When it was time for class, Xiang Jin saw that the few day students in his class who lived in the town had not come. This showed that it was an ironclad fact that the stone bridge was washed away.
Because the stone bridge is the only way for them to get to school, and now the road is blocked, with the rolling Shengshui River below, they naturally cannot come to school for classes.
But fortunately, they had already completed the entire third-year high school courses last semester, and now they are reviewing through the exams. Every day they are either doing questions, taking exams, or studying papers.
In fact, their independent study at home will not be affected much. After all, even if they do not have books for the third year of high school at home, they still have books for the first and second grades of high school. It is good to take these books out to review during this period.
"Xiang Jin, your grandma came to see you?" After the second period of class at noon, a classmate shouted to Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin turned around and saw her grandma standing by the window, looking in. She immediately got up and walked out.
"Grandma, why are you here? It's still raining so heavily outside?" As she spoke, she couldn't help but look at her feet and trouser legs.
Her grandmother said to her, "It's okay, I'm holding an umbrella and I didn't get wet."
Xiang Jin nodded, then looked at her and waited for her answer.
Her grandma said, "I'm here to tell you that if you and Yan Chen come home for lunch, don't go to the small restaurant to eat. I'll cook it for you at home."
"Oh, okay," Xiang Jin nodded numbly, "Then I'll talk to Yan Chen later."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Okay, then you can go back to the classroom. I'll go back too."
"Well, okay, grandma, did you get a call from home?" Xiang Jin suddenly asked again.
Her grandmother said, "Not yet, but it's okay. It's broad daylight now. Although it's a little dark, it's not as dark as in the middle of the night."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then said, "Didn't Yan Chen bring two candles this morning? If it's really dark, just light them. Yan Fei had already bought us candles and flashlights in the morning. Middle school is over
I’ll take it back when the time comes.”
"Well, okay! Go back, go back to the classroom, I'm going back too!"
"Then slow down and be careful on the road!" Xiang Jin glanced at the sky outside. The clouds were still low and dark, just like the weather at four or five o'clock in the afternoon in winter. It was still dark. Look.
The rain won't stop today.
"Okay, got it!"
After school at noon, Xiang Jin walked directly towards the classroom of Class 5. She was halfway there when she saw Yan Chen coming towards their Class 3 classroom. She raised the corner of her mouth and speeded up.
picked up the pace.
"Yan Fei bought you so many candles?" Yan Chen was stunned for a moment when he saw the big bag of candles in her hand, and then took it from her hand.
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "I didn't expect him to buy so many for me at once, but I also put a few in the classroom. If you need them, you can ask me to get them?"
"good!"
"We went home for dinner, and grandma cooked it for us at home."
"good!"
When the two returned home, they saw that the house was really dark, just like the dawn in the morning. It felt so bright. If her grandma hadn't lit a candle in the dining room, they would have thought that someone had entered the house.
A small dark room.
Her grandmother was surprised when she saw Yan Chen coming back with such a big bag of candles in his hand, "Why did you buy so many candles? How many candles are there?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Fei bought it for me. He said he bought a total of fifty sticks for me. I put a few sticks in the classroom and got a few more for Yan Fei. There are probably more than forty sticks left here."
Well, oh, there is a flashlight and two pairs of batteries inside, grandma, take them and put them away."
That guy Yan Fei spent not even a penny of the fifty yuan she gave him, and he really thought he was a good spender.
Her grandmother was a little dumbfounded, "Is this the rhythm of buying up all the candles in the canteen?"
Xiang Jin also smiled and said, "I won't buy them all, but it should be almost enough. I estimate that if the power outage continues, the candles behind the canteen will have to be sold at higher prices, but that's fine, if the power outage continues
If there is a power outage, our family will not be afraid."
Her grandma just laughed, then took the things from Yan Chen's hand, and then told them to wash their hands quickly and get ready to eat.
