Joe's Farming

The days passed in such a dull and fulfilling manner for a few days, and in the blink of an eye it was winter.

Just after dinner in the morning, someone was knocking on the gate.

Just as Qiao Yu wanted to go out to pick some mint, she called out "Who is it?" and opened the door, only to see Xiaobai who was wrapped up tightly.

Xiao Bai picked up a bag awkwardly and smiled at Qiao Yu: "Qiao brother, I made some sweet potato flour, Wen brother said you want to buy it."

Qiao Yu hurriedly asked someone to come in: "I collected it, I collected it."

Xiaobai picked up the bag of sweet potato flour and brought it to Qiao Yu's yard.

Qiao Yu accidentally glanced at several red marks on the wrist holding the bag.

Xiaobai realized it and quickly pulled his sleeves down.

Qiao Yu pretended not to notice and went into the house to get the purse.

"How much does it weigh?" Qiao Yu asked in a gentle voice.

Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Thirty kilograms."

Qiao Yu nodded: "I charge 15 wen per pound for sweet potato flour, a total of 450 wen. You came all the way here to deliver it for me, so I'll give you 20 wen as a travel fee, a total of 470 wen. Here, take it."

Qiao Yu took out half a pound of money, reduced the amount by thirty cents and handed it to him.

Xiao Bai happily took the money and returned twenty coins: "It only costs a few coins to bring a bullock cart back from this town. It's not far from home, so why do I need the travel fee?"

Qiao Yu insisted, "Take it. Send it to me next time when it's done, and I won't give it to you."

Xiaobai had no choice but to accept the money awkwardly.

When Xiaobai was about to go out, Qiao Yu stopped him and said, "If you have any difficulties, you can come to me and I will try my best to help you."

Xiao Bai was slightly stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded: "Yeah."

Although he was grateful for what Qiao said, no one could help him with his difficulties.

Even his mother’s family couldn’t help.

Xiaobai divided the money into two halves on the way and hid the smaller half to prevent her drunkard husband from squandering it all when she got home.

He looked at the wound on his wrist, pulled his sleeve longer to cover it completely, and pulled up the collar around his neck.

Uncle Wang looked at Qiao Yu standing in front of the door for a long time.

"Is it Xiaobai? The husband of the Gu family." Uncle Wang just took a look from a distance.

Qiao Yu nodded and asked, "Master, do you know him?"

Uncle Wang sighed: "All the uncles and aunts in the village know him. He has a miserable life."

Qiao Yu searched the memories of his original body and really didn't have any big impression of this Xiaobai. He only remembered that his family background was much worse.

Uncle Wang sighed and continued, "I heard that his family fled here due to famine. There was little land in the village, so Xiaobai stayed until she was nineteen and didn't want to pay the head tax, so she was married off. The man she married off was a well-known drunkard in the village. I heard that she got her head broken not long after she got married, and her family made a scene at first. Later, Xiaobai couldn't get pregnant, so her family didn't dare to make a scene anymore, for fear that they would really divorce Xiaobai and send her back."

Qiao Yu clenched his fists tightly.

"Then the village chief doesn't care?"

"It's hard for an honest judge to settle family disputes, not to mention that the girl's parents don't care. What can the village chief do? He might just beat the drunkard up, and the drunkard will beat him even harder the next time."

Qiao Yu thought about it and realized that this was the truth, so he could only sigh.

"I really hope that God will send down a thunderbolt to kill that scumbag!"

Thinking about the money Xiaobai worked so hard to earn from him, only to see it go into the hands of her alcoholic husband when she returns, Qiao Yu was furious.

Gu Feng had just come out from watering the vegetable garden when he saw his husband looking angry.

"what happened?"

Qiao Yu then told him about Xiaobai’s visit just now.

Gu Feng listened in silence.

"If he comes to us for help, we will help."

The implication is that this matter is not something they can handle.

Qiao Yu nodded.

It was almost lunchtime when Jiang Shuo and Xu Yuan and his wife arrived at Gu's house together.

Jiang Shuo has been enjoying the food these days and can't stop eating it after eating it once.

Every day Xu Yuan listened to her talking about what dishes his brother-in-law's family cooked every day. Xu Yuan and Xu Ning couldn't stand it anymore, so they came over to have dinner together today.

