After lunch, everyone sat down and chatted together. Yang Zhao suddenly asked her angrily, "Sister, is your school big?"
Xiang Jin said, "Our school is not as big as Yan Chen's school. Our school only covers an area of a few hundred acres, while Yan Chen's school covers an area of several thousand acres."
"Thousands of acres? What does that mean? Our whole brigade doesn't have thousands of acres of land," everyone in the family looked surprised and speechless after hearing this.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, you are several times bigger than your brigade. Your brigade probably only has an area of 1,000 acres, while their school has an area of more than 7,000 acres."
"Wow, more than seven thousand acres? Oh my god, how many brigades would this cover?" Xiang Jin, her uncle, asked.
Yan Chen said, "Our school is not the largest university in the country. Northeast Forestry University is the largest. The school alone covers an area of 36 hectares. With the two experimental forest farms on its campus, its actual total area is
It covers an area of more than 33,000 hectares, which is as big as 70 of our schools."
"Wow, my God, this school is so awesome. With such a large area, how many students will be admitted every year?" Yang Zhao was amazed again, and Xiang Jin and her grandfather's family were also shocked.
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Then her aunt looked at them with hope, "Oh, yes, is it easy to get into this university?"
Yan Chen said, "It should recruit several thousand undergraduate students every year."
Xiang Jin and her second aunt said, "Wow, such a big school only admits a few thousand students a year, and all of them are undergraduates. It doesn't seem like the exams are easy."
Xiang Jin said, "That is also a national key university."
Then Xiang Jin and her uncle looked at Yang Zhao and said, "Did you hear that, it's not easy to get into a good university, so you have to study hard for me!"
Yang Zhao said, "Oh, I understand, I understand. During the Chinese New Year, we don't even ask people to celebrate the New Year well. They have to preach. I also want to study hard and get great grades, like my sister and Brother Chen."
They get scholarships every year, but the problem is that my brain only has this level of intelligence."
Xiang Jin's uncle glared at him, and Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Okay, let's celebrate the New Year well. What are we doing now? Jin Yatou and Yan Xiaozi rarely come together twice a year, so we will
Just talk and have a nice chat with them."
So the whole family behaved themselves, and then Xiang Jin and her second aunt asked her, "Girl Jin, is Shanghai very prosperous?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not bad. There are a lot of people, people from all over the country. There is a lot of economic construction going on there, so there are a lot of people working there, including white-collar workers. There are many large corporate headquarters."
In Shanghai, there are also many offices of foreign companies located there, and there are also many schools and factories there.
There are very modern and fashionable high-rise buildings there, as well as older bungalows, and small western-style buildings from the Republic of China period. Anyway, it’s quite lively there.”
Then Yang Hui asked her where she had been.
Xiang Jin said, "We usually go shopping in the busier streets in the city center, because the things there are more complete and new, and there are more places to go in the streets and alleys. Anyway, there are more places to go there.
I have tasted all kinds of snacks, as well as Zhejiang cuisine, Hangzhou cuisine, and local Shanghai cuisine. Oh, the food in our school is quite delicious, and you can eat dishes from the eight major cuisines."
Yan Chen suddenly laughed, and Xiang Jin turned his head to look at him, "What are you laughing at?"
Yan Chen asked, "How many people have you recommended your school's cafeteria to?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's delicious, just to be honest."
Xiang Jin and her grandfathers couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and then her grandmother said, "What, Jin Yatou told many people that the food at their school is delicious?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, yes, she has recommended it to many people."
The whole family burst out laughing, and then her second aunt said, "Girl Jin, since there are so many delicious foods, why haven't you gained any weight?"
Xiang Jin said, "I've still gained weight. I've put on several kilograms. It's just that you can't tell because of my thicker clothes."
Then Xiang Jin and her uncle looked at Yan Chen, "Boy Yan, where is your bj? What does it look like?"
Yan Chen said, "The economy of b***j is not as developed as that of Shanghai at present, but bj has a longer history and a more splendid culture. There are many universities there, and they are all national key universities. Personally, I think if it wants to develop, it will be better."
Go to coastal cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen
Cities, because they occupy coastal locations, there are many foreigners there, which will allow you to understand and master some foreign information and cultural knowledge more quickly, but bj is a city with great potential in the future.
The prospects are no worse than those cities I mentioned earlier.”
