After Xiang Jin's grandma bought a chicken and a duck from someone else's place to eat, when she went to buy them for the third time, they were not willing to sell them to her, saying that they didn't even have a few of them.
Chickens and ducks, they still have to raise chickens and ducks to lay eggs.
They didn't want to sell it, and they couldn't force them to sell it, so her grandma had to go back home.
Although there were still some bacon sausages at home, they couldn't keep eating them. After all, eating too much bacon sausages would easily lead to burns, so her grandma had no choice but to go to the small restaurant where they had eaten before and buy it from the proprietress at a high price.
Two pounds of meat came back.
Later, after her evening self-study, her grandma hesitantly said to her, "Xiaojin, grandma wants to discuss something with you."
"Huh? What's going on?" Xiang Jin asked.
Then her grandma told her the matter, and then said, "I plan to go to the town in the next county tomorrow morning to buy some meat ingredients. If I can't come back by noon, you and Yan Chen will watch.
Should I come back and get something to eat by myself, or should I just go to a small restaurant and have a meal? If I want to eat at home, there are noodles and eggs at home."
When Xiang Jin heard her grandma say that she was going to the next town to buy meat for them, she immediately refused and said, "Oh, no, no, there's no need to travel so far? If we don't have meat, we won't have meat."
It’s not like we have to eat meat every day, so what if we eat vegetarian food for two days? If others can eat it, why can’t we?”
Her grandma disapproved and said, "Well, how can that work? You can be a vegetarian, I can be a vegetarian, so Yan Chen can be a vegetarian? Did he pay living expenses here? Besides, you are in your third year of high school now,
The study tasks are very heavy every day, how can I not keep up with my nutrition?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen is not as picky as you think. Besides, don't we eat eggs, duck eggs, and drink milk every day? How can we lack nutrition?"
Besides, didn't you say that grandpa will be back in two days? He will definitely bring us delicious food when he comes back, so don't go and just endure it for two days.
It’s a rainy day and the road is not easy to walk on, and you are not familiar with the environment in the next town. If there are several forks in the road and you don’t meet a pedestrian asking for directions, how will you know where to go next?
ah?
Furthermore, given that your granddaughter has an income source of several thousand dollars every month, I can still afford to eat the food in her small restaurant no matter how expensive it is. So,
If we want to eat meat, can we hurt our own stomachs?"
Her grandma laughed and said, "Yes, you can!"
Xiang Jin patted her hand, "So, it's better not to go, it will save us from worrying?! Also, we haven't had bacon for a few days, why don't you cook bacon for us at noon tomorrow?
Come and eat the sausage.
We have eggplants and cucumbers at home, that’s fine. Also, aren’t there a few tomatoes at home? Can you fry us some tomatoes and scrambled eggs?”
"Okay, it's up to you," her grandmother held her hand and smiled until her eyes closed.
The next morning, while Xiang Jin and the others were having breakfast, there was a sudden knock on the door of their home. Xiang Jin and Yan Chen stood up at the same time and tried to open the door, but their grandma stopped them.
Do you want me to eat your food?" After saying that, her grandmother walked over there and asked the person outside the door, "Who is it?!"
"It's me, Grandma Qiao, Xiang Jin's deskmate, Lei Jia," a girl's voice came from outside the door.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were both surprised. After looking at each other, they both looked towards the door. Xiang Jin and her grandmother walked over and opened the door, and then they saw Lei standing outside the door.
Jia, there is another kind old man who is about sixty years old.
If Lei Jia was alone, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen wouldn't have to be polite to her, but after seeing the old man, out of politeness, they immediately stood up from the dining table and walked towards the door.
passed.
"Hello, Grandma Qiao!" Lei Jia took the lead in greeting Xiang Jin and her grandmother politely.
"Oh, okay, okay, come in, come in," Xiang Jin and her grandmother stepped aside and warmly invited them into the house.
Lei Jia was very happy after seeing Xiang Jin. After the two waved to each other to say hello, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen politely said hello to her grandfather.
Then Lei Jia said, "There is too much mud on our feet, so we won't go in." Then she bent down as if to pick something up from the wall, and her grandfather hurriedly lifted it to her.
Then Xiang Jin and the others saw a snake cloth bag with most of the contents in it. They were all surprised for a moment, and Xiang Jin asked, "Who is this?"
Lei Jia said, "It has rained in recent days, and the stone bridge from the town to the school was washed away. My mother and grandma were afraid that you would stop buying, so we took advantage of the rain to lighten up today.