The two of them sat at the table, and then they saw a dish of winter melon stewed pork ribs on the table. The key was not the pork ribs, but the winter melon in the ribs. After the two were surprised for a moment, Xiang Jin asked, "Oh,
Grandma, where did our family get the winter melon?"
She remembered that there was only one cabbage, a few cucumbers, a few white eggplants, a handful of green onions and a few garlic sprouts in their refrigerator.
Speaking of this, Xiang Jin and her grandmother had a smile on her face, "After breakfast this morning, I went to the small restaurant to return the thermos bucket, and then on the way back, I bumped into Mr. Wang from our building.
, what do you think she did?"
The two of them shook their heads, and her grandmother continued, "I saw she was carrying a bag of fresh vegetables, and then I went up and asked her, and I said, 'Didn't I hear that the stone bridge was washed away?
No one here can go to that town. Where did you buy these vegetables?'
Your grandpa and I always like to go downstairs and stroll around the campus when we have nothing to do. She and her husband, Teacher Lao Wang, also like to stroll around when we have nothing to do. Then we got to know each other more and more, and gradually we became familiar with each other.
Yes, she told us about buying honey last time, so your grandpa went to buy it.
Then she pulled me aside and whispered to me that there were several farmers at the back door of the school. They all grew a lot of vegetables at home. She bought them from them. Sometimes they didn't want to go to the street, so they would
Where to buy them from, not to mention, the ones picked are still fresh.
They also told me to go there quietly so that no more people would see it. They said they didn’t know when the bridge would be built. There were so many residents in this school and they would all go to them to buy something.
, maybe the food is too expensive and you won’t be able to buy anything then.”
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded. They both understood and didn't think there was anything wrong with what the old lady said. After all, people are selfish. After encountering something, the first priority must be to protect themselves.
Your interests will not be infringed, so that you can consider other people's interests. It is already very good that the old lady can tell her grandma about this.
Then she heard her grandma say, "She said that they paid a deposit to those farmers, and after finishing the vegetables, they would go directly to them to pick them."
"You're smart, this old lady. If I take her money, it will at least ensure their family's supply of vegetables for the next few days," Xiang Jin said in surprise, glaring at her.
Her grandma smiled and nodded, "Well, yes, so later I also went to their stores and bought some vegetables. I also paid some deposits with them, and I made reservations for two at two of them.
Chickens and ducks, and I bought dozens of local eggs and duck eggs."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were both stunned, and then they both stood in awe of her grandma. Xiang Jin gave her grandma a thumbs up, "Awesome, grandma!"
Her grandma laughed and said, "What's the point? I can't let you drink that porridge and eat those steamed buns every time. Isn't that nutritious? You still have to eat dinner."
There was a sudden warmth in their hearts, and then they heard her grandma say again, "But it will take two days for the chickens and ducks to be slaughtered. We have to eat the meat in the refrigerator first."
, otherwise it would be a pity if the electricity won’t come back by then and it breaks down.”
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded again. This was indeed the truth. Her grandma said, "I'm glad that it has been raining today and the temperature is low. The refrigerator has a very good cooling effect. I will take out the meat at that time."
When thawing, before discovering
The frozen fresh meat is still as hard as ice cubes. Okay, eat, eat, eat quickly. We don’t have many people in the family today, so I have to prepare a lot of dishes!" Xiang Jin and her grandmother said.
Use your chopsticks to invite them to eat.
Xiang Jin said half jokingly and half seriously, "Okay, three dishes and one soup, and it's also a broth. At noon today, and in the next few days, many classmates will probably be jealous of our life.
"As he said this, Xiang Jin turned his head towards Yan Chen and winked playfully.
"Yeah!" Yan Chen curled his lips slightly, glanced sideways at her, and then put a chopstick dish into her bowl, "Eat quickly, don't let it cool!"
"oh!"
After the meal, the two of them cleaned up the dishes for her grandma and returned to the kitchen. Then they saw her grandma spreading a lot of vegetables to dry on the floor in a corner of the kitchen.
