Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Sister Yuying

It was because Xu Fen mentioned this level of relationship that Wang Nian did not say what he had just seen.

“Is this amount of shrimp oil enough?”

"I'll ask her to come and look after the child herself." Xu Fen stood up and put the child on the ground. She walked a few steps to the mirror at the door, fixed her hair, and then went out.

Xu Fen's house has one bedroom and one living room. The sofa and dining table would be cramped in the living room, while the bedroom is much larger.

Wang Nian was teasing Cui Jiao for a few words when Xu Fen called people over.

The moment he saw the person, Wang Nian understood why Xu Fen paid special attention to her image before leaving.

The person who came was a lesbian, and a very fashionable one at that.

A red bow headband paired with long black curly hair, a black tweed coat in an era when everyone wore cotton jackets, and a red and white plaid sweater dress underneath.

There is actually such a person in Factory 431?

"This is Comrade Zhou Yuying, who was transferred to our factory this year. At such a young age, she is already the director of the internal medicine department of our hospital."

"Hello, Comrade Wang."

Zhou Yuying has a nice voice, which is charming and elegant, and she also has a very comfortable smile.

"Hello, Comrade Zhou." Wang Nian couldn't help but laugh as well.

Zhou Yuying is obviously the natural heroine among that kind of people.

She is a serious college student, a city girl, pretty, and has a very easy-going personality despite all these conditions.

The two quickly became friendly after Xu Fen's introduction, and Zhou Yuying expressed her unparalleled praise for shrimp oil.

"I will call you Sister Wang Nian from now on. I should be a few years older than you."

"Then I will call you Sister Yuying."

"Okay! You're much friendlier than Sister Zhou." Zhou Yuying clapped her hands with a smile, and then immediately looked at Shrimp Oil: "If you make anything delicious in the future, just send it to me. I can even buy it with cash."

If we have to find some flaws in Zhou Yuying, in the eyes of outsiders... it is that she is already quite old and still unmarried.

A 27-year-old single lesbian is at an age where even the factory leader will help arrange blind dates for her.

Zhou Yuying is so young but she has been promoted to the position of director of the Department of Internal Medicine. Her work ability must be impeccable and her salary is naturally very attractive.

She usually ate in the singles' canteen, and like Shi Xiangming, she had saved most of the money she had earned over the years of work.

Without waiting for Wang Nian's response, he immediately took out a variety of tickets from his coat pocket and stuffed them into Wang Nian's hands.

"Take a look at these tickets. What do you need? If you don't find anything suitable, I'll go back to the house and get some."

"No need for a ticket, just follow what Teacher Xu gave you, one yuan will do." Wang Nian pushed the ticket back: "Don't raise the price randomly."

"Is that so..." Zhou Yuying withdrew her hand and hissed, then took out a piece of paper from the box: "I heard that you have two children at home, this will definitely be useful."

Wang Nian: “…”

A white background with blue characters, a pattern Wang Nian had never seen before. On it was written… mutton ticket.

Below is a row of small print, indicating the year and one kilogram style.

The few black words on the ticket purchased by the old cadre at the end were the reason why Wang Nian had never had the chance to see this style of ticket.

"This is the ticket my grandma sent to me. It can be used all over the country." Zhou Yuying explained, and then smiled at Wang Nian: "I can't cook myself, so there's no point in keeping it."

mutton?

After all these years, Wang Nian had never smelled the smell of mutton, and could only imagine the hundreds of ways to eat mutton in his mind.

"I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask, and I can get a ticket to register at the supply and marketing cooperative first, and then I can get the mutton every Friday."

"Then I'd like to thank Sister Yuying on behalf of my two kids."

Having said this, Wang Nian no longer wanted to refuse. He took out the cloth bag and carefully put the ticket in it.

"I have something else I want to ask you for help." After Wang Nian put away the ticket, Zhou Yuying suddenly spoke again: "My mother recently sent me some dry goods, many of which I don't recognize. Can you help me identify what they are and how to eat them?"

It was just a small matter, so Wang Nian had no choice but to agree. He nodded and was about to get up.

"Wait, let me give you the money for the shrimp oil first."

"That mutton ticket is enough for me. Why should I charge you any more money?"

"One thing is another. You still have to give it. Otherwise, how can you continue to buy in the future?"

