Ouyang Bo took a sip of the porridge, took a bite of the bun, and said, "Oh, this bun tastes pretty good. The meat is tender, fragrant and juicy. I can pack it for my grandparents to eat later."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, I can pack some and take them over later, but I don't know if they will be available at that time."
Ouyang Bo said, "We'll go take a look after the meal. By the way, we'll bring a small pot with us. The wine will be put in that small pot."
Xiang Jin asked, "How many suitcases should I put in the car? How can I put a small pot in it?"
Yan Chen said, "Take out the cosmetics later and put them in a bag. Your clothes can be put in my suitcase."
Xiang Jin said, "Does your suitcase have room for it? There are three sets of clothes in my suitcase, one for my grandfather, one for my grandma, and one for my aunt."
Yan Chen said, "It should be okay."
Han Che said, "Yan Chen can't put it there, but I can put one set at a time in my box."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, I'll put my grandfather's set in your box later, Han Che."
"Okay!" Han Che responded.
After the meal, Xiang Jin put the clothes in her suitcase into Yan Chen's and Han Che's suitcases respectively. At the same time, she also stuffed her underwear, autumn clothes, sweaters and pajamas into Yan Chen's suitcases.
In the suitcase.
However, she took out the two sets of clothes she bought in Shanghai and put them at home. Instead, she packed a set of her previous clothes in a bag and put them in the car. She thought about going to the melon and fruit fields.
You must be working. There is no need to wear the new clothes you just bought. It will be difficult to clean them if they get dirty.
After everything was packed up, everyone set off. They first took a detour to the mutton soup shop to pack buns.
"Boss, are there any steamed buns for sale?" Xiang Jin asked directly after they got there.
The boss said, "Yes, how many do you want?"
Xiang Jin thought for a moment and then said, "Is it okay to have twenty or thirty?"
The boss said, "There aren't that many ready-made, but some are being steamed. It will probably take another five or six minutes."
Xiang Jin said, "It doesn't matter, let's wait for a while. Can you please pick up thirty buns for us later?" She was about to stretch out her enamel basin and let the other party pick up the buns here.
Inside, but at this moment, a gust of wind blew, and she smelled the fragrant smell of mutton soup, so she asked again, "Has your mutton soup been cooked?"
The other party said, "It's ready. It's been cooked a long time ago. When someone came to our house to buy steamed buns in the morning, they also bought mutton soup to drink."
Xiang Jin took the enamel basin back and said, "Then you can put the buns in a plastic bag for me, and also pack a few kilograms of mutton soup for me, and use this basin to put them in."
"
The other party said, "Okay, please wait a moment. Do you need to put mutton and other side dishes in the mutton soup? If so, can you please go there to buy them? The prices of different parts are different. The specific prices are on the board there.
It’s all marked on it.”
Xiang Jin glanced in the direction of his finger, and then saw a small blackboard standing there, with various prices clearly marked in chalk.
"OK!"
Then she looked at Ouyang Bo and Yan Chen, "How many kilograms of mutton soup do you think we should bring them? I think they can just eat buns and mutton soup for lunch, and save the trouble of cooking in a pot."
Yan Chen said, "Okay, the mutton soup and mutton they have here are delicious. You can just pack a portion and take it over to them."
Ouyang Bo said, "We are going to Aunt Liao's house at noon, so we must have lunch at Aunt Liao's house, so there are only five of them eating at noon, or they will have three kilograms of mutton soup. By then
Want to buy some more side dishes?”
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, yes, but the side dishes can be put separately. You can put some haggis in the soup. In this way, if you encounter bumps on the road, you won't be afraid of the soup spilling over a large area. The mutton
It’s packaged separately so that they can add more according to the specific consumption.”
"I think it's okay," Xiang Jin nodded. Seeing that there were a few more people queuing up behind him to buy steamed buns, he said, "Then you guys go buy the mutton soup and mutton ones. I'll wait for the steamed buns here," she said.
He handed the basin in his hand to Yan Chen.
So Yan Chen and Ouyang Bo went there not far away to buy mutton soup and side dishes.
Lei Jia and Han Che stayed where they were with Xiang Jin. Lei Jia said to the master who was picking up the buns, "Master, after you help them pick up the buns, will you also bring me thirty buns?"
