Chapter 111 New Year's goods

  Gu Anguo didn't stay in Lan's house for long.

   Before Lan Weicheng came back, he had already left the Lan family with his youngest son.

   They didn't come empty-handed. Driver Feng followed behind and brought in a lot of gifts as a token of apology from the Gu family to the Lan family.

  Originally Xu Shan would not accept these things, but Gu Anguo said that this compensation is an apology to their two daughters.

   So Xu Shan reluctantly nodded in agreement after hesitating.

   Lan Shu wasn't very interested in receiving gifts, but she heard Xiao Bai whisper to her that there was a bag of walnuts in the gift, which he took from home specially. The walnuts had thin skins and tasted delicious and crunchy.

   Lan Shu gladly accepted what Xiaobai specially prepared for her.

  In fact, Lan Shu really likes to eat nuts, but since she came to this era, she has never had a chance to eat them.

  After the Gu family left, Lan Shu immediately dug out the walnuts from a pile of presents, cracked open a few and tasted them.

  Besides, Lan Xinya saw Lan Shu looking at the gifts immediately after the guests left, and felt disgusted!

   What if Lan Shu opened a factory in the county?

  People who grew up in the countryside, no matter how capable they are, they can't hide their petty spirit!

  This kind of behavior seems to have never seen the world!

   Just thinking about a little gift like this makes her look down on her!

   Lan Xinya didn't care about the gift, but went upstairs directly.

  Lan Shu took a plate from the kitchen, knocked out a plate of walnuts.

   Then she said to Xu Shan, "Mom, it's twenty-eight tomorrow, it's time to make noodles and steam buns, let's steam some walnut buns by the way~"

  Xu Shan didn't know what a walnut bun was. After asking her daughter in detail, Xu Shan nodded when she learned that it was a sweet bun.

   "Okay, whatever Shushu likes to eat, mom will cook for you~" Xu Shan smiled.

   Lan Shu naturally wouldn't let Xu Shan be busy alone. Although she doesn't work on weekdays, it's not like she doesn't know how to work.

   And during the Chinese New Year, we must eat and drink well.

  She doesn't know how Xu Shan's craftsmanship is, but she has absolute confidence in her own craftsmanship!

   When it’s time for the New Year’s Eve dinner, in order to have as much fun as possible, Lan Shu decides to do the cooking herself~

  …

  Twelfth lunar month twenty-seventh afternoon.

   Lan Shu went out with Xu Shan.

   Chinese New Year is coming soon, because there have been a lot of messy things recently, and her family has not had time to purchase New Year's goods.

   Now she is free, so she asked Xu Shan to go out together.

   Originally, Xu Shan also planned to call her other daughter, but Lan Xinya refused.

  Now Lan Xinya is very resistant to showing her face in public.

   Not to mention going out to shop, she doesn't even plan to go out during the Chinese New Year!

  Lan Xinya didn't leave the house, so Xu Shan and Lan Shu had to live as a mother and daughter.

  The two went from the shopping mall to the vegetable market. After some shopping, they got all the clothes and New Year's goods ready!

   After lunch, the two of them went out empty-handed. When they came back at night, they had so many bags that they almost couldn't take them down.

   Fortunately, Xu Shan is not usually a weak woman, and Lan Shu is not a delicate lady who can't lift her hands, so the two of them were able to bring back so many things.

   After a busy day, Lan Weicheng, who came back from the counter of the shopping mall, was surprised and sighed when he saw his wife and daughter's "results" of the day.

  In the past, he would wait until the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to do the New Year's goods, but now, with Shushu here, he directly propped up the house~!

  Lan Weicheng sincerely felt that his biological daughter is really capable!

  …

  On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lan Weicheng didn't go to the counter in the mall, but stayed at home and started preparing for the New Year.

   During the Chinese New Year, it is indispensable to eat croquettes, fried crispy meat, fried lotus root, fried chicken nuggets, and fried fish nuggets.

  In addition to these, Lan Shu also suggested frying some tofu, mushrooms, and chili rings.

  At home, Lan Weicheng and Xu Shan are divided into two jobs, one frying and the other steaming buns.

  Lan Shu fought from both sides.

  Steaming things during the Chinese New Year is not in the kitchen. Basically, every family moves a wood-burning stove and uses a large steamer in the yard to steam.

  The buns steamed with firewood are more delicious, and a large pot can steam a lot without wasting gas.

  Busy all morning, at noon, the steamed buns have been steamed in a pot, and most of the fried New Year's goods have been fried out of the pot!

  Neighbors around smelled the fragrance wafting from the courtyard of Lan's house, and many of them were envious.

  Most of their families have just passed the line of food and clothing, while the Lan family has directly become rich and their lives are nourished.

  I've seen it all over the compound, and there aren't many houses like the Lan's who fry all kinds of big fish and meat all morning.

  At noon, when Lan Xinya went downstairs to eat, she saw her parents chatting and laughing with their biological daughter, their relationship was harmonious, she suddenly felt as if she was an outsider—

  Obviously she grew up in this family, and Lan Shu has only been here for a few days, and she has almost taken her place in this family...

  …

  In the afternoon, Lan Shu used her home phone to call Gu's family.

  She asked Xiaobai to come and bring some fried goods back to eat.

  Before the phone call, Lan Shu had already told Lan Weicheng and Xu Shan about this matter, and after getting their consent, she went to contact Xiao Bai.

   Lan Shu did this not because she wanted to make friends with the Gu family, but because she had delicious food, so she didn't forget to share some with Xiaobai.

  Sister Lan's call, Xiaobai acted quickly.

  The phone hung up here, and within an hour, Xiao Bai came to the door carrying a bag of apples and a bag of persimmons!

  Although Sister Lan is there, she is getting things from Lan's house after all, and Xiaobai doesn't forget to return the gift.

  Although Lan Weicheng and Xu Shan didn't see the youngest son of the Gu family very often, every time they saw him, they had a good impression of this young man.

   Especially knowing that the youngest son of the Gu family has a good relationship with their biological daughter, so even if they have great opinions on the eldest son of the Gu family! But he didn't take too much anger on the other members of the Gu family because of this.

  Lan Shu found a clean basin, and picked up some fried goods of every kind from Lan Weicheng's big bowl of fried goods.

  Find a small bamboo basket, put a layer of steaming cloth on it, and pick up some walnut bags that have just been cooked for Xiaobai.

  Every family is busy during the Chinese New Year. Xiaobai knew that staying in Lan's house would definitely delay Lan's continued preparations for the New Year, so he didn't stay long after he came to pick up his things, and went home.

  Lan House, second floor.

  Lan Xinya just heard movement in her yard, she immediately stretched her neck and looked downstairs through the window.

   Not long after, she saw Gu Cheng's younger brother leaving with a small pot of their family's Chinese New Year fried goods.

  Lan Xinya frowned when she saw this, and was suddenly angry.

  She felt that Lan Shu would really make a face out of their things!

  Why does Lan Shu give away the things prepared at home to others? Does she have the qualifications?

  Parents let her do this, don't care about it at all?

  Lan Xinya couldn't take it any longer, so she went downstairs in a 'pick, push, push', and sat in the living room, waiting for Lan Shu to send her away before returning.

  (end of this chapter)