Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

Breakfast is still arranged in the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard. It is cooler here. Sitting in the pavilion, there are lotus leaves and lotus flowers all around. The breeze is blowing, mixed with refreshing fragrance, as if it can cleanse all the depression in the chest.

Xu Huaiyi had an outdoor kitchen built not far from the lake, so that cooking would be convenient and save the trouble of having to take a long detour to carry the food. Once in the pavilion, the taste of those dishes that required careful cooking time would be compromised.

The roujiamo I had today was made from meat that had been soaked in the broth overnight and had already absorbed the flavor. It was rich in sauce and aroma. I chopped it up with freshly picked chili peppers and stuffed it into a freshly baked white flour pancake, filling it up completely. When I took a bite, my mouth was filled with fragrance and it was so delicious that I couldn't help but sigh.

In addition to meat, the stew also contains black fungus, eggs, fried tofu leaves, vegetarian meat, etc. If meat is too greasy after eating too much, you can also stuff these into the stew to change the taste, which is just as delicious.

We drank spicy and spicy soup, which was also very rich in ingredients. The tofu skin was cut into thin strips, and there were black fungus, day lily and chewy gluten chunks. A spoonful of it was full of ingredients, and the soup was thick. A few drops of balsamic vinegar made it sour and spicy, which was appetizing. It went perfectly with the roujiamo.

In addition, there are several refreshing side dishes, all of which are prepared by Gu Huanxi according to everyone's taste and are very popular.

Adults and children alike ate it with gusto.

Su Zhe was a guest, and it was his first time seeing this. Only he knew how he felt.

He was surprised and envious. He really couldn't imagine that Jiang Daru, who was unattainable in the eyes of everyone, could be so approachable. He just held a roujiamo in both hands, eating with a smile on his face, not caring about his image at all.

Perhaps only here can one be so casual about details?

Does this mean that the Gu family is the boss?

And Doctor Jiao, as a miracle doctor, has always been known to the public as a sage, but now, he is drinking spicy soup in big gulps, without even raising his head, and he drinks bowl after bowl...

He was also amazed.

Fortunately, the children ate in a very elegant and respectful manner. However, they did not follow the rule of not talking while eating. They talked and laughed at the table from time to time. The protagonist of the conversation was Ah Li.

Ah Li sat on the child seat that her father had made for her, with a small bag that her mother had made for her around her neck. She held a delicate little wooden spoon in her hand and scooped porridge from the bowl with slightly clumsy movements. Sometimes, she would spill some of it accidentally, but she didn't get discouraged and continued to fight with the bowl of spicy soup.

Xu Huaiyi felt distressed when he saw this. He couldn't help but want to help, but under his wife's calm gaze, he always smiled and retracted his hands, and obediently lowered his head to eat his meal.

Su Zhe found it magical when he saw this scene. Gu Huanxi didn't say anything, and her expression didn't even change, but she managed to make Xu Huaiyi obedient. She really knows how to control her husband.

At this moment, he didn't think that the husband's lack of authority was a loss of face for a man, but he was really jealous.

Who doesn’t want such a harmonious family atmosphere?

It is so warm that people want to immerse themselves in it and don’t want to wake up.

But dreams are just dreams after all.

After dinner, Xu Huaiyi was going to class, and the two parted ways at the door, and the servants selected by the waiter were also sent in in a low-key manner.

Su Zhe personally gave him a beating and a stern warning, then got on the carriage and went to the Chamber of Commerce.

There, there is still a tough battle to fight.

Xu Huaiyi was right. The two of them had different pursuits, so he didn't need to be too self-deprecating. He wanted to be wealthy and rich, and he also wanted the power and status of the Chamber of Commerce president, as well as the identity and honor of the head of the Su family. To achieve these, he worked diligently and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Therefore, he did not need to envy others too much. He had his own way.

However, thinking of the breakfast full of fireworks just now, he closed his eyes, leaned against the wall of the car, and rubbed the ice bucket in front of him with nostalgia. There was a bowl of ice jelly and sour plum soup in it. He suddenly felt a little bit looking forward to the upcoming marriage. If the daughter of the Zhao family could be so virtuous, it would be the blessing of his life.

At this moment, several children also got on the carriage, each carrying an ice bucket. Inside the carriage was food that Gu Huanxi had prepared for them. Not only in the morning, but occasionally someone would be sent to deliver snacks in the afternoon.

Gu Huanxi sent them to the door and gave them some instructions as usual.

"Aunt, are there any cakes this afternoon?"

"Do you want to eat?"

Several people said in unison, "Yes!"

They love little surprises like that so much. Every time they receive one, they will be happy for most of the day. Being able to enjoy the delicious pastries is one reason, and secondly, who doesn’t want to be cared for and loved?

Gu Huanxi smiled and said, "If you want it, you can have it."

