Ever since Xiang Jin and his family bought a TV set, people from Wanli came to visit their house every day. Xiang Lan also invited many children of similar age to her home to play and watch cartoons together.
Their TV starts at about eight o'clock in the morning every day and does not turn off until about ten or almost eleven o'clock in the evening. If it is not stopped during this period, it will definitely stay on.
On this day, Xiang Jin was talking to Yan Chen, but the TV at home was playing loudly. Xiang Jin frowned, stood up and said to Yan Chen, "Wait a minute?"
Yan Chen didn't know what she was going to do, but he still nodded slightly.
Xiang Jin walked some distance away and shouted to several people in the living room, "You guys, can you please turn down the sound of the TV?! If it keeps making so much noise, I'll take away the remote control from you?!"
The conversation in the originally noisy living room suddenly stopped, and the sound of the TV also decreased a lot. When Xiang Jin returned to his original position, Yan Chen smiled at her and said, "Is the house so lively every day?
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Xiang Jin picked up the water glass in front of him and took a sip, then said helplessly, "You're right, I always regret buying this TV. Ever since I bought this TV at home, I have been chirping like this every day.
It never stops, like a vegetable market."
The smile on Yan Chen's lips widened a lot.
Xiang Jin continued to complain, "Let me tell you, what's even worse is that Xiang Lan and the others are not even interested in taking them to buy new clothes for the Chinese New Year in order to be able to stay at home and watch TV.
He told me in a nice way that he had to live a frugal life, and that he didn’t have to buy new clothes every year, as long as last year’s ones could be worn. Hehe, it was as if I was too extravagant to spend money and couldn’t live a good life. It was simply
It pisses me off!"
The smile on Yan Chen's face grew thicker, "Isn't it good that I save you money?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, I saved several hundred. It seems like I have nowhere to spend the money, and it also saved me time. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and I am very busy every day, okay?"
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"Well, that's the right thing to think about. What have you been busy with lately? Are you still working on a manuscript?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not like I write manuscripts all the time. I mainly do miscellaneous housework."
"Won't they do it?"
"They also do things like lighting fires, cooking, sweeping the floor, etc. I just hold a spoon and cook a dish, and look through the cured meat and fish in my house. I estimate that I will have to fish them out in two days.
Cleaned and then smoked. This is estimated to take two or three days. Oh, by the way, I have been trying to make some bread crumbs in the past two days. I have tried several times, but I have not yet succeeded.
I just mastered some essentials.”
"Bread crumbs? What is that?" Yan Chen suddenly became interested.
Xiang Jin said, "Hey, it's an ingredient used to make fried chicken. In the new year, aren't we going to open a fried chicken restaurant? Fried chicken wrapped in bread crumbs will not only make the fried chicken legs
The chicken wings are crispy on the outside and tender and smooth on the inside. It also makes the fried chicken drumsticks golden in color and more attractive. If they are made, I will treat them to you!"
"Can!"
"So have you been busy or free these days?" Xiang Jin asked.
Yan Chen said, "It's not bad. Every day, my brother and I help my grandparents pick vegetables, and then we read, do homework, and draw!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "It's very fulfilling!"
Yan Chen laughed again.
Xiang Jin then asked, "Oh, by the way, when Manager Xiao came last time, why did you speak so many words to others out of character that day? What was your intention?"
Yan Chen said, "What's the point? The visitor is a guest. I can't let people sit there and be indifferent, right?"
Xiang Jin looked at him with a joking look on his face, "The household registration check was so detailed that I just didn't find out the eighteenth generation of the family's ancestors, and you still say it's useless? I know you more or less."
Yan Chen looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "Oh, tell me, what do you know about me? And how much do you know about me?"
Xiang Jin said, "I don't want to say that I understand everything, but I still know one thing, that is, you don't talk much, especially people who have little relationship with you or people you are not very familiar with.
Even less so. If you meet someone who doesn't have your temper and you always just ignore it, or you are too lazy to talk to him, even if you just try to talk to him, then you will ignore him and cherish your words like gold."
"You know me so well?" The eyes looking at her became softer and softer.
Xiang Jin raised his chin, with a proud look on his face, "Then why have I been with you for so long? Well, tell me, what did you mean by asking me all the time that day?"
Yan Chen said, "It's useless!"
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at him angrily, "It's weird to believe you!"
Yan Chen came close to her and stared at her, "Okay, then tell me, what do I mean?"
Xiang Jin just stared at him, "I guess it's because people know where our family lives, and we have a lot of money. At least in the eyes of Manager Xiao and others, we have dozens of dollars in our hands."
