Two days later, Yan Chen came to Xiang Jin and said that he was going back to the provincial capital and asked her if she was interested in going to the provincial capital with him.
Xiang Jin was surprised, "Why do you want to go back suddenly?"
Yan Chen said, "Go back and see my grandfather, and take a look at our properties."
Xiang Jin nodded, then shook his head, "I won't go, just read it. I believe you. I have to rush the manuscripts and try to save more manuscripts before school starts, otherwise it will be inconvenient.
I will play again after I graduate from high school."
Although Yan Chen felt a little disappointed in his heart, he still understood it, so he nodded, "Okay, is there anything you need to bring? I can bring it back to you?"
Xiang Jin thought about it seriously, then shook his head, "It seems not!"
"That's okay!"
"Hey, when are you leaving?"
"tomorrow!"
"Is Uncle Tao coming to pick you up?"
"I'll go back by myself!"
"Oh, is that so? If you go back by yourself, it will probably be around five or six o'clock in the afternoon. Then don't you have to stay in town for one night tonight?"
"Well, I'll go to town later!"
"Then you have to call back when you arrive?"
"Yes, I will!"
“Bon voyage then!”
"good!"
At about six o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Xiang Jin was picking vegetables in the field and preparing to go back later to make dinner. Suddenly the pager she had in her pocket rang. She took it out and saw that it was Yan Chenfa.
Come.
So she quickly put down the vegetable basket and asked her grandfather to pick it. She said that a classmate was looking for her and she would go to Grandma Mo's house to make a call.
Her grandfather waved to her and said, "Go, go, go and do your work, I'll be here."
Xiang Jin went to Grandma Mo's house. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were collecting dried vegetables in the yard. "Grandma Mo, can I borrow your phone?"
"Use it, use it," both old men laughed.
Xiang Jin went into the house and dialed Yan Chen's phone number. The phone rang twice before he was picked up.
"Hello?"
"Yan Chen, it's me, Xiang Jin!"
"I know it's you!"
"When did you get home?"
"I just arrived not long ago. I'll message you when I get there."
"Oh, how was your drive today?"
“It went very well!”
"That's good!"
"Is your grandpa at home?"
"No, he's in the army. He said there were military exercises recently and he was very busy!"
"Doesn't it mean it will take a long time for you to see him again?"
"It's okay, as long as he's in good health. This kind of thing happens too often, and I've long been used to it."
"Is Uncle Tao at home?"
"He's in the store and hasn't come back yet."
"So there are only two of you and Aunt Jiang in the house?"
"Two more guards!"
"Grandma Mo and the others are collecting dried vegetables in the yard. Do you want to talk to them and I'll call you?"
"No, I'll call them later."
"Oh, that's okay. You must be tired after a long day of driving, so you should rest first and I'll call you in a few days."
"good!"
Just as Xiang Jin was about to put down the phone, Yan Chen called her back, "Huh?"
"Huh? Is there anything else?"
"Don't be too tired to finish the manuscript. You still need to pay attention to rest, especially your eyes. Look at the green things around you and be careful of myopia. We are not short of money now, so we don't have to work so hard!"
The corners of Xiang Jin's lips curled up, "I know, okay, hang up?"
"good!"
Xiang Jin walked out and helped them. While packing her things, Grandma Mo asked her with a smile, "Are you talking to Chen Chen on the phone?"
Xiang Jin was surprised, "Grandma Mo, how did you know?"
Grandma Mo said with a smile, "I'm not sure, but you two are usually good friends, and you both have pagers. Plus at this time, I guess Chenchen should have arrived too. He
If you didn’t call us, I should have sent you a message.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Grandma Mo, you guessed it right. Yan Chen did arrive. Not long after he arrived, he was afraid that you were busy now, so he said he would call you later."
Grandma Mo nodded and said with a smile, "I know, I know, although that kid doesn't say it, he always thinks about others in his heart. He is afraid of disturbing our work, and also afraid that we will fall down in a hurry to answer the phone, so
Every time, they give us the shots at night or at noon."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, Yan Chen is actually very careful!"
"You think so too?" Grandma Mo's eyes suddenly lit up.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I've always felt that way!"
Grandma Mo was very happy.
Xiang Jin helped them put away the dried vegetables, then clapped her hands and said, "Grandma Mo, Grandpa Zeng, then I will go back?!"
"Oh, oh, okay!" Both elders responded happily.
