bookrandom Chapter 237: Aunt Zhang's Gift
Chapter 237: Aunt Zhang's Gift
"Oh, yes, your wife Huang and I will go buy it right away!"
Mrs. Lin twisted her arm angrily: Really, why didn’t you go buy something first?
Why do you have to study this crappy vegetable garden?
Shitou drove the car while she and Huang Po went out to buy things.
Chazi and his friends cleaned the windows and tables in the main house and also tidied up the side rooms.
"Sister Xiaobei, where are we going to chop firewood?" Fugui asked.
He walked back and forth for a long time, but didn't find any dry firewood in the front or back yard.
"We have to buy firewood. There are no mountains in the city!" Ji Xiaobei said with a smile.
Fugui: We can’t stay in this city. We even have to buy firewood.
There were footsteps again in the yard.
Shitou ran in: "Sister, Mom asked, what do you want to buy?"
Ji Xiaobei: …
Mother Lin came in with Mother Huang on her arm, and asked apologetically, "Bei, mother has never been to the city. What do you want to buy? Where can you buy it?"
Ji Xiaobei: You should just stay at home and rest!
Yanyan started roaring again in the yard.
Ji Xiaobei looked towards the window.
A strange woman stood at the door, looking inside with a smile.
"anyone there?"
Ji Xiaobei put on his shoes and walked out.
"Auntie, who are you looking for?"
The woman glanced at Ji Xiaobei and stepped back involuntarily, feeling that it was a bit impolite. She smiled and said, "Sir, I'm Aunt Zhang from next door. My old lady saw that someone had just moved in, so she asked me to come over and say hello."
"Hello, Aunt Zhang!" Ji Xiaobei said with a smile as he stepped forward.
The woman was probably in her fifties, wearing a half-worn coarse cloth dress. She was very neat and tidy, and had a basket on her arm.
"My master asked me to bring some things with me. You might need them since you've just moved in." He then glanced behind him.
A man who looked like a servant came in with a neatly bundle of firewood on his back.
"How can I say this? Thank you so much, Master!"
Mrs. Lin hurriedly wanted to take the firewood from the man's back, but gave up because it was too heavy to lift.
Nanny Zhang quickly handed over the basket of vegetables in her hand.
"This basket contains the meat patties I made this morning, as well as a few vegetable patties. I guess you're tired from moving, so this is just the right thing to fill your stomach."
As Nanny Zhang spoke, she looked up and saw the young men standing in a row in the yard.
I thought to myself: These things may not be enough to fill my stomach!
But you can’t say that you got less.
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Miss, my family has grown some vegetables, and the master asked me to ask if you would like some."
Mrs. Lin said quickly, "Yes, yes! I'm sorry to have cost you a lot of money!"
Aunt Zhang smiled again and said, "These are all grown in my backyard. They are not worth much. You don't have to be polite. By the way, my master has a cough due to the cold weather. I will visit you again when he feels better."
"Okay, let your old lady have a good rest. When she gets better, I'll go visit her!"
Mrs. Lin said politely.
Ji Xiaobei: How do you know? Her master is an old lady.
"Shi Tou, please go with Aunt Zhang to get it. Don't bother Aunt Zhang to make a trip!"
Ji Xiaobei said.
"Then I won't bother you anymore!" said Nanny Zhang, bowed, turned around and left.
Mrs. Lin followed her example and returned the greeting.
Ji Xiaobei also returned the gift.
The stone followed the man.
Ji Xiaobei stood at the door and looked towards the alley to the west. It was quite long and he couldn't see the end at a glance.
The broker said that the alley to the west leads to the main street outside.
Therefore, Ji Xiaobei and his friends could go home from either the west alley or the north alley.
Ji Xiaobei thought about it and realized that the alley was L-shaped and his home was at the corner.
When I came in from the North Lane just now, I saw three houses with their doors closed. I wonder if anyone lives there?
She was a little confused. Why did there exist such an alley?
If the alleys on both sides are closed, it will become a large mansion with several small houses inside!
Shitou came back after a while, holding two hairy winter melons and half a basket of beans.
Mrs. Lin took the things out of the basket.
The palm-sized meat pie has a thin crust and thick fillings. The surface is golden and greasy, and it looks very appetizing at first glance.
The young men had run across half of Anzhou City and were already exhausted. They could not even smell the fragrance from the kitchen or sweep the yard.
Ji Xiaobei called them over and gave each of them a vegetable pie and a meat pie.
"Fill your stomach first. After you finish eating, I'll go out and buy some rice and flour for the stove."
The young men held the cakes in their hands, hurried out of the kitchen, and each found a place to squat by the wall to eat their cakes.
Two cakes were not enough to fill their teeth, and the starving ghosts went to the backyard to drink cold water with their green eyes.
While they were not paying attention, Ji Xiaobei took out a sausage from the refrigerator.
Ji Deyan hummed greedily and bit Ji Xiaobei's trouser leg refusing to let go. Ji Xiaobei broke off a piece and threw it to Ji Deyan.
Ji Deyan hung the sausage and started to eat it with a humming sound.
Mrs. Lin stuffed a meat pie into her mouth, drank half a bucket of cold water, and went into the house to see Ji Deyan eating sausages.
"Yan Yan, where did the sausage come from?" Mrs. Lin screamed and reached out to snatch the sausage from Yan Yan's mouth.
Ji Deyan: Oh, oh, that was given to me by my master...
"Mom, there's some more here. Go to the backyard and share it with Shitou and the others. I'll go to the street to buy some food so we can cook dinner tonight."
Ji Xiaobei said.
Mrs. Lin was wondering: Where did the sausages come from?
"Mom, what Nanny Zhang brought just now is at the bottom of the basket. Didn't you see it?" Ji Xiaobei asked seriously.
"No, I took the basket back to the house. How come I didn't notice it..."
Mrs. Lin touched her chin and felt incredible.
"Boss, please divide the water among the children. They are drinking up all the water in the well in the backyard!"
Mrs. Huang came over and said while sniffing.
"Mrs. Huang, please share some with them!" Ji Xiaobei handed the sausage to Mrs. Huang.
Mrs. Huang agreed and disappeared.
Mrs. Lin scolded: "You always say that your legs and feet are not good, I think you are just pretending..."
Yanyan jumped up while Mrs. Lin was not paying attention, snatched the sausage from her hand, and ran to the backyard with her tail between her legs.
In the backyard, Ji Decai and Ma Debiao were also growling with hunger.
Mrs. Lin: Damn it, people need to eat, animals need to eat, if they keep eating like this, this family will be broken apart.
Ji Xiaobei smiled and went back to the house.
There are five main rooms, the middle one is the main room, connected to two rooms on the east and west sides. The east side is the kitchen, the west side is a small hall, and there are bedrooms at both ends.
What Ji Xiaobei is most satisfied with is the privacy of the house. The bedrooms all have separate doors facing the yard.
She was lying on the bed. She had just eaten a meat pie, which was not enough to fill her teeth. She ate a piece of braised beef, drank a bottle of yogurt, and had an apple, and only then she was barely full.
After taking a nap, I got up and went shopping.
Shitou and a few other boys were swinging on the swing in the backyard and were scolded by Mrs. Lin.
"Mom, I'm going shopping." Ji Xiaobei said.
The stone came running over.
Haixiachazi and the others looked at the stone with envy, and lowered their heads feeling a little lost.
Ji Xiaobei: "All of you go, all of you go. Anyway, you can't stay for a few days, and neither can Haixia. When you come back, go back to your room and study."
The boys were laughing like flowers.