So in the end, her aunt chose a dark brown woolen coat, a mid-low collar white sweater and a pair of black jeans with small feet.
Xiang Jin and her mother chose a camel-colored woolen coat, a mid-low-neck pure black sweater, and a pure black skirt of the same quality as the coat.
"Auntie, if you pair it casually with a pair of high heels, it will look even more stylish," Xiang Jin said.
Ouyang Xue was very satisfied with the clothes she bought today, and her whole body was filled with joy. When Xiang Jin said this, she immediately responded, "Okay, my aunt will buy a pair later.
.”
After Xiang Jin paid, they went to put the clothes they bought in the car, and then they went to the next house to pick out clothes for their dad. Then her aunt asked her, "Are you going to buy them for your dad?"
What kind of clothes are you wearing? Is it a down jacket or a woolen coat?"
Then Xiang Jin asked, "What kind of clothes does he prefer to wear in winter?" Anyway, she always looked at the jackets and suits he wore.
Her aunt then suggested, "Why don't you buy your dad a down jacket? Your dad and the others often have meetings and sit there for several hours. It's quite cold to sit there for a long time in this weather."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay," and then she looked at Ouyang Bo, "Then let's go to the place where you bought clothes before?"
"Well, okay!" Ouyang Bo nodded, and then everyone headed there together. When they were walking halfway, Xiang Jin and the others saw a few more shoes sellers, so they went in to give her aunt some shoes.
I picked out a pair of shoes with my mother.
Her aunt bought a pair of small brown leather shoes with square toes and thick heels, while Xiang Jin chose a pair of black short boots with pointed toes for her mother.
However, their aunt paid for these two pairs of shoes, because Xiang Jin and Ouyang Bo wanted to pay, but her aunt refused to give in, so they had no choice but to accept.
"Wait a minute, buy a pair of those winter leggings for my mother and we'll be all set," Xiang Jin said after coming out of the shoe store.
Her aunt said, "This aunt knows where to buy it. I will take you there later."
"Okay!" Xiang Jin actually knew that places selling leggings like this were basically places selling underwear. Ouyang Bo would probably be a little embarrassed later, so she turned her head and said to Ouyang Bo,
"After you buy Dad's clothes, you can take them back to the car. My aunt and I will go there later." It happened that she also went to pick out a few sets of underwear for herself.
"Okay," Ouyang Boy responded.
After a few people had bought the things they needed to buy, Xiang Jin and her aunt took a look at the time, "Oh, let's go, let's go, we should go back, it's almost twelve o'clock!"
"It's twelve o'clock, just twelve o'clock, aunt, why are you so anxious?" Ouyang Bo said.
Ouyang Xue explained to them, "We have guests having dinner at our house today at noon."
"Who's not staying at home on New Year's Eve?" Ouyang Bo asked, while Xiang Jin was also curious.
Ouyang Xue said, "Who else could it be? Those comrades who live in the same family compound as you, your father's colleagues."
"Ah? Them?! Why don't they eat at their own home? Didn't they send those fresh vegetables over yesterday? What, you still want to come to our house to have another meal of fresh vegetables?" Ouyang Bo suddenly asked.
A look of displeasure.
Their aunt said, "80% of them also have this thought. You know that fresh vegetables are rare and precious to them now, so if they eat less, why don't they save some? I can tell you
Ah, it’s said that those families in those families will take care of their families, so you have to be mentally prepared.”
Xiang Jin and Ouyang Bo looked at each other, and Ouyang Bo curled his lips, "Are they really good at planning this?"
Then Xiang Jin asked them which government officials lived in the compound, and who would probably come?
Then her aunt and Ouyang Bo told her what kind of people lived there, and what their respective family members and family situations were like. Xiang Jin learned a lot about it from their mouths.
However, some of these people's families have two children, and some are only children. Those who have two children in the family are basically older than her and Ouyang Bo or are about the same age as Ouyang Bo. Those who have only children in the family.
They are usually about the same age as her.
Then her aunt asked her, "Are you a little nervous about facing so many strangers later?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, what's there to be nervous about? They don't have three heads, six arms, an extra mouth, and an extra eye. They are human beings, and I am a human being too, so don't be nervous. I can face thousands of people."
, What’s the point of facing a few of them?”
Her aunt nodded appreciatively, "Well, yes, they are just here to eat and drink. If they talk to you, just answer them if you like."
Xiang Jin thought her aunt had something to say, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't say another word, so she said, "Then if I'm not happy, then I don't need to pay attention to them?"
Her aunt hurriedly said, "Alas, alas, this can't be done. After all, they are also your father's work partners. Even if we don't like them, we still have to be polite and polite.
Is it passable?”
Xiang Jin immediately laughed out loud, "I'm just kidding you. Don't worry, I'll save you the trouble. At worst, I'll end up talking nonsense to others."
Her aunt was immediately dumbfounded, "You're such a naughty girl!"
Xiang Jin said, "No way, I'm obviously very stable, right?"
"Yes, yes, she is very stable, most like a lady!" her aunt joked with a smile.
