The general's wife knows medicine

Now the most needed silver has been prepared, and together with the previous ones, there are as much as two thousand taels.

Tang Peipei no longer has to draw pictures every day.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Tang Peipei goes out every day to buy things needed for the New Year, and also has to prepare food for a family of ten on the road, so she is very busy every day.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Today is the last day of the year and tomorrow will usher in the new year.

When Tang Peipei got up in the morning, her mother pulled her to paste the word "Fu" on the doors and windows of all the rooms.

"Remember, the word 'Fu' on the door should be pasted upright, while the words 'Fu' on water tanks and boxes should be pasted upside down," Tang's mother reminded.

This was the first time Tang Peipei had heard of pasting the word "Fu" in this way, so she asked curiously, "Mom, what does it mean?"

Tang's mother smiled and said, "The word 'Fu' on the door is pasted upright, which means opening the door to welcome good fortune and auspiciousness. The word 'Fu' on the boxes and water tanks is pasted upside down, because water tanks and boxes are used to store things. Pasting the word 'Fu' upside down means that good fortune will always come to the house and will not be poured out."

"So that's how it is. Then I'll go paste the word 'Fu' first." After saying that, he took the word 'Fu' and left.

After saying this, Tang's mother went to the kitchen to cook today's breakfast. Today's breakfast was relatively simple. Tang's mother fried a few vegetable cakes with vegetables and flour, and cooked a pot of seaweed egg drop soup.

After breakfast, Tang's mother and Tang Peipei went to the market and bought a fish, a chicken, a pound of pork chop, and some vegetables.

Tang Peipei actually saw dried tea tree mushrooms from an old lady.

"Grandma, how much are these dried mushrooms?" Tang Peipei picked one up and took a look. It was pretty good and tasted good.

"My granddaughter picked these on the mountain in the summer, and then I dried them and sold them. You can give them to me as you wish." The old lady was very honest.

Tang Peipei estimated that there should be about half a pound of mushrooms here. According to the season, this mushroom is not available for sale at all, so Tang Peipei gave one or two taels of silver.

The old lady said it was impossible.

"It's summer now and the mountains are full of them. How can I collect so many from you?" The old lady was indeed honest.

If it were a smart old lady, she would have taken the money early and wouldn't care whether you gave too much.

Tang Peipei smiled and said, "Grandma, you also said that it is only available in summer. It is not available in this season. It is of such value." Tang Peipei put the tea tree mushrooms into the basket he was carrying and took his mother away.

The old lady said she had met a good person.

Tang Peipei and her mother returned home and began to prepare lunch.

Because the New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten at night, I made simple food at noon, including some stir-fried meat, some cold shredded radish, and some stir-fried lettuce.

After the family had eaten, they had nothing to do, so they sat in the main room eating melon seeds and chatting.

"Peipei, where do you want to take us?" asked Nanny Yuan.

Tang Peipei said: "Well, how about we go to the capital? I heard that the capital is very prosperous, I want to go and see it."

Mother Tang took over and said, "The capital is far away. Do we really have to go to the capital?"

Tang Peipei knew that her mother was afraid of the unknown, so she comforted her, "Mom, I just thought so. Of course, if we find a suitable place along the way, we can settle down there."

"Then do we still have to go to the government office to apply for a travel permit?" asked Nanny Yuan.

Tang Peipei said in annoyance, yes, how could I forget such an important thing.

"I almost forgot, luckily Nanny Yuan reminded me, I will go to the government office to handle it after the New Year."

"Well, this is a big deal, you must not forget it again. By the way, what about your grandparents?" asked Tang's mother.

"Aren't we going to visit grandpa and grandpa on the second day of the New Year? We can tell them to change the time then. We should still make it in time." Tang Peipei replied.

The three of them sorted out the things they needed to prepare for the long journey in a casual manner, and Tang Peipei wrote down each one of them.

At three quarters after 3 p.m., Tang's mother took Tang Peipei to the kitchen to prepare ingredients for dinner.

Tang Peipei cooked chicken soup on a small stove at noon. She used the tea tree mushrooms she bought today, and the fragrance filled the yard.

Tang Peipei braised today's fish, and fried sweet potato noodles with pickled vegetables and meat, stewed radish with meat, pickled cabbage with vinegar, stir-fried lettuce, fried sweet potato meatballs, and fried crispy pork.

Four meats and four vegetables, very rich.

"Peipei, there are so many dishes. Can the three of us finish them?" Nanny Yuan looked at the table full of dishes.

This was probably the most sumptuous New Year's dinner she had ever had in her twenty years as a slave.

In the past at Zeng’s house, there were always eight dishes for eight people at most.

"Isn't today the New Year's Eve dinner? You've worked hard for a year. On the last day of the year, of course you have to eat something good and reward yourself." As he said this, he picked up a chicken leg for Nanny Yuan.

"Come, Madam Yuan, eat quickly. You have worked hard these past few months!"

Nanny Yuan was very touched when she saw the extra chicken legs in the bowl.

Although Tang Peipei never treated her as a slave, she was a slave after all. It was already very good for her to eat at the same table with her master and eat the same dishes. There was no way she would get to eat the chicken leg.

Thinking of this, Nanny Yuan picked up the chicken leg and prepared to give it to Tang Peipei.

As soon as Tang Peipei saw her actions, she knew what Nanny Yuan was thinking and quickly stopped her.

"Madam Yuan, eat quickly. This chicken leg is for you and my mother, one each." As he said this, he passed the other one to Tang's mother.

"You are the elders of this family, you should eat this chicken leg, and you have really worked hard during this period of time." Tang Peipei said sincerely.

Tang's mother was very pleased to see her daughter being so filial.

"Sister Yuan, this is Peipei's gift, let's eat it." Mother Tang said as she took a bite of the chicken leg.

"Delicious, this chicken stewed with tea tree mushrooms is really delicious."

"Mom, please keep the remaining tea tree mushrooms. They are great for stewing soup. Tea tree mushrooms are rich in nutrients and can clear away heat, calm the liver, improve eyesight, and strengthen the spleen. Eating them is also good for the body," said Tang Peipei.

Nanny Yuan smiled and said, "Pei Pei actually knows all this?"

Tang Peipei's smile froze suddenly, and she felt extremely regretful. Why couldn't she control her mouth?

"Oh, I saw this in a book." Tang Peipei explained awkwardly.

"It's different after reading books," said Nanny Yuan.

Tang's mother smiled proudly and said, "Of course, my Peipei was the most educated girl in the village. Even the head of the village said that when Peipei grows up she will marry a..." As she spoke, the smile on Tang's mother's face gradually disappeared.

"I don't know which bastard has caused Peipei so much suffering." Mother Tang couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of it.

Seeing Mingming was fine just now, but suddenly burst into tears, Tang Peipei quickly comforted her: "Mom, don't be sad, it's all over, right? Today is New Year's Eve, please don't cry."

Tang's mother tried to hold back her tears. "Yes, today is New Year's Eve. You can't cry." She wiped her tears and put a piece of fish meat into Tang Peipei's bowl. "Eat quickly, Peipei."

"Okay, mother will eat too, and Madam Yuan will eat too."

Just then, the little dumpling suddenly said, "Eat."

Tang Peipei said in surprise: "Oh, little Dumpling can say he ate! That's amazing."