Xiang Jin and the others returned to the shop. There were still many students eating there, so Yan Chen suggested, "How about we go back first?"
Xiang Jin felt that staying in the town for too long would not be of much use, so she nodded in agreement, and then she called Yang Xin, "Yang Xin, go and help sister carry out the bag of bones I gave you then."
?Sister is going back."
"Are you going back?" Yang Xu and Yang Xin obviously showed their reluctance to leave her.
Xiang Jin nodded to them, then touched Yang Xin's little head, "Well, my sister has finished her business on the street, but there are still some things at home, so I went back first."
"Oh, okay," the little guy's mood was obviously a little depressed, but he still went to the kitchen obediently.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were waiting there, and then Yang Xu asked her, "Then when will you come to town again?"
Xiang Jin said, "I'll come here during the next vacation. I heard that you two brothers have transferred to the town primary school to study. Do you want to study hard?"
"Yeah," Yang Xu nodded with lowered eyes.
Seeing his awkward look, Xiang Jin felt it was funny. Yang Xin took out the bag and handed it to her, and Yan Chen stretched out his hand to take it for her.
After her mother cut a piece of braised pork for a student, she turned to her and said, "Why did you buy bones again? I bought them this morning?"
Xiang Jin explained, "At that time, I went to Uncle Feng's shop to find Brother Feng, and then I saw some stick bones and two ribs left in their shop, so I asked them to weigh them together.
When we bring it back, let grandpa and the others make bone soup for Hucai, Ahua and the others to drink."
"Oh, is that what it is?"
Xiang Jin nodded.
Then her second aunt said, "It's not yet o'clock. If you go back now, you don't even have a car. I think you can just eat here and then go back."
Her eldest uncle and second uncle also nodded and said yes, and finished their meal before going back.
Xiang Jin looked at so many people in the store and finally shook his head, "No, we'll go up there later to see if we can get a ride."
"Then wait a minute," her second aunt said, and shouted to Jin's eldest aunt inside, "Sister-in-law, pick up some buns and steamed buns for Jin girls, they will take them back now."
"Oh, okay!" her aunt responded.
"Do you still sell steamed buns?" Xiang Jin asked.
Her second aunt shook her head, "No, they are still making steamed buns. Yang Xu and Yang Xin have been wanting to eat steamed buns for two days, but we haven't had time to make them for them. There are few customers today, so we took the time."
Packed some."
"Oh, that's it!"
Her second aunt nodded.
Xiang Jin's mother reminded Xiang Jin, "In the morning, I left a few pieces of braised beef and two pig ears at home. When you go back, I will give you a piece of braised beef, Aunt Liao, and wait."
Later, let Yan Chen go over there and bring back a piece of braised beef and a pig ear for his grandparents. The rest is for you to take with you to eat with Yang Hui, Yang Zhao and the other two brothers when you go back to school in the afternoon. Do you hear me?
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Xiang Jin responded, "Oh, I see, you also braised the beef. Why didn't you tell me last night?"
Her mother said, "I forgot, it's not much, just a few pieces of tendon meat. Last time I asked you, Uncle Feng, and they said that if there is a beef seller in the market, help me collect some. When the time comes, they will
They brought it with me when they delivered it. They slaughtered a cow over there the night before yesterday.
When I arrived, the people there had almost divided it. He helped me grab a few pieces of the tendon meat, and then brought it to me when delivering the goods yesterday. I was in a hurry this morning, so I forgot about it.
You told your grandpa and others about this matter, don’t forget it when you go back, huh?”
"Don't worry, I won't forget it!"
Her aunt will soon bring out the steamed buns. When Xiang Jin and Yan Chen saw it, they couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh, so many? Auntie, are you taking all the steamed buns in your shop?"
Are you done pretending?"
Look at this pocket, there must be at least twenty or thirty.
