While chatting, Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked Grandma Mo, "Aunt Liao's house is busy today?"
Grandma Mo said, "I started working yesterday. Yesterday I set up the stove and slaughtered two pigs. Today the cook is making big steamed meat, small steamed pork and longan and Xisha meat. Then he is slaughtering chickens, ducks and making tofu.
Those ones."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother were surprised and said, "Oh, did she do a good job at the banquet this time?"
Grandma Mo nodded, "That's right. She prepares the large steamed pork, small steamed pork, and longan and Xisha in two portions, and they are all large and large. The large steamed pork is as long as chopsticks. My slap is so big
They are wide, small steamed pork, longan and Xisha pork, and the pieces are as long as my palm.
Dongmei said that although her family only catered one meal, she still had to follow the standard of two meals. She couldn't do it without being criticized or criticized by others.
Her size is quite large this time, with nine bowls and nine plates. In addition to the meat dishes that I just mentioned that guests can take home, she also has chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, sausage, loin fillet, etc., as well as crispy meat.
Enjoy bowls of stir-fried vegetables, salads and other dishes, as well as fried steak and fruit.”
"Oh, then she has prepared a lot for this wedding banquet," Xiang Jin's grandmother nodded and commented.
"That's right! She originally wanted to order some braised meat and vegetables from Xiang Lan and the others, but considering that their shop and Yang Juyun's shop are next to each other, it seems that it doesn't make sense to only buy from Xiang Lan and the others instead of Yang Juyun.
.
However, they did not invite Yang Juyun this time, and this would inevitably let Jin Yatou and her grandparents know about it. If they invited someone else, they would be afraid of putting them in trouble.
After all, they are not related to each other, and secondly, it seems that their relationship is not deep enough that they have to invite someone else.
If she didn't invite her, she was afraid that Jin Yatou and her grandpas would say something that they looked down upon, so she was in a dilemma, and in the end she gave up the idea of buying braised meat and vegetables from them."
Xiang Jin said, "My grandpa and uncles are going to go even if they are not invited."
Grandma Mo nodded and said, "Yes, now you, Aunt Liao, won't have that scruple. Maybe you will still buy some from them."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "Why, she didn't invite Yang Juyun?"
Grandma Mo said, "I'm not invited. Didn't she remarry and get pregnant again? Her body said it was freezing cold. If it rained or snowed again, she wanted to come and have a meal at her house."
Did she accidentally fall down during the wedding ceremony? She still didn’t recover well by the time, so I didn’t invite her.”
Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked again, "How big is her belly now?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's been more than three months."
Grandma Mo also looked at her, "Have you seen her over there with your grandmothers?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No, my uncle and aunt said that she didn't go back to her parents' home for the Chinese New Year this year. Now she has bought a house in the town and is keeping it tight."
Her grandma asked, "She hasn't returned to Wantou?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, it's probably because her previous behavior was disliked by the people in her hometown, and she herself found it boring, so she basically stopped going back to the bay after she bought the house in the town.
, the house in the bay is locked, so cats are in the town every day, but I have transferred my part of the property rights to the house in the bay to Xiang Lan."
Her grandma smiled and said, "Didn't you give up that house to them a long time ago? Why are you talking about transferring it to Xiang Lan now?"
Xiang Jin said, "Originally, I thought so, so I just gave it up. Anyway, I don't live there, but today I suddenly changed my mind. I think it would be better to leave it to her than to Xiang Lan."
Several elders in the room were confused. Grandpa Zeng said, "What's going on?"
Xiang Jin said, "Because after she found a stepfather for Xiang Lan, she also became a stepmother. She doesn't care about Xiang Lan now. She shamelessly said that she gave Xiang Lan half of the braised pork and vegetable restaurant.
After that, she could be considered as fulfilling her obligations to Xiang Lan.
The house she bought in the town does not belong to Xiang Lan from now on, it belongs to the one in her belly. Since Xiang Lan is married to the old Yang family, then let her follow the old Yang family.