After forcing another dollar into her pocket, Zhou Yuying smiled, patted the hem of her coat, and picked up the shrimp sauce: "Girl, come to my house and sit for a while."

There was no response, so he turned around and shouted again.

Wang Nian quickly recovered from his surprise and joy, and chased after him with a smile: "Come on, let's go and see Sister Yuying's room."

Just after Wang Nian put the one yuan given by Zhou Yuying into his pocket, he suddenly felt that the spice rack in the space had changed again.

But at the moment I had no time to take a closer look, so I could only suppress my joy and go home.

"What kind of lady's room is this? It's just a dormitory."

The two walked away, talking and laughing. Liu Chaoxian saw Xu Fen standing at the door without moving, and asked curiously, "Teacher Xu, aren't you going with us?"

"You...you go, I'll stay at home to take care of the kids." Xu Fen was stunned for a moment and then smiled.

Liu Chaoxian was very good at reading people's expressions, and he immediately understood that the relationship between these two people was not that close.

"That's fine, Mr. Xu, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go over and take a look."

Even though Wang Nian's attitude towards Xu Fen was as polite as before, the more polite he was, the more it showed that they were not close. Liu Chaoxian had a clear mind.

Zhou Yuying lives in the room at the end of the corridor, which has the same one-bedroom and one-living room layout.

There aren't many pieces of furniture in the room, and it's tidied... basically unkempt.

There was only a desk and a large bookshelf in the living room, no other furniture. If there were guests, Zhou Yuying would take out two red folding chairs from the corner.

It seems that he really likes the color red.

Red bow headband, red sweater, even the chair is bright red.

"Please take a seat. Usually no one comes here. There is not even a cup in the dormitory. Have some candy."

There was no table to put the candy on, so I just put it on the desk.

"It's obvious that Dr. Zhou is a cultured person. There are so many books in the room. In all my years, I've only seen so many books on your and Comrade Shi's desks."

Looking around the living room, the bookshelves are filled to the brim with books, and you can reach them no matter where you sit.

Zhou Yuying raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly: "Actually, Comrade Shi, Duan Yuanyuan and I are involved."

"Sister Yuying, could it be that my lover and I have been on a blind date before?"

"Sister, you really guessed it right. The factory director personally acted as a bridge and several groups of people came and went, eager to pair us up."

Wang Nian thought it was a little funny. The way Zhou Yuying frowned when she mentioned it didn't even make him feel unhappy.

"Shi Xiangming really has no taste. He missed out on such a good comrade like Sister Yuying."

"Sister, please stop making fun of me." Zhou Yuying suppressed her laughter and continued, "You and Comrade Shi are a perfect match made in heaven. I heard that you got married not long after your blind date..."

Zhou Yuying first mentioned that she and Shi Xiangming had been on a blind date because she wanted to say that they were open and honest with each other and had nothing to hide, lest someone bring it up later and ruin their friendship.

At the same time, it was also a test to see if Wang Nian was someone he could get along with.

"Sister Yuying is so nice. I'm sure you'll meet a better partner in the future." Wang Nian smiled sincerely.

"You are just sweet-talking, but... I don't want to enter the cage of marriage again."

It turns out... Zhou Yuying is not single, but divorced.

She did not hide her situation at all, just leaning back in her chair and speaking slowly and leisurely.

The main reason for their divorce was that they had no children, and the man had an ambiguous relationship with a female comrade in his unit. As soon as Zhou Yuying found out, she immediately filed for a divorce.

She was a person who could not tolerate any injustice, and immediately after her divorce, she applied to support the Third Front construction.

After that, he was transferred to Changshenggou.

"My ex-husband felt he was owed, so he tried every possible way to compensate me. This house..." Zhou Yuying smiled and stopped talking.

It can be heard that both Zhou Yuying's family and her ex-husband should be of good status, otherwise how could they make an exception and provide housing for a single employee.

"Just take it if you're given it." Wang Nian said righteously, even using himself as an analogy: "If Shi Xiangming cheats on me in the future, I won't leave him a penny."

"If Comrade Shi heard what you said, he would probably suffer from insomnia at night."

"We female comrades must first learn to be good to ourselves. To love others, we must first love ourselves... Why should we swallow our anger for the sake of our children..." Wang Nian curled her lips and shook her fingers: "It's the stupidest idea."

"It's unlucky to say anything about divorce in front of the bride." Liu Chaoxian smiled awkwardly and waved his hands.

