In addition to the time spent waiting for others and the time spent on the road, it was not until two hours later that Xiang Jin and other students taking the college entrance examination arrived at their hotel in the county.
After getting off the bus, Xiang Jin and his family of three saw her aunt and aunt Xiaoli who were already waiting there. They all stood aside to greet each other. After greeting for a while, Xiang Jin and her aunt walked over and faced each other.
Their class teacher, Teacher He, greeted, "Teacher He, are we leaving first?"
"Oh, okay," Teacher He nodded frequently to them, and then said to Xiang Jin, "Please pay more attention to safety when you live outside, and don't forget to go and familiarize yourself with the examination room in the afternoon."
Xiang Jin nodded towards their homeroom teacher, "Yeah, I know!"
Xiang Jin's grandparents also said hello to Teacher He, and then everyone got into her aunt's pickup truck parked on the roadside.
After getting in the car, Aunt Xiaoli said to them enthusiastically, "Since Xiaojin is taking exams these days, for the sake of safety, I won't invite you to eat out. We will eat at our own home."
Uncle, aunt, and Xiaojin, do you have any objections?"
Xiang Jin and his family of three all said, "No objection, no objection!"
Then Aunt Xiaoli said, "Okay, let's go sit at home for a while and have a rest. After lunch, I will take you to the house over there at the middle school, and then I will take Xiaojin there."
Go around the school and see where her exam room is."
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin's grandparents nodded frequently, and Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Xiao Li, I'll cause you trouble this time."
Then Aunt Xiaoli said, "Auntie, look at what you said, we are all a family, how can we not cause trouble? Besides, I also like this child Xiaojin, and so does my boy.
"I'm so excited. When I heard that Sister Jin was coming to our house as a guest, I was so happy. I've been so excited these past few days, as if I've been given a shot of blood."
Everyone in the car burst out laughing, and the corners of Xiang Jin's lips curled up.
Then I heard Aunt Xiaoli say again, "That house is where I usually take a nap after school at noon, and sometimes when it's my turn to have evening self-study classes at school, and when there's a big thunderstorm."
When the weather is good, I will stay there for one night, but I don't usually live there, and our school doesn't allow us to rent the house to others, so the house is usually vacant.
I used to say that his parents would come to live in the city, but after staying here for two days, his parents said they couldn't stand it, and then they packed up their belongings and ran back."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother laughed, and Aunt Xiaoli added, "His parents are used to living in the countryside, and both of them are very hard-working people. They feel uncomfortable if they don't work for a day."
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Moreover, the two old men have been used to being thrifty all their lives. They are not used to seeing people spending money like this and that way in the city.
In addition, he has many brothers and sisters in his hometown, and if he has a headache or fever, he is not afraid of having no one to take care of him, so if they want to go back, we will let them go back. We just send them more money to send them back in normal times and let his brothers and sisters help.
Let us take care of it."
Xiang Jin's grandma nodded, "Yes, there are many people who get used to staying in one place and don't want to move. Just like Xiao Jin and her grandfather Zhao, their sons and daughters are all big bosses in big cities along the coast.
We were engaged in foreign trade business and asked them to live there, but they just refused, saying they were not used to the life there. Every time they went there they would run back after only a few days."
"Oh, that's right!" Aunt Xiaoli said.
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother followed and said apologetically, "Oh, you have to stay up late for self-study tonight, but we have taken over your house. What will you do then?"
Aunt Xiaoli waved her hand with a smile, "It's okay. The college entrance examination these days has to occupy the classroom, so the whole school is on holiday these days, so we don't have to stay up late to study."
Xiang Jin's grandmother immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good, I'm relieved."
After about a few minutes, her grandmother saw a pretty good-sized supermarket not far ahead of the camera, so she asked Xiang Jin and her aunt to park the car in front of it while they went down to buy a ribbon for Xiang Jin.
Tie up her admission ticket and hang it around her neck to avoid losing it.
Xiang Jin's aunt nodded, then drove the car to a distance of about five or six meters from the supermarket and stopped. Then Xiang Jin's grandparents opened the door and walked out, and Xiang Jin also got out of the car.
But she was stopped by her grandma, "You, your aunt, and Aunt Xiaoli are in the car. We will be back in a while. You don't have to make that trip."
"Oh, okay!" So Xiang Jin stopped getting out of the car, then returned to his seat and sat down.
About twenty minutes later, Xiang Jin and her grandparents came back with two bags of fruit, including loquats and peaches.