Ouyang Bo said, "What age are we in? We are still ladies. What is popular nowadays is ladies and ladies!"
Just as their aunt was about to agree, Xiang Jin turned to Ouyang Bo with a look of disgust, "What socialite lady? I'm just a wild girl from the countryside. If you really can't find anything to say to compliment me, then call me boss."
Well, I like hearing this because my dream is to be a boss in the future."
"Okay, boss, boss Jin, that's how I'll call you from now on," her aunt immediately expressed her position.
Ouyang Bo followed suit and said, "Okay, then I will also call you Boss Jin!"
"Okay, okay," Xiang Jin nodded, his eyes widening with a smile.
The few people drove back to the family compound. When they were about to get off the car, Xiang Jin told her aunt, "Aunt, when you get home later, tell me that you bought these clothes, because I think our family
There are already guests at this time.”
Her aunt immediately understood what she meant, so she nodded and said, "Okay, aunt understands!"
The three aunts and nephews each entered the house with a few shopping bags in their hands. As expected, they saw people of all ages sitting in their living room, including men and women, teenagers and young people, and boys.
There are girls. At the same time, several large round dining tables have been set up in the living room, and there is an induction cooker on each dining table. The sides of the induction cooker are filled with various vegetables and meat ingredients.
When they saw them coming back, everyone turned their eyes towards them. I don't know which girl was the first to say in shock, "Oh, Charlene, this is your daughter Xiaojin, right?"
?This child is so good-looking, look at his red lips and white teeth!"
Xiang Jin's mother smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, Xiao Jin, come here quickly!"
Xiang Jin turned around and handed the shopping bag to Ouyang Bo. Ouyang Bo took it, and someone followed him and said in surprise, "Oh, are you going shopping?"
Xiang Jin and her aunt came over and said, "Yeah, I haven't had time to buy clothes. Why don't I take advantage of my free time this morning and take the children to the street for a while, and then give them to the family at home?"
One person bought a whole suit."
Looking at the exquisite shopping bags they were carrying, an aunt followed and said, "Xiaoxue, you, my daughter, my sister, and my aunt are really competent at what they do. You did a lot of shopping today."
Not much blood, right?"
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Hey, it's okay. For the family, no matter how much blood you bleed, it's nothing. So, you guys chat first while I go in and put these things away first."
"
"Oh, okay, okay, okay, you go first, you go first," everyone started talking around Xiang Jin again, and then Xiang Jin's mother introduced the people present to her. What is this called?
Uncle, who is called uncle, who is called aunt, who should be called brother, who should be called sister, and some younger brothers and sisters, a large group of people, more than ten or twenty, Xiang Jin is all with them
They greeted each other generously and politely.
Then an uncle's family member took Xiang Jin's hand, looked at her and praised her, "Oh, Charlene, you are really good at giving birth. Look how well you gave birth to this baby. It's so tender and tender, and it looks good everywhere."
, everything is exquisite, I have never seen such a good-looking child before?"
Another aunt followed and said, "Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. I think Charlene was born at a disadvantage. Look at this child. She was born in the same mold as her aunt. There is no trace of Charlene.
Shadow? If only the three of them go out, people will think that Xiaojin and Xiaoxue are the mother and father, and she is probably an aunt or an aunt or something."
Everyone burst out laughing, and Xiang Jin's mother said, "Isn't it true? When I went to their school to see her, her classmates always regarded Xiaoxue as her mother."
Followed by a young man who looked slightly older than Xiang Jin, he said, "This can only be said to be because the genes of your Ouyang family are too strong."
Another girl said, "I think it's because of Grandma Qiao's strong genes. Look, look, Uncle Ouyang, Aunt Xiaoxue, Brother Xiao Bo, and Xiao Jin, they all grew up with Grandma Qiao.
Very similar."
When everyone heard it, they thought it was true, so they all nodded and said yes.
Then someone took Xiang Jin's hand and asked, "I heard that you are already in your senior year of high school?"
"Well, yes, Auntie," Xiang Jin nodded.
The other party nodded and then praised, "You are really awesome. You are just over fifteen years old and you are in your third year of high school. How about it? Are the high school courses profound? Are they difficult? Can you make it?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not bad, I think I can get away with it."
The other party then said, "Oh, that's still quite impressive. The boy in my family has already repeated his second year of high school. He was in the same grade as your brother at the time, but his grades are still not as good as those of your brother. This is really worrying for us.
I don’t know what the results will be like in the college entrance examination next year.”
Then Xiang Jin heard the voice of a young man with a slightly dissatisfied tone saying, "Oh Mom, what are you talking about? Can the courses in high school be compared with those in junior high school and elementary school? That is very difficult, it is simply...
Metamorphosis is difficult, if you don’t believe it, ask Ouyang Bo and see if he will say it’s easy?”
The aunt said carefully to Xiang Jin, "Look, he can't even say a little bit."
Xiang Jin smiled slightly and did not answer.
At this moment, Xiang Jin and her grandfather placed several stainless steel basins on the induction cookers on the dining tables, then took out a few packets of hot pot base ingredients, and then asked everyone in the living room, "Are there any?
