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Chapter 376 375. Why help them?

After Xiang Jin and Yan Chen arrived at Lei Jia's small restaurant, they each ordered a two-liang bowl of pork rib rice noodles.

Lei Jia was very enthusiastic, "Give me a fried egg for each of you?"

Both Xiang Jin and Yan Chen nodded slightly.

Lei Jia said, "Wait, I'll iron it for you."

Xiang Jin and Yan Chen waited, Yan Chen didn't look around, just sat there quietly with lowered eyes, but Xiang Jin began to observe the operation status of the store.

After a while, Lei Jia and her grandma each came over with a bowl of rice noodles and put them in front of her and Yan Chen, Lei Jia also sat in an empty seat next to her.

Looking at the ribs on top, Xiang Jin said, "So much?"

Lei Jia waved his hand and said, "Hey, this is nothing, and I didn't treat you to a big meal. It's just a bowl of rice noodles. Would you like some more vinegar?" The vinegar jar from the table next door was brought over.

Xiang Jin took it, "Something," she always thought that rice noodles would taste better if they were served with some vinegar, sour and spicy would be appetizing.

Xiang Jin poured some into her own bowl, then tilted her head and asked Yan Chen, "Do you want to?"

Yan Chen shook his head, "I don't need it!"

"Okay then," Xiang Jin put the vinegar jar back on the table, and the two of them ate in silence.

Lei Jia found that the expressions and movements of the two of them were very similar and synchronized when they were eating. "It's a good match", she suddenly felt that sitting here was redundant, so she got up and said to the two, "Eat slowly, I'll get you some soup."

After finishing the meal, Xiang Jin said to Lei Jia, "Your restaurant doesn't seem to have a lot of customers?" Last time she felt this way when she came to their restaurant for the first time, and this time it was the same. Well, since they entered their shop, there are only five or six people in total. Their house is in the middle of the street, so it shouldn't be.

Mentioning this, the expression on Lei Jia's face darkened, "Yeah, I don't know why our family's business is so bleak, it's going to die, and it's thrown away. My mother and grandma don't know what's behind What should I do, if I don’t throw it away, it’s only enough to maintain the food and clothing of our family. If I want to make any money, I really haven’t made it. It’s really like the book said, it’s a pity to eat it without taste, but it’s a pity to throw it away. The only good thing is that this house is our own, and we don’t have to pay rent to others.”

Xiang Jin pointedly said, "Because the taste of your house is not good enough, there are many small restaurants selling rice noodles and noodles on this street, and the competition is already high. Your restaurant has no special features, so naturally it doesn't have much competitiveness. .”

Lei Jia was startled, even Lei Jia's mother and grandma stopped what they were doing, and then quickly surrounded her, Xiang Jin continued, "Your town is a little different from other towns, even It's a bit special. Other towns have at least three main streets, not to mention some auxiliary streets that criss-cross, so that the passenger flow will be more dispersed.

But your town is built along the Shengshui River, and there is only one street in total, so people’s activities after going to the street are usually carried out on this street. It stands to reason that the traffic on your street will be very dense and concentrated .

Your home is located in the middle of the street, and there are usually many people coming and going here, but the business of your home is not very good, the reason is what I just told you.

Not to mention anything else, let’s take your chili oil as an example. You just heat the oil in a pan, and then pour the oil into the chili noodles. There is a trick to make the chili oil splash more fragrant. "

Lei Jia and his family of three immediately became interested. Lei Jia grabbed Xiang Jin's arm and said, "What's the trick, Xiang Jin, Xiang Jin, so Xiang Jin, please tell me quickly?"

Her mother and grandma still want to support her to go to college. She used to be very worried that she would fail the exam, and she was ready to repeat the exam, but now with Xiang Jin's help, her academic performance has improved greatly. With the improvement of the arc, she also raised a little expectation for next year's college entrance examination. She thought that even if she couldn't get into a bachelor's degree next year, she should still be able to pass a junior college.

If she is really admitted to university next year, the tuition and living expenses in the future will also be a lot of expenses. She is a little worried whether her mother and milk can afford her, but Jing Xiangjin said so just now. As soon as she said it, it was as if she had seen a glimmer of light in her dark night heart.

"Yes, little girl, do you know how the splashed chili oil is delicious?" Lei Jia's grandma also said.

Xiang Jin looked at their family's expression of surprise, anticipation and suspicion, and then nodded, "Well, I know!"

