After lunch, everyone rested for a while and then went back to work. Those who had broken off the grains before went to break the remaining grains in the field.
Those who had torn apart the rice dumplings before continued to sit down and tear the rice dumplings apart. Yan Chen went back directly after helping Xiang Jin collect the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen.
After Xiang Jin cleaned up the mess in the kitchen, he scooped out a few scoops of flour, kneaded the dough and waited for it to ferment, and then went to prepare the fillings for the buns later.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Juyun and the others had finished breaking off all the grains in Geography. Then everyone came back and sat together to start tearing apart the grains. The pole of the grains was left in the ground and chopped slowly later.
Because suddenly there were a few more people tearing apart the rice, so at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiang Jin slipped Xiang Nanti out and asked her to go to the kitchen to cook a pot for her.
While the two sisters were cooking in the kitchen, Xiang Jin asked her while wrapping the buns, "Can you recite the essay that I assigned you before?"
While Xiang Nan was stuffing firewood into the stove, he complained a little unwillingly, "No, sister, are you going to whip me for memorizing my essay today?"
Xiang Jin put a wrapped bun into the basket next to him, "Do you think I was just joking with you?"
Xiang Nan said, "I've memorized half of it, but I haven't memorized the other half yet."
Xiang Jin said, "Then you have to hurry up. I may not have time to check you now, but I will check you anyway at night."
Xiang Nan just wailed, knowing that he couldn't escape, so after stuffing another piece of firewood into the stove, he got up and went back to the house to get his composition papers and memorize them in the kitchen.
The more people there are, the more power there is. Around six o'clock in the afternoon, Xiang Jin and his family had torn up all the rice dumplings. After everyone washed their hands, they started eating.
She made dinner a little simpler, steamed buns with rice porridge, and four side dishes, including fried beans with smoked bacon, shredded cold ears, a spicy and sour potato shreds, and stir-fried vermicelli with cabbage and eggs. In total, it was almost
Two meat and two vegetables.
There were a lot of steamed buns and steamed buns. This was Xiang Jin’s plan from the beginning. When everyone went back, he would bring some steamed buns and steamed buns back to each house. After all, there were basically children and elderly people at home.
In fact, that's what they did in the end.
But Xiang Jin told her grandmother that day that she would ask them to come and help her and bring two or three kilograms of sugar back to their family when they left. This could not be done.
Because her mother had given Aunt Liao a bag of sugar before, and there were a lot of people today, so there wasn't enough sugar to share, so Xiang Jin didn't bring them any sugar. She thought it would be better to let her two uncles take it back.
After dinner, we waited for almost an hour and a half before the sun began to set, and then Xiang Jin and the others took the corn cobs that were spread out to dry at the head of the courtyard into the house.
Grandma Mo and her family of three did not leave until they collected all the remaining sticks for them.
But when she was collecting corn cobs, Yan Chen asked her, "Are you free to deliver goods to the town tomorrow? If not, I will go by myself?"
Xiang Jin picked up the corn cobs and said, "Yeah, it's been two days. Tomorrow it's time to hand over the 400 pieces of the 600 sets. Have you done all that?"
"Well, I have finished all the materials there. There are four hundred and eighty-six sets in total."
"Okay, then I'll join you tomorrow."
"Aren't you going to chop down corn stalks next?" Yan Chen asked.
Xiang Jin said, "I want to chop it down, but if I don't rush it, all the grain will be broken off. It will be the same if I chop it slowly from behind the pole."
"What about these corns? I mean they need to be dried, are your mother and your sister the only ones who are busy here?" Their family has had a bumper corn harvest this year, and they have at least twenty or thirty baskets.
Xiang Jin said, "That's okay. We don't have to set off as soon as we get up tomorrow morning. I can help them dry some, and then they can dry them slowly."
"Okay," Yan Chen nodded.
The next morning, when Xiang Jin and Yan Chen went out, Xiang Zhen followed them out and even ran to catch up with them.
"Brother Yan Chen, are you going to town again today? It just so happens that I am also going to town, can we go together?" Seeing Xiang Jin, Xiang Zhen first gave her an unfriendly look, and then enthusiastically and proactively
Chat with Yan Chen.
When Xiang Jin saw her face, Xiang Jin's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, he glanced at her contemptuously and turned his head away.
Yan Chen said, "Don't scream. I'm the only one in my family. I don't have any extra brothers or sisters."
Hey, boy, are you straightforward enough?
When Xiang Jin heard what he said, he was immediately surprised, and then gave him a look of appreciation.