Xiang Jin left, and Grandma Mo kept watching her back. It wasn't until Xiang Jin was far away that Grandma Mo looked away and said, "The more I look at this girl, the more I like her. What if she..."
Grandpa Zeng immediately interrupted her, "Stop it! I know what you are going to say. Our children are still young. It is too early to say anything now. What kind of moral character do these people in Bayou have?"
It’s not that I don’t know, it will be bad if the two children don’t even have to be friends by then."
Grandma Mo nodded, "I know, I know, I'm just telling you this quietly."
Grandpa Zeng said, "Let nature take its course. How can we explain clearly what will happen in the future? Don't look like the pearl of our family again."
When the two old friends were mentioned, they became sad again, and tears began to well up in Grandma Mo's eyes. Then she wiped it with the corner of her clothes, nodded, and then the topic was dismissed.
A few days later, Yan Chen called Xiang Jin again, and then told her that he had recently visited several of their shops to inspect, and found that they were all running well and the sanitary conditions were also very good.
Although it is a hot day, their hot pot restaurant is always full of business every day, and every seat is packed. It starts at 11 o'clock in the morning and does not close until 4:30 in the evening.
The business of their braised meat shop is also very good. With four shops, plus the portion provided to Han Che and others, they braise about two thousand kilograms of pork and beef every day, as well as dried tofu, bean skin, potatoes and
Vegetarian dishes such as lotus root slices and kelp are delivered twice a day to each order, once at eight or nine o'clock in the morning and once at three or four o'clock in the afternoon.
Xiang Jin asked, "With so much braised pork, is there any leftover every day?"
Yan Chen said, "There won't be any left. They are sold out at seven or eight o'clock every day."
Xiang Jin nodded on the other end of the phone, "That's good. It's not as easy to preserve in summer as it is in winter, so we'd better freshen it every day."
"Well, that's what I told them too!"
"Then have you visited our land? And the houses we bought?" Xiang Jin asked again.
Yan Chen said, "Well, I've been there, I've seen it all. The workers are very serious and responsible in their work. Not only did they grow some fresh vegetables in the vegetable field, but they also planted some fresh fruits. When I come back,
I'll bring you some."
"Okay! I'm still waiting to eat strawberries."
"Yes! They have probably planted more than an acre of strawberries, as well as melons and cantaloupes. I will pick some for you when the time comes."
"Wow, wow, we can actually grow melons and cantaloupes here?" Xiang Jin was a little surprised.
Yan Chen said, "Yes, and we have sold a lot of them, but this is mainly to supply the troops, and the watermelons are mainly supplied to hot pot restaurants."
"Hot pot restaurant? How many watermelons can a hot pot restaurant use?" I heard that they planted more than three acres of watermelons.
Yan Chen said, "Hot pot restaurants don't use many watermelons, only a dozen or twenty a day, but Uncle Tao set up a stall outside the hot pot restaurant to sell watermelons there, and some customers were eating them.
After the hot pot, I bought another watermelon from us."
Xiang Jin laughed heartily, "Oh, I found that Uncle Tao is quite economical. He is doing a bundled sale."
Yan Chen said, "Uncle Tao is still very smart. I heard that our watermelon can be sold for more than a hundred just by putting it outside like that."
"So many?" Xiang Jin was surprised.
Yan Chen said, "Our watermelons have thin skin and are crispy with lots of water. Many people like to come to our house to buy watermelons."
"Oh, so, how big are our watermelons?"
"It weighs about ten or twenty kilograms."
"Is it so big?" A twenty-pound watermelon is quite big.
"Yes, but there are very few watermelons weighing twenty kilograms. There may only be a few here and there. Most of them weigh more than ten kilograms."
"It's still okay, they are sold every day."
Following Yan Chen, he started talking about the house, "I took a look at the house. Uncle Tao is always looking for newer houses. They are usually on the second and third floors. The fiber optics are very good. Currently, they are all
The employees in the store live there, there are no vacant houses left, and they pay their own water and electricity bills."
"That's good, that's good! This way they know how to save money," some people rely on the fact that everything is paid for by the boss, so they don't know how to save anything, and they can even spend it extravagantly.
"yes!"
At first, considering the specific situation of Uncle Duoji and Uncle Zheng Gang, they rented a two-bedroom house for each of them near their hot pot restaurant for them to live temporarily.
This will make it easier for them to commute to and from get off work, and it will also make it easier for their children to study nearby.
"Tell you something?" Yan Chen suddenly asked again.