After getting in the car, Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Xiao Li, we don't know what gifts to bring you. We just have some fruit and two cans of milk powder for the children, and a can of tea leaves for your house."
Yes, the ceremony is light, don’t you mind it?” As she said that, she moved the gift bag in front of Xiang Jin towards Aunt Xiaoli.
As soon as Aunt Xiaoli heard that those gifts were brought to their family, her expression immediately changed. She was a little flattered and a little embarrassed and said, "Aunt, uncle, look at how polite you guys are. How can your family be so unorthodox?"
?You can come as soon as you come. You see, you brought so many gifts, making us so embarrassed?"
Xiang Jin's grandma said, "Oh, yes, yes, I have a child. The adults don't need to bring it, but the child still needs to bring some. Our Xiaojin also drinks this kind of milk powder, and the child drinks it."
It’s good for improving immunity.”
Aunt Xiaoli picked up the two cans of milk powder and said gratefully, "Is this imported milk powder?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Well, Xiao Jin asked a friend of hers in the provincial capital to buy this in a large shopping mall in the provincial capital."
"No wonder I said that we haven't seen this brand of milk powder in the shopping malls here. Xiaojin, uncle, and aunt, then thank you?" Aunt Xiaoli said with a face full of joy.
It turned out that she liked these two cans of milk powder very much.
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Aunt Xiaoli, don't be so polite. If you drink this brand of milk powder in the future, if you think this brand of milk powder is good and you want to buy it, just let me know and I will ask my friends in the provincial capital to bring enough for you to mail.
Just come back."
"Oh, okay, okay," Aunt Xiaoli nodded, and then said, "Uncle, aunt, you can see that you have brought such expensive two cans of milk powder and tea, why are you still going?
Did you buy so much milk powder? It’s a waste of money, isn’t it?”
Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Oh, that milk powder was given by Xiao Jin to her brother, and it doesn't count as ours. This is our little thought."
As soon as Aunt Xiaoli heard that the two cans of milk powder were given to her son by Xiang Jin, her heart felt as sweet as honey. Then she looked at Xiang Jin with such fondness that she laughed out of the corners of her eyes.
Crow's Feet: "Oh, Xiaojin, auntie, this is really a thank you for your brother Chao'er, isn't it?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand again, "You're welcome, that's right."
Xiang Jin's grandmother immediately took out a red ribbon and handed it to Xiang Jin, "Xiao Jin, take this and tie it with your admission ticket."
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin took it and followed the instructions.
After about ten minutes, Xiang Jin and his party finally arrived at Aunt Xiaoli’s home not far from the county government. When they got off the car, Aunt Xiaoli said, “Actually, in terms of straight-line distance,
Our place is not very far from No. 1 Middle School, but because the streets are winding and the streets in our county are not very wide, the car drives relatively slowly, so it costs a lot.
Some time.
The reason why our family of three usually lives here is because it is relatively close to where my husband and the others work, and the key primary school in the county is also nearby, making it convenient for our little monkeys to study."
Aunt Xiaoli's child is called Yang Chao. He is ten years old and is in the fourth grade of elementary school. Xiang Jin met the child once during the Chinese New Year. He is a bit handsome but a bit naughty. He especially likes to play football.
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Everyone carried their things upstairs and then returned home. The first person who jumped out to greet them was Aunt Xiaoli's son Yang Chao, "Hello, Grandpa Ouyang, hello Grandma Qiao, and hello Sister Jin!"
"Hey, good, good, this child's mouth is as sweet as ever," Xiang Jin and her grandmother responded and praised without hesitation. Xiang Jin also smiled and nodded at her.
"Uncle, aunt, and Xiaojin, please come in and sit down." At this moment, a middle-aged man with a medium build wearing glasses, an apron, and a spatula in his hand came out of the kitchen.
He walked out and greeted them warmly.
This person was none other than Aunt Xiaoli, her husband, Yang Chao's father, Yang Yue, and Xiang Jin who had also met each other during the Chinese New Year.
Seeing his appearance, Xiang Jin and her grandmother immediately said, "Oh, Xiao Yang, thank you for your hard work. Are you in trouble?"
Yang Yue said with a smile on his face, "No hard work, no trouble, uncle, aunt, and Xiaojin, you guys can rest in the living room for a while, and I'll cook two more dishes?"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents nodded in agreement, and then her grandfather said, "Xiao Yang, don't make too much, just make some rice."
"Oh, okay," Yang Yue answered and then turned around and returned to the kitchen.
