Because Grandma Mo and Aunt Liao are not very good at eating spicy food, Xiang Jin and the others made a mandarin duck pot when they had hot pot in the evening, half with clear soup flavor and half with red oil flavor.
Aunt Liao and Grandma Mo ate the clear soup flavor. Xiang Jin, Yan Chen, and Grandpa Zeng ate the red oil flavor. Occasionally, Xiang Jin also ate some clear soup flavor.
While eating, Grandma Mo suddenly suggested to Xiang Jin and Yan Chen, "There are a few bags of hot pot base there. Do you want to take two bags to school to eat?"
Xiang Jin asked them, "How many bags are there at home?"
Grandma Mo said, "There are five more bags. When Uncle Tao came back, he brought six bags in total. We haven't eaten anything during this period. This is our first meal tonight."
Yan Chen nodded, "You can bring two bags."
Grandma Mo just laughed and said, "Oh, okay, I'll keep you warm by eating this for the first time in winter."
After dinner and clearing the kitchen dishes, Grandpa Zeng brought a basket of fresh corn to tear, while Grandma Mo took a small chopstick and started peeling it.
Aunt Liao also went over to help, "Are you going to peel it and give it to them to eat in corn buns tomorrow morning?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were also surprised, and then they both went to help. Xiang Jin joined Grandma Mo and the others in peeling corn kernels, while Yan Chen went to help her grandfather tear apart the corn box.
Grandma Mo said, "Where is it? This is for them to take away tomorrow. It is supposed to be fresher if you put it directly on the corn box, but the corn cobs are heavy and take up space. If you bring the corn cobs here, then the other ones will be fresher."
It’s not easy to bring those dishes.”
Xiang Jin was surprised, "Did you bring this for us?"
Grandma Mo nodded, "Ah, when you take it back and freeze it in the refrigerator, as long as the power is off, it won't go bad even if you freeze it for a whole winter. It will still be fresh. Let your grandparents give it to you when the time comes.
Whether you add a few handfuls to make porridge or use it to stir-fry, it is always delicious.
We don't have time to make these for you tomorrow morning, so we will take advantage of tonight's time to peel them for you, and then put them in the refrigerator to keep them fresh for you. We will take them out when you leave tomorrow.
Just take it with you."
"Oh, Grandma Mo, Grandpa Zeng, you are so kind, you even thought of this so thoughtfully for us," Xiang Jin was immediately moved.
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng immediately laughed, and then Grandma Mo said, "We don't have time this time. When you come back next time, I will bake tortillas for you."
Xiang Jin nodded happily, "Okay!"
Aunt Liao suddenly said, "Hey, why don't you wait until next time? I have cornmeal there. I usually don't like to eat the pure white porridge, so I always like to sprinkle a handful of that into the porridge.
The corn was mushy, so when I went to thresh rice last time, I also beat about ten kilograms of cornmeal. Just wait, I'll go back and get some for you."
Aunt Liao has always been a person of action. As she spoke, she put down the corn cob in her hand and started moving.
"Hey, aunt, don't worry, we are going to your house to pick vegetables tomorrow anyway, and you will do the same for us then," Xiang Jin turned his head and shouted to her.
Aunt Liao said, "It's okay. I'll get it for you right now. I'll forget about it tomorrow morning when I'm busy."
Grandma Mo shouted, "Why don't you use a flashlight?"
Aunt Liao paused for a moment, then turned around and said, "Okay, then I'll use a flashlight."
Yan Chen stood up, walked directly to the tea place, and took out a flashlight from the drawer underneath it.
After about twenty minutes, Aunt Liao came back with a flashlight, and then she took out two plastic bags from a bamboo basket. One contained crushed corn residue, and the other contained ground corn residue.
Very fine corn flour, the bag of corn residue weighs about two or three kilograms, and the bag of corn flour is larger, about five or six kilograms.
