Joe's Farming

Xie Tianyu spent a fulfilling and happy day at Qiao Yu's home.

Finally, I returned home with a basket of chestnuts and a bag of ice powder seeds.

"see you next time."

Qiao Yu said sincerely that if every child who came to visit his home was like Xie Tianyu, polite, well-educated and able to endure hardships, then he wouldn't mind helping to entertain the children every day.

Xie Tianyu was rarely embarrassed, and blushed slightly: “Since Uncle Qiao said so, I will come here often in the future.”

Then Xie Tianyu said goodbye to the three little ones one by one, and finally waved to Gu Heng who was looking at him curiously.

After seeing Xie Tianyu off, Qiao Yu discovered Ling Lie appeared on the stone steps.

Li Xin walked over and greeted him with a smile: "What are you doing? You've finished your ice jelly. There's no more left if you come up now."

Ling Lie gave him a nice smile and said, "I'm here to look for my boss."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu tried to find out from Ling Lie's expression why he came to see her, but in the end she could not figure out anything.

Li Xin rolled his eyes: "Okay, you guys chat, I'm going back."

"Xiao Xin, I'll come see you later."

Ling Lie shouted quickly.

Li Xin waved without looking back: "Got it, we'll talk later."

Not only did Li Xin leave by himself, he also took away the three little ones who were planning to stay and eavesdrop.

So, only Qiao Yu, Gu Feng, Ling Lie and Gu Heng who was being held were left in front of the yard.

Ling Lie touched his nose, then said seriously: "Boss, Second Master. I came to talk to you about something."

Gu Feng: "You say."

"Once the matter of Qingfeng Village is resolved, can you please ask Lord Xie to send people to the village to rescue the people. I will also go there at that time, and I hope that the Second Master and the Boss can approve a leave for me."

"Save people? Do you have family and friends in the village?" Qiao Yu asked.

Ling Lie shook his head: "Not really friends. Some people in the village didn't stay here willingly. I promised him that if I were still alive, I would go back and save him. Now that the time has come, I want to tell you about it."

"You are going to save people. Brother Gu and I will definitely support you. But is it dangerous to go there?"

Qiao Yu said with some concern.

Ling Lie smiled and said, "I guess not many people will stay in the village when they come to Taoyuan this time. As long as the government can send troops, those people are nothing to be afraid of."

"Well, let's take down the person who attacked us first, and then everything else will be easy."

Qiao Yu said.

It is still unknown how many people these bandits will send to Shangtian Village.

Gu Feng immediately comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Qiao'er. My brother and I have been training the patrol team in the village. The guards are not just for show. The government will send soldiers over when the time comes. There's no need to be afraid."

Qiao Yu nodded: "I'm not afraid, but I can't help but worry. Brother Gu, Ling Lie, let's go to the place where the bandits are most likely to come tomorrow and set up some traps, what do you think?"

Gu Feng: “It’s feasible.”

"If they come over, they will most likely ride horses. We can dig a trench," Ling Lie suggested.

Qiao Yu: "Well, put some sharpened wood in it and smear some farm manure on it."

Ling Lie:......

Gu Feng was puzzled: "Why do we need to add farmyard manure?"

"There are a lot of bad things in feces, which will cause the wound to fester and become inflamed. Since they want to rob my family of their money and kill me, I will make them pay the price."

Qiao Yu said angrily.

The corner of Ling Lie's mouth twitched: "Good...good idea."

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Early the next morning, Gu Feng and Gu Gang took the guard team and the village patrol team to dig traps.

Since Qiao Yu couldn't help, she started making mooncakes at home, which she hadn't had time to make in the past few days.

We have chestnuts, butter, and osmanthus.

Carpenter Zhang made the mold a few days ago, and Lin Da delivered it this morning.

The next step is to knead the dough.

The mooncake crust is very simple.

Stir rapeseed oil, soap water and sugar until emulsified.

Lye water is made by mixing alkali with water in a ratio of 1:3 and then filtering out impurities. It can make the crust softer and more elastic, and make the crust taste better.

In order to beat eggs better, Qiao Yu made an egg beater out of bamboo. In fact, it is just to bend the tough thin bamboo strips into an arc shape, and tie several pieces into a bundle, which is very useful for beating eggs.

I didn’t expect it to be very convenient to use for emulsifying water and oil.

When emulsified well, water and oil do not separate and become a milky texture.

Then pour the emulsified liquid into the flour little by little, knead the flour into a smooth dough, cover it with wet gauze, and wait for it to ferment naturally.

While the dough was fermenting, Qiao Yu started to fry the mooncake filling.

Qiao Yu plans to make walnut, peanut, sesame filling and osmanthus and chestnut filling.

Fry the walnuts and peanuts until fragrant, then crush them, add sesame seeds, brown sugar and a little bit of lard.

The osmanthus chestnut filling is a little more troublesome, as the chestnuts need to be steamed first.

To make it easier to peel, first make a cross on the chestnut skin.

After steaming, peel the chestnuts and grind them into powder.

Then fry the chestnuts with butter, and add sugar and osmanthus after the moisture is almost removed.

The aroma of milk, chestnut and osmanthus.

Bai Lan said at the side: "Boss, it smells so good."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "I hope it will taste delicious soon. Is the bread oven lit?"

Bai Lan: “It’s on fire.”

At the same time, Xu Yuan and his family also appeared on the village road of Shangtian Village.

When passing halfway up the mountain, Xu Yuan discovered a large group of people digging traps with great effort.

"Second Brother Gu, Big Brother Gu."

Xu Yuan shouted while sitting in the carriage.

Sitting in the spacious carriage were Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu, Xu Ning and Chunhong, and the two children were sleeping soundly on the couches in the carriage.

Gu Feng looked at the unusually large group of the Xu family and hurried forward: "Why are you bringing so many people? Did you alert the bandits by coming out?"

Xu Yuan: "Don't worry, we came quietly. These people are my family's guards, and they are all indentured. I was afraid that you and Brother Qiao didn't have enough manpower, and it just so happened that County Lieutenant Zhang also wanted to make arrangements at my house. So we came here."

Gu Feng knew that Xu Yuan had many places to go, but he chose him and Qiao Yu. This showed his trust in them and his respect for them.

"Thank you." Gu Feng said solemnly.

Xu Yuan smiled and said, "Why should we be so distant with each other? By the way, I always feel that Brother Qiao has made delicious food behind Aning and me's back, right?"

Gu Feng: ...

"You are in luck. Qiao'er is preparing a new delicacy at home, called mooncakes."