Joe's Farming

After taking the medicine, Qiao Yu felt even more uncomfortable in her stomach. She wanted to eat some carbohydrates to relieve the uncomfortable feeling.

He got up from the bed, and it was Gu Xiaoyan who put his shoes on him.

He was wearing a festive bright red wedding gown, but his shoes were old and worn.

Qiao Yu knew that the wedding dress was sent to the Qiao family in advance by the hunter, and that the stepmother was also stingy and was unwilling to buy even a pair of shoes for the original owner.

Qiao Yu held Gu Xiaoyan's little hand, slowly walked out of the room, passed through the main room and went to the yard.

The sun was shining brightly at this time, and Qiao Yu used her hands to block the sunlight.

The yard in front of me is about 60 square meters, surrounded by a low earthen wall. Pumpkins and loofahs are planted on the south side. It should be autumn now, and melons of various sizes are hanging on the vines.

Next to it is a small door made of bamboo fence, leading to the backyard. You can see some green vegetables, probably a small vegetable garden.

On the north side of the yard is the kitchen, with smoke rising from it and a little girl watching the fire in front of the stove.

A shed was built outside the kitchen to store firewood, and some dried chilies and garlic were hung under the eaves.

Qiao Yu turned around and saw two rooms next to the main hall. The left one should be the children's room, and the right one should be for storing sundries or a warehouse.

There were two large water tanks in the yard. Qiao Yu went forward to take a look and found that they were full of water.

Although it was a mud house, Qiao Yu was satisfied with it overall. While observing it, he had already made plans for the courtyard in his mind.

Now he just hopes that the hunter is easy to get along with. If he is not good enough, he will find a chance to run away.

"By the way, baby, you haven't told me your name yet?" Qiao Yu asked the child with her head down.

"My name is Gu Xiaoyan." The child answered in a low voice.

He just saw his mother looking around their yard, and he didn't know if she would be disliked.

Ever since he knew his father was going to get married, he and his sister cleaned the yard and the house every day, hoping that his mother would like them.

Qiao Yu touched Gu Xiaoyan's head and said with a smile: "From now on, I will call you Yan Baoer. What's your name, sister?"

Gu Xiaoyan was so happy, Yan Baoer, his mother treated him like a treasure.

Gu Xiaoyan smiled sweetly and replied to Qiao Yu: "My sister's name is Xiaoxue. Daddy said it was because she was born on a snowy day."

"Good boy. Are you hungry, Yan Baoer? Let's go find your sister, and then I'll cook for you." Qiao Yu walked towards the kitchen.

The kitchen is not big. A stove takes up a quarter of the area, and the remaining quarter is taken up by a small square table and several benches.

Gu Xiaoxue was skillfully adding firewood to a stove next to the kitchen stove, stirring the pot from time to time.

As Qiao Yu approached the kitchen, she smelled the fragrance of rice porridge. As far as the original owner could remember, she hadn't eaten rice for a long time, and she suddenly felt even hungrier.

Gu Xiaoxue saw someone at the door and it turned out to be the newly married Qiao Yu.

He immediately stammered, "Mom...Mom, why are you here? The doctor said you have to take good care of yourself."

Qiao Yu looked at the girl in front of him. She had big, twinkling eyes, long eyelashes, an oval face and a cherry mouth. She was a little beauty.

Although she is the older sister, she looks only six or seven years old, and she started cooking at such a young age.

Qiao Yu couldn't bear it and rolled up his sleeves.

"Xiaoxue, right? You and Yan Baoer sit over there and play for a while. I'll cook for you."

As he said this, he asked Xiaoxue to sit on the bench next to him and stirred the porridge in the clay pot with a wooden spoon.

Obviously, the medicine was boiled by Xiaoxue, and then the porridge was cooked, so I couldn’t eat it and had to boil it for a while longer.

Gu Xiaoxue sat with Gu Yan, clutching the corner of her clothes in her little hands. She only knew how to boil water and cook porridge. Usually her father would ask her to take some copper coins and go to Aunt Shi's house for a meal.

My little mother was suddenly carried here yesterday and has been unconscious ever since. My father asked a doctor and he said it would be better for her to eat something porridge.

That's why she had been staying in the kitchen to boil medicine and cook porridge. Now her mother suddenly came to her and wanted to cook for her and Xiaoyan. She suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Mom, have you taken the medicine? Tell me what you want to eat, and I'll ask Auntie to prepare it for you." Gu Xiaoxue asked Qiao Yu in a low voice.

Qiao Yu squatted down, looked at Xiaoxue, and said softly: "I took the medicine, you see, I'm fine now. I'm just hungry, Xiaoxue, do you know where the food is at home?"

Qiao Yugang looked next to the stove and saw nothing except the kitchen water tank and the salt shaker on the stove.

When Xiaoxue heard that Qiao Yu was hungry, she immediately ran to the cupboard and opened it to show Qiao Yu: "Mom, the food is here."

After saying that, he lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "Dad didn't know that mom would come yesterday, so he went out to buy groceries this morning. Mom, don't be angry, Dad made the medicine before going out."

After hearing this, Qiao Yu realized that the original owner's stepmother had actually asked people to carry a sedan chair just to marry him, and didn't even say hello to the groom. It was simply abominable.

