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Chapter 499 498. Can't sleep late!

Chapter 499 498. Can't sleep late!
Yan Chen's aunt chatted with them for a while, then got up and went to help in the kitchen, leaving the five of them chatting together.

For dinner, Yan Chen's aunt and Jiang's aunts made a big meal, some flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground.

Yan Chen's grandfather invited Aunt Jiang to sit down and eat with the two orderlies, saying that the population in their family was not large, so there was no need to divide meals into several batches.

Several people readily agreed.

After everyone sat down, the brothers and sisters Xiang Jin saw everyone in their family, like Yan Chen's uncle, and the two orderlies, including Uncle Tao, all sitting upright. Take the lead in eating with chopsticks.

Yan Chen's sitting posture is still the same as usual, there is no difference, there is a hint of casualness in the upright, Yan Chen's aunt and Aunt Jiang are relatively more casual, but they both still sit relatively upright.

Xiang Jin is also okay, her body has always been relatively straight and slender, and she doesn't need to sit up on purpose, but Ouyang Bo is usually used to being casual, seeing her now, she feels that this is like the set in the army The formal dining steps are in operation, so he immediately sat up straight.

Seeing that they all looked like this, Yan Chen's grandfather frowned slightly, so he raised his hand and pressed down, "Okay, okay, this is at home, not in the army, everyone just Don't be so serious and rigid, relax a little, and don't let the children think that our family is more disciplined."

Everyone relaxed immediately, and her aunt Yan Chen explained to Xiang Jin and his brothers and sisters, "That's right, that's right, our family doesn't have so many rules and fastidiousness, they are very easy-going, it's them A few soldiers are used to sitting in this posture in the army, so it is subtle, don't you two mind?"

Both Xiang Jin and Ouyang Bo shook their heads and bluntly said no.

Following Yan Chen's grandfather's voice, "Let's start eating," everyone picked up their chopsticks and started to act.

After following the old chief, he greeted Xiang Jin and the others again, "Don't be too polite, you two children, it's the same as being in your own home, you can pick whatever you want to eat."

Both brothers and sisters agreed, saying that they would not be polite.

Then Yan Chen's grandfather told Yan Chen, "Chen Chen, take care of girl Jin?"

Yan Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I know!" As he spoke, he put a piece of pork ribs into Xiang Jin's bowl, Xiang Jin looked at him and smiled, "Thank you, but you can eat it yourself, I know !"

"Yeah," Yan Chen nodded, and then started eating by himself.

Suddenly Yan Chen's aunt got up and put a large piece of meat into each of Xiang Jin's and Ouyang Bo's bowls, "Try this ostrich meat and see how it tastes?"

Everyone was surprised, Yan Chen asked, "Is this ostrich meat?"

Both her aunt and uncle nodded, and his uncle said, "Oh, yes, this is ostrich meat, you all have a taste."

Yan Chen and his aunt also explained, "This is raised by our brothers themselves. They contracted a piece of land in the next city to raise this ostrich. They slaughtered two ostriches yesterday and gave us an ostrich. Just come here, today we will bring back half of them here, so today I will burn some out, you can try it."

The siblings nodded and said, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Yan Shu said, "Hey, what's your name, auntie? How unfamiliar, she's called auntie, just like Chenchen?!"

Brother and sister Xiang Jin couldn't laugh or cry, why did it feel like their aunt asked Yan Chen to call her aunt?

After the brothers and sisters looked at each other, they both called out "Aunt Yan!"

Yan Shu became beautiful immediately, and a big smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Oh, that's right, come on, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, eat vegetables quickly, you're welcome?!"

Both brothers and sisters nodded, and then buried their heads and began to eat.

Yan Chen's grandfather said after eating a few dishes with chopsticks, "Why do you feel that something is missing from the meal tonight?"

Yan Chen's uncle also nodded, "It seems that something is missing."

Yan Chen's aunt said in a daze, "Is there still a shortage of so many dishes?!"

Both of them nodded, "Well, something is missing."

Yan Chen got up, and then went to bring a jar of rice wine and a bottle of Moutai. Yan Chen's grandfather and his uncle's eyes lit up immediately, and his grandfather said, "Oh, this is what's missing."

Everyone understood immediately, and Uncle Tao got up immediately, and then went to the wine cabinet beside him to fetch a few wine glasses. First, he filled it up for Yan Chen's grandfather, and his grandfather immediately took a sip from the wine glass, and then sighed authentically: , "Oh, that's the smell."

Yan Chen's uncle opened the wine bottle and first poured a glass for Uncle Tao and the two orderlies, and then asked Ouyang Bo, "boy Bo, are you not allergic to alcohol? Would you like to have a drink too?"