Her eldest aunt just laughed and said, "How can you do that? We have to steam dozens of steamed buns every day in our shop. How old are you? Take it home and make do with your grandfather and sisters for lunch.
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In addition, I also brought some for Aunt Liao and Yan Chen's grandparents. Usually, they are too lazy to go to the trouble of steaming it. They can just cook some porridge and heat two steamed buns in the morning, which also saves time.
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I packed them in separate bags, and when I go back later, I will just bring them to them."
"Oh, good!"
Yan Chen thanked her, and Xiang Jin, her uncle, and her aunts said, "What are you thanking me for? It's not something expensive, just something to eat casually. Besides, your grandparents usually treat Jin Yatou, her grandfather, and Xiang Lan less."
We take good care of them, and it’s only right that we occasionally bring them some steamed buns back to eat with them as porridge.”
Yan Chen nodded slightly, and then the two of them greeted them and went back.
Neither of them had the habit of eating on the road, so Xiang Jin didn't ask him if he wanted to eat steamed buns or steamed buns, but just carried a bag of steaming steamed buns and steamed buns and walked towards the station.
It was not yet time for the bus to leave, but someone happened to be riding a motorcycle to Saigan Township. The two of them agreed on a price and asked him to take them to Zaoerya.
Xiang Jin pulled Yan Chen aside and whispered to him, "I don't like being too close to strangers. You sit in the middle and I sit in the back."
The corners of Yan Chen's lips curled up, "Okay, but you have to hold me tight later, or else I'll fall down later?"
"Um!"
So the two of them walked towards the motorcycle master, and then Yan Chen took the lead in getting on the motorcycle and stretched out his hand towards her, "Give me the bag?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, I can get it."
"Give it to me?!" He stared at her persistently.
Xiang Jin had no choice but to hand her the bag of steamed buns in his hand, and then he also got on the motorcycle. Then he stretched out his arms and tightly hugged Yan Chen's waist, and the corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up invisibly.
"It's five yuan for the two of us. Although it's a bit expensive, it's still fast. I just checked the time and the motorcycle ride only took twenty minutes. It's faster than us taking the shuttle bus.
In the past, it usually took half an hour for us to take the shuttle bus." After the two got off the bus at Zaoerya, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "It seems that I will still have to tell my mother to buy a car.
motorcycle."
Yan Chen said, "Faster is fast, but you still have to pay attention to safety. Today, the master drove a little fast at the beginning, and he didn't know how to slow down in the corners. If we hadn't reminded him from time to time, I guess
He doesn't know how to honk at corners. If another car drives towards him, it will easily cause a car accident, which is dangerous!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's right."
When approaching Xiang Jin's house, Xiang Jin reminded Yan Chen, "Don't forget to come to our house to get something?"
"Um!"
When Xiang Jin returned home, she happened to catch up with her grandfather who was going to the kitchen to make lunch, so she hurriedly called him and said, "Let's make some porridge. My uncle and aunt brought us steamed buns, and we'll eat this later."
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"Okay!" Her grandfather responded.
Xiang Jin saw Xiang Lan who was busy making shuttlecocks, so he ordered her, "Xiang Lan, go cook the pot. Don't do nothing all day long and rely on adults for everything!"
"Oh," the little girl said, although she was a little reluctant, but she still obeyed.
After Xiang Jin took out their bag of steamed buns, he handed Yan Chen and his family's portion to him, then went to the kitchen to take out the stewed vegetables her mother had left for the two of them, and put one of them into the kitchen.
One copy was handed to Yan Chen, and she planned to send the other to Aunt Liao with him later.
But Xiang Jin felt it was a little inappropriate to just walk around the bay with two plastic bags, so she went to find a basket with a lid and put the buns, steamed buns and braised beef in it.
, "Do you want a basket, and I'll get one for you? We have several baskets like this at home."
Yan Chen looked at the things in his hands, and then nodded, "Okay!"
So Xiang Jin went to find him another basket.
