boyutpedia Chapter 163 Return to Baijia Village
Chapter 163 Return to Baijia Village
The next morning, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou continued to take everyone for a stroll in the county town.
After two and a half days of strolling around, they had basically visited all the most prosperous areas in the county.
At noon, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan took everyone to the Mu Family Restaurant again.
This time, Bai Jingzhou ordered the dishes himself. After ordering, he took advantage of the brief free time before the dishes were served to talk to the restaurant owner about the off-season vegetables on their farm.
They had already sold a batch of off-season vegetables to the Mu Family Restaurant, and more goods would be sent over from the farm in the future.
Bai Jingzhou discussed this matter with the restaurant owner this time, firstly to arrange a subsequent delivery time with the other party, and secondly to discuss the payment method of the goods.
He and Gu Wenxuan would most likely not come to the county town again in the next month, so Bai Jingzhou hoped to temporarily deposit the payment for the goods at the Mu Family Restaurant.
As for the farmers' share, they planned to pay it out of their own private money first.
When the restaurant owner heard what he said, he immediately said that he could pay part of the payment to Bai Jingzhou in advance.
His action was not against any rules, as there was already a precedent for paying a deposit.
Bai Jingzhou nodded and agreed without much hesitation. He thanked the restaurant owner and received a deposit from him in the same amount as the payment for the last batch of goods.
After some discussion, the two finally agreed that Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan's farm would deliver the goods every five days or so.
The restaurant owner also told Bai Jingzhou that their restaurant would be closed on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and would resume business on the 10th day of the first lunar month, and that they would not need to deliver food to their farm during this period.
Bai Jingzhou wrote down everything, then took the money and went back to the private room to have dinner with everyone.
The dishes he ordered included both signature dishes that they had already eaten yesterday, as well as other dishes that they had not eaten yesterday but which actually had their own unique flavor.
For example, the roast chicken, fried kidney, stew, and fried fish that everyone likes.
After all, it is one of the largest restaurants in the county. Even if it is not the signature dish of the restaurant, the dishes made by the chefs will never ruin the reputation of the restaurant. Even if Bai Jingzhou had a blind spot, he still did not step on the landmine.
After everyone had a delicious meal, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou took everyone home by car.
They bought a lot of things on this trip, and Bai Jingzhou even hired two more carriages. When they returned to the village in such a grand procession, the villagers immediately started talking about the two families' trip.
Although some people said some weird things in a sour tone, most people just sighed with envy that the two families were really prosperous.
Gu Wenxuan and others ignored this and separated at the door of Bai Jingzhou's house. Gu Wenxuan took her family back to Gu's house at the end of the village, while Bai Jingzhou and his parents first sent his grandparents home, and then went back to their own home together.
His second brother and his wife were helping to look after the house at his grandparents' home, and when Bai Jingzhou and his friends were shopping, they also bought a share for them.
Bai Jingming and Qian were embarrassed to accept the gifts. In their opinion, since their third uncle's family took their grandparents out to play, it was their duty to help look after the house. How could they accept such good things from Bai Jingzhou?
Bai Jingzhou had already guessed that they would have this kind of reaction, so he smiled and said to the two of them: "This is not a thank you, this is a gift for you. My second uncle's family also has some."
Bai Jingzhou's grandparents also said, "Take it. Jingzhou bought things for you all."
Bai Jingming then reached out to take the backpack, "Thank you Jingzhou and Uncle and Aunt."
Bai Jingzhou smiled and waved his hand, and together with his parents, Bai Jingming and his wife, they unloaded all the things they had bought for Bai Jingzhou's grandparents from the carriage and brought them into the house.
When the neighbors heard the noise, they came over to watch the fun.
Bai Jingzhou's family did not stay long. They said hello to everyone and left. Bai Jingming and his wife helped the old couple entertain the guests until the curious villagers heard the gossip and left satisfied. Only then did Bai Jingming and his wife say goodbye to the old couple and go back to their own home with Uncle Bai, who had come to visit his parents after hearing the news.
The situation in Bai Jingzhou's family was similar. When they returned home, the nearby villagers came to their door with great curiosity.
Bai Jingzhou didn't want to waste his breath, so he left those people to his parents and younger brothers and sisters to deal with.
Gu Wenxuan's family was slightly better off than theirs because they lived farther away from the others, so they didn't have too many villagers asking for gossip.
After seeing off Mr. and Mrs. Gu Xing, who were helping them look after the house, it took them less than a quarter of an hour to send away the few villagers who came to watch the fun.
After they left, Gu Wenxuan's family divided the work and got busy.
Jia Guizhi and Lin Shuzhen were preparing hot water in the kitchen to heat up the meat-filled buns they brought back, while Grandpa Gu and others were responsible for putting away the things they brought back.
Some were given as gifts, some were used by their own family members for food and daily use, some were small toys for the children, and some were combs, facial cream, etc. for the women.
Everything is classified and handed over to the corresponding person for safekeeping or use.
Time passed quietly while the children were happily showing off their daily lives, and it was time for the Laba Festival, which was very important to the ancient people.
There is an old saying here that "Laba is the New Year", which shows how much importance people attach to Laba Festival.
Unlike previous years when they could only celebrate the festival by saving money, this year Gu Wenxuan's family prepared various ingredients in advance to cook Laba porridge.
Millet, sorghum rice, yellow glutinous rice, mung beans, red beans (the round red beans, not the long and thin red beans), flower beans, red dates, peanuts, and a small amount of chestnuts and brown sugar. The porridge cooked out is not only soft, sticky and thick, but also tastes great.
In the cold winter, having a bowl of fragrant and soft Laba porridge early in the morning can be summed up in two words - happiness!
It is worth mentioning that the Gu family not only ate the food themselves, but also gave some to their close relatives and neighbors.
Coincidentally, Bai Jingzhou's family did the same thing as Gu Wenxuan's family this year, but the number of people they delivered porridge to was much larger than that of Gu Wenxuan's family.
Everyone spent the festival sleeping on the warm kang, and then began the routine of going to the New Year market and visiting relatives.
The Gu family has no right to interfere in what other families do, but on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two daughters-in-law of their family, accompanied by their husbands, went to their parents' home to deliver New Year's goods.
Jia Guizhi and Gu Yongming took Jia Yuelan with them. Although the little girl liked practicing martial arts with Gu Wenxuan every day, she also missed her grandparents at home. As the New Year was approaching, the little girl refused to stay in Baijia Village any longer.
Although the things that Gu Yongqing and Lin Shuzhen brought to the Lin family were of similar value to those that Jia Guizhi brought to the Jia family, they were mostly rice, flour, meat, salt, medicine, paper and ink sticks, all of which were things that the Lin family needed but were difficult to buy.