Ouyang Bo waved his hand, "Thank you Uncle He, I'm not allergic to alcohol, but I don't drink alcohol."

Yan Chen's uncle nodded, and then looked at Yan Chen, "Chen Chen, would you like a drink?"

Yan Chen also shook his head, "I won't drink it, you guys can drink it, I'm not interested in that."

Yan Chen's uncle nodded again, then looked at his aunt and Aunt Jiang beside him, "Do you two want to come over?"

Yan Chen's aunt said, "I have to drive when I get back later."

Aunt Jiang said, "I don't need it either, I'll eat vegetables!"

Yan Chen's uncle nodded again, "Okay, then if you don't drink, eat more vegetables, let's drink some."

Everyone nodded, and then his aunt Yan Chen said, "Chen Chen, your grandparents are usually so busy, do you still have time to make rice wine for your grandpa?"

Yan Chen said, "They usually do this at night."

Her aunt nodded, "Your grandparents are also restless. Didn't your uncles and aunts come back for the New Year this year?"

Yan Chen said, "No, I came back during the Spring Festival in the first year, and I stayed at home for more than a month. This year, both of them had a relatively short vacation, so they didn't come back. This year, they went back to my aunt directly. Their parents went to spend the New Year with the two old people."

Yan Chen and his aunt nodded, "That's true, Hao Ze still has an uncle and aunt, right?"

Yan Chen replied, "Well, but they are all far away, my cousin and his aunt's family are all in XJ, and his uncle's and aunt's family are all in Qinghai, and they only come back every few years.

So relatively speaking, my uncle and aunt are a little closer to the two old people, but they are busy all year round, so they can't often take care of them by their side, and they can only go back to visit during the New Year and holidays. them. "

Yan Chen's aunt nodded, "It seems that it's not easy!"

Yan Chen nodded slightly, "Yes, yes!"

After dinner, everyone sat down and chatted for a while, then Yan Chen, his aunt and uncle got up and said they were going back, Yan Chen and Xiang Jin all got up and asked them to bring some cured meat and local chicken and duck eggs back.

The couple were not polite, so they went to sort some. Yan Chen saw the amount they had taken, so he walked over and asked them to pick up some more pieces of bacon and fish, as well as the pork sausage, chicken Put some more duck eggs, and bring a few pieces of the other mutton.

His aunt said, "There are so many of these. Didn't you say that you still want to get some for your Uncle Zheng Gang and Uncle Duoji's family? What if you don't have enough?"

Yan Chen said, "There are still so many, and they can't take much. Just two pieces of bacon and two pieces of bacon, and some yams are enough for the family. You don't need to take the rest. Aunt Jiang, you can also bring two pieces when the time comes." A piece of bacon and two pieces of bacon, some yams and a leg of lamb?"

"Oh, good!" Aunt Jiang agreed happily.

Then Yan Chen's aunt and uncle put a few pieces of bacon and fish and about two or three catties of sausage into their bags, and picked up a dozen or twenty eggs of chickens and ducks and put them into the basket.

Yan Chen followed suit and said, "Grandpa, you can also bring some cured meat to the army to eat, especially the mutton sausage. Ah Jin heard that you like it, so I specially filled it myself. We are at the melon orchard I cooked it and ate it when I was there, and it tasted pretty good.”

"Oh, well, well, then I must bring some," his grandfather readily agreed, and at the same time jokingly said, "Otherwise, I will tell these boys to finish eating for me at home, how can I do that?" ?! I have to bring some and put them in the refrigerator in my dormitory, when I want to eat, I will take some to the food group and ask them to cook for me."

Several people just laughed and said they dare not! Yan Chen and the others also said yes!
After Yan Chen's aunt and uncles had picked up the sausages, chicken and duck eggs, Uncle Tao and the other two orderlies spontaneously went to put their things on the car.

Aunt Yan Chen and uncle both went to the kitchen to wash their hands, and Yan Chen handed a cosmetics bag to his aunt, "This is some cosmetics that Ah Jin brought to you in Shanghai."

When her aunt saw it, she was surprised for a moment, then she rolled her eyes with a smile, and then when she reached out to take it, she also thanked Xiang Jin, "Oh, girl Jin, thank you, aunt?"

Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Aunt Yan, you are welcome, you can use it first, if you think it is useful, you can call me and tell me when the time comes, I will bring it to you, I will buy these over there for convenience."

"Oh, it's good, it's sure to work. Don't worry about the things you bought!" Yan Chen's aunt immediately fell in love with the things inside, and then turned around to take out two exquisite things from her bag. out of the packing box, "Auntie also has a gift for you, now, Auntie has nothing to give away, so I ordered a pair of gold bracelets for you. I know you always like simple styles, so this bracelet has There is no engraving of any pattern, here, take it with you to see if it fits, do you like it?" She opened one of the packing boxes, took out the pair of gold bracelets and put them on Xiang Jin directly On her wrist, she took her hand and looked at it, then nodded in satisfaction, "Well, it looks good!"