Forget it, you can't eat a meal for nothing. She never likes to take advantage of others, so it's better to leave something for others, so she asked Lei Jia to bring paper, pen and paper, and then brushed the ground. Just wrote something on it.

"See if you have these things in your house now. If you don't have them, you can buy some," Xiang Jin looked down at his watch again, "I can give you a demonstration."

Lei Jia took a quick glance, and then ran to the kitchen to search. After a while, she ran out and said to her mother and grandma, "It seems that there are no onions, sesame seeds, and that thick chili noodles."

Her grandma hurriedly said, "I'll go buy it!" Then she turned around and ran out of the restaurant.

Then Xiang Jin told Lei Jia and her mother to prepare all the materials needed first, and when her grandma came back, they could start to make it.

Lei Jia and her mother followed suit, turned around and went to work, leaving Yan Chen and Xiang Jin sitting there to rest.

After a while, Lei Jia's grandmother came back with half a bag of onions, about a catty of sesame seeds, and a catty of thick chili noodles, "Little girl, do you think this is enough?"

Xiang Jin got up, "Enough, not much."

Xiang Jin then asked Lei Jia to take an onion, peeled, washed, and cut it up. Lei Jia's mother told her to go, and then Xiang Jin asked Lei Jia's grandma to take the thick chili noodles, thin chili noodles, and sesame seeds according to the size of the onion. Take out some in a certain proportion, and then add a spoonful of refined salt and a spoonful of cold oil to it, stir clockwise with chopsticks and set aside.

Lei Jia's grandma followed suit.

After a while, Lei Jia's mother came over and told Xiang Jin that she had already cut the onion, so Xiang Jin asked her to heat up the oil in a pan, and when the oil was [-]% hot, put in the green onion, ginger, star anise, pepper, bay leaf and onion. Deep fry over low heat.

Lei Jia's mother followed suit, and then asked again, "Little girl, and then, when will this be fried?"

Xiang Jin said, "When the scallions become shriveled or even a little sloppy, put a coriander into the oil pan and continue to simmer for about half a minute to 1 minute. Turn off the heat when it becomes messy, and remove the seasonings from the oil pan.

Remember, after taking those seasonings out of the pot, you can't pour the hot oil into the chili noodles immediately, you need to leave it for about 1 minute, so that the temperature of the oil will drop slightly, otherwise the chili noodles It is easy to be burned. "

Lei Jia's mother nodded, and then followed what she said. After a while, a strong scent of chili oil filled the entire store, and Lei Jia and her family of three were immediately overjoyed.

Xiang Jin and Yan Chen got up, and then said to them, "Okay, it's time for us to go back, so I won't disturb your business, Lei Jia, Auntie, Grandma Lei, thank you for your hospitality today?"

When the grandparents and grandchildren heard what she said, they immediately felt a little bit sad. Lei Jia's grandma said apologetically, "You guys are leaving now, why don't you sit a little longer? You see, we didn't treat you well. what about you?"

Xiang Jin smiled slightly at them, "Grandma Lei, you're welcome, she's already fine."

Lei Jia's grandmother said, "Look at what your child said, what's so good, just a bowl of rice noodles."

Xiang Jin said, "It's really good, okay, Grandma Lei, come to your house for dinner next time," she and Yan Chen walked towards the door of their shop, but after two steps She suddenly turned around and suggested to them, "Auntie, in fact, you can also sell some cold noodles. It's summer now, and many people don't want to eat hot noodles."

Lei Jia's grandma and her mother both nodded in surprise, "Oh, good, good!"

After Xiang Jin and the others left, Lei Jia's grandmother said, "Jia Jia, you are a really good classmate. I think this child is good, enthusiastic, and kind-hearted!"

Lei Jia nodded vigorously, "Well, I believe that treating people is actually pretty good, you all don't know, just now she cut off a big piece of meat with our Grandpa He in Wantou, the one whose daughter went crazy, And took 200 yuan."

"Ah?!" Lei Jia's mother and grandma were immediately surprised, and then her mother said, "What's going on?"

Then Lei Jia told her mother and grandma exactly what they saw just now, and added at the end, "So Xiang Jin is actually quite enthusiastic and caring."

Her grandma and her mother also sighed and nodded, followed by Lei Jia and showed her final exam report card to her mother and her grandma, "Dangdangdangdang. Hey, look at my study this semester. score."

Her mother and grandma took it and looked at it, and then they were all surprised, and her mother said, "Have you improved in your studies?"

