "We can't take this with us! This thing needs to be eaten alive. It can't be eaten if it dies halfway."

Grandpa Shen said with a smile: "Take some of it with you and keep it in a jar. Eel stewed with bacon is a famous dish in Guangzhou. The prince is celebrating the New Year at the border, so he must have a taste of his hometown."

Shen Dongsu laughed: "I have only been back for a few days, and you are busy preparing things for me before I leave."

Xiaoman said with a smile: "My father has started preparations early. If my sister doesn't come back, I will ask Butler Liu to send her away in a big boat."

This is the meaning of going home for the New Year! When I came back, I brought gifts for my family in large and small packages. When I left, my family prepared special products from my hometown in large and small packages.

Shen Dongsu thought of the Chinese New Year spent in Chang'an, where everyone had a hypocritical smile. Those so-called relatives were polite in front of others, but they wanted to cut you into pieces behind others.

The saying that there is no family affection in the Tian family is most vividly displayed during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking that she would not be able to return home for several years after going to Youzhou, Shen Dongsu cherished her time at home even more. On the day of making glutinous rice cakes, the whole family, no, it should be the whole village.

The glutinous rice is soaked overnight in advance, and the children line up to grab the steaming bucket from home. The men hold sticks or rolling pins and go to whichever house has the best steamed glutinous rice.

A dozen young men gathered around a big stone mortar filled with steaming glutinous rice, shouting in unison and pounding it vigorously. When the pounding was almost done, the housewife came forward and dipped cold water into it, turned the glutinous rice into a ball, and then continued pounding it.

In a quarter of an hour, the glutinous rice cake was ready with a stone mortar. It had to be spread out while it was hot. It would solidify when it cooled down and the shape would not look good.

Children who are helpful at home will help carry things like little adults. While the glutinous rice cake is still hot, the mother will pull off a piece, dip it in some fried soybean flour, and pass it to the child to eat.

At this time, the little adult who helped was as proud as eating his own spoils.

Every year, making glutinous rice cakes is a top priority for the whole village. Even the rice noodle workshop has everyone on holiday. It just so happens that Zhongyang and Xiaohu are also on holiday today.

The three aunts did not hunt in their own villages this year, so they all brought the glutinous rice to Shen's house to beat and divide it together.

The entire Shen family was lively, the kitchen was filled with mist, and the yard was filled with fairy spirit. The little black dog and the big white goose also ran around after a few children and then went about their business.

Of course, Shen Dongsu is not needed for kitchen work, and grandpa has already come to deliver several rounds of food. A bowl of steamed glutinous rice topped with brown syrup was given first for her and the children to eat first.

Mrs. Jiang pouted at the side, who could spoil their children so much? I have never heard of a married girl who went back to her parents' home to eat on the stove.

The stove is next to the pot. Before the dishes are served, take two pieces of good meat from the pot for the children to eat. Generally, the most favored child in the family has this qualification.

Several children shared the brown sugar glutinous rice in Dongsu's room, and the memory of the original owner came to mind. It was also one of the original owner's few warm memories of childhood.

It was also approaching the New Year, and Zhu's braised pig head meat. Shen Dongyue and Qing Niu clamored to eat it, so Zhu cut two thick pieces of pig tongue for them.

Naturally, Dongsu and Zhongyang were not included. The two siblings looked at Dongyue and Qingniu who were eating meat. Both of them were very well-behaved and wanted to eat without making any noise.

The Chiang family never said much about injustices faced by their children.

When Grandpa Shen saw it, he didn't say anything, went into the kitchen, and then called Dong Su and Zhong Yang to help him get things.

The two of them followed Grandpa out of the house, and he took out a large piece of pig meat from his arms. It was soft, chewy and red in color. Just looking at it, the two siblings' eyes widened.

Grandpa stuffed it into Dong Su's hand and pointed to the straw pile: "Where can we eat? It's warm. After eating, wash your hands and mouth before going home."

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The original owner had only eaten meat a few times in her memory, and this piece of pig was eaten one bite at a time by her and Zhong Yang. It was the most fragrant and delicious meat she had ever eaten in her childhood memory.

Shen Dongsu's memory of the original owner rarely brought her emotional fluctuations. Only this one made her heart warm every time she thought of it.

After finishing the sugar-glutinous rice, grandpa brought freshly beaten glutinous rice cakes and said hurriedly: "Quick, quick, eat it while it's hot, dip it in sugar water and soybean flour."

"Xiaoman, don't eat too much, be careful of bloating."

Seeing Da Lian embarrassed to move in the corner, my grandfather even called her out: "Girl Lian, you can eat too. There are plenty of them. Take them after you finish."