Looking at the bracelet, Xiang Jin raised the corners of his mouth and accepted it openly, "Thank you, Aunt Yan!"

Yan Chen's aunt waved her hand, "Oh, no thanks, no thanks!" She handed another beautiful box to Ouyang Bo, "Little Ouyang, my aunt's shop makes watches, so I just gave you a watch, I hope you don’t dislike my aunt’s random choice of this gift? To be honest, my aunt doesn’t know what gift to give you guys, so I’ll just add up and give it a practical one. You can use it Got it."

Ouyang Bo said, "No, no, thank you Aunt Yan, I like your gift very much."

Yan Chen's aunt nodded, "That's good, that's good!"

Yan Chen immediately said to his uncle, "Uncle, Ah Jin knows you like to drink Moutai, so don't forget to take that box of Moutai with you later?!"

Yan Chen's uncle burst into a hearty laugh, "Oh, I also have a share? Okay, then girl Jin, uncle will thank you, too?"

Xiang Jin waved his hand, "You're welcome, you're welcome, Uncle! Oh, by the way, Aunt Yan, this year our New Year's pigs were slaughtered relatively late, and the cured fish was also cooked relatively late, so after you take them back, you can return Need to dry those bacon sausages and cured fish for a few more days before putting them in the refrigerator?"

"Oh, good!" Yan Chen's aunt responded, and then everyone stopped to exchange some pleasantries, and Yan Chen's aunt and uncle went back.

Brother and sister Xiang Jin, as well as Yan Chen, Uncle Tao, and Yan Chen's grandfather went back to the living room and sat down to continue chatting, while Aunt Jiang and the two orderlies went to the kitchen to clean up the kitchen and arrange Xiang Jin's house. The various ingredients that Jin and the others brought back.

Yan Chen put a bag of tea in front of his grandfather, "Grandpa, this is your favorite top-quality Biluochun, which Ajin brought to you in Shanghai."

When his grandfather saw it, he was surprised and said, "Oh, there are so many, it must be two catties?"

Yan Chen nodded, "Well, two catties!"

"Oh, how can I drink so much tea?" His grandfather looked at Xiang Jin again and said, "Girl Jin, did you spend a lot of money?"

Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, Grandpa Yan, it's okay if you can't finish it, you can take it to your friends and comrades in arms, there are a stack of bags inside."

Yan Chen's grandfather joked, "I can't bear to give away such good tea!"

Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, you can just send it as a gift, and I will buy you a new one at that time, and its spring tea will be on the market in a short time, when I buy tea for my grandfather and grandpa Zeng." Bring some more for you, too."

Yan Chen's grandfather quickly waved his hand, "Oh, no, no, this is already very good!"

Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, it's very convenient for me to buy these over there. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yan Chen."

Yan Chen nodded at his grandfather, "Well, it's really convenient for Ah Jin to buy these things over there. There is a business that sells tea near our hot pot restaurant. She visits the store on weekends. It’s time to buy it by the way.”

Yan Chen's grandfather nodded benevolently, "Oh, good," then he said to Uncle Tao, "Xiao Tang, go and get your tea pot, and make some tea for drinking."

"Oh, good!"

After a while, Uncle Tao fetched his tea pots, and then Yan Chen's grandfather packed them for him to look like two or two taels.

Uncle Tao also rushed to make a new pot of tea for him. After taking two sips, Yan Chen's grandfather sighed directly, "Well, yes, it really is a good tea. It is fragrant and sweet, with a fresh and mellow taste and a strong aftertaste. After drinking it, I really feel refreshed, and the smell of this tea is also very comfortable, girl Jin, thank you Grandpa Yan, you really have a heart!"

Xiang Jin waved his hand again, "No, as long as Grandpa Yan likes it."

"Like, like, like it very much!"

About ten minutes later, Aunt Jiang cleaned up the kitchen, and Yan Chen walked over and handed her a small gift bag, "Aunt Jiang, I don't know what you like, so I'll bring you a gift bag." I bought a little Yiwu brown sugar, a specialty in Shanghai, I hope you don’t dislike it?”

Aunt Jiang was a little surprised and unexpected when she saw the gift that was suddenly handed to her. Her hands were still a little wet. Seeing that she was flattered, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe the water stains from her hand. Sassafras wiped it clean and took the bag over, "Oh, why did you bring me a gift?! Look at this, it's really costing you?!"

