Chapter 39: Best friend
Su Jiali is two years older than Nan Jingyi and is 20 years old this year.
Nan Jingyi transferred to Jiang City when she graduated from elementary school. When she transferred to Jiang City, it happened that Su Jiali was in the reform from primary school to junior high school, so Su Jiali was in the sixth grade of primary school.
In addition, Nan Jingyi's biological father asked her to study at the age of 6. She started studying a year earlier than most children, so Nan Jingyi is two years younger than most of her classmates.
Everyone said that the twentieth birthday should be a grand celebration, but Su Jiali disagreed.
However, she looked through her calendar and saw that her birthday, April 14, was on a Sunday. She could invite some good friends and colleagues to her house for a casual dinner and a lively meal.
Two best friends were discussing arrangements for their birthday.
Su Jiali said, "My parents said that they were not at home that day, and we were left to make our own arrangements at home. My eldest brother was responsible for cooking for us."
"Jiali, I've included all the vegetables, fish and fruits after meals." These ingredients are in Nan Jingyi is a pediatrician here.
Su Jiali felt that it was too much trouble for Jingyi, "What's the point? I'll prepare it myself. I can't trouble you, the eldest lady."
Nan Jingyi insisted, "Jiali, we are best friends. It's your birthday, so I have no obligation to help. Leave it to me. Let your family prepare the meat and eggs."
Except for the two owners of Jufenglou and Jiangnanyan, no one, including Su Jiali, knew what Nan Jingyi's main side job was every day. The income is in this area.
Colleagues in the unit only know that Nanjing Yijia has a high-quality orchard, and the fruits produced are a hundred times more delicious than ordinary fruits on the market.
If they knew that Nan Jingyi's family had such a huge vegetable base, they would all be blinded.
Especially Zeng Lili, who was extremely jealous and regarded Nan Jingyi as a thorn in her side.
If she knew that Nan Jingyi had so many ways to make money, she didn't know how angry she would be.
"My eldest brother is in charge. I'll ask him what ingredients need to be prepared."
"Okay, let your eldest brother write a menu and bring it to me tomorrow."
After get off work, Nan Jingyi went straight to Jiangshi Department Store.
She was here to buy a birthday gift for her best friend, but she couldn't think of a suitable one, so she decided to come to the department store to have a look.
After shopping around for a long time, she finally stopped at the agate bracelet counter. In my previous life, I had a special liking for agate bracelets. Agate has a warm texture and crystal clear color.
She decided to buy a pair of agate bracelets, one for each of herself and Su Jiali.
After picking and choosing, Nan Jingyi finally spent 600 yuan to buy a pair of western red agates.
In her previous life, she remembered that Su Jiali also liked agate, and she believed that Su Jiali would definitely like this birthday gift.
The next day, she came to the cake shop and prepared to order a big birthday cake.
In the early 1990s, the variety of cakes in the cake shop was relatively simple, only butter bread and big red flower-shaped cakes. Nan Jingyi ordered the largest one in the shop and made an appointment to pick it up at 9 a.m. on April 14.
There are two days left before Su Jiali's birthday.
Every afternoon, we still rehearse programs in the unit. Ten girls only work for half a day every day, which is still very comfortable. After all, rehearsals are much less stressful than working.
During the intermission, several girls gathered together to gossip and eat something, and the afternoon passed quickly.
Rehearsing the fashion show this afternoon, Nan Jingyi looked at the menu brought by Su Jiali in her hand, "Don't worry, leave all the vegetables, fish and fruits to me. I will deliver them to your home on time before nine o'clock in the evening on the 13th."
Time It passed quickly, and it was the 13th in a blink of an eye. When she got home from work, Nan Jingyi hurriedly finished her dinner and went into the space to prepare ingredients.
Compared to a big restaurant, this ingredient list is child's play, and she can handle it easily.
However, Jiali is her best friend and best friend. In addition to the ingredients on the list, she is also going to make a crayfish dish with her own hands.
Nan Jingyi was still a little scared when going out alone at night. She called Zhang Ming, who drove downstairs to pick her up without saying a word.
"Zhang Ming, I'm going to Hexi to deliver some ingredients to Su Jiali's family. Please come with me."
She hadn't seen Zhang Ming for a few days, and she noticed at a glance that Zhang Ming had lost weight and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Why have you become so haggard after not seeing each other for a few days? Is it very hard to investigate cases recently?" Nan Jingyi asked with concern.
Zhang Ming nodded, "Yeah, I haven't slept well in the past two days. After I was transferred to the security team, the workload was heavy and the tasks were heavy. My colleagues in the office have been working hard these past two days. No, I finally got off work. I just happened to call you. Call here."
Nan Jingyi took out a bottle of spiritual spring water from the space, unscrewed the cap and handed it over, "Here, drink more water. You can go back early and have a good sleep. You see. , I have lost a lot of weight."
Zhang Ming drank Lingquan water and felt much better.
He drove the work's pickup truck here today because Nan Jingyi said on the phone that he wanted to bring four baskets of ingredients.
Zhang Ming put the four baskets of ingredients on the ground into the car one by one. One basket contains various vegetables, a small basket contains soft-shell turtles and grass carp, a small basket contains fruits, and one basket contains crayfish with claws and teeth.
"What fresh ingredients! Where are you sending them?...Crayfish!" Zhang Ming likes to eat crayfish the most, and he immediately became energetic.
Nan Jingyi said, "Tomorrow is Su Jiali's birthday. The ingredients I prepared will be delivered now. I'm afraid I won't be able to deliver them tomorrow morning because there will be many things tomorrow."
She continued, "I know you love eating crayfish. You will be free another day. , you go to my place, let’s have a good gathering, enough crayfish!”
Recently, since Zhang Ming joined the security team, Nan Jingyi and these good friends have not been able to get together for some time.
"Okay! Tomorrow you can wish Su Jiali a happy birthday for me. Let's go!" Zhang Ming stepped on the accelerator.
Nan Jingyi looked at the time. It was eight o'clock. She could arrive on time.
The car drove across the Jiangshi Bridge, and after crossing the bridge head, this large area was Hexi.
There are not many people living in Hexi now. They are basically locals and they all build their own houses.
Looking around, there are large areas of farmland, land and hillsides in the west of the river.
Nan Jingyi looked over.
Ten years from now, this will be a large supermarket, this will be the new site of Jiang City Municipal Government, and this will be Jiang City No. 1 Middle School...
After being reborn, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion when she thought about the changes in this land after more than ten years, and thanked God for his care for her. Favor and give her a chance to be reborn to change her destiny.
"Our bureau held a meeting not long ago to vigorously develop urban construction. I heard that starting next year, this land in Hexi will be the center of urban development." Zhang Ming said to Nan Jingyi after seeing her sighing out of the car window.
"Yes," Nan Jingyi said leisurely, "Hexi will be very prosperous in the future, an absolute city center."
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There were no cars along the way, and I quickly found Su Jiali's home. There was only one bus leading to Hexi. Her home is near the bus station and is easy to find.
From a distance, I saw a figure standing at the door of my house. It was Su Jiali.