On the third day after Grandpa Yan Chen left, Xiang Jin and her grandparents came back from their hometown. When they came back, they brought back a lot of things. When Yan Chen drove to pick them up, they unexpectedly
There are six large foam boxes plus two smaller foam boxes stacked on top of each other.
When I came back and saw the row of foam boxes, Xiang Jin asked, "What are these?"
Her grandma said, "They are all local products, as well as some bacon sausages and some fresh meat ingredients, local chickens, duck eggs, and fruits."
Xiang Jin couldn't help but dumbfounded, "Did you really bring back some fresh meat ingredients?"
Her grandma nodded, "That's right. Can we bring it with us? Why don't we bring it with us? These pigs were slaughtered at midnight last night and are still fresh."
The expression on Xiang Jin's face suddenly became complicated, "It was slaughtered at midnight last night. Your flight is at 10:30 this morning. Doesn't it mean that you set off from your hometown last night and haven't rested since?
?”
Her grandma said, "You came to rest, why didn't you rest? We rested in the car. Your uncle Tao picked us up in the countryside. Then they drove off, and your grandfather and I slept in the car for a few hours.
sleep."
Xiang Jin said, "It's so dangerous to drive at night. I thought you guys arrived in the provincial capital yesterday."
Her grandmother said, "No, originally we were saying that we slaughtered the pig yesterday morning and left at two or three o'clock in the afternoon. It's cold now, so there's no problem in leaving the meat overnight.
But your Uncle Tao said that you should slaughter the meat at one or two o'clock in the evening, set off at three or four o'clock, and go directly to the airport to catch the flight after arriving in the provincial capital, so that the meat will be fresher."
Xiang Jin asked, "Uncle Tao brought someone else with him?"
Her grandfather nodded, "Well, I brought one with me. He was seconded from your uncle Xie Hui. The two of them had been resting in the room to catch up on sleep during the day yesterday, so neither of them was driving fatigued.
And now the roads in my hometown have been repaired. They are all cement roads with expressways, which are easy to walk. There are very few cars on the road at night, and the road is smooth and smooth, so it is relatively safe this time.
It only took them more than four hours to drive to the provincial capital."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's good. I'm just worried that you guys will be tired while driving at night. What do you think would be bad if an accident happened?"
Her grandmother said, "Don't worry, we are sensible, and you, Uncle Tao, are also sensible."
Xiang Jin asked, "Are these boxes filled with meat?"
Her grandma said, "Oh, no, these are the only boxes of meat. These two boxes are all fresh meat, mainly pork belly, hind leg meat and ribs.
This box is a box of sausages, bacon and fish. We only brought a small part of this. Your brother and your aunt will bring some more later. The sausages and bacon have not been blown to dry yet, and they are still drying.
It will continue to blow in the kitchen for a few days.
This box contains some fresh chicken and duck meat, about ten in total, which were slaughtered last night.
Not these two boxes. This box is a box of chicken and duck eggs. This box is a box of pecans, peanuts and some other nuts. Your grandparents and your Aunt Liao gave them to you.
, they also brought a lot of things, which we couldn’t bring, so we had to wait for your brother and your aunt to bring them over later.
As for these two small foam boxes, one contains the big cherries and blueberries your brother picked, and the other contains the kiwi fruit your aunt brought you, plus a dozen fresh lemons."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Then the consignment fee for these things cost a lot today, right?"
Her grandfather said, "In total, there are a thousand and a few things to deal with at once, but this is nothing. The main thing is to eat safely and securely."
Xiang Jin nodded. It is true that according to their current financial situation, there is no need to pay attention to quantity. The more than a thousand yuan spent on consignment may be directly replaced in the eyes of others.
The rice noodles were too oily and meaty, which was really an injustice to Hua.
But with their current family background, it’s time to pay attention to quality, so they have to pursue safer and more environmentally friendly food, so they don’t care about spending hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Just because now with the rapid development of social economy, people are pursuing greater economic benefits, so various chemical products are mixed in food ingredients, such as preservatives, preservatives, and slimming agents.
Meat essence, etc.
"Wow, with so much meat and eggs, when are we going to eat it? We won't be selling meat for a long time, and will we get all the good meat from that pig?
Coming here?"