Aunt Xiaoli invited them to sit in the living room, and then went to pour them water and cut fruit. Yang Chao sat down directly in front of Xiang Jin and talked to her.
After a while, Aunt Xiaoli came out with a plate of watermelon, "Come on, let's have a bite of watermelon to cool down first. Sister Xue brought this to us, so we borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha."
Ever since Xiang Jin's uncle passed away, Xiang Jin's aunt's brothers and sisters no longer treated her as a sister-in-law, a sister-in-law, or a sister-in-law, but directly as a human being.
Treat her like a biological sister, so that if she meets the right man again in the future, she won't be embarrassed in front of his man.
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Yes, I just picked this from the field this morning. It's fresh. Can you try it, Xiao Chao?"
"Oh, okay! Sister Jin, Grandpa Ouyang, and Grandma Qiao, you can eat too!"
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin and her grandparents agreed, and then the whole family got up and said they wanted to wash their hands. Aunt Xiaoli showed them the location of the bathroom. When Yang Chao saw it, he just
Then wash your hands.
After everyone washed their hands and came out, each person took a tooth of watermelon and ate it. Xiang Jin and her grandmother said to Aunt Xiao Li, "How about a few pieces for Xiao Yang?"
Aunt Xiaoli smiled and said, "It's okay. He said he was cooking at the moment. It was inconvenient and he would eat it later. This watermelon is big. I only took half of it out. There is still half there. Besides, Sister Xue gave me
We brought three or four of them over, and they must be fed!"
Xiang Jin's grandma nodded, and Yang Chao said to Xiang Jin's aunt, "Aunt, your watermelon is really sweet, and there's a lot of water in it?"
Xiang Jin's aunt was also gnawing on a tooth of watermelon, "Really? The cantaloupe we have is also sweet. Ask your mother to open one for you at night to try it?"
"Yeah, yeah," Yang Chao nodded with enjoyment.
Half an hour later, Yang Chao's father's meal was ready, and then he came to call everyone to the restaurant for dinner.
Everyone got up and walked to the restaurant. They saw a table full of dishes, with more than a dozen dishes. Xiang Jin and her grandmother said with a complicated look on her face, "Oh, Xiao Yang, you are too polite.
I’ve made so much delicious food, it’s too much, how can I finish it all?”
Yang Chao's father walked over and helped the two old people pull the stools. As he did so, he said, "Not many, not many. You are all rare guests in our family. We usually can't invite you. It's rare to have one today."
If you have the opportunity to come to our house, you should prepare two more dishes for the reception. But don’t you mind if it doesn’t taste good later?”
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Yang Yue, how modest is this? Who doesn't know that you are the best cook in the family. You are the chef at the family reunion dinner every year at my parents' house."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said with a smile on her face, "That's right, just by looking at the color of these dishes, you can tell they are delicious."
Yang Yue nodded to them humbly and said, "So-so, so-so, so-so, that's because the brothers and sisters at home give me face and don't mind it.
Uncle, aunt, and Xiaojin, sit down and eat quickly, you’re welcome, you don’t drink alcohol or drinks, so we didn’t prepare anything for you, so why don’t you all just eat more dishes?”
Everyone sat down to eat, and then Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Today is not the weekend. Will it delay your work?"
Yang Yue said, "It's okay. Our job is just a Qingshui Yamen job. We usually don't have anything particularly important. If someone has something at home, just say hello to your colleagues and leaders.
If I take some time to make up for the missed day later, I can pass the weekend in advance."
Xiang Jin's grandparents nodded, and Xiang Jin's grandfather said, "Is that still relatively free?"
Yang Yue nodded and said, "Oh, that's right, this is better, it's not rigid."
Aunt Xiaoli added, "So this is how he got his cooking skills. He usually has a lot of free time, and he takes care of Chaoer a lot. Because I have to attend several classes, I have to take a lot of classes every day."
I have to grade homework, so I have relatively little control over the housework, and it’s all down to him! It’s all thanks to him helping me share the burden these years, otherwise my life would definitely be a mess!”
Xiang Jin's grandparents nodded, and then Xiang Jin's grandmother smiled and said, "Xiao Yang, you can tell at a glance that he is a very virtuous person!"
Yang Yue was a little embarrassed and said, "It should be, it should be. I have relatively more free time, and my work place is relatively close, so I have to bear a little more responsibility. In a family, there always has to be one person who is a little free, and one person who is a little free.
After dinner, Xiang Jin and the others sat down to rest for a while, and then Aunt Xiaoli said to her husband Yang Yue, "Okay, you just clean up the house. In addition, they are watching Chao'er write his homework. I will take them over there."