Millions of dollars, and the two of us are still
We are minors. The so-called skin is not innocent, but carrying a treasure is a crime. You are afraid that others will focus on us and use our family members to blackmail us for money, so you have to understand their families clearly.
It’s only then that we can take precautions, right?”
Yan Chen stared at her for a long time, and finally his cheek was pinched by Yan Chen, "Sure enough, he is an expert at writing novels, he can guess so well!"
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late, I'll go back first!"
"Oh, you haven't answered me yet?" Xiang Jin said, glaring at him.
Yan Chen looked at her and didn't respond, but said, "Should you free up that basket for me?"
"Oh oh oh, wait a minute," Xiang Jin quickly stood up and went to get the vegetable basket.
After a while, Xiang Jin packed up the things and handed the empty basket to him, "Help me say thank you to Grandma Mo, Grandpa Zeng, and your brother, huh?"
"Okay, I understand, are you going back?!"
"Oh," Xiang Jin waved to him and sent him to the door.
Not long after he left, Xiang Jin and her grandfather came back from the vegetable field carrying a vegetable basket, and then asked her, "Xiao Chen is here?"
"Well, Brother Haoze and his parents mailed some things back, and they also brought a copy to our house. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng asked him to deliver it to us, and then they also brought some of their newly picked mushrooms."
"Oh, that's it." Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded, and then asked, "Oh, by the way, have you asked Xiao Chen? When will Xiao Tang come recently? How can we do it then?
Slaughter that chicken in advance for others
Come here, otherwise it will be too late when they go back. I think it is better to have the chicken slaughtered for them. It is good to give live chickens, and you can eat them freshly, but they are not easy to carry. Put them in that car
It’s smelly in there.”
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I asked Yan Chen last time.
Yan Chen said that because he was here this year, and it was his brother who would take him back when he went back, his grandparents told him to call him Uncle Tao so that he would not make this trip this year to save trouble, Yan Chen
I called Uncle Tao and he agreed, so he won't come over until we start school and when Uncle Tao sends Yan Chen back."
After hearing this, Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded, "Okay, then don't kill the few people over there. Wait until Xiao Chen and the others go back. Oh, by the way, this is okay. I said this will be done later."
Did they send it?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "It's okay!"
Then her grandpa continued to ask, "When do you think the chickens that will be slaughtered for the Chinese New Year at home will be slaughtered? I will go back on the 29th? In addition, the chickens that your grandpa Zeng and Aunt Liao want to take will be slaughtered by then."
Should we catch them alive directly, or should we help them slaughter them together?"
Xiang Jin asked him, "Do you plan to go back on the morning of the 29th or in the afternoon?"
His grandfather said, "Maybe in the afternoon. I will still be planting vegetables in the morning."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, grandpa, when you see it, can you help us slaughter the chicken? If we slaughter it now, I think it should be left for two or three days.
By then the chicken won’t be so fresh anymore.”
Her grandfather thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll kill twenty-nine for you before going back."
After the grandfather and grandson settled the matter, they went to do their own things.
Two days later, Hu Yulan and Ai Chaocong also bought a TV set from the county town. However, they did not deliver it to their door, nor did they include installation, so they had to do it themselves.
But after the couple brought the TV back, they couldn't figure out the figure for most of the day. In the end, they had to ask Xiang Jin for help, because Xiang Jin and his family also bought a TV two days ago.
Xiang Jin debugged it herself, so they firmly believed that she had experience in this aspect.
Xiang Jin still went to help, and indeed the TV was quickly fixed for them.
It is said that the food shop run by Hu Yulan and Ai Chaocong in the county town is booming every day. It will soon supply the area near their middle school, and there are many restaurants that buy their goods directly from them.
Their food has become a famous snack in the county, and their daily net profit is at least three hundred yuan. Over the past year, the couple has made a lot of money, and the more they have added to their family.
thing.
This made Mrs. Yang Shuying change her view of them a lot. She used to think that her second son and her second daughter-in-law, who worked as a veterinarian on the village street and sold veterinary medicine, were capable, but now she didn't even mention it. People outside the village only talked about her.
My eldest son and daughter-in-law are very capable, and my eldest grandson is in the county town.
How good is the school where I study? Moreover, the old woman would often go to the county town every once in a while with rice, noodles, vegetables, fruits and local eggs. This made Ai Chaocong and Hu Yulan, as well as
Their son Ai Can's status in the family has been greatly improved.
Ai Chaocong, Hu Yulan and his wife knew that this was all thanks to Xiang Jin. If she hadn't taught them how to cook a lot of food without any worries, they wouldn't have been able to open such a prosperous shop in the county town, so they thanked Xiang Jin.
Jin.