There was a cabbage, a few cucumbers, a few loofahs, a few long green eggplants, a pumpkin, a few August melons, a small winter melon that had been cut into parts, and an extra
There were several bags of corn, and in the empty space at the other end of the stove was a vegetable basket of native eggs. There were no native duck eggs, so the duck eggs were probably placed under the eggs.
"Wow, grandma, you actually bought so many vegetables today. We won't have to worry about running out of vegetables in the next few days," Xiang Jin couldn't help but shout to the old lady outside.
Her grandma was outside and said with a smile, "It's always good to be prepared, just in case it's hard to buy vegetables later. You have to know that two of the farmers in Houmenzi are in school.
There are people selling food in the canteen."
"Oh, that's true." She also heard that there were several companies selling food in the cafeteria at the back door of the school. They prepared the food every day and then pushed it to the school cafeteria on a small cart for sale. "So
How did you get so much food back?"
Her grandmother said, "Oh, the young man from the store that sells our chickens, ducks and eggs was kind enough to bring them back for me."
"oh!"
Her grandma suddenly sighed worriedly, "Oh, it's raining so heavily. I wonder if your brother and grandpa left this morning?"
Xiang Jin comforted him, "It rains here, and it may not rain in the city. But when the electricity comes, you can call home and ask. Besides, you don't have to call grandpa over so early."
.”
Yan Chen reminded, "Actually, we can take a detour when the time comes."
Xiang Jin was stunned for a moment, and then looked at him with some confusion.
So does Xiang Jin’s grandmother.
Then Yan Chen explained to them that there was a traffic artery leading to other districts and counties at the back gate of their school. They could take a detour from other districts and counties, but it was just a little troublesome.
"Oh, it seems so," Xiang Jin suddenly realized.
However, Xiang Jin and her grandmother are still a little confused, because she is really not familiar with the situation here. In fact, Xiang Jin is not very familiar with it, because she basically does not go to the back gate of the school, so she knows
The school nurse's house is right next to the back gate of the school.
One time she had a slight cold and went to the school doctor's house to get some medicine. Then she met two other students from another class there who were also getting medicine. One of the students seemed to tell them which county and district they were from.
They usually don't go through Shengshui Town when they go home, but go straight to the northeast from the road next to the back gate of the school.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Maybe it's a bit far?"
Xiang Jin and the others nodded, and then Xiang Jin told her optimistically, "But we can finally get around it, so don't be afraid. No matter how far it is, it's still within the jurisdiction of our city, right?"
Her grandma also laughed and said, "This is true!"
The rain lasted for several days before stopping. It rained heavily for the first two days. On the third day, the rain weakened, but it continued continuously.
During this period, the power was not turned on until ten o'clock in the evening on the third day. It was said that a large transformer in their area had burned out. Due to the violent storm that night, a big tree was blown down. The big tree was blown down.
When it blew down, it accidentally broke several wires. Because of the heavy rain, no one dared to repair it, so the power was cut off for several days.
Although Xiang Jin and his family had some meat ingredients in their refrigerator, fortunately, Xiang Jin and her grandmother saw that there was no call at three or four o'clock that afternoon, so she took out all the ingredients like sausages and bacon from the refrigerator.
Then put it in the kitchen and tie it with a string and put it in a ventilated place to dry.
When it was ready, a few pieces of fresh meat were taken out and marinated in time, or some buns and dumplings were mixed with the lotus white and took out to take advantage of the rainy weather when the temperature was relatively low. They were left to steam and cook porridge the next morning.
Eat so that their meat ingredients are not wasted.
The school was originally scheduled to start on September 1st, but due to the heavy rain and the fact that the stone bridge from the town to the school was washed away, many students arrived in the town due to the
If they didn't come, they would go back home. However, some students still went to the trouble to return to school by taking a detour and paying extra fare.
Because of this heavy rain, it has caused some inconvenience for the merchants in the canteen to purchase ingredients, which has directly led to a linear downward trend in the students' living standards.