Xiang Jin waved his hand with a smile, "No, no, like women, they don't like to drink tea and alcohol very much, so I brought you some of this, you can melt it with boiling water when it's cold like this Warm the stomach and warm the lower body, I brought a little to my mother and grandma, and they all said that the effect is not bad after drinking it.”

Aunt Jiang nodded with a smile on her face, "Yes, yes, yes, you are so caring, Auntie, thank you so much!"

Xiang Jin said, "No, you are Yan Chen's elder, and naturally you are also our elder. Tonight, you have been busy with such a big table of delicious food, and we are very grateful to you."

Aunt Jiang just laughed, and then kept saying, "It should be, it should be!"

Everyone sat together and chatted for a while, and then Yan Chen's grandfather ordered Yan Chen to take Xiang Jin and his brother and sister back to the room they had prepared for them earlier to settle down and rest.

So Xiang Jin and his brother and sister got up and went upstairs with Yan Chen after greeting Yan Chen and his grandfather.

The next morning, Xiang Jin woke up to the sound of loud slogans. Looking at the roof that was different from the past, Xiang Jin remembered that they were in the military compound of the provincial capital, so she vacated the ground and walked over. Sit up from the bed, can't sleep in!Then she lifted the quilt off her body, and got out of bed, then quickly changed clothes, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then made the bed and housekeeping, but she didn't know how to stack tofu cubes like them Son, so she can only spread the quilt flat on the bed.

When she went downstairs, Yan Chen and his grandfather were nowhere to be seen in the room. Not only were they not there, but the two orderlies, her brother, and Uncle Tao were also gone, and only Aunt Jiang was in the kitchen. busy here.

So she walked straight towards her, and only halfway there, Aunt Jiang turned her head and greeted her with a smile, "Oh, are you awake?"

"Morning, Aunt Jiang!" She raised the corners of her lips and greeted her.

"Oh, it's early! How's it going? Did you sleep well last night?" Aunt Jiang followed suit.

Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, it's good, but I seem to be the last one to wake up?"

Seeing her slightly embarrassed expression, Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "No, it's not too late! It's only dawn now, but they have to do exercises every day, so they are used to getting up early."

Xiang Jin nodded, then walked over and said, "Auntie, do you need any help? Tell me, and I will do it!"

Aunt Jiang said, "No, no! I'm almost done here, just wait for them to come back and fry some vegetarian dishes. It's cold now, and if you fry it too early, it will be cold again soon. If it's warm in the pot If it is too long, I am afraid that the nutrition and taste will be lost again, so I will wait for them to come back before frying."

Xiang Jin nodded, and then walked over to pick vegetables with her, and she heard Aunt Jiang explain, "I prepared this dish for noon."

Xiang Jin nodded again, and then asked, "How many days does Auntie have for the Spring Festival?"

Aunt Jiang said, "I just came back yesterday. Xiao Yang called me and said that the chief and you will be back today. Let me come back to clean up and cook by the way, so I went to the hospital after breakfast." came back."

Xiang Jin nodded, "Thank you, Auntie!"

Aunt Jiang shook her head, "Unfortunately, what's the hard work? I cook a few meals for them every day, and then just clean the house at once, and there is nothing tiring to do.

Originally it was said that the chief was not allowed to celebrate the New Year at home this year, and Xiao Chen went directly to your place to celebrate the New Year, so your Uncle Tao asked me to go home early this year and have a good time with my family.

So I had a holiday on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Thinking about it, I still stayed at home for almost half a month this year. "

Xiang Jin nodded, and then asked, "Is Aunt Jiang's family a younger brother?"

Aunt Jiang immediately smiled, "Well, I'm 12 years old this year, and I'm in the sixth grade of elementary school, but I'm a little naughty."

Xiang Jin said, "Boy, how can anyone not be naughty? I have a few cousins ​​who are about his age, and they are also very naughty. They often receive complaints from classmates and teachers at school. I was beaten and criticized severely by my uncle and the others. At that time, the two of them could remember the pain and remember to beat them, but they would continue to commit crimes later. My uncle couldn't do anything about them, and it was also a headache."

Aunt Jiang chuckled, "The one in our family is the same, but he won't be too naughty."

Xiang Jin said, "That's still good, more sensible!"

Aunt Jiang immediately asked, "Oh, by the way, what do you usually eat in the morning? We usually have porridge, buns, steamed buns, eggs, milk, soy milk, pancakes, and fried dough sticks. I don't know what you eat. Do not?"

Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I'm used to it. Our breakfast is also like this at home."

Aunt Jiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, that's good, that's good, I'm afraid you won't like what I did."

Xiang Jin smiled, "How come? We usually eat those at school."

Aunt Jiang nodded, and then the two chatted about other topics.

Half an hour later, Yan Chen and his grandfather came back after exercising, and then everyone went back to the house to wash and change clothes, while Aunt Jiang went to start cooking.

After breakfast, Yan Chen's grandfather asked Xiang Jin and his brother and sister if they were used to staying here last night?

Both brothers and sisters nodded, expressing that they lived well.

So the old chief said, "Then why don't you just live here these few days, and don't bother to go to the house on the other side of the First Ring Road?"

The brothers and sister Xiang Jin were surprised for a while, and Xiang Jin said, "I'm afraid this is a bit inappropriate. After all, your place is also a place of military management. Ordinary people and non-immediate relatives are not allowed to enter. That violates the management system. We have already caused trouble for you by staying here for one night yesterday."

Ouyang Bo also nodded and said, "Yes, Grandpa Yan, although we are not in the army, we do understand some rules and systems in the army. Last night it was broken, and today we are not in any way. I won’t bother you any more.”

Yan Chen's grandfather nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, then you can go there after lunch, and if you are free, come back to have a meal with Chen Chen?"

Xiang Jin and his brother and sister nodded, and then the men went to chat if they wanted to chat, while Xiang Jin went to help Aunt Jiang prepare the ingredients for lunch.

Aunt Jiang saw how diligent she was, and said, "Are you going to play with them? You see, you are a guest, and you will work as soon as you come. How embarrassed are we?"

Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Don't say that, I also like to make some food for them at home, and I'm not very interested in the topics discussed by their male compatriots, so I'm here to tell you say."

Aunt Jiang smiled and narrowed her eyes, nodded and said, "Hehe, this is true. We also heard from your Uncle Tao that the food you cook is delicious."

Xiang Jin said modestly, "Not really, they exaggerated, they can only say that the cooked food is so-so and can entertain people, maybe it's because their taste is not high, or because they can't bear to see me working so hard It hurt my enthusiasm, so I finished those meals in a very face-saving way."

Aunt Jiang laughed loudly, "Look at you kid, you're just humble, aren't you? Your Uncle Tao usually has a big mouth. If your cooking is not delicious, he won't praise you every time he comes back. You can do it at a young age.”

Xiang Jin also laughed and said, "Uncle Tao is biased!"

"Hehe, you child!"

Then Xiang Jin asked, "Oh, Aunt Jiang, what shall we cook for lunch?"

Aunt Jiang said, "I want to make that sheep's head. It's so big, it won't fit well in the refrigerator, will it?"

Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes!"

Then Aunt Jiang asked, "Girl Jin, can you make this mutton? I don't know how to make this."

Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, I will do this. We opened a mutton soup restaurant in the urban area. The owner is from Inner Mongolia. I went to him to learn from him when I filled the mutton sausage. Then, by the way, I also asked him about some mutton recipes."

Aunt Jiang was surprised and said, "Are they still willing to tell you?! Like some people, he is not willing to tell you these things, because he is afraid that you will open a store like that to compete with him after you have learned it."

Xiang Jin said, "Yes, we originally cooperated. He bought melons, fruits and vegetables from us. He also knew that we would not open that kind of shop, so he generously shared the mutton and vegetables with us." The recipe for lamb sausage."

Aunt Jiang nodded, "Oh, like this? Then you can teach me how to make it later. Every time the mutton I cook comes out, they say it has a smell."

Xiang Jin readily responded, "Okay, no problem!"

Not long after, Yan Chen's aunt and uncle came, and then Yan Chen's aunt also came to prepare lunch with them, and Yan Chen's uncle naturally participated in the conversation of their male compatriots.

"Aunt Jiang, do you have rice vinegar at home?" Xiang Jin asked.

Aunt Jiang said, "Rice vinegar? There doesn't seem to be any of this. There is old vinegar at home. Why, you need to use this rice vinegar for cooking mutton? Then I'll ask your Uncle Tao to drive out and buy a bottle."

Xiang Jin stopped him and said, "No, rice vinegar is not the only way to get rid of the smell of mutton. You can also put white radish, that is, cut the white radish into such thick slices, and then use a toothpick or knife on the white radish. Poke some jelly with a fork, then boil it in cold water with the mutton, boil the sheep's head for ten minutes and then remove it, put the sheep's head in clean water and clean it, there is still a bit of the tongue The thin white skin is torn off, and then ginger, scallions, a small handful of Chinese prickly ash, a few slices of Angelica dahurica, tangerine peel, and some white pepper powder and salt are cooked separately, and the mutton produced in this way can get rid of the smell.”

Aunt Jiang nodded, "Oh, I have this white radish at home, as well as the seasonings you mentioned, that's fine, then I'll cook it according to the method you said," Aunt Jiang said. He put down his work and went to cook the sheep's head and mutton.

