Early the next morning, when Xiang Jin got up from bed and washed up by the well, he told Aunt Liao, "Auntie, I will go to the market later. Please help me deliver a meal to my grandpa in the morning."
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Aunt Liao said, "It's so early, why don't you go without breakfast?"
"No, I have to catch the six-thirty train and go out to eat on the street later. I have a lot to do today. I have to make sure I catch the noon train back," Xiang Jin refused.
"Oh, that's it, okay! Do you have enough money? If not, my aunt will get it for you, and it will be the same when your mother comes back and then you can give it back to me?" Aunt Liao then asked again.
Xiang Jin said, "That's enough, that's enough." Xiang Jin washed the face towel, then wring out the water on it, and put it on a rope held by the side to dry, and then went into the house to take it with her.
I took the things I packed last night and my backpack and went to the venue.
After arriving in the town, she first went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and meat, and also carried a few pounds of bones. Then she found a small restaurant and had a simple breakfast.
After following her, she checked the time and figured it was almost time. She then headed back to the street where Yan Chen took her to buy clothes and shoes for Xiang Lan on the street where casual sportswear was sold.
The landlady had a good memory. When she saw her coming in, she immediately greeted her enthusiastically, "Little girl, are you here to buy clothes again today? Let me tell you that we have recently received several batches of new styles. I guarantee you will look good in them, little girl.
"As he said this, he was going to lead her over there.
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I won't buy it for me this time, I'll buy it for my sister."
"Oh, that's also suitable. We have sizes from small to large here. How old is your sister? Can I get a suitable size for her?" The landlady asked very patiently.
Xiang Jin said, "My sister is not tall. She is only a little over nine years old, less than ten years old, and her height is almost as high as my chest." Then she gestured with her about her approximate height.
The landlady looked at it, nodded and said, "Oh, yes, we have several types of children's sportswear, take a look."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then walked to the side with her. Then he saw that there were several children's sportswear, and then asked about their prices, and finally Xiang Jin chose one with that color.
It's brighter because she thinks Xiang Lan looks good in red.
After the lady boss saw it, she kept praising her for her good taste, "Oh, this is good, this color looks festive and looks good!"
I believe it’s not that she’s trying to be festive or not, but that she thinks Xiang Lan will look good and in good spirits if she wears red!
So she asked, "Boss, do you have a pickup ruler here?"
The landlady said, "Yes, yes, wait a minute, I'll get it for you right away."
As soon as she finished speaking, the boss came out from the cashier with a ruler. Then the lady boss took it and handed it to her. Xiang Jin took it and compared it with her measurements last night, starting with the length and shoulder width.
Measuring the ground.
The proprietress said from the side, "It doesn't matter if the clothes and pants are a little longer, but don't make them too long. If they are too big, they won't look good. A two or three centimeters longer is appropriate."
After all, children are growing up. Besides, if you buy this sportswear, you can wear it in the beginning of winter. If you buy a larger set, you can put clothes under it."
"Yeah!" Xiang Jin nodded slightly, but her hands still didn't stop. After a while, she handed the two sets of clothes and the ruler to the proprietress, "That's it?"
After the lady boss took the clothes, she said, "Two sets?"
"Well, two sets!" The little girl is unlike them. They don't have school uniforms in village primary schools. Only children studying in rural primary schools will uniformly customize school uniforms, so I'd better buy her an extra set.
The landlady was immediately overjoyed and said, "Oh, okay, okay, I'll go check and pack it for you right now?"
Xiang Jin said, "Lady boss, please give me a cheaper price. Look, I bought two sets at once, and you bought them in your store last time."
The expression on the landlady's face suddenly became lighter. She looked at Xiang Jin and said, "Do you want it to be less?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, less!"
Originally she had a tentative attitude, but seeing the look on the landlady's face, she felt that her bargaining was promising, so she firmly said, "If you give me less this time, I will come back to you next time to buy clothes.
You can even bring your classmates and friends to your place."
The landlady looked hesitantly at the boss behind the counter. After pondering for a while, the boss said, "Well then, I'll give you ten yuan less for a set of clothes."
Ten yuan? Okay, two sets of clothes cost twenty yuan. She could use the twenty yuan to buy another pair of shoes for Xiang Lan. From this, it can be seen that bargaining is still necessary, so Xiang Lan
Jin nodded, "Okay, then check it for me and wrap it up."
