"But if this is a business, it will require a lot of duck offal, right?" Xie's father thought, "Do you have enough meat coupons to buy these things?"
"We don't need meat tickets to buy this duck offal today," Lin Xiangyi said. It's unclear whether all offal don't need tickets or just today, but it doesn't matter:
"I checked today and found that duck offal is unsalable, which means that not many people are willing to buy it. If we really want to do the braised food business, maybe we can talk to the people at the state-owned butcher shop and ask them to sell the offal to us."
"Can we really go to the state-owned butcher shop to talk? Will they really sell it to us?" Xie's mother asked hurriedly, looking a little anxious.
If the state-owned butcher shop could sell so many offal to private individuals, it would prove that the current market is indeed a place for business, and she wouldn't have to worry about what happened in the past when they went out to do business.
"We can definitely talk about it, but I don't know if they will agree," Lin Xiangyi said.
Hearing her say this, Xie's father and mother felt a little disappointed: "If they don't sell it, then will this braised food business be closed down?"
Xie Qingxiao: "What else can we do if we don't have the raw materials?"
Thank you, father and mother: "..."
Lin Xiangyi was thoughtful. She thought of someone, her father...
Xie Qingxiao didn't know what Lin Xiangyi was thinking, and thought she was also worried, so he said, "I'll go and negotiate tomorrow. If we can come to an agreement, then we'll sell this. If we can't come to an agreement, then we'll think of other ways. There are plenty of profitable businesses, so don't worry about it."
He said, "Eat quickly, it's very late, go back to bed early after eating!"
"Or we won't eat them," Xie's mother said, "and save them for you to sell."
If you sell such delicious food, you will definitely make money. It would be a waste if you let them eat it.
Lin Xiangyi came back to her senses and said hurriedly, "Don't do that, Mom. We made these today just to taste them. We don't plan to sell them. Besides, they won't last long, especially since the weather is so hot now. They'll probably go bad tomorrow. If they're delicious, eat more now."
After dealing with all the filth, the internal organs lost a lot of weight, but they still looked quite large.
"Is it so easy to spoil?" When Xie's mother heard this, of course she was reluctant to waste it, so she and Xie's father scooped another bowl to eat.
Lin Xiangyi and Xie Qingxiao also ate.
When Lin Xiangyi tasted this thing again, she was moved. This was a taste she hadn't tasted for a lifetime.
"Xiang Yi, when you go back to your parents' home tomorrow, would you like to save some for your dad to try?" Mother Xie recalled and said, "Although the weather is hot now, you can put it in the water tank. It shouldn't go bad."
"Sure," Lin Xiangyi agreed readily. She had something to ask her father tomorrow, so if there was anything delicious, she would bring him a portion.
Upon hearing this, Xie Qingxiao said, "I'll go get the plate."
...A few people did have dinner after all, and they didn't finish the braised food, so they put it all into the water tank.
After eating and drinking their fill, the four of them went back to their room to sleep contentedly.
Lin Xiangyi was tired after a long day and fell asleep as soon as she returned to her room.
Xie Qingxiao did the same and did not bother Lin Xiangyi.
While Lin Xiangyi was half asleep, she was still thinking that it would be very useful to consume his energy.
The next day was the day when Lin Xiangyi returned home.
Xie's mother got up early in the morning and prepared a gift for Lin Xiangyi's return home. She tied up a chicken, and also gave her two jars of rice wine and two kilograms of candy.
"You can have the wine, but forget about the chicken and candy," Lin Xiangyi said. Her father didn't like candy, and she didn't want Chen Fengmei to get any advantage from her. She didn't want Chen Fengmei to take advantage of her at all.
Xie's mother was surprised when she heard this: "It would be so ugly if you took so little."
The gift given back to the parents is so small, not to mention whether their family will be accused of being stingy.
Even Lin Xiangyi herself might be considered as not being valued, which would not bring glory to her.
What's more, Lin Huihui and Lu Dingyuan from the Lu family will also be returning home today. If they don't do anything to save face, it will be even worse, even if Xie Qingxiao doesn't have a job and is not as respectable as Lu Dingyuan.
Mother Xie also didn't want her son and daughter-in-law to lose to the Lu couple in the return ceremony.
So in addition to the gifts she had already prepared, she also prepared twenty yuan for Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi, and when she got to the county town, she would buy some cigarettes or other gifts to bring back together...
"It's okay," Lin Xiangyi said, "We have the braised food we made yesterday."
Mother Xie: “…”
"If you think it's too little, then... do you have any dried vegetables?" Lin Xiangyi thought: "Give me some back? There's no such food in the county. My dad should like it very much!"
Mainly not worth the money.
Mother Xie: “…”
Although Xie's mother tried her best to stop her, she finally followed Lin Xiangyi.
However, she still gave Lin Xiangyi twenty yuan and let her decide whether to buy any gifts when she arrived in the county. If not, she could keep the money for herself.
Of course Lin Xiangyi wouldn't buy it.
So, she and Xie Qingxiao took two jars of rice wine, about a pound of braised food, and a large bag of dried vegetables back to the Lin family.
What they didn't know was that Lin Huihui, who couldn't wait to leave the Lu family and return to the county town, took Lu Dingyuan back to the county town early in the morning and had already returned to the Lin family.
Of course, Mother Lu was not as considerate as Mother Xie. She prepared so many gifts for Lin Huihui when she returned home. I don’t know if she was still grudgeful about the dowry incident, but Mother Lu gave Lin Huihui a pound of sugar to take back.
But Lin Huihui had the same idea as Xie's mother and did not want to lose to Lin Xiangyi in the return gift, so after arriving in the county town, she went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
She and Lu Dingyuan were both salaried people and had no shortage of money, so they bought a lot of cigarettes, alcohol, candy, biscuits, malted milk and other things. After making sure that the gifts Lin Xiangyi brought back would definitely not exceed theirs, she returned to the Lin family with large and small bags.
When Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi arrived, they sat in the main room and chatted happily - that's what Lin Xiangyi thought.
"Dad!" Lin Xiangyi shouted loudly, breaking the happy scene in the main hall and making it impossible for Chen Fengmei and others to pretend that they didn't know they came in.
"You're here! Why are you shouting so loudly? You scared me." Lin Shan really didn't see them come back, and when he heard Lin Xiangyi's voice, he hurried out.
"Xiangyi is back?" Chen Fengmei also followed out, but her tone was no longer as friendly as before in front of Lin Shan, but rather indifferent.
Lin Xiangyi raised her eyebrows when she saw this. It seemed that during the days since she got married, the relationship between her father and Chen Fengmei had not returned to normal?
That’s a good feeling!
Lin Xiangyi handed two jars of rice wine to her father and said with a smile: "Dad, I brought this especially for you."
Lin Shan took the rice wine, his face unable to conceal his happiness, and snorted hypocritically: "You still have a conscience, knowing that I like this!"
"Sister, brother-in-law, you are back? What did you bring? Huh? Is this dried vegetables?" Lin Huihui's surprised voice sounded.
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