After breakfast the next day, Uncle Tao was about to go back. Xiang Jin walked up and said, "Uncle Tao, I want to go to town to do something. Can you give me a ride?"
Grandpa Yan Chen, Zeng and the others were all startled, but their uncle said, "Okay, I'm an empty rider anyway," and he motioned for Xiang Jin to get in the car.
Xiang Jin said, "Just wait a moment, I'll go back to the house to get something." After saying that, he turned around and ran upstairs.
After a while, Xiang Jin opened the door and sat in the car, and found that Yan Chen was also in the car. She was stunned for a moment, then got into the car and closed the door.
"Are you going to town too?"
"Well, buy something!"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then handed a handbag to Uncle Tao in front of him, "Uncle Tao, here! This is some food I prepared for you to take on the road."
Uncle Tao took it and put it on the co-pilot next to him. Then he thanked her and said, "Girl Jin, Uncle Tao troubles you to make me food every time. Uncle Tao, thank you?"
Xiang Jin said, "Uncle Tao, you are too polite. Yan Chen and I still rely on you to take care of our business in the provincial capital. What does it mean if I cook you some food? Besides, I also prefer cooking.
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Uncle Tao nodded and started the car.
After arriving in the town, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen got off the car. Uncle Tao drove directly back to the provincial capital. Yan Chen told Uncle Tao, "Drive slowly on the road. You don't have to be in a hurry. Give me a call when you get home."
"I understand, don't worry!"
After Uncle Tao's car drove away, Yan Chen asked Xiang Jin, "Where are you going?"
Xiang Jin said, "I'm going to send the manuscript, what about you?"
Yan Chen said, "I'm going to choose two books."
"Oh, then should we do things separately, or together?"
Yan Chen said, "Let's go together! This place is relatively close to the mailing network. Let's go there first?"
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin nodded, then turned around.
After Xiang Jin sent the manuscript, he asked him, "What kind of books do you want to buy?"
Yan Chen was momentarily stunned by the question, with a slightly unnatural look on his face, and then said, "Ah, I want to buy two books on human geography to read through."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then the two of them went to the bookstore together. Yan Chen asked Xiang Jin, "What about you, do you want to buy two books too?"
Xiang Jin shook her head and said, "I won't buy it for the time being." She had homework to do and papers to write, so how could she have time to read books?
Yan Chen nodded slightly.
After the two arrived at the bookstore, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "I won't go in. You can go in and choose by yourself. I'll wait for you here."
"Okay," Yan Chen agreed after taking a look at her.
After Yan Chen entered the store, Xiang Jin followed him to the grocery store diagonally opposite the bookstore.
After a while, Yan Chen came out with two books but did not see Xiang Jin. Just when he was looking around for her, Xiang Jin's voice sounded from behind him, "
I'm here!"
Yan Chen immediately turned around and saw her standing under a big banyan tree less than five meters away from him, looking at him. He walked quickly towards her, "Why are you here?"
Xiang Jin said, "The sun is shining, so I stood here."
"Let's go, what else needs to be done?" Yan Chen stepped forward and pulled her.
Xiang Jin said, "Let's go to the vegetable market and bring some food back?"
Yan Chen paused, "Is there no food at home?"
The dishes they are talking about naturally refer to fresh meat ingredients.
Xiang Jin said, "There are still some, but not much. We are on the street anyway, so let's take some back to save Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng from running down the street in the bright sun."
"Yeah," Yan Chen nodded.
Xiang Jin bent down to pick up the backpack on the ground. Only then did Yan Chen notice that she had bought a new backpack, so he laughed and said, "How much do you want to buy? You went out of your way to buy it."
A backpack?"
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, let's take a look first. You can't let me put those meat ingredients into my backpack later, right? Let's go to the vegetable market. There are many people there today.
You're in a hurry, otherwise if you go late later, all the good ingredients will be bought by others." After saying that, Xiang Jin pushed him towards the vegetable market, but the small backpack he was carrying was a little in the way.
