Yan Xia then took out the set of lies and said.

"What? Wild boars coming down the mountain? Since when have there been wild boars on the short mountain?"

Zhao Dali didn't think about the mountains. After all, the terror the mountains brought them made no one dare to set foot there.

"It's a short mountain. Li Hou and I have no house or land, so we can only go to the foot of the mountain to open up wasteland. We encountered wild boars there. It's really dangerous over there. Fortunately, the one who came down the mountain was not a tiger, otherwise you would have died today. You can’t see me.”

Worried that the land will be missed.

Yan Xia also pretended to scare him.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhao Dali's fear of Gaoshan increased.

When the two returned to Baihua Village, the sun had just set.

"Thank you, Brother Dali, do you want to stay for a meal?"

After the children carried the things on the oxcart home, Yan Xia spoke politely to Zhao Dali.

"I won't eat. Xiaoxia, you are too polite. I must have cooked a good meal at home waiting for me. Let's go now. If you use a bullock cart in the future, just ask Jin Fu to call me. The price will still be the same!"

"Hey, okay, thank you very much. Slow down, brother Dali, you have worked hard today. After watching him leave, Yan Xia closed the door of the ruined temple.

"Mom! How much did the wild boar cost? Why did you buy so many things?" Osmanthus asked.

"I sold it for a full thirty taels! When people saw this wild boar, they said it was some kind of wild boar king. It is a rare sight in a hundred years. My mother originally thought of selling it for fifteen taels. Fortunately, she didn't say anything. These thirty taels of silver, Mom took out ten taels to buy things, but there is nothing at home. By the way, you take the pots and pans from Aunt Zhao's house and wash them. We will return them to her after dinner later. We won't go now. I'm sure I’m having a meal, and I’m having a bad time during the meal.”

Yan Xia originally wanted to put all the Chen family's money on the wild boar's head, but then she thought about it.

If the Chen family reported to the official that their money was lost, and she happened to receive a sum of money, the official would definitely come to investigate her. If the official found out which house she went to, and the official asked, Butler Wang said that it only cost 30 taels, and the extra money Isn’t it obvious that the money is there?

It's almost self-inflicted.

So Yan Xia put the Chen family's money back into the space and decided to keep it secret for the time being.

"Osmanthus, my mother bought cloth, you can use it to make clothes, two for each person, and make some slimming points for mother's clothes, so that the work can be done quickly, and the remaining cloth can be used as towels and foot washcloths, oh, There isn't much water at home. Jinfu, you and Jinlu go get some water and take the vegetables to the river to wash them. Lamei, don't be idle either. Come over and learn how to cook from your mother. Your sister is better at cooking than you. If you eat too much, I will leave the kitchen to you brothers and sisters after I teach you a lesson. My waist is not good and I can’t stand for long."

She just supported her waist, and the children suddenly looked guilty.

"Mom, my son will be leaving soon. Mom, you should rest for a while, otherwise when your son comes back to cook, your son will know how to cook."

"Brother, you and third brother go wash the vegetables. The food you cook is too unpalatable, and there is no reason for a man to enter the kitchen. Be careful that your sister-in-law will not want you in the future." Lamei quickly stood next to Yan Xia and drove away Jinfu.

Reluctantly, the two brothers took the basin and vegetables to the river.

"Mom, these cloths are of different colors, which one do you want?" Guihua turned the cloth over and found that it was available in all colors and had complete needlework.

It seems that my mother really spent a lot of money. She had learned needlework from an aunt in the village for a few days earlier, and she could barely make clothes, but the stitches were not very good-looking.

"Give me the two dark ones. You and Lamei are still young, so it's better to wear something colorful and look good. You can discuss and choose the color yourself. As for your eldest brother and your third brother, they should all be black. They do farm work. You can’t wear light ones, black is stain-resistant and durable, so remember to measure their height and don’t make the pants too short.”

"Hey, I got it, mother." Osmanthus began to put away the cloth. The sky outside had turned dark, but the firelight in the room illuminated the entire ruined temple, making it very clear.

After the explanation, Yan Xia took out the large iron pot, placed it on the firewood, washed it briefly with water, and started preparing to boil the oil.

First cut the pork suet into small pieces, pour two bowls of water into the pot, put the pork suet in and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

When boiling the oil, be sure to stir-fry it back and forth so that the bottom of the pot does not burn.

"Mom, why do you need to add water when boiling oil?" Lamei asked curiously.

She remembered that when the aunt made lard, she didn't add anything.

"The fat boiled out by adding some water will be whiter and less likely to stick to the pot. I won't tell ordinary people this method."

"Lamei, you should learn more from my mother. Your cooking is too hard to swallow. You are not like my second sister, who can cook wild vegetables to taste."

Just at this time the two brothers came back.

Jin Lu joked that wintersweet tastes bad when cooked.

"How can my cooking be as bad as yours? The last time you cooked brown rice porridge, it was still half-cooked. Did you forget what my mother scolded you for?"

The brother and sister exposed each other's shorts and were playing around.

"Okay, okay, come and learn. There is no reason why men in our family cannot enter the kitchen. Everyone must be able to cook. If my mother dies in the future, will you starve to death?"

When the mother spoke, everyone put down their things and stood obediently behind Yan Xia.

The three of them stood side by side and watched carefully.

Only Osmanthus doesn't need to learn. In the past, most of the work in the kitchen relied on her and the original owner.

Half of the pot of lard had been boiled. Yan Xia asked Lamei to wash the rice and cook it in a casserole. She poured the boiled lard into the newly bought basin, filling it up.

After pouring the oil, you don’t need to wash the pot, you can start cooking directly.

"Come on, Jin Fu, sprinkle some sugar on this plate of grease first, then bring it over to you brothers and sisters and share it with your stomachs. It won't taste good when it's cold, so you have to eat it while it's hot."

Yan Xia doesn't like eating oil residue very much, so she put down her chopsticks after tasting a few.

No matter how much the children tried to persuade them, they refused to take another bite.

"Mom must be trying to save food for us, hey..."

"Brother, how about we leave half the plate for mother?"

"No, I've just persuaded my mother, but she refuses to eat. Let's finish it. My mother is right. This food won't taste good when it's cold, and it will go bad if it's hot. Don't let your mother down. When corn is planted in the fields, I will go to the town to find casual workers when there is nothing else, and then I will make enough money to buy meat for my mother."

"Brother, I want to go too." Jin Lu's mouth was full of oil as he ate, but he also didn't forget how kind his mother was to him. He also wanted to make money to buy meat for his mother.

"Okay, we are the only two men in the family. We will support the family from now on. Jin Lu, we have to work hard. Osmanthus, you and Lamei also need to take good care of your mother at home. I am a man and it is not convenient for me to give you a massage. Before you go to bed at night, you sisters can give Mom a good rub on your waist."

"I know, brother—" the two sisters agreed at the same time.

Several people were thinking crazily.

If Yan Xia knew about it, she would sigh, this is really a beautiful misunderstanding.

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