Chapter 270： There are rivers and lakes everywhere in the world

Upon seeing this, Zhang Meng hurriedly greeted them and invited them to sit in the main room.

There was also a table set up in the main room. Sitting here were Mr. Jiang, the leader of the Chen clan, and several highly respected people.

Of course, the two scholars are also there.

Everyone greeted each other, and the leader of the Chu clan looked at Li Xu several times.

It's a pity that this young boy is from a foreign country and he is unwilling to marry here. Otherwise, it would be most suitable for Chu Man to marry him.

Look at Chen Changping again.

Hmm, he is more reliable.

They, the elders, know best what kind of temper their children have. Although Chen Changping is a widower and has several children, he is old and calm, and may be able to tolerate Chu Man's temper.

Furthermore, Chu Man is young and relatively beautiful, so he should be able to win the favor of this scholar.

Clan Chief Chu thought so and took another sneak look at Old Man Jiang.

The children of the Jiang family are not bad, but it is a pity that Chu Man did not know how to cherish them and ruined a good marriage.

Old man Jiang didn't want to talk to the Chu family at all. He didn't even look at them and only talked to Chen Sanyou, the leader of the Chen clan, and his wife.

The most leisurely person today is Ying Bao. After she took her younger brothers Jiang Wu and Hu Zi to see Chu Chu's little girl, they went to the martial arts training ground to practice fighting skills.

Although Jiang Wu is only five years old, he is agile and has strong hands. Ying Bao is no match for him.

After being thrown several times, Yingbao became discouraged and sat aside to watch Huzi and his younger brother sparring.

“Huzi!” Erni ran over and waved to Huzi: “Follow me!”

Huzi ignored his sister and focused on sparring with Jiang Wu.

Erni pulled him and whispered: "Come with me to see my mother-in-law."

Huzi struggled: "If you don't want to go, you won't go!"

He was very unfamiliar with that lady and didn’t want to see her at all.

Erni begged: "Huzi, just go and have a look with your sister."

Huzi still refused, so he ran away without his sister.

He already regards Yan Ru as his own mother, and Yan Ru’s mother takes care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Although he vaguely remembered his previous mother, he really didn’t want to see her.

Erni watched her brother run away in frustration, and had to go see Leng alone.

Now Ms. Leng lives in two huts built for her by Erni with money, some distance from the village and not far from several households of farm laborers.

Many families in Dongchen Village lease their fields to others for farming, so there are many farm laborers living outside the village.

These farmhands and their families built scattered shacks or huts next to the farmland. There were about a dozen households. Leng lived near them, and occasionally chatted with the farmhands' wives. The days were peaceful.

Erni also plans to send some strains of bacteria to Leng next year so that she can support herself and have someone to rely on when she grows old.

Jiang Erlang also knew about this, but he couldn't interfere with the child because of his filial piety. He just told his daughter not to take Ms. Leng home, let alone do anything to harm her stepmother.

Erni naturally agreed.

Yanruniang was very kind to her siblings, and she was not an ungrateful person, so how could she hurt her.

Yingbao sparred with his younger brother for a while and then took him home.

The snow was falling harder and harder, and soon the ground was covered with a thin layer of silvery white.

Ying Bao didn't go to Chu Chu's house to sit down. She used a small charcoal stove to cook two bowls of dragon beard noodles, with two poached eggs lying on the noodle bowls. After eating and drinking, she and her brother went back to their rooms to rest.

In the cave, Yingbao planted a large number of golden fungus and snow fungus, totaling four thousand.

These mushrooms grow very quickly in the cave, and their appearance is also very good. Each one is crystal clear and unlike ordinary things.

Now around the pool, except for the black soil, there are mushroom racks and jars, as well as large bamboo plaques.

On the luminous body and around the Pupil Spring, grapes, apples, peaches, lychees, tangerines, etc. are planted.

Grapes, peaches and apples were planted early and are already bearing fruit.

Lychees, mandarins, papayas, etc. are still young seedlings that have just grown out.