"Okay!" The master agreed readily.
Xiang Jin turned sideways and said, "Do you want to pack some and take them back?"
Lei Jia nodded, "Well, I'll pack some for them and take them back to try. We don't buy mutton buns there." Let alone mutton buns, it's rare to see anyone selling mutton there, and even if it's
Some people sell it, but they probably can't make it taste like this.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, sure!"
Lei Jia then asked the master again, "Master, can your mutton soup be packed in plastic bags and taken to a long distance, for example, the kind that takes more than two hours' drive? I'm afraid it will be spilled on the road.
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The master smiled and said, "Yes, our plastic bags are all high-quality special food bags. They are not only thick, but also very resistant to high temperatures. They can withstand temperatures of two to three hundred degrees. They are very safe. Don't worry.
, many people pack mutton soup from us and go back to their hometowns.
We also have a packing machine here, that is, after you select the ingredients and weight you want, we weigh you, and then get the sealing machine to place the envelope, and then you can put it in the car no matter how long it is.
Time will not be wasted even a moment."
Lei Jia was very moved after hearing this. She turned her head and said to Xiang Jin, "Oh, that's okay. How about I pack two kilograms of mutton soup and go back later?"
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, the mutton soup here tastes really good. To be honest, I can't taste their soup. You can pack some and take it back for your family to try."
"Yes!" Lei Jia nodded solemnly, and then said to Han Che beside him, "Can you help me queue up here to wait for the buns, and I'll go over there to make the mutton soup, so we can go faster?"
Han Che nodded, "Okay!"
Lei Jia immediately took out the money and stuffed it into his hand, "Thank you?"
The money for steamed buns and mutton soup is collected separately, because some people buy the steamed buns directly, and some people only want the mutton soup. In order to avoid confusion between the two parties, they charge and pay separately.
"Anyone who wants to buy loose steamed buns? There are still eleven steamed buns left, you can come first," suddenly the boss shouted to the people waiting in line behind to buy steamed buns.
Immediately behind Xiang Jin and others, someone raised their hands and rushed over, "I, I will buy three!"
"I-I'll buy two!"
"Then give me the rest."
The person behind him who originally had to raise his hand to count, immediately put his hand down after hearing the words of the person in front of him, and then stood there quietly and continued to line up.
Soon the eleven buns were sold out, and someone came over to take away the empty basket. The bun seller said, "If you want a lot, I will pick it up in a basket for you later."
.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
Xiang Jin and Lei Jia asked for thirty of the newly steamed buns each, and bought most of them directly. However, the boss was very happy with the sale, because their buns sold out very quickly, but there was still a queue behind them.
People in the long queue were a little worried because they were afraid they wouldn't be able to buy it.
Xiang Jin and Han Che each carried two large bags of steamed buns and met Yan Chen and the others. Ouyang Bo directly took the steamed buns from Xiang Jin's hand and called to Han Che, "Shall we go to the car and wait for them?"
Han Che nodded, "That's fine!"
Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "How long will it take?"
Yan Chen said, "I just fried the haggis and am making soup. Once the soup is done, it can be put into the pot directly."
Xiang Jin nodded, "They have a sealing machine here. Let's ask them to put a bag on the outside of the enamel basin. Then we will seal it and put it in the trunk of the car."
You don’t have to worry about soup spilling on the car when the road is bumpy.”
"Okay, sure!" Yan Chen then told the master who was standing next to him responsible for packing and sealing. The master nodded after hearing this, "No problem!"
Xiang Jin asked, "Has the money been paid?"
"Pay it, just wait for it to be packed and taken away."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked Lei Jia, "Lei Jia, what did you buy for them?"
Lei Jia raised the bag in his hand towards her, "Hey, these."
Xiang Jin looked at it and said, "Hey, you bought a lot!"
Lei Jia smiled and said, "It's a rare opportunity, so I'll buy more for them. It's winter anyway."
"Have you got the dipping sauce?"
Lei Jia nodded, "Take it and put it inside together."
"Master, is your store only open at night?" Xiang Jin asked.
The master in charge of packing nodded, "Well, our store is closed in the morning and noon. We only sell steamed buns outside and take them away with customers, because we are too busy, and the making of this mutton soup also requires a certain amount of time.