Her eldest uncle and second uncle nodded, and then Yang Zhao asked, "Sister, Brother Chen, are you very relaxed now that you are in college? You don't have to work as hard as you did in high school. You can go out and play at any time."
Already?"
Xiang Jin said, "Who told you this? We still have a lot of homework every day, usually from eight o'clock in the morning to nine-thirty in the evening, more than a dozen classes, except that we don't have to have morning self-study
, everything else is not much different from high school, we have seven or eight classes on the most relaxing day of the week, and everything else is basically full."
"Ah? So hard?! We thought you would be more relaxed after you went to college?" Yang Zhao was immediately surprised, and then asked Yan Chen, "Brother Chen, you are also very fond of my sister and they are the same.
What?"
"Well," Yan Chen nodded slightly, "But during the self-study class in the evening, you are free to choose the place where you study. For example, it can be a dormitory, a library, or a special self-study room. Of course, you
You can also choose not to go to self-study, but at the end of the semester you have to take an exam to earn credits. If you fail the exam once, you can have two opportunities to make up the exam.
But this make-up exam can only be done by retaking it, that is, if you take the course exam again next year, your scores will be recorded normally for the first retake, that is, you will be able to complete 60 points, but for the second retake, it will be
If there is a score limit, the score will have to be adjusted upwards, but the general situation is that you have two opportunities to retake it during your freshman year, and once a year during your sophomore and junior years.”
"Ah? So harsh?" Yang Zhao was surprised again.
Yang Hui asked, "What if the opportunity to retake it twice fails?"
Yan Chen said, "That may cause you to be a college student without a degree certificate and diploma, and then you will not be able to graduate."
"Sister, what about your school? Does this also have such rules?" Yang Zhao then looked at Xiang Jin again.
Xiang Jin said, "Ah, the same."
Seeing the lonely look on his face, Xiang Jin and her uncle couldn't help but said to Yang Zhao, "Let's see if you still study seriously. Don't think that once you enter college, everything will be fine and you will be free from worries."
Enjoy it, but the learning task is still arduous, and there is no room for you to be careless!"
Yang Zhao remained silent.
After meeting Xiang Jin, he asked Yang Hui, "How is your business? What kind of pastries have you made?"
Yang Hui said, "It's okay, mainly the ones my parents made, and then I created a kind of peanut brown sugar bean paste bun, and the rice cake I learned on TV."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Are those two easy to sell?"
Yang Hui nodded, "Well, it's okay, that is, people with children at home will buy more. You and Yan Chen, if you have a chance to go to the county town in the future, you can come to my place and sit down, and I'll treat you to a meal."
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"Okay," Xiang Jin agreed casually.
Then Xiang Jin asked her two uncles, "First uncle, second uncle, how is your business now?"
Her eldest uncle and her second uncle also said, "Well, ours is not bad, mainly because the place has a good location and there is no shortage of customers."
"Uncle, how is the repair of your house now?" she asked again.
Her eldest aunt said, "The foundation is there, but the repairs haven't started yet, because it's a foundation in the paddy fields, so we want to wait until the mud slabs on the foundation are solidified, and we will probably have to build it next year."
We need to put some soil on top of the sediment, and maybe the serious construction will have to wait until the year after next.”
Xiang Jin said, "Then this time span is still a bit long?"
Her eldest aunt said, "Oh, isn't it? This house is really bad for me to repair. I will never buy a foundation to repair the house in the future. We should follow your second uncle's example and buy it directly in the town."
It's so nice to have a county seat that saves you all the trouble.
You see, we still spent a lot of money to build this foundation this year. Not only did we buy so many stones, but we also dragged truckloads of dirt to pave it. It was a muddy field, and a little bit of dirt didn't count. We
They dug out almost an acre of mountain land and several meters of soil, and the truckloads of people had to pull it back countless times.
Not only do you have to pay money to buy land and soil, but you also have to pay money to hire a truck to haul the soil. It also makes us tired all day long. Starting from walking on the foundation, your uncle basically spends time there every day.
Is he tired on the foundation? My second uncle and my second aunt and I are also tired on the shop."
No wonder, Xiang Jin felt that her two uncles and aunts had suddenly aged a lot this year, and their faces were covered with a layer of fatigue.