Yingbao was worried that the fruit trees would grow too tall and not bloom, so she pruned their branches early to keep the height of the trees below half a foot.

The two original giant apple trees have also been pruned, and are now growing stably and beginning to bear fruit.

So now you don’t have to work hard to pick the fruits by yourself. You only need to step on the stool.

Ying Bao picked a basket of apples, peaches and grapes and stopped. Taozi planned to continue making peach juice, so she used the water from the Pupil Spring because Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu both liked to drink it.

Grapes are used to make wine.

Second cousin Jiang Quan had already helped her find out how to make fruit wine. Some time ago, she had brewed several jars of peach wine and buried them under the peach tree.

Cut the grapes one by one, wash them, dry them, then pour them into a clean basin and crush them.

Add the koji and icing sugar and slowly dissolve.

Then put the grape pulp into a clay pot, cover it and let it ferment for fifteen days.

After waiting for more than ten days, scoop out the grape skins floating on the grape pulp, and then filter the grape pulp through gauze.

Pour the grape pulp into a clean jar again, seal it, dig a hole and bury it in the soil.

Let them continue to ferment for two months and the wine will be ready.

The longer the fermentation time is, the more mellow and intense the wine tastes. This is how wine is made.

Yingbao made three jars of grape pulp in one go, closed the lids, and waited for them to ferment.

Coming out of the cave, Ying Bao felt very tired, so she quickly boiled water to wash herself and lay down.

Have a good night's sleep until you wake up the next morning.

Yingbao Gulu got up and gently opened the window sash.

I saw a vast expanse of white outside the window, all covered with snow.

The snow is not thick, about touching the ankles.

But the weather was very cold, and the cold wind stung her face, so Yingbao quickly closed the window.

He found a cotton-padded coat and trousers from the box and put them on, then he heard someone talking outside.

It turned out to be Aunt Wang. She came to Chunniang early in the morning and gossiped.

“Oh, Chun Niang, this is incredible, our village... no, there is a big scandal in West Village.”

Second Aunt Wang couldn't suppress her excitement and said to Chun Niang: "The girl from Chujia Village actually got involved with Chen Changping. Tsk tsk. They were in the haystacks at the entrance of the village. Oops, many people saw it..."

Chunniang glanced towards her daughter's house and whispered: "Second aunt, please keep your voice down, the children are all at home."

"Yes, yes." Second Aunt Wang lowered her voice and said, "Ms. Chen Feng was so angry. The one standing at the door scolded her so hard. Hehe! Chun Niang, why don't you go and take a look? Then Chen Feng He almost pointed at the Chu girl’s nose and called her a bitch.”

"Really?" Chun Niang was also curious and pulled Aunt Wang out: "Go and have a look."

Yingbao is even more curious.

She was listening with vigor, but Aunt Wang left.

Not only did he leave, he also abducted my mother-in-law.

Yingbao put on her little cotton shoes and ran out the door.

Thought for a while, picked up a small broom, swept the snow on the steps, climbed up the wall of his house, and looked towards the West Village.

The snow has stopped this morning and the sky is blue and cloudless.

Many people in the village are running towards the West Village one after another, probably to see the excitement.

Ying Bao stood on tiptoes and tried to look to the west, but she could only see vague figures, but couldn't see them clearly.

But there seemed to be a woman crying and cursing in the wind.

Yingbao shook his head and got off the wall.

She could guess with her toes that the Chu family was definitely responsible for this scandal.

The direct branch of the Chu family wanted a scholar to be his son-in-law, but the only direct branch of the Chu family was Chu Man, an unmarried girl of the right age and good looks.

Not only that, this Chu Man is also the daughter of the village leader and the granddaughter of the Chu clan leader.

The most important thing is that Chu Man’s biological mother is the niece of the clan elder’s wife.

But this Chu Man is notorious, so the Chen family will definitely not agree to this marriage.

So the Chu family took a different approach and decided to cook the rice before it was raw.

If Chen Changping hadn't been tricked today, maybe it would have been Li Xu's turn.

Alas, there are rivers and lakes everywhere in the world.