Do you like spicy food? If you don't like spicy food, we can arrange a clear soup pot for you. If you all like spicy food, I will make it a red oil hot pot."
Then someone asked, "Uncle, is it spicy?"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Spicy, it must be spicy, but it's all in the eye of the beholder. Some people think it's very spicy, but some people think it's just average spicy." Several people looked at it and looked at it.
With a hesitant look on her face, Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Well, let's get two red oil pots and one clear soup pot. You can eat whichever one you like?"
Everyone nodded, Xiang Jin and her grandfather cut open two packages of hot pot base ingredients, poured one package into a basin, and then brought another basin of broth from the kitchen and mixed it into the basins.
Fill a basin with more than half of it, and then turn on the induction cooker.
After a while, the entire living room was filled with the rich aroma of hot pot, and many people sniffed hard.
"Wow, it smells so good. Is this what hot pot tastes like?!"
"Yes, it smells really good!"
Seeing each of them look very curious and coveted, the corners of Xiang Jin's mouth curled up slightly.
Xiang Jin's grandmother and her aunt each walked out of the kitchen holding a stack of dishes and chopsticks and placed them at the table. When Xiang Jin saw them, they hurried to the bathroom to wash their hands and came out to help.
After a while, the pot started to stir, and Xiang Jin greeted everyone, "Okay, okay, everyone can come over and sit down and eat!"
Then everyone stood up, walked over and sat down one after another. Then someone asked, "How do you eat this?"
Then Xiang Jin and his family gave a demonstration to everyone, "Now, first put some of these seasonings in your bowls. If you like to be jealous, put some vinegar. If you don't like to be jealous, don't put it. But the sesame oil, onion and garlic, and
If you have oyster sauce, you must put it in it. This is the key and essence of hot pot."
Everyone followed the example of their family and put on all kinds of condiments, and then someone asked, "Do we also need to prepare peanut butter and peanut crumbs?"
Xiang Jin said, "Not necessarily, you don't need to prepare it, but if you prepare it, it will taste better."
Everyone nodded, and then someone said, "It seems that your family is very good at eating this hot pot."
Xiang Jin's mother said, "After eating twice, a neighbor in Xiang Jin's yard brought a few bags back from the provincial capital. He gave two bags to Xiao Jin, and then Xiao Jin took them to school. We
I went to see her on the weekend and ate there twice.”
Everyone nodded again, and followed their example to heat up the hot pot. Some people felt it was delicious, and some people found it extremely spicy when they took the first bite. But when they were asked to go to the clear soup pot, everyone was disappointed.
Neither is willing, neither
Everyone wanted to eat the hot pot even if they were crowded. In the end, Xiang Jin had no choice but to take another pack of hot pot ingredients, cut them up and put them into the clear soup pot, waiting for the soup to boil.
When it was almost cooked, she called some people over to eat.
Everyone ate the hot pot meal with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm. Some people were so sweaty on their foreheads that they didn't bother to wipe it off and kept saying, "It's delicious!"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother greeted everyone with a smile on her face and said, "Then everyone should eat more. There are still dishes, and they are placed in the kitchen. There is not enough room on the table."
Everyone said yes.
Everyone ate the hot pot meal for nearly an hour and a half. Xiang Jin and the others started at 12:00 and didn't finish until after 3:00.
After finishing the meal, the aunts all took the initiative to stay and help clean up the dishes and chopsticks. They looked at the red and oily bottom of the pot. Then someone asked, "What should I do with this? Is it going to be thrown away?"
An aunt said, "It would be a pity if it was thrown away."
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, this is still edible. Just boil the bottom of the pot, simmer for a while, wait for it to cool down, and then use a slotted spoon to take out the top layer of butter and keep it.
, just add some more broth when you eat it next time, one pack of hot pot base can last for two meals."
A few aunties nodded, and then someone asked again, "Does this hot pot have to use broth?"
Xiang Jin said, "You don't have to use stock, but it will taste better if you just use stock."
Then someone asked Xiang Jin's grandmother, "How should I make this soup so that it tastes good? I see that the soup you made just now was milky white."
Xiang Jin's grandma said, "Oh, this, this is very particular. Not only pig bones must be put in it, but also chicken bones. It must be cooked for at least two or three hours, otherwise the soup will still be clear.
, I learned this all from Xiao Jin."
Several aunts were surprised, "How can Xiaojin be good at cooking?!"
Xiang Jin said, "I also learned about it from others while eating hot pot."
Everyone nodded, "Oh, so that's it."
Xiang Jin took a roll of paper and wiped the dishes, and explained, "The oil in the hot pot base is butter, which is not easy to clean and can easily form clumps, so I wash the bowl after eating."
When using chopsticks, you must wipe all the dishes, chopsticks, cups and plates with paper, otherwise they will easily block the pipes if they are flushed into the sewer."
Everyone nodded again, and then they all picked up paper to wipe the dishes and chopsticks.
After cleaning up the mess in the kitchen, Xiang Jin and her grandparents cut up two large plates of watermelon for everyone and brought them out. Everyone ate them with great enthusiasm.