After dinner, everyone sat in the yard enjoying the cool air and chatting. Uncle Tao brought a plate of cut watermelon for everyone to eat. Xiang Jin took a piece of it. After he sat down, Uncle Tao also took a piece and asked, "Girl
, are you interested in taking a trip to the provincial capital?"
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng both looked at Xiang Jin with smiles on their faces. Yan Chen also looked at her. Xiang Jin thought for a moment and then shook his head, "No, I still have some things to do, let's wait until later.
, I’ll go there later when I have free time.”
She planned to take advantage of the little free time to write down and save some manuscripts, otherwise she would not have so much convenience once she started to make up classes.
Besides, she has a new deskmate now, and she doesn’t want people to know that she is writing novels to make money, so it’s better to keep everything as low-key as possible to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
Uncle Tao nodded without forcing it.
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Uncle Tao, are you and Yan Chen planning to return to the provincial capital?"
Uncle Tao said, "No, I will go back alone. Xiaochen will not go back this time."
"Why don't you go back? Didn't you always go back to visit your grandpa during the holidays?" Xiang Jin looked at Yan Chen.
Yan Chen said, "My grandfather has been busy in the army recently, and I won't be able to see him when I go back. Plus we will go back to school soon to start making up classes, so I won't go back this summer."
"Oh, so," Xiang Jin nodded, "It seems your grandpa is really busy, huh?"
"Yeah!" Yan Chen nodded slightly.
Uncle Tao laughed and said, "I haven't seen the old man for almost a month. Last time I went home from the shop and thought I would see him, but my car hadn't arrived at the gate of the courtyard yet.
Then I saw Xiao Li’s car taking him away again.”
Grandma Mo sighed, "Well, that's how it is in the army. You have missions all year round, not to mention if you are at the level of your in-laws, there are even more things to do."
Grandpa Zeng nodded "Yes".
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Uncle Tao, when will you go back? I will prepare some food for you on the way then?"
Uncle Tao suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Okay, then Uncle Tao will be lucky again. Uncle Tao will go back the day after tomorrow."
"Okay!" Xiang Jin agreed, and then said, "Uncle Tao, if you want to eat anything, just tell me and I will cook it for you then!"
Uncle Tao nodded vigorously, "Anything is fine, anything is fine. As long as it's made by you, girl, Uncle Tao likes to eat it!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then I can do whatever I want then?"
"Okay, okay, do whatever you want, do whatever you want, oh, girl, it's great to have you. I can eat delicious food every time I'm on the road with Xiaochen," Uncle Tao waved his hand, and then sighed.
Xiang Jin said, "Uncle Tao, you're very polite. It's not a big deal. I'm just making some food for you. Besides, I also like to make food."
Everyone laughed. Xiang Jin chatted with them for a while and then got up to wash up.
When Xiang Jin came down from upstairs the next morning, she found that Yan Chen had also gotten up and was washing up in the yard. She also walked over to wash up.
After both of them had washed up, Yan Chen asked her, "Did you sleep well last night? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's good. I woke up automatically after I fell asleep, but why did you get up earlier than me?"
Yan Chen said, "I'm used to it. When I was young, I always lived with my grandfather in the army, so I often went out with them on exercises. Later, I gradually developed the habit of waking up when the time comes and getting up as soon as I wake up."
Xiang Jin puffed up his cheeks and said "Oh", and then asked, "So Grandma Mo and the others have gone to work in the fields?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Probably so."
Xiang Jin suggested, "Then let's go help too?"
Yan Chen glanced at her, then nodded, "Okay!"
So the two of them carried a basket and went to the vegetable field. When several elders saw them, they naturally greeted them again. Then Grandma Mo said that she would go back to make breakfast, so only Zeng was left in the vegetable field.
Grandpa, Uncle Tao, her and Yan Chen.
Grandma Mo and her family are planting most mushrooms now. Because it is the hot summer, mushrooms grow very fast. A small bud that has just sprouted can grow into a big mushroom in one night, so there are many mushrooms every day.
Small mushrooms must be picked. If you miss a day, the mushrooms will have overgrown and lost their texture and flavor, and they will not be able to sell at a high price.