After a while, another bowl of red bean paste was brought to Dong Su: "I ate it once at Butler Liu's place. It was glutinous rice cake wrapped with red beans. It was said to be a snack from Chang'an."

"If you don't like white glutinous rice cake, just eat it with red beans."

Shen Dongsu took it with a smile, but did not say that it was not glutinous rice flour wrapped with red beans, but fried glutinous rice flour and steamed mochi with milk. The recipe was very complicated, and it would be difficult to replicate it in the Shen family's kitchen.

However, the children took the glutinous rice cake and reluctantly put some red beans in it, and still ate happily.

Grandpa Shen Dong Sula came in and sat down: "Let the eldest brother and Xiao Pan brother go to work. You can drink tea and eat glutinous rice cakes with me."

Grandpa refused to do it. He looked at the thick carpet in her room and refused to go in: "My feet are dirty, so you guys can eat them. Just shout what you want to eat and I will get it for you."

"Mai Yatou is cooking sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine glutinous rice cake. The pickled sweet-scented osmanthus I got from your Granny Hu will be brought to you shortly."

Grandpa was always worried that Dong Su was used to the luxurious life of the palace and would not be used to the simple food of the Shen family, so he tried his best to give her everything he thought was good.

After making glutinous rice cake, it is time to make tofu. Normally, everyone buys tofu at the market, but there is a lot of tofu used during the New Year, and there is also a mill in the village, so they soak the soybeans themselves and beat more.

Rinse it in the same water and it can last for a whole month. Then make some frozen tofu and pickle some molded tofu. In ordinary farmhouses, tofu is considered a meat dish.

They only buy it during holidays or when guests come to the house. In Shenjia Village, every household is willing to grind their own tofu.

Grinding tofu got up very early again on this day. As soon as Shen Dongsu arrived at the restaurant, Grandpa Shen hurriedly brought a bowl of steaming food from the kitchen like a treasure.

She took a look and saw that the tofu curd drizzled with brown syrup was fragrant and tender.

Grandpa Shen said with a smile: "Try it quickly. We don't sell this tofu cake in our town, so we can only eat it by grinding the tofu."

In the previous life, a handful of soybeans were thrown into the soymilk machine, and it quickly turned into a cup of fragrant soymilk. However, some people thought it was troublesome to wash the machine, or it was too noisy, so they didn't like to use it.

In rural areas of this era, drinking soy milk is a laborious process. You have to soak the beans in advance, grind them with a grinder, boil them, and filter them...it takes a lot of effort to eat this bowl of tofu curd.

Now that the tofu is ground, it’s time to turn on the oil pan.

Prepare all the fried food for guests in the first month at once. In the past, the Shen family would only fry some sesame leaves, and they didn't even open the frying pan for several years.

But things are different this year. Housekeeper Liu sent three large barrels of rapeseed oil, and Jiang had to keep them and eat slowly. Grandpa Shen asked everyone to take out the oil pan and fry more food, so that Dong Su could take it with him when he left.

First, he killed ten of the fish from his lotus pond, more than ten kilograms of large grass carp. He picked out the fattest and tenderest fish belly meat specifically for Dong Su, wrapped it in egg batter, and fried it in a pan.

That smells delicious!

The fried fish pieces can be eaten directly. You can add some garlic sprouts and radish and simmer it to make a big dish. When eating hot pot, it is also delicious when you put it in the hot pot and eat it with soup.

Or add boiling water to make soup and cook noodles, and add a few slices of perilla or coriander. That noodles will be more delicious than mutton noodles.

The second aunt is responsible for rolling the batter, and Sister Damai is responsible for frying. When the frying is done, Grandpa Shen will deliver it to Dongsu House:

"Hurry up, hurry up, the fish just out of the pot is the most delicious."

"Dong Su, come on, try the fried radish balls."

"Small crispy pork, peppered, crispy and fragrant."

"You've eaten too much and you're tired of the meat! Come and try this fried mushroom and fried lotus root sandwich, it's so crunchy."

"Eat some snacks, fried twists and sesame leaves. I asked your second aunt to add more eggs. They are so delicious."

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Just like that, before the new year came, Shen Dongsu could see to the naked eye that she had gained weight from being fed by her grandpa. The little face is rounded, and the gaps between the fingers can no longer be seen.

One thing that made Dong Su happy was that she didn't have fat around her waist. Instead, her flesh grew where it should, and her belly bag was bulging.

When she looked down, she couldn't help but think of Ling Mo Xiao. That guy loved to hug her waist from behind when sleeping...

My face is feverish.