Chapter 228 - Chapter 228: A Splendid Dinner
Chapter 228: A Splendid Dinner
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Zhou Lan could tell what Jiang Gu was thinking and felt her heart ache. She beckoned and called Jiang Gu over, “Xiao Gu, come here. Mom will teach you how to make dumplings!”
“Dumplings?” Jiang Gu’s eyes sparkled.
While Zhou Lan was teaching Jiang Gu how to wrap dumplings, Jiang Xia snuck into the kitchen. She scooped out two pieces of stewed lamb for Jiang Gu, added some broth, and brought it out for her.
Jiang Gu was concentrating on learning how to wrap dumplings, but the dumplings she made either turned out wrinkled or burst open. Now, lured by the aroma of the meat, she lost interest in continuing and began to eat the lamb while holding the bowl.
Jiang Xia rubbed Jiang Gu’s head lovingly and sat down to help his mother make dumplings.
The two of them were experienced in making dumplings, and in no time they had made dozens of dumplings, ready to be boiled.
While waiting for the dumplings to cook, Zhou Lan mixed vinegar, soy sauce, and chili sauce to make a dipping sauce for the dumplings.
After Jiang Gu finished her lamb and drank all the soup, a big bowl of plump lamb dumplings was placed in front of her, and its aroma left her dizzy.
“So these are dumplings. It smell so good!”
Jiang Chuan, Zhou Lan, and Jiang Xia looked at the young girl with sympathy. Each of them picked a lamb dumpling and placed it in her bowl. Jiang Gu felt this was the happiest moment of her life.
After eating her fill, Jiang Gu lay down on the couch and fell asleep. Zhou Lan carried her to her room, while Jiang Xia and Jiang Chuan cleaned up the leftovers.
Jiang Chuan stored the remaining lamb in the car’s refrigerator, and Jiang Xia washed the dishes.
While washing the dishes, Jiang Xia thought of the various crops and animals tied up in her interspace, as well as the dry leaves she had collected from the mountain the night before. The entire space looked messy, and it was time to tidy it up.
Since Jiang Chuan had experience in architectural design, Jiang Xia asked, “Dad, can you draw a blueprint for me? I want to tidy up my interspace. I want to partition my interspace with fences to categorize the animals. This way, they won’t have to be tied up every day and can have their own space to move around.”
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and felt the joy of having her own farm. “Moreover, I can raise these animals and let them reproduce! If 1 could get a cow and some ducks and chickens, we’d have milk, chicken eggs, and duck eggs to eat. Xiao Gu is growing, and she needs good nutrition!”
Jiang Chuan thought Jiang Xia’s idea was brilliant. After a detailed discussion, he drew a blueprint according to Jiang Xia’s specifications.
Now, all Jiang Xia needed to do was to build the fence according to the blueprint. Jiang Chuan also helpfully marked areas for each type of crop on the blueprint, so that each crop had its own plot of land to grow on.
Jiang Chuan patted Jiang Xia’s shoulder. “Xiao Xia, I’ve drawn the blueprint for you, but you’ll have to do the work yourself. Building a fence is not an easy task. You’ll have a lot of work ahead.”
Indeed, just the thought of chopping wood and hammering the posts deep into the ground made Jiang Xia feel sore already.
Yet, when she looked at the mess in her interspace, her mild OCD couldn’t tolerate it. Since only she could enter her interspace, she would have to do all the work herself.
Before going to bed, she spent some time in her interspace. She sorted the vegetables and planted them in separate areas. She even divided the different vegetable fields with small soil slopes. After doing all this, the vegetable fields in the interspace looked much tidier. All that remained was the fence.
Jiang Xia drank some water from her space to recover her strength, ensuring she wouldn’t wake up sore the next day. She then went to bed.
Around ten the next morning, the village head came knocking on Jiang Chuan’s door.
Jiang Chuan pretended to be sick in the morning and stayed at home to make his wife’s words seem more credible. He didn’t go out to work. The village chief originally planned to look for him in the fields, but upon hearing from Xiao Li that he wasn’t feeling well and hadn’t left the house, the village chief specifically came to visit him at home.
Jiang Chuan knew that if the village chief made a special trip to his house, there must be an important matter that needed to be discussed in person.