Although Mrs. Yang Shuying was a bit snobbish, she was also a person who could judge the situation and reason, so she gradually repaired the relationship with Xiang Jin and his family, and then we got to each other, I'll get you something, I'll give it to you
Just get some things, and the relationship will be fine.
This time Xiang Jin quickly adjusted their TV. The whole family was very happy and very grateful to Xiang Jin. In addition, Xiang Jin went to Miyun Reservoir to buy fish for them a few days ago.
They gave Xiang Jin one as a gift, so they stuffed a lot of things for Xiang Jin to take back.
Xiang Jin didn't want her at first, but she couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the family and forced her to do it, so Xiang Jin had to accept it. However, after taking such a short time to come out, she met someone who also came from Lao Xiang's house.
Xiang Jiao.
She was surprised at first, and then she wanted to walk over like that. Unexpectedly, when she took a step forward, Xiang Jiao accidentally bumped into her as if in a hurry, and then the thing she was holding looked like that.
He was knocked to the ground by her.
In fact, it didn't matter if it fell to the ground. It was wrapped in a plastic bag anyway, so she just picked it up. Unexpectedly, Xiang Jiao deliberately stepped on it, which annoyed Xiang Jin.
, just when she was about to have a good argument with her, the old woman Yang Shuying who sent her out next to her pushed Xiang Jiao hard without saying a word.
"Yang Shuying, are you crazy?" Xiang Jiao rushed forward a meter or two, then turned around and glared at Yang Shuying.
Yang Shuying glared at her, "You're crazy. Who told you to knock my things to the ground? It's okay to just knock them to the ground. You even stepped on them deliberately. You said you were
What do you mean? What are you dissatisfied with me about?! You said you were a mother, didn’t you?!"
When Xiang Jin saw this change, he immediately stopped playing, then stood aside and let Mrs. Yang fight with her.
"You are not a human being? How could I knock something off of yours?" Xiang Jiao replied.
Yang Shuying, the old woman, grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Then she pointed at the things she had trampled on the ground and accused her sharply, "What is this, what is this?!"
Then Xiang Yan struggled to break away, "This is not yours, why are you so mean here?"
"Who said it's not mine? It was given to Girl Jin by our family. Why do you think you are so narrow-minded and evil? No wonder no one in your family has received good retribution!"
"Who do you think will get retribution? Who do you think will get retribution?" Xiang Jiao was like a poisonous snake whose tail was stepped on. She immediately raised her voice and tried to pull out Mrs. Yang's hair with a ferocious face.
Old Mrs. Yang was not a vegetarian either. She tilted her head back without being caught by her, and immediately pushed her back a long way. Then, with her hands on her hips, she sprayed towards Xiang Jiao.
, "I just said that your family has suffered retribution. It's because your family has done immoral things that it has received retribution. If your family doesn't suffer retribution, which one will suffer retribution?"
If you hadn't suffered retribution, would your son have been drowned in excrement water? If you hadn't suffered retribution, why haven't you laid an egg yet?
It's because you and your wife always scolded Yang Juyun for being a hen who couldn't lay eggs, but only gave birth to two little girls and the movie came out. It's okay now. You cursed others every day, and the result came back to you.
, you can’t even lay an egg!
If they didn't suffer retribution, your two brothers should be filial to their parents. Why don't they come back to visit their parents during the holidays? And the same goes for your sister Xiang Yan, who has been studying and taking exams for so many years and has nothing.
After passing the exam, I ended up following a wild man from a certain family and my belly got bigger!
What's the matter, will your sister give birth to a son or a daughter? If you really can't give birth, I think it's better to discuss it with your man and the parents over there, and then raise that bastard of your sister.
Forget it, it’s ready-made anyway.”
Yang Shuying has a loud voice, and Xiang Jiao is not a light-hearted person. The two people's scolding quickly attracted many people from Wan Tou to come to watch the fun, including Yang Shuying's son and daughter-in-law Ai Chao.
Cong, Hu Yulan and his wife, the old couple from the Xiang family and Xiang Zhen.
Mrs. Zhang originally wanted to go up and help scold Yang Shuying, but when she saw her son and daughter-in-law, she immediately pointed the finger at Xiang Jin who was standing aside.
"How come you, a troublemaker, are everywhere? Let me ask you, are you fanning the flames?"
Seeing her drooping vicious triangular eyes, Xiang Jin gouged out her look in a disgraceful manner, "The evil spirit? That's right, the one in your family is indeed a evil spirit! Just like your daughter's bad character.
Still using others to fan the flames?
She, she has simply inherited the madness of some people, and will bite anyone she catches!