In addition, I had to go back to school to pick up some books and homework, so they asked me to bring you some ingredients. My grandpa was afraid that I couldn't twist it, so he came with me."
After Xiang Jin and the others heard this, they were suddenly moved. Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Oh, you see your mother and your grandmother are really thoughtful. We are really troublesome and thank them. Come on.
Come on, come in quickly!"
Xiang Jin also said, "Come in quickly, our family doesn't have to pay that much attention."
Yan Chen walked over and directly picked up the snake cloth bag.
After Lei Jia and her grandfather looked at each other, they nodded and entered the house.
After entering the house, Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked them if they had had breakfast. If not, she would join them.
Lei Jia and her grandfather both waved their hands and said that they had already eaten, so just let them eat and don't worry about them.
Xiang Jin and his mother-in-law and grandson all nodded without being polite to them. After Xiang Jin poured a glass of water for each of them, he went back to the dining table to continue eating.
Lei Jia walked to the snake cloth bag, opened it, and then took out a large piece of tofu. Xiang Jin and her grandmother thought she was going to help them clean it up, so she said, "Child,
You just leave it there, and I will take care of it after dinner."
Lei Jia said, "No, Grandma Qiao, this piece of tofu was just baked at our house this morning. It was still very hot when it was freshly baked. But because we were in a hurry, my mother and I milked them.
I didn’t have time to wait for it to cool down before putting it in, so I was afraid that it would get damaged if I kept it in the bag like this, so I took it out to dry.”
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, and then sighed, "Oh, your mothers made the tofu themselves. They are really tired. How tired must they be to get up so early?"
Lei Jia said, "They think the tofu sold on the street outside doesn't taste very good, so since Xiang Jin taught our family how to make the pickled fish, tofu and rice noodles, we have always made the tofu ourselves every morning.
Freshly ground.”
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked her, "How is the business in your restaurant now?"
Speaking of this, the corner of Lei Jia's mouth raised a big smile, "Okay, every day is very good, even during leisure days, our business is always full every day.
If it is a special day, many nearby neighbors want to come to our house to eat the pickled cabbage, tofu, fish and rice noodles. They will bring their own small pots and basins to our house to make rice, and then take it home to eat.
My mother and grandma often regret that our store is too small, otherwise they would really like to put a few more tables."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother laughed and said, "Oh, that's really great!"
Lei Jia and her grandfather were all smiling.
Then Xiang Jin asked them, "How long did it take you to go around from the town to the school?"
Lei Jia said, "About an hour and a half."
Xiang Jin was silent for a moment, "Didn't you leave home at around six o'clock?"
Lei Jia nodded, "Absolutely."
"Then didn't your mother and your grandma go to the vegetable market earlier to help us buy vegetables?" Xiang Jin and her grandma then said again.
Lei Jia said, "That's not the case. They went there after six o'clock, when the gastronomy is bright, because the meat and ingredients they brought to you were all prepared in advance by the stall owners who they knew well yesterday.
He told them when we would pick it up this morning and asked them to prepare it in advance, and then they all agreed.
Oh, by the way, Grandma Qiao, those vegetables and so on were basically picked from our own fields this morning, so there is still a lot of rain on them. You can dry them outside for a while before putting them in the refrigerator.
Go inside."
Xiang Jin's grandma nodded, "Okay, thank you, thank you, thank you so much. Go back and tell your mother and grandma. When the water stops another day, we will come to say thank you."
Lei Jia waved his hand and said, "Oh, you're welcome, you're welcome, actually it doesn't mean anything!"
Xiang Jin and the others finished breakfast as quickly as possible, and then her grandma went to pack up the ingredients that Lei Jia had brought. Then Xiang Jin and the others saw that Lei Jia and the others had brought them a lot of fresh meat ingredients.
.
Pork, ribs, a chicken, a duck, and a large grass carp that had been slaughtered. The amount of pork and ribs were at least five or six kilograms each, and the ribs had already been prepared for them.
Cut it into pieces and slaughter it.
Seeing this, Xiang Jin couldn't help but smile and said, "What you delivered is really timely. We just finished eating the fresh meat in the refrigerator yesterday. My grandma also said that she would go to the district in the next county today.
I went up to buy some fresh meat and came back. Unexpectedly, you brought it to us, and you brought so much, that our family can eat for several days."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother also said, "Yes, yes, isn't it? It really solved a big carnivorous problem in our family."
