Rebirth 1983

Chapter 41 Meeting Xu Jiaojiao Again

"Well, it's all here."

Eldest brother Chen Mo took Chen Song to the kitchen of the old house. There was a wooden barrel in the corner of the kitchen. Inside the wooden barrel were the unsold snails from last night.

"There's so much left?"

Chen Song stepped forward and opened the lid, and the snails inside instantly released a muddy smell.

"Your brother also said that your idea will definitely make money, hehe..."

The sister-in-law got angry when she saw the snails left in the bucket. What are these snails? This is money at a loss!

Chen Song ignored his sister-in-law's words, but frowned when he smelled the wafting smell, glanced at the snail soup, dipped his fingers in it and licked it, and put the lid back on without changing expression.

"I know where the problem is?" Chen Song turned his head and explained to the probing Chen Mo.

"What's the problem? Do you know what's wrong?"

Chen Mo quickly grabbed Chen Song's shoulder and shook him excitedly.

After the separation, there is not much source of income, and the children in the family have a lot of expenses. Chen Mo is also very distressed about losing a few dollars. Now that Chen Song has discovered the problem, he is naturally happy.

"Still found a problem? You still refuse to admit that your idea is bad, so just keep pretending, and I'll see how you can make it up! I believe you a word, I am not your sister-in-law!"

The sister-in-law crossed her arms and stood behind the two with disdainful eyes.

"you shut up!"

Chen Mo saw that Chen Song's face became more and more ugly, and also felt that his mother-in-law's words were thorny, so he spoke first and interrupted his sister-in-law's words.

"Okay, Chen Mo, you yelled at me, but you yelled at me!" The sister-in-law glared, her anger rushed into her heart, and she pointed her finger at Chen Mo: "When you got married, how did you promise me? You said you would always love me and protect me, listen to me, and won't kill me! You men don't have a good thing!"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, let's listen to the third brother first, shall we? Do you really want to lose money?" Chen Mo hurriedly hugged his sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law struggled, but she didn't let go, so she half pushed and half let Chen Mo hold her.

"That's fine, I want to hear what reasons he has to say!"

Although Chen Song didn't like his sister-in-law very much, he was still a little uncomfortable seeing his elder brother throwing dog food wildly.

"This snail, you didn't remove the smell, did you? The muddy smell can be smelled from far away, how can you say that there will be customers willing to buy it." Chen Song smiled and fanned the air in front of his nose.

"Remove the fishy smell? Didn't I add sand ginger? Don't we country people eat like this, isn't it enough?" The sister-in-law broke free from Chen Mo's arms and asked arrogantly.

"Although sand ginger can remove fishy smell, the effect is mediocre, and you didn't use much sand ginger for this big bucket of snails, right? How effective is this in removing fishy smell? You also said that it is eaten like this in our countryside. Everyone is used to eating muddy fishy smell, so naturally they don't care, but can the people in the county do the same? They don't often eat such fishy things, and of course they won't come to buy them."

Chen Song immediately refuted the sister-in-law's words, and lifted the lid of the wooden barrel containing the snails again to signal them.

"It really is!"

Chen Mo took a snail, took a mouthful, and tasted it carefully: "It seems to be quite fishy. I didn't feel it when I was used to eating it before. If I really want to taste it carefully, it's not that delicious. People in the county probably won't be used to it."

"This……"

The sister-in-law looked at the snail in front of her and fell silent.

"It's not just because of the muddy smell, the snail's appearance is not very good either."

Chen Song commented again, making the sister-in-law blush.

The sister-in-law herself is not very good at cooking, and it was not her turn to cook at home before she got married. Over time, her cooking skills can only be regarded as mediocre, and she can barely eat.

"Even though edible oil is still relatively expensive, there should be some rapeseed oil squeezed at home. This snail doesn't look oily, and it doesn't even give me enough appetite. Of course, it's not good to sell it!"

Before Chen Song could finish speaking, he was pulled away by Chen Mo and left the old house.

"Third brother, today is really...I apologize to you on behalf of your sister-in-law. She really didn't mean it today. She was just too worried about losing money. After all, the family doesn't have much money, and the expenses are too high."

Chen Mo was outside the courtyard, holding Chen Song's hand, apologizing awkwardly, and embarrassingly speaking about his predicament.

"Forget it bro, this snail business is successful, but there is still a cost to get in. If you really want to do it, let my mother fry the snails. Our mother's craftsmanship is good. Just add more oil, add more perilla to remove the fishy smell, and pepper to enhance the flavor. The taste of this snail is not bad."

Seeing his elder brother's embarrassment, Chen Song sighed.

When the family was obviously separated, he got the most. Not only did he get the old house, but he also got most of Chen Aiguo and Huang Qin's money. Although it wasn't a lot, it should be enough to last a few months in the countryside. How could it be used so quickly?
Chen Song didn't want to delve into this matter either. No matter how close they were as brothers, they had separated after all. Some things could only be watched and not talked about. Talking too much would affect the relationship between brothers.

"I still have something to do, let's go first brother."

Chen Song shook his head, ready to leave.

"Thank you third brother!"

The voice coming from behind his ears made Chen Song pause, feeling in his heart, no matter how much he disliked his sister-in-law, but his elder brother was still his own dear elder brother, and he still had to help him in the future.

……

Chen Song left the old house and was not in a hurry to find Daniu and Wang Yao. They should have arrived in his yard at this time, presumably helping to buy the crayfish sent by the villagers.

He was not in a hurry to go back, and the acquisition could be carried out even if he was not around.

Chen Song urgently needs to do another thing now. He hasn’t stayed at Wang Yao’s house for the past two days. He’s sleeping in a new nest, but the bed at home is made of simple bricks and wood boards. He sleeps too comfortably, even on the floor.

So Chen Song still wants to get a bed back, so he decided to go to the next village to order a wooden bed from the best poplar carpenter in ten miles and eight towns. As for other furniture, we will talk about it later.

After rebirth, Chen Song has been to Yangjia Village once, and he bought 1 yuan of red bricks last time.

Yangjia Village is more than ten kilometers southwest of Chenjiaao, and it takes two hours to walk there. Chen Song saw that it was still early, so he was not in a hurry, so he walked towards Yangjia Village on the small road.

"Drip!"

A small bus honked behind Chen Song. Chen Song got out of the way and let the bus go first. Unexpectedly, the bus stopped beside Chen Song, and the passenger's window was rolled down.

"My fellow, do you know how to get to Yangjiacun?" The person who leaned out from the co-pilot window asked, and after seeing Chen Song's face clearly, the person shouted in surprise: "Chen Song is you?"

Chen Song looked up at the person protruding, and it turned out to be Xu Jiaojiao from the gynecology department of the county hospital.

"Doctor Xu, why are you?"

Chen Song stopped, watched Xu Jiaojiao opened the car door, got out of the car and came over.

"I said why is this person so familiar, so it's you." Xu Jiaojiao had a funny face, her long and slender legs came out of the white coat, and she walked towards Chen Song with small steps.

"Doctor Xu, what a coincidence, are you going to Chenjia'ao?" Chen Song moved his eyes away from those legs with difficulty, and shifted to the bus, only then did he see clearly that the name of the county hospital was written on the bus.

"We received a task from the Health Bureau to go to the village to carry out free diagnosis, measure blood pressure for everyone in the village, and talk about medical knowledge." Xu Jiaojiao stood in front of Chen Song, almost as tall as Chen Song.

"It's a good thing, I'll take you there."

(End of this chapter)