Yan Chen's aunt looked at Xiang Jin and asked, "What's the matter, are we going to have mutton for lunch today?"

Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, Aunt Jiang said that the sheep's head is too big to store in the refrigerator, so she just took it out and ate it today."

Yan Chen's aunt nodded, "By the way, why did you just bring in a sheep? It's so meaty, how can you finish it?"

Xiang Jin said, "It's okay, eat slowly. Our family's goats are not very big. After slaughtering, the total weight is only forty to fifty catties. We slaughtered a total of three yesterday and brought one to you. Yes, one end invited the employees in our orchard to eat, and then left the other end for my grandfather and great grandfather to eat. Sometimes I don’t want to eat chicken, pork, duck, etc., and I can also eat some mutton to make a meal. "

Yan Chen and his aunt nodded.

After a while, Aunt Jiang came to ask her, "How long will the sheep's head be boiled? Can the sheep's hoof be cooked together?"

Xiang Jin said, "After boiling, turn to low heat and cook for an hour and a half until it looks almost ready. When it's cold, tear off the mutton and cut it into thin slices. Then prepare some ingredients. It's delicious to dip in the juice.

The sheep's hooves can be cooked together, and then they can be made into braised sauce. "

Aunt Jiang nodded, "Okay, then I will cook a few more mutton sausages in it. Your grandpa Yan likes to eat this mutton sausage."

Xiang Jin said, "You may have to cook this in a separate pot, because the mutton sausage is cured, and the mutton head and mutton are relatively fresh ingredients, so if they are cooked together, it is easy to transfer flavors. "

"Oh, good!" Aunt Jiang agreed, and then went back to work in the kitchen.

Han Che came over while Xiang Jin was making the sauce, and Yan Chen said, "I brought a bundle of yams, a few catties of mutton sausage, and a few catties of fresh mutton for your family, you take them back first, and then come over After lunch, in the afternoon, I will take Xiang Jin and the others to settle in the house on the side of the first ring road, and you will come together, and I will tell you something when the time comes," Yan Chen led him to the place where the yam was stored.

"Oh, good!" Han Che nodded. He is also aware of the rules in the compound, that is, non-immediate relatives or special circumstances cannot live in the compound for a long time, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of the rules and management. system.

Uncle Tao and Aunt Jiang are special cases, because they have been taking care of Yan Chen's daily life since they were young, and they have been reported to the management office of the compound for a long time.

Moreover, Aunt Jiang is also a cousin of Yan Chen's grandfather who chose a house. She also lived in the provincial capital since she was a child. Because her family situation is not very good, she was raised by Yan Chen's grandparents. A kinship exists.

During lunch, Yan Chen's grandfather's eyes lit up suddenly after eating a piece of mutton sausage, "Well, this sausage is delicious, and it tastes that way."

Yan Chen said, "This is a sausage made according to their authentic traditional Mongolian preparation method."

Han Che also said, "Yes, Grandpa Yan, Xiang Jin specially went to an authentic mutton soup restaurant in their urban area to ask the owner for advice."

Yan Chen's grandfather was startled. He knew that Xiang Jin made the sausage himself, but he didn't expect that she would learn from the Mongolian people, so his affection for Xiang Jin in his heart increased. The ground has risen a lot, and I feel that this girl was born to match his grandson, so I like the look in Xiang Jin's eyes as much as I like, "Xiang Jin girl, you have a heart!"

Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, no, I usually like to cook and eat. If I come across something I like, I will often go to find someone to find out. When I go back, I like to fiddle with it by myself. That day, we happened to go to the city to help Aunt Liao pick up his daughter-in-law, so we stopped by the owner of the mutton soup shop for advice. It was also a coincidence that the owner of the mutton soup shop had a cooperative relationship with our family's fruits and vegetables .

In addition, I look very similar to my aunt, and my parents took us there for dinner on the day we went back, so the boss recognized both of us at a glance, and readily agreed to our request , taught us the practice of this sheep farm sausage and the processing of some lamb. "

Yan Chen's grandfather nodded, and then Yan Chen's aunt asked curiously, "I heard your Uncle Tao came back and said, you and your aunt look very similar, how similar are you? from?"

Xiang Jin said, "It's not carved out of the same mold, it's seventy-eight like, that is, if the three of us go out with my aunt, my mother, 90.00% of the people will probably regard me as a My aunt's child, my mother may be mistaken for a relative of our family or my aunt's friend."

Yan Chen's aunt immediately burst out laughing, "You don't look like your mother at all?"

Xiang Jin said, "There is still some resemblance, my eyes look like my mother's."

Yan Chen and her brother Ouyang Bo nodded, and Ouyang Bo said, "Well, the eyes look alike, as do the hair and ears!"

