Lin Amo could not help letting out a “pfft” of laughter. He really had not expected Lin Ye to teach Yun Jiu like this. Fortunately, Yun Jiu was naturally kind and mild-tempered. If it had been some other young ger, being taught like this, who knew what they would have been spoiled into?
Lin Ye glanced at his Amo and could not help making an expression that seemed to say, “Give me some face.” Lin Amo immediately turned around and went out, leaving the young couple in the kitchen to cultivate their feelings.
Yun Jiu pulled his hand back and turned around to clean up the broken pieces of the plate on the ground.
Yun Jiu muttered softly, “You could have just told me. I can understand. There was no need to waste things like this.”
After saying it, Yun Jiu himself could not help but freeze for a moment. Had he unconsciously learned to complain already?
Yun Jiu secretly glanced at Lin Ye. Seeing that Lin Ye showed no sign of being angry, the corners of his own mouth could not help curling into a smile.
Before they knew it, today was already the twenty-ninth. If so many things had not happened, Yunjia Village would have already been extremely lively at this time.
The next day was New Year’s Eve. Lin Amo had to prepare a lot of food. Yun Jiu did not have any free time that entire afternoon, constantly busying himself and following behind Lin Amo.
As for Lin Ye, who was an injured person, the two of them locked him in the room, claiming that he should properly recuperate. However, they did not know that with Lin Ye’s ability-user physique, after resting for one night, those superficial injuries had already almost completely healed.
Lin Ye was bored by himself, so he went to the study and busied himself with his flowers and plants. The ones Lin Ye cherished the most were some medicinal herbs, because they could be sold for a lot of money. Next were those few pots of peonies and tuberoses. None of these flowers were seasonal flowers.
Lin Ye thought about it and felt that it would still be better to make the house bigger, and in the end, buy all the land around this area as well. After the New Year, he planned to try talking to the village chief about this matter.
He thought that if he planted a flower field around this area, then his home would truly become picturesque, like a paradise secluded from the world.
That night, Yun Jiu did not sleep in the same room as Lin Ye again. Instead, he stayed in the room he had lived in before. In Yun Jiu’s view, only after becoming married husbands could the two sleep together.
Early the next morning, everyone in the Lin family got up early.
Lin Ye hung the big red lanterns he had bought earlier, one by one, above the doorway, while Yun Jiu helped Lin Amo put up the Spring Festival couplets.
Yun Jiu held a piece of paper with the words “Happiness at the Entrance” written on it, but he did not know where to put it. All the places he could think of had already been decorated. Just as he was hesitating, Lin Ye took it from his hand and then put it on a tree outside the door.
“Let it soak up some festive joy too.”
Before Lin Ye had moved here, this tree had originally already withered and died. For some unknown reason, recently it seemed to have come back to life. Some of the older and more superstitious people felt that the Lin family was blessed with good fortune, saying things like “a withered tree blooming again in spring.”
While Lin Amo and Yun Jiu were making dumplings, Lin Ye searched through his wardrobe and found several sets of new clothes. He happily carried them into Yun Jiu’s room. There wasn’t enough time, so he had no way to buy new ones for Yun Jiu, but fortunately, he had many new clothes and could give some to Yun Jiu to wear first. It was just that he was a little taller than Yun Jiu, so the clothes would probably be somewhat ill-fitting. But it was still winter, so wearing clothes a little bigger was not a problem.
This time, Lin Amo made three kinds of dumpling fillings. One was pork and celery, one was chives and eggs, and the other was three-delicacies filling.
Lin Ye moved the small stone mill he had bought last time into the kitchen and then ground some beans, intending to make soy milk. This small stone mill was very small, so it was very easy for a man to use.
By the time Lin Ye finished grinding the beans, Lin Amo had already started making fragrant vinegar fish. While Yun Jiu was making dumplings with Lin Amo, he heard that Lin Ye really liked shredded radish cakes. He wanted to take two white radishes and make some for Lin Ye to eat first and fill his stomach. Besides, he had heard the elders say, “Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and stay healthy throughout the four seasons.”
Yun Jiu’s radish cakes were originally garlic-flavored, but because Lin Ye did not like garlic, he directly changed them to scallion-flavored.
Actually, making this was very simple. First, wash and peel the white radishes and cut them into fine shreds, and also cut the scallions into fine shreds. Then add the shredded radish, flour, shredded scallions, and a small amount of water and mix them together.
Lin Ye saw what Yun Jiu was doing and came over to add two eggs to it. Lin Ye could naturally tell what Yun Jiu was making. He felt that adding some eggs to the fried cakes would make them more fragrant and crispy.
Yun Jiu did not raise his eyes to look at Lin Ye, but silently remembered Lin Ye’s preference in his heart. After adding some seasonings, it was more or less finished.
When Yun Jiu began frying the cakes, Lin Amo came over to lend a hand, while Lin Ye was sent away to tend the fire.
The Lin family’s kitchen was not small. The stove was the kind of large, three-section stove. Normally, only two sections were used, but today all three pots were being used at the same time.
Lin Ye was quite emotional. Fortunately, he had been clever back then and had not only asked for two pots. Otherwise, when there were more people in the future, even the pots would not be enough.
When the first cake was ready, Yun Jiu immediately put it onto a plate and brought it to Lin Ye. Lin Amo, who was watching from the side, felt a little uncomfortable at how sweet the sight was. He lightly coughed once, and only then did Yun Jiu realize something. He hurriedly lowered his head, his face red with embarrassment.
Although there was no expression on Lin Ye’s face, his heart was already bursting with happiness. However, in order not to be laughed at by his Amo, he still held himself back from smiling.