"Take this corn flour back and ask your grandparents to bake it into corn buns for you to eat. Let them put a handful of this corn dregs in the rice steamer. The steamed rice will be very fragrant.
Even the old people in ancient times often said that we people eat whole grains, so don’t always eat polished rice, and eat some whole grains as well, which is good for your health.
I usually like to put some beans or something in the rice. This not only exercises my teeth, but also absorbs the nutrients our body needs from those grains."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and Xiang Jin said, "Thank you, Auntie!"
Aunt Liao said, "Hey, that's it!"
Xiang Jin suddenly joked, "Auntie, I find that you are becoming more and more knowledgeable and educated now. You still always say that you are uneducated. I think you are quite educated. Look.
You all know that these whole grains contain nutrients that our body needs.”
Several elders laughed, and Aunt Liao said, "You girl can tease your aunt, how can I know this? This is what you told me to the sisters, I just picked her up."
The words are being spoken.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, Sister Xiang Qun is right. These grains do contain a lot of nutrients that our body needs."
Aunt Liao then took out two more bags from the bamboo basket she was carrying and put them on the dining table, "Aunt, Uncle Mingyao, this is what I brought for you.
Don't be dissatisfied, I'll get more for you after a few days."
Grandma Mo said, "Oh, look at what you said, this is too little. If you take it for us, will your family have nothing?"
Aunt Liao said, "Besides, don't worry, I can eat as much as I can on my own. Even if I only have a handful left, I can still eat several or ten meals. I still have two or three kilograms left, don't worry."
Well, I can still eat it for a while."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng nodded, and then everyone continued to peel the corn kernels.
The more people there are, the more powerful they are. In a short time, they peeled two plastic bags of corn kernels, each bag weighing four to five kilograms.
Xiang Jin said, "Wow, there are so many, how can we get them all tomorrow?" They will also bring vegetables tomorrow.
Grandma Mo said, "It's okay. We have already said hello to your Uncle Chen Geng. He will drag you directly to the town tomorrow. Will the bus drive directly to your school gate?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I guess not. We and other students in the school do not have the same holiday, so there are not so many people to carry. They just pulled us to the station in Shengshui Town and ran away directly.
The road to the county town is closed, but it’s okay. We can take a motorcycle back to school and it will be the same."
Grandma Mo said, "It's just that it's so cold today."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, we'll all be wearing down jackets then, we won't be cold!"
Grandma Mo and the others nodded.
The next day, Xiang Jin and the others went to Aunt Liao's house to pick vegetables before setting off. Aunt Liao said, "There are some green onions and garlic seedlings there, so you can add some."
Xiang Jin said, "No need for this, my grandparents have grown it."
Aunt Liao was surprised and said, "Do your grandparents still grow vegetables?"
Xiang Jin said, "They just had nothing to do, so they went to the nearby farmers' fields to find some soil, and then planted some on the balcony."
"Oh, can you grow vegetables on the balcony?" Aunt Liao asked in surprise.
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, as long as the air is circulated, it can be moistened by wind, frost, rain and dew, and there is sunlight, you can grow vegetables on the balcony, just like flowers and plants."
In the future, many people will try to grow vegetables on their balconies in order to eat fresher and healthier vegetables. Some use soil culture and some use hydroponics.
She mentioned it casually to her grandparents last time, and unexpectedly they became very excited. Then when they went home for dinner the next afternoon, her grandparents actually planted vegetables in a greenhouse on the balcony.
Come, not only plant on the ground, but also in the flower pots placed on the balcony fence.
"Oh, is that so? What kind of vegetables do the grandparents grow?" Aunt Liao asked again curiously.
Xiang Jin said, "It's mainly some sweet potato leaves and pea tips, as well as spring onions and garlic seedlings, and then rapeseed seedlings. Basically, I get the seeds from farmers nearby."