Yan Chen's aunt said, "It seems that your Ouyang family's genes are very strong?"

Ouyang Bo said, "To be precise, my grandma's genes are very strong. My sister and I, as well as my father and aunt, all look more like my grandma, especially my aunt and Xiaojin follow my grandma the most. My dad is half like my grandpa and half like my grandma. I am half like my mother and half like my dad. The part that looks like my dad follows my grandma's appearance. When we stand together, we can see it at a glance. You can tell we're family."

Yan Chen's grandfather and aunt nodded, and Yan Chen's aunt said, "Well, it can be seen that the eyebrows, foreheads and noses of your brothers and sisters are very similar. They both have big eyes and high nose bridges."

Yan Chen's grandfather said, "I heard that your grandparents are also doing farm work in the melon field, are they used to it?"

Xiang Jin and his brother and sister nodded, and Ouyang Bo said, "Ah, they moved to live in Guo Guo Di after Xiao Jin got the admission letter after the college entrance examination.

It is said that the air over there is good. If you often go to the fields to do farm work, it will help your body’s blood circulation and improve your physical and mental health. At a glance, there is a large open land over there, and there are many people and bustling there, which is better than living in the city. The mood in the district is much more pleasant and comfortable. They say that when you go out in the urban area, you will find streets and roads. There are planned green belts everywhere, which looks unnatural, and you can only stay in the house when you come back. It was uncomfortable, so after they moved to the fruit and vegetable side, they liked the life there very much. They were more used to life there than in the urban area. Even my parents told them to go back to the urban area for the New Year. I don't want to, so this year our family will spend the New Year in the melon and fruit field. "

Yan Chen and his aunt said, "I heard that your grandparents and your aunt both have their own houses in the city, so if they don't go back, won't the houses in the city be vacant all the time?"

Ouyang Bo said, "Well, the house of my grandparents was previously allocated by their unit, but it was not very big, it was only about seventy to eighty square meters. My aunt's house was bought by herself before, and it was not too big. It only looks like sixty or seventy square meters, and they all belong to the kind of small two houses, because they all live in the melon and fruit field now, so the two houses are currently rented out to others, but my grandparents Someone said they wanted to buy their house before, but they haven't agreed yet."

Xiang Jin was surprised, "Someone wants to buy the suite from grandparents? Who is it?!"

Ouyang Bo said, "As for their former colleagues, they said they were preparing a new house for their grandson to marry, but in fact it will be demolished at that time, and they want to hold a few more houses in their hands. The government's demolition money."

"Ah?!" Xiang Jin was even more puzzled, "Who are they going to buy it from? They shouldn't go to grandparents to buy it. I don't know that my dad works in the government department. If there is a demolition there, it must be our house. Did you know the first one?"

Ouyang Bo shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it's a fluke, I think my parents are usually so busy, and our grandparents are not in the urban area for a long time, and in the fruit and vegetable fields, they probably rarely get along with each other. Parents communicate with them, and then they want to make a fuss, and when the time comes, even if parents know that grandparents and their house have been bought by them, there is nothing they can do."

Xiang Jin asked, "When will the house be demolished?"

Ouyang Bo said, "It is true that the Municipal Urban Construction Bureau has made rumors that it will be demolished and rebuilt, but according to our father, it will take several years. The most important thing now is not to engage in urban construction, but to Try to improve the people's life and economic development level. Dad said that only when the people's economic level improves and life becomes better, then the people will have the mood and economic strength to change the living environment. At that time, urban construction will be given priority position, but now is not the time, and now it is still mainly about people's livelihood."

Yan Chen's grandfathers all nodded, and Yan Chen's grandfather said, "Your father's thinking is correct. If people's lives cannot be guaranteed, who is willing to pay for a house? Houses are being built everywhere in the city, which can only be done in vain, and it wastes people’s money and overdraws the finances of a municipal finance bureau in advance, so not only does it not boost the economy, but it also brings down the economy.”

Ouyang Bo nodded, "Well, that's what my dad said. He said that every penny of the Municipal Finance Bureau's money should be spent wisely to meet people's real needs in life, and they must not engage in those face-saving projects. Of course, He is also saying that the government should introduce more manufacturing enterprises to invest and build factories in our place to solve the employment problem of some laid-off workers and those with excess labor at home.”

Yan Chen's uncle suddenly interjected, "Are all the secretaries around your father his old partners?"

Ouyang Bo might not have understood the meaning of his question, but Xiang Jin could. Uncle Yan Chen was judging and understanding their father's personality.

Ouyang Bo said, "No! My dad has always been alone when he took office. He will go wherever the organization arranges him to go. The secretaries and colleagues around him are all arranged for him by the organization. My dad Said that he doesn't engage in the routine of chickens and dogs ascending to heaven."