Grandpa Zeng’s mushrooms are now not only supplied to the vegetable vendors in the town, but most of them are also sent to the county town, so there are several waves of people coming to collect the vegetables in batches every day.
After Xiang Jin and others finished picking the vegetables at Grandma Mo's house, she and Yan Chen went to help Aunt Liao pick vegetables.
Aunt Liao's eyes turned red when she saw Xiang Jin, "Girl Jin, auntie thought she would never see you again in this life?"
Xiang Jin said, "How can I do that? Auntie, aren't we already seeing you?"
Aunt Liao nodded, "You haven't gone back to your parents?"
Xiang Jin said, "Well, not yet, let's talk about it after a while."
Aunt Liao nodded again, "Then you live now, live in..."
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I don't live there, I live at Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng's house. Grandpa Zeng picked me up from school yesterday."
Aunt Liao nodded again, followed by a long sigh.
Xiang Jin asked, "Auntie, which vegetables do you want to pick? Can we help you?"
Aunt Liao was a little embarrassed and said, "Oh, look how troublesome this is for you two. You just came back and I asked you to help me with the work?"
Xiang Jin said, "Auntie, it's not too much trouble. Don't be an outsider with us either. I caused a lot of trouble for you when I lived at your house before."
Aunt Liao's heart immediately warmed up, and she felt that this was really a grateful girl, so she stopped being polite to them, and said to them cheerfully, "I'm going to pick those red peppers and big cucumbers.
Just pick some chives, garlic sprouts and celery, and I will pick the big winter melon."
Yan Chen and Xiang Jin nodded, and then each of them took a basket to pick the vegetables Aunt Liao mentioned.
After picking it up, Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "Does your Xiang Jin still have it here?"
Yan Chen said, "Here you are! What's wrong?!"
Xiang Jin asked, "Can you lend it to me when the time comes?"
"Okay!" Yan Chen agreed without thinking.
After breakfast, Grandpa Zeng said to Yan Chen and Xiang Jin, "You two have smart minds. When the vegetable collector comes, you can help your grandma sell the vegetables and calculate the price. As for which vegetables cost what?"
, your grandma all knows."
The two of them nodded, and then Grandpa Zeng and Uncle Tao went to the venue.
At about eleven o'clock, Grandpa Zeng and Uncle Tao drove back, and then Xiang Jin and the others saw that both of them were carrying dishes for all ages, including chicken, fish, ribs, and
Fresh meat and elbow.
Grandma Mo immediately stepped forward, took the fat hen from Grandpa Zeng's hand, weighed it without knowing the weight, and then asked, "How much does this chicken weigh?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "I didn't buy this chicken, Jin Yatou's grandfather bought it."
"Girl Jin, her grandfather?! Old Man Yang?!" Grandma Mo was surprised, and Xiang Jin was also a little surprised.
Grandpa Zeng nodded, and then explained to them, "When Xiao Tang and I were buying vegetables at the vegetable market, we happened to meet Old Man Yang buying vegetables there, and then he asked me if Chenchen's school was
It's holiday. Will the child come back today?
I said I was on vacation and came back yesterday, and then he asked me if I had heard anything about Jin Yatou from Chenchen, and asked if she had gone back to her parents over there?
I told him the truth. I said that the child had not gone back and was living in our house now. After hearing this, old man Yang ran to kill a chicken without saying a word and asked me to bring it back to the child no matter what.
I cooked it and ate it, saying that it was his wish as a grandfather, and I had no choice but to bring it back."
Grandma Mo sighed and said, "Oh, my parents are very good parents, and even my brother-in-law and younger siblings are also very good brothers-in-law and younger siblings. I just don't know how that girl Juyun can be such a person?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "The nine sons of the dragon are all different, not to mention that they are still human beings. How can we tell clearly?"
Grandma Mo nodded again, "That's true!" Then she turned around and asked Xiang Jin what he wanted to eat for lunch, so she could do it?
Xiang Jin said anything was fine, and then asked the three older men standing by. Grandpa Zeng told him what he wanted to eat. Yan Chen also reported a dish he wanted to eat, and Uncle Tao said everything was fine.