Not only could I drink porridge and eat steamed buns every day, but later on I could only eat steamed buns, and there were no more steamed buns. It was like the days before when you could have several meat dishes and several vegetarian dishes to choose from for every meal.
It can only be memories and yearning.
Even if some merchants brave the heavy rain and take a detour to another district or county to buy some meat ingredients, the price of the meal will at least double.
Take the small restaurant where Xiang Jin and the others had been eating as an example. Yan Fei said that they used to pay six or seven yuan for a portion of stir-fried meat and vegetables alone, but now if he wants to eat a portion of that kind of stir-fried dish, it would cost at least
It's more than twelve yuan.
Xiang Jin nodded, "I understand. After all, it's not easy to transport ingredients from such a long distance."
Yan Fei nodded, "Who says it's not true? But I still feel a little heartache every time when money is deducted. You said that one meal costs so much, and three meals a day costs dozens of dollars.
After a few days, it will be a hundred and a hundred, and if it continues like this, I can hardly afford to eat!"
Xiang Jin rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, "Stop crying about being poor. Whoever can't afford to eat can't be you, not to mention you have hundreds of dollars a month."
living expenses, and later Yan Chen transferred his several hundred yuan to you. Your second uncle’s daily
He also brought you a thermos bucket of food. What he brought you in the thermos bucket couldn't be porridge and steamed buns. At least what he brought you was not stewed meat but stir-fried vegetables. Look at you, a lot of people are eating it recently.
If you lose weight due to hunger, you gain weight instead, and if you can’t afford to eat, who will you blame?”
Yan Fei looked at Yan Chen, "Have I gained weight?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, it's almost time to rush the pigs!"
Yan Fei was stunned.
Xiang Jin nodded honestly, "Well, I also think that if you keep urging me, I can be out of the market by the end of the year."
Yan Fei immediately blew his hair and glared at them, pointed at them with his hands on his hips and cursed, "You two are so bad, who are you calling pigs? You two are the pigs!"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen glanced at him with contempt, as if not many people were willing to pay attention to him.
When Yan Fei saw this, he immediately tried to please them in a dog-like manner and said, "How are you two's life lately?"
Xiang Jin said, "Not as good as you!"
Yan Fei believed it, and then said with some embarrassment, "Actually, I mainly rely on my second uncle for my meat now, otherwise I would be just as hungry and skinny as the other people who eat in the cafeteria."
Xiang Jin curled his lips again, "Dese!"
Yan Fei had a smile on his face.
Xiang Jin said, "Your second uncle has to make a long circuit every day when he comes to school."
Yan Fei nodded, "Isn't it? But the good thing is that he doesn't have to study in the morning. He can also switch to other teachers who live in the school to study in the evening, so he can go directly after his own class every day.
The land went back.
Sigh, if your family is short of meat and vegetables, you can ask my second uncle to help you bring it, since he has to come to school from the town every day."
Xiang Jin shook his head, "That's not necessary." At present, their family has no shortage of meat and vegetables. They have bacon at home, and her grandma also killed a chicken or duck for them from a nearby farmer to eat, but it seemed a little bit
My son is short of rice. She looked at it in the morning and it seems that their rice is only enough to last for three days.
No, she had to find a way to get some rice back. She was still more accustomed to eating white rice.
Xiang Jin glanced at Yan Fei again, why don't he ask Yan Fei and his second uncle to help bring some rice back?
Then Xiang Jin shook his head again, alas, forget it, let's not say that they were not familiar with Yan Fei and his second uncle, even if they were very familiar with each other, with his second uncle's body as a weak scholar, she was worried that he could
You can't lift ten kilograms of rice.
Later, Yan Chen asked Xiang Jin alone, "What did you mean when you saw Yan Fei shaking his head?"
Xiang Jin didn't hide anything and told him the truth. Yan Chen said, "Don't worry about this, I have a way."
"What can we do?" Xiang Jin asked.
Yan Chen asked, "Why don't you do business?"
Xiang Jin understood instantly, "Oh, I see, do you want to buy rice from those canteen merchants?"