Lei Jia nodded, "Well, it's all thanks to Xiang Jin's help. Since I've been at the same table with her, I have asked her to help explain any questions I don't understand. Slowly, my academic performance has improved. I have improved, and today our class teacher praised me for my fast progress in study."

"Really?" Her mother was overjoyed again, and her grandma kept nodding, "Okay, okay, okay!"

Lei Jia also nodded vigorously, "Yeah!"

Then her mother said, "Jiajia, it seems that your classmate is really good, she has helped us so much, we have to treat others sincerely in the future, and we can't let them down?"

Lei Jia's grandma also nodded in agreement, "That's the truth, that's the truth. In one's life, you will meet a lot of people, but very few people can really become true friends with them. It’s not always possible to meet a true friend.”

Lei Jia said, "I know, that's why I sincerely regard Xiang Jin as my friend, but she may not regard me as her true friend."

Seeing her suddenly dimmed expression, Lei Jia's mother asked, "Why do you say that?"

Lei Jia said, "Do you know who that boy was with her just now? That's her best friend! Even Yan Fei from our class can't keep up."

Her mother also said, "Oh, that good-looking boy? Oh, by the way, who is that boy?"

Lei Jia said, "Well, that is the boy with the best academic performance in our whole grade, the best player in the game, and the best-looking boy in the whole principal. His name is Yan Chen, and he is a student in the rocket class. Jin grew up together, and they were classmates in junior high school. The relationship between the two of them has been very close since childhood, and he was only fond of Xiang Jin. In school, Xiang Jin was the closest to him.

There is another person in our class named Yan Fei, who lives in the same place as them, and the three of them usually have a very good relationship. Every day, the three of them eat together, but in terms of closeness, Yan Fei is definitely not as good as Xiang Jin's relationship with Yan. Chen's, but compared with Yan Fei, it's far less important than Yan Fei's position in Xiang Jin's mind. "

Then her grandma asked, "Is Yan Fei a girl or a boy?"

Lei Jia said, "Boy!"

Her grandma and her mother looked at her at each other, and then her mother said with a funny face, "What's the taste of your child and two boys?"

"Ah?! How can I?! I'm just clarifying my position in Xiang Jin's mind," Lei Jia said with a puzzled expression.

Her mother immediately poked her girl on the forehead, and then sighed, "The so-called sincerity is as good as gold and stone, as long as you treat people with sincerity, you really want to make friends with her, isn't that classmate of yours?" She will refuse, people's hearts are fleshy, she won't feel it, not to mention that your classmate is so smart."

"Is that so?" Lei Jia looked at her mother and grandma suspiciously.

Her mother and grandma nodded to her, "That's right."

Her grandma said, "You also said that Yan Chen and her grew up together, and they were still classmates in junior high school, so the relationship formed when they were young can be compared with those of you who only met and came into contact later. Are people the same? It must be different! It must be much deeper than yours!

There is also your classmate named Yan Fei, others are sure of it, he is from the same place, so he must have different feelings, then what other students in your class have a particularly good relationship with Xiang Jin? "

Lei Jia shook his head, "It seems that they are all average. The main reason is that the people in our class are not good. Xiang Jin has good grades and is loved by teachers in various subjects. They are a little restless and jealous of others. The most troublesome thing to do is to not talk to and play with Xiang Jin, and to isolate him!"

Lei Jia's mother and grandma frowned after hearing this, and her mother said, "No wonder I think that child is a bit cold-tempered and doesn't like to joke around with others."

Her grandmother said, "Oh, Jiajia, don't you want to treat others like this?"

Lei Jia said, "I don't have it. Xiang Jin's grades are good because he is smart and hardworking. I used to admire Xiang Jin all the time, but now I am more grateful. It won't be so narrow-minded and heartless."

Her mother and her grandma nodded, "Yes, yes, people must be open-minded and grateful. Only by being open-minded can you make friends. If you have more friends, your life will be easier in the future. Only if you know how to be grateful, you will receive someone who treats you sincerely." No one knows the warmth and warmth of human relationships in this world better than them.

Lei Jia nodded, "I know! Don't worry, I'm open-minded!"

"That's good, that's good!" Her mother and her grandma nodded. At this time, several people entered the restaurant. Her mother and her grandma rushed to greet them and asked them what they wanted to eat.

After Xiang Jin and Yan Chen came out of Lei Jia's restaurant and walked about five or six meters, Yan Chen said to Xiang Jin, "Why don't we find a teahouse to sit and wait until the sun is not so vicious in the afternoon?" Shall we go back again?"