Then she consoled her, "It's okay. Now the foundation is finally laid. From now on, it will only be construction. It will be easier to build that one."
Her uncle and aunt nodded, "Yes, that's right."
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked her grandparents, as well as Yan Chen, how their physical conditions were.
Both of them said it was pretty good and both were relatively tough, but they were a bit busy at ordinary times.
They all nodded, and her grandmother said, "That's right, seventy or eighty acres of land needs people to take care of and manage it every day, and there is no room for it."
Then Xiang Jin and her two aunts praised their two children for being so powerful, since they had contracted such a large piece of land.
Xiang Jin said, "We only found out about the sandy land after reading the county annals, and then we read in the book what kind of crops can be grown on the sandy land, but we had no idea, so we decided to give it a try
We contracted that piece of sandy land with a certain mentality, thinking that if it succeeded, that would be fine, and if it didn’t, we would consider ourselves unlucky, but unexpectedly, we still managed to grow something."
Yang Zhao gave them both a thumbs up with admiration, "Awesome, courageous, and courageous!"
Her two uncles and aunts also praised them for being brave and promising!
Her second aunt said, "You see, it's better to study. Otherwise, who would know how to use such a large piece of deserted land for so many years? Or maybe the two children accidentally discovered this through reading and can turn waste into treasure."
Everyone else present nodded in agreement, praising Xiang Jin and Yan Chen to the point of embarrassment, and then Yan Chen said, "Grandpa Yang, grandma Yang, is always in good health?"
The two old men nodded frequently and said that they were both in good health and strong, with nothing wrong with them.
Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "I usually help Xiang Lan take care of half of the braised meat and vegetable restaurants in the town. Xiang Lan's mother is unreliable. Xiang Lan is also still studying. We won't help her with it.
What should I do with this family business and some money on hand?
She will get married and have children in the future. If she doesn’t have some confidence, who will care about her? Whether they are boys or girls, I often educate them that they must have money and property on their own before they can truly have it.
Then you have to be tough when speaking?"
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, and then heard her grandmother continue, "Your grandpa usually grows some vegetables at home and raises chickens, ducks and geese. He can still make tens of thousands of dollars throughout the year."
Then Xiang Jin asked, "Grandpa, what kind of vegetables have you grown at home? Are they easy to sell? I heard that there are more people planting now and the prices are not as high as before. Aunt Liao doesn't grow vegetables anymore and specializes in selling them."
The breeding industry was started."
Her grandfather said, "We are lucky. Our area is not affected much. Someone comes to harvest the vegetables we grow every two days, and the price is not bad. What I mainly grow now are some leeks and garlic moss."
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, "Hey, you can also grow leeks?"
Her grandfather nodded, "The last time I bought some leek seeds, the white film at home was gone. I thought it would be eaten at home anyway, so I found two large black plastic bags to cover them.
But when I took a look at it after a while, I found that the seedling was white, so I thought it was a bad vegetable and the planting was ruined.
But I was a little reluctant to cut it and plant it again, so at noon I cut some with the mentality of giving it a try and fried it with eggs and meat. Alas, not to mention it was quite fresh and tender, so I thought I could
I couldn't grow it and sell it, so I tried it later.
I read the instructions and said that the leek can grow to 70 or 80 centimeters long, but the one I had before only grew to 30 or 40 centimeters long, so I thought of a way, that is, I went to the bamboo forest and cut some thick bamboos.
When I came back, I knocked off the bamboo joint inside it, and then put it on the cluster of leeks. Then it slowly grew along the bamboo tube.
When the vegetable harvester came one day, I kept him for lunch at noon. Later, after he ate my leeks, he signed a contract with me on the spot, saying that from now on, all the leeks I grow will be directly harvested.
Sold to him."
Xiang Jin gave her grandfather a thumbs up, "Grandpa, you are so awesome!" You must know that these leeks have always been sold more expensively in Cai Dui.
His grandfather waved his hand dangerously, "Hey, this is nothing. We farmers are just like you scholars. We also need to use our brains when growing crops."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Grandpa, how many chickens and ducks do you raise?"
Her grandfather said, "There are more than two hundred chickens and two hundred ducks, but only a hundred or so of those chickens can lay eggs, and the other hundred or so are relatively small. During the winter months last year, someone came to collect the chickens and ducks, so I
I sold a batch of ones that didn’t lay eggs well.”
Xiang Jin asked, "Are you raising feed chickens or native chickens?"
Her grandfather said, "They are all from local chickens. Your uncles and your cousin's restaurant and pastry shop usually use more chicken and duck eggs, especially your uncles' place, which is usually filled with students.
We eat there, so we can't be careless. We still have to be honest and conscientious in doing business.
Fortunately, the mountainous area behind our house is our own, so I just bought a net and circled that mountainous area, and then let them run around there to find some food, and then I gave it to them myself.
Feed me some food."
Xiang Jin said, "Then you are selling these chicken and duck eggs directly to your uncle and cousin."
His grandfather waved his hand, and her second uncle said a little embarrassedly, "Your grandparents don't want money, so we take it directly from home."
Her grandmother said, "We are all one family. How can we be so heretical? Then from now on, won't all our money still belong to you descendants?"
Xiang Lan, who was sitting there obediently holding the stuffed toy her sister gave her, suddenly asked and said, "My grandpa and grandma also brought me fifty or sixty chicken and duck eggs every day and put them in the braised vegetables shop to braise and sell them."
Xiang Jin looked sideways at her and said, "Look at how good your grandparents, uncles and aunts are to you. You must be a conscientious child in the future and never forget their love and care for you, you know?"
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Xiang Lan nodded vigorously, "Yes, I remember it, sister!"
"That's good!"
Xiang Jin and her aunt looked at Xiang Lan and said, "Girl Lan is much more sensible and obedient now. Sometimes we are too busy, so she will come over to help us as long as she is here, and sometimes she will bring us some braised pork."
The meat braised vegetables came over to add some vegetables to our meal, and they even bought a set of clothes for each of our family members at the beginning of summer."
Xiang Lan's face turned slightly red, and he buried his head in embarrassment and said, "Summer clothes are not worth much."
Xiang Jin smiled when he looked at her, and she felt relieved because she understood how the world works.
"Grandpa, grandma, and uncles and aunts, they don't care about the value of the things you give them. With their current income, how can they not afford to wear a piece of clothing? They are praising you for your thoughtfulness, you know.
have no idea?"
Xiang Lan nodded, "Well, I know!"
Her grandmother said, "This child is much stronger than her mother. She is heartless and very chilling. Your grandpa and I don't even want to recognize her now!"
Xiang Jin didn't want to ask what was going on, so she heard her aunt sigh, "She is married again now, and she has a son-in-law who comes to her. He is from the 15th Brigade of our hometown. He seems to be a pretty decent person."
Honesty.
Isn't she pregnant again now? It's been more than three months. She bought a house in the back street of the town, about ninety square meters. She said that she gave Xiang Lan half of the braised meat shop.
, from now on, Xiang Lan will no longer have a share in that house, even the one in her belly. In other words, since Xiang Lan is related to our old Yang family, he will directly become a member of our old Yang family from now on.
Ever since she knew you were not her biological child, your grandparents advised her to be nice to you and treat you as her biological child. She has always disliked your grandparents, and even ignored us.
I haven’t come back to see your grandparents during the Chinese New Year in the past two years.”
Xiang Jin was speechless and said bluntly, "I don't care. She doesn't care about my daughter, and I don't care about her mother. To be honest, I really don't care about her petty temper and unclear mind."
Eye.
Xiang Lan, don't mind so much and don't be sad. You don't lack love. You have grandparents, uncles and aunts who love you. Isn't it more love than what you got from her?
Although she is your biological mother, she has not raised you very much. You will not have to fulfill so many responsibilities as a child to her in the future. Remember that the braised meat and vegetable shop was not left to you by her, but by her.
I leave it to you!
At first, your brother Yan Chen and I wanted to take back the shop, but considering that you are not yet an adult and your mother is indeed unreliable, you will also need financial resources to support your life in the future, so I took that shop back.
The shop remains."
Xiang Lan raised his head and looked at her, then nodded vigorously, "Well, I know, sister, I'm not sad. I'm not sad. Let her do what she does. I'll see what she can do by then.
Here come the flowers."
Xiang Jin said, "Since she made it clear that the house in the town doesn't belong to you, then just buy the house in your hometown from her for four to five thousand yuan and keep it in your own hands.