Because of the time, we only open the store during the evening meal."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "What time do you start the afternoon and end at night?"
The master said, "We usually open from four-thirty in the afternoon to ten or ten-thirty in the evening."
Xiang Jin nodded again, "Oh, that's still six hours?"
"Well, that's right!"
Soon, Xiang Jin and the others had the mutton soup ready, then put it into pots, and then sealed it with plastic bags.
They sent Lei Jia home first, and then went to the melon and fruit field. When they got there, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning. Except for Grandma Mo and her aunt Xiang Jin, everyone else in the family was there.
I was working there, Grandma Mo came back to prepare lunch, and Xiang Jin and her aunt came back with customers to settle the bill.
Seeing them getting out of the car, the two of them were very happy. They walked towards them quickly and then took them to greet them for a while.
Xiang Jin saw a basket of vegetables placed on the stone table in the yard, including some pepper stalks, so he said, "Grandma Mo, you don't have to cook for lunch. We will pack them for you in the city."
I brought back some mutton soup, steamed buns, and mutton, and you can have this for lunch."
After Xiang Jin finished speaking, Ouyang Bo opened the trunk of the car, and then Yan Chen and Han Che walked over and took out all the things in the car. When Grandma Mo and Xiang Jin's aunt saw it, they both
It's a bit dumbfounding.
"Hey, why did you make so many buns?" Xiang Jin's aunt asked.
Xiang Jin said, "These are mutton buns. They taste good, so I packed a few more for you. They are all packed from Boss Jin's house."
Her aunt laughed and said, "Why are their buns so big? There are too many, I can't finish them!"
Xiang Jin also smiled and said, "Northerners, be sincere!"
Her aunt nodded, "That's true!"
Xiang Jin said, "Let's not talk so much. Let's put down our things first and then rush to Aunt Liao's house. On the way here, Aunt Liao called us and asked us when we were going there. She
Let’s start cooking.”
Her aunt and Grandma Mo both nodded, "Okay, then you can leave it here, and we can move into the house later."
A few people nodded, then placed the mutton soup, steamed buns and mutton on the small stone table, then took their suitcases out of the car and moved them into their respective rooms.
inside.
Xiang Jin and Ouyang Bo originally had rooms here. Yan Chen lived in Xiang Jin's room when he came during the summer vacation, but now two new rooms have been built, so he has to return Xiang Jin's room to her, so he
Han Che and I lived in the two newly built houses.
"Xiang Jin, come and get your things!" Yan Chen called to Xiang Jin as he went upstairs.
"Oh, okay," Xiang Jin was still talking to Grandma Mo and her aunt. Suddenly she heard Yan Chen shouting, so she responded, and then said to her aunt and Grandma Mo, "We'll give it to you."
Aunt Liao brought some things and put them in Yan Chen's box. I'll take them out and bring them to her later. As for yours, we'll give them to you when we come back in the evening, right?"
"Go, go," the two of them waved to her.
Xiang Jin quickly ran towards Yan Chen.
When they got upstairs, Xiang Jin tilted her head and was about to open his suitcase, but Yan Chen pulled her up, hugged her and kissed her twice on the lips.
"You?!" Xiang Jin stared in surprise for a while, then pointed in the direction of the door and reminded him in a low voice, "The door is open, and Han Che wants to pass by here?"
Yan Chen said, "He's not that fast!"
Xiang Jin glared at him and whispered, "How could it not be so fast? He put the box down and left!"
Yan Chen smiled, then bent down to open the box, "Come and get it!" After saying that, he stood aside.
Sure enough, Han Che came over quickly and opened the box when he saw them, so he said, "Should I go down and wait for you first?"
Xiang Jin carefully rummaged through the clothes in the box without saying a word. Yan Chen nodded to him solemnly. Han Che then turned around and left. Yan Chen once again pulled her away, then hugged her and looked at her.
She said to her, "There's no one around now, you can rest assured," and he kissed her.
Xiang Jin said, "Don't be too long, and don't be too intense, or they will notice it later."
"good!"
After kissing her for two minutes, he reluctantly let go of her, and then kissed her on the cheek and neck, and then they bent down to look for Aunt Liao's clothes.
After a while, Xiang Jin found it, then carefully pulled out the clothes, folded them again, and then put them into a clothes bag. Then Xiang Jin went back to the pile of cosmetics.
I found the two bottles of face lotion and a bottle of body lotion and put them in another cosmetics bag.
Yan Chen closed the suitcase and put it in the corner, and then the two of them took their things and went downstairs together.
Halfway through the walk, Xiang Jin suddenly turned around and looked at him, "My mouth isn't red, right?"
Yan Chen stared at her pink and tender mouth, "It's not red, don't worry, I didn't use any force just now, it was very gentle."
Xiang Jin nodded, then turned around and continued walking forward.
When they got downstairs, Ouyang Bo and Han Che were already standing next to the pickup truck. Han Che's family had two pigs, so the sedan couldn't fit them in, so they had to use a pickup truck to pull them.
Yan Chen said to Ouyang Bo, "You have been driving for more than two hours, please let me drive this time?"
Ouyang Bo nodded, "Okay!" Ouyang Bo immediately opened the back of the car, and Han Che also automatically opened the back door. Yan Chen and Xiang Jin sat in the driver's seat and passenger seat respectively.
in position.
After fastening his seat belt, Xiang Jin turned to Han Che and asked, "Do you have enough cash on you?"
Han Che said, "Bring it with you, I'll have it ready in Shanghai!"
"Oh, okay, I said if you don't bring enough, Yan Chen and I still have some here, and we can lend them to you then. It's probably not easy to get money here now. You have to queue up for a while to get it.
Now that it’s the end of the year, many people are withdrawing money to buy new year’s goods. Many migrant workers want to save money when they come back. There are also some contractor bosses who want to make appointments to withdraw money to pay wages to their migrant workers, so banks have been opening up recently.
Very busy.”
Han Che nodded, "Yes, I know!"
Yan Chen started the car and drove straight to Aunt Liao's house.
It was exactly twelve o'clock when they arrived at Aunt Liao's house.
Aunt Liao was still so enthusiastic. When she saw the smiles on their faces, she smiled straight away and hurriedly welcomed them into the room to sit down.
Seeing Yan Chen looking at the decorations in the room, Xiang Jin teased him, "How about it? Do you feel like you are revisiting your old place?"
Yan Chen nodded, "A little bit, but it doesn't seem to have changed much."
Aunt Liao said while pouring water for them, "The things in your grandparents' house are all good, so nothing has changed. They just changed a few cabinets and some pots and pans in the house over there.
After we moved here, everything else was thrown over there. I chopped up the beds and used them as firewood."
Xiang Jin asked, "The house over there is now used to pile firewood?"
Aunt Liao said, "No, there is no pile of firewood over there. The firewood is all placed here. I use that area specifically to confine the livestock. I have raised hundreds of chickens and hundreds of ducks."
, there are dozens of geese, and a dozen pigs.”
Several people were surprised, and Xiang Jin said, "Can you do it alone? You have planted so many vegetables."
Aunt Liao brought the water to them and took it from Xiang Jin and the others. Aunt Liao said, "I don't buy enough vegetables now. In addition to eating them myself, I grow them for the chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs."
Come for food.
Because later there were more and more people growing vegetables in greenhouses, and there were many people growing them in nearby towns, for example, the vegetable sellers gradually stopped coming to our place to collect vegetables, and even if they did come, they would keep the prices of the vegetables very low.
So it’s not fun to grow that, and you’ll be busy all day long.
I don’t grow wheat or rice anymore. Anyway, I can’t eat much food by myself. It would take me almost two months to buy a handful of noodles weighing ten kilograms.
So I exchanged those fields with people for land, and then used all those lands to grow sweet potatoes and corn. Then I focused on harvesting these two crops. I used them to grow crops like those on the slopes and in the ditches.
Pumpkin and winter melon.
Then I cooked and mixed these vegetables together and fed them to the chickens, ducks and pigs."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Then you feed them all pure grains? That's dozens of kilograms a day, right?"
Aunt Liao nodded, "They are all fed with pure grains, but they don't cost more than a few dozen kilograms, maybe about ten or twenty kilograms. I just use the beaten wheat flour and scoop out a scoop for each meal."
, mix it with the chopped pigweed, and mix it with the cooked sweet potatoes or pumpkins and winter melons for them to eat."