Aunt Liao nodded, "It seems that your grandparents are also very good people, so how do the vegetables on your balcony look like?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. We can pick up some green leaves and fry them almost every day or two."
Aunt Liao said, "Would you like me to get you some lettuce seeds and water spinach seeds? These two vegetables have a fast growth cycle and can be eaten in about half a month and twenty days."
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly widened with a smile, "Okay, they will definitely be happy to take it back!"
So later, after Xiang Jin and the others picked some vegetables from Aunt Liao, they took some vegetable seeds with them.
Looking at the baskets of various vegetables in front of her, Xiang Jin was happy, but then she asked Yan Chen distressedly, "Is this too much?" But she missed every vegetable.
Come on, now she no longer dislikes the cucumber.
Yan Chen said, "It's okay, it's just the distance from the school gate to the teachers' dormitory building."
Xiang Jin said, "In this case, I put the cornmeal and corn residue that Aunt Liao brought us into my bag. Anyway, I didn't put anything in my bag. It was basically an empty bag. As for a few books
Just put it in your bag."
Yan Chen said, "Aren't you afraid of getting your bag dirty?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's in a plastic bag. Even if it's dirty, I can just go back and wash it. Is it possible that I'm still worried that it won't dry in a month?"
Yan Chen immediately responded, "Okay!"
The two returned to school. One of Xiang Jin's grandparents was sitting in the living room watching TV with a teacup in her hands, and the other was sitting at the dining table peeling garlic.
"Ah, why did you bring so many things again?" Xiang Jin's grandmother was the first to notice them entering the house. When she saw the bag of vegetables they were carrying, she immediately stood up from the dining table.
, and then walked quickly towards them.
After her grandfather heard her exclamation, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the door, and then directly pressed the remote control panel to turn off the TV.
"Come on, come on, leave it alone, leave it alone, I'll do it," her grandma walked over and said to them.
The two let go of their hands, and Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, grandma, just leave it here and wait, just open the bag and go outside to get it."
"Oh, you two are the only ones carrying such a big bag of things. How heavy is it?" Her grandmother felt distressed when she saw it. "If you had known earlier, you should have called us. We would go to the station or the school gate to pick them up."
What about you, do you think you are so tired?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Fortunately, it's only the distance from the school gate to the dormitory building. I thought it would be too troublesome to call you. The main reason is that it's troublesome for you to answer the phone. You have to climb up and down this building.
There is still such a long distance to the canteen. What if we arrive?
What should I do if I fall in a hurry? That’s why I didn’t call you?” In this era, communications are not very developed, and the main telephones are landlines and bricks. Smartphones have not yet developed, and there is still a long way to go.
Two or three years.
After her grandparents heard this, they immediately felt very warm in their hearts. Then her grandma told them to sit down and rest quickly and leave it to them, so Xiang Jin and the others gave up.
The two of them went to wash their hands and came out, and then they heard her grandfather saying to them, "I made a glass of milk for each of you. I put it on the coffee table. You go and drink it to warm yourself up."
"Oh, good!"
"Oh, there are so many dishes, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish them all in two weeks?" Xiang Jin and her grandmother opened the bag and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Xiang Jin said, "We haven't finished picking the vegetables yet. Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo picked several big baskets of vegetables for us, and Aunt Liao also wanted to give us some green onions, just in case we wanted to eat something fresh."
There are no vegetables with any flavor.”
Xiang Jin's grandma smiled and said, "Your Grandpa Zeng, Grandma Mo, and Aunt Liao love you so much."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, I know! But Grandpa Zeng said that maybe it won't be long before we can buy these vegetables in Shengshui Town."
"Really? Oh, that's great," Xiang Jin's grandmother was immediately overjoyed.
"Well, there is a vegetable seller in our town who wants to bring the vegetable seller here, but he hasn't found a suitable person to contact him, because his family's resources are limited, and they don't feel comfortable asking relatives and outsiders for help.
So I have this idea, but I haven't put it into action yet," Xiang Jin nodded.
