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Chapter 48 Xingge Village

Yao Weijun unloaded all the things he bought into the two adobe houses on the threshing floor, and then started to clear out the other room where the village collective farm tools were originally stored.

Then the adobe kang in this room was dismantled, and three adjacent large stoves were built in a 'pin' shape using the dismantled adobe bricks.

After placing the iron pots I bought one by one, sealing the gaps with mud, I made a simple chimney.

These two adobe houses will no longer be used by the village, so no matter how he changes them, no one will say anything.

After finishing all this, Yao Weijun wiped the sweat from his face with satisfaction.

Now, including the iron pot in the dining tent outside, there are four pots running at the same time, and the amount of fried seeds every day will definitely increase greatly.

He simply put away various items, closed the door, took last night's vegetables and smoked chicken, and returned home.

"Junzi, it's such a bad year, why did you buy smoked chicken?"

Grandma was busy working on lunch in the dining room. When she saw him coming in with so many things, she couldn't help but put down her kitchen knife with a hint of reproach in her tone.

"Grandma, I went to the county town last night. I bought smoked chicken specially to honor you. If you like it, I will buy it for you often in the future."

Yao Weijun pointed at the dishes again, "These are all clean. No one is picking them up when eating. You can cook them back at noon and heat them up to make a dish."

"Honestly, the 30 yuan rewarded by the village were all used up in one go, right?"

Grandma scolded her with a straight face: "You kid, it's great to save money, but you know how to spend it lavishly. Let's see what you do when you say that my wife has no money to use!"

"Grandma, you don't need to worry about the motorcycle on the fifth floor. Guess what? Our fifth son didn't know where to put the money for it, so he bought it, haha... It's parked in the courtyard now! "

The second brother Yao Weilin poked his head in at the door of the dining room at some point and said with an envious smile.

"What? A motorcycle! Oh my ancestors, Jun Zi, you are really good at it!"

Upon hearing this, grandma immediately ran out of the dining room on tiptoe. When she saw the motorcycle, she turned around and rushed towards Yao Weijun, chasing and beating her while nagging:
"You brat, you don't know how the money is spent, do you? Are you such a waste of money? Can it help you work in the fields or build a house and marry a wife?"

"Second brother! Why are you standing there? Stop your grandma!"

At this time, his father Yao Xiangui came in with a shovel. When he saw this scene, he quickly greeted him loudly.

"Junzi must have his own plans for buying a motorcycle. You should stop worrying about it. Don't you think I'm thinking about it now?"

Yao Xiangui stepped forward to stop his grandma, turned around and waved to Yao Weijun, "Okay, Junzi, you go back to the house first."

Yao Weijun was slightly startled, guessing that through a series of events, his father would change his attitude, but he was still not used to accepting such a big change.

If this had been done in the past, not only would he steal the cigarette pot, but he would at least be scolded and he would not be able to run away.

The smoked chicken was not eaten at noon. The family wanted to wait until the three juniors from school came back in the evening before serving it out.

Now that the family is divided, although they still eat from the same pot, everyone has to pay for living expenses. In addition, the food allocated by the village is also kept separately.

Nowadays, there is no rule for collective work in the field, so after lunch, Yao Xiangui began to discuss with his second brother to open the collapsed pig pen in the south of the yard, and go to the market in the next few days to buy some piglets and raise them.

With land contracted to each household, the enthusiasm for production in Jianchang Village has been greatly increased. Every household has been working hard to find ways to increase their income and live a good life.

Yao Weijun called his sister-in-law, and the two left home and went to the threshing floor.

"Next, I will take you through the entire process of frying. The most critical part of the frying process is not in a hurry. We will try it slowly. When you can master the heat by yourself, sister-in-law, it will be almost done."

"I...can I do it?"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. If a layman has to figure this out on his own, it will not only take a lot of effort, but also waste a lot of raw materials, so it's not worth it. But now I'll teach you step by step, and you'll learn it quickly!" "Okay, then I'll do it! Try it.”

……

Yao Weijun specially bought dozens of kilograms of melon seeds and peanuts for his sister-in-law to learn and try. At this moment, he was patiently giving instructions and motioning for his sister-in-law to follow him.

Soaking and drying are very simple and basically don't require many skills.

When it comes to the frying stage, Yao Weijun only fry a few kilograms at a time, so that his sister-in-law can increase her proficiency over and over again and reduce mistakes.

In this way, two or three hours passed, and the sister-in-law had almost mastered everything.

Yao Weijun continued to let her fry, while he took out the saccharin he bought and began to fry sweet peanuts and melon seeds.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Yao Weijun tried to eat a few peanuts and melon seeds that his sister-in-law fried alone, with a happy smile on his face.

"Well, it tastes okay. I have something to do tomorrow. Sister-in-law, please come over and practice a few more times. Especially when turning off the fire, don't be too impatient. You have to wait until there are more noises in the pot before you start. Of course, this requires a little time. Experience, take your time, don’t worry about wasting things, this is a necessary learning process.”

"Ah."

……

After dinner at home in the evening, Yao Weijun returned to the threshing floor without sitting for a long time.

He made tea in an enamel jar, lit a cigarette, and thought about going to Xingegezhuang to purchase goods tomorrow.

But before he finished smoking a cigarette, Hou Liang's voice came from outside.

"Commander Yao, the car is here for you. Hey, I went to the Dawang Temple yesterday and was really tired!"

Hou Liang started to complain that he was tired as soon as he entered the room. After chatting for a few words, he went home.

Yao Weijun watched him leave, drank tea for a while, and went to sleep on the kang.

The next day he picked up Xu Wenyuan at Daliu Commune, and the two of them drove all the way to Xingge Village on the outskirts of the county.

"Lao Zhou, this is my friend Yao Weijun. My brothers came to you today to inquire about the acquisition of raw melon seeds. If you act like this, brother Yao is not considered an outsider. You can just treat it as my business. !”

At the entrance of Xinggezhuang Village Headquarters, Xu Wenyuan smiled boldly with a man about his age and wearing glasses.

"Brother Yao and Wen Yuan are friends, so they are also my friends. Hello, my name is Zhou Liqiang."

Xu Wenyuan's friend Zhou Liqiang smiled and extended his hand to Yao Weijun.

"Hello, Brother Zhou." Yao Weijun shook hands with him and then handed him a cigarette.

There are many people smoking in this era. Passing cigarettes is one of the most effective ways to show goodwill and can quickly bring people closer together.

"Haha... you can smoke mine too, come on, light it up!"

After all three people's cigarettes were lit, Zhou Liqiang threw away the almost burned match handle and pointed to the side room in the village courtyard, "Come on, let's talk in my room."

Just like that, Yao Weijun pushed the motorcycle into the courtyard and followed it into the side room.

"Brother Yao, let me ask first, how much do you plan to charge for this trip?"

While Zhou Liqiang was looking for a tea can and a thermos to make tea, he turned to look at Yao Weijun.

(End of this chapter)