Chapter 170: Cold preserved eggs win
The day before the holiday, Liu Xinghe reserved a large iron pot, a small stove, and some kitchen utensils such as pots and pans in the supply and marketing cooperative through internal employee channels, waiting to move in on the day of the house collection.
On the day of the official holiday, which was also the day of the house collection, Liu Xinghe went to the town house to clean up early in the morning. Cheng Yunxiao, Liu Erjiang and Liu Sanchuan followed her with things to do hard labor.
Liu Xinghe met the original owner and his wife at the gate. Old Lady Wang looked at the house in front of her, handed her a bunch of keys solemnly, and held Liu Xinghe's hand and said softly:
"Girl, this house will be handed over to you in the future."
After that, she hesitated, looked at the house and sighed, and finally did not continue.
"Okay."
Liu Xinghe took the key and nodded to her seriously.
She knew that the old lady had a lot of feelings for the house, and she probably wanted to ask her to take good care of the house, but she was embarrassed to say it. After all, the house was sold to her, and she would not be able to control what happened to the house in the future.
You can tell by just looking at the old lady's expression.
She really couldn't promise anything. The world will develop and change very quickly in the future. She couldn't guarantee what the house would become in the future, and it was uncertain what she would use it for.
All she could say was that it was certain at this stage.
Liu Xinghe said to the old lady: "Don't worry, I will take good care of the house for every day I work in the town. This is also my home."
She was not sure about what would happen after the college entrance examination or after the reform and opening up. She couldn't stay in the town as a salesperson for the rest of her life.
But the old lady didn't know this. She knew that Liu Xinghe's job was a lifelong iron rice bowl, and her words meant that she would take care of the house for the rest of her life.
The old lady felt relieved after hearing this, and felt happy that she had found a good partner for her old friend who she had known for many years.
Liu Xinghe could take care of her some of her hypocritical emotions so considerately and give her warm words, which moved her heart beyond words. She held Liu Xinghe's hand with tears in her eyes to thank him.
"Okay, okay, thank you, girl, thank you! I feel relieved now."
"I told you before that this girl looks like a good lady who is particular about her appearance. Let's go now. It's getting late. My son, daughter-in-law and grandson are still waiting for us outside." Old
man Zhang came over with a smile and pulled the old lady out: "Girl, we will leave first, you go ahead."
"Okay, Uncle Zhang, Aunt Wang, take care."
Liu Xinghe looked at their backs supporting each other and waved his hand. They are a very loving old couple.
After they left, Liu Xinghe opened the door and made an inviting gesture to the three brothers standing behind him with a smile on his face: "Welcome to my small courtyard, please come in."
The three brothers ran forward a few steps with their things in their arms and looked at the small courtyard excitedly.
Liu Xinghe was surprised when she saw the clean and tidy courtyard and the neat and tidy house.
Liu Sanchuan put down what he was doing and ran around inside: "Little sister, your courtyard is really nice, it's quite big, not smaller than our new house."
Liu Erjiang nodded in agreement: "It's really spacious, and it's not far from the supply and marketing cooperative. It's very convenient for little sister to live here and work."
Cheng Yunxiao's eyes had already fallen on the vegetable field on the right side of the yard that had nothing planted on it: "Fortunately, I brought a lot of vegetable seeds, I have to plant vegetables on these fields."
"Then the second brother and Yunxiao will plant vegetables, and the third brother and I will clean the house."
Liu Xinghe looked at the clean courtyard and realized that there was not much work to do.
"I originally thought that the yard and the room would be very messy after they moved out today, but I didn't expect them to clean it up. There is not much room for the four of us to clean up this area. Two people are almost enough."
"You guys just plant vegetables, and my third brother and I will clean up the unwanted things and pile them in the yard. We will call you later when we clean up the sanitation."
Liu Sanchuan clapped his hands: "Okay, let's do it. Let's get started. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can play."
So the division of labor was decided so simply, and the four of them started to get busy in the small yard.