Han Che asked, "Then don't you cook several pots of sweet potatoes every day?"
Aunt Liao said, "Yes, I will cook four big pots of sweet potatoes a day, two big pots every morning and two big pots every afternoon."
Someone came here specifically to collect the local eggs and duck eggs, saying that they would sell them in big cities. There are people in our bay who use the feed eggs to pass them off as local eggs, but I won't do that. This person still has to be conscientious. You guys
Say yes?"
Everyone nodded, and Aunt Liao continued, "I pick up hundreds of chicken, duck, and goose eggs every day. Just selling the eggs, I still make dozens of dollars a day."
Yan Chen asked, "Are eggs sold by weight or by number?"
Aunt Liao said, "The local eggs here are sold by the quantity. The price is generally 2 to 25 cents each. Smaller eggs cost 2 cents each, and larger eggs cost 251 cents.
Duck eggs are slightly cheaper, duck eggs are usually 18 to 20 cents each, while goose eggs are a bit more expensive, usually 12 to 15 cents each.”
Han Che was surprised, "Why are these goose eggs so expensive?"
Aunt Liao said, "One is because there are very few people raising geese, so there are very few goose eggs on the market. The second is that goose eggs are much larger than chicken eggs. The third and third ones are said to be from geese."
The nutrients in eggs are different from those in eggs. Eating goose eggs is good for people’s health.”
A few people nodded.
Aunt Liao then talked about pigs, "I say there are more than a dozen pigs, but in fact there are only eight big ones, four small ones, a total of twelve pigs, and the small ones only weigh fifty or sixty kilograms.
Girl Jin, your family has ordered two heads. Xiaochen, your grandparents have also ordered two heads from us. These are four heads. I plan to sell two heads of the remaining four heads, and then sell the other two heads to you, Brother Xiangyang, when they get married.
of."
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Xiang Yang is getting married this year? When is it? Is the date set?"
Aunt Liao smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Well, it's the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Your brother Xiang Xiang will have to work for two days during the Chinese New Year. He won't be back until the third day of the Lunar New Year, but your sister-in-law will be back on the 25th."
"Ah?" Xiang Jin was surprised again, "Did she find it herself?"
Aunt Liao nodded, "Well, that girl is very capable. She said she would help me take care of the housework when she comes back, so as not to be too busy in the future."
Xiang Jin gave Aunt Liao a thumbs up, "Auntie, Brother Xiang Yang has found a good wife. It sounds like she is sensible and sensible, and she is also very diligent."
Aunt Liao smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, and then nodded, "Well, Brother Xiangyang, you did a good job on this matter, I'm very satisfied!"
Xiang Jin followed and asked, "Then is she coming back to catch the train or the bus?"
Aunt Liao said, "Catch the train and come back!"
Xiang Jin looked at Yan Chen, "Then let's help Aunt Liao pick up her sister-in-law then?"
Yan Chen looked at her and nodded, "Okay!"
So Xiang Jin said to Aunt Liao, "Aunt, can we help you pick up your sister-in-law when the time comes? We have a car for convenience."
Aunt Liao looked at Ouyang Bo and Han Che, "Will I cause any trouble to you? I mean you must use a car, and Han Che also has to go to Miyun Reservoir to sell fish."
Ouyang Bo said, "No, our family has two cars, one is a pickup truck, and the other is a sedan. We went to buy fish to drive a pickup truck, and the sedan can't drive. And today we took the meat back and marinated it, and we will pick it up tomorrow.
Go to Miyun Reservoir to buy fish. Tomorrow is the 24th and the day after tomorrow is the 25th. Xiao Jin and Yan Chen will go back to the city to pick up people. Han Che and I will pickle fish here."
Nodding to Jin and the others, Aunt Liao said, "Oh, that's great. I also said that I would ask my parents to come and take care of the house for me for a while, and then I would pick her up."
Xiang Jin said, "No! We'll go pick her up for you. Just keep the house clean and nice at home and wait for your daughter-in-law to come back."
Aunt Liao said, "Oh, thank you, thank you so much to these two children. Then I will call Brother Xiangyang later and talk about it for a while, but do I still have to go and pick him up in person?
Ziyo?