Zhou Yuying and Wang Nian's ideas were too bold. If her mother-in-law, who were old-fashioned and regarded men as everything, heard them, who knows what they would say.

The idea of ​​"marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog" is deeply rooted. Liu Chaoxian has never thought of divorce since she got married.

"Sister Liu is right." Zhou Yuying smiled, smoothed the hair on her cheeks and stood up: "I almost forgot the important matter."

A luggage bag piled in the corner looked quite heavy, and Zhou Yuying took a lot of effort to drag it to the middle.

"These are things my mother asked someone to bring here. Can you help me see what they are?"

The bag was filled with biscuit boxes, paper boxes, cloth-wrapped boxes, and boxes of various materials and shapes. Wang Nian could smell the strong fishy smell from a distance.

After glancing back and forth between the desk and the floor, he finally decided to open it on the floor.

Dried scallops, dried shrimps, shrimp skin, dried cuttlefish, dried scallops...

Without exception, they are all from Dingxi, dried seafood that you have no chance of seeing in the inland areas. Now they are all stuffed in these bags, and some of them are damp.

"The dried shrimps are all soft." Wang Nian pinched the dried shrimps and said with some regret: "If we don't find a place to dry them, they will get moldy in a few days."

"Is it edible?" Zhou Yuying suddenly asked a rather speechless question. One could tell from her question that she had never cooked before.

Liu Chaoxian didn't recognize anything except shrimp, and his stomach was churning because of the fishy smell.

"They are all good things." Wang Nian sighed: "It can be used to make porridge or stew."

Zhou Yuying took a breath of cool air. She couldn't imagine that the seafood porridge she drank before was made from these dried seafood that looked like dried corpses.

Wang Nian pointed out the names of all the dried seafood one by one, and then specifically explained some simple cooking methods.

Zhou Yuying: “…”

"But... I don't even have a pot at home."

This time it was Wang Nian's turn to blink silently.

No matter how simple the method is, it is impossible to produce a pot of steaming porridge out of thin air.

"You can take them all back. It would be a waste if you keep them with me."

Zhou Yuying quickly stuffed all the things back into the luggage bag, zipped it up, and pushed the bag directly to Wang Nian.

"How can that be possible? You can't just give away such a precious item." Wang Nian refused to accept it for free and simply said, "I can just buy some with my own money."

"What's the point of talking about money? If I take your money, how can I have the nerve to ask you to share some with me?"

This was the idea that the person in love had in mind, and Wang Nian readily agreed immediately, saying with a smile that he would send some delicious food over in the evening.

This package of dried goods is enough for a whole meal, Wang Nian will always send a portion every time he makes it.

Wang Nian can be said to have returned with a full load by delivering shrimp oil this time.

Not only did he get a big bag of dried seafood for free, but he also triggered the upgrade conditions for the spice rack, which made Wang Nian feel good all the way back.

"etc."

As soon as the two of them walked into the bamboo forest, Wang Nian suddenly grabbed Liu Chaoxian and pointed to Xie Yulan's house.

"Xie Yulan is moving now?"

Most of the furniture was piled at the door of Room No. 3, which had not yet been occupied. Huang Guohua shouted at people to carry the beds out of the room, and there was no time to even put away the quilt on the bed.

"We're going to cook dinner soon, please hurry up!"

At the staircase, Zhong Manli kept urging people while cracking melon seeds. Her bulky new cotton jacket made her look quite stout.

Xie Yulan had a tense expression on her face and just focused on moving things.

Although we have only lived here for a few months, there are quite a lot of miscellaneous belongings in the house, and it will take time to put them away.

The bunk bed was carried out and placed at the entrance of the stairs, and the middle-aged man who was helping went upstairs.

"We've moved now!"

After watching for a while, their feet became unbearable due to the coldness, so they walked out of the dam one after another and greeted each other with a little embarrassment.

They were embarrassed, and Xie Yulan was a little embarrassed, so she said "hmm" in a neutral tone and pretended to be very busy and continued to pack the bedding.

The door was closed and the brother and sister were watching TV in the house.

"Are you back?"

When Shi Xiangming heard the key click, he closed the book, stood up and turned off the desk light.

"Why are Xie Yulan and her husband moving today?" Wang Nian's gossiping spirit instantly burned up as he got home, and he asked hurriