Chapter 233

"I'm so sorry for you, our family doesn't even have rock candy!" Chen Hong embarrassedly took the rock candy from Kou Xi's hand, and turned her side to let her in.

The small yard of Paichang Jiang's house was kept clean, and the square pattern of the yard was no different from that of ordinary small farmyards.A three-room brick house facing south with brightly polished glass.Although the open space in front of the house was not paved with bricks or cement, it was swept spotlessly.

The door of the barn opposite the gate was opened, and Kou Xi could see that the farm tools inside were neatly arranged.There is a chicken shed next to the vegetable garden, and there is no peculiar smell at all when passing by the wind.

There is a bucket next to the pressurized well, and there is a big spoon in the bucket, which should be her usual tool for watering vegetables.Several clothes hanging on the clothesline were blown by the wind.Blue sky, white clouds, clothes blown by the wind.It feels so peaceful.

"What a clean little yard!" Kou Xi couldn't help admiring: "It's like a paradise!"

"No!" Chen Hong said modestly: "What is it clean?" She let Kou Xi into the room: "Come, come, come in and sit. I'm washing mountain dingzi!"

This house was bought locally when Platoon Leader Jiang got married, and the decoration of the house was done by Chen Hong's natal family.As soon as you enter the door, there is a square living room, and behind the living room is a small dining room.The wall between the dining room and the living room is only about 1.2 meters, and half of the upper wall is made of lattice-shaped glass.In this way, the light can illuminate the small dining room brightly through the glass.

Now that Kou Xi is here, she can't just borrow Chen Hong's rock candy. She knows that there are old people and children in her house, and she still has a pack of Liangpi in her hand.

Following Chen Hong into the small dining room, he put the pack of cold skin on the dining table.

The old people say that to see a woman's cleanliness, it depends on how well she cleans up the kitchen.In this small dining room, there is a boxy wooden table under the window, covered with a white hollowed-out cover.On the table is a large red tea tray with a large cold cup and four small glass teacups on it.

There is a hut on the left hand side, Kou Xi looked inside and saw a stove inside.There is a cupboard directly opposite the door, and the cupboard is covered with a white curtain.

On the right hand side there is a stove leaning against the wall, and the hooks and coal shovels in the coal chute beside the stove have been polished and shiny.

The dining table was facing the back door, and Chen Hong went to the back door and shouted: "Mom, Kou Xi is here!"

Kou Xi looked at Chen Hong in surprise: "Is your mother-in-law at home?"

"Well, I'm at home. I'm watering the vegetables in the backyard!" She explained with a smile: "It hasn't rained for many days, it's so dry!" Chen Hong pulled her mother-in-law in carelessly, and introduced Kou Xi to her mother-in-law.

"Mom! This is Captain Huo's wife. How are you, handsome?" Chen Hong looked at Kou Xi with a smile, and the old lady looked Kou Xi up and down.She clapped her hands and said exaggeratedly: "My mother, this is not a little daughter-in-law, she is a fairy."

Walking in front of Kou Xi, she subconsciously wiped her hands on her body.Then he held Kou Xi and looked him up and down with strange eyes: "My daughter-in-law tells me every day that Captain Huo's daughter-in-law is very handsome. She looks like a girl of seventeen or eighteen, not at all. A little daughter-in-law."

She dragged Kou Xi into the house, and dragged Kou Xi to sit on the long wooden chair in the living room.Although the Jiang family's living room is not so particular about the furnishings, there is a long chair under the window next to the kitchen that can seat three or four people.There are two wooden stools next to the long chair, and a TV set under the opposite window.

There are two rooms on the left and right sides of the living room, which should be the bedrooms of the old lady and Chen Hong.

The old lady dragged Kou Xi to sit on the bench: "I heard they said that you set up a stall at the supply and marketing cooperative, and the sales were pretty good. The old lady from the Gao Yingzhang's family also went to sell steamed buns. "

She raised her head and glanced at Chen Hong: "The conditions in our family are not good. I was thinking about letting my daughter-in-law go out with you." The old lady said very well, "It will be a lifetime for my son to be with Captain Huo. Worrying about food and clothing, my daughter-in-law will learn more from you. You two are the nobles of our old Jiang family!"

Kou Xi hurriedly said: "Oh, aunt, you are too polite. I have no ability! These days, those who are able go to school, and those who are incompetent can become self-employed!" She showed a shy expression: " I'm also worried about how my going out as a self-employed person will affect Huo An."

Self-employed is not a nice word in this day and age.Only those blind wanderers and released labor reform prisoners who can't find a job will become self-employed.

I married a worker in the 60s, a soldier in the 70s, and a diploma in the 80s.Even if Huo An is an officer, he is no less popular than a junior college student.In the same way, Kou Xi's choice to be a self-employed person actually makes many people who are not wealthy but have a stable job look down upon them.

There are very few people like Kou Xi who have a job and can leave without pay and run out to toss about. In the eyes of others, she just has something wrong.

"What's the impact of that!" Jiang's mother disagreed: "Who knows if someone's stomach is not full."

Chen Hong brought a glass of water to Kou Xi: "Drink it first!" Kou Xi took a sip and found that there was a little sugar in it.He glanced at Chen Hong calmly, smiled and said to Mother Jiang: "Actually, it's not about making money, it's also about killing time. I'm not familiar with the place here, so it's uncomfortable to just stay here."

She put down the sugar water, stood up and said to Chen Hong: "Let me make the sugar water for you first, and you will know how to do it after you make a pot."

Put rock sugar into the sweet well water, and keep stirring after the sugar melts: "The shandingzi is a bit astringent, so add more rock sugar. But don't boil it, it's fine if it's half-cooked."

The cooked Shandingzi Kouxi is placed in an oil-free and speechless aluminum basin: "This basin should be washed clean, and it should be oil-free and salt-free. Don't rush to eat, let it stand for more than two hours. The color is slow Slowly deepening, if there are many canned bottles and the mouth of the bottle is tightly sealed, it can be stored for a week."

Mother Jiang muttered to the side: "Where are you going to buy all those cans? It's going to cost a lot of money!"

"You just need to prepare a few water glasses. Bring this pot of sugar water over there tomorrow. It should sell pretty quickly for five cents a cup." Kou Xi gave her an idea.

"Can this really sell quickly?" Mother Jiang frowned: "Isn't this too simple? If it could sell for money, others would have already done it, and it's our turn?"

"I used to go to the city. There was someone selling water at the station and in the middle of the road. The man was carrying two thermos bottles and seven or eight plastic cups. A cup of cold water was free for a penny, and those who came to the city to do errands in the countryside also drank it. I can afford it." Kou Xi explained to Chen Hong: "Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I want to eat a popsicle to relieve the heat after get off work. The popsicles are also sold for a penny, let's try it now. If it doesn’t work, then you can drink it for a penny. Put it in the well water the night before, isn’t the sweet and sour taste more comfortable than popsicles?”

Chen Hong bit her lip and nodded her head heavily: "Well, at most, some rock candy will be for nothing. I can't sell it to my son as water!"

(End of this chapter)

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