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Yan Chen reached out to take the small backpack in her hand, but was rejected by Xiang Jin, "You are so tall, it would be so ugly to carry such a small backpack, forget it, let me carry it.
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Now, this backpack is for you, it looks good on your shoulders," Xiang Jin said, taking off her backpack from her back and stuffing it into Yan Chen's arms.
Yan Chen was startled for a moment, and then he felt dumbfounded again, "I don't care, so what do you care about?"
Xiang Jin said seriously, "Of course, I have always pursued beautiful things to the extreme, especially if I don't want to see those beautiful things being destroyed and lose their beauty. In that case, I will
I feel uncomfortable all over.
You look so good-looking, and you dress so well, and you look good everywhere, but you end up with such a small backpack on your shoulder. How incongruous and damaging to your beauty is that?
You see, I'm different. I'm not as tall as you. This small backpack is just right for me. It doesn't look too big or too small. Besides, I'm so good-looking. Is it more appropriate to carry this small backpack?
nice?"
Yan Chen's eyes were filled with a little smile and affection. After shaking his head and laughing, he said, "Okay, let's go and buy groceries."
Xiang Jin quickly picked up the small backpack, swung it behind him, and carried it on his back.
After the two of them arrived at the vegetable market, they went straight to the place where the meat was sold. Yan Chen asked, "What should I buy? Meat or ribs?"
Xiang Jin said, "Buy some and take them back."
"good!"
So the two of them chose a meat stall and bought two pieces of good pork and two good ribs. The boss even asked the boss to chop the ribs into small pieces.
Yan Chen paid, but Xiang Jin stopped him, "Let me do it today!"
"Why are you arguing with me?!" Yan Chen tilted his head and looked at her.
Xiang Jin refused to let him give it, "I know this is nothing to you, but Yan Chen, you will make me feel very sorry. If you still want me to continue to live in your home, today
Let me pay for everything you buy, otherwise I would be really embarrassed to live in your house anymore."
"Oh, okay!" Yan Chen looked at her and shook his head helplessly with a long sigh, then took the money back and gave it to Jin. Then he saw two pig ears, two pig knuckles and a pig belly on the side.
, and then they all asked for it. The boss was naturally very happy when he saw it, and specially gave them a pair of pig intestines, asking them to come back and take care of their business more in the future, which made Xiang Jin dumbfounded.
Yan Chen asked, "Why buy so many?"
"What's so much?" Xiang Jin asked as she took the ingredients from the boss's hands and put them into the basket she bought, "I'll take these pig ears back to make cold shredded ears later, and let's take this pig knuckles later."
Let’s make a Dongpo elbow and this pork belly. Then we’ll make a shredded tripe soup. Anyway, you have a refrigerator at home, so we can take it back and freeze it directly in the refrigerator.”
"Okay, let's go, we're going back," Yan Chen mentioned the basket on his back and was about to leave the market.
Xiang Jin grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute, let's go shopping again. It's still early anyway."
Yan Chen asked, "Aren't you going back to finish the manuscript?"
"It's not too late," Xiang Jin motioned for him to put the small backpack on her back.
Yan Chen said, "I'll hold it, it's a bit heavy." There are so many things, weighing at least ten or twenty kilograms.
Xiang Jin directly put his hands through the two straps on the backpack and carried the small backpack on his back, "How heavy can this be? I have carried heavier things than this before, fifty pounds.
We carry the grain from the head of our bay all the way to Team 6 for grinding rice and flour, and the road there is all winding and winding."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Yan Chen suddenly remembered how he looked when he first saw her. At that time, she was only a little over twelve years old, her body was very thin, and it was also a hot day at noon.
She and Yang Juyun were carrying a backpack alone
When she came back from the sixth team to grind rice and flour, she had a heavy basket of grain in her backpack. Her hair was messy, her body and face were covered in ash, and her little face was even more sunburnt.
It's red, as embarrassing as it is, and it's very distressing.
"Oh, let's go. What are you thinking about, so lost in thought?" Xiang Jin stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him.
