After the system ran, I took off with my family

However, scarcity makes things valuable, so Lin Shuyue did not agree. Apart from supplying a limited amount to the two Xunwei restaurants, she asked Luo's wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter to work overtime to make jam out of the remaining fruits. The method of making jam was something Lin Shuyue learned from a short video in her previous life.

The cooked jam was packed into customized jars and then sent by Luo's son to a small shop specially set up in the Xunweilou branch in Fucheng District to be sold at a high price. Lin Shuyue made a fortune from these jams alone.

When they returned from the farm, all the things that needed to be packed had been packed, and the New Year's goods they had purchased were also loaded into the car. After reuniting with Li, Lin An, and Lin Shuyan, the family rode in a horse-drawn carriage and headed towards Lanshan Village.

It was already noon when they returned to the village. After a simple lunch, Li asked Mother Luo to call all the servants in the house to the flower hall in the front yard. After using both kindness and force, she distributed the New Year gifts she had bought.

On New Year's Eve, after lunch, Mrs. Shi, Aunt Zhao and Aunt He in the kitchen began to get busy.

The menu was decided in the morning and included salt and pepper prawns, four-happiness meatballs, braised pork elbow, sweet and sour spare ribs, pork with preserved vegetables, scallops with vermicelli and garlic sauce, steamed grouper, braised beef in soy sauce... In addition to these, there were also a few cold dishes, making a total of sixteen dishes.

This year is the first year that the Lin family has settled in Lanshan Village. Li attaches great importance to it. After arranging other matters, she went to the kitchen.

Lin Shuyue and Lin Shuyan, brother and sister, were not idle either. They led a few servants to paste couplets on every door in the house. The couplets were written by them overnight.

Qinghe, Qingzhi and a few maids pasted various window decorations that they had cut last night on the glazed windows of each courtyard.

"I don't know if Dad has picked up Brother Qin." After directing several servants to post the couplets at the gate of the Lin residence, Lin Shuyan looked at the road leading to the village and muttered softly.

Lin Shuyue was studying the couplet on the gate. When she heard what her second brother said, she replied casually, "Maybe he's on the way."

Before the autumn harvest, Qin Song wrote to me saying that he would come to Sishui County after the harvest, but he did not come after the harvest. When I received his letter again, winter had already arrived.

Qin Song explained in the letter that he was originally preparing to set off after the autumn harvest, but suddenly received a letter from home saying that an elder in his family was seriously ill and asked him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Therefore, in his hurry, he forgot to write a letter to inform the Lin family.

"Sister Yue~"

A childish voice interrupted Lin Shuyue's thoughts. She turned around and saw Aunt Cuiping walking towards the gate of the Lin family on the village road, carrying a basket in one hand and holding Xiao Lizi in the other.

When Xiao Lizi saw Lin Shuyue turned around, he broke free from his mother's hand, flapped his two short legs, and ran towards Lin Shuyue, his little baby voice kept coming, "Sister Yue, come here..."

"Hey, hey, hey, slow down..."

Lin Shuyan rushed forward and picked up Xiao Lizi. Xiao Lizi held Lin Shuyan's face with his two small fleshy hands and stared at him for a moment with his round eyes wide open. Suddenly, he cried loudly, and his hands and feet kept flapping.

"Bad guy, let me go... Sister Yue, chirp, chirp..."

"Haha, second brother, don't scare Little Lizi." Lin Shuyue took Little Lizi from Lin Shuyan's arms and coaxed him softly, "Don't cry, Little Lizi. This is your brother Ayan. Don't you remember?"

The little Lizi buried in Lin Shuyue's arms quietly raised his head, stared at Lin Shuyan with his big dark eyes for a while, then grinned, revealing his small teeth, "Ah Yan, de de..."

"Why are you so naughty, kid?" Aunt Cuiping was breathing heavily while carrying the basket. She slapped Xiao Lizi on his chubby butt and scolded him.

The force was very light. The two-year-old Xiao Lizi thought her mother was playing with her. She arched her butt high and shouted "Cool... Play...", which made Lin Shuyue and her sister laugh so hard.

Aunt Cuiping looked at her silly daughter and shook her head and laughed, then she looked at Lin Shuyan and his sister, "Ayan, Ayue, these are the tofu balls I just fried. I'll give you some to try."

"Thank you, Auntie. Your cooking skills are so good. These meatballs must be delicious."

Lin Shuyan took the basket and coaxed Aunt Cuiping into a happy smile with his sweet words.

"Auntie, come in and sit down. My mother was still talking about wanting to talk to you this morning."

Lin Shuyue turned around and walked into the yard holding Xiao Lizi. Aunt Cuiping had no choice but to follow her into the Lin Mansion reluctantly.

As soon as they arrived at the front yard, they met Mrs. Li and Mrs. Luo who had just come out of the kitchen.

"Oh, Sister Cuiping, you're here. I was just about to go look for you."

When Li saw Liu Cuiping, she walked forward happily.

"Runiang, I just fried some tofu balls and wanted to give some to you guys to try."

As soon as Liu Cuiping finished speaking, Lin Shuyan handed the basket to Li and said, "Mom, the tofu balls my aunt gave me smell so good."

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Li took a look at the basket full of tofu balls, clapped her hands happily, took the basket from Luo's mother and handed it to Liu Cuiping, "Sister Cuiping, the kitchen fried some four-happiness meatballs and freshly made braised beef. I was just about to send them to your house."

"Oh no, no, no, this beef is so precious, how can I accept it..."

When Liu Cuiping heard Li's words, her heart warmed, but when she saw the large piece of braised beef in the basket, she quickly declined. She only offered tofu balls, so how could she dare to accept such good meat?

"Aunt, my mother sent this gift out of her heart. It's not worth mentioning how valuable it is. Please accept it. Besides, I want to let Little Lizi taste it."

Lin Shuyue held Xiao Lizi and persuaded her, and Li nodded in agreement. Seeing that she could not refuse, Liu Cuiping had to accept it.

Because Liu Cuiping had to rush home to continue preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, she chatted with Li for a few words and then got up and left. Lin Shuyue had nothing to do, so she picked up Xiao Lizi and said she would take her home.

At this time, every household in the village was busy preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner. From time to time, the aroma of fried meatballs and the overbearing fragrance of fried pork lard wafted in the air.

"Ayue, my aunt killed a pig a few days ago. It's a pity that you were not at home, otherwise you could come to my house to eat the pig-killing dishes. It smells so delicious."

"Oh, that's a pity. If I had known, I would have come back earlier." Lin Shuyue shook her head regretfully.

When my grandmother was still alive in her previous life, her old father would bring their family back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year every year, and the pigs raised by my grandmother would wait until their family came back before slaughtering them.

She remembered that the happiest thing for her at that time was eating the pig-killing meal.

Her favorites are the boneless meat covered with soup and cooked till tender, and the tender and slippery pork blood stew. She can scoop a spoonful of the sour and spicy soup over the rice and stir it, and she can finish two large bowls of it in a row.