Such a wide road is not enough for her to walk, so she has to run like a crab and bump into others. It’s okay not to apologize if she bumps into someone. We don’t expect her to apologize, but we never expected that some
People are so crazy that they step on other people’s things on purpose. Do you think this kind of person deserves a beating? Should he be punished?"
After hearing this, the people around started talking one after another, "How can this be like this?"
"That's right, it's too unreasonable!"
"I guess it's because both families are involved, so they are jealous and unbalanced, so they deliberately bump into others and step on their things," someone speculated.
Someone else echoed, "Originally, I didn't deal with them at all, but now we've hit each other. You don't like me, and I don't like you. Isn't that normal?"
"That's right. They all had a big dispute back then!"
When the old lady Zhang heard this, she hurriedly shouted, "You're right. Both of their families had a big grudge against our family at the beginning. Maybe they couldn't stand my daughter, so they deliberately joined forces.
Come and stop my daughter from making trouble!
There was a trace of sarcasm in the corner of Xiang Jin's mouth, and he was about to taunt the old woman, but Yang Shuying beat him to it, "Who is looking for trouble? Who is looking for trouble? Zhang Guiping, you old bastard, don't you?"
Do you think that since you are a generation above me, I have to let you slander me? If we are looking for trouble, why are we looking for trouble? Don’t you still know what kind of virtue you are and what kind of daughter you are giving birth to?"
"What kind of virtue? What kind of virtue? Is my wife's virtue good?" Mrs. Zhang spread her arms with a fierce look, "There are some people who have unclean hands and feet and gave birth to a whole family of thieves!"
"Where are you, you fucking thief? Your whole family is a thief!" Yang Shuying's eyes were filled with fire.
Old Mrs. Zhang sneered and said, "Wantou people know which one is the thief." At this point, Old Mrs. Zhang glared at Xiang Jin with angry eyes, "Last year I just stole.
I bought firewood on the slope of your house, why did you forget it so quickly? Now it’s like wearing a pair of trousers. The scar is so healed that you forget about the pain. A cheap kid is a cheap kid!"
Yang Shuying scolded her, "You're a fucking bitch. You're such a bitch. You take the money and food and go to the city to please your son and wife, but they don't pay attention to you! Jin Yatou, don't pay attention to this damn thing."
The old lady said that she was jealous of the relationship between our two families and was trying to sow discord!
Let me tell you, this damn old woman’s family is so hateful and vicious. Haven’t you always known who did those Chinese irons and charms buried under your house? I’m telling you, it’s this old Xiang who lacks moral integrity.
The family did it, their purpose is to prevent your family from having a stable life!"
"What the hell, don't stop spitting on people! I thought it was your family. Your son is a stonemason. Isn't he used to doing those sinister and immoral things?" the old woman Zhang retorted.
road.
"Hey, Granny Guiping, Granny Guiping, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense? How could we do that kind of thing?! Our family is not that dark-hearted!" Seeing that she was involved, Ai Ai
Chao Cong quickly stood up and retorted.
"That's right, Grandma Guiping, you must never slander good people!" Hu Yulan hurriedly agreed.
The old lady Zhang said, "Slander? Who slandered you?! It was obviously you who did it. That damn girl Xiang Jin didn't ask your Ai Chaocong to build the foundation, and then you became uncomfortable. Hu Yulan, you are a bitch."
You went to find trouble with Xiang Jin, but unexpectedly, he was dealt with in turn. You were so angry that you held a grudge against him, and then you thought of using this
A way to retaliate against others, so that the whole family will not be stable in the future. For this reason, Hu Yulan, you woman, deliberately came to our house to encourage us. Are our family so unscrupulous? Then even though that damn girl Xiang Jin is no longer
How can we make our old couple angry? After all, she is also a bloodline of my old Xiang family, how could we possibly harm our own descendants like that?!"
When Yang Shuying heard this, she immediately became furious, "Bah! It was obviously you, the old immortal, who did it, and now you want to blame us? I saw you burying it with a dead girl like you. If you do it again,
Deny it, why don’t we go kill a chicken and see who will receive this retribution from God?!”
"Yes, kill the chicken, kill the chicken!" Ai Chaocong and Hu Yulan also said firmly.
Xiang Jiao, the old lady, suddenly became silent, and even her demeanor was no longer as arrogant as before. People around her started talking again, Xiang Jin curled his lips, and then turned around and left.
Someone didn't mind it and shouted at her back, "Hey, girl Jin, girl Jin, the matter of your family being cursed and played for fun has not yet come to light, why did you leave?"
Xiang Jin turned slightly to the side and showed a hint of sarcasm and disdain to the group of people behind him, "Let them go dog-eat-dog, huh, only fools would believe that such low-grade feudal superstition stuff is effective!"