Chapter 61 Just be yourself this time
Mid-Autumn Festival.
As Wen Yulan said, the construction site notified the workers of the holiday two days in advance, but because most of the workers' families are in other places, they all hope that the project will be completed early so that they can go home and rest for a while, so they only give one symbolic day off.
Sun Dehai, Geng Mingyan and others' homes are not in Yangcheng, so they all voluntarily stayed in the kitchen to cook for the workers who did not want to go out to the construction site.
Seeing that Sun Dehai and the others were staying, Zhao Xiaojing wanted to stay and cook, but was unanimously rejected by the kitchen staff. They said that they couldn't cook too much during the holidays, and most of the workers would leave the construction site and go to the new city to visit. There would be very few workers who would eat, so the kitchen had no use for her at all.
Moreover, there is overtime pay for staying to cook, so Zhao Xiaojing can go home and celebrate the holiday with peace of mind.
Zhao Xiaojing felt very embarrassed. Although she had only been with this group of colleagues for a short time, they were all very caring towards her.
Afterwards, Secretary Fan went to the kitchen and gave a holiday red envelope to each kitchen employee on behalf of the company.
Zhao Xiaojing noticed that her and Sun Dehai's red envelopes were different from those of others. When she opened them, she found that there were 300 yuan inside, which surprised her again.
Because she was going to Dong Mei's house and Wen's house, Zhao Xiaojing notified the parents in the fried skewers group in advance, and moved the frying on Mid-Autumn Festival to the day before, making two varieties at the same time.
The fried skewers group was flooded with orders that day. Although they were only closed for one day and had prepared two varieties in advance, diners bought fried skewers like Zhao Xiaojing was going to disappear for a year, with almost five kilograms per person.
Zhao Xiaojing sacrificed another two hours of sleep before she finished making all the fried skewers for the group.
The day before, when she was riding her stall cart waiting for customers to get their fried skewers, the parents who had bought her fried skewers before brought gifts for Zhao Xiaojing, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
The most common items were mooncakes of various flavors, followed by some small pendants and ornaments related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some generous parents even brought two boxes of hairy crabs to Zhao Xiaojing.
Most of these parents took the fried skewers, put down the gifts and ran away. Later, Zhao Xiaojing could no longer tell which parents gave these gifts.
In the end, Zhao Xiaojing had no choice but to accept it and was so moved that she kept saying thank you all night.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Xiaojing slept until six o'clock, a rare occasion.
I got up and went to the wholesale market again, and bought a few boxes of chicken wings, duck necks, duck gizzards, chicken frames, chicken paws, a few whole chickens, ribs, etc.
Wen has a large family, and the batch I sent last time has probably been eaten up, so I made some different ones to bring over this time.
As for Dong Mei, although she had a bad time last time, she seemed to like the food she cooked for her before. Strictly speaking, she had been making fried skewers for so long, but Dong Mei had never tried them, so she made some for her this time.
I also bought a large batch of red and mung beans and sugar water packaging boxes at the wholesale market. Speaking of which, I've received so many gifts from customers, and I can't even figure out who gave them to me. I can't just accept them for nothing. After Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll treat everyone to some summer sugar water.
Although there seemed to be a lot of things, Zhao Xiaojing was already familiar with the shopping process, so it didn't take her much time. Before 7 o'clock, she returned home with a car full of things.
Meat, red beans, mung beans, and other ingredients were already in the system refrigerator, so they could just go upstairs and get them. Zhao Xiaojing now took advantage of the system's free transportation every day, eliminating the need to climb the stairs to move the ingredients herself; she could just carry some takeout boxes upstairs.
If the stall cart recycling system is set up downstairs, the things can actually be carried empty-handed by placing them in the stall cart. However, the rental house is too small and the stall cart cannot fit in, so the refrigerator is used every time.
After returning home, wash the meat, apply the seasoning and marinate it. After marinating enough, fry it, let it cool and pack it in bags.
Then I picked up the hairy crabs and mooncakes that the customers gave me yesterday and set off for Dong Mei's house.
After knocking on the door for a long time, Zhao Xiaojing finally heard the sound of hurried jogging coming from inside.
"You're here." Dong Mei, wearing an apron, opened the door expressionlessly, and greeted Zhao Xiaojing outside the door indifferently.
"Third Aunt."
"You're dealing with all this mess again. It seems that you're really capable and have too much money to spend." Dong Mei looked at Zhao Xiaojing who came in with her hands full of things and said unhappily.
"Aunt, I made these myself and wanted to give them to you to try. Also, these mooncakes and crabs were given to me by others, so I didn't spend any money on them."
Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly explained that she had said everything she should and shouldn't have said during the last quarrel. This time, she had also prepared herself mentally in advance, so she was not so nervous when she saw Dong Mei.
"You made it yourself and you didn't spend money on it? Food, oil, salt, firewood, every day ...
Okay! You sit down first and eat the snacks on the table. I'll go cook."
Dong Mei's gloomy face didn't relax at all. After she finished speaking, she went back to the kitchen to get busy.
Zhao Xiaojing was mentally prepared and picked up her things and followed him into the kitchen.
"Aunt, I really didn't buy these crabs. You see, they're still quite fresh, but they won't last long in this hot weather. I can't finish them all by myself, and it would be a waste to just leave them there. Sister Yanyan and the others will be here at noon, so we can eat together."
Zhao Xiaojing took out the crab gift box and placed it next to the kitchen sink. Dong Mei glanced at it and reluctantly walked over to open the gift box. Zhao Xiaojing took a look and tactfully took out the steamer from the cupboard.
"Aunt, these are the fried foods I made. Each one has different seasonings. You can fry them when you want to eat them. If you don't want to fry them, just fry them in a pan or electric griddle and sprinkle some corresponding seasonings on them. I'll freeze them for you."
After moving the steamer, Zhao Xiaojing took out the fried food from the bag. Seeing Dong Mei frown again, she spoke quickly and stuffed the things into the refrigerator.
Dong Mei turned her head away and looked at the air for a while before turning to glance at Zhao Xiaojing who was stuffing something into her mouth with her back to her.
"Why are you messing around with these useless things all the time? What good will it do if I eat them? How much flesh will I gain? I don't need you to do these things to please me. I don't need you to pay me back the money I asked you to pay back last time. I just want you to be normal and find a good man to marry!"
"Aunt, I know you don't need it. I just wanted to make this for you. I also know you're not short of money, and you're not forcing me to ask for money. I just wanted to pay you back."
Zhao Xiaojing then picked up the brush to wash the crabs, expressing her thoughts honestly.
She figured it out. In her previous life, she didn't dare to say anything and could only live in a timid manner. Now that this life has begun, she no longer hides it. This time, she will just be herself and say whatever is on her mind.
"It's just that I owe you so much money, and I always feel indebted to you. Whenever my ideas differ from yours, I feel guilty, and I can never muster the courage to be myself. Third Aunt, paying you back isn't a bad thing. Just think of it as giving me some confidence."
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