I brought back too much stuff yesterday, so I didn't buy any gifts. I should have bought some pastries for my grandparents. They went to the alley where pastries are sold.
The business owners were packing up to go home when they saw people coming and started calling out to them.
Yang Wanwan chose a store and bought two jin of pine nut candy, two jin of biscuits, two jin of cake, and two jin of sesame candy. She divided them into two portions, one for her grandparents and one for herself.
I also left some for Pan the Mute.
Grandpa Yang and Grandma Yang still live in the old house, where there is a large communal kitchen and three rooms for their own use.
After the three sons got married, they all built their own houses and moved away. The three brothers' houses were not all in one place, and there was a one or two-minute walk between them.
Grandpa Yang was smoking in his bedroom when Yang Wanwan came in.
"grandfather!"
Upon seeing Yang Wanwan, Grandpa Yang beamed, "Wanwan, you're here. Your grandma said you've made some money, you're such a good girl."
Yang Wanwan put down the snacks and then took out a pack of tobacco. "Grandpa, this is the tobacco I bought for you. Do you like it?"
This was purchased by Yang Wanwan when she was in Shenzhen.
"You little rascal, why are you buying tobacco for Grandpa? Save your money for notebooks and pens. How much did you spend? Grandpa will give it to you."
Grandpa Yang is almost seventy years old. Years of hard work have made him look unusually old, and his face is full of wrinkles when he smiles.
"Grandpa, we sold stickers and notebooks today and made quite a bit of money. We can afford the tobacco. This is a gift from your grandson to you, so please don't give me any money."
Grandpa Yang sighed, "Don't buy them anymore. School starts soon, have you finished your summer homework?"
"It's done!"
Yang Wanwan lied to the old woman without batting an eye, saying that she had been busy all holiday and had no time to do her homework. "There are still three days left," she thought, "I'd better hurry up and finish it; I'll find some free time in the next few days."
"That's good, that's good. Remember, never again waste Grandpa's money. What's that?"
Grandpa Yang pointed to the paper package of the pastries.
"These are some snacks I bought for you and Grandma. Try them when you have nothing to eat."
Grandpa Yang glared at Yang Wanwan, feigning anger, "All you know is how to waste money!"
Although the old man seemed angry, he was actually happy inside, and Yang Wanwan smiled.
Grandpa Yang and Grandma Yang were the kindest people to the siblings after their parents passed away. Of course, there was also their aunt.
Yang Wanwan was filial to them willingly.
As she was speaking, Grandma Yang came in. "Old man, go pick some chili peppers... Oh, Wanwan, you're here. I was just about to come over and tell you that I've already fermented the beans. You can take them back to make fermented black beans. Pick all the red chili peppers, wash them, dry them, chop them up, and mix them with the beans. Make sure to add the right amount of salt."
"Okay, Grandma."
Fermented black beans are a condiment available year-round, and they are all made during this season.
Yang Wanwan carried the two large bowls of fermented soybeans that Grandma Yang had given her home. Making fermented soybeans was a skill, at least Yang Wanwan didn't know how, but Grandma Yang would make it every year and scoop out several large bowls for them.
Yang Wanwan opened her summer homework and called to Er Ye, "Er Ye, let's hurry up and do our summer homework."
Futaba said, "Big sister, I've graduated from elementary school, I don't have any homework."
Yang Wanwan was dumbfounded. It turned out that she was the only one who hadn't done her homework yet; Shang Tao had finished it long ago while he was at home.
Shang Tao said, "Big sister, you should focus on your homework. My second sister and I will take care of the chores around the house."
Yang Wanwan had no choice but to accept the arrangement.
There was quite a lot of homework, and even though she graduated so long ago, she wasn't very familiar with many of the questions. By dinnertime, she had only done two pages, and there were still over a hundred pages to go!
Yang Wanwan was dumbfounded!
He thought these were no big deal, he was really overconfident.
During dinner, Er Ye and Shang Tao chatted excitedly, making Yang Wanwan a little impatient. After eating two bowls of rice, Yang Wanwan put down her chopsticks and continued doing her homework under the light, flipping through her textbooks.
She was oblivious to her younger siblings being fast asleep, and mosquitoes bit her many times, even though Er Ye lit mosquito coils, it didn't help much.
Yang Wanwan didn't know how long she was reading before she finally went to bed.
The next day, after getting up in the morning, Er Ye said, "Big sister, don't go to the market today, Shang Tao and I will go."
Yang Wanwan did not agree. Studying was important, but the safety of her younger siblings was the most important thing.
This time, while selling things, Yang Wanwan asked her younger siblings to watch the stall, and she went to buy six catties of meat, five catties of fatty meat to render oil, and one catty of pork belly to stir-fry.
They sold another fifty or sixty yuan worth of rice noodles, but the three of them couldn't bear to spend any more money on rice noodles, so they took a bus home to cook.
Yang Wanwan stir-fried pork with chili peppers. The three of them cried out from the spiciness, but they ate it with great relish.
All year round, we can only eat meat like this during holidays and festivals, how can it not be delicious!
Yang Wanwan left a small bowl for Pan the mute, and later asked Shang Tao to find an opportunity to deliver it to Pan the mute who was harvesting peanuts in the field.
Watching her younger siblings fill bowl after bowl with rice, their noses sweating as they ate, Yang Wanwan felt incredibly happy. While eating, she slowly rendered lard over the firewood, filling a vat with lard and a small basin with cracklings.
Cover the pot with the lid, and you won't need to add oil when stir-frying vegetables at night.
Cao Xinchun arrived while we were eating.
When Shang Tao saw Cao Xinchun appear in the yard, he immediately called the police: "Auntie is here!"
While talking, he shoveled all the meat from the bowl under the rice and quickly moved the bowl containing the meat to the back of the cupboard to hide it.
Futaba quickly ate the meat from her rice bowl.
Yang Wanwan was stunned for a moment before she reacted and immediately put a piece of meat from the bowl into her mouth.
—The Japanese devils have entered the village!
After Cao Xinchun came in, he glanced at their dining table and saw a bowl of boiled eggplant.
Was the aroma I just smelled coming from eggplant?
Although Cao Xinchun was suspicious, he had other things on his mind, so he didn't think too much about it and casually made up a story: "Oh! You guys are eating very greasy food. Is this all money your grandma secretly gave you?"
Shang Tao immediately said, "No!"
Futaba also said, "No."
Cao Xinchun glanced into the restaurant, his eyes gleaming with undisguised greed.
Yang Wanwan's kitchen and dining room are separate. The dining room contains a dining table and a cabinet. Therefore, the dining room looks clean and classy, quite different from the houses of other farmers in the village.
Although Cao Xinchun's house was also a red brick house, the rooms were simple and crude, consisting of several rooms of the same size with no difference between them.
The interior was not as ingeniously and practically designed as Yang Wanwan's house, not to mention the sturdy and beautiful furniture inside.
Many people were envious of Yang Wanwan's house, but most of them were just envious. Cao Xinchun, however, often tried to probe her intentionally or unintentionally.
If it weren't for Yang Xiaogu's sharp tongue, Cao Xinchun would have moved in long ago under the pretext of taking care of her siblings.
In her previous life, after something happened to Yang Xiaogu's family, Cao Xinchun hurriedly moved in, and was always very arrogant, ordering everyone around.
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