The two of them immediately raised their lips and laughed, and then during the packing process, the proprietress said to Xiang Jin, "Little girl, you must come to our house to buy clothes in the future? Also, don't forget
Bring your friends too, and I will give you a discount when you come to our house to buy clothes."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
After paying, she put the clothes bag into her backpack, then got up and went next door to buy shoes for Xiang Lan. After buying the shoes, she looked at the time on her watch again and found that the time was just right.
, the bank was already open for business, so she carried her things and headed straight to the Postal Savings Bank above.
There she found a total of four payments, all of which were her royalties. There were two payments of more than 2,000 yuan, and then two payments of more than 1,000 yuan, totaling more than 7,000 yuan. Then she put the more than 7,000 yuan into
After all the money was transferred to fixed deposit, she went to the mailbox next door to submit a few more manuscripts. Finally, she saw that it was still early for departure, so she went to the vegetable market and bought a fish and a few pieces of dried tofu.
Xiang Jin returned to the bay, and when he passed the door of Grandma Mo's house, he turned directly to them with a basket on his back.
Yan Chen was reading in the room at the time. When he saw her coming, he asked, "Going to the show?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, we'll have dinner at our house tonight. I bought some vegetables."
"Aren't you too troublesome?" Yan Chen's lips curled up slightly.
Xiang Jin said, "It's no trouble. I never bother to make food for myself. Alas, what about Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng? Why are you the only one at home?"
Yan Chen said, "My grandpa went to the market, and my grandma went to your house and picked some fruits and vegetables for you."
"Oh, okay, I'll go back," Xiang Jin nodded and turned around.
Yan Chen put down the book and took the backpack off her body, "Let's go, I'll take you back."
Xiang Jin asked, "Aren't you at home to look after the house?"
Yan Chen said, "Just lock it."
"Oh, okay!"
Yan Chen locked the door and followed the two of them towards Aunt Liao's house. Yan Chen asked, "Did you buy another fish?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I found this morning that the chopped peppers I made earlier seemed to be ripe, so I plan to make a fish head with chopped peppers to try."
"Is it too late?"
"There's enough time. I'll make it early in the afternoon. When it's ready, the two of us will eat it first. After eating, we will go to school for evening self-study. Then they can eat it slowly at home."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
After a while, he asked again, "Do you want me to come over and help you then?"
Xiang Jin remembered Han Che complaining about his poor cooking skills, so he said, "No, no, I can do it by myself when the time comes, and I don't want to cook too much, just a few dishes will be enough."
"All right!"
"Hey, I thought you were reading high school courses just now, right?" Xiang Jin asked again.
Yan Chen nodded slightly, "Yeah!"
"You are taking high school courses now, how awesome is that? Then why don't you just skip a grade?"
Yan Chen said, "I think learning is not something that happens overnight. It is a step-by-step process. You can't rush it, it's better to be more cautious!"
Xiang Jin gave him a thumbs up, "It's rare for a young man like you to be so steady and steady!"
Yan Chen was amused, "You seem to be younger than me, right?"
Then Xiang Jin was startled for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Hey, what's that?!" My sister's soul age is older than yours!
When the two arrived home, Xiang Jin saw that Grandma Mo was indeed at their place, and her mother and Xiang Lan were also back. Xiang Lan was feeding chickens at the chicken fence, while several adults were standing around setting up a dragon gate array.
When several people saw her, they all smiled slightly, and Grandma Mo greeted her, "Girl Jin is back from the show?"
Xiang Jin nodded slightly, "Grandma Mo."
"Sister?!" When Xiang Lan saw her, he immediately put down the food bowl in his hand happily and jumped in front of her in a few steps. However, after seeing Yan Chen, he politely called out "Brother Yan."
Yan Chen nodded slightly to her, then walked to the edge of the street and put down the backpack.
Xiang Jin walked to a few adults, and then Yang Juyun said, "Just take a day off and go to catch up on something? I'll just do it by myself then."
Xiang Jin said, "My aunt said that we have to dig a well and a stove tomorrow. I saw that all the food at home was gone, so I went to buy some."
Yang Juyun felt extremely warm in her heart immediately, and then she trimmed the broken hair around her ears, "Are you tired?"
Xiang Jin shook his head and said, "I'm not tired. What's the point of being tired? Where is my grandma? My grandma didn't come back with you?"
Her mother said, "The corn at home has just been threshed and needs hands to dry, so I asked her not to come back for a while and to take care of the family affairs with your two uncles and aunts."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Have they finished harvesting their grain?"
