allonlinenovel Chapter 236 Return to the Inn
Chapter 236 Return to the Inn
Feng Zhijin smiled at Erhua and pointed at the girl beside him, "It's her!"
Erhua followed the other person's finger and looked at the person who was about to dig out her eyes. Her little face suddenly stopped smiling. She could show her love for Feng Zhijin on her face, and she could also show her dislike for someone on her face.
Feng Zhijin saw it clearly and asked back, "Don't you like Amber?"
Erhua nodded.
"Why?"
"Because she wants to dig out our eyes." Erhua said, and pouted at Amber who had her back to her.
Then Erhua retracted her gaze and grinned at Feng Zhijin, then turned around and held the hands of her elder sister and Daxin again, looking at her mother who was waiting for her. She grinned at her mother and said, "Mom, let's go back. Dad must be waiting for us."
Feng Zhijin gently held the jewelry that had not been given away with her fingers, curled the corners of her lips slightly, put on her face scarf again, and called Amber into the store.
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After leaving the house, Gu Qingqing did not criticize Erhua, but just told her to be more stable in the future and not to jump around like a naughty monkey.
"Mom, I get it. My sister just talked to me about that, and her grip made my hand hurt." Erhua complained.
"That's because you almost got into trouble just now?" Dahua said heavily when she saw that she was unrepentant.
"Sister, I know I was wrong. You just said that their clothes are valuable. If I damage them, we can't afford the compensation." Erhua said, pouting her little mouth and tilting her head, about to hang on her sister.
"Walk well."
"Oh!"
They came across some snacks along the way and Gu Qingqing bought some for the children.
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When Gu Qingqing first came here, she came across a grain store. This time she went back and just stopped by to buy two kilograms of refined rice and some seasonings.
Gu Qingqing took the things and paid, but was in no hurry to leave.
After looking around the small shop, he asked, "Boss, do you have any rare vegetable or grain seeds?"
The shopkeeper was an old man. Seeing that she was a woman with four children and the shop was not busy, he smiled and said, "This lady has stumped me. What is so rare?"
Now it was Gu Qingqing's turn to choke, then burst into laughter, and said with a slightly apologetic look on her face, "I was too general. Do you have potatoes?"
Gu Qingqing talked about what she was most concerned about when she went to the county this time.
In her memory, potatoes had already existed during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but at first potatoes were only grown by the palace and did not become popular among the people during that period.
It was after the Qing Dynasty that the Ming Dynasty's institutions specifically responsible for potato cultivation were abolished and their personnel demoted, and potato cultivation technology and seeds began to spread among the people.
The reason she was looking for it was because according to historical records, corn and potatoes were introduced to China at the same time. Since there was corn at that time, there should have been potatoes as well.
"What is potato? This name sounds strange." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Uh! Gu Qingqing was confused. She seriously suspected that there was something wrong with the way she called it.
"Do you have potatoes, yams, ground eggs, yam eggs, and wild yams?"
Gu Qingqing popped out a series of names like jumping beans.
"What you are looking for is indeed rare. I don't have any of the six things you just mentioned. Or maybe you have something that I can take a look at and maybe I have seen it." The shopkeeper first shook his head and then asked her back.
Six things?
Gu Qingqing wanted to say that it was the same thing, but it had many names.
However, seeing that the other party didn't understand what she was talking about at all, he was too lazy to explain further and shook his head and said that he didn't have the real thing.
Then, Gu Qingqing told the shopkeeper the names of the beans, cucumbers, eggplants and other vegetables she had, and asked, "Shopkeeper, I just mentioned the vegetable varieties I have at home. Do you have any others?"
When Gu Qingqing said this, the shopkeeper immediately laughed again, "Yes, wait a minute."
After a while, the shopkeeper took out a small cloth bag, which contained paper bags of varying sizes.
"This is peas, coriander seeds, loofah seeds, wax gourd seeds, Japanese seeds, turmeric, chives, etc. Take a look at what you need."
Gu Qingqing didn't care whether her family had extra land to plant or not, and just bought some of each.
After making sure that there was nothing they wanted to buy here, Gu Qingqing took the children away.
Then, he went to another stall and bought two pounds of pork belly, and then took the children back to the inn.
After returning to the inn, Gu Qingqing took out the silver lock she bought today and gave it to Wen Wuyan, but did not tell him in detail what happened today.
He has an exam tomorrow, so he naturally can't be upset about this matter.
"Qingqing has a good eye. What she chose is very meaningful." Wen Wuyan turned the small silver lock over and over again before coming to a conclusion.
"Really?"
“That’s great!”
"Dahua, your dad said what you picked is great!"
Gu Qingqing spoke, and then she saw Wen Wuyan, who had reacted, looking at her with a helpless look.
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Gu Qingqing smiled and explained, "This was really chosen by Erhua."
Dahua also came close to Wen Wuyan in a coquettish manner and said, "Dad, this is a great choice I made."
Wen Wuyan glanced at Gu Qingqing, then touched the ends of Dahua's hair that were draped over her shoulders, "Very good!"
Dahua was praised for not jumping around like Erhua.
She smiled, silently.
That evening, she asked the waiter to prepare some of the restaurant's signature dishes, and told the waiter that she would use the stove early the next morning.
Seeing that they ordered dishes worth several hundred coins, the waiter was naturally happy to agree to cook for them.
After eating and washing up, the family went to bed early.
The next day, Gu Qingqing got up before dawn. Dahua also wanted to get up after hearing the noise, but was pushed back by Gu Qingqing, "You don't have to get up. I am enough."
"Mom, I'll help you light the fire. We'll come back to sleep after Dad goes to take the exam." Dahua said, rubbing his eyes.
Gu Qingqing didn't listen to her at all. She pushed her back onto the bed and whispered, "Let's keep it simple today. I can do it alone. You stay here and look after your sister."
"Mom, you really don't need my help?"
"No, just go to sleep."
After covering Dahua with the quilt, Gu Qingqing went out quietly holding the oil lamp.
She planned to steam some rice and cook two portions of braised pork today.
Wen Wuyan said that as long as he gave a few cents, he could heat up the food inside, so there was no need to worry about him eating cold food.
As a result, just after she reached the kitchen, a voice suddenly appeared behind her. She recognized who it was at the first moment, but she was still startled.
"Aunt, why are you here alone?" Li Xin's voice came from the gate.
Gu Qingqing turned around, "Why are you up? Is your uncle up too?"
"No, I didn't dare to sleep deeply at night. I got up to check when I heard some noise. My uncle was still sleeping when I came out." Li Xin said that he wanted to come and help, but he looked around and didn't know how to help for a moment, because his aunt had already prepared everything else and was just waiting for the meat to be cut and put into the pot.
"I don't have anything I can help you with. You should go back and get some sleep. It's still early." Gu Qingqing used the same words to drive people away.
"I won't go back. If I go back, I will definitely wake up my uncle."
Li Xin didn't have to worry so much, because the oil lamp was already lit in the room where he and Wen Wuyan lived.