Xiang Jin and her grandma said while taking vegetables outside, "Then if someone takes over this business, it will make a lot of money. If nothing else, this school will need as much as it needs every day."
Vegetables? Among the students, teachers and residents inside, who do you think doesn’t need to eat vegetables every day?”
Hearing this, Xiang Jin suddenly had an idea, and then said to her grandma, "Hey, grandma, you can help me pick out a few dishes from those many dishes later, and I will give them to the small restaurant then."
The boss lady sent it to me to thank her for taking care of me over the past two years."
"Oh, yes, yes, yes!" Her grandma just said that she was a grateful child, so she agreed casually.
However, Yan Chen saw a different light in her excited eyes. He immediately understood what she was going to do, so the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He had to say that finding the boss lady was indeed a good choice. The boss lady
He is shrewd and quick-thinking, and knows how to seize opportunities.
"Oh, is this fresh corn?" Her grandmother suddenly said in surprise as she held it.
Xiang Jin and the others walked over with cups of hot milk, "Well, Grandma Mo grew this in their greenhouse vegetable field. They just peeled it out last night. Grandma Mo said it wouldn't be good if it was kept in the freezer layer of the refrigerator for a whole winter.
Question, let’s cook porridge then
I put some when I can. There are corn cobs down there for us to make soup. I also have corn flour and corn dregs given by Aunt Liao in my bag for you to make corn buns for us to eat. The corn dregs are steamed with rice.
When cooking, put a handful in it and the rice will be fragrant.”
Her grandma nodded, "Oh, okay, okay, oh, they are really thoughtful about this."
After her grandma distributed the dishes, she put them in the refrigerator one by one. Then she pointed at the pile of dishes and said to Xiang Jin, "Do you think it's appropriate to give these dishes to the proprietress and the others? If you think there are too few, I will give them to you."
Take some from the refrigerator and put it in."
Xiang Jin walked over and took out a cucumber, two tomatoes, a bag of corn, and a small handful of green beans from the pile of vegetables. As for the bell pepper, he took them all back directly and handed them to her.
Her grandparents asked them to put them in the refrigerator, and her grandparents looked at them in shock.
Xiang Jin said, "It doesn't take too much, just have the idea. It's not easy for us to bring these vegetables back all the way. How can we let them taste them all?" Besides, she was going there.
The one who talks things over with them is not the one who actually delivers vegetables to them.
Her grandparents immediately burst into laughter, but in their hearts they were thinking, this girl is really stingy!
Her grandma then asked them, "What do you want to eat for lunch? Grandma can cook it for you?"
Xiang Jin asked them, "What do you plan to eat for lunch?"
His grandma said, "We are waiting for you. If you come back early, we will make rice and fry two stir-fries. If you come back late, you probably won't come back until after dinner. Your grandfather and I will
Just grab a bowl of noodles and eat, and then I’ll make something delicious for you in the evening.”
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Yan Chen suggested, "Why don't we all have noodles for lunch?"
Xiang Jin followed and nodded, "Yeah, yeah, I think it's okay, I don't want to go to all that trouble. Let's eat rice in the evening."
Her grandparents looked at each other and nodded in agreement with a smile, "Okay, let's all have noodles for lunch. How about omelette noodles?"
"Can!"
"Okay, old lady, let's go cook!" Xiang Jin and her grandfather said.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother divided the work and said, "You go wash some eggs and fry them, and I'll get some vegetables and wash them out."
"Okay, okay, I'll fry the eggs while you wash the vegetables," Xiang Jin's grandfather nodded in agreement, and then walked towards the kitchen with a stagger.
Xiang Jin whispered to Yan Chen, "We'll just wait and eat."
Yan Chen took the empty glass away from her hand, and then raised it to her, "I'll wash the glass, and you put away the vegetables."