Yang Juyun said, "That's almost it. There is only one field, which belongs to your second uncle's family. It is about a lot of fields. Because the weather was dry before, the position of that field was a little higher. Then your second uncle and others pumped water.
It was planted, so the rice in that field is still a little green now. It will probably take another week or so to harvest, but it’s not much. By then, just your second uncle and second aunt can spend an hour or two on it.
Just accept it, it’s no problem.”
Xiang Jin nodded and then asked, "How about their rice harvest this year?"
Her mother said, "It's not bad. Our family has to harvest several thousand kilograms of millet. Your grandmother and your grandfather will have to harvest more than two thousand kilograms of millet this year."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's not bad."
Yang Juyun said, "Nowadays, hybrid rice is used. If one acre of rice field is cultivated, it can produce at least 500 kilograms of millet in one season. The best ones can harvest 1,200 to 300 kilograms."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh, then we have to thank our great scientists."
Aunt Liao said, "Don't we just have to thank them? If they hadn't come up with this hybrid rice, how could we have produced so much grain per acre? In the past, one acre of paddy field could yield five to six hundred kilograms of rice."
It was like holding up to the sky, and now it’s doubled over.”
The women burst out laughing, and Xiang Lan looked at Xiang Jin and asked, "Sister, what other ingredients did you buy? Can I help you take them to the kitchen?"
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, by the way, go ahead and put that fish into the water to raise it, and then kill it after lunch. Don't let it die now."
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Lan happily went to help her sister sort out the dishes. However, when she saw the clothes pocket on the top of the backpack, she couldn't help but accuse, "Sister, you bought clothes again?!"
Listening to her sour tone and unhappy look, Xiang Jin rolled his eyes to the sky speechlessly, "That's what I bought for you."
"Did you buy it for me?"
The little girl's sadness suddenly turned into joy, and she picked up the bag and was about to open it, but Xiang Jin reminded her, "Go and release that fish for me first."
"Oh oh oh," the little girl quickly put the clothes bag aside, then carried the fish with a big bag of water in it and released it.
Then Xiang Jin said to Grandma Mo, "Grandma Mo, come to our house for dinner tonight. I told Yan Chen just now."
"Come to eat again?" Grandma Mo said with a smile.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I have bought all the food. Also, I don't cook it for you often. We only come back once every two weeks. If I do it this time, it may take a long time next time."
That’s why I did it.”
Grandma Mo hesitated for a moment and then said, "Okay, then we'll come when the time comes."
Xiang Jin said, "We may have dinner earlier today, at about five o'clock. After dinner, Yan Chen and I have to catch up with the evening self-study at school, so we should set off at least half past five.
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Grandma Mo said, "Oh, isn't that a rush?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I will cook early in the afternoon, and it will probably be ready around four o'clock in the afternoon, so don't eat too much at noon. Auntie, Mom, let's eat less noodles at noon."
"Okay, okay!" Aunt Liao and her mother both nodded.
Then Xiang Jin invited Grandma Mo and Yan Chen to have lunch with them. Yan Chen didn't care. Anyway, he and Xiang Jin were already very familiar with each other. However, Grandma Mo disagreed and said that he could do it twice in a row.
They ate all the meals at their house, but she couldn't resist the persuasion of Xiang Jin's mother and Aunt Liao, and finally agreed to have lunch at their house.
So Xiang Jin, her mother, and several adults went to the kitchen to prepare lunch together, and then sorted out some of the ingredients that Xiang Jin would use in the afternoon.
Then Xiang Jin ran to take out the jars of chopped chili she had made before, opened one of the jars, put it under Yan Chen's nose and let him smell it, "How is it? It's not broken.
Bar?"
Yan Chen said, "It's not broken!"
Then Xiang Jin said with a pleased expression, "I will use this to cook a famous Hunan dish for you this afternoon - fish head with chopped peppers, so that you can also try my craftsmanship."
Seeing the proud look on her lips, Yan Chen couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, by the way, I made five or six cans at that time. You can also take one bottle back when the time comes. Grandpa Zeng will probably like to eat this fish head with chopped pepper. Let Grandma Mo make it for him then!
When the time comes, I will ask my grandma to bring back a jar for each of my two uncles, and then leave another jar for Aunt Liao."
"What about your family? Don't you only have one jar at home?" Yan Chen asked.
Xiang Jin said, "One can is enough for our family."
However, at this moment, Xiang Lan changed into the new clothes Xiang Jin bought her today and followed Xiang Jin's wishes and said, "Sister, do you look good?"