Her grandma said, "No, we mainly took some pork belly and hind leg meat, and a ham, and then some middle steak. We left some for your brother and your aunt like the others, and then we also
I gave one to Xiaochen and her aunt
Some, and your Uncle Tao took some, such as pig heads and pig offal, and some other meat from the pigs. Your aunt and your brother said that the cook who brought them to their place brought them out today at noon and invited them to the orchard.
The employees have a meal.”
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo went to sort out those things. Xiang Jin continued to ask her grandparents, "The flight is at half past ten, does that mean you haven't had lunch yet?"
His grandma nodded her head and said, "Eat, eat, eat some airplane food on the plane, and then Xiaochen took us to eat some after picking us up, so you don't have to worry about this."
Xiang Jin nodded. After Yan Chen unloaded those things from the car, he said to Xiang Jin's grandparents, "Grandpa and grandma, you guys chat with Ajin first. I'll go back to the study to deal with it first."
Work?!"
"Oh, okay, let's go, let's go!" The two elders nodded, and Xiang Jin and her grandmother responded while waving to him.
After Yan Chen returned to the study, Xiang Jin held her grandmother's hand and went into the house with her grandfather. Then Xiang Jin poured a glass of water for each of them, followed everyone and sat down on the sofa, and then Xiang Jin asked
, "Are my brother and aunt okay?"
Her grandma said, "Okay, everything is fine. Don't worry. Your aunt told us that your brother's fruit from his orchard will sell for at least this amount this year?" After saying that, her grandma stretched out her hand and gestured to her.
.
"Five million?!" Xiang Jin said.
Her grandma nodded, "Well, it's a net profit, so he is very busy every day. Guess, if you add in the investment dividends that he participated in, his income this year will be about 10 million."
about."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, that's okay?! No wonder he wants to renovate the cold storage, and also said that he would bring all the wine stored in the cellar to BJ."
Her grandfather also smiled and said, "Yes, this year the fruit field and his fruit field both had a good harvest. When we went back, he was picking fruits there, and we helped with the harvesting for a few days."
The land her brother later contracted was all used to grow cherries and blueberries. The prices for these two fruits were quite high, often tens of dollars per pound, and they were priceless in the market. Apart from a stable supply,
In addition to their several fruit shops, many other customers often cannot get the goods.
Because these fruits are basically sold to first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as some large fruit supermarkets in provincial capitals. They are not sold in supermarkets like their hometown in the county, because after all, the consumption level is
There is a certain gap.
Xiang Jin asked, "Can he and his aunt be busy?"
Her grandfather nodded and said, "It's still busy, and now the management has been improved a lot. In the past, I had to collect the money myself and weigh the things, but now I don't have to.
Now there are dedicated financial personnel for collection, and all collection and payment operations are done directly on the computer. Your brother and your aunt don't have to worry about this.
After receiving a payment, the finance department will notify your brother and your aunt, that is, which company's payment has been received and the goods can be sent away. It is still a lot more convenient. Now they mainly
Even in charge of the business, there are also managers below."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then her grandmother said, "Next year, your Aunt Liao will not be allowed to be in your hometown."
"What? She's going to take care of the baby for Brother Xiangyang?!" Xiang Jin was surprised for a moment, and then asked.
Her grandma shook her head, "No, your brother Xiangyang's child is being taken care of by his father-in-law. Didn't your Aunt Liao buy a house for your brother Xiangyang in the provincial capital before?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, that's what happened. What, she's going to move to the provincial capital next year to retire?"
Her grandmother said, "In April or May of this year, she and her natal brother teamed up to invest in buying a shop in the provincial capital. They planned to start a business by then."
"Then what are they planning to do?" Xiang Jin asked again.
"They want to open a barbecue restaurant."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Now that the barbecue restaurant is open, it can still make money. Where did they buy the shop?"
"It's said to be over there at Ximen'er, next to the Normal University."
"Oh! Then when the time comes, I will go back to the provincial capital and visit them. Then her house in her hometown will be locked?"
Her grandma nodded, "Well, their family doesn't have any extra people. If she comes to the provincial capital, won't the house in her hometown have to be locked?"
"Has your house in the provincial capital been renovated?"
"She said she was going to renovate it during the Chinese New Year, and she would renovate it together with the shop. She said they would go to the provincial capital at least in the second half of next year."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked about her grandmothers, "How are my grandparents, are they okay?"
Her grandmother said, "Your grandmother's body is still strong. We didn't see your grandfather. He was in his hometown. We also went to your Aunt Liao's house that day. When we passed through the town, we stopped by their shop to give those gifts to
The business of your two uncles is not bad, but there is a new stir-fry shop next door, and it is said that the business is still good.