After Yan Chen packed the things, he said, "If you are busy, I will bring Aunt Liao's share to her."
Xiang Jin thought for a moment and then handed the basket directly to Yan Chen, "Okay, then please bring it to her. I won't go there. I do have something else to do."
Of the clothes she bought for them last time, she only washed their thermal underwear, but she hadn't had time to wash them such as sweaters and coats. Her mother was busy with the braised vegetable business every day, so she didn't bother to wash them.
Her maternal grandfather seldom did laundry, so those clothes are still hanging in the closets in their respective rooms.
It was just a little after twelve o'clock, and there was still plenty of time, so she took them out and cleaned them all.
"It's okay, then I'm leaving?" Yan Chen took it and followed.
Xiang Jin nodded and also reminded, "Well, but don't forget to tell your grandpa and others about the two customers we contacted them today, as well as the sample dishes and prices, and ask them not to come.
The price quoted at that time was the same as that of radish and cabbage."
"Okay, I get it!"
After Yan Chen left, Xiang Jin quickly dragged out the two large stainless steel basins from the house and placed them in the yard to wash their clothes.
She washed more than a dozen sets of clothes for just over two hours, and finally finished with her grandfather helping to wring the water from the thick clothes. As soon as the clothes were washed, she felt that her arms were fast.
It's no longer mine and it hurts so much.
Her grandfather said with some distress, "There was too much washing today. You should put those clothes there and wait for me to wash them myself when I am free."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. The weather has been fine for the past few days and the sun is shining brightly. I can wash it off right away. But what if the weather suddenly changes one day?
Besides, you are busy every day. My mother is not at home. You have to take care of the house and the fields. When you are free, you have to weave straw and felt. How can you have time to wash clothes? "
Her grandfather nodded, "I've been a little busy lately."
Xiang Jin called Xiang Lan over and asked her to squeeze her arm while telling her grandfather about the vegetables in the greenhouse.
Her grandfather nodded after hearing this. After Xiang Jin felt that her arm was no longer so sore, he got up and went to look in the fields. From the time she came back from vacation to now, she has not gone to her grandfather's greenhouse vegetable field.
She had gone to see it, and she had time to take a good look at it.
Her grandfather also followed and finally asked, "How is it?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's good. I think those vegetables are growing very well. It's good to keep it like this. Oh, by the way, do Grandpa Zeng and Aunt Liao's vegetables also grow well?"
Does it look like this?”
Her grandfather nodded, "Well, the growth of their two families is similar to ours. Your grandpa Zeng and Aunt Liao are very sad every day. They take care of them even more carefully than I do."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's good. If the seedlings emerge then, they will be replanted immediately. However, when the weather is not very cold yet, we still need to open some ventilation holes during the day, and then close those holes in the afternoon."
Seal it, and after the vegetables grow, you still need to water them appropriately so that the soil does not become too dry, which will affect the growth of the vegetable seedlings."
Her grandfather nodded, "Yeah, I know. I plan to pour some water on it tomorrow."
"Grandpa, now Yang Xu and Yang Xin have transferred to the town primary school to study, and Yang Hui and Yang Zhao are also studying in the township primary school. Do you think you can let grandma just come to live with you here?
, can I still help you a little when harvesting vegetables?" Xiang Jin suddenly suggested again.
Her grandfather said, "Oh, no, your grandma still has to take care of the house. The three of us have so much food at home, and we also raise chickens, ducks and pigs. Your two uncles are responsible for their own affairs."
We have a few at home, as well as a few at our own house. In a few days, the cows may also be transferred. Your grandma has a lot of things to do at home every day."
"Oh, yes, I even forgot about this."
Her grandfather waved his hand, "It's okay, we have been together for decades, what's the point of living separately for a while?"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that you two won't get used to it after being separated for a long time."
"There's nothing I'm not used to, I'm used to it."
In the afternoon, when the three of them returned to school, Zeng Qing said to them, "Xiang Jin, I saw you in the town today."