Xiang Jin stared at her seriously for a moment, then nodded, "Well, it looks good!"
Then Xiang Lan ran to her with a face full of joy and said, "Sister, I saw you bought two sets for me?!"
Xiang Jin said, "Well, two sets, so you just have to be content. I bought you more than I bought for myself. If you don't obey at home and don't study hard at school, I'll take the clothes when I come back."
It’s confiscated from you!”
Xiang Lan expressed his opinion almost as soon as she finished speaking, "Sister, I am obedient and I will also study hard!"
"Well, go ahead and change your clothes. Then I'll wash them for you later. Then you can wear them when it gets colder!"
"Oh, good!"
Seeing her threatening and intimidating her sister, hitting her with a stick and giving her a sweet date to eat, the corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up even more.
Xiang Lan brought the clothes over to her, and Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "If you feel bored, you can go to my room to get a book to read, or go back to your house and continue reading the book you were reading before.
Shu, when the meal is ready, I'll ask Xiang Lan to call you, or I can bring it to you to eat."
Yan Chen said, "It's okay, I'll just get a book from you and read it."
Xiang Jin nodded, "They are all on my desk in my room, you can do it yourself," she then told Xiang Lan, "Put these bottles of chopped chili pepper back into the room."
"Oh, good!"
After the family had a simple lunch, Xiang Jin started to prepare the meal for the evening. She made two dishes for the big fat fish. For the fish head, she directly made a fish head with chopped pepper.
I cut the fish body directly into pieces and marinated it to make a fish stew with tofu. Then I made a stir-fried pork with chili pepper and dried celery. I also added a cold dish of Lizhuang white meat and a side of bridge ribs, and then cooked it again.
I ordered a vegetarian three-fresh soup.
There were not many dishes, but the portions were large. Then Yang Juyun saw that they were the only two people in the kitchen, so she said, "Xiang Jin, why don't you find a jar for your cousin Yang Hui to bring some food to him tomorrow morning?"
Are you just going to eat with these dishes?"
Xiang Jin refused directly, "Let's forget it. With the weather like this, can we leave until tomorrow morning? You are caring for your nephew out of kindness, and don't want others to have diarrhea after eating the spoiled food.
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Yang Juyun said, "That's true?!"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then said comfortingly, "Oh, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. When the weather gets colder, it won't be too late to bring her something delicious if we make something delicious."
Oh, by the way, I will give you a list later. When I come back from vacation next time, you can prepare the ingredients and condiments in advance, and I will teach you how to make stewed vegetables.
Remember, when you go to buy ingredients, go to several stores and buy them separately, don’t buy them at the same store. By then, you will learn the recipe and you can open a braised meat shop yourself.”
"Well, okay, I know!"
Then Xiang Jin explained to her mother, "When the time comes, you will see if the supply and marketing cooperative has a small scale that is specially used to weigh spices. If there is one, just buy one and make braised vegetables. There are various kinds of spices.
In terms of proportion, some things cannot be both too much and too little, otherwise the taste will change."
"Well, I understand! Then what do you think about the money you still have? If you don't have any money, I'll get it for you?"
Xiang Jin said, "I still have money, so you don't have to worry about me. If I don't have money, I will ask you for it."
Yang Juyun then continued to explain to her, "Oh, okay, don't let yourself suffer at school? Our house has been repaired, and we only have to build a well and two stoves at home. By then,
It doesn’t cost much, and we’ve covered the cost of the craftsmen’s work, so don’t fritter, just eat what you need to eat at school, and drink what you need to drink!”
Although she was a little touched, Xiang Jin still said, "Oh, you know, I can't bear to make myself suffer. Don't worry, I'm really rich." After exploring, Xiang Jin took out a handful of money from his pocket and gave it to her.
Look, "Look, are you not lying?"
Yang Juyun saw that she indeed still had three or four hundred yuan in her hand, and the worry in her heart was finally gone.
Then Xiang Jin told her, "I am eating in the school cafeteria now, and the money I have can last until next year, so you don't have to worry."
Then Yang Juyun said, "Oh, don't worry, don't worry!"
"Okay, let's invite everyone to eat. Do you think my grandpa's food will be delivered to him now, or should I stop by and bring it to him when I go to school later?" Xiang Jin asked after him.
Yang Juyun said, "I'll send it to him later. He's not used to eating too early."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then went to get a thermos bucket to take out her grandfather's food first to prevent it from getting cold later.