Qiao Yu quickly put Xiaobai's matter aside and went to greet the guests.

As soon as Xu Yuan entered the yard, he asked, "Brother Qiao, do you still have the frozen meat we ate last time?"

Xu Ning gently pulled her husband with her hand.

Xu Yuan patted the back of his hand, meaning it didn't matter.

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "It's been a few days, and we've already eaten it! Can I make some for you next time?"

Xu Yuan nodded quickly.

Jiang Shuo didn't eat it that day, and wondered, "What is 'frozen meat'? Frozen meat? It won't taste good, right?"

"Hahaha, no, it just looks like it's frozen and tastes delicious." Qiao Yu explained.

Jiang Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Then make it for me to try next time."

Qiao Yu nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, you can eat as much as you want!"

Five days later, Gu Gang's amnesia symptoms had improved significantly. Sometimes when he woke up in the morning he would say that he had a nightmare at night and wanted Gu Feng to sleep with him. Jiang Shuo said that this was a sign that his memory was slowly recovering.

However, the blood stasis has been blocked for too long, so the recovery is relatively slow. Conservative estimates suggest that it will take another month of acupuncture to heal.

Qiao Yu thought, let alone a month, even for a year, his family would provide the famous doctor Jiang with good food and drink.

Bai Lan and Hong Xiu had nothing to do these days, so they started sewing winter clothes for the whole family. They made clothes for Qiao Yu's family first, and then made clothes for themselves and Su Qing and Da Zhuang.

When Bai Lan saw Qiao Yu was about to enter the kitchen, she stopped what she was doing and wanted to help.

Qiao Yu hurriedly said, "Sister Lan, you make your clothes, I'll ask Xiaoxing and Brother Gu to help."

When Qiao Xing heard his name, he happily followed his little dad to the kitchen.

Qiao Yu went to get two sausages and a bunch of smoked bacon.

After the rice is cooked, take it out and mix it with the chopped beans. Then, slice the sausages thinly and put them on top of the rice and steam them. As the rice cooks, the sausages will continue to ooze out fat, soaking the rice underneath, and the fragrance of the beans will relieve the greasiness.

It wasn't long before the aroma of rice and steaming sausage filled the air from the kitchen.

Qiao Yu made Sichuan-style sausages. No one can resist Sichuan-style sausages, except for the two guys he saw in the news who had diarrhea after eating raw sausages.

While the rice is being steamed, the bacon is also being cooked.

"Xiaoxing, go pick me some garlic sprouts. We're going to have fried bacon with garlic sprouts today."

After receiving the order, Qiao Xing immediately ran to the vegetable garden to pick garlic sprouts.

Qiao Yu took out the cooked smoked bacon, let it dry, and then started slicing it.

The fat part of the bacon has become transparent because it was smoked with cypress branches and leaves. The color is a bit like smoked amber, and the meat is dark pink, which is very beautiful.

Qiao Yu cut off a piece and placed it in front of Xu Ning.

Xu Ning took it naturally, but then he realized that it was a bit against the rules and blushed.

"In fact, the smoked bacon should be soaked in water overnight, sliced ​​thinly and steamed the next day to bring out its original flavor. However, I really like fried bacon with garlic sprouts, which goes really well with rice!"

Xu Ning chewed the bacon in his mouth and nodded continuously. This smoked bacon was so fragrant, but it was a little bit salty.

Qiao Yu knew from his expression that he must want to drink water, so she quickly asked him to pour the water himself.

While continuing to cut the bacon, he continued, "The bacon needs to be a little salty, otherwise it will not taste good and will go bad easily. But it can't be too salty, otherwise it will be inedible. So when pickling, the salt must be controlled well."

Xu Ning nodded: "Delicious!"

The bacon in Qiao Yu's house was quite large, so in the end, two large plates of bacon fried with garlic sprouts were made.

When Gu Feng came in to serve the dishes, he was tempted by the rich smell.

Qiao Yu quickly fed him a piece of meat.

Gu Feng pursed his lips and chewed secretly before going out.

Because sausages were already added to the staple food, Qiao Yu was afraid that too much meat would make it greasy, so she also made tofu and cabbage soup, fried white cabbage, and mixed a cold dish.

Jiang Shuo tasted the rice with satisfaction. Wow, it was so fragrant.