"Huh? Did you go to town today?" Xiang Jin was stunned for a moment, then asked.
Zeng Qing nodded, "Well, my mother and I went to the clothing store on the street you mentioned to buy clothes. The clothes there are really cheap?
My mother bought a coat for everyone in our family, and the total cost was less than 400 yuan. Thank you very much for telling us about such a good place."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. We are all neighbors in the Bayou. We should help each other. Oh, by the way, where did you see us?"
Then Zeng Qing said, "On the road to Xinxin, we saw you guys coming out of a restaurant, and there seemed to be someone following you. I wanted to call you, but I saw you were walking very fast.
We immediately turned to another street, and we were in a hurry to catch the bus, so I didn't look for you.
Why, you own a food shop at home, why are you still eating in restaurants outside?"
Xiang Jin knew that she had misunderstood, so he didn't bother to explain, so he said, "I heard that the stir-fry in that restaurant was good, so we went to try it."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Yeah!" Xiang Jin nodded slightly, then saw her bulging backpack and the bamboo stick she was whittling in her hand, and asked, "Are you planning to knit a sweater or a scarf?"
"Did you also notice this?" Zeng Qing was surprised.
Xiang Jin said, "Obviously, the bamboo sticks you cut so long are not used for weaving. Is it possible that they are used to boil rice noodles for others?"
Zeng Qing laughed and said, "It's okay to tell you. I plan to use it to knit myself a scarf and a pair of gloves. I wanted to buy them on the street today, but I saw that the scarves on the street are very expensive."
Yeah, one piece costs more than 20 yuan, and I didn’t think it was worth it, so I bought wool and planned to knit it myself.”
Xiang Jin asked again, "Do your family members allow you to do this?"
Zeng Qing suddenly became mysterious, "Of course I can't let them know. What if I let them know? You can't beat me. You think I'm delaying my studies. I secretly took advantage of my mother's absence today."
Make sure you go to the wool shop next door to buy it, my mother doesn’t know about it at all, why don’t you tell anyone about it?”
Xiang Jin said, "I'm not a talkative woman."
Zeng Qing immediately laughed and showed off to her as if he had picked up a treasure, "Let me tell you, I weighed a big pile of wool for only a few dollars, and the girls in the dormitory that day didn't know what was going on.
Which shop in the market in our village bought it? I only spent five yuan to buy about two taels of wool. Today I spent seven yuan and bought more than half a catty of wool."
"Are there girls knitting in your dormitory?" Xiang Jin was surprised again.
Zeng Qing said, "Isn't that right? Many girls in our dormitory are knitting. If it weren't for their influence, I wouldn't have thought of this when I bought scarves today."
Xiang Jin gave her a thumbs up, "Awesome!"
Zeng Qing said, "I'm not great, they are, especially Zhao Xiaomei and Luo Qiuyan. They are knitting sweaters, and they are already half knitted. Oh, Xiang Jin, how about you too?"
Let’s go buy some yarn for knitting?”
Xiang Jin just waved his hand, "I'll forget it, I'm not naturally talented for that."
Zeng Qing sighed, "Alas, are you still not good at something?"
Xiang Jin said, "Of course there are things I'm not good at. I'm a human, not a god. No one is perfect, so how can I be good at everything?"
Zeng Qing said, "Where is that? You don't know, in my mind you were good at everything before, you are so awesome!"
Xiang Jin stopped immediately, "No, please don't put a high hat on me, I can't stand it."
Zeng Qing suddenly suggested, "Hey, how about I teach you? In fact, knitting is very simple. You see how smart you are, you must be able to learn anything quickly, and you can learn it in no time!"
Xiang Jin waved his hand and shook his head, "No need, I really have no talent for that, and I'm not interested in that either."
The corner of Yan Chen's mouth curled up. She didn't have any talent. She clearly didn't want to learn those things at all. It was true that she wasn't interested.
