There was only a piece of paper in the envelope, and there was only a short sentence on the paper.
Huiying is returning and will take the train at 1pm on the 24th.
Jiang Mengxue was full of questions. Was her mother-in-law coming back?
The train at 1 p.m. on the 24th is the day after tomorrow.
It was too sudden, there was no sign before, Jiang Mengxue was really a little nervous, and planned to go into the space tonight to ask Gu Qingbei what was going on.
Jiang Mengxue packed the envelope and stuffed it into her bag. She took a deep breath, patted her pockets and prepared to go home.
I had planned to go to the market to see what I could buy, but unexpectedly I ran into a butcher who was slaughtering sheep.
There were already quite a few people gathered around, and they lined up spontaneously.
Meats like beef and mutton are supplied at irregular intervals. Mutton is available occasionally, but beef is rare.
Unless a production team's cows are injured or die of old age, they will be sent to the purchasing station.
As luck would have it, Jiang Mengxue was at the end of the line, and the person standing in front of her was Ma Xiangqian from the yard.
Originally, Ma Xiangqian was standing in the team, looking around, as if he was looking for someone.
When he happened to see Jiang Mengxue coming over, his eyes lit up and he raised his hands and waved them vigorously at Jiang Mengxue.
"Doctor Jiang, come here quickly, come here quickly."
Jiang Mengxue originally wanted to queue up to buy some mutton, so she walked over.
"Why are you free today? Aren't you working?"
"Doctor Jiang, could you please save a seat for me? I need to go home and inform the people in the hospital.
And my partner just went back to inform his family, I’m worried that if there’s no one in line, there will be too many people and we won’t be able to buy it.”
Jiang Mengxue understood that he was out on a date with his boyfriend again.
"Okay, but you have to tell the people in the courtyard that if they come, they can't cut in line. If more and more people cut in front of us, the people behind us will be unhappy."
Ma Xiangqian nodded: "I know, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he ran home, fearing that he would be too late to come back and buy meat.
He and his girlfriend were just out for a stroll today, so they didn't bring much money with them, so they planned to take turns going home to get some.
What a coincidence, I met Jiang Mengxue coming over.
Jiang Mengxue had nothing to do, so she pricked up her ears to listen to the gossip of people around her.
"What's going on today? Killing dozens of sheep at once is a lot."
"Not so good. In the past, it was considered good if we could kill ten or so at a time. Most people couldn't even get them. I have to buy more this time. After all, it won't freeze if I leave them outside in the cold weather."
"I heard that the snow was quite heavy these past two days, and a corner of the sheep pen of a production team downstairs was collapsed. We can't keep the sheep there for the time being, so we have to kill them. Otherwise, they will freeze to death if left outside.
Besides, they were supposed to be killed during the Chinese New Year, but it was just brought forward a month."
The chefs worked very skillfully and in a short while they had bled and skinned all the sheep.
The fresh sheep's blood was still steaming, but the weather was so cold that it froze in a short time.
When the sheep is almost slaughtered, a master chef starts to cut up the meat in front of the chopping board, while the chef behind him continues to slaughter and skin the sheep.
This is to prevent the skinned lamb from freezing on the chopping board for too long.
The master chef disassembles and sells the food at the same time, and you can buy whatever is on the chopping board without being picky.
Jiang Mengxue looked back and saw that the leader of the team was no longer in sight, but Ma Xiangqian and the others had not returned yet.
At this time, Jiang Mengxue turned around and saw a tall young girl running towards her with a middle-aged woman.
Although this girl is about the same height as Jiang Mengxue, she looks much stronger.
Since they are about the same height, Jiang Mengxue feels a size smaller when standing next to her.
But she is very beautiful. She is the type with a chubby body but a small face.
The girl stood near Jiang Mengxue and looked for a long time as if she was looking for someone.
Jiang Mengxue said, "Are you looking for Ma Xiangqian?"
The young girl was about to walk to the back of the team when she stopped when she heard Ma Xiangqian's name.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Mengxue smiled and took two steps back.
"Ma Xiangqian and I live in the same courtyard. I just ran into him and asked him to help him get in line. He went back to call people. You can stand in front of me."
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief. She thought something had happened to Ma Xiangqian.
He also smiled and introduced himself to Jiang Mengxue: "Hello comrade, my name is Zhang Jinlan, I am Ma Xiangqian's girlfriend, and this is my mother."
Jiang Mengxue greeted them with a smile: "Hello, aunties. My name is Jiang Mengxue. Ma Xiangqian should be back soon."
"I heard Xiang Qian talk about you. Are you a doctor?"
"Yes, are you colleagues?"
Zhang Jinlan nodded: "I guess so. Although we are in the same factory, we are not in the same workshop. Xiang Qian and my dad are in the same workshop."
Sure enough, this should be the girl that no one had intended to tell Cao Feiyang before, but later, before the two of them met, she told her to Ma Xiangqian.
Zhang Jinlan seemed a little anxious. There were only a dozen people left in front. At the master chef's speed, it would probably only take a few minutes, but Ma Xiangqian had not returned yet.
Zhang Jinlan's mother pulled her daughter.
"Why are you in such a hurry? If he can't make it back in time, we can buy some more for him later.
I see a lot of sheep were slaughtered today, so I’m sure we can buy some.”
Jiang Mengxue also looked behind her and saw Ma Xiangqian holding a basket in his hand and running towards her quickly, holding Ma Dajiao's wrist from behind.
Jiang Mengxue seemed to be dazzled. Ma Dajiao flew towards her without touching the ground, as if he was being dragged forward by the horse.
She quickly took a few steps back to avoid being bumped into later.
Fortunately, when Ma Xiangqian was about to approach, he suddenly braked. Ma Dajiao instinctively rushed forward due to inertia, but was pulled back by Ma Xiangqian.
Ma Dajiao was breathing white air from his mouth and his chest was gasping for breath.
Jiang Mengxue was afraid that she might not be able to breathe, so she quickly grabbed Aunt Ma and helped her breathe.
Ma Dajiao pointed towards Ma Xiangqian with trembling hands, as if he wanted to say something, but he was panting so hard that he couldn't speak.
However, Jiang Mengxue could already feel that her eyes were full of dirty words.
Ma Xiangqian also knew that he was in the wrong, so he stood aside honestly with his head down and didn't say a word. He even smiled at Zhang Jinlan secretly.
Because the two of them ran very fast, the people in the yard didn't see anyone they knew when they arrived at the queue, so they could only follow the queue and line up slowly.
Ma Dajiao stood there, supporting himself with his hands on his knees, and panted for a long time before he recovered.
"What are you doing, you little brat? Do you want to tire your mother to death? I almost flew up because of you."
Zhang Jinlan saw Ma Xiangqian dragging someone towards her, and she knew who the woman was.
"Auntie, are you okay? Be careful not to let any cold air get into your stomach."
Ma Dajiao looked up in confusion, but as soon as she saw Zhang Jinlan's large figure, she guessed who this person was.
"Ah, ah, ah, okay, girl, you are Xiang Qian's friend, I am his mother, hahahaha."
Jiang Mengxue laughed a few times and felt embarrassed for Aunt Ma.
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