They were quite busy that day, and we didn't have much time to linger there. After handing those things over to them, we casually said a few words to them and then went to your Aunt Liao's house.
When I went that day, only your grandma was setting up a stall there, and I didn't see Yang Juyun. Your grandma and your uncles and aunts didn't mention her either, but later I heard from your Aunt Liao that she had had a miscarriage and was confinement at home."
"Ah?! She's pregnant again?! How old is she? She's forty-six or seventeen, and she's still giving birth?" Xiang Jin was surprised, and then curled his lips and said.
Her grandmother said, "If she wants to have a son, isn't the one she gave birth to a daughter before her?"
Xiang Jin sarcastically said, "I'm not afraid of being fined to death. How much savings does she have?"
Her grandma said, "She almost died because of this. She was already an advanced maternal age at that age. Your grandparents, as well as your uncles and aunts, all quickly advised her after learning that she was pregnant again.
Tell her not to give birth, saying she is so dangerous.
But she refused to listen, and said that since she could still get pregnant at this age, it meant that the child in her belly was destined to be her, and it must be a boy, and she must give birth to him."
Xiang Jin curled his lips again, "I miss my son so much that I go crazy!"
Her grandma said, "Isn't that right? Then when she was pregnant, she didn't care about her mouth and ate haese every day. In the end, she fed both the baby and the baby into a fat man.
Later, they asked someone to find a connection to identify the gender of the fetus in their belly. Finally, the B-ultrasound showed that it was a girl. They didn't want it, and then went for induction surgery.
The child was seven or eight months old, and she was about to fall asleep, so they went to knock her down. In the end, they didn't know that the child was too big to be dropped, and then she almost died there after a lot of twists and turns.
On the operating table, I heard the doctor say that if she didn't take care of herself later, she wouldn't live to be sixty years old.
Your grandparents were very angry and resentful, so they went to complain about her, and she even had a quarrel with them.
It is said that they can stand and talk without pain. They all have sons, and they will have sons to take care of them until they die, but she only has two daughters to lose money to, and Xiang Lan is not close to her, so she will have no one to rely on when she gets old.
In the end, she got angry and told them to leave her affairs alone. She couldn't rely on her parents in the past, and she would never be able to rely on her parents in the future. In the end, she even said unabashedly that she would never have her parents in the future, and she would call you grandpa and grandma.
And her uncles and aunts didn't leave her alone, they just pretended that she didn't have that kind of relationship.
Your grandparents were very angry at that time, and then the two of them made harsh words at that time, saying that she could do whatever she wanted. Even if she died in the future, they would not care about her leisure. If the two old people in the future
If she dies one day, there is no need for her to mourn. From now on, she will not have their parents, and she will no longer be their daughter."
Xiang Jin commented in one word, "Zuo!"
Xiang Jin's grandma said, "Isn't this just doing it? Now even her man can't stand her bad temper. According to your Aunt Liao, she once went back to her parents' home to visit her parents, and then went to their
Buy some braised meat and vegetables from the shop and take them back
Go, and then she saw two people with Qingfeng's black face, both of whom were displeased with each other. It is said that one time, because of some trivial matter, the two of them had a fight, which scared the little girl.
When I got it, I cried bah bah bah.”
Xiang Jin was speechless, "If you fight in front of a child, aren't you afraid of affecting the child's physical and mental development in the future?"
Her grandmother said, "No, Aunt Liao said that the little girl's character seems to be subservient and dull, just like Yang Juyun's temperament when she was at Lao Xiang's house."
"Why do you have the same temperament?" At this moment, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng packed up their things and came in. Grandma Mo put a plate of washed cherries on the coffee table in front of Xiang Jin, and then sat down.
Xiang Jin's grandmother said, "Oh, we are here to talk about the daughter Yang Juyun gave birth to later. Aunt Liao said that the child's temperament was exactly the same as Yang Juyun's temperament at Lao Xiang's house. She was submissive and timid."
Grandma Mo frowned, "How did she develop that child's temperament like that?"
Xiang Jin brought the fruit plate to several elders and asked them to eat it too. Each of the elders took a few pieces, and then Xiang Jin also took a few pieces and said while eating.
, "As for the problem of the original family, Aunt Liao said that Yang Juyun and her current husband often quarreled in front of the child, which often scared the child to tears. Can the child's character be unaffected?"