The one in the belly hasn't even been born yet, and it's already making plans there. This heart is too biased.
So why should I give her part of my house property at a cheap price? I am not her biological child, so she doesn’t care about me. After all, I don’t care about her mother.
But Xiang Lan is her biological child. Just because Xiang Lan doesn't like what she does, she can actually say that she wants to give up Xiang Lan. How vicious is that woman's heart?
So I told Xiang Lan that part of my property rights in the house in Wanli was transferred to her. When I was building that house, I spent nearly 20,000 yuan on it, Yang Juyun.
At the beginning, all the belongings totaled only four to five thousand yuan.
So I asked Xiang Lan to get four to five thousand yuan and ask her uncles to help her buy the house completely from her. Then she would not suffer any loss whether she wanted to live in it herself or sell it to others.
However, my aunt and uncle really wanted to buy it, and both of them said that if Xiang Lan wanted to sell it, he would just sell it to them."
The elders all looked like they couldn't help but smile. Grandma Mo said, "Do your uncle and aunt still want to be from Xiangjiawan?"
Xiang Jin said, "They also wanted to pick up a ready-made house to live in. The house in the town was damaged by just removing the foundation, so they said that after the house in the town was repaired, they would never use it again.
I don’t want to repair the house anymore.
The two of them are also very anxious now. They feel that Yang Hui is no longer studying, so they want to get him a wife as soon as possible. However, the house in the town has not been repaired yet, and the house in their hometown is relatively shabby, so they are afraid of it.
At that time, people looked down upon it, so when they heard that I asked Xiang Lan to buy the house from Yang Juyun, and if she didn't want to live in it, she would sell it, they immediately expressed that they wanted to buy it."
Grandma Mo immediately laughed and said, "But even if your house is sold, it will be easy to sell. First, it is new, and second, it is well-built. There are suites inside, and there is such a big yard enclosed outside."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, actually my second aunt also wanted to buy it, but seeing that my eldest aunt spoke first, it was hard for her to say anything, but she still showed a bit of taste and envy in her words.
Get out of your tone."
Several elders laughed again, and then Grandpa Zeng said, "Don't your second aunts have houses in the town, why do you still want to buy them?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not just my uncle and aunt who dislike the house in their hometown, my second uncle and aunt also dislike it."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "Is the house in your grandparents' hometown very dilapidated?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not very shabby, but it's really old, and the house in their hometown is not spacious. They only have five rooms in total, and they built them side by side.
My uncle and his wife occupied two rooms, my second uncle and his wife occupied two rooms, and my grandparents lived in the middle hall. The hall was divided into two parts, the front and back, and the back part was used for bedrooms.
There are several cabinets for storing food, and the front is equivalent to a place for eating and entertaining guests."
After her description, everyone present understood the layout of her grandfather's house, and then her grandma nodded and said, "Oh, it's the kind of old house in the past. All the houses in the past were built like that.
"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, that's right!"
Then Grandma Mo asked, "What about their kitchen? Is the kitchen together or separate?"
Xiang Jin said, "They built the kitchen separately, just on two sides. It's a bit like the layout of a courtyard, but the rooms in the row of the kitchen are relatively small, maybe just over two meters.
It's less than three meters tall. That's where they used to raise silkworms. The two short houses at the back are where they raise pigs, cows, and chickens. Anyway, the house the owner lives in is not very spacious. People like Yang Zhao and Yang
Now that Hui has gone back, the two brothers still live in the same house."
The elders all nodded, "Oh, is that still a bit restrictive?"
Xiang Jin said, "Ah, so they want to renovate the house, but they are reluctant to leave the business they are doing now, so it is a bit contradictory."
Then Grandpa Zeng said, "You said that you have a share in that house in the countryside. You have no evidence. Why don't she deny it when the time comes?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, yes. When the house was being built, I was responsible for the purchase of some materials. For example, when paying labor wages, I signed the signature. I sold that house with Yan Chen.
I recorded every income from corn-shelling items, including the income from the mulberry huang that Han Che helped me sell.