When the old couple left, they only took away a few old ladies' dowry boxes, some more personal items, and the pots, bowls, and pans in the kitchen that they had used.
Most of the other furniture, such as tables, chairs, and benches, were left to Liu Xinghe to inherit.
Liu Xinghe didn't need to buy so many things, and there weren't many things to pack up, so he just had to pack out some old things he didn't want, and it would be done in a few minutes.
It took another half an hour to slightly change the layout of the room and move the positions of some furniture.
After doing all this, the two siblings started to clean up.
One used a bamboo pole tied to a bamboo branch with bamboo leaves to sweep the spider webs and dust on the roof, and the other swept the floor and wiped the dust off the furniture with water.
Outside, the two brothers were reclaiming the land with the hoes in the tool room, sweating.
After a busy morning, Liu Xinghe's bathroom was cleaned, all the beds in the room were replaced with the sheets and quilts he brought, and the empty kitchen was equipped with a new set of kitchenware he brought.
Some vegetable seeds were planted in the vegetable plot in the yard, and some seedlings he brought were planted. The two brothers were watering the land.
Liu Xinghe washed her hands and stood in the yard looking at the cleaned house with satisfaction: "Now it's just the last step to complete."
She looked at the pile of unwanted debris beside her.
"Leave this little thing to me." Liu Sanchuan took out a few sacks to collect the garbage on the ground.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you. I'll go to the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative to get some food. It's already noon. I didn't feel hungry when I was working, but now that I've stopped, I'm really hungry."
Liu Xinghe turned around and went into the kitchen to get a stack of aluminum boxes and walked out, asking, "Do you have any dishes you want to eat? If the canteen has them, I'll bring them back."
Liu Sanchuan's stomach rumbled at the right time: "Any dishes are fine, just give me more rice. I'm hungry."
"Yeah, Sanchuan makes sense."
Liu Erjiang and Cheng Yunxiao nodded one after another. Filling their stomachs was the most important thing at this time.
"Okay, wait for me for a while. I'll be back in a few minutes." Liu Xinghe threw the lunch box into the bicycle basket, got on the bicycle and rushed out.
After Liu Xinghe got her meal at the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative, she went to the food area to ask her colleague for pork. She asked her colleague to reserve two pounds of lean meat for her yesterday, waiting to be used when she invited people to dinner this afternoon .
After getting everything, Liu Xinghe did not stop and rushed back. The people in the room were waiting for food. When they saw her coming back, they all put down their work, washed their hands, and moved the table to eat.
After taking a nap after dinner, the four of them got up and started to prepare dinner for the evening. Liu Xinghe took out the spices to prepare a portion of halved pork and halved vegetables. For the other dishes, Cheng Yunxiao volunteered to take over, and they only needed to help.
In the end, only the halved pork and halved vegetables were made by Liu Xinghe, and most of the other dishes were made by Cheng Yunxiao.
Why do I say most of them? Because Liu Erjiang took a piece of marinated wild boar ribs and cooked it, which was counted as his dish. Liu Sanchuan also made a dish, a cold preserved egg.
He used the 40 preserved eggs that she and her sister-in-law Qin Shuyan got from Li Xiaoxia.
When she took it out to eat for fun, Liu Sanchuan felt a little regretful that he didn't make a dish. He suddenly had an idea and took out four preserved eggs, cut them into a plate, mixed a portion of preserved eggs with soybean oil and chopped Erjing chili peppers, and sprinkled them with zheergen. It tasted pretty good. It
was also very popular after it was served. The first dish to be eaten was his cold preserved egg, and he even received compliments from the guests.
After the guests left, Liu Sanchuan was very proud, and he was floating when washing the dishes.
"I never thought I had this skill. Sister, your brined pork is not as attractive as my preserved egg. That is meat. It seems that the recipe is not good, or I am really good. It was the first dish to be eaten. I am really good. Among so many dishes, my cold preserved egg won."