So Xiang Jin nodded, and then said to go with Grandma Mo. Grandma Mo didn't refuse, so the mother-in-law and grandson went to the kitchen together.
Xiang Jin saw that Grandma Mo actually took out sea stone flowers to soak. Grandma Mo said that she would use this to make a cold dish later, so Xiang Jin asked Grandma Mo if she still had this.
Grandma Mo said, "Also, there are still several kilograms left. Last time your Uncle Tao mailed us a big bag. Your Grandpa Zeng and I sometimes don't want to cook at noon, so we use this and cucumber slices."
Let’s make some cold rice together. Hey, you like this too, so why don’t I go get some more and soak it?”
Xiang Jin said, "No, no, Grandma Mo, you misunderstood, that's all. I mean if there are more, I want to get some and try to make some new food."
"Really? Okay, okay, okay, then when you want to use it, just go and get it from the cabinet over there. I put it in that cabinet in a transparent plastic bag.
, you can open the cabinet and you can see it at a glance."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, okay, I understand."
After lunch, there was nothing that needed to be done. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were used to taking naps. Xiang Jin and the others also went back to their rooms to take a siesta. On the way upstairs, Xiang Jin suddenly said to Yan Chen
, "Yan Chen, I want to visit my grandparents. No matter what, they have always been very kind to me. I can't be without conscience."
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, I know. When do you plan to go?"
Xiang Jin said, "Let's go in two days."
Yan Chen suggested, "How about tomorrow? I'll let Uncle Tao stay for another day and go back the day after tomorrow. I'll drive you there tomorrow?"
"Ah? Are you giving it to me?" Xiang Jin was a little surprised.
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, I'll take you there. Your grandmother's house is so far away, and the weather is so hot. How long do you have to walk there? It just so happens that Uncle Tao brought a lot of fruit this time.
, and bring some to them when the time comes.”
Xiang Jin hesitated, "Will that delay Uncle Tao's affairs?"
Yan Chen said, "No, things in the field, hot pot restaurant and other stores have been sorted out now. He doesn't need to be in charge all the time. He can stay here for two more days."
Xiang Jin did not give him an immediate answer, but said, "I'll ask Uncle Tao then, right?"
"good!"
When Xiang Jin returned to his room, Yan Chen immediately went to Uncle Tao's room. Then in the afternoon, when Xiang Jin politely asked Uncle Tao whether he had been busy recently, Uncle Tao decisively said that he had not been very busy recently.
, he just sits in the office and flips through the account books every day, or goes to various shops, or goes to the fields to hunt every two or three days, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else.
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked him if she could stay here for another day or two. She wanted to visit her grandparents tomorrow and cook food for him when she came back the day after tomorrow. Uncle Tao decisively asked again
He readily agreed, "Yes, yes, what's wrong with that?
Anyway, I don’t have much to do when I go back. I can just stay here for one more day and eat two more meals made by you, Girl Jin. You girl, you may not know that the food you made is delicious to Uncle Tao.
, it’s even more delicious than the food in Han Che’s restaurant!”
Xiang Jin grinned, "Really? Okay, then I'll cook a few more meals for you then!"
"Okay!"
So in the evening after dinner, when everyone was sitting in the yard enjoying the cool air, Xiang Jin told Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng about the matter.
Both of them nodded, and Grandma Mo said, "Yes, your mother is your mother, and your grandparents are your grandparents. Should we treat them separately?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah!"
Then Yan Chen said, "I'll drive her there tomorrow, and Uncle Tao will go back the day after tomorrow."
After hearing this, the two elders nodded again, "Well, Tiandaore, you were right to drive her there."
When they got in the car the next day, Yan Chen asked Xiang Jin, "Do you want to go to town to buy something?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yes!"
"good!"
The two went to the largest supermarket in town to buy some gifts. She mainly bought two bottles of wine for her grandfather, and then some nutritional supplements for her grandmother, plus more for her two uncles and cousins.
got something.
Yan Chen asked, "Why don't you buy something for your sister Xiang Lan?"
Xiang Jin said, "She likes to save money. Now she is having trouble with her mother Mao Dun. According to her mother's temperament, she must be reluctant to give her money to spend. I plan to give her a few hundred yuan later to give to grandma."