Moreover, the object for peeling corn kernels is also evidenced by the contract we signed with the president of the supply and marketing cooperative. That can prove my source of income. Besides, people in Bayou all have eyes.
I have all the evidence and evidence, and I’m not afraid of her denying or denying it!”
Everyone nodded, and then Xiang Jin stood up and said, "I'm going to call my brother and the others and ask them to bring me those bills tomorrow. Then, Grandma Mo, you guys are having a drink at Aunt Liao's house.
Help me bring all those receipts to my grandpa or uncle.
Then Yang Juyun will be easy to talk to, that's all. If she makes a fuss, let them show her those bills as evidence. Anyway, I am not willing to leave that house to her no matter what."
Grandma Mo nodded, "Okay, then we will bring it to your grandpa or uncle."
With that said, Xiang Jin got up and went to make a phone call.
After breakfast the next morning, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen drove directly to the shopping mall in the county town to buy flour.
Before going out, Xiang Jin asked several elders, "Do you want to go to the county town? Can we take you there?"
The two grandmas were a little moved. Seeing their hesitant expressions, Yan Chen said, "Today may be the last day you can rest during the New Year. If you want to go somewhere, just go. You don't have to worry about no one watching the house."
, Yan Chen and I are both here, we will be back after we finish shopping."
Xiang Jin also said, "Yes, you can go and have fun wherever you want. We are watching over you at home. I have to make bread today and I am not allowed to go out."
You may have to start working in the fields again tomorrow, and you won't be able to find any free time to rest after that, so you can take advantage of this time to take a good rest."
After Grandma Mo heard what they said, she looked at Xiang Jin and her grandma and said, "How about we take a boat trip down the river later? We have been here for so long, and we have not gone to the city very much.
Visited."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother immediately nodded in agreement, "Okay, okay!"
Grandpa Zeng immediately said, "Okay, then I will be the host today and I will invite you to go on a cruise. Xiao Tang, will you come with us later?"
Uncle Tao said, "Okay, I can do anything."
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "Then we will wait until you come back."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay! Let's go and get back quickly!" After saying that, she and Yan Chen walked to the car in a few steps, then opened the door and got in.
"Drive slowly on the road, don't be in a hurry!" Grandpa Zeng warned them.
"I know," Yan Chen pulled the seat belt buckle, and then Xiang Jin said to her grandma, "Grandma, help us wash twenty or thirty eggs. No need to beat them. We will come back to beat them ourselves, and then help us go to the ground."
I picked two cantaloupes and brought them back. I also steamed some yams for me. I didn’t need to peel them. I just washed the yams, cut them into palm-long pieces, and steamed them until soft.
I’ll use it later.”
"Oh, good!"
In the car, Xiang Jin said, "I saw Uncle Tao brought some pineapples. I'll make you some pineapple-flavored bread later?"
"good!"
Xiang Jin then said, "But when I go back later, you have to help me peel the pineapple and the cantaloupe. They are all the same. I will beat the eggs and mix the cream and wait for you to peel the fruit."
Okay, I'll beat them into juice."
"Okay! If you have any work, just tell me and I will ensure that it is completed beautifully for you."
"Well, I can rest assured when you do things!"
The corner of Yan Chen's lips curled up, "Thank you for trusting me, boss!"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Easy to say, easy to say, but in order not to waste time, you can peel the cantaloupe for me when you go back."
"Okay, no problem! Oh, what kind of bread are you going to make with yam?"
Xiang Jin said, "You can't make bread from yam. I will make yam cake for you when the time comes."
"Okay! Oops, how come our Ajin is so awesome and can do everything?"
Xiang Jin said, "You can do everything? There are a lot of things you can't do, right?"
Yan Chen said, "In my eyes, you are awesome!"
Xiang Jin laughed and said, "That's nonsense! Oh, by the way, we will hang up our pickled fish and smoke it when we go back later. We will take some back with us when we return to the provincial capital tomorrow."
"Okay, then you bake the bread and I'll dry the fish and smoke it!"
"Forget it, I'd better call Grandpa and the others and ask them to hang it out. Anyway, they have nothing to do at home right now. Hang it up early and smoke it early, which will save time."
"Okay!"
Xiang Jin took out his cell phone to make a call. Yan Chen stared straight ahead and drove the car seriously. Soon they arrived at the largest shopping mall in the county, where they directly bought five bags of ten-pound flour.
Just went home.
When they went back, they had already smoked the pickled fish, and Xiang Jin felt that the speed was faster when there were more people.
When they unloaded several bags of flour from the car, the two grandmothers were surprised and said, "How much bread are you going to bake today?"
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma, you misunderstood. We can't bake five bags of flour today. It's good if we can bake one bag of flour. The remaining flour is for you. You don't usually bake bread."
Do you want to steam steamed buns, steamed buns, flower rolls or something? We ran out of flour at home, so we brought you a few bags directly."
The two grandma nodded, then took the flour from their hands and put it into a large wooden cabinet in the storage room next to it. There were two large wooden cabinets here, which were used by Grandma Mo and her family to move furniture.
The purpose of coming here is to put things away.
Xiang Jin also carried a bag of flour into the house to put it away, and then asked them, "Have the yams been steamed?"
The two grandmothers nodded and agreed, and they were placed on the kitchen chopping board to cool down.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then you can go out and have fun, and leave the rest to the two of us."
The two grandmothers hesitated and asked them if they were busy enough. If not, they would stay and help.
Xiang Jin said, "Come here if you are busy, come here if you are busy, don't worry, there is a juice machine at home. I just need to peel the fruit and fry it into juice. You guys, just have a good day today."
When the time comes, you can just come back and eat bread. Not only will I use the oven, I will also use the rice cooker and the steamer, so it will be done much faster."
The two grandmas smiled happily and said, "Okay, okay, you make toast in the morning, and we will make delicious food for them when they come back in the afternoon."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
After the elders drove away, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen immediately closed the door outside and went into the kitchen to prepare for baking bread.
Xiang Jin brought two clean small basins and began to beat eggs in them. One was specially for egg whites and the other was for egg yolks. After separating the egg whites and egg yolks, she then brought a manual egg beater.
Start beating eggs.
Yan Chen felt that it was too much effort for her to beat the eggs, so he came over to change with her, "You go beat the juice, and I'll beat the eggs."
Xiang Jin asked him, "Do you know how to fight?"
Yan Chen said, "Wouldn't you know it if you told me?"
Xiang Jin watched him hesitate for a moment and then gave up his position, "Okay, then you fight!" Then she told him how to fight, and then she walked towards the fruit position where he was before, and followed
Just go and process the fruits you need.
After she peeled, cut and diced the cantaloupe, she put it into the juice machine and punched it out, then poured it into a piece of gauze, filtered it and set it aside for later use.
Let's get to that pineapple again.
During the process, she couldn't help but twist a small piece and eat it, "Well, it's not bitter, it's quite sweet." After saying that, she gave Yan Chen another mouthful, and after he ate it, he
He said, "How's it going? Not bad, right?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, not bad!"
Xiang Jin said, "When the baked bread comes out, you should like the taste."
"I look forward to it!" Then he asked again, "We will leave after lunch tomorrow. Should we go back to the city to say goodbye to your parents?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, they will come over tomorrow morning and will stay here tomorrow night. The day after tomorrow, I will follow your Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo to Aunt Liao's house for a wedding banquet."
Yan Chen nodded, "Does your mother want to pack your luggage and bring it over for you?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, yes, I told them yesterday when I called them."
"That's good, then we will set off directly from here to return to the provincial capital tomorrow."
"Well, well, shall we hold a shareholders' meeting this time about the matter we discussed last time?"
Yan Chen said, "At that time, I will ask Uncle Tao to call Lawyer Qin and the finance department to see if it is convenient for them to attend the meeting. After all, this will only count if they participate. I am afraid that they are not in the provincial capital."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true. All the office workers in the provincial capital work on the eighth day of the lunar month, right?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, the eighth day of the lunar month!"