"Oh, it seems to be the same?" Xiang Jin looked back and immediately realized what he was doing, so he quickly went to find a plastic bag.
After lunch, they stayed at home for a while. When it was almost half past two, Xiang Jin said to Yan Chen, "The boss lady probably won't be so busy now. Shall we look for her?"
"Well, okay!" Yan Chen stood up.
"Boss boss, we're here to see you!" Xiang Jinliu shouted to the proprietress behind the cashier as soon as he entered the small restaurant.
"Oh, why are you here?" The boss lady's eyes lit up immediately when she saw them, and then she quickly stood up from her seat behind the counter, "Say, what do you want to eat, and I will ask them to cook it for you?"
Xiang Jin waved her hand, "We have eaten, and we are here to bring you something." After saying that, she took the plastic bag from Yan Chen's hand and placed it on the cashier in front of her.
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The landlady looked at them teasingly, "What is that?"
"You can see for yourself!" Xiang Jin said.
The landlady looked away from the two of them, and then looked at the bag. When she saw that the bag contained a variety of fresh vegetables, she suddenly looked surprised.
"Hey, where did you get these vegetables? And mushrooms and cornmeal?"
Xiang Jin asked, "Why can't we have these vegetables?"
The landlady immediately became very excited, "No, I don't mean that. What I mean is that these vegetables are very precious nowadays. You see, don't they grow in the market or in the surrounding farmers' own fields?"
Turnips and cabbages, where can you see these green vegetables, cucumbers, tomatoes and green beans? What is this?"
"Oh, that, purple eggplant!" Xiang Jin said, "If other people don't have it, it doesn't mean that we don't have it either!"
"What? Is this grown by your family?" The proprietress was startled, and then she was surprised again.
Xiang Jin nodded, and then looked at Yan Chen aside, "To be precise, it was grown by their family. His grandparents specialize in growing vegetables in greenhouses for sale. We went back and brought some, so that's it."
I’ll bring you some to try, and thank you for taking care of us before.”
After hearing this, the landlady's heart felt very warm and relieved, and then she stretched out her hand and poked Xiang Jin on the forehead, "My love for you is not in vain! Thank you, Yan Chen, and you, you two!"
After waiting for a long time, there was no follow-up. Xiang Jin suddenly became unhappy, "No, boss lady, where did your usual shrewdness go?"
"What's wrong? What else is there?" The proprietress was only thinking about how to mix and cook these vegetables so that they would be delicious. Xiang Jin, who had once thought about it, suddenly said this to her, and she was immediately confused.
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Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at her speechlessly, pointed at the bag of vegetables and said, "No, we put such a big piece of cake in front of you, and you didn't even notice it."
What business opportunities are there?”
"Business, business opportunity? What do you mean?" The lady boss didn't understand and was still confused.
Xiang Jin turned his head to Yan Chen and said, "Did I think too well?"
Yan Chen smiled slightly at her and comforted her, "It's okay. Let's talk to her slowly."
"You two kids, what are you kidding about?" As if her IQ was looked down upon by them, the landlady suddenly became a little unconvinced.
"Oh sister, even I understand, but you still don't understand what they mean." At this moment, the landlady and her brother, who were wrapping their hands in front of the chopping board opposite the landlady, suddenly came over.
The boss lady's younger brother, who is in his mid-thirties and tall and burly, has always played the role of the head chef here, and is mainly responsible for cooking with spoons.
"What do you mean?" The lady boss looked at her fat brother and still didn't quite understand.
Her brother said, "Oh, go make dumplings and I'll talk to them."
Being despised by her younger brother, the boss lady became more serious, "Oh, I'm just going to order noodles for the fans in the afternoon. No, you have to explain this to me clearly. It makes me look like a person with a low IQ."
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Xiang Jin and the others were immediately dumbfounded, and then Yan Chen said, "Shall we sit down over there and talk?"
"Oh, okay, okay," both siblings nodded in agreement.