At noon, the family ate white rice, a plate of fragrant vinegar fish, a plate of scallion-flavored shredded radish cakes, and potatoes stewed with pork ribs. They also had the soy milk Lin Ye had ground. The soy milk was fragrant and had a very good taste.
These dishes were already extremely good for a farmer’s household, but Lin Ye was still thinking about the chicken they had bought earlier. While eating, he said, “Amo, let’s stew the chicken tonight. I kind of want to eat pot-sticker cakes.”
Lin Amo looked at Lin Ye, who had his mouth full of food while still thinking about what to eat, and could not help saying, “Eat, eat, eat. Your mouth is already eating, and you’re still thinking about eating.”
Hearing this, Yun Jiu could not help smiling. He secretly glanced at Lin Ye, only to be caught red-handed by Lin Ye. Yun Jiu immediately lowered his head and concentrated on gnawing at his own meaty rib.
The food was fragrant, the home was warm, and the person he loved was by his side. It simply could not have been any more beautiful.
In the afternoon, Lin Ye planned to go to the nearby mountain to have a look and see if he could hunt a couple of wild animals to bring back. As soon as Yun Jiu heard that Lin Ye was going out, he could not help looking up at him. He actually wanted to go with Lin Ye, but then he remembered that he still had to help Lin Amo in the afternoon, so he could only lower his head again.
Lin Ye took a small back basket and a woodcutter’s knife and left the house.
After Lin Ye left, Lin Amo asked while he was busy, “Have you decided on which day yet?”
Yun Jiu shook his head while helping. He did not know which day to choose. Lin Ye had talked to him about it before, but he had not asked Lin Ye exactly which day it would be.
Actually, in Yun Jiu’s view, any day was fine. Even if Lin Ye did not hold a wedding ceremony, he would not be disappointed. When he had previously been matched by the authorities, he had not held a wedding ceremony either.
Now that he had been divorced and sent away, whether they held one or not was actually the same.
But Lin Ye seemed to care about these things very much. Yun Jiu did not dare to spoil Lin Ye’s happiness, so he would just let Lin Ye decide.
“There are still many things that need to be prepared. I estimate that, at the earliest, it will have to be around the fifteenth, right? If that’s the case, after the fifth day of the New Year, you two can go to the town or the city and buy everything that needs to be bought. If you don’t know about these things, Amo will go with you two when the time comes.”
Yun Jiu smiled and said, “Mm, then I’ll listen to you.”
“From now on, you will be his husband, so you have to learn to keep an eye on him a little. You can’t let him do whatever he wants just because you have a good temper. There’s nothing wrong with Xiao Ye, except that he spends money very generously and casually, just like a child.”
Yun Jiu listened from the side and nodded from time to time. But if he were really asked to manage Lin Ye, it would probably be rather difficult for him, at least for now.
As soon as Lin Ye left the house, he attracted quite a bit of attention. After everything that had happened over the past few days, everyone understood that although Lin Ye seemed to have a very good temper, he was not as easy to deal with as he appeared.
From the fact that the Yun Dali family had failed to gain any advantage from him several times, it was clear that Lin Ye was not someone who could be easily fooled. After Yun Jiu married Lin Ye, regardless of whether Lin Ye truly liked Yun Jiu or not, they would no longer dare to make things difficult for Yun Jiu.
Lin Ye walked all the way toward the mountain. His pace was very fast, and because he deliberately walked quickly, it did not take long for him to reach halfway up the mountain.
The temperature on the mountain was much lower than at the foot of the mountain, but fortunately, Lin Ye was no longer afraid of the cold. If it were the Lin Ye from before the apocalypse, with his small build, he probably would have already frozen badly.
After reaching the mountain, Lin Ye did not wander around blindly. Instead, he calmed his mind and slowly released his ability. As he felt the natural forces around him, Lin Ye’s mood became very good.
After calming down, Lin Ye could sense even the slightest movement in the wind and grass. Just as he was concentrating on searching for living creatures on the mountain, his brows suddenly twitched slightly. A lynx, also known as a mountain cat, was jumping from a tree toward a nearby rock. What attracted Lin Ye’s attention was the target of the mountain cat—two half-grown rabbits.
After sensing that there was no one else around, Lin Ye’s steps suddenly quickened. As he ran, four or five vines suddenly crawled out from the weeds beside the mountain cat. Among the yellow withered grass, those several green vines looked exceptionally conspicuous.
The movement of the vines immediately startled the mountain cat and the rabbits. Just as the two sides were about to turn around and escape, several more vines suddenly shot out from the other side, instantly wrapping up both the mountain cat and the rabbits.
By the time Lin Ye arrived, the mountain cat and the rabbits had already stopped moving. Lin Ye looked at the mountain cat with some dislike, but in the end, he picked all of them up.
Lin Ye had originally wanted to wander deeper into the mountains, but he felt that his mental strength was somewhat insufficient. After thinking about it, he still obediently went back.
He was different from before now. He could not use his ability for a long period of time. If he accidentally encountered a large wild beast after entering the mountains, it would be troublesome.
After Lin Ye returned home, he threw the wild animals into the cages. These cages were usually used to keep chickens.
In the evening, Lin Ye walked out of the house carrying firecrackers. Lin Amo and Yun Jiu stood at the doorway.
In farming households, very few people bought strings of firecrackers, because these things were basically exploding silver. Ordinary farming families would usually only buy a few small firecrackers to set off for fun.
Therefore, when Lin Ye pulled out a whole string of firecrackers, it immediately attracted the attention of a large group of children. Even some adults who had nothing to do came over to join in the excitement.
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