, and then we will take Xiaojin to school later to familiarize ourselves with the examination room."
"Oh, okay, you go ahead," Yang Yue readily agreed, followed by Xiang Jin and the rest of his family, and then said goodbye to the father and son.
About twenty minutes later, Xiang Jin and the others arrived at the row of teachers' dormitories opposite the County No. 1 Middle School. Aunt Xiaoli opened the door and introduced to them, "The house here is not big, just a small one."
It's a second apartment, but it also has a kitchen and a bathroom. Since I don't live there all the time, the decoration is relatively simple. Uncle, aunt, and Xiaojin, don't you mind?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Oh, how can it be simpler? Your decoration here is quite good, and there is a refrigerator."
Aunt Xiaoli smiled sheepishly and said, "This small refrigerator was bought by me for a junior high school graduating class a few years ago. At that time, 62 and 50 people in the class were promoted to key high schools, and then the school rewarded them
In ours, several teachers in a class each have one. Because it’s a bit small, and I sometimes live here, we keep this refrigerator in the house here.”
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Very good, very good. I've always heard that you are great at teaching. Why, how many classes are you teaching now? Is there a graduating class this year?"
Aunt Xiaoli said, "Currently I teach three classes, all of which are in the first and second grades of junior high school. There won't be another graduating class until next year."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded again, "That's good, that's good. This way you can relax a little bit."
"Oh, yes," Aunt Xiaoli then led them to visit the bedroom. "The bed in this room is a bit small, only one and a half meters wide. It was originally prepared for my skinny monkey, but it is closer to the inside and is more comfortable.
Quiet, Xiaojin, will you sleep here tonight?"
"Oh, okay, thank you Aunt Xiaoli," Xiang Jin responded.
Following them, he went to see another room, "Uncle, aunt, you can stay in this room tonight. This room is bigger than Xiaojin's, and the furniture inside is bigger. The air conditioners in both rooms are good."
Yes, the remote control is placed on the bedside table. When it is hot, you can turn on the air conditioner. If it is cold at night, there is a quilt in the cabinet.
We can take them out and use them. There are thicker ones and thin ones." After saying that, she walked to the room, opened the cabinet, took out a light duvet and placed it on Xiang Jin.
On the grandma's bed, "This one weighs about two pounds. It's suitable to cover it with the air conditioner on at night. Xiaojin, can you take your bed by yourself later?"
"Oh, good!"
Following Aunt Xiaoli, she led them to the living room again, then opened the refrigerator and introduced to them, "Auntie, uncle, our place is too far away from here. It's not appropriate to ask you to eat there." Actually, these days are the most critical days. You don’t feel at ease going out to eat. You definitely want to cook it yourself. This is more in line with Xiaojin’s taste, so in the morning, I will go The vegetable market has prepared some fresh vegetables for you.
Oh, but don’t get me wrong, these vegetables are all brought by Sister Xue from your vegetable field, and she also brought many young and old to our family. I only prepared some meat ingredients for you, and put them all on It's frozen underneath, so if you're cooking your own food then take it out and defrost it.
In addition, the rice, flour, grains and oil are in the kitchen, and the basic seasonings are also there. Wait and see if there is anything missing. If you need anything, just tell me. I will bring some back when I take Xiaojin to school. .”
Seeing her entertaining them so eagerly, Xiang Jin and her grandmother said with great gratitude, "Oh, my dear, you are so thoughtful, and this has really caused you a lot of trouble?"
Aunt Xiaoli said, "Oh, aunt, look what you said, what trouble is this? I usually have to prepare these things myself? What trouble is there? No trouble! Just live here with peace of mind. It's just like being at home."
"Well, okay!" Xiang Jin and her grandparents nodded again.
Because the sun outside was at its strongest, Aunt Xiaoli suggested to them that she would take them around the campus a little later. Xiang Jin and his family didn't have any objections, and then everyone went to the living room. Sitting there and chatting.
Then Xiang Jin's grandmother looked at Xiang Jin and said, "Would you like to take a rest and take a nap?"
Xiang Jin was not polite to them, so he nodded, "Okay! Then Aunt Xiaoli, let me go in and take a nap first?!"
"Hey, go ahead and turn on the air conditioner, don't let it get too hot?!"
"Well, good!"