As soon as they sat down, the proprietress's biological brother immediately asked Yan Chen impatiently, "Does your family really grow vegetables in a greenhouse?"
"Yeah," Yan Chen nodded.
The boss lady's brother asked again, "How many of those are there?"
Yan Chen said, "A few acres."
"So many?" The boss lady's brother immediately showed a surprised expression.
"How much?" Xiang Jin followed up and said, "That's not even enough to sell!"
The two siblings were stunned, and then the boss's brother asked, "What do you mean?"
Xiang Jin said, "Our vegetable is mainly used to supply Fuyun Town and part of the county. There are several or about ten families growing this vegetable in our yard, but there are only four of them that grow the best."
There are five companies, so we only signed supply contracts with a few old customers and vendors."
The two siblings were surprised, "Do you still supply this dish to the county?"
"Ah," Xiang Jin nodded slightly, "People in the county also need to eat vegetables."
Then the boss lady and her brother were puzzled, "Since your greenhouse vegetables are in such short supply, what did you mean by what you just said?" Didn't this obviously give them hope but also disappointment?
Xiang Jin said, "Isn't there someone who wants to sell greenhouse vegetables in your Shengshui Town? We just thought that there are so many people in our school, whether they are teachers or students, they all need to eat vegetables, right? And we have
I think they still want to change the meal with fresh and unique vegetables, right? Just like you eat that carrot and cabbage every day, don’t you find it annoying?”
The two siblings nodded to express that this was indeed the case, so Xiang Jin continued, "That's right, we think about how you have taken great care of us during the two years we have been eating at your house, and we are very grateful to you.
So I want to provide you with such an opportunity to make money. You must know that no one in your town grows greenhouse vegetables and sells greenhouse vegetables. Selling them here will definitely be popular."
After listening to her words, the two siblings felt touched and a little excited at the same time.
"Really? But your food is in short supply, isn't it?" the landlady asked again immediately.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, the supply exceeds the demand, but together we can still squeeze out seven to eight hundred kilograms for you every day."
"Seven or eight hundred pounds?" The two siblings thought about it silently in their hearts, and then they became very moved.
Xiang Jin nodded again, "Ah, seven or eight hundred kilograms is just a conservative estimate. For mushrooms like ours, we are the only one here and there is no other. When the time comes, you can bring it back and sell it at a higher price."
A little bit, no matter what you do, you can earn at least five, six, or seven hundred yuan a day."
The brother and sister were immediately excited, and then the boss lady and her brother said to her sister, "I think this will work!"
The landlady nodded, "Yeah! I think that's fine," and then they would sell rice and vegetables together. Oh my God, she couldn't even imagine how much money they could make in a day. She just felt that all she could see in front of her was herself.
The way she counted the banknotes on the ground made her hands weak.
Xiang Jin saw that they were moved, so he took advantage of the victory and said, "You can also try to make some for the students using the dishes we just sent you, and see how they like it and accept the price. When the time comes,
You also have a score in your heart, don’t you?”
The two siblings nodded, and then said yes, then Xiang Jin and Yan Chen stood up, and then Xiang Jin said, "Okay, that's it. If you decide then, let Yan Fei take the lead."
You can just send us a message, or come to our teaching building to find us. Then we can explain it to the family and let them make some plans when shipping."
Both siblings nodded and said "Okay!"
After the two of them came out of the small restaurant, Xiang Jin said happily, "If we want to eat various types of fresh vegetables in the future, we don't have to go to so much trouble. We can just buy them directly from them."
Yan Chen said, "No need to buy it, just let them bring it for us."
The corners of Xiang Jin's lips curled up, "Yeah, exactly!"
Yan Chen said, "You can inform grandpa that it's time to increase the price of vegetables appropriately!"
Xiang Jin was startled, and then the corners of his mouth raised high, "Isn't it true? The days when demand truly exceeds supply are coming! Ah, good, they can make more money!"