For Tian Tian, there is no difference between hotpot and shabu-shabu, because in her opinion, the only difference is the dipping sauce and the base of the pot.
Anyway, you just put the food in the pot, and when it’s cooked, take it out and eat it with the dipping sauce.
It’s just that their home is too far away from Sichuan, so Tian Tian didn’t plan to make authentic hot pot. The method is still the same as the mutton shabu-shabu that Han Luying is familiar with.
Tian Tian was very much looking forward to tomorrow's hot pot. Before going to bed at night, she kept pushing Gu Zhao to find a way to get some beef or mutton tomorrow.
Gu Zhao had worked in the black market here before and was familiar with their county town, so he definitely knew where to get meat.
Although Gu Zhao felt somewhat helpless, he agreed and planned to go to the county town tomorrow to ask his old friend.
Although An An fell asleep early, she woke up in the middle of the night and cried and asked Tian Tian for food.
Gu Zhao and Tian Tian were immediately in a panic. One got up to make milk powder for An An, and the other got up to change An An's wet diaper.
Lin Meiyu and the others were also awakened by An An's crying.
Hearing the noise, Lin Meiyu brought over the egg cake that she had steamed earlier. After An An finished drinking her milk, she saw the yellow egg cake and immediately gave Lin Meiyu a very toothless smile.
Lin Meiyu already liked her eldest granddaughter very much, and now after seeing this smile, she likes her even more.
After waiting for An An to finish her meal, she immediately carried An An to her room to sleep. Tian Tian and Gu Zhao both breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and lay down to fall asleep.
On the morning of the third day of the New Year, many people came to their house. They all came to visit after knowing that Tian Tian and her family had returned.
Tian Yun was on vacation at home during this period. When she knew Tian Tian was back, she also came over with a bulging belly.
Tian Yun is just three months pregnant now. To be honest, her belly is not very visible. But it is too cold outside now. It is cold and slippery, and everyone is not very comfortable letting Tian Yun come over.
After coming here, Tian Tian didn't dare to ask Tian Yun to report to An An.
An An's hands and feet are very strong now. Sometimes you hold her and let her stand on your legs. Her little feet kick her and her legs and stomach hurt a lot.
Fortunately, Tian Yun knew his limits and just squeezed An An's little hand without saying he wanted to hug her.
Tian Tian held An An and talked to the aunts who came to visit, and then chatted with Zhang Yan for a while.
Zhang Yan is already in high school this year, which is the same high school that Tian Tian attended before. She can be said to be Tian Tian’s junior and her academic performance is also very good. Everyone thinks that she will be the third female college student in their village.
Since Tian Tian and her classmates were admitted to the university, the other members of their team have also started to pay more attention to education. However, this is not something that can be improved overnight. It takes a long time to accumulate experience. Moreover, in the past, everyone did not pay much attention to learning. Therefore, even now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, they have started to work hard. Not many people can go to high school.
One reason is that my foundation was too poor, so I couldn’t keep up when I entered junior high school, let alone high school.
The second reason was because of money. The family was too short of money, so no one could afford to send their children to high school.
For a long time, no one in their team was able to get into university, but things are much better now.
In recent years, every household has started a small business. Some have contracted fish ponds, some have contracted a mountain to grow an orchard, some have raised silkworms, and some have run a timber mill.
Moreover, there are more and more private factories. Many people who do not have the talent for business work as small workers in other people's factories. They earn a lot a year, no worse than those workers in the city.
Therefore, the people in their team have some money and have started to send their younger children to school. Things will only get better and better in the future.
Tian Lili's chestnut business is growing, so she built a factory near her village to collect and process chestnuts. Now Tian Lili is not only making candied chestnuts.
She also made other chestnut cakes, chestnut biscuits and so on.
After completion, they are sent to supply and marketing cooperatives to be sold.
Although it is just a small factory now and only sells in small cities around their county, it is at least a small enterprise. It has also provided jobs for many people in their team. Tian Lili is also a small entrepreneur.
Before, Tian Lili's parents did not support Tian Lili to do business, because they felt that doing business was too unsafe. What if they lost money? What if they were arrested again like in those years? They couldn't stand Shen Lingling, and after Tian Lili's business grew bigger and bigger, they didn't say anything.
As for Tian Tian's grandmother, her aunt's business is also doing quite well.
At least they often appear in the mouths of these chattering people. Now their family no longer just goes to the county town to sell their products as before, but also delivers them to people in the villages along the way.
This bowl of acorn jelly is large in portion, inexpensive, delicious, filling, and has a very unique texture. Everyone is willing to spend money to buy a bowl.
Tian Tian didn't know much about what was going on over there. She just heard Lin Meiyu talk about it occasionally. This year, Grandma Lin and Grandpa Lin were not in good health, so Lin Meiyu went back to her parents' home more often and knew more about what was going on over there.
For example, Lin Meishuang had a big fight with her daughters-in-law because of their business affairs.
However, after the quarrel, there was still nothing they could do about these daughters-in-law, and the business they were doing did make money. In addition, they still had a large sum of money, two thousand yuan, so in the end Lin Meishuang had no choice but to agree.
After Lin Meishuang agreed, her daughters-in-law began to do business more openly. They no longer had to be sneaky when making things, and they no longer had to be on guard against Lin Meishuang. They were only allowed to go out for half a day to make jelly, and their business was much better than before.
Of course, their business has attracted the envy of many people. There are people who want to move this business to their own homes and sell acorn jelly like Bai Xiaohua and his friends.
But they couldn't do anything with the acorns, they didn't know how to remove the bitter taste of the acorns. After trying many methods, they could only watch Bai Xiaohua and her friends continue to make and sell acorn jelly. But later they found out that their family owed more than 2,000 yuan, and their envy soon turned into gloating.
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