Xiang Jin said, "If it doesn't work out, how about just changing the ticket to the tenth day of the lunar month? It doesn't matter if we delay it for two more days."
I think this matter should be discussed together as early as possible, otherwise it will have to be delayed for at least half a year, and we will not be able to sit down together to discuss this matter until we have summer vacation."
Yan Chen said, "That is indeed the case. Okay, then we will postpone the ticket change until around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. When Uncle Tao comes back in the afternoon, I will ask them to call the two of them. If it is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year,
If we can pass this matter, then we should sign in and go to bj on the ninth day of the lunar month?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay!"
"Hey, look how well I'm beating the egg liquid. Do you want to continue beating it?" After a while, Yan Chen lifted up his egg beater and asked Xiang Jin for advice.
After Xiang Jin looked at it, he said, "This is fine. There is no need to whip this anymore. Just put it aside. But the egg yolk must also be whipped like this."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay, but I have to take a rest, my wrist is a little sore." After saying that, he stopped Xiang Jin and said, "Would you like to take a rest too?"
Xiang Jin said, "I'm not tired!"
Yan Chen raised her chin and stared at her with burning eyes, "But I want to kiss you." After saying that, he slowly lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Xiang Jin stopped what he was doing, and then slowly wrapped his arms around his neck to respond to him.
After the two people had been busy for nearly three hours, Xiang Jin and the others baked the first batch of pineapple-flavored butter bread. Xiang Jin motioned to Yan Chen to pick up one and try it.
Yan Chen complied, and then asked him after he took a bite, "How does it taste? Do you still like it?"
Yan Chen brought the bread to her mouth, "You will know after you taste it yourself."
"Isn't it delicious?" Xiang Jin looked at him suspiciously.
"Try it?" Yan Chen still didn't tell her the result and insisted on letting her taste it herself.
"Shouldn't it?" Xiang Jin still looked at him with a suspicious look on his face, but he still opened his mouth and took a bite.
"Well, it's delicious! It's slightly sweet but not light, with the fragrance of pineapple and the milky fragrance of milk. How can you say it's not delicious?" Xiang Jin glared at him after eating it.
Yan Chen said, "I'm sorry, wife, I didn't say it wasn't delicious, I just wanted you to taste it yourself." After saying that, he put the bread to her lips again, opened his mouth to Xiang Jin and
After taking a big bite, Yan Chen took it back and took another bite.
After Xiang Jin swallowed the food in his mouth, he asked him, "Do you like the taste of this?"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "I like it!"
After the two people shared the bread, Xiang Jin made the bread in the rice cooker and unmolded the bread from the pot. Then she picked up a fruit knife and cut two small pieces on it for herself.
I tasted a piece of Yan Chen.
Then he asked Yan Chen, "How about this?"
Yan Chen said, "It's very soft and has the sweetness of honey, but I still like the pineapple and cantaloupe flavors."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, then you can eat those two flavors. This is the flavor that Grandpa and the others like. They, the elderly, prefer to eat this kind of soft cake. I will make some for them."
, there are several old couples among our employees, and we will send a pot of this cake to their families when the time comes."
Yan Chen said, "Okay, what do you want to eat for lunch? Noodles or dumplings? I'll cook them!"
Xiang Jin thought for a while and then said, "Just boiled dumplings. Dumplings are convenient, but you have to give me a few less, just seven or eight. I won't be able to finish any more, because I want to try some bread."
"good!"
"Oh, by the way, where are the bacon we smoked? Don't let the flame go out?"
Yan Chen said, "Don't worry, I've checked it out and it's very well smoked. I also added some cypress branches, fruit wood chips and spices to it."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's good, that's good. I'm afraid that we will all be in the kitchen and forget about things outside."
Yan Chen said, "Don't worry, it won't happen. I will always remember it!"
"Okay, then I will be fully responsible for baking bread and making cakes in the kitchen, and you will be responsible for smoking the bacon outside, right?"