"What?" Seeing that his tone suddenly became serious and formal, Xiang Jin also became serious.
"Uncle Tao said that someone came to him a few days ago and wanted to buy hot pot ingredients from us and open a hot pot restaurant like ours in the north of the city, so I will discuss it with you, do you think we should sell it or not?"
Xiang Jin said, "Logically speaking, if there is business, we should do it, but we still have to get to know the other party clearly first. First of all, we need to find out what the person's character is like, and we don't want to provide him with it then.
They made the hot pot base, but in the end, he tampered with the hot pot base, falsely accused us, and ruined the reputation of our hot pot restaurant. It would be great if he didn't blackmail us for a large amount of money."
Yan Chen nodded during the phone call and said, "Well, what you said makes sense, okay, then I'll ask Uncle Tao to find out more about it then, and then we'll talk after we find out more about it."
"Okay! Are you okay? If not, I'll hang up the phone?" Xiang Jin followed.
"No more, hang up!"
"Oh, by the way, how is Han Che's business? Have you visited?" Xiang Jin suddenly remembered and asked.
Yan Chen said, "It's good, they are very busy every day."
"Oh, that's good. Then I'll die?"
"Hang up!"
Xiang Jin hung up the phone, and Yan Chen frowned slightly on the other end of the phone.
At this moment, Uncle Tao came over with a plate of cut cantaloupe and put it in front of him, "I finished the phone call with Jin Yatou. How was it? Have you discussed it with her? What did she say?"
Yan Chen picked up a piece of fruit with a toothpick and ate it, then nodded, "As she said, she asked us to understand everything about the other party first, in case the other party used our hot pot base ingredients to make a fuss and then blackmail us.
Our money.”
Uncle Tao nodded, "Okay, there's no rush then. But having said that, this girl considers things very carefully. Sometimes I feel that you two are really not like children. You said you are so thoughtful, then...
Even many adults can’t compare to you. You are like this and she is like this, they really look like two monsters!”
Yan Chen glanced at him sideways, "Have you never heard of the wise man Qianlu?"
Uncle Tao nodded and said, "I've heard of it. I've also heard that a wise man will make a mistake every time he thinks, or maybe he will make a mistake." After saying this, he looked at him with a smile.
Yan Chen glanced at him angrily, threw the toothpick into the trash can, and then stood up, "You want us to make a mistake, right?"
"No, no, I just want you to be well. If you are well, I will be well too," Uncle Tao quickly denied.
"That's pretty much it!"
Watching his leaving figure, Uncle Tao shouted to him, "Oh, you won't eat anymore?!"
"If you don't want to eat, you can eat it yourself," Yan Chen didn't even look back.
Uncle Tao forked a piece and brought it to his mouth, took a bite, and then said to himself, "If you don't want to eat, tell me in advance. I won't cut so many pieces. It's such a big plate. How can I eat it alone?"
What a waste, what a waste!"
Yang Hui only scored more than 490 points in the exam this time. He chose to repeat the exam. After reviewing his homework at home for more than half a month, he found that there were many questions that he did not understand, so he took the book to Xiang Jin for advice.
When Yang Zhao saw him coming, he followed him. When Xiang Jin and her second uncle's family saw their two cousins coming, they insisted on following them to play for a while.
In this way, Xiang Jin's family is once again a big house full of people, bustling and noisy every day.
Looking at the few people who were playing together as soon as they arrived, with Yang Zhao acting as the king of the children, Xiang Jin looked at Yang Hui sitting next to him and asked again, "Are you sure you still want to continue studying in the Normal School?"
ah?"
Yang Hui nodded, "Well, I'd rather study in a secondary school."
"Actually, I don't think you have to be so determined to choose to study in a technical secondary school. Technical secondary schools are very popular now, but when the country's economy develops, all walks of life will need highly educated talents.
At that time, I thought college students might be more popular, but I think you could choose to go to high school."
Yang Zhao said, "I know you do it for my own good, but I'm not like you. You are smart and have good academic performance. It will definitely be no problem for you to go to high school. But you see, I haven't learned many courses in junior high school yet."
I understand. The high school courses are more advanced. I
I will definitely be even more confused when the time comes. Instead of sitting around in class for three years as if listening to a book from heaven, I might as well take advantage of now to re-study for a year and then try to pass the normal school entrance examination.
After all, it will be a nationally recognized diploma, right?"