He also said that he traveled such a long way and came here alone, and he is not familiar with the place. It seems that it is not okay for me not to pick him up, and it seems that he does not pay enough attention to him. "
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen looked at each other, and then Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, let's go together then."
"Oh," Aunt Liao responded.
Then Xiang Jin and the others went to the car and took out the things and handed them to Aunt Liao. After seeing them, Aunt Liao said, "Oh, look, you have brought so many things. How much does it cost to fight each time?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, Auntie, we just treat you as a relative."
Aunt Liao felt very happy after hearing this, and Xiang Jin explained to her, "Yan Chen bought these clothes for you. I brought these two bottles of facial cleanser and this bottle of body lotion for you. Look at you."
That hand is scratched, does it hurt?"
Aunt Liao smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt!"
Xiang Jin said, "This has the effect of repairing damaged skin. When you go to bed at night and apply it on your face, just apply it on the opening. The opening will no longer be so big. After you apply it this way several times,
The wound will heal slowly.
This body lotion is applied on the body, and it mainly serves to moisturize the skin and make the skin less dry. Some people’s skin gets very dry and cracked in the winter.”
Aunt Liao nodded, "Oh, thank you, thank you kids."
Then Han Che handed the two things he was carrying to Aunt Liao and said, "Aunt Liao, this is a little bit of my thoughts and it's not respectful. I hope you won't dislike it."
After putting down the gifts from Xiang Jin and the others, Aunt Liao went to take the gifts from Han Che, "Oh, look at you kid, why are you so polite like the two of them? Aunt Liao is very happy that you can come.
, why do you need to bring anything with you?"
Han Che chuckled, and Aunt Liao said, "Thank you, thank you, kid?"
Han Che waved his hand, "No!"
Aunt Liao then said, "The pigs are being killed in the deep bay over there right now. Do you want to go over there and watch for a while, or do you just sit at home and have a fire and watch TV?"
Several people said that they should go there and take a look. Han Che said that he had never seen the scene of pig killing in the countryside, and it was a good time to go and see it.
Aunt Liao said, "They have all been killed, and they are probably shedding their hair right now."
Han Che nodded, "Oh, then I want to take a look."
Aunt Liao said, "Okay, then you guys just go and watch for a while, and then come back for lunch later? I'm almost done with the food."
"Okay," Xiang Jin responded, and then several people ran to the deep bay to watch the pig being slaughtered.
The place where the pigs are killed is in a bamboo forest in the deep bay. That place is a traditional slaughterhouse for the people here, because there is a small river there and a well next to the river. The pigs are killed there.
Some of the dirty things on your body can be washed away directly along the small river.
When they got there, the two pigs had indeed reported to the Lord of Hell. One pig was being shed, and the other pig had also been shed and was being cut open by a butcher on a pig's foot.
Blow into your mouth.
When Ouyang Bo saw it, he said, "People with poor lung capacity really can't do this job."
Xiang Jin said, "Indeed! It suddenly occurred to me that the roast duck needs to be blown in like this."
Han Che said, "The ducks in our barbecue restaurant are all pumped up with a pump."
Xiang Jin said, "You are a little more advanced than theirs."
Han Che said, "That's right, there are so many ducks. If you blow them all with your mouth, the efficiency will be too low. Besides, I don't think anyone can blow to a few of them and their cheeks will be swollen."
Han Che and Ouyang Bo walked over to take a look, while Xiang Jin and Yan Chen stayed where they were. After watching for a while, they directly greeted the two people and went back first.
The two of them nodded, and the other waved to them to indicate that they should go first, and then the two of them turned around directly.
After returning, Aunt Liao told them that she had called her son Xiangyang. Xiangyang and his girlfriend were very happy, but Xiangyang and his girlfriend just wanted to tell her not to pick her up. She would take their car when the time came.
As long as the car comes back, she is not an outsider, she will be a family member by then, so there is no need for so much trouble.
Then Xiang Jin took an orange on the table and peeled it and asked, "Auntie, what do you want, do you want to come with us to pick her up or stay at home?"
Aunt Liao said, "Since they have said that, then I won't go. I will stay at home and prepare a meal for her. I still have to entertain others well when I come, right?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and then Xiang Jin divided the orange into two, handed half to Yan Chen, and ate the other half himself.