The hunter was also very honest. He did not cancel the engagement. He quietly took the girl in, took care of her medically, and told his children to take good care of their stepmother.

It seems that this hunter has good character, Qiao Yu thought.

As long as the man is not too ugly, he is willing to live a good life with this man.

"Be good, I'm not angry. Just don't call me mom, you two little guys. Call me daddy, okay?"

Qiao Yu is a grown man, and it feels a bit awkward for him to be called "mom" by a child all the time.

But we can’t let the child call me dad directly. Who doesn’t want to be a dad? But no one in this world calls him dad. Wouldn’t that expose the problem with my identity?

"Why? Daddy said that mom is our bride." Gu Xiaoxue didn't understand why her mother didn't like it.

"Well... I prefer you to call me daddy." Qiao Yu insisted.

"But there is only one father. Why should I call mother father?" Gu Xiaoyan looked at Qiao Yu in confusion.

"Yes, mother doesn't like us and doesn't want to be our mother?" Gu Xiaoxue was more sensitive. Her big eyes turned red instantly and she looked at Qiao Yu aggrievedly.

Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, and could only comfort him softly: "Be good, I don't dislike you."

Call him whatever you want, and we will correct him when he grows up.

After struggling with the issue of address, Qiao Yu began to prepare lunch. There were several bags of wheat flour, corn flour and buckwheat flour in the cupboard. Qiao Yu found a few eggs and also dug out a piece of dried bacon.

There weren't many seasonings, just a small can of soy sauce and half a can of semi-solidified oil. Qiao Yu smelled it and thought it was animal oil. It didn't have any strange smell and it shouldn't be bad.

I secretly guessed that this hunter’s cooking skills might not be that good, but he actually knew how to store animal oil, so he seemed to be quite good at living.

Finally, Qiao Yu opened a sealed jar in the corner and was surprised to find that it was a jar of honey.

"This is the honey my daddy found. It's so sweet when mixed with water. Do you want to drink it, mom?" Gu Xiaoxue was secretly annoyed, wondering why she forgot to give the sweet honey to her mother.

Qiao Yu shook her head and put the honey away.

"Xiaoxue, do we have any onions or ginger at home?" Qiao Yu couldn't find these basic seasonings, so he had to ask his eldest daughter for help.

"Yes, I'll go to the backyard to pull them out." Xiaoxue quickly got down from the bench and prepared to run to the backyard.

"Sister, I want to help too, wait for me." Gu Xiaoyan also ran after her.

Qiao Yu was afraid that the two children would fall, so she shouted, "Don't run, slow down, don't rush!"

"Oh, I see." The two children replied together.

While the children were picking vegetables, Qiao Yu was not idle either. She washed and sliced ​​the bacon, and beat two eggs and made batter.

Wheat flour was precious, so Qiao Yu added a little corn flour. Buckwheat flour was a bit bitter, so Qiao Yu thought about buying sugar and making sweet buckwheat cakes for them.

After the batter was ready, Qiao Yu went to the yard to pick two loofahs. The loofahs were very tender, so she just scraped the surface slightly. Qiao Yu cut them into small rectangular strips for later use.

I took a garlic and some peppers from under the eaves. Just as I was getting ready, the two children came back.

Gu Xiaoxue held a handful of fresh green onion leaves, and Gu Xiaoyan held two pieces of fresh ginger with ginger leaves. The two children even knew to wash them in the yard before bringing them back.

"Great." Qiao Yu took the onion and ginger and praised them generously.

The two children smiled at each other, then sat back on the bench obediently, waiting for Qiao Yu to assign them tasks.

The porridge in the clay pot was almost cooked, and Qiao Yu turned the fire from the stove to the stove.

First, clean the large iron pan with water, then add the chopped green onion to the batter and mix well, then add a little oil to the hot pan.

Then use a wooden spoon to spread the batter evenly on the pan, and quickly flip it over when the pancake is formed.

The aroma of pancakes instantly hit her face. Qiao Yu's movements were slow but efficient. Each pancake was fried to a golden and crispy texture, exuding a fresh aroma.

After frying the pancakes, Qiao Yu put the bamboo dustpan containing the pancakes on the small square table and let the two children eat first.

Although the two children wanted to eat, they held back and shook their heads to wait for Qiao Yu to eat together.

Qiao Yu was helpless, but fortunately, she only needed to make one more dish. And this time, she invited Xiaoxue to help watch the fire. "Xiaoxue, the fire should be a little bigger than when we were making pancakes just now." Qiao Yu said.

"Yeah!" Gu Xiaoxue nodded vigorously and lit the fire.

Qiao Yu scooped a large spoonful of oil into the pot and melted it, then smashed two cloves of garlic, sliced ​​ginger, and cut chili peppers into sections. When the oil was 80% hot, he poured the bacon into the pot and stir-fried it, then added the garlic, ginger and chili peppers, and finally poured in the loofah and stir-fried it.

Because the firewood stove was hot, the loofah was cooked in a short time, so Qiao Yu asked Xiaoxue to turn off the fire. Before serving, Qiao Yu was afraid that the bacon was too salty, so he tasted it and added a little salt before serving.

Qiao Yusheng looked back and saw the two children drooling with greed.

"Okay! Xiaoxue, Yan Baoer, we can start eating."