Author: Green Bamboo Piaomiao

"Miss, miss, the shopkeeper has brought you a New Year's gift."

Just as he was talking, Ziyu's cheerful voice sounded in the yard.

When the two heard this, they looked at each other and then walked out of the house.

Guo Xiaoxiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Does my second brother know that you are back?"

In response to Guo Xiaoxiao's joke, Cheng Wanyi said nothing, but the smile on her face showed her joyful mood.

"Miss, the store is a little busy at the end of the year, so the New Year gifts are delivered a little late. Please don't blame me, Miss." As soon as Guo Xiaoxiao came out, Chang Shun and Chang Chun accepted the gift and explained.

Guo Xiaoxiao waved his hand and said: "Before I left, I told you not to send New Year gifts this year and asked you to close for a few days, but you just didn't listen."

"The weather is not good, and it is not easy to walk on the road. You should hurry up and go inside to warm yourself up. I will let Ziyu and the others come here."

The two brothers shook their heads and said, "It's okay. Miss, come in and warm yourself up. We'll be fine soon."

Seeing this, Guo Xiaoxiao didn't say anything else, but he didn't go back to his room either. Instead, he stood in the corridor and watched them.

The three Xiao Ziyang brothers also joined the team of moving things...

For the New Year's gifts, Ziyu built a special room to store them, and also made a special registration of how many items there were.

Although there were only two carriages, they were packed with a lot of things.

When Guo Xiaoxiao saw the list Ziyu brought over, he looked at Chang Shun in confusion, "The Magistrate of Qu County in Qin County also gave a New Year gift?"

"Yes. Both County Magistrate Qu and Master Qi gave New Year's gifts. We have prepared some gifts in return. Miss, let's see if we need to increase or decrease the gifts in return." As he said that, Chang Shun took out two bills from his sleeve pocket and handed them to them.

Guo Xiaoxiao.

After scanning them one by one, Guo Xiaoxiao felt that the return gift was low-key and not outstanding, so he was very satisfied, so he handed it back to Chang Shun, "Just follow the list you made."

"Yes, miss."

"It's already past noon. You guys have a rest tonight and will go back to the county tomorrow."

"yes."

"You guys go down and rest, there are things to do in the evening."

When the brothers heard this, they didn't know what it was about, but it was certainly not a trivial matter. They answered and turned around to rest.

Kitchen room.

"Miss, you go and rest, we can come here."

"I'm here today. Please watch carefully. I'll do it just this once."

After that, he took a look at the water in the pot and felt that it was about the same. Then he opened the cloth bag in his hand, looked at Cheng Wanyi and Ziyu and said seriously: "I make cold dishes, and the taste is a little different."

"These are star anise, fennel, cinnamon, peppercorns... Some of these are medicinal materials, and some are spices. I only found these peppercorns and peppers. When spring comes after the new year, we will go to the mountains to look for them."

Watching Guo Xiaoxiao wrap various ingredients in a gauze bag, put them into the pot, and then put in a lot of sugar, salt, etc.

As time went by, a fragrance wafted out of the pot. Cheng Wanyi and Ziyu felt that they could eat three bowls of rice just with the soup in the pot. It was so fragrant.

After a while, Guo Xiaoxiao finally said, "Ziyu, take the two ducks and pork from the table and put them down slowly."

"Hey, just come."

Looking at the duck and pork that went into the pot, Ziyu couldn't help but take a sip again, and then sighed: "Miss, it smells so good."

"It smells good, don't you look at how many things your lady has put in me."

"Yeah, that's right."

Taking advantage of the cooking time, Guo Xiaoxiao asked Ziyu to bring over the thawed large intestine and pig's trotters. Under the gaze of the two of them, he raised the knife and cut each pig's trotters in half.

The cleaning job was taken away by Cheng Wanyi. Ziyu could only look at the fire, smell the aroma of the meat, and thought to herself: I'm so greedy! I'm so greedy!

Feeling that it was almost done, Guo Xiaoxiao directed Ziyu to pick up the pork, while the pig's trotters and duck continued to cook.

The three of them were tinkering in the kitchen and completely forgot about the people in the yard, let alone the people staring at them not far away.

The aroma of braised meat floated everywhere with the cold wind. The Chang Shun brothers, who were lying on the bed with their eyes closed and dozing, instantly opened their eyes, walked out of the house, and headed towards the kitchen.

Seeing Xiao Ziyang's three brothers and sisters sitting outside the kitchen door, Chang Shun raised his finger and pointed to the kitchen, "Miss, are they making new food?"

The lively Xiao Ziqing nodded her head and responded, "Uncle and second uncle, mother said it's not healed yet. Just wait a little longer."

Hearing this, Chang Shun stretched his head and looked inside, then walked to the side and sat down, waiting quietly with his brother Chang Chun.

"Okay, pick it up. Find a basin to put the marinade in. It will taste more fragrant next time."

"This is good."

"I'm going to change my clothes. Let's keep it simple tonight. I'll have hand-rolled noodles and cut some braised noodles into the noodles. It's pretty good."

"Okay, we can do this."

Guo Xiaoxiao walked to the door and saw five people sitting in a row outside the door. He immediately smiled and said, "Big brother and second brother, please help with the dough. You guys go wash some green onions and cabbage."

"Hey, just go."

Seeing the five people leaving quickly, Guo Xiaoxiao smiled unkindly again.

This devilish laughter made the people hiding in the dark a little puzzled. They wanted to show up to find out what was going on, but when they thought of this woman who once placed mouse traps all over the yard, causing them pain and dare not scream, their whole body became full of pain.

trembling.

Glancing at the Xiao family yard again, the person in the dark took a few steps back before stopping and continuing to stare.

For dinner, each person started eating with a bowl of braised pork noodles.

The three Xiao Ziyang brothers and sisters had a great time eating, especially Xiao Ziqing, who actually ate two bowls.

While walking in the yard, he didn't forget to ask Guo Xiaoxiao, "Stepmother, I'm going to eat this noodle tomorrow, it's so delicious."

"Yeah, mother, this meat is delicious and fragrant."

Seeing the brother and sister's eyes full of wanting to eat, Guo Xiaoxiao turned to look at Xiao Ziyang, who was sitting on the side without moving, "What do you think Ziyang?"

"It's okay, mother, to make the decision."

Seeing Xiao Ziyang who wanted to eat but didn't say anything, Guo Xiaoxiao was in a good mood. She waved her delicate hand and said, "I braised the pig's head tonight. My brothers will go back tomorrow and bring some to the nanny so she can try it too."

"Ziyu, bring out two more pieces of meat. I'll braise them together tonight."

"Hey, okay."

As the night grew darker and darker, every household gradually fell asleep. Guo Xiaoxiao took Xiao Ziqing and Ziqing busy in the kitchen, while Cheng Wanyi took Ziyu and Xiao Ziyang and flew out of the village.

The Chang Shun brothers took action against the people who were hiding in the dark and staring at the yard, making them unable to move away and go back to report.

Looking at the two people who suddenly appeared, the man in black shouted coldly: "Who are you?"

"Who are we? You have been staring at my master's yard for so long, and you actually ask who we are and what are you here for?"

"Your master's yard?"

"Brother, stop wandering your eyes. Our mission tonight is to stop you and prevent you from leaving here."
Chapter completed!