At the beginning, she only had four to five thousand yuan in her hands. I paid for the living expenses and wages for the craftsmen, and I invested almost twenty thousand yuan into the house.
I will transfer my part to you directly now and leave you a note stamped with my handprint as a gift to you later. You can go to them with my note and ask for it.
If you can buy the house from her for four to five thousand yuan, it would be best. If you can't buy it, then you can just ask her to give you twenty thousand yuan. I have all the proof of the cost of building the house.
It's sitting there. I'll mail it to you when I get back.
Whether you want to live in the house yourself or buy it from someone else is up to you."
Their two aunts and uncles were very happy to hear it, and Xiang Lan was also very happy to hear it.
Xiang Jin and her grandparents nodded after hearing this, and her grandmother said, "Well, this is fine. They probably don't want to live there now. Girl Lan can buy it from them. Then she will ask you Zeng
Grandpa sells it to acquaintances in Baytou like this."
Xiang Jin and her eldest aunt immediately said, "Well, Lan Ya, please sell it to us then. Don't worry, my aunt and uncle will guarantee to give you a good price. We won't be afraid of becoming like you in Wan Tou."
Man, when the time comes, we will also leave you a house at home. You can live directly at home when you come back. Oh, we are too lazy to repair the house at the end of the house. Repairing the house is simply too tiring. We can just go to the house in the town.
The foundation hurt us."
Xiang Jin and her second aunt said with amusement and envy, "Sister-in-law is really fast. This girl Jin just said that she would leave the house to Lan Yatou and let Lan Yatou handle it by herself. You couldn't wait to say you wanted to buy it."
Xiang Jin's eldest aunt said, "Oh, look, these two boys in my family are so grown up. Yang Hui will be asking for a wife in two years, and we haven't even found a decent house here yet.
I'm so anxious. You don't know that your eldest brother and I often spend half the night awake.
This girl Lan probably won't be able to live there alone. Since she wants to sell it to someone else, she can just sell it to us. We won't treat her badly anyway.
You see, you and the second child don’t have to worry. Firstly, your two children are still young, and secondly, you bought Xiaochen’s grandparents’ house before. It’s also ready-made, and it’s still so new. Look at us.
The house at the head of the house has not yet been repaired, and the houses in the town have not been repaired yet. When Yang Hui proposes a kiss, then they are still not allowed to pick a fight?"
Yang Hui's face turned red.
Xiang Jin and her eldest uncle nodded quickly, "That's right, that's right! That's why we are so anxious."
Xiang Jin's second uncle said with a smile on his face, "This is true!"
Xiang Lan said, "Okay, uncle, aunt, when I buy the house from my mother, I will sell it to you directly.
Grandpa and grandma, we also have a large piece of sloping land behind us. When the time comes, you can move there to raise chickens and ducks, and it’s also closer to the town via our side.”
Xiang Jin and her second aunt also smiled coquettishly.
Her grandmother laughed and said, "The large sloping land behind your house does not belong to your family. It belongs to someone else's family. Others are not allowed to graze livestock on it."
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Well, it's more convenient to keep her here with us."
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked Xiang Jin, "Girl Jin, are your Aunt Liao's family planning to marry a daughter-in-law?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, what about the sixth day of the Lunar New Year? Why, didn't they invite you?"
Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "No, that's why I was discussing with your grandfather before to see if we should bring them some gifts. You said that this child doesn't even notify us when there are happy events at home. He doesn't often see outsiders.
of."
Xiang Jin said, "I guess Aunt Liao is too embarrassed to invite you. She doesn't have many guests to begin with. They are from the production team, and then her brothers and sisters from her mother's family. The rest of them don't have any extra guests."
Then her aunt asked, "Has she invited you?"
Xiang Jin said, "We were invited, but she didn't plan to invite her originally, saying it was too far and she was afraid of causing trouble to us.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, we accompanied Han Che to her house to buy the New Year pig. Aunt Liao’s house was the local pig, so Han Che’s family ordered two pigs from them, and then he went directly to her house when we came back from Shanghai.
We arrived here in time for the train.
That day we went to Aunt Liao's house to pull pork, and we found out after chatting with Aunt Liao, and then we said it was definitely coming, but in the end she had no choice but to greet us solemnly."
Her grandparents nodded suddenly after hearing this, and her second aunt joked, "We thought she had some objections to us, so that's why she didn't greet us."