The corners of Yan Chen's lips curled up, "You're smart, you can do it with just a few clicks."
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Who do you want to buy from? The proprietress of the small restaurant? But I think they may sell it at a higher price.
Yan Fei and the others can sell fried meat and vegetables for double the price. Although I can't say anything in front of Yan Fei, to be honest, I think their food is still a bit expensive.
If you say that their family does not have land to produce food themselves, and they all buy food from outside to open restaurants, then their food will become more valuable at this time, and it will definitely not be that cheap, and maybe the price will be the same.
double.
Although our family is a little short of food now, it has not reached the level of famine." At this point, she moved closer to him and then turned down the volume. "Although we are not short of money now.
, but I think we still don’t need to spend that wasted money, don’t you think?”
Facing her eyes that were asking for his opinion seriously, the smile on Yan Chen's lips became even thicker, and even his eyes were filled with smiles, "Who said I would just look for them?" However, he is really a stingy person.
Scrooge!
"Then who are you going to buy it from?" Xiang Jin asked.
Yan Chen asked, "Aren't there several farmers around?"
Xiang Jin nodded immediately, "Ah, sure! When should we go?"
"How about after school in the afternoon?" Yan Chen suggested.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then you can wait for me when the time comes, and I'll check if the rice is of good quality!"
"Okay!" Yan Chen responded.
After school in the afternoon, the two of them went to the back entrance of the campus and alarmed the guard, saying that they were not feeling well and wanted to get some medicine from the school doctor. Xiang Jin pretended to cough twice, and the guard believed it.
The land was released.
After the two of them left the school gate, Xiang Jin stood aside and looked at several houses not far away, and then asked Yan Chen, "Which house should we go to?"
Yan Chen raised his head and glanced at the houses, and then said, "How about we go to the school doctor's house? I think their house is better cleaned! The food should also be cleaner."
Xiang Jin was startled, then smiled, "Okay," this person is really a mysophobia, and he has to choose something that is very pleasing to his eyes when buying food. "But what if the school doctor doesn't sell it to us? What do you think?
Their family is not short of money."
Yan Chen said, "Let's go take a look first. If it doesn't sell, we'll go to another place."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay then!"
The two of them went to the school doctor's house. When the school doctor saw the two of them, he asked, "Which one of you is feeling uncomfortable? What are your symptoms?"
Xiang Jin looked at the school doctor and smiled, "Dr. He, we are not here to get medicine, we want to buy some food from you, that is, rice.
As you all know, the stone bridge leading to the town was washed away by the river two days ago, making it inconvenient to go to the streets to buy food. Our family is almost running out of food. Do you think we can get some from you?
Huh? It doesn’t matter if the price is a little higher.”
The school doctor also knows them. After all, both of them have outstanding looks, and both of them have very good academic performance. They are both top academic figures in the school and receive scholarships every term.
Students also like to watch the excitement when scholarships are awarded, so Xiang Jin and Yan Chen left a deep impression on them.
Later, Xiang Jin's life experience became known to everyone in the school. They were so close to the school, so naturally they had heard of it. I heard that Xiang Jin's grandparents even rented a hotel in the school in order to recognize her.
I bought a house and came here to cook for her and take care of her three meals a day.
After hearing Xiang Jin's words, he was startled for a moment, then he laughed, stretched out his finger and pointed at them both, "You two? That's true! Okay, then you want to buy it?"
How much?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen didn't expect that he would agree so readily, so they both had happy smiles on their faces, so Xiang Jin tentatively asked, "Do you have twenty pounds?"
Then Dr. He frowned and said, "Twenty pounds?"
Xiang Jin immediately changed his words and said, "Ten pounds, ten pounds is enough?"
Then He Shengsheng said, "You guys wait a minute, I'll ask my old lady," and then he shouted in a loud voice, "Hey, old lady, how much rice is there in our rice vat?"
Then Xiang Jin and the others heard a middle-aged female voice reply, "There are still twenty or thirty pounds left!"