"Well," Yan Chen's grandfather nodded again in agreement, thinking that Xiang Jin's father is a person who cherishes his own feathers, and at the same time is a good comrade who does practical things for the people, a rare ideological and political clarity, and such He can rest assured that the person who is a son and daughter is a relative!

"Come on, grandpa, have a taste of this mutton head meat." Yan Chen raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton head meat, then dipped it in the sauce and put it into his grandfather's bowl.

After the old chief ate it, he nodded frequently and said it was delicious without any smell, and then he took a few more slices to eat.

Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "Girl Jin taught me to make this. Does the Chief not taste good? From now on, I will follow the method she taught me."

Yan Chen's grandfather nodded, "Well, it's very fresh, very tender, and tasteless."

After everyone had lunch, then Xiang Jin and the others went to the living room to sit for a lunch break, and then Yan Chen's uncle apologized to Xiang Jin and his brothers and sisters, "Girl Jin, and little Ouyang, uncle after that moment So if you ask me that, don't you mind?"

Ouyang Bo just had a confused expression on his face. He looked at Xiang Jin who was confused, but Xiang Jin's expression didn't change much. There was still a warm smile on her face, and he said, " Uncle He is overthinking, there is nothing wrong with it, and we can understand it at the same time. To be honest, my dad has a bit of an official addiction, but he is not greedy for money or sex. He likes to tell us about this way of being a man when he is free. The way of being an official.

In his own words, people can’t live in a muddle for the rest of their lives. They must have facts to prove the meaning of their existence in this world. People can be poor in material, but they must not be poor in spirit. People don’t have to live in the lives of others. Flowers and applause, but you must not live in the anger and abuse of others. "

Yan Chen and his family nodded, and Yan Chen's grandfather said, "Your father's words are very correct. We agree very much. To be a human being, one must have no shame in one's heart and the people, and one must stand upright between the heaven and the earth."

Only then did Ouyang Bo belatedly understand the meaning of Yan Chen's uncle's words just now. To be honest, he suddenly felt a little upset, but he didn't show it.

After everyone chatted for a while, Xiang Jin suggested to Yan Chen, "Shall we go over?"

Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"

Xiang Jin then suggested again, "Let's just take the two pieces of bacon and cured fish that were given to Uncle Duoji and Uncle Zheng Gang's family by the way, so as to save an extra trip when we can."

Yan Chen nodded and went to make arrangements.

Yan Chen's grandfather immediately took out two big red envelopes and handed them to Xiang Jin and Ouyang Bo brothers and sisters, "Come on, children, grandpa doesn't have any good gifts for you, so he just sealed a red envelope for you. Buy whatever gift you like."

The two took it politely and thanked, "Thank you, Grandpa Yan!"

The old chief waved his hand, "No thanks, no thanks!" Following him, he said to Ouyang Bo, "Little Ouyang, just pick one of the models in the cabinet that you like, and grandpa will give it to you!"

Ouyang Bo quickly waved his hands, "No, no, I think they look the best right there."

Yan Chen's grandfather walked over and opened the cupboard, "It's okay, just pick one you like!"

Ouyang Bo was a little embarrassed, after all, he had never been stubborn about Yan Chen's grandfather's enthusiasm, so he walked over and picked out a tank model made of bullet casings.

"Thank you, Grandpa Yan! But Grandpa Yan, I'm very sorry to let you give up!"

Yan Chen's grandfather smiled and said, "It's nothing, don't take it to heart, bullet casings are the most common in our army, and I'll make another one when it's empty."

Ouyang Bo gave Yan Chen his grandfather a thumbs up sincerely, "Grandpa Yan, you are really amazing!"

Yan Chen's grandfather smiled and said, "It's nothing, many people in our army will use this bullet casing to make some models."

Ouyang Bo said, "Then the people in your army are also very powerful!"

Yan Chen's grandfather immediately burst out laughing.

Uncle Tao came over and said that he just called Uncle Zheng Gang’s parents and Uncle Duoji’s nephew. Uncle Zheng Gang has returned to Shanghai, but his parents and children are at home and they can go there, but Uncle Duoji, his wife and children are still at home. When he came back, only his nephew was working in the hot pot restaurant at the moment.

Uncle Tao said, "Well, I'll go to the store later, and I'll take that thing to your Uncle Duoji's nephew by the way, and you just go to your Uncle Zheng Gang's house."

Xiang Jin nodded, "Alright!"

After Yan Chen's place was ready, Xiang Jin and his brother and sister bid farewell to the elders and left the compound to go to the house on Yan Chen's First Ring Road. Tank models made of bullet casings are extremely rare.

(End of this chapter)

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