Chapter 057 Chapter 57 Scrap Station

Lin Yue and Zhang Yuandong have a lot of things to buy today. After the stove is moved to the main room, a new pot will be added to the stove by the door. Since he doesn't need to cook, Lin Yue wants to buy a large ceramic pot so that he can heat water when heating the kang in winter.

In addition to a ceramic pot, a broom, a dustpan, a lid, a basket, a kang mat, and a chopping board all had to be bought new.

Before buying these things, Lin Yue took Zhang Yuandong to the stall of the old man who made furniture. She was scared by this old man before, and she really didn't want to deal with him again. But who can blame him for making furniture with the best craftsmanship and the most durable furniture in this area? If they want to order furniture, they still have to come to him.

Lin Yue had dealt with him several times before, and each time she covered herself tightly. The old man would definitely not be able to recognize her now. Even so, Lin Yue was unwilling to talk to the old man any more, so she pushed Zhang Yuandong to the front and let him negotiate.

This old man is indeed a philistine. When he heard that the two wanted to make so much furniture, his attitude immediately improved. He even praised the two young guys for their promising future when they grow up. Lin Yue knew this man's character very well and felt that it was really difficult for him to say so many nice things.

After confirming the date to pick up the furniture, the two went to buy other things.

The two of them bought too many things, and the road was bumpy. Zhang Yuandong's sidecar couldn't hold so many things, so Lin Yue secretly moved most of the things into the space. She held Lingling and sat in the sidecar, protecting the child with one hand and holding the kang mat with the other.

Zhang Yuandong tied Zhang Wanli to his back and held the child tightly with his clothes. Only after he was sure that the little guy was safe did he dare to slowly set off.

His wife and children were in the car, so he dared not drive too fast and could only drive slowly. Even the ox carts in the village were faster than them. The ox carts were full of people from Xiaotian Village, who joked, "Wanli's mother, you are not a good man. You are driving so slowly. You might as well get off the car and walk back. You might even get home earlier than him!"

It would have been fine if Lin Yue had just laughed and cursed a few times, but Zhang Yuandong blushed and looked serious, as if he was angry.

Lin Yue thought about it and thought that men were very sensitive about others saying they were "not good enough". He patted his arm and kindly said, "Don't listen to their nonsense. You are not often in the village. You don't know that they just like to joke around. They don't mean any harm."

Zhang Yuandong didn't know what was going on. She just made a few jokes and he didn't know what part of her he had touched. He just felt very nervous. She slapped him and he became even more flustered. The front of the car tilted and he almost drove into the ditch.

By the time they slowly got home, Wang Xiuxiang had almost finished cooking.

Liu Jianhua was pregnant and could no longer help, so Lin Yue went to find Sun Meifeng for help.

Sun Meifeng already had two sons and one daughter to take care of. Last year, her father-in-law was paralyzed in bed, and she, as the eldest daughter-in-law, became very busy. She almost never left the house when she was not working. Although she came to Lin Yue to help, she actually only cooked two meals, which was relatively free. This time, her mother-in-law felt sorry for her and wanted her to take this opportunity to go out and take a breath.

Sun Meifeng knows a lot of things, but she is not very good at cooking and can only help Wang Xiuxiang.

This morning Lin Yue asked Zhang Yuandong to kill two chickens. She didn't like eating old hens, so she asked Zhang Yuandong to pick two old hens to kill.

When they came back, the chicken had been stewing in the pot for several hours. Wang Xiuxiang had already prepared the steamed buns and was ready to put the chicken in the pot. She also asked Lin Yue to go back and get some potatoes, peel them, cut them into small pieces, and stir-fry them with the chicken.

The locust plague some time ago destroyed almost all the vegetables in the vegetable garden, and now the only ones left that can be used for cooking are potatoes.

Lin Yue can cook, but she is not as skilled as Wang Xiuxiang and the others. At times like this, she can only help out.

The pickled vegetables she made these days are almost gone. Wang Xiuxiang knew that she liked to make some pickled vegetables and kept them, and she said that it was fortunate that she had this skill, which saved them a lot of trouble.

At mealtime, the women still ate with their children at a small table nearby. The men also had a table, but they all found it troublesome and almost all of them ate while squatting on the ground.

The two little ones had eaten candy balls in the morning, so they were not that hungry at the moment and were not very active in eating.

Sun Meifeng is a relatively introverted person, but she was obviously in a good mood today, smiling at everyone. Seeing that the two children didn't eat much of the meat cooked today, she was anxious and wanted to feed them. Lin Yue stopped her and said, "Sister-in-law, don't feed them. They ate candied haws in the morning, so they are not very hungry now. Just eat less, we eat our own, don't worry about them."