At around three o'clock in the afternoon and almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Aunt Xiaoli took a group of them to the school to see Xiang Jin's examination room, and then got familiar with the environment inside. On the way back, she deliberately went around A vegetable market in the city said, "Uncle, aunt, I didn't prepare any fish or shrimp for you today. If you want to eat fresh fish and shrimp, you can buy it here."
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin and her grandparents responded, and then began to memorize the surrounding environment and route.
After walking around for a while, Xiang Jin and the others had a good understanding of the surrounding environment. After sending them back, Xiang Jin's aunt looked at the time and found that it was already half past five, so she went to They suggested that she should go back, but Xiang Jin and her grandparents did not try to persuade her to stay, and then they all nodded in agreement.
Aunt Xiang Jin said to Aunt Xiaoli beside her, "Let's go, I'll take you back?"
Aunt Xiaoli said, "It's better to say goodbye. I'm the one who wants to drive such a long road."
Xiang Jin and her aunt said, "Oh, let's go. The sun is still so high in the sky. What should you do if you get a heat stroke when you walk back from here? I'll drive fast and I'll be there in ten or twenty minutes. Besides, our place is not far away from your county seat." It’s not very far, it only takes more than 40 minutes to drive there, and it’s summer now, and it won’t even get dark when I get back.”
Xiang Jin and her grandparents also nodded and persuaded, "Yes, yes, Xiaoli, just let Xiaoxue take you back. It won't take her long."
Aunt Xiaoli hesitated for a moment, then agreed, "Okay!"
After they left, Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked Xiang Jin what she wanted to eat for dinner, and she would cook it for her later.
Xiang Jin said, "Just make it whatever you want. Don't make it too complicated. Make it less meat and stir-fry more vegetables."
"Okay, let me see what dishes your aunt has brought," she said, walking over to open the refrigerator door, and then said, "Then we will stir-fry pork with bell peppers, stir-fry king oyster mushrooms, and
Stir-fry another green vegetable, and grandma will make something delicious for you at noon tomorrow."
"Okay!" Xiang Jin responded.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother took the vegetables and meat to the kitchen, and then said, "Oh, your Aunt Xiaoli actually prepared flour and eggs for us, and they are all complete!"
Xiang Jin's grandfather rolled up his sleeves and walked over with a smile and said, "Then tomorrow morning we will make the same breakfast as at home, steam a few steamed buns and two steamed buns, and boil an egg."
Xiang Jin said, "I'll drink milk tomorrow morning, so don't cook me porridge. This will save me from having to go to the toilet after finishing half of the exam questions."
Her grandma smiled and said, "You kid, okay, grandma will bake you two more cakes tomorrow."
"Okay!"
Following Xiang Jin, her grandma went to get a piece of meat and defrosted it. She planned to mix the stuffing for the buns at night, then put it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh, and then steam the buns directly when she got up tomorrow morning.
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"You're back? How is the child's examination room? Is it remote? Is it in the west?" As soon as Aunt Xiaoli got home, her husband Yang Yue asked.
Aunt Xiaoli changed her slippers and went to the living room. Her husband Yang Yue quickly poured her a glass of water. Aunt Xiaoli took a sip and said, "Well, that child is pretty lucky. Her examination room is covered with ivy.
That building."
After hearing this, Yang Yue said, "Oh, that's great. That's the coolest building in your school in the summer."
Aunt Xiaoli said, "That's it? Oh, where is Chao'er?"
Yang Yue said, "After doing homework all afternoon, he got a little tired, so I asked him to go back to his room and take a nap."
Aunt Xiaoli nodded, and then her husband took the jar of catechu leaves that Xiang Jin's grandparents had given them and said with a treasured face, "Oh, let me tell you, this tea is good.
The cans cost at least two to three hundred outside, so I’ll have to drink this tea sparingly in the future.”
"Really?" Aunt Xiaoli looked surprised, then picked up the two cans of milk powder in the bag on the coffee table and said, "Oh, it cost them money this time, and these two
What about the cans of milk powder? Did you know that these two cans of milk powder are imported goods? There are only
They are only sold in large supermarkets in provincial capitals. Not to mention the many fruits they bought later, Sister Xue also brought so many fresh vegetables and several large watermelons and cantaloupes. I guess they will be there today.
The value of the things given to us is at least eight to nine hundred yuan."
Yang Yue nodded, "It should be about the same."
"Oh, I feel embarrassed about so many things!" Aunt Xiaoli followed.
Her husband Yang Yue said, "Hey, it's okay. When her college entrance examination is over, we will invite them to our home for a meal. Oh, no, we will treat them to a meal at an outside restaurant then."