"No problem!" After saying that, Yan Chen hugged her and kissed her neck, then let go of her to cook.
"Are you sure they won't come back for dinner?" Xiang Jin asked as she watched him pour water into the pot.
Yan Chen said, "Probably not. When they left, they said they would come back in the afternoon to make dinner. They probably wouldn't come back for lunch. They ate outside. It's the fourth day of the Lunar New Year today. There should still be places to eat outside.
local.”
Xiang Jin asked, "How about you give them a call to confirm?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!" He took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed them.
After a while, he told Xiang Jin, "If they don't come back for lunch, they have already found a restaurant and ordered food and are waiting."
"Hey, he's actually faster than us?!"
Yan Chen smiled and said, "We will eat soon."
By the time Xiang Jin and the others were having lunch, Xiang Jin had already baked a dustpan of croissants and caterpillar bread, as well as several rice cookers of honey and milk cake.
When Xiang Jin and her grandmothers came back from outside in the afternoon and saw that the two of them had baked as much as two dustpans of bread and cakes at home, they couldn't help being shocked. Grandpa Zeng smiled and said, "You two bake
Aren’t you tired of having so much bread?”
Xiang Jin and her grandmother asked, "How long will it take for us to eat so much bread?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's not much. It looks like a lot. In fact, it's only three or four hundred. These breads are not only for our own family, I want to give them to the employees as well."
It's like giving three or four to each person. If you are too busy to eat on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, you can still eat two pieces of bread."
Everyone nodded, and then her grandma asked, "Should we send it to them now?"
Xiang Jin said, "Tomorrow, it won't be too late to give it to everyone when we invite everyone to eat mutton pot tomorrow. Grandpa Zeng, have you greeted the pig butcher?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "Hello, hello. On our way back just now, we turned to the next village to talk to your pig butcher. They said we would come early tomorrow morning."
"Early in the morning? How early in the morning is it?" Xiang Jin asked.
Grandpa Zeng said, "The appointment is for five o'clock."
"Five o'clock?! So early?! Hey, it's so cold, so cold!" Xiang Jin said as he rubbed his arms.
Xiang Jin and her grandmother explained, "There will be customers coming to bring food tomorrow, so we have to go early."
Then Xiang Jin asked them, "That's too early. Anyway, I won't be able to get up at four or five o'clock. So, will there be many people coming to pick up fruits and vegetables tomorrow? And what's the quantity?
?”
Grandpa Zeng said, "There are four companies that have called so far, but the order quantity is not very large. They are all about two or three tons. They are all sold to customers in major vegetable markets in the city. Oh, one of them has
Your brother’s shop needs it.”
"Ah? Then how will he transport the vegetables tomorrow? Will he come back and pull it back by himself, or will his aunt come back and pull it for him? But he will follow us to the provincial capital tomorrow. We will leave after lunch tomorrow.
Can you make it in time?"
Her grandfather said, "His two classmates will come over tomorrow to bring food, so we will bring them back to him together."
"Is that so?!"
Her grandfather nodded, "They often hire a truck with several people, because they don't have a cold storage. In order to ensure the freshness of the dishes, they only pull the dishes once every other day, and each time it costs one ton and two
It weighed a ton, and then the three of us hired a five- to six-ton truck."
"Oh, that's okay," Xiang Jin nodded, and then changed the subject, "Have you gone swimming in the river today? Is it cold up there?"
Grandma Mo said with a happy face, "We swam, we swam, it wasn't cold, it wasn't cold. We swam for several miles. The boat was big and there was a heating hall on top. If you stood outside for a while,
When the wind gets a little cold, you can go back to the hall and sit and rest."
"Are there many people on the cruise today?" Xiang Jin asked again.
Her grandmother said, "There are still a few boats, but there are not many people on each boat. There are only eight people on our boat. Probably because it is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year today, and many people have swam there before.
So it’s not very crowded today.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Are any of you seasick?"
"No, none of us are seasick. We are in good physical condition!" Her grandmother said with a smile on her face.