Grandma Mo said, "That child is really evil. She was reborn into such a family. How did Yang Juyun become like that now? She was not like that before?"
Xiang Jin said, "This person is always changing. I used to think that apart from being a bit petty, she was generally a kind person. But later on, I didn't know she was like that."
one person."
Grandma Mo sighed, "Alas..."
Then Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Oh, by the way, that old Xiangtou is dying. I heard that this winter has been bad, and I haven't even gotten out of bed. A few days ago, your Aunt Liao heard that Chang came to give
The doctor who gave him the infusion said he would see if he could postpone the Spring Festival, which would probably be at the end of the twelfth lunar month.
He also committed a sin. I heard that since he became ill, his children, except for his two sons, went back to see him once at the beginning. After each of them lost two to three hundred yuan, they never went back to see them again. That picture
The old woman called them countless times, but the brothers never came back. Every time they said they were busy or that they had no money.
Her eldest daughter is now said to have some mental problems. She ran away in the first half of the year and never came back. She doesn't know where she is now.
The second daughter has never come back since she ran away that year. She has not sent a message or made a phone call to her family for so many years. The old couple spend every day the money they saved over the years.
I heard that it’s almost spent now.”
The raised corners of the lips of Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo suddenly relaxed after hearing these words. Grandma Mo sighed, "This is what happened when we were young and had good feet and hands.
If you don’t know how to create some value for your children, you will enjoy the blessing in advance.
And it’s not sad when it comes to raising children. All the children they raise are as selfish, unreasonable and unreasonable as the two of them, alas..."
Xiang Jin and her grandmother said, "Yes, I heard that old lady Zhang's hair has turned white now, and she looks much older than before. Every time I go to your Aunt Liao's house, she calls her two sons and hopes that they will
She was able to get some money back to treat their father, but both sons said they had no money, and she would cry every time she called.
Your Aunt Liao is a bit superstitious. She said that every time she wiped her tears at her house, she felt very unhappy. One time, she showed her unhappiness.
Just tell her directly that she doesn't have to accept her phone number if she comes to her house to call her, but she can't just cry and cry at her house all the time? It is said that the old lady Zhang never came to their house to call her again, go to them
I called another family in the bay."
Xiang Jin didn't say anything. The old Xiang family had no relationship with her for a long time, so she didn't express any opinions on whether they were good or bad. This can only be said that poor people must be hateful.
, If you didn’t do so many evil things when you were young, how could you be so evil when you are old?
Xiang Jin continued to eat the fruits, and once again brought the plates to several elders. Then she saw her grandma and said, "Xiang Lan is still at school and has not come back, so I will give the red envelope to your grandma and let her know when the time comes."
Bring it directly to her."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's okay! How many kilograms of cured fish did you make this time?"
Her grandfather said, "I'm afraid there are still nearly 400 kilograms of cured fish. There are many people who want to take them, such as your parents, Xiaochen and his aunts, your grandfather, your Uncle Tao, and your brother.
You and your aunt still need to keep some, and we also need some from here."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Aunt Liao, she won't raise pigs next year, why don't you go back to your hometown?"
Her grandmother said, "We still have to go back. Your brother and your aunt said that we would raise a few pigs next year. They built a shed specifically for raising pigs after the New Year."
Xiang Jin just laughed, "Is that so? But that's fine. Next year we'll go back to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year. After the New Year, we'll come back, or maybe you guys want to go on a trip together or something."
Her grandma waved her hand and said, "Forget traveling, we haven't even visited BJ's tourist attractions yet."
After saying this, Xiang Jin said, "Hey, you can go out for a while this weekend. Yan Chen is at home on the weekend. You don't have to worry. Then you ladies and old ladies can go out for a nice walk. You have been here for so long.
, you haven’t been to any places of interest yet.
Not to mention anything else, you can still take a look at Prince Gong’s Mansion next door to us. There are a lot of golden nanmu inside. A single nanmu pillar can buy many apartments in a courtyard like ours, let alone the interior.
There are some other furniture and decorations. It’s really luxurious. When you walk in, you can see a lot of money. After you went to see the luxury of Prince Gong’s Mansion, you won’t feel that our family is rich when you come back."
Several old ladies and old men laughed, and then agreed to her proposal, that is, we should go to Prince Gong's Mansion on the weekend to have a look around.