Several children cheered immediately.

Gu Huanxi reminded, "But don't be greedy, otherwise you won't be able to eat dinner after school. Tonight we have your favorite mouth-watering chicken."

"Wow……"

"my favourite!"

"What should I do? I want to eat right now..."

Lu Changzhi was the most lively among the group, and he even sucked his saliva exaggeratedly.

Ah Li poked his chubby little face and laughed at him, "Brother Lu, you are so greedy, you are so shameless..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Changzhi pretended to get out of the car to catch her.

Ah Li giggled and quickly hid behind his mother, then poked his little head out and winked at her.

Lu Changzhi was so curious, "Ali, would you like to follow Brother Lu to the academy?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Li stopped hiding and ran out, saying happily, "Okay, okay, catch me quickly..."

Gu Huanxi was amused and picked up her daughter, waving at Han Jun, "Hurry up and go, or you'll be late."

Han Jun cracked the whip and the carriage drove away.

Ah Li pursed his lips and cried out in grievance, "Mom, why can't I go?"

Gu Huanxi did not fool her and patiently explained to her, "Because you are still young, the general school enlightenment starts at the age of four or five. To enter a school like Luming Academy, the worst you have to be is a child's voice. Your brother and his friends were admitted because of their outstanding talents."

Upon hearing this, Ah Li immediately asked, "Then I am older and smarter, can I go?"

Gu Huanxi hesitated and said, "Luming Academy does not accept female students."

Ah Li was stunned for a moment, "Why?"

Although the truth was cruel, Gu Huanxi still chose to tell her, "This is the rule of the court. It has always been like this. No woman has ever been an official in any dynasty. Since they can't be officials, they think there is no need for women to study anymore."

Ah Li didn't know how much he understood, he just hugged her neck disappointedly and stopped talking.

Gu Huanxi patted her head soothingly and said as he walked into the yard, "But, mother doesn't think so..."

Ah Li raised his little face and looked at her with expectation in his big eyes.

Gu Huanxi couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth, "In my mother's opinion, studying is for the purpose of gaining wisdom and understanding, for the purpose of increasing knowledge, and for the purpose of cultivating one's mind and pleasing the soul. It has no necessary connection with being an official. So, my daughter, A Li, can study if she wants. It doesn't matter if the academy doesn't accept female students. Mother will teach you personally, and there are also Mr. Jiang and Doctor Jiao. Even if you want to study the Four Books and Five Classics, that's fine, as long as you like it."

Ah Li nodded vigorously, "I like reading, mother..."

Gu Huanxi teased her, "You haven't even learned all the characters yet, and you already know that you like reading?"

Ah Li said firmly, "I just like it."

Gu Huanxi nodded, "Okay, then you should hurry up and learn to read, and don't just think about going to the amusement park."

Ah Li said guiltily, "I didn't just think about it for a while..."

Facts have proved that no matter how smart a child is, he is still a child after all. He is easily influenced by others and cannot persist for too long. After recognizing the words for a while, Ali could no longer sit still in the cabin and kept looking out.

Gu Huanxi found it funny but didn't make things difficult for her. She asked the maid to accompany her to the amusement park. She sorted out the recipes of several snacks from her previous life and went to the kitchen.

This busy work took up most of the day.

Fortunately, the results were promising and several famous snacks were made very successfully. In the afternoon, the children studying in Luming Academy enjoyed them. Since they had never seen them before, they were doubly surprised and their classmates were envious.

Gu Huanxi also had someone send a copy to Jingwu Academy. It wasn't because she missed Xu Huaiyi too much, but because she had practiced over and over again and had done too much.

Others don't understand. They just think that Xu Huaiyi is really lucky. Not only does he have a good master, but he also has a capable backer like Mr. Jiang. Even his wife is so virtuous and capable, and she loves him so deeply.

Xu Huaiyi realized that his classmates had misunderstood, so he didn't explain. Instead, he laughed and invited them to taste it together. He knew in his heart that these things must have been prepared for practice, and the taste was not stable.

Even so, it received unanimous praise.

As for the mature and stable works, Gu Huanxi sent them to Mr. Jiang and Dr. Jiao as afternoon tea. After eating them, the two gave high praise.

The people Su Zhe arranged to study took a lot of things with them when they left. When Xu Huaiyi came back in the evening, he received a thank-you gift from Su Zhe's servant, which was a box of books that suited his taste.

Gu was delighted to receive this and really liked it. After dinner, he stayed in the study to sort and read through it.

After Xu Huaiyi finished telling stories to the children and coaxed his daughter to sleep, he saw that the light in the study was still on, so he pushed the door open and urged, "Don't read it. There's no rush. It's hurting your eyes late at night..."

Gu Huanxi was so absorbed in watching that she couldn't listen. "You go to sleep first. I'll be back soon."