It seemed that they had a good time today. Xiang Jin nodded, "What did you have for lunch?"
Her grandfather said, "For lunch, your Uncle Tao invited us to eat stir-fried vegetables at a restaurant by the river. After eating there, we sat down and drank tea for a while, and then went back to the county seat.
Went shopping for a while.”
Xiang Jin asked, "Did you buy anything?"
Her grandma touched the empty stool next to her with her mouth and said, "Hey, I bought some red lanterns."
Xiang Jin followed her gaze and looked over, and she saw several red velvet lanterns there. She immediately couldn't laugh or cry, "This year is almost over, what's the point of you just buying a few lanterns?"
?”
Grandpa Zeng said, "Oh, you can hang this one at any time, and it's so cheap to buy today. In the past, it cost more than ten yuan a piece, but today it only costs a few yuan a piece. It's just a little late."
We haven’t had anything for a few days. As the saying goes, you won’t be afraid of being late if you have a good meal. When they are hung up later, our place will be a little more beautiful. The big red lanterns are hung high, and the days will be prosperous all year round!"
Xiang Jin smiled even more happily, "Then let Yan Chen do it for you, he is tall!"
Her grandfather smiled and said, "That's okay. There is a ladder at home."
Yan Chen asked, "Where will the sheep be slaughtered then? Do you have a good place in mind? Also, have you told the two old men who help us feed the cattle and their husbands that they don't want to be in the sheepfold then?"
I suddenly lost three sheep and I thought someone had stolen them and I was worried."
Grandpa Zeng said, "Oh oh oh, yes, yes, I am going to greet people for a while," and then he turned around and walked out of the yard.
Then Xiang Jin invited everyone to try the bread and cakes she made. Several people washed their hands one after another, and then each of them took one to taste.
After a while, everyone said it was delicious, and Uncle Tao asked, "Is this pineapple flavored?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, that's right, I made the pineapple you brought."
Uncle Tao nodded, "Yeah, it's delicious!"
Xiang Jin said, "If you like to eat, eat more. You can also bring some with you when the time comes. Anyway, there is a lot."
Uncle Tao nodded, "Well, I'll bring some with me when the time comes."
Her grandma and grandma Mo both liked that cake better, saying it was fluffy and soft, melted in the mouth, and had a milky and honey flavor.
Xiang Jin said, "I used the rice cooker to make this. I have made more than a dozen. I will give one to everyone in the park who has elderly people at home. This one is soft. Some elderly people have bad teeth.
You can eat this."
The two grandmas nodded, and then Xiang Jin brought out a few more pieces of the excellent-looking pastry and invited everyone to eat.
Grandma Mo asked, "You also made mooncakes?"
Xiang Jin said, "This is not a moon cake, this is a yam cake. I use the yam you steamed for me mixed with a little red dates and wolfberry to make a yam cake. This one is good for the stomach and spleen. You can try it too. How does it taste?"
Anyway, Yan Chen and I both think it’s okay.”
"Then it's definitely not wrong," Uncle Tao said.
Then everyone picked up another piece of yam cake and tasted it. In the end, it was naturally praised by everyone.
Xiang Jin said, "I made this for dozens of dollars. You can keep it for yourself when the time comes."
Her grandmother said, "You can bring some with you when the time comes. We can't eat that much."
Grandma Mo just said yes.
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "You didn't even ask me how much I had done, so you just asked us to take care of it?"
Grandma Mo said, "No matter how much it is, you can still bring some."
Xiang Jin said, "No, I only made twenty or thirty yuan in total, so you can just keep it for you to eat. Besides, if we want to eat it then I will make it. We have to bring two big bundles of yams, Yan
The house on the First Ring Road has never been used for cooking, so my brother and I happened to go there to warm the stove for him, and it just so happened that this yam cake was steamed."
The elders all laughed, and then her grandma said, "Okay, then I'll listen to you. We'll stay and eat this."
Xiang Jin looked at Uncle Tao and said, "Uncle Tao, shall I make something new for you when you wait in the provincial capital?"