Perhaps in her opinion, instead of wasting all that time and energy on knitting that boring sweater, it would be better to use that time rationally and write a few manuscripts, which would be a pleasure. When the manuscript fees are earned, how many pieces does she want?
Can’t buy sweaters and woolen pants?
The more he got in touch with her, the more he understood that Xiang Jin was particularly strict and important in controlling time. She didn't like to waste it, especially on things that didn't make much sense. She liked to spend her limited time
Do more valuable things.
This is quite consistent with him. He doesn't like to waste time on boring people and things.
"Xiang Jin?" Suddenly Zeng Qing called her again.
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Zeng Qing glanced at Yan Chen and hesitated.
"Huh?" Xiang Jin stared at her, "It's okay. If you have anything to do, just tell me."
Zeng Qing said, "Can I wash and dry my coat at your place then? I heard that some people in school have unclean hands and feet and always steal clothes."
"Hey, is this okay? I thought you were going to say something big? Let's dry it after washing. Anyway, our thick clothes have been washed and dried before."
Zeng Qing said, "Isn't it just that I'm afraid that you guys will be crowded and there are so many people that it won't be easy for the clothes to be dried by then? I heard that Yang Zhao's clothes are also dried at your place."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, that's true."
"Oh, by the way, the people in Wantou also said that your family is going to be rich," Zeng Qing then told her again.
"Huh? Who said that?" Xiang Jin frowned.
See, people are paying attention to this again. Xiang Jin feels that in this era, as long as you achieve a little bit, even if it is a little bit better than others, or a big achievement, it will be infinitely magnified by others.
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She feels very uncomfortable with this feeling of being watched all the time. It is probably because of the revenge he suffered in his previous life. Therefore, his life ideal and creed in this life is to make a fortune silently.
Enjoy life and the philosophy of life is to be as low-key as possible.
Zeng Qing said, "Many people are saying that your family has a shop on the street. Your mother sells the meat very expensively, and there are many people buying things at your shop every day."
Xiang Jin said, "Don't listen to their nonsense. They only know that other people are doing business, but don't they know how high the costs behind those businesses are?"
Why does my mother sell that meat at such a high price? They don’t even think about how much cooked meat can be cooked from one pound of raw pork?
And there is no charge for renting water, electricity, coal and firewood?
And my mother’s labor services don’t count as money, right?
If everyone only sees the incoming but not the outgoing, then they are talking nonsense.
It will be September or October after our house is renovated. From September or October to April or May next year, our family will have no income at all. What if my mother doesn’t make a living? Are we waiting for our family of three to go to the northwest for a drink?
Feng begging for mouth?"
Zeng Qing said, "That's right, they are just some jealous people. How can they settle accounts? They don't even think about it. You and Xiang Lan are still studying. If your mother doesn't find a way to make some money, then what will happen to you in the future?"
What about tuition, living expenses, and miscellaneous fees?”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, isn't it?"
Yan Chen gave Xiang Jin a funny look, because others didn't know about her ability to deceive people, but he knew it. Even if her mother really didn't do that business and open that shop, it would be impossible for her family to go there to drink.
Is the northwest wind asking for food?
She has at least a thousand yuan in royalties every month, tens of thousands a month, not to mention other sudden outside income.
Even though her family had no livelihood, she could still support the three of them.
The reason why she asked her mother to open that shop was to cover up her income.
After all, she is a person who knows how to enjoy herself. If her mother doesn't have a living and can't make money, how can she eat in the school cafeteria? Others will wonder where her money comes from.
But her mother has a job and earns money, so this explanation is easy to explain. Her mother gave it to her, and then her mother didn't want her to eat the steamed rice, so she let her eat it in the cafeteria.
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Of course, she asked her mother to open this shop not only to provide her with cover, but also to allow her mother to have a living and be self-reliant.
Zeng Qing said, "Well, next time I go back and hear someone still saying it, I will tell them this."