Sure enough, Xiang Zhen was startled at first, and then the smile that raised at the corner of his mouth faded, and then a look of shame appeared on his face.
But this girl is also a talent, that is, she is thick-skinned. After being stunned for a while, she followed up like a normal person and said familiarly, "Why, I always call Xiang Nan like that when I see her."
It's yours, and you're older than me, so it's appropriate for me to call you brother."
"Her name is correct, but you can't, because she is my little sister."
The look on Xiang Zhen's face could no longer be maintained. After a while, she said in a low mood again, "Okay, then I'll call you by your name from now on."
Yan Chen didn't talk to her anymore. According to the relationship between Xiang Jin and their old Xiang family, it was naturally impossible to talk to her. For a while, the whole road became quiet.
But Xiang Jin was thinking in her heart, is this the so-called flirting with someone first?
The three of them arrived at Zaoerya together. After waiting for a while, the kung fu car arrived, and then the three of them got on the car together.
Because they were not there today, there were very few people on the bus. When they got on, there were at least five or six empty seats on the bus. After Xiang Jin and the others put down their backpacks in front, they directly found a nearby seat to sit.
Come down.
Xiang Zhen wanted to pay the fare for Yan Chen, but Yan Chen did not accept it. Instead, he directly took out two yuan and handed it to the conductor, saying that it belonged to him and Xiang Jin.
Xiang Zhen immediately felt disappointed again.
The corners of Xiang Jin's mouth curled up.
Yan Chen asked her, "Why are you laughing?"
Then Xiang Jin covered his mouth and whispered to Yan Chen, "I suddenly thought of an idiom."
"What?" Yan Chen tilted his head and looked at her.
Xiang Jin said, "Throw the fruit cart!"
Yan Chen glanced at her angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, what's the matter?"
Xiang Jin continued to whisper to him, "I'm not talking nonsense, it's the truth. You see, in the past, Pan An drove down the street because of his beauty. Even old women were fascinated by him and often put fruits on his face.
He threw vegetables and vegetables into his car. Every time he went back, he received a rich harvest.
Today, someone also took the initiative to help you pay the fare. You see, you are all working in the same way, right?"
Yan Chen said, "I'm not Pan An, and I can't compare with him. Besides, didn't you help me pay the fare before?"
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, that's different. We are friends. I pay you and you pay me. It doesn't matter. But it's different if someone else who is not very familiar with you pays you."
Yan Chen frowned and looked at her, "I'm not short of fare money, and I don't need anyone else to pay for it."
Xiang Jin gave him a thumbs up, "How proud!"
Yan Chen said "cut", then immediately looked out the window, followed by Xiang Jin, and the two never spoke again.
Xiang Zhen was sitting not far behind them, wondering what she was thinking.
Soon the car drove to the town and everyone got off the car. When they got off the car, Xiang Zhen took the initiative to come over and said, "Shall I help you carry the basket?"
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand towards Yan Chen's backpack.
Yan Chen stopped him, "No need to use it!"
Xiang Zhen's hand stayed in mid-air. After a while, she found an excuse for herself and said, "I see that your basket is still full of things, so I wanted to help you."
Yan Chen said, "If you have anything to do, just go and do it for yourself. I don't need it. I'm not familiar with you. Besides, I don't like people who take the initiative to talk to me."
Yan Chen's words seemed to hurt her, and she immediately appeared in front of them with a look on the verge of tears, and quickly rushed out of the car with them.
Xiang Jin pouted and spread his hands towards Yan Chen. Yan Chen helped her lift the backpack for her to carry, and then he also picked up his own backpack.
After getting out of the car and walking about a dozen steps, Xiang Jin couldn't help but said to Yan Chen, "Young man, with the tone and demeanor you just spoke in, it's hard to make friends if you're careful."
Yan Chen said, "The best thing about friends is not having many friends, and it's impossible for me and her to be friends."
"Why?"
Yan Chen raised his head and glanced forward, "Similar to you, I don't like people from the Lao Xiang family."
"Okay, even if I didn't say what I just said," Xiang Jin then changed the subject, "Do you think she knows what we are carrying in the baskets?"
Yan Chen said, "It doesn't matter, since I delivered the goods today, there will only be orders for two hundred sets of goods later."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's right, I probably won't get any orders later."
Yan Chen looked at her and smiled, and Xiang Jin also smiled, but both of them knew what their smiles meant. They had almost earned what they should have earned. It would be better if they could receive orders later, but if they couldn't,