Time flies and it is the end of September. The yard has been cleaned twice, and every yard has been cleaned.
Every Saturday, Xu Manman would come back early. When Chen Ming got home, he would see that nearly 70% of the tasks for the week had been completed, and all that was left for him was sweeping and mopping the floor.
Chen Ming felt sorry for his cousin. To build so many houses, she had to be busy all the time since she came home. After the first time, he told Xu Manman not to work so hard in the future and to leave the big share to him.
Xu Manman agreed verbally that she would wait for him to come back the next week and finish what needed to be done.
Chen Ming was really helpless and wanted to persuade his cousin not to go home early on Saturday.
Of course Xu Manman would not agree. She came back early because Xiao Jin had already done all the work. All she had to do was move a chair, get a cup of tea, sit in the yard, and watch Quanmeng Jin, whose waistline was tightened by the brown apron, work diligently.
Not only was Xu Manman enjoying the feast for the eyes, but Xiao Jin also seemed to be enjoying it. As long as he was within the host's sight, every posture he made remained elegant and beautiful.
On Saturday afternoon, Chen Ming finished the remaining work. Even though the temperature had dropped in the past few days, everyone wore long sleeves and had to wear coats in the morning and evening.
After finishing about ten rooms, he was sweating profusely.
Xu Manman went to cook first. Since he wouldn't be able to recover in a short while, he simply took a shower and changed his clothes. Boys take showers faster, so in less than a quarter of an hour, he not only finished his shower, but also washed and hung up his clothes.
Just at this time, Xu Manman had also prepared the meal.
"Cousin, come over for dinner when you're done."
Chen Ming wiped his wet hands on his trouser legs and said, "Here it comes."
Xu Manman was in a good mood today. When she came back at noon, she went to the vegetable market and bought not only meat and ribs, but also seasonal vegetables such as lotus root and water bamboo.
Except when she was with Xiao Jin, she rarely took anything out of the space. The food they ate on weekdays was bought by Chen Ming when he bought breakfast in the morning.
However, he didn't buy much, because at least four days a week he had to wait until after two evening classes before he could come back. In this case, dinner was eaten in the school cafeteria. At this time, Chen Ming didn't necessarily buy ingredients, but might buy a little more for breakfast and save it for a snack in the evening.
If Xu Manman has dinner in the cafeteria, she will not eat again at night. Well, this is mainly because Xiao Jin will give her a snack when she returns to the space, so she will not eat outside separately.
If it is Saturday, Xu Manman will come back early. She is used to buying more at a time so that she doesn’t have to go out on Sunday.
The vegetables she bought today were both good and plentiful, so she was in the mood to make some more complicated dishes.
Dice the lotus root, mix it with the minced meat, roll it into meatballs, and then fry them in oil.
In addition to frying, she also reserved some to steam. The difference is that the steamed lotus root balls are coated with a layer of glutinous rice.
It is very simple to prepare wild rice stem, just stir-fry it with pork belly slices.
Xu Manman is used to having soup with every meal. After frying dried shrimps until fragrant, she adds winter melon and cooks a winter melon and dried shrimp soup. Before serving, she adds a little sesame oil, which is really fragrant and fresh.
During the meal, Xu Manman asked Chen Ming, "Cousin, have you told Comrade Zichu?"
Chen Minggang poked a fried lotus root meatball with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. He nodded, chewed it quickly, and then said to his cousin, "I went to his house right after class. He happened to be home, so I told him that he would come over tomorrow morning, and we can go together then."
"Okay, Yang Yang and the others finally decided to go directly there and not come with us."
Chen Ming didn't think it was a big deal that Xu Manman's roommate didn't come to walk with him. "Zi Chu and I discussed it. We're worried that there will be too many people to walk tomorrow, so we'd better go earlier. So we agreed to meet at the door at 4 o'clock."
Xiao Jin had already told her about this in a voice message, but Xu Manman still expressed her surprise at the right time, "So early?"
"There will be a lot of people tomorrow, so I guess I won't be able to ride a bike there. I'll have to walk, so I have to leave early. And if I get there early, I can get a front row seat."
"That's fine. Then you have to get up at 3:30 tomorrow."
"Yeah, so you have to rest early today. Don't worry about it after dinner. Go back to your room and sleep early. Leave the rest to me."
Xu Manman was not polite to Chen Ming. "Okay"
Today is September 30th, and they agreed to go to the square to watch the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow, October 1st.
Originally, this matter was brought up by Wang Zhen, and after Yang Yang heard about it, he took the initiative to initiate the activity. Xu Manman had also had this idea a long time ago. She had never been to Beijing in her previous life, and had only seen the flag-raising ceremony in a short video.
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