After hearing this, Lei Jia and her grandfather were both very happy, and both of them had happy smiles on their faces. After all, this gift-giving was quite particular.
One is to send it to people's hearts, and the other is to send it to a critical moment, especially for people like Xiang Jin and the others. People usually have money and don't lack anything, so the things you give to them are important to them no matter how noble they are.
Home may not always be attractive.
But seeing them like this, they really liked it, and the two grandfathers and grandsons immediately felt that they had got the right gift.
Because there was not much time, Xiang Jin and the others could not stay at home for a long time, so Lei Jia and his grandson sat at home for a while and then said they wanted to leave.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother hurriedly took out two hundred yuan and handed it to Lei Jia and others, thanking them for bringing them these ingredients to solve their family's dietary problem in the next few days.
Lei Jia and his grandson didn't want it. They were stuffing each other as if they were fighting. Xiang Jin's grandma said that they were very grateful that they could work so hard to bring them so many ingredients in such rainy weather.
Thank you, how can we let them spend so much money?
Lei Jia and her grandfather said that compared with Xiang Jin's desire to help them, it was nothing. If it weren't for Xiang Jin, the business in their restaurant would not be so booming now. They just do whatever they want now.
She could earn hundreds of dollars in net profit every day. Her mother and her grandmother repeatedly told them before they left that they couldn't take any money from them. How could she go against their wishes?
No matter how high or low they were, Xiang Jin and her grandmother had no choice but to give the money to Xiang Jin and asked Xiang Jin to give it to her.
Xiang Jin also felt that she didn't want to eat other people's food this time, so she asked Lei Jia to keep the money, and said that her family had already thanked them last time, and she couldn't do that this time, so she
Once you hand them over once, they can't just go back and eat their food for free.
Lei Jia said, "That's just one time. You gave me lectures to help me improve my studies. If it weren't for you, my current grades might have plummeted, so why don't you accept this?"
"Here, it's a little thought from us," she said and pushed the money back to Xiang Jin.
The stalemate couldn't continue like this, and since they were talking about this, Xiang Jin had no choice but to hand the money back to her grandma, "In that case, grandma, let's forget it?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother sighed, "Oh, look at you, you are spending so much money, and we are embarrassed all the time." After saying that, her grandmother asked Xiang Jin to keep the money.
Xiang Jin put the money back into her hands, "Oh, you can keep it yourself. I don't usually use money very much, and I'm too lazy to carry so much cash with me."
Her grandma looked at her and cursed with a smile, "This child..."
Lei Jia also smiled and said, "Grandma Qiao, you are too polite. Just say a polite and proud word. Our restaurant can only make money back in one morning with these ingredients. It really means nothing. If we put this aside
In the past, it might take us a few days or a week to earn back the money."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother laughed again, "Okay, then Grandma Qiao will accept it without any courtesy?!"
"Yeah!" Lei Jia nodded vigorously.
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Did you go to the classroom to get your books and homework and then go back right away? Or did you say you would go back after school in the afternoon?"
Lei Jia said, "I have to pay the tuition fee and sign up when I come here today. Let's go back in the afternoon."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Can you go back and catch the train?"
Lei Jia said, "My uncle will pick me up on his motorcycle in the afternoon."
Xiang Jin nodded again, "Okay, then you come to our house for dinner at noon. Grandma, you will cook Lei Jia's rice at noon."
"Oh, okay!" Her grandmother agreed readily.
Lei Jia hesitated and nodded.
Then everyone went out and went downstairs together. However, when they reached the door, Lei Jia and her grandfather suddenly turned around and asked Xiang Jin and her grandmother, "Oh, by the way, do you still have rice, flour, grain and oil at home? If you need it,
I'll ask Lei Jia's uncle to pull you up when the time comes?"
Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Oh, no, no, thank you very much. We still have all the food at home, and there's plenty of it, as well as the lard and sesame oil for cooking."
Lei Jia and her grandfather nodded, and then everyone continued going downstairs.
After going downstairs, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen left separately from Lei Jia and his grandson. They went back to the classroom directly, while Lei Jia went to the school's enrollment office to pay tuition and collect books.
Because the rain had weakened a bit, the day students living in the town also took a detour back to school like Lei Jia. Xiang Jin and his class teacher said, "When you come, you will be in peace. When you return to the classroom, you can study in peace."
Study?"
Xiang Jin later asked Lei Jia, "If you don't go to morning and evening self-study, Teacher He will agree?"
Lei Jia nodded towards her, "Well, I called Teacher He before. He said that out of consideration for our personal safety, we day students don't need to go to morning and evening self-study, and we can study at home.