Her grandparents nodded, and then her aunt looked at the two old people and said, "Then we still have to go there then?"
Xiang Jin and her grandparents all nodded and said, "Yes, Sister Liao took good care of us when we were there before. Why didn't you go to his family for a wedding? You have to go, you have to!"
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Then Xiang Jin and her second aunt said, "Then how many red envelopes will we receive then?"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Now the banquet gift here is fifty to one hundred. We are also the head of your natal family, Sister Liao. We may also have to get one hundred and some."
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Her uncle Xiang Jin said, "Then I'll give you a hundred and twenty seals!"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded, "Well, it's appropriate for you two brothers to be sealed to one hundred and twenty, but we may have to be sealed to one hundred and fifty when the time comes."
Everyone nodded, and then Xiang Jin and her second aunt asked Xiang Jin and the two of them, "Girl Jin, and Xiao Chen, how many do you plan to seal?"
Xiang Jin said, "Our situation is different from yours. We may have to seal it a little more in time, because we have been under the care of Aunt Liao more since we were young."
Everyone nodded again, and then Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "Have your son and daughter-in-law come back?"
Xiang Jin said, "Sister-in-law Wang Dan came back on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and brother Xiang Yang came back today."
Everyone was surprised, "Oh, her daughter-in-law came back first? Does she know the way?"
Xiang Jin said, "She caught the train and went directly to the city, and then Yan Chen and I drove to pick her up."
Xiang Jin and her aunt asked, "What about that girl?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's very good. She is small and exquisite, has a delicate appearance, is quite generous and decent, and is quite capable. She can do everything when she goes back, and she is very warm to others. Aunt Liao and her family are very
I like her very much.”
Her grandmother nodded and said, "Oh, she does seem to be a good girl. Your aunt is the daughter-in-law."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, that's right. When we went to Aunt Liao's house today, she was not there. She went to town early in the morning to wait for Brother Xiang Yang. Brother Xiang Yang arrived around 10:30."
Everyone nodded again, and the eldest aunt said to the eldest aunt, "Then I will go to their place then, and I will go and see that girl?"
Her uncle Xiang Jin nodded, "Go ahead, take it, go ahead."
Xiang Jin and her second aunt joked, "Sister-in-law, you are greedy for your daughter-in-law. Do you plan to imitate that girl and find her daughter-in-law?"
The whole family burst into laughter immediately, and Yang Hui's face turned red with embarrassment!
Then Xiang Jin and her second uncle said, "Girl Jin, the banquet at your Aunt Liao's house is for lunch on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, right?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's just the lunch meal on the sixth day of the lunar month. Be seated on time at eleven o'clock."
Her second uncle nodded, "Oh, oh, oh, we just have to ask the time clearly, otherwise we will get distracted when the time comes, so as not to make things boring."
After Xiang Jin and the others chatted for a while, Xiang Jin got up and asked Yang Zhao for paper and pen, then wrote a donation agreement for the house in Xiangjiawan to Xiang Lan, and then asked her grandfather to borrow Xia Hong
He printed it and handed it to Xiang Lan.
"Keep it. When the time comes, you can take this to your mother to ask for the property rights of my part of the property. In two days, I will mail you the certificates that can prove that I paid for most of the money in that house.
, you should pay attention to check it when the time comes."
Xiang Lan reached out to take it and said to Xiang Jin, "Thank you, sister!"
Xiang Jin smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pinched her round face, "Study well, listen well to your grandparents, uncles and aunts, don't be naughty, you usually work hard, don't
If you are as lazy as before, the fate of a diligent person will not be bad."
"Well, okay! I know, sister!" Xiang Lan looked at her and nodded.
I believe her second aunt said to Xiang Jin, "Girl Jin, aren't you going to have a banquet at your Aunt Liao's house on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year? You can bring it over that day? No need to mail it."
Xiang Jin said, "I can't come that day, so I'll ask my parents to come. I might have to go to the provincial capital on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and then go to a bj on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."
"Ah, you're going to have a bj?!" Her grandparents and family were surprised again.
Xiang Jin said, "Ah, Yan Chen and I want to take advantage of this free time to go to bj for inspection and see if we can open a store there. Otherwise, school will start and we won't have time."
Already."
