Chapter 54

Xu Qing thinks so. If it wasn't for auntie Li standing behind the patriarch, who cares about her? It's not the patriarch's face.

"I also heard that the patriarch gave Aunt Li a reprimand." Li Jinmei whispered, "Aunt Li was so attached to Li Lian before, but now she is eager to marry her out."

"Does Aunt Li seem to be obedient when she is scolded?" Xu Qing picks his eyebrows.

"It's said that the patriarch didn't intend to let Li Jing take over as the patriarch, just because Li Lian was going to marry into the Cao family, which ruined the reputation of the patriarch's family! Those people who have been bullied by the Cao family before are greedy for money and power when they talk about the patriarch's family. Everyone is greedy for money, but they can't be greedy for everyone's money, right? Many people think so. "

Xu Qing thought about it and said, "I don't care much about this. I just want to know that if Li Jing is not the head of the clan, the head of the clan will definitely choose one of the Li's collateral families, right?"

Li Jinmei thought about it, and was surprised to say, "it's possible that Changting can't be guaranteed."

Xu Qing immediately shook his head: "no, no! Although the patriarch has great power, it's very annoying to have to take care of such trifles. "

The patriarch is in charge of too many things, ranging from where to rent the land to, to quarrels in the neighborhood, and so on.

Although the villagers do not ask the patriarch to do things empty handed, Xu Qing doesn't like the small income.

Li Jinmei doesn't care if her younger brother can be the patriarch. She just thinks: "it's a pity that Li Jing has such a mother and sister."

Towards noon, Li Changting came back from the town with 20 jars of different sizes and 20 jin of salt.

Fortunately, Li Jinmei has gone home, otherwise Xu Qingzhen is not good enough to explain to her what she bought so many jars for.

These jars are used to pickle the extra vegetables in the space, but Xu Qing mainly plans to make pickles. She prefers the unique flavor of pickles.

Xu Qing and Li Changting had a sleep in the afternoon. After dinner at night, they coaxed their son to sleep. They went into the space together and picked the mature vegetables, washed them and spread them on the bamboo mat to dry.

The mother water of pickle is Lingquan water, which Xu Qing is looking forward to.

After picking, Xu Qing didn't plan to take it. He pulled it out, turned over the soil, and planted soybeans, mung beans, red beans, sesame, etc., which were commonly used in making cakes.

These things can be planted over and over again and can be preserved for a long time after drying.

Xu Qing worked hard in the middle of the night, but she didn't sweat much. The space is very cool. Compared with the outside, it's the difference between an air-conditioned room and a sauna room. Unfortunately, it's too bright here, otherwise she would like to sleep in.

"Is the jar on the outside or on the inside?" Li Changting finished washing the last handful of peppers and asked.

Xu Qing sweeps the extra space in his eyes. He can't put it in. If only there was a cellar.

Thinking of the cellar, Xu Qing was moved and looked down at the ground under her feet. She didn't know how deep it was and whether it was enough for her to dig a cellar.

She asked Li Changting, "do you think it's OK to dig a cellar under here?"

Li Changting looked down: "we have to see if the ground below is hard enough. If it is too soft, it will collapse."

"On board?"

"No, it's too wet."

"Then brick it." Xu Qing said, "it's paved into a semicircle, so that the stress is on both sides. For more money, with glutinous rice and lime mortar, the green bricks can be bonded more closely, prevent leakage, and are not easy to collapse."

Li Changting thought about it and nodded: "this is feasible."

Space can not let outsiders in, so this project can only be completed by Xu Qing and Li Changting.

They put the dried vegetables out of the space, and then cleared out the area where Xu Qing piled up the sundries.

It's 25 meters away from Lingquan. It's in the opposite corner of Lingquan. It's far enough. There's no need to worry about the leakage of the spring.

Li Changting looked at what Xu Qing had put here while he was cleaning up the debris. Although Xu Qing said that these were farm tools, many Li Changting didn't know.

"Don't move this box!" Seeing Li Changting holding her grandparents' treasure chest, Xu Qing quickly shouts and takes it from him, "this is It's a very important thing. "

Although he said it was important, Xu Qing did not avoid Li Changting, but opened the box in front of him.

There's nothing shady in it, and it's so valuable that it needs to be hidden. It's all the relics of her grandparents, so Xu Qingcai takes them very seriously.

Open the box, there are some books and old jewelry and other fragmentary goods, as well as her grandfather's medal when he took part in the revolution, and her grandmother's paper-cut specially framed.

Xu Qing took out everything. Now when he looked at it again, he was not so sad as before.

"This is the genealogy of our family. It's all antiques." Xu Qing opened a yellowing pamphlet, which was made of cotton thread and had the style of the times.

Xu Qing still remembers that her grandfather once said that her family was a famous pastry chef in Beijing, and wrote a pastry recipe, but Xu Qing never saw it."Can I have a look?" Li Changting asked.

"Yes, just be careful not to damage it." Xu Qing handed him the genealogy.

There were also two books in the box, which were carefully wrapped in tarpaulins. Xu Qing took them out and put them aside. Then he pounded out all the gold and silver products in the box, separated them from copper coins and old coins, and put them back in small wooden boxes.

"Is this a recipe?" Li Changting asked about the two books wrapped in tarpaulins.

"Ah?" Xu Qing, who was straightening things, raised his head suspiciously, "I don't know. I can't understand the words on it." At the same time, it was strange, "how can you say this is a recipe?"

Li Changting pointed to a small line on the genealogy and said, "the third generation of Xu family male in your family is a royal pastry chef. He created a pastry recipe and passed it on to later generations."

"The trough! Really Xu Qing was surprised to get close to it, and then read a few rows of traditional Chinese characters.

Li Changting turned to the next page: "the grandson of the imperial chef inherited his grandfather's craftsmanship and opened hundreds of Jiangnan Xu style pastry shops. Unfortunately, the records behind are intermittent, and many of them have been mentioned in one stroke."

Xu Qing can probably guess what the reason is. It's just the change of dynasties and the subsequent revolutionary war. Otherwise, the descendants of a famous rich man in the south of the Yangtze River will eventually become the third generation of farmers.

Xu Qing thought of something, opened the two books wrapped in waterproof cloth and asked Li Changting, "do you know the words on them?"

Li Changting took a look and nodded.

"What's on the cover?"

"One is Jiangnan Xu style pastry, the other is Qin style wine classics."

"The trough! "Horizontal trough, horizontal trough!" Xu Qing covered his head and exclaimed in disbelief, NIMA, this is the ancestral secret book!!!

"You, you Can you read it all? " Xu Qing asked excitedly, holding Li Changting's hand.