.”
"Yeah," Xiang Jin nodded.
Since there were four people eating at home, Xiang Jin and her grandmother still made four dishes plus a soup for lunch, one braised eggplant with bacon, one scrambled egg with tomatoes, one braised tofu fish, one steamed pork with fresh pork belly, plus
A cucumber, pickled cabbage and vermicelli soup.
"Grandma Qiao, you guys are all good at cooking. Xiang Jin's food is delicious, and so is your food," Lei Jia couldn't help but praise after taking a bite of the steamed pork she made.
"Really?" Xiang Jin and her grandmother laughed, and then said, "If you like it, then you can come to our house to eat often in the future!"
"Yeah," Lei Jia nodded politely.
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother further invited her, "Then you can come to our house for lunch from now on, and I will cook the food for you then!"
Lei Jia was immediately flattered. She quickly put down the bowl, and after swallowing the food in her mouth, she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, no, no, thank you Grandma Qiao, I'd better eat in the school cafeteria."
Got it!"
Xiang Jin said, "Just come to our house to eat. The food at our house is better than the food in the school cafeteria. Recently, the food in the school cafeteria is really not that good. Not to mention the money spent, and the food...
It’s nothing, many students are complaining, but there’s nothing they can do.”
After hearing Xiang Jinye's invitation, Lei Jia felt moved and grateful, "Why is this so embarrassing?"
Xiang Jin said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Our family has eaten so many ingredients that your family sent us and we don't feel embarrassed at all. It doesn't matter how many meals you have at our house. Besides, you haven't been with us all the time."
It’s just home food, that’s just for the near future, what can you do to be so polite?”
Lei Jia cautiously glanced at Yan Chen again. Seeing that his expression had not changed and he didn't say anything, her anxious heart felt a little more at ease. She was afraid that he wouldn't like her talking to Xiang Jin and the others.
Eat at home.
To be honest, she has always been a little scared of this Yan Chen. He always gave people a cold and hard-to-reach feeling. Even though they had sat together and had dinner together several times, she
I just don't feel like I'm familiar with him.
"Well, then, then, if it rains these days, I will bother you at your house at noon."
"Hey, you kid, what are you talking about? You and Xiaojin are in the same class and at the same table, and we are usually very good friends. You don't need to be so polite, ah?!" Xiang Jin's grandmother said.
"Yeah!" Lei Jia nodded vigorously.
When school was over in the afternoon, Uncle Lei Jiana drove his motorcycle to pick her up as expected. Xiang Jin hesitated for a moment but couldn't help but said, "I don't think it's an option for you to take a detour like this every day.
Why don't you bring two sets of clothes and a mat and blanket when you go back and just move to the campus? Anyway, I still have a bed in the dormitory, and it's all paid for, so it would be a waste to leave it empty.
I don’t know how long it will take for your stone bridge to be repaired. There is no way that the bridge has not been repaired forever. You just don’t go to school to study in the morning and evening. I feel that no matter how much you review your homework at home, you will never be in school.
Most of them are effective. Not to mention other things, the teachers often explain the test papers during evening self-study classes, but you will definitely not hear this."
After hearing what she said, Lei Jia was moved and nodded seriously to her, "Well, okay, I'll go back and talk to my mother and grandma for a while, shall we go?"
"Yeah!" Xiang Jin nodded slightly.
Even Xiang Jin herself didn't expect that Lei Jia would move much faster than she imagined.
Early the next morning, Xiang Jin and the others had just finished their morning self-study when they saw Lei Jia and her uncle waiting downstairs of their house carrying large and small bags of things.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were surprised for a moment when they saw them, "Hey, why don't you go up?"
Lei Jia said, "We have just arrived, so we won't go up for a while. You guys take this up for a while, and then I will go directly to the dormitory with my uncle."
Xiang Jin frowned when he saw her carrying another snake cloth bag for them, "What are you carrying?"
Lei Jia said, "With some ingredients, shouldn't I have to eat at your house in the next few days? It's like a companionship!"
Xiang Jin frowned slightly, "Didn't you just get the ingredients yesterday?" Isn't it too frequent?
Lei Jia said, "Oh, yesterday's one doesn't count. Yesterday's was specially delivered to you, and today's is the ration for eating at your house recently.
Oops, you guys go up quickly, don't waste time, and I have to go to the dormitory." As she said that, she pushed Xiang Jin towards the stairs.