"Ah? Are you going to open your store in BJ? Isn't this awesome, sister?" Yang Zhao followed.
Xiang Jin said, "It's nothing, I just go and take a look first before talking."
The whole family nodded, and then said to Xiang Jin, "Okay, grandpa, grandma, and two uncles and aunts, we are going back. Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng are still waiting for us at Aunt Liao's house. Yan
Chen will go back later to visit the graves of his ancestors, and then we will return to the melon and fruit fields. Uncle Tao is coming from the provincial capital today."
Yan Chen then stood up and looked at Jin's grandparents. Their uncles and aunts showed their reluctance to give up. Her grandmother held their hands and said, "I come in such a hurry every time.
You're leaving in such a hurry, I even asked you to stay here for a day or two more, but now that you're gone, you don't know when we'll see each other again." As she said this, her grandmother's eyes were filled with tears.
Turned red.
Xiang Jin comforted her grandmother and said, "It's okay, grandma. I'll come back to see you, grandpa, uncle and aunt when the time comes."
Xiang Jin's grandfather said to her grandmother, "Look at how ignorant you are. My child has serious things to do, so how can I stay longer? I have to clean up those things when I get back."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded and said, "I know, I know, I just feel a little reluctant to let go."
Xiang Jin hugged the old lady and said, "Grandma, I can't bear to leave you either." She also hugged her grandfather, "Grandpa, you should take good care of yourself at home. Pay more attention to your health and don't be so tired.
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Her grandfather nodded frequently, "Well, okay, okay! You should also be careful while studying outside!"
"Well, I know that!"
Then everyone went out together, and her two uncles and aunts brought them a lot of things and put them in the car, including rice, noodles, and a large pot of rapeseed oil, which was estimated to be twenty kilograms.
There are eggs, duck eggs, bacon and sausages, and then there are a few live chickens and ducks.
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen were surprised. Then Xiang Jin declined and said, "No, no, no need for these. We have them at home. Aunt Liao also brought us at least three hundred chickens, ducks and geese that day."
We haven't eaten much of the eggs yet.
We also have bacon and sausages. We ordered four pigs from Aunt Liao’s place. Originally, our family would eat one pig, Yan Chen’s family would eat one pig, and the remaining two pigs would be used as welfare for the employees.
But because our pigs were slaughtered relatively late this year, the meat had not been cured yet, so we went to the market to cut fresh meat for them to distribute, so we had two more pigs.
Then Yan Chen and I decided to find out whether we should open a cured meat shop in BJ or Shanghai to sell smoked bacon.
Because in big cities, there are more people traveling there, and some people like to bring some local specialties back when they go back, so they might have brought our bacon with them."
Both her uncles nodded and said, "That's a good idea!"
Xiang Jin said, "Isn't it a good idea? Let's try selling it first. If it really sells well, it can be considered a living. If it doesn't sell well, we can think of ways to make something else."
"Sound," Xiang Jin took out the bacon sausage for them and handed it to her two aunts, "So, don't bring this to us, keep it for yourselves, and your family
There are quite a few.”
Her grandparents said, "We also killed three pigs. Your grandpa raised three pigs in the house. Your two uncles and aunts bought one as a family. We also kept one to eat. Now we
We don’t need that little money anymore, so I’ll just let your grandpa keep one end to eat.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, you have to live a better life, especially grandpa. You are often alone at home, so you can't just deal with everything in your life."
Her grandfather said, "No, no, my life has always been good!"
Her two aunts hesitated while holding the bacon sausages in their hands, and her eldest aunt persuaded her, "You better take this. This is a little tribute from us to your grandpa Zeng and your grandparents."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen both refused, "No, no, they have two pigs, which are enough to eat, and don't take the eggs and duck eggs, otherwise they won't be able to eat them when the time comes.
It will break when it grows, so uncle, second uncle, you guys should take it off too."
Her two uncles looked at Xiang Jin and her grandparents hesitantly, and saw her grandmother hesitated for a moment and then said, "Okay, let's put back the chicken, duck, eggs and bacon sausage, but Jin Yatou
, and Yan Xiaozi, that rice noodles
You have to take the oil, chicken and duck. The rice and noodles are all made from new grains produced in our own fields, and the rapeseed oil is also squeezed from new rapeseeds. Take this back to your grandparents and Zeng.