After Yan Chen took it and ate a piece, he asked, "Does she have a phone number?"
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "Yes, aunt, sister-in-law, does she have a phone number?"
Aunt Liao nodded, "Yes, yes, I will write you her phone number later, and I will also give you a photo of her, so you can check and confirm when I receive someone."
Xiang Jin said, "This is the best. Then what time will she arrive?"
Aunt Liao said, "She is on the six o'clock train tomorrow morning and will arrive at ten o'clock the day after tomorrow."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, let's go back to the city tomorrow night and pick her up the day after tomorrow."
Aunt Liao said, "That would be too troublesome for you."
Xiang Jin said, "No trouble, no trouble! What's the trouble with this? But aunt, we may not be able to catch up with brother Xiang Yang and sister-in-law's banquet on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, because we happen to be going to BJ on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and we have something to do there.
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Aunt Liao waved her hand, "It's okay, it's okay. If you have something to do, go and do your work. Don't worry about us here. We don't get many guests, just some people from Wan Tou and some relatives."
Xiang Jin smiled and said to her, "I'll ask my parents to come when the time comes."
Aunt Liao said, "Oh, how can you do it?!"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, they have always said that they are here to have a wedding banquet when Brother Xiang Yang gets married."
Aunt Liao immediately burst into laughter.
Yan Chen said, "Grandpa and grandma will be here at that time."
Aunt Liao nodded quickly, "Okay, okay! When your sister-in-law comes back, I'll call your parents and grandparents and formally invite them."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
As she said this, Aunt Liao went to find paper and pen and wrote Xiang Yang's girlfriend's phone number for them, and then brought a photo of her to them.
Xiang Jin looked at it and said, "It's pretty, isn't it?"
Aunt Liao smiled and said, "It's not bad, she still looks pretty, but she's not as pretty as our Jin girl."
Yan Chen glanced at Jin with a doting smile in his eyes.
Xiang Jin waved his hand and said modestly, "Hey, actually I'm just average."
Aunt Liao said, "Huh? Your appearance is pretty average. There are not many good-looking people in the world, Xiaochen, don't you think so?"
Yan Chen nodded, "That's what Aunt Liao said!"
Xiang Jin looked at him and said, "Aunt Liao is boasting like that, are you not humble?"
Yan Chen looked at her with a funny look on his face, "Our Ajin is always good-looking, is this a fact?"
Xiang Jin said, "I won't tell you anymore!"
Aunt Liao burst out laughing, and then said to them, "Girl Jin, do you know that Xiang Lan's mother is married?"
"Ah?! Married? When did it happen?" Xiang Jin and Yan Chen both looked surprised. After all, Xiang Jin just told Yan Chen that Xiang Lan's mother was dating someone not long ago.
We got married soon, it was so fast.
Aunt Liao told them, "At the beginning of this summer, we were from the 15th brigade of our hometown. The family had no father, no mother, no children. The original wife seemed to be dead, and now she is
Alone, I don’t know how I met Xiang Lan’s mother, but they went to the town’s Civil Affairs Bureau to get a certificate and lived together in the winter months. He can be considered a visit, and now Xiang Lan
Her mother is pregnant."
"Ah?!" Xiang Jin was surprised again. The speed was really incredible.
Aunt Liao then said, "During that time, Feng Yukun went all over the mountains and fields to look for that sour pear. Only then did we know that she was pregnant, but many people in Bayou were speculating that she would give birth to a boy.
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She covers herself very tightly every day. Now the house at home is locked. She just spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a house in the town. Now she lives in the town every day and rarely returns to the Bay.
It’s over, it’s probably been more than two months or almost three months now.”
"What was Xiang Lan's reaction?" Xiang Jin asked.
Aunt Liao said, "Xiang Lan is living directly at your grandparents' house now. You are not close to her anyway. That girl said that she wanted to have a baby with her. It has nothing to do with her anyway. She just looked indifferent.
manner."
Xiang Jin couldn't laugh or cry, so Aunt Liao added, "It doesn't matter if she's married, pregnant, or she'll only care about her child from now on, so she has nothing to do with you."
Xiang Jin said, "She has nothing to do with me in the first place. If I were picked up and raised by her, I might have a favor, but her daughter was also raised by my parents, so this favor would be offset.