Xiang Jin said, "Are you going by yourself? Do you need me to accompany you?"
Lei Jia shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be necessary. I know everyone in the dormitory."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, then you can go by yourself."
Lei Jia nodded, then looked at Yan Chen and begged, "Yan Chen, could you please help me carry this upstairs?"
Yan Chen nodded slightly, then without saying anything, he bent down slightly, picked up the snake cloth bag, and went upstairs.
Xiang Jin took two steps and then turned to face her again and said, "Oh, by the way, you don't need to prepare the washbasin, the small bucket, and the kettle. I have them there, you can just get them when the time comes.
That’s what I used in the past.”
"Oh, okay!" After hearing this, Lei Jia raised the corners of his mouth again.
After Xiang Jin and the others returned home, her grandma saw that they brought back a cloth bag with something in it and asked, "What is this?"
Xiang Jin said, "Lei Jia has been eating at our house recently."
Xiang Jin's grandmother sighed, "Oh, their family is too polite."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, who cares? You can eat it right away. You can't ask them to carry it back so far. How much trouble would that be?"
Her grandma nodded, "Okay, then you go and eat quickly, and I'll put away the ingredients for a while."
Xiang Jin asked, "You don't want to eat?"
Her grandma said, "I'll eat it later, you can eat it."
"Oh, okay then," the two of them turned around and went to the bathroom to wash their hands.
After a while, Xiang Jin saw her grandma take out a few more plastic bags of meat and ribs from the snake cloth bag. There seemed to be two pieces of bacon in them, and there was also a plastic bag of rice and a handful of noodles at the bottom.
There are some vegetables such as cucumbers, eggplants, celery and garlic sprouts.
After Xiang Jin swallowed the food in her mouth, she shouted to her grandma, "Grandma, call grandpa when the time comes and ask him not to buy ingredients when he comes back. Look at the many vegetables and meat we have.
I can’t finish it in a week.”
Her grandma smiled and said, "That's right, look at how many dishes there are. Our refrigerator is full and hasn't been filled yet. Alas, Lei Jia's mother is too polite. Look at these two times.
The ingredients probably cost them hundreds of dollars, and I’m so embarrassed!”
Xiang Jin gnawed on a bun and walked up to her and said, "It's okay. They actually didn't suffer much. Lei Jia moved to the school. It's the bed I used to have in the dormitory. I gave it to her."
When she came to live, I also let her use the washbasins and small buckets I used in the dormitory before, as well as a warm water bottle, so that she didn't have to buy another one. I still saved a lot for them.
Where’s the money?”
Her grandma chuckled and said, "That's true. Anyway, the ones you don't use are empty, but it's a lot more convenient for her to live in the school."
"Yes!" Xiang Jin walked back to drink porridge.
"How do the buns taste today?" Her grandma put away the ingredients and went to the bathroom to wash her hands, came out and walked to the dining table, looking at the two of them and asked.
Xiang Jin asked, "Is this pumpkin filling?"
Her grandma nodded, "Well, I grated the pumpkin, then salted it, squeezed out the water, mixed it with fresh meat, and mixed it into a bag. I don't know what kind of pumpkin it is.
It’s still a water pumpkin, and I bought this pumpkin from farmers nearby.”
Xiang Jin said, "He's a pumpkin!"
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother seemed to be relieved and said, "Oh, that's good, that's good, Xiao Chen, are you used to this stuffing?"
After Yan Chen swallowed the food in his mouth, he nodded and said, "Well, I'm used to it. It's quite delicious!"
A smile suddenly appeared on Xiang Jin's grandmother's lips, "Oh, that's good, that's good. You don't like sweets, so I'm afraid you won't be able to get used to the taste of pumpkin."
Yan Chen said, "No, as long as it's not as sweet as sugar, I can accept it."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "That's good, that's good. Then eat more. I steamed a lot of buns today. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. I also cooked some for you."
As for the eggs, you eat the buns first, and I’ll take them out for you.”
Just when Xiang Jin and her grandmother turned around and went into the kitchen to get eggs for them, Xiang Jin whispered to Yan Chen, "I seem to be unable to eat anymore. I ate four buns in one go. How about you help me put them away?"
Was it eaten?"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "I seem to be full too."
Xiang Jin was stunned for a moment, then said, "Forget it, let's just stop eating!"
Yan Chen looked at her with a smile and whispered to her, "How about we share a meal? Your grandma has cooked some ingredients. It seems a bit unfair to her if we don't eat."
Xiang Jin thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, let's share one."