Song Lan whispered, "How about the three of us chip in to buy an old hen from a villager tomorrow? I really want to try the delicious pork tripe chicken. After Wen Xi's cooking, I feel that this pork tripe chicken will definitely be especially delicious."
He couldn't help but drool as he talked about it, even though he had just eaten a table full of delicious food.
Tian Shengnan nodded in agreement, "Okay, then you can go to the villager's house to exchange for the old hen. It will be more convenient for you men. I'll just pay for it later."
Wenxi's cooking skills are really good. She is willing to cooperate with everyone and have a good meal. Moreover, eating at a state-run restaurant is more expensive than this, and you need food coupons and meat coupons.
They had previously dined at a state-run restaurant, and the chef there really wasn't as skilled as Wenxi! Since Wenxi brought it up, it meant she wasn't against it.
In other words, they're definitely going to have the pork tripe and chicken soup tomorrow.
After Wenxi and the other two took turns washing up, they went back to their rooms to rest.
Wenxi opened the things her mother had brought her and was surprised to find a can of malted milk powder, a can of yellow peaches, a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, and a bag of brown sugar.
It's likely that Aunt Yan knew she couldn't easily buy these things in the countryside, so she sent them to her. Wenxi decided that when she visited the Yan family in a couple of days, she would also bring some nice things for them; otherwise, she would feel guilty accepting gifts from others.
Wenxi took out the things that Yan's mother had given her, and after clearing out the bag, she packed her return gifts for the Yan family: a pound of cured meat, twenty eggs, five small fish, a can of rapeseed oil in an empty canning jar, and a bag of lemon tea.
These things are no less valuable than what her mother prepared for her. By returning the favor with these gifts, Wenxi doesn't owe them anything, and she won't have to worry about this matter anymore.
After tidying up her things and signing in, Wenxi lay down to rest.
Lin Chuyang only sprained his leg, there was no fracture, and he was fine. His family was very happy when he returned home.
Because Lin Yiwan had transmigrated many years ago, she helped her cousins in the Lin family earn money. The Lin family branches had accumulated a lot of money and had long since separated and built large houses. However, they did not build large houses for each of their children, because that would be too conspicuous, and people might treat their family like landlords.
Moreover, the Lin family is gradually sending their children to the city, so there's no need to build them houses in the village; that would be too conspicuous.
Once they've established themselves in the city, they can arrange housing there. The family has the money to buy a house, but they'll have to wait for the right opportunity.
After all, it's not easy to find a house close to the factory, so I stayed in the multi-person dormitory provided by the factory while working and learning about the situation. When I found out who wanted to sell their house, I could go and accept it directly.
As for the village, they will wait until the time is right to apply for a homestead to build a house. After all, people should return to their roots. They work and earn money in the city when they are young, and return to the village to retire when they are old.
Because the Lin family was wealthy, they didn't have strict requirements for their children. Each child only needed to give their parents ten yuan a month, and they kept the rest, whether it was a few hundred or a few thousand yuan. So the Lin family's children were generally not short of money.
Lin Chuyang now has quite a bit of money.
After everyone in the family had gone to sleep that night, Lin Chuyang quietly left the house, seemingly aimlessly, but actually heading straight for the house next to Zhao Zhiping's.
Arriving at the gate of Wenxi's house, Lin Chuyang stared at the tightly closed gate, reluctant to look away.
He had already heard about the Wen family's requirements for marrying off their daughter. Money was not a problem, and dividing the family property before the wedding was also not a problem.
Because the Lin family is wealthy, they are now very open-minded, unlike other families who insist on keeping their children under their thumb. That's because they are poor and afraid that their children will abandon them, so they want to keep their children under their control, fearing that their children will grow up and fly away, leaving no one to care for them.
But the Lin family is different. In recent years, almost everyone in the Lin family has money. They don't want to control their children. The children can freely choose the life they want.
So there are almost no obstacles for him to be with Wen Xi; the main thing is whether Wen Xi can accept him.
Lin Chuyang leaned against the courtyard wall of the house in front of Wenxi's house, gazing at Wenxi's house in the moonlight for a long time without looking away, until the clock struck midnight before turning away.
The next morning, Wenxi and the others had just finished their hot breakfast and tidied up the kitchen when they heard a knock on the door. Curious, Wenxi went to open it.
Seeing that it was still Song Lan, Zhou Bai, and Tian Shengnan, Wen Xi was quite surprised. She didn't expect them to arrive so early. Wen Xi quickly invited them in, otherwise the villagers might think they were plotting something!
"Why did you all arrive so early?" Wenxi brewed peach oolong tea for them in a bowl. Although she had signed off on five different flavors, Wenxi wanted to finish one before moving on to the next, because she didn't want to unpack them all in a mess.
"We already changed the old hen this morning." Song Lan looked hungry. "Wenxi, we'll have to trouble you again tonight."
"What trouble is there? If it weren't for you guys, I would only be able to drink pork tripe soup. Pork tripe and chicken soup definitely tastes much better than pork tripe soup!" Wen Xi said with a smile.
"Wenxi, let's go catch fish in the rice paddies later!" Tian Shengnan said. "I've prepared everything, even my boots!"
Wenxi was taken aback. She hadn't expected Tian Shengnan to actually go to the rice paddies to catch fish. Although there were fish in the rice paddies, it was summer. Wenxi wasn't sure if there would be any in winter.
“Okay, let’s go catch fish together later. I brought my boots with me.” Wenxi said with a smile. “Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, you two don’t need to go. Stay home and take care of the old hen. Lock the gate and don’t open it if anyone you don’t know knocks on the door.”
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded. "Xiaoxi, we are not children anymore. We know how to protect ourselves."
Wenxi clearly didn't believe it. If they could really protect themselves, their past lives wouldn't have been so miserable. One wouldn't have been deceived by Lu Xiaoyun, and the other wouldn't have been married off to Qian Liang without paying a single penny of dowry, and treated like an old ox by the Qian family.
The crisis seems to be over now, but there are other people in the village. It's not just Qian Liang, a good-for-nothing. There's also the old widower and other scumbags!
After finishing their tea, Wen Xi, Tian Shengnan, Song Lan, and Zhou Bai went to the rice paddies in the village, while Chen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue stayed home to prepare the old hen and ingredients for lunch and dinner.
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