Yan Chen came to his senses and took the pig intestines and pork belly from her hand.
Xiang Jin looked at him and was surprised, "How about we ask the boss to put on two more bags, and then you should put them in the backpack behind me?"
Yan Chen said, "It's okay, I've already applied two layers of it."
Xiang Jin nodded, and the two of them continued to wander in the vegetable market. Suddenly, Xiang Jin saw a stall selling beef in front of her, so she ran over there with a basket on her back.
When I saw a few pieces of beef shank, a piece of beef tenderloin and the remaining one or two kilograms of beef brisket on the stall, I immediately asked for them all.
Seeing her boldly buying so much beef, Yan Chen frowned, "When will you buy so much meat?"
After hearing what Yan Chen said, the boss stopped and said to Xiang Jin, "Oh, boss, you are just weighing the scales. Why should I go somewhere else?"
"Oh, okay," the boss heard her say, so he hurriedly started working again.
Xiang Jin turned around and said to Yan Chen, "Finally, we met a beef seller. Let's buy it and make braised beef. Grandpa Zeng likes to eat it. Besides, when we eat meat, we can't just eat pork. We should eat more of it.
Some other meats. Beef mainly contains protein and amino acids. It does not contain as much fat as pork. It is better for people to eat more beef than to eat more pork. Let’s buy chickens and ducks later?”
"Still buying it?! Will you be able to carry it by then?" Yan Chen's brows furrowed even more.
Xiang Jin said, "I can't carry it, so I still have you, can you help me get some when the time comes?" As she said that, she looked at Yan Chen expectantly.
At this time, the boss told him how much the total amount was, and Xiang Jin turned around and paid the boss.
After she paid and put all the beef into the basket, Yan Chen took her hand and turned towards the exit of the vegetable market, "Let's go back. We will eat and buy again later."
Xiang Jin broke away from his hand and said, "Hey, wait a minute, I need to buy some spices and condiments."
Yan Chen had no choice but to let go of her, and then accompanied her to the condiment shop to buy condiments. Xiang Jin not only bought condiments there, but also bought some vermicelli and dried bamboo shoots.
"Why do you still buy these?" Yan Chen asked.
Xiang Jin said, "At that time, we will use the dried bamboo shoots and the beef brisket to cook them together, seal them and put them in the refrigerator to eat noodles or noodles in the morning. It is convenient! Oh, it seems that we can't fit them in. Hey, boss, give us two
Put it in a bigger bag so we can take it easily!"
"Okay, no problem!" The boss stuffed all the things into a big bag, and then put another big bag outside. Yan Chen reached out to take it, and Xiang Jin saw that the pig in his hand was
The bag of large intestine and pork belly was a bit small, so I asked the boss for a larger bag.
"Shall we buy a chicken and a duck?" Xiang Jin turned around and discussed with Yan Chen, "It's good for your health to eat more different meat products."
"You can't put anything more in that backpack of yours," Yan Chen said.
Xiang Jin said, "Take it, didn't you just hold a little something in your hand? Now, we will eat a different kind of meat every day from now on, so we don't have to worry about Grandpa Zeng getting fat and getting high."
My blood pressure has gone up again, so we can just take a taxi outside after we go out and go back, so we don’t have to walk such a long distance.”
Yan Chen couldn't resist her, so he had to give in, so the two of them went to order and kill a chicken and a duck, and then went to buy tofu and dried tofu together, and then returned home with a full load.
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were surprised when they saw that they had bought so much meat, "Why did you buy so much meat?"
Yan Chen looked at Xiang Jin and said, "She bought it all!"
"Girl Jin, why are you still such a heretic? After spending so much money, what do you think about your child?" Grandma Mo also frowned, with a look of disapproval on her face.
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma Mo didn't spend much money. Let me tell you a secret. I have money. If you don't believe me, ask Yan Chen. Yan Chen, do you think so?"
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng both looked at Yan Chen, and Yan Chen nodded hesitantly at them, "Well, she is rich."