Xiang Jin nodded, "That's fine!" Anyway, there's nothing to do when I go back now, so there's no need to suffer from the heat.

So the two found a teahouse nearby and sat in. They found a seat by the window and sat down, then ordered a pot of water, and then stared at the Shengshui River outside, blowing the cool breeze comfortably.

After Yan Chen took a sip of the white water in the glass, he asked Xiang Jin, "Why help them? Are you afraid that there will be another group of white-eyed wolves?"

Xiang Jin shook his head, "I don't know, I just think their lives are not easy, so I can help if I can. It's just a chili oil, it's not a secret formula, and we can't eat others for nothing. Isn’t that bowl of rice noodles?”

Yan Chen just laughed, "Indeed!" Then Yan Chen said again, "Do you still want to help that old man and his family?"

Xiang Jin nodded, "Yeah, I saw the clothes worn by the old man and his grandson. Although they are very worn out, they have been washed so that the original color cannot be seen, and some patches have been applied. But it is very clean and tidy, which proves that this family is actually quite particular and hardworking.

Lei Jia said that their eldest grandson is very sensible, polite, and has good grades, and have you seen their little grandson?Although he was staring at the meat stall and looked like he wanted to eat it, the child did not clamor that he must eat meat, but when his grandfather was beaten by the meat stall owner After refusing, his grandfather took his hand and he followed him obediently, although he was still a little bit reluctant.

So it can be seen that their family's tutoring is very good, and their grandparents are sensible people, and we haven't heard any comments about their family's bad character from Lei Jia, right?Some are just Lei Jia's sigh and sympathy for their family's misfortune.

Since the eldest grandson of their family has good grades in school, I think the eldest child should continue to study well, instead of dropping out of school one day because the family can no longer afford to support their education, which is a pity Yes, no matter what, people should read more books. People with more knowledge will always have more opportunities in society than those with poor knowledge.

It is impossible for everyone's life to be smooth sailing, there are always such and such obstacles, and there are adversities waiting there for oneself to deal with.

In the most difficult and difficult times, people always hope that someone can lend a helping hand to help themselves. I have also received help from others, so I saw you today. I also hope that I can do my best Help others. "

Yan Chen nodded, "Well, so how do you want to help them?"

Xiang Jin said, "I haven't thought of it for a while, but I think it's better to teach them to fish than to teach them to fish? Give them money, I may not give them money all the time, then the money will be gone when it is used up. If you are still a pauper, then it is really a bottomless pit as Lei Jia said, maybe it is easy to get used to laziness and take it for granted, then I can't afford it. "

Yan Chen nodded, "Well, that's right, the key is to let them be self-reliant!"

"Well, then help me think about it, how can I help them?"

Yan Chen said, "Why don't you teach them how to make cakes."

"Make pancakes?!"

Yan Chen said, "Well, making cakes, isn't there a family in our yard who learned how to make cakes from you, and their business is booming in the county?"

Xiang Jin said, "But their family still has a crazy daughter to take care of. It shouldn't be convenient for them to open a shop on the street, right?"

Yan Chen said, "It's summer now, so there's no need to sell hot cakes, just make them at home, bring them to the town, and just set up a table on the streets of the town to sell them, so the old man One person can come here busy, isn't the old lady of their family still able to take care of their crazy daughter at home?
And now there are still several months before winter, if they manage well, they can rent a shop in the town in winter, and it is not impossible for the family to move to the town to do the business. "

Xiang Jin thought for a while, and then said, "This is still okay."

Yan Chen said, "Maybe I should teach them to grow vegetables in greenhouses. It seems that no one in Shengshui Town sells those out-of-season fruits and vegetables in winter, but this cannot be learned in a day or two."

Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then let's go to Lei Jia to ask, or ask her to show us the way so we can go to the old man's house."

"it is good!"

After the two discussed it properly, Xiang Jin propped her chin up and watched the wind blowing on the river outside. After a while, her expression became a little bored.

Yan Chen said, "What, do you want to sleep?"

"Well, kinda!"

Yan Chen sat next to her, turned her head over, and let her lean on his shoulder, "Okay, go to sleep!"

"Well, then I'll sleep for a while!"

"it is good!"

Not long after, Xiang Jin really fell asleep leaning on his shoulder. Yan Chen glanced at her sideways, and then a slight smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, he really fell asleep fast!

He shook his head helplessly, then picked up a magazine next to him and started to read.

(End of this chapter)