Keep it for her, so she doesn't have to ask her grandparents for anything she wants to buy. Although they won't mind, after all, I still have two uncles and aunts."
Yan Chen nodded, "Yeah, sure!"
Yan Chen also wanted to choose some gifts, but Xiang Jin stopped him, "You don't have to. You brought so much fruit, and you don't need it. You wouldn't go to their house without me."
Yan Chen had no choice but to give up.
The two of them loaded their things into the car, and then Yan Chen asked, "Do you want to go to the shop and say hello to your uncles and aunts?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, let's go directly to their home to see grandpa and grandma. Then we can just ask grandpa and grandma to hand over the things to them. I won't go to the shop from now on."
"Okay!" Yan Chen started the car and headed straight to Jin's grandparents' house.
It took about an hour and ten minutes for Xiang Jin and the others to arrive at Xiang Jin's grandparents' house.
Yang Zhao was squatting by a well in the yard, washing a basket of vegetables. Suddenly he saw Xiang Jin and Yan Chen walking in with things. He immediately shouted excitedly into the house, "Master, grandma, come out quickly."
, look who’s coming?!”
After shouting, he threw away the vegetables in his hand and ran towards Jin and the others, "Sister, Brother Chen, are you here?"
Xiang Jin smiled slightly at him, Yan Chen nodded slightly at him, and Xiang Jin asked, "You are washing vegetables, are you ready to make lunch?"
Yang Zhao nodded, "Well, let's clean the vegetables we just picked from the fields while the sun is not too strong yet."
Xiang Jin and her grandparents walked out of the house after hearing Yang Zhao's duck-shell voice. When they saw Xiang Jin and Yan Chen in the courtyard, the two old people were also excited, and they walked out of the house with a bang.
He ran down the street eaves.
"Girl Jin, girl Jin?!" Her grandmother called Xiang Jin with a cry in her voice.
Xiang Jin handed the things in her hand to Yang Zhao, and then ran towards her grandparents, "Grandpa, grandma?"
"Alas, alas!"
The two elders responded happily, and their eyes became red.
Xiang Jin held the arms of the two elders and led them to the street eaves, "Grandpa, grandma, how are you doing recently?"
"Okay, okay!" Both of them agreed, and then her grandmother asked, "What about you, how are you, ah? Because of your mother and that Weiwei, my grandpa and I have no shame.
See you?"
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma, what are you talking about? You are you, they are them, how can they blame you for what they say and do! I will always remember how well you treated me. I said
, you will always be my grandparents!"
"Good boy, good boy," her grandmother nodded frequently, and then burst into tears.
Xiang Jin stopped and wiped away her tears, "Grandma, let's not do this, okay?"
Her grandmother nodded, but the tears in her eyes started to flow even more. Xiang Jin wiped them off again and again, and Xiang Jin didn’t know how to get better. Finally, Xiang Jin and her grandfather persuaded her.
, "Okay, the children have finally come here, but you are so sensational. Do you want the children to stay or do you want the children to go?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother wiped her face fiercely, "Okay, okay, I won't cry anymore, I won't cry anymore, let's go inside and talk."
So everyone entered the house, and Yan Chen went up to greet him, "Grandpa Yang, Grandma Yang?!"
"Hey, good, good, good, good boy, have I troubled you today? Don't blame us for forgetting to greet you in our excitement just now?" Both elders responded, and then said to Xiang Jin and her grandmother.
Yan Chen said, "No, I can understand!"
The two of them nodded, and then Yan Chen put the things on the table. When Xiang Jin and her grandparents saw it, they said in a slightly reproachful tone, "You came right here, why did you buy something?"
Yan Chen said, "Xiang Jin bought these!"
Xiang Jin's grandparents looked at Xiang Jin, and Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Look, you're spending money indiscriminately again. Your grandparents are already happy and contented when your people come here. Why do you need to bring anything with you?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's just a little thought of mine!"
Her grandmother sighed.
Xiang Jin asked Yang Zhao to go get something from the car again. Yang Zhao said "Oh", turned around and ran out. Yan Chen also turned around and ran out.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "What else?"
