Joe's Farming

When Qiao Yu was a child, the orphanage would distribute candy during the Chinese New Year every year, and there would always be nougat wrapped in blue and white sugar wrappers.

For him, being able to eat a piece of fragrant, soft and sweet peanut nougat during the Chinese New Year was the happiest moment of his childhood.

When he grew up, every Chinese New Year, Qiao Yu would go to the supermarket to buy himself nougat.

Later I tried to make it myself. It’s simple and anyone with hands can do it.

But this place doesn't have...

Seeing that the shop still had the cheapest malt sugar for sale, Qiao Yu weighed a few pounds and went back to try making something with the malt sugar.

Da Zhuang also weighed a pound of Yunpian cake for Xiao Bai and bought half a pound of the cheapest rice cake for himself.

Finally I went to the meat market to buy meat, but I arrived too late today and all the pork was sold out.

I was lucky enough to meet someone selling a sheep. It was a black and white ewe that was pregnant. The owner said that there was a lack of fodder in the winter and he didn't want to keep it anymore. The lambs would easily die if they gave birth, so it would be better to sell it for money.

When the three children heard that the cow was pregnant, they said they wanted the lamb and wanted to pool their money to buy it.

The sheep seller thought the three children were adorable, so he offered a not-so-high price of only five taels of silver.

The three children took out the pocket money they had saved and the money Qiao Yu had just given them, and put the total together for the sheep seller.

Qiao Yu originally planned to buy it and eat mutton hotpot on a snowy day.

Now he could only look at Gu Feng helplessly. Gu Feng touched his head and comforted him: "I will go to the village to buy you one tomorrow."

The three children happily led the sheep and had no intention of buying anything else.

Qiao Yu asked Da Zhuang and the others to take the children back to the carriage and wait while he and Gu Feng went to buy firecrackers, red paper and New Year pictures.

After they bought the things, Gu Feng held everything in one hand and used his free hand to hold Qiao Yu's.

Qiao Yu smiled. The hand held by Gu Feng felt warmer than when it was tucked in a cotton quilt.

On the return trip, Gu Feng, Qiao Yu and three children rode in the new carriage, while the others rode in the old carriage.

When they arrived at the village entrance, Dazhuang begged Bailan to bring some Yunpian Cake to Xiaobai.

Bai Lan agreed of course. As soon as she got off the car, Su Qing followed her down: "I'll go with you."

Da Zhuang's eyes were filled with tears: "Sister Lan, Brother Qing, you are so nice to me. I will cook and wait for you at home."

Gu Gang glanced at Da Zhuang with disdain and said, "Come with me and build a sheep shed for the kids. What if the kitchen gets burned while you're cooking?"

Gu Gang was not wrongly accusing Da Zhuang. Once when Da Zhuang was on duty, he was cooking in the old kitchen and burned his eyebrows, but he didn't make everyone laugh to death.

Bai Lan and Su Qing walked side by side towards Xiaobai's house, meeting many villagers from Shangtian Village along the way.

Some brave ones asked who they were.

Bai Lan responded generously and appropriately.

Now everyone in Shangtian Village knew that they were also servants bought by the Gu family.

Seeing that the clothes worn by the two people were better than theirs, he had all kinds of thoughts in his mind.

However, Bai Lan and Su Qing didn't care much about all this. They found Xiao Bai and found that Xiao Bai was carrying water in the yard.

Xiaobai was very happy to see them. He put down the bucket and walked up to the two of them: "Sister Lan, Brother Qing. Why are you here?"

Bai Lan smiled and handed him the cloud cake in her hand: "Da Zhuang bought this for you. He asked me to bring it to you."

When Xiaobai saw the oil paper that wrapped the cloud cake, his face turned red: "Why... is he so expensive?"

Although she said this, she still took the Yunpian Cake and thanked Bai Lan with red ears.

Bai Lan said a few words to him and then went back. Along the way, Su Qing just accompanied her silently without saying much.

On the way back, Bai Lan couldn't help asking, "Ah Qing, why don't you say anything?"

Bai Lan knew that Su Qing didn't like people calling him Qing Ge'er, but she was ten years older than Su Qing, and she couldn't bring herself to call him Qing Ge like everyone else, so she just called him Ah Qing.

Su Qing said "hmm", realizing that Bai Lan was asking him a question, and said awkwardly, "Just listen to what you say."

Bai Lan asked him, "Can Da Zhuang and Xiao Bai succeed?"

Su Qing looked at the Gu family at the end of the mountain road: "I think it can work."

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That night, it snowed heavily and the sheep shed collapsed because it was only half built.

Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise the sheep would have frozen to death.

Finally, Gu Feng made the decision to build a simple shed for the sheep in the shack. However, the three children had to clean it up every morning and evening to prevent the smell from reaching Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu:......

The children were very happy, because their grandfather said that a ewe could have two or three lambs at a time. They had already planned that if there were three lambs, they would each have one.

Gu Xiaoyan has even thought of a name for the lamb.

If it is white, it is called ice cream. If it is black, it is called sesame. The name is similar to Qiao Yu, and they are indeed a family.

When Qiao Yu found out, he laughed out loud: "Ice cream? He might be an assassin..."

Before he traveled through time, a certain domestic ice cream was mediocre and hidden in the freezers of major convenience stores, and it would cost dozens or even hundreds of dollars at the checkout.

Known as the "assassin" among ice creams.

The snow kept falling and it wouldn't stop. Gu Feng said it wouldn't melt for a month.

Qiao Yu frowned and said, "What should I do if I want to eat meat?"

Gu Feng changed into a pair of boots, called Gu Gang, and they rode their horses directly to the village to buy a pig.

This snow carriage is not easy to drive, but it is still possible to ride a horse.

Qiao Yu watched the two people walk away, then began to prepare to make nougat.

But boiling sugar and stirring it was a strenuous job, so Qiao Yu specifically asked Da Zhuang to help.

First peel the peanuts, fry them and remove the red skin, then let Bai Lan crush them bit by bit with a kitchen knife.

The next step is to dissolve the maltose. Dissolve the sugar over low heat.

Because of the cold weather, Xu Yuan had stopped delivering milk to them every day for several days.

But there was still some milk tofu left that Hongxiu had made, so Qiao Yu poured it all in, and then poured in the peanuts as well.

Qiao Yu controlled the heat and asked Da Zhuang to stir the mixture constantly. When it was evenly mixed, he scooped it out and poured it into the baking tray.

Line the baking tray with baking paper to prevent sticking.

Da Zhuang said as he was shoveling: "Boss, this is too sticky. It takes too much effort."

Qiao Yu remained calm: "Don't talk, just concentrate."

After finally scooping out all the sugar, Qiao Yu asked Da Zhuang to flatten and compact the sugar.

After Da Zhuang finished, he sighed with sweat all over his forehead: "Making candy is really a strenuous job."

At this time, Qiao Xing came running from the front yard and shouted, "Little Daddy, Dad and Uncle bought two pigs."

Qiao Yu looked carefully towards the mountain road and saw Gu Feng and Gu Gang riding a horse each, holding a fat black pig in their hands.

The two pigs had ropes tied to their front legs and followed the two horses unwillingly, breathing hot air from their noses and grunting from time to time to show their dissatisfaction.

Qiao Yu blinked: "..."

Gu Feng got off his horse and said to Qiao Yu proudly, "Now we don't have to go out to buy it."

Qiao Yu: "Then there's no need to bring both back, right?"

Gu Feng smiled and said, "The other one belongs to my eldest brother. He wants to kill it and eat it during the New Year."