"If you don't go back, I can't sleep..."

"Can't sleep? Oh, then you can practice some big characters. Your handwriting will definitely make you lose favor in the exam."

Xu Huaiyi, "..."

If he had known this earlier, he would not have come in to urge him, thus adding more work to himself.

He practiced two sets of exercises in a depressed mood, and then forced himself to read a few pages of the Art of War before he waited for his wife to put down the book and allow him to rest.

After the two of them entered the RV, Xu Huaiyi became energetic, lying on the bed and playing small games on his mobile phone.

Gu Huanxi was not sleepy either, and chatted with him casually, "I plan to pick some of those books and put them in the bookstore. There are two rare copies among them. Who should I ask to copy them?"

She had to use her free time to copy the books in the RV.

Xu Huaiyi said, "Let a few children copy it. Their handwriting is neat and tidy, so we can just treat it as calligraphy practice."

Gu Huanxi thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Actually, we can find someone from a bookstore. Many students from poor families rely on copying books to reduce their burden. A book for a hundred or so coins can last them for several days..."

Xu Huaiyi heard something else, "Do you want to give them a chance to work and study?"

Gu Huanxi said, "I guess so. Students in ancient times were too noble. They couldn't bring themselves to do other things, but they could copy books or write storybooks..."

Xu Huaiyi said without any principle, "Okay, as long as you think it's appropriate. However, I think that compared to those, they should prefer to stay in the bookstore to work. It's not lowering their status. For example, they can help register the information of borrowers. I went there once and saw that the shopkeeper was so busy that he couldn't handle it. The guys could recognize a word, but they had a hard time writing."

"Really? The shopkeeper didn't say anything. Okay, I'll make arrangements later, as long as the students are willing."

"Of course I would. In fact, it would be better for you to publish a newspaper as soon as possible. That way you can provide them with more opportunities to make money, and it will be more respectable to talk about it."

"Let's wait until the wheat is planted."

"Okay, let's take the kids back to the village the day after tomorrow for the autumn harvest. The beans and millet are almost ready to be harvested."

"Okay, let's celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at the same time."

Two days later, the couple and their children returned to Hutian Village, picked up sickles, and went to the fields to harvest beans and sorghum.

It wasn't the first time to do farm work, and everyone had some experience, but experience was experience. At most, they were not so flustered and embarrassed. But the work was still just as hard.

The working time was short this time because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lu Changzhi and Sun Yongyan had to go back to their own homes to celebrate. They were reluctant to leave.

Xu Huaiyi prepared a generous holiday gift, filling up most of the carriage, and asked them to take it back with them.

The dinner that night was the long-awaited hotpot. It was not the spicy kind that used dogwood instead of chili, but a real hot pepper base. In order to make the aroma more amazing, Xu Huaiyi even asked someone to help find some butter. The soup made in this way was so rich and overbearing.

Whoever was eating didn't say a word, just focused on working.

Even though the spiciness made his eyes tear up, he still used his chopsticks to quickly scoop up slices of mutton from the boiling pot.

In addition to mutton, other side dishes are also very delicious.

Doctor Jiao couldn't help but sigh, "Just this pot base, anything you put in it will taste delicious."

Mr. Jiang agrees, "I didn't expect this chili hotpot to be so delicious, much better than dogwood."

Xu Huaiyi laughed and said, "It's also very good-looking. Look at this red pot. It makes me hungry just by looking at it."

Most of the peppers in the backyard have turned red. After picking them and drying them, the seeds are taken out and the skins are collected by Gu Huanxi. He usually doesn't want to eat too much of them, so he waits to use them in hot pot.

Sure enough, no one was not conquered by it.

Only A Li couldn't eat anything too spicy, but he was craving for it. After eating just a few bites, his mouth was a little swollen.

Fortunately, Gu Huanxi also made a tomato hotpot. Although it was not as satisfying as the spicy one, it also had its own flavor. At least the children liked it very much. They could eat the meat and drink the soup, which was suitable for people who cannot eat spicy food.

The Lu family and the Sun family were also enjoying two different flavors of hot pot at this time. Among the holiday gifts brought by the two children were two copper pots. Gu Huanxi prepared the soup base directly, and after returning home, they only had to heat it up.

After eating it, the Sun family members fell in love with it immediately. No matter whether it was the spicy red soup base or the tomato flavor, there was an audience group that loved it, and they all asked where they could buy this soup base.

The same is true for the Lu family. In the beginning, they all took these two pots seriously. There is no shortage of chefs in the family who can prepare the entire Manchu-Han banquet. What delicious food have they not eaten?

But after tasting it, it’s really delicious.

However, Lu Changzhi said, "Aunt Gu only planted a few peppers, which are not enough for her own use. If others want to eat them, they will have to wait until next year."