Then Dr. He shouted to her again, "Put on the ten pounds and bring it back to that little Xiang girl!"
After a while, Dr. He's old lady came out. When she saw Xiang Jin and Yan Chen, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then the corners of her mouth raised a smile, "It's you two, wait for me, I
Go and install it for you."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, you haven't said the price yet? Dr. He, Dr. Han, how much does this rice cost per pound?" Although Dr. He and his wife's medical skills are not very good, Xiang Jin feels that they should still give it.
A certain honorific for others.
Sure enough, the smile on Dr. He's wife's lips became even bigger, "Oh, don't worry, I won't sell it to you at a high price. Just pay it according to the market price. This rice is pounded from our own millet."
Xiang Jin said, "No, you misunderstood me. What I mean is that your price can be higher. After all, it is raining now and the stone bridge to the town has been washed away. You are going to mine rice."
It’s not very convenient to grind flour, so you deserve a higher price.”
Dr. Han waved his hand and said, "Hey, it's nothing. Anyway, we basically go to the drug store in town every day. We have a motorcycle at home. Although the road is a bit detoured, it must be done every day."
They all have to go, and we’ll just grab two pockets of grain and hunt it, so there won’t be any trouble.”
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Thank you very much."
Dr. Han waved his hand again, "It's okay, it's okay. I like you kids with good grades the most. My kid also had good grades in school before."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were immediately dumbfounded. It turned out that they had taken advantage of their good academic performance. Then Xiang Jin asked, "What grade are your children in now?"
Dr. He and his wife burst into laughter immediately, and Dr. Han immediately said, "That boy of mine is studying medicine now and is about to graduate from graduate school."
Xiang Jin was startled, then felt a little embarrassed, but then he sincerely praised, "Oh, that's pretty cool. All three of your family are doctors!"
Dr. Han's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, "Yes, yes, our whole family is a doctor."
Dr. He urged her, "Oh, hurry up and pack all the food for them. I keep saying here that the children will have to eat when they go back later, and they have to go back to the classroom for evening self-study. You are the only one who talks a lot here."
"Oh oh oh, okay, okay, that girl Xiang Jin, come with me and I will load the food for you," Dr. Han immediately responded.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded and followed. Then Dr. Na Na Han led them to their rice vat, and then she took off the lid of the rice vat in front of them.
After opening it, Xiang Jin and the others saw that the rice was still quite new, and the grains sounded plump, unlike the rice in some people's homes that was beaten into pieces.
"Wait a minute, I'll find a bag for you to put it in!"
The two of them nodded.
But after searching all over, they only found two large plastic bags. "Oh, our family doesn't usually get any big bags. We only have these bags. We usually use them to pick up traditional Chinese medicine."
This kind of bag is okay, I will put two more bags in it for you, and then I will put two more layers of bags on the outside for you."
Xiang Jin and the others nodded. Finally, she packed four small bags for them and weighed them again. The total was just over sixteen kilograms. Then Dr. Han asked them, "You only need ten kilograms, right?"
Xiang Jin said, "If it is convenient for you to sell us more, these are also acceptable."
Then Dr. Han smiled and said, "Okay, I'll sell these to you."
The rice was packed and weighed, but the other party didn't know the specific market price. In the end, Xiang Jin hesitated and told them what her grandparents had bought it for in the market before.
In this case, they bought theirs 20 cents higher than her grandparents’ previous price.
The other couple said that they should pay according to the previous price of her grandparents, but Xiang Jin felt that it was inappropriate, and finally paid them at a price that was 20 cents higher.
When the two returned home, Xiang Jin and her grandmother were surprised and said, "Oh, why did you two go buy rice? There is still some at home!"
Xiang Jin said, "I see there isn't much left at home. It's only enough for about three days at most?"
Her grandma said, "Oh, there's more. Your grandfather and I bought two big bags before. Because the kitchen is not big, we only put half of the bags in the kitchen and the rest in our room."
