My courtyard shelter

"Mom, I'm back."

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Mother Xu was peeling edamame in the yard. Hearing this, she looked up and asked:

"Why did you come back so late? Your sister said you left at noon."

Xu Dong raised the bag in his hand and said mysteriously: "I went to Panjiayuan for a walk and bought some good things."

"What good things?"

Mother Xu curled her lips. It was so late, and she could not buy any good things. Now she couldn't even eat dried chicken at home, because one less chicken.

Xu Dong took the turtle out of the bag directly.

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"Mom, turtles are very nutritious. Let's stew soup in the evening."

Mother Xu's eyes lit up: "Good stuff, where did you get it from?"

"Didn't I say that someone in Panjiayuan sells this thing."

"What did you exchange it for? "

Xu Dong chuckled: "Only 40 kilograms of corn flour, isn't it a good deal?"

The corn flour in their family is usually used to feed chickens. There are more than a dozen chickens in the family, and the food consumed every day is not small.

"Well, such a big turtle is not expensive." Xu Ma said with satisfaction.

Yang Lina brought the triplets out to see their father. When the three little guys saw the turtle, they came over curiously to watch.

"Big turtle." Yang Lina pointed at the turtle and taught the triplets to pronounce.

"Big Wudui." Dabao said excitedly.

Xu Dong immediately corrected: "It's a big... turtle."

"Big Wudui... Big Wudui..." Erbao and Xiaobao also shouted.

Xu Dong wanted to teach more, but Xu Ma waved her hand: "Okay, it's enough to know that it's a turtle."

"Husband, can we not eat this turtle? There's not much meat anyway. "

Yang Lina was somewhat influenced by traditional ideas. After all, in the Xia people's circle, it was popular to eat turtles instead of tortoises.

"Why not eat it? Do you still want to keep it? I tell you, this turtle is at least ten years old. It is an old turtle and will not live for many years." Xu Dong explained patiently.

"Aren't turtles very long-lived?" Yang Lina asked in confusion.

"This is a Brazilian turtle, which only lives for more than ten years."

"It's not a turtle from our country!" Yang Lina said in surprise.

"Of course not, this thing is theoretically an invasive alien species, so there is no need for us to have a psychological burden to eat it." Xu Dong said seriously.

Mother Xu stood up and touched the heads of her three grandsons one by one, and took the turtle: "Okay, Nana, take the children back to the house, I'll go kill the turtle."

"Mom, I'll help you. "Xu Dong followed behind.

Next, I won't talk about the specific process of killing the turtle, it's a bit bloody.

After referring to the recipes on the Internet, Xu's mother finally made a dish of "Ginseng and Deer Antler Stewed Turtle".

It just so happened that there was no shortage of ginseng and deer antler at home.

The method is very simple. First chop the turtle into pieces, then fry it slightly, add an appropriate amount of water and boil it, then add an appropriate amount of deer antler, ginseng and wolfberry, and finally simmer it on low heat for two hours.

At the dinner table, under the "coercion" of Xu's mother, Xu's father drank three bowls of soup in a row. He was full just by drinking the soup, and didn't touch the rice porridge much.

Xu's mother also drank a large bowl herself.

The rest of the soup was drunk by Xu Dong and his wife, and as for the turtle meat, most of it was into the twins' stomachs.

Dabao and the other three were too young to enjoy it, so just smelling it was enough.

It's true that this turtle soup is nutritious enough. Xu Dong and his wife tossed and turned for most of the night before they fell asleep.

...

When he woke up the next day, Xu Dong felt full of energy, as if the sky was bluer and all his worries were gone.

Send the twins to school.

Then, Xu Dong moved two hundred bags of sugar from the warehouse, one bag weighing one hundred kilograms, a total of one ton.

He drove a small truck to Panjiayuan.

Panjiayuan has no shortage of porters, so Xu Dong spent a thousand yuan to move all the sugar to the store.

"Boss, what kind of goods are you carrying? Why are they so heavy?"

Xu Dong transferred a thousand yuan to the other party through WeChat and responded casually: "Plastic particles, for making plastic shells."

"Oh, that's it."

"Xiao Bao, I still have a lot of work to do here, wait for my call. "Xu Dong explained.

"Thank you, boss. Don't worry. I promise to be there whenever you call me." Xiao Bao promised immediately.

"By the way, try to bring more people next time. I'm in a hurry."

"No problem."

After locking the door, Xu Dong took a taxi and went to work. Panjiayuan is full of cameras and there are security patrols around the clock, so there is no need to worry about the sugar being stolen.

It's hard to get through a day's work.

After get off work, Xu Dong called a taxi again and went to Panjiayuan.

Boss Duan came earlier than the scheduled time.

"Old Duan, why are you here so early?"

"I'm only ten minutes earlier than you. Brother Xu, do you really have to go to work during the day?"

Looking at the other party's dusty appearance, Boss Duan couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Dong opened the door of the store: "Didn't I tell you that I have a full-time job and this is just a side job."

"I have brought all the goods here, and the car is parked in the parking lot. How are your preparations? "Boss Duan asked.

"Come in, I've prepared it here." Xu Dong said, patting the outer packaging of sugar.

Boss Duan couldn't wait to check it out, and Xu Dong took out a knife: "Old Duan, do you want to check the goods first?"

Boss Duan nodded, took the knife, and then picked up four bags of sugar and began to inspect the goods. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction:

"There is no problem with your batch of sugar."

Xu Dong used tape to seal the hole again, and asked at the same time: "Did you bring people here? If not, I'll call the porter to come."

"No need to call, I brought four people here, plus you and me, it's enough." Boss Duan waved his hand and said that of course, it is reliable to have your own people in this matter.

"Okay, let them start working!"

Boss Duan made a phone call, and in less than ten minutes, four big men came over with two small carts, with four large sacks piled on them.

Xu Dong also had to inspect the goods first. The shrimps were very large and there was no mold. They were all top-quality dry goods.

The next step was weighing. The electronic scale was just bought yesterday afternoon and could weigh up to 300 kilograms.

After more than 20 trips back and forth, it took more than an hour, and the first transaction was finally completed.

"Brother Xu, happy cooperation."

Xu Dong was sweating profusely and collapsed on the ground. "Happy cooperation, same time tomorrow."

"No problem."

"Old Duan, can you bring a few more people tomorrow? It's a waste of time." Xu Dong made a request.

"Instead of me bringing more people, why don't you get an electric tricycle? Isn't it more convenient?" Boss Duan suggested.

Xu Dong slapped his head. Why didn't he think of this good idea? The store is two or three hundred meters away from the parking lot. It's really too slow to rely on a cart.

"Okay, I'll go and see later."

Boss Duan glanced at his phone and said, "It's getting late, brother Xu, I'll go back first."

"I won't see you off." Xu Dong waved his hand.

"Stay."

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