No, there is no one who owes anyone. Although her biological daughter is gone, it is not the one my parents raised for her. It was her own extreme temper. Then she will not be able to find me even if she gets old in the future.
ah."
Aunt Liao nodded, "Well, that's what you said. It's true. Her daughter is gone. Speaking of which, she has her own reasons for this. She herself dislikes the child and doesn't want to raise it.
Then she gave the land to the old Xiang family to raise, and finally it was gone. She was not even willing to pay for the clothes and coffin. Her heart was cruel and vicious. Xiang Lan just saw her mother like this.
That’s why I don’t want to come back.”
Xiang Jin remained silent, and then heard Aunt Liao say again, "Brother Xiang Yang, I don't even want to invite her when he gets married. You said the weather is cold and slippery. What if we bump into each other?
Mine is not."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Then if you don't want to invite her, just don't invite her. What's the point in that?"
Aunt Liao said, "But we are from the same place. We can't see each other without looking up. If you don't invite her, she might even be angry with you."
Xiang Jin said, "Didn't you just say that she covered her up tightly? Then why don't you just explain it to her like this?
Besides, you're doing this for her own good. It's snowy and the road is slippery. It's really hard to tell if she stumbled like that. After all, she's almost forty years old, and having a baby is a natural.
That kind of advanced maternal age, if you don't take a rest for an advanced maternal age, if something serious happens, your life will be fatal."
Aunt Liao was surprised and said, "Really?"
Xiang Jin said, "That's not true?!"
Aunt Liao said, "Forget it then. I won't invite her. Otherwise, my happy event will turn into something bad."
Then Aunt Liao turned on the TV for them, "Then you guys watch TV for a while. I'll go to the kitchen and watch for a while. I'll see what they've done with the dishes now. If you're hungry, there are some dumplings here to eat."
pad."
Xiang Jin and the others nodded, and then Xiang Jin took a steamed bun and ate it, and then said, "Auntie, where are your tree-pruning shears? We want to cut some rose branches in the yard.
Go back and plant."
Aunt Liao said, "Oh, here it is, na!"
Xiang Jin and the others nodded, and then Aunt Liao walked out of the house. Xiang Jin asked Yan Chen, "Are you hungry? Do you want some steamed buns? Their steamed buns are quite crispy."
Yan Chen stared at her and said, "Hungry!"
Xiang Jin put a bun to his mouth, but Yan Chen still stared at her closely, and suddenly he tilted his head and hit her lips.
Xiang Jin's eyes widened immediately, and then he quickly looked towards the door, fearing that someone would come and see this scene.
This guy is becoming more and more courageous and kisses her at every turn regardless of the occasion.
After being kissed by him for a while, Xiang Jin pushed him and said, "Okay, okay, someone will be here later!"
Yan Chen let go of her, looked at her with an unfinished smile, then took her hand and whispered into her ear, "What I mean by 'hungry' is that I want to kiss you!"
Xiang Jin's face suddenly turned red.
Yan Chen saw her look like that, and then he chuckled, then took the steamed bun in her hand and brought it to her mouth, "Eat quickly, let's go to the yard to prune the flowers after eating."
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Xiang Jin opened his mouth and bit off a large piece of the bun with an angry look. Yan Chen also took a bite, "Well, it's not bad. It's really crispy!"
Xiang Jin broke off his hand and bit the remaining piece of dough in his hand like a little mouse until it was less than five centimeters long.
Yan Chen suddenly laughed when he saw it, and then he directly threw the small piece into his mouth.
"Let's go out and cut the flower branches!"
As he said that, he took her hand to get the scissors. Xiang Jin turned back and looked at the dumplings on the table with some reluctance.
Yan Chen saw what she meant, and then let go of her hand, "Go ahead and get a handful to eat."
The corners of Xiang Jin's mouth suddenly curled up, and then she looked at him with starry eyes, "Then you trim it and I eat the dumplings?"
Yan Chen looked at her lovingly, "Okay!"
Xiang Jin stood up on tiptoes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, then quickly ran to get a handful of steamed buns and came back.
Looking at her, Yan Chen smiled!
Xiang Jin fed him a piece of rice cake, and he opened his mouth to eat. The two of them walked out with the scissors.