It's in that big cardboard box, oh, you two kids didn't even ask me, I mean, why haven't you two come back for so long."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. Leave it there and we'll eat it slowly."
Her grandmother urged them, "Go wash your hands and eat."
Xiang Jin and the others went to wash their hands, and then her grandma served the food to the table.
After taking the medicated rice, her grandma asked them where they bought the rice. Xiang Jin said that she bought it at the school doctor's house at the back door. After hearing this, her grandma couldn't help laughing, "You two kids, this doctor
They are treating patients and selling medicine, so you might as well go to someone else’s house to buy food!”
Xiang Jin said, "We just wanted to give it a try, but we didn't expect that they would actually sell it to us."
Her grandma was so happy that she asked which of them had given the money and how much it was in total. Would she give it to them later?
Xiang Jin pointed to Yan Chen next to him, "He gave it to us. We bought sixteen catties and bought it from them for one yuan a catty."
His grandma nodded, and then took out the money and gave it to Yan Chen. Of course Yan Chen wouldn't take it, so her grandma asked Xiang Jin to persuade Yan Chen to accept it. Xiang Jin said, "Oh, grandma, Yan Chen
He won’t want it, so you’d better take it back.”
Her grandma said, "Why not? He already gave me living expenses last time. How can I give him more?"
Xiang Jin pushed her, "Oh, no, no, you can keep it yourself!"
So much so that her grandma spent the whole night struggling with why Xiang Jin said she didn't need to give Yan Chen the rice money she spent that afternoon. She even secretly guessed that the two children were in love and acting as friends, right?
So later after Xiang Jinxia studied in the evening, she couldn't help but ask again why she didn't give Yan Chen the rice money she spent that afternoon. Isn't it wrong for them to take advantage of others?
Xiang Jin pulled her to the living room and sat down, "Grandma, actually Yan Chen and I don't have to separate things like this that are worth tens of one hundred and eighty yuan. Sometimes I give it, and sometimes he gives it. We
It doesn’t matter either way.”
Her grandma was even more frightened, and at the same time she was even more suspicious that the two of them were dating and acting like friends. However, as a grandma who was only recognized by her, she couldn't ask her so openly, so she had to ask tactfully, "Why?"
What?"
Xiang Jin told her, "Oh, it's actually nothing. How can I put it, Yan Chen and I jointly rented a piece of land in the provincial capital. I occupied a few shares, and he occupied a few acres. We are planting on that land.
Greenhouse vegetables, so we have a certain amount of income every month.
For example, when we eat together, when we buy something worth tens or hundreds of yuan, it doesn't matter who pays and who doesn't. We don't know the difference so clearly. Sometimes it's him who pays, sometimes it's him who doesn't.
Let me tell you, we are all very natural and casual.
So you don’t have to be so fussy with him in the future, which will only make you more unfamiliar!"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother were very surprised, and then she smiled again, with eyes full of adoration, "You two kids are really big ass, and you are actually starting a business at such a young age. Okay, okay, wow,
Okay, grandma will know what to do in the future."
Her grandma smiled again when she looked at her. The more she looked at her granddaughter, the more she fell in love with her. It was so worry-free that it hurt.
After staring at her for a while, she couldn't help but ask again, "Then who are you looking for to help you take care of the vegetables in the greenhouse?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen and the veterans under his grandfather are quite reliable."
Her grandma nodded again, "The character of Yan Chen's family is nothing to say. The soldiers under his grandfather must also be good."
The next day, Xiang Jin pulled Yan Chen and said, "My grandma asked me to give you the sixteen yuan again last night. Later, I had no choice but to tell her that I would rent a joint apartment with you in the provincial capital."
I bought a piece of land to grow vegetables in a greenhouse. I told her how many acres I would occupy and how many acres you would occupy. We would have income every month. I told her not to be so polite. Remember, if they ask about you then,
Don’t you say it wrong?”
Yan Chen laughed and said, "Okay, I understand. It's a shared land. You get a share of it and I get a few acres. We grow vegetables in greenhouses and have a certain source of income every month."