Grandma Mo took her hand and asked, "Did your parents and grandparents over there get it for you? Then you should save it and keep it. Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo also have money. We have money every day."
I have to make hundreds of dollars, why do I need to ask you to buy groceries?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I saved it myself. Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo, I'm not as broke as you think. I still have tens of thousands on hand."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were both surprised, and then Grandma Mo asked, "Where did you get so much money? I heard that you didn't keep any money from the braised pork shop and gave it all to Yang Juyun?"
Xiang Jin said, both truthfully and falsely, "I collaborated with Yan Chen on a few paintings before and sold them to earn some money. Also, I often submitted manuscripts to some newspapers and magazines, and occasionally I was attracted by them.
I also earned some royalties from being selected, as well as several scholarships from schools.”
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng nodded, and then they both sighed, and followed Grandma Mo and said, "If you have money, you have to save it well, but you can't spend it so much anymore. You have to know where you will spend your money in the future.
There’s still a lot.”
Xiang Jin opened her mouth and wanted to tell them the truth. She was rich, she was really rich, and very rich. At least the total assets amounted to tens of millions.
But after receiving Yan Chen's shake of his head, she did not say what she said. Then she saw Yan Chen coming over to help her out and said, "Grandpa, grandma, don't worry about her. Xiang Jin is a very measured person.
She will not spend money randomly, and she is not someone who just sits there and waits to die."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng looked at them suspiciously, and Xiang Jin said, "Actually, I just think the weather is too hot now. Anyway, we just happened to be on the go today, and we also have a refrigerator and vegetables at home, so let's just buy more."
The meat will be frozen in the refrigerator when it comes back, so that you don't have to go to town under the bright sun to buy meat specially and suffer from the heat."
Grandma Mo sighed again, "You kid, you are so thoughtful!"
Xiang Jin smiled slightly at them.
Yan Chen then said, "Grandpa and grandma, you should put the meat in the refrigerator first. There is also a pair of pork belly and pig intestines to be processed."
"Hey, you bought this?" Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were surprised again.
Yan Chen said, "Well, I bought the pork belly, and the pork intestines were given by the boss when I bought the pork."
Xiang Jin looked at Grandpa Zeng and said, "Grandpa Zeng, will I make braised pork sausage and tripe soup for you then?"
Grandpa Zeng's eyebrows and eyes suddenly turned into a smile, "Okay, okay, I haven't eaten that fat sausage for a long time!"
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll make it for you when the time comes. We also bought the beef tendon meat, and then we'll make braised beef. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng can rest assured that this beef is all lean meat."
, mainly contains protein and amino acids, so you don’t have to worry about gaining weight or raising blood pressure when you eat it.”
"Okay, okay, girl Jin, you understand Grandpa Zeng's stomach!" Grandpa Zeng was immediately overjoyed.
Grandma Mo also had a smile on her face, and then she ordered Grandpa Zeng to put the meat in, while she went to clean the pork belly and intestines.
Although Xiang Jin likes to cook, and also prefers to eat pork belly and fat intestines, it is still a bit troublesome for her to clean her, so this time she did not say to help Grandma Mo, but told Grandpa Zeng that she
Go put the meat and let him help Grandma Mo clean the fat intestines and pork belly.
Grandpa Zeng hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, then I'll help you, Grandma Mo."
Yan Chen said to Xiang Jin, "Let me help you!"
Xiang Jin said, "Go to the kitchen and get the kitchen knife and cutting board first. You can't eat so much meat in one meal. You have to break it down and put it in separate bags, otherwise it won't be thawed when the time comes."
"Okay!" Yan Chen nodded, and then went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife and cutting board.
Xiang Jin took out a new roll of plastic bags. She first divided the large bag of ribs into several small portions, and then put the other meat ingredients one by one into the refrigerator to freeze.
It took them about ten to twenty minutes to put all the meat into the refrigerator, and to clean the kitchen knives and cutting boards.
Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll pick vegetables from the fields?"
Yan Chen said, "It's all fine, but don't go, I'll pick them."