Xiang Jin said, "I also brought some for my uncle, and the other ones are some fruits that Yan Chen brought for you."
Her grandmother said in a reproachful tone again, "Look, you guys brought so many things?!"
Xiang Jin said, "Not much."
Her grandmother pulled her to a seat aside and sat down. Then Xiang Jin asked, "Where are Yang Hui and Yang Xu?"
Her grandmother said, "Yang Hui is helping your uncles and aunts look after the shops on the street. Yang Xu, Yang Xin, and Xiang Lan should be digging potato seeds in the fields right now!"
"Are they digging potato seeds again?" Xiang Jin couldn't help but his eyelids trembled. Have these people been digging potato seeds for several years?
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Well, they have been sold several times. Xiang Lan has almost saved more than 100 yuan with me recently when digging for medicinal materials."
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma, it's better not to let them dig medicinal materials outside. Not to mention the hot weather, what if we encounter a snake in the field?"
Her grandmother said, "Isn't that what it is? I have said this to their father countless times, but they just don't listen and still go their own way. Girl Jin, please tell them later. They usually
I listen to you the most."
Xiang Jin said, "I'll give it a try." In the past, the reason why they listened to her was because she was their biological sister or cousin, but now that's not the case, and they didn't know whether they cared about what she said.
After a while, Yang Zhao and Yan Chen moved all the things in the car back. Xiang Jin and her grandparents saw someone coming to talk to Xiang Jin, so they told them to sit down and rest first while they went to make lunch.
, and also called Yang Zhao away at the same time and asked him to buy a fish from the weir pond.
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen refused, saying that they didn't need to buy fish and just make something to eat. However, her grandmother and grandfather refused and insisted on asking Yang Zhao to buy it. Yang Zhao also turned around and ran away.
Xiang Jin's grandmother then asked her grandfather to kill a chicken. Xiang Jin's grandfather said, "Yeah, I know!"
Xiang Jin was about to refuse again, but Yan Chen shook his head slightly at her. Xiang Jin turned to hold her grandmother's arm and said, "Grandma, shall I start with you?"
Her grandmother said, "No, no, the food won't be complicated today. Just your grandpa and I will be fine. You stay with Xiao Chen well. Xiao Chen doesn't come to our place often and is not familiar with our place."
, you can decide whether you want to walk around here or watch TV at home, but if you want to walk around here, the sun outside is very strong right now."
Xiang Jin was startled, "Has your family also bought a TV?"
Her grandma nodded slightly, with a smile on her lips, "Well, after your grandpa came back, your two uncles and aunts bought us a TV set with half of the family's money. Now
It's in our room. If you want to see it, just go over there and watch it. There's a video being broadcast recently. It's quite good. It's shown day and night. You can go and watch it."
Xiang Jin never had much interest in the TV, but Yan Chen still wanted to ask, so she turned her head and looked at Yan Chen, "Do you want to watch TV?"
Yan Chen shook his head at her, "I don't want to look! Why don't you take me for a walk around here."
Xiang Jin nodded hesitantly, "Okay." In fact, she was not familiar with this place. Every time she came, she would go directly to her home and then leave after eating. She really didn't know any of the people here.
, let alone which family has a dog and which family does not have a dog.
In order to prevent them from encountering vicious dogs later, Xiang Jin asked her grandmother again, "Grandma, are there many people raising dogs here? If we go out for a walk, we won't be bitten, right?"
Her grandmother said, "There are several families in Baytou who keep dogs, but they are kept on leashes like ours, so nothing will happen."
Yan Chen suggested, "Why don't we go to the weir and pond to have a look? Didn't Yang Zhao go there to buy fish?"
Xiang Jin really wanted to say that she didn't even know where the weir and pond was, but fortunately her grandmother said, "This is fine too. It's still shady and cool when you go to the weir and pond, and you don't have to worry about getting hot. When you leave the courtyard, keep leaving."
Take the path on the left, and then when you reach there there is a T-junction, then you turn your right hand and walk up again, it will take about ten minutes and then you will arrive."
The direction of the directions was still very clear, so Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and then they went out together.