When the two children were young, Lin Yue would get anxious if they were not active in eating. But now she has taken it easy. It’s just a meal and they will eat when they are hungry.

Sun Meifeng anxiously made some sign language calls. If this were at her home, her children would go crazy for such delicious food.

Lin Yue had known her for a long time and roughly understood what she meant. He smiled and put a few more pieces of meat in her bowl, urging her to eat more.

She had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she went to the waste station in the city with Zhang Yuandong and bought a lot of old newspapers.

The scrapyard is mostly filled with old newspapers and books, and there are piles of iron and copper in the yard.

Unlike what Lin Yue imagined, there was not only one old man guarding the waste station, but also many workers. There were several packers standing in the yard, and there were also salesmen and cashiers in the house. Because this was a state-owned unit and the work was relatively leisurely, it was the dream job for many people.

In this era, no one would sell their old furniture to the scrapyard. Furniture can be used as firewood when worn out, so there is almost no furniture in the scrapyard, and even wooden products are not common. Lin Yue took a general look and gave up the idea of ​​picking up bargains, but she did find a lot of books, such as the Four Great Classics, "Investiture of the Gods" and other well-known novels. She picked a few well-preserved ones and took them for collection. In a few years, these books will be hard to find on the market. She also found some picture books suitable for children, thinking that she could give them to her children when they are older.

When she was checking out, she discovered that Zhang Yuandong had secretly taken two books and paid for them separately. Out of respect, Lin Yue pretended not to notice, but she was very curious about what the two books were.

The next day was Sunday. The new house had been basically repaired, but the newspapers on the wall had not been pasted yet. They had to wait until the cement dried before they could go in. The closet had only a frame, which needed to be dried before they could decorate the inside. It was estimated that it would not be completed before they moved in. But there was really nothing to do today, so Lin Yue was completely free today.

She likes to sleep in when she is not busy, but with Zhang Yuandong around, she doesn't feel comfortable staying in bed in the morning and gets up early.

Zhang Yuandong used a large pot to heat water and washed the vegetables as usual. Next to the stove was the small clay stove that Lin Yue usually used to cook porridge. Zhang Yuandong thought the pot was too small and could not hold much water, so he never used it.

Lin Yue had to force a smile every morning and pretend to be happy so as not to dampen his enthusiasm for work. She felt that she had to catch up with Zhang Yuandong and boil some hot water before going out for a morning run so that she could sleep a little longer.

Zhang Yuandong saw that she had gotten up and was concerned about her: "Why did you get up so early? You've been tired for several days. Why didn't you sleep more today?"

In fact, Lin Yue really wanted to push him back onto the kang so that he could feel the warmth of the kang. His smile was very stiff. "It's okay. I can't sleep either. Let me cook. What do you want to eat this morning?"

Zhang Yuandong pointed to the peeled tomatoes on the chopping board and showed them to her. Well, this guy even learned how to peel tomatoes just to eat scrambled eggs.

Lin Yue scooped out the water from the pot quickly, fried four eggs, and then fried tomatoes. When frying, sugar and salt should be added first, which will help the tomatoes to absorb water and become soft faster.

Lin Yue used a spoon to flatten all the tomato cubes in the pot until they were almost cooked into tomato sauce. Then he collected the sauce and poured the fried eggs on top.

Although scrambled eggs with tomatoes is simple, as far as she knows, many people cook it differently. In her previous life, her best friend disliked her way of cooking it. Fortunately, Zhang Yuandong and the two children like it, especially when mixed with noodles.

The bureau usually doesn't have weekends off, so these two days just happened to be his days off.

The two young guys envied others going to the beach, and he kept it in mind. As he had nothing to do today, he asked Lin Yue, "Do you want to go to the beach?" As soon as he said it, he regretted it. Why did this sentence sound so much like asking his beloved girl out for a date?

When she heard that they were going to the beach, Lin Yue raised her head instantly. She saw that Zhang Yuandong looked a little unnatural and his ears were red, so she couldn't help but think of something wrong. The sun, the beach, the bikini and the boxer shorts appeared in her mind unconsciously, and her eyes became distant.

Fortunately, she stopped talking in time and realized that what Zhang Yuandong said was not what she thought.

There is no beach here, and the beach at low tide is not a beach. But there are a lot of seafood, and many people in the village have been there. Lin Yue also wanted to go, but he never had the chance, so he could only envy others.

When she heard Zhang Yuandong say that he was going to the sea, she looked at him with bright eyes, her face full of anticipation.

Zhang Yuandong felt embarrassed by her gaze and suddenly felt a little stressed. He raised his hand and touched his shaved head: "But today is not a high tide day, so I can only walk along the beach. I may not get much."

As long as she could go to the sea, Lin Yue was already very happy and didn't care about so much else. She stamped her feet happily, called the two children and told them the good news.