Grandpa Mo, Grandma and the others have a taste of it."
Xiang Jin hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll take these back."
Then her grandfather said, "Boss Hui, boys Zhao, come on, take the sickle and bag with me to the fields, and let's bring some leeks and garlic back to Jin Yatou and the others to try."
"Oh, okay," the two brothers agreed, and then hurried back to the house to get their things. Xiang Jin and her grandfather also said to Xiang Jin and the others, "Will you wait for us a little longer?"
Xiang Jin looked at her grandfather's kind face, and she did not refuse after all, "Okay, but grandpa, please do less. It's enough to have one or two meals."
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin, her two uncles and aunts came back after putting things away, and then they all took out red envelopes from their aprons and gave them to her and Yan Chen, as did her grandmother. Xiang Jin and Yan Chen both refused, and they were like
They were both thrown into a fight, and her second aunt said, "What, is this too young?"
The two people quickly said, "No, no!"
Then Xiang Jin explained to them, "Grandma, and my uncle, uncle, aunt and aunt, please don't misunderstand me. We are not too young, but we are all older now, and we are also older now."
Now that we are making money, we will never accept your red envelopes. We will not accept them this year, and you should not accept them from us again in the future.
If we didn't have a way to make money ourselves, we would definitely get it if you gave it to us. But now we have a way to make money ourselves. To put it bluntly, we are now our own bosses, so don't give it to us.
Treat it like a child."
Her aunt asked, "You are all still children, and you are still studying?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen is already an adult. I will be seventeen in a few months. I'm not young anymore. How about studying? When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I was responsible for my own living expenses and
Tuition is paid.
So, auntie, please don’t treat me like a child anymore. Look at the rice, flour, oil, chicken, and duck you brought to us. We happily accepted it, but what do we say about this New Year’s red envelope?
You won't accept it either. Even if you give it, we will pay it back to you later, so you all take it back, grandma, do you too?"
"Look at these two children?!" Her grandmother could only sigh after looking at her and Yan Chen for a moment, "Okay, okay, then you just put them away, boss and second child, you go and give them to me
Jin Yatou and the others will bring some peanuts and a few kilograms of sesame oil for them. They like to eat hot pot, so it will be delicious when the time comes."
"Oh, okay!" Xiang Jin, her eldest uncle and second uncle hurriedly turned around and went back to the house to get it. Xiang Jin called them, "No, no, uncle and eldest uncle, don't take it!"
Her eldest and second uncle did not turn around to answer her, but continued to walk back to the house in a hurry. Xiang Jin suddenly looked complicated, "Grandma, have you already taken so much?"
Her two aunts persuaded her, "Bring some, bring some. This is also produced in our own land. It's not worth much. It's just for the taste."
Her grandmother patted her hand and said, "Grandma's house doesn't have anything for you to get. It's just a few local specialties. It's a good thing you don't dislike it."
Xiang Jin shook his head and smiled, "I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it. How can I dislike it? We like it."
Her grandma also smiled and said, "As long as you like it! If you like it, grandma will be very happy!"
After a while, her two uncles came over carrying a bag of peanuts, which weighed at least ten kilograms, and an oil can weighing ten kilograms, and then put those things directly on the
in their car.
Her uncle said, "I considered that their grandparents are usually busy and can't find time to peel these peanuts, so I just mixed some of our peanuts with them. Anyway, we
We won't start work until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so we can peel some more at home these days."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded, "Oh, yes, yes! There will be more of us then, so we can peel it off quickly!"
Xiang Jin and her second aunt asked them, "Girl Jin, when will work start on your melon and fruit field?"
Xiang Jin said, "It should be the fifth or sixth day of the lunar month."
"Oh, is it still early?" Her second aunt nodded.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's earlier than the normal starting time."
After a while, her grandfather came back with his two grandsons. Yang Hui and Yang Zhao were both holding a bag in their hands. Yang Hui was holding a bag of garlic, and Yang Zhao was holding a bag of garlic.
A bag of bright yellow leeks, and both vegetables look very tender.
Her grandfather told them, "When you get back, put them in the refrigerator to keep them fresh, otherwise they will get damaged and rotten if left outside."
Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded, "Yeah, okay!"
After the brothers put the vegetables into the car, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen followed and waved goodbye to them. The family sent them outside the courtyard gate before turning back.