Uncle Tao said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't care. There is so much bread. I like this bread too."
Xiang Jin smiled and rolled his eyes, "Okay, then you can bring more with you then, huh?"
"good!"
Grandpa Zeng came back after a while, and Grandma Mo said, "Did you tell them?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "I've said it, I've said it, isn't it just for talking about this matter? The family also said that they would help out in the morning, and then we went to find a more suitable slaughtering place.
The two of them are now helping us dig a hole for the stove with hoes and iron shovels. When I come back, I will take our big iron pot for the fire, and then bring some firewood there, so as not to panic tomorrow morning.
It’s busy here.”
So several male compatriots in the family, including Uncle Tao, all went out to carry the pot, and those who resisted the firewood resisted the firewood.
Xiang Jin and the two grandmothers did not go out, and they were discussing arrangements for tomorrow's lunch at home.
"Grandma, there won't be many people coming to pick up vegetables tomorrow, so you can't go to work in the fields, right?"
The two grandmothers said that they didn't have to work in the fields tomorrow and could stay home to make lunch. However, they had to discuss how to make the meal because they were going back to the provincial capital tomorrow, so they couldn't prepare as many dishes as they did that day.
, because that would waste too much time.
Xiang Jin said, "Let's make mutton soup. I'll go to the field to pick some white radish later, and tomorrow morning I'll go to the field to pinch some pea tips and chop some lettuce."
Tomorrow we’ll cook a sheep head, then some mutton, and then some haggis. Then we’ll make a sauce and eat it like this, to make it simple.”
Her grandma asked, "We still have some mutton in the refrigerator, do you want to take it out and cook it together later?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's better not to use it. The one we have in the refrigerator is sheep meat, and the one we raise ourselves is goat meat. The two kinds of meat are different in quality. It's easy for the flavor to be transferred. It's better to eat them separately. It seems that there are also
There isn’t much left. We used that stuffed sausage to stuff people of all ages, and we ate the sheep’s head and sheep’s hooves ourselves before. Later, my parents also brought some back, and we occasionally eat it ourselves these days.
Some of them probably only weigh a few kilograms."
Grandma Mo nodded, "Yes, it still weighs about three or four kilograms."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Then you can save it for yourself to eat later. I'll probably finish it in one meal."
The two grandmothers nodded, and Xiang Jin continued, "There is no need to cook the sheep's hooves tomorrow. Leave them there. You can cook them and eat them yourself."
Her grandma said, "Oh, tomorrow a sheep will fill up the refrigerator. How will we put all the bacon in our house then?"
Xiang Jin said, "Let's buy another freezer. Anyway, the freezer is not that expensive, and the space is still so big. Last time I gave my brother a freezer with more than 200 liters, which only cost more than 800, so it's still worth 800 yuan."
It will be dark for two hours. When Yan Chen comes back, he and I will drive a pickup truck to the city and bring back a freezer."
Grandma Mo smiled and said, "You kid, you say wind is like rain, why are you so anxious? We can just buy it ourselves later. Anyway, the bacon will have to be dried in the house for a few more days."
Xiang Jin said, "We are free. How can you have time then? My grandma and grandma will go to the provincial capital to renovate our house for us in March and April. As soon as they leave, you, grandpa Zeng and aunt
They will be busier then.”
Grandma Mo said, "That's right! Okay, then you guys should slow down on the road then and call your Uncle Tao up. He drives well!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh, okay!"
So after Yan Chen and Uncle Tao came back, Xiang Jin told them about the situation. They both nodded, and then the three of them opened the car door and headed towards the city.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, Xiang Jin and the others drove back in the pickup truck. When they saw that they had brought two freezers back, they were all surprised, and then they couldn't help but ask them what they bought.
So many freezers?
Yan Chen said, "One is for cured pork and sausages, and the other is for cured fish. From now on, the refrigerator will be dedicated to storing fresh meat ingredients and frozen dumplings."
Everyone understood what he meant, so they all nodded, and then everyone worked together to move the freezer into the house.