Xiang Jin wanted to say that maybe the secondary school technical secondary school they are trying their best to obtain now and wasting time will one day become a diploma that is eliminated by society. At that time, not only the secondary normal secondary school will be worthless,
Even an undergraduate diploma from a college or an ordinary institution will be worthless. The most popular ones are all
She had graduate and doctoral degrees from some key universities, but seeing the look on his face that insisted on doing so, she swallowed back what she said and said instead, "Okay, then what do you don't understand or don't understand?"
You can ask me anything. If I'm fine, I usually read in my room."
Yang Hui nodded, "Well, I know, which subject do you want to take the test best? Why don't you take a good rest during the summer vacation?"
Xiang Jin lied and said, "Didn't you tell me that the high school courses are deep? My good performance in the exam just means that I did well in the junior high school exams. It does not mean that I will do well in the high school courses in the future. That is included in the high school exam."
There are many top students in the school, so I don’t dare to relax. I have to preview the high school courses first, otherwise what will I do if I can’t keep up?”
Yang Hui nodded, and then Xiang Jin asked again, "Where do you plan to repeat your studies? Is it the original school or some other school?"
Yang Hui said, "I plan to go to the town to repeat my studies, and my parents also support it."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, we'll be close together. Yang Zhao will be in the town when the time comes. You two brothers want to find your uncle and aunt. It's convenient for them to bring anything with you. Can you live on campus?"
"Well, we live on campus. The room in the shop is too small to accommodate that many people. Yang Zhao and I both live on campus, and we just go to the shop to eat three times a day."
Xiang Jin nodded, then said nothing, and then waved to a few people who were fighting in a group not far away.
Several people ran over like a swarm, and Xiang Jin looked at them and said, "My cousin is very happy and welcome you to come and play, but I have a request, that is, while my cousin and I are reading in the room, you guys
But don’t bother me, otherwise I won’t make delicious food for you, okay?”
Several people nodded and said "I know", and then Yang Zhao came up to him with a playful smile and asked, "Sister, what are we having for lunch today?"
Xiang Jin asked him, "What do you want to eat?"
Then Yang Zhao ordered a large table of dishes to her with his fingers. Xiang Jin looked at him and said "hehe" with a smile, "You really think of me as a cook."
, not that much, just five dishes for lunch, and you can go to the fields to pick vegetables by yourself!"
Then Yang Zhao played tricks and said, "No, cousin, you are just here as a guest, and you have to ask them to go to the fields to pick vegetables by themselves. You don't have any hospitality skills at all?"
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at him angrily, "What kind of guests do you think you are? I never think of you as guests, and the same goes for you guys. If you want to eat something every day, please come to me and report it first."
, the report is ready. I think I have the ingredients at home, so I will give them to you.
You do it, you know it if you don’t have the ingredients, huh? Similarly, you have to go to the fields to pick vegetables whatever you want to eat. Also, you wash the dishes after eating, and you can form a team freely, two people
As a team, of course, the person who cooks the pot doesn’t have to be responsible for washing the dishes.”
Xiang Lan and Yang Xin quickly raised their hands, "I'll cook the pot!"
"Okay, then you two can take turns! For example, one person can cook the rice pot and the other person can cook the cooking pot."
The two of them nodded and said they had no objection. Xiang Lan turned his head and whispered to Yang Xin, "The firewood in our house is made of hard branches, which is easy to burn. You only need to put one in the stove occasionally.
"
Yang Xin nodded "Yeah, yeah, yeah" and said he thought so too.
Seeing the two people being naughty and naughty, Xiang Jin was speechless.
Then she looked at the other people present. Yang Hui had no objection, Yang Xu didn't say anything, but Yang Zhao said with a sad face, "Ah, do you still have to wash the dishes?"
Xiang Jin said, "Ah, that's for sure. I can't cook for you again and end up having to wash the dishes again, right? Then what have I become? Have you sincerely been your servant? Then you must do the washing.
Got it!
You see, you are all my cousins, and I can’t just designate which one of you will do the laundry, so why don’t you just form a team freely, so that I am fair and impartial, and you won’t have any complaints, right?”
"Okay, just wash the dishes," Yang Zhao knew Xiang Jin's rules for doing things, so after struggling for a while, he had to accept her arrangement.
In this way, Xiang Jin and his family got a few more free laborers. Even when their cattle were transferred later, she was not responsible for taking care of them. They were the ones raising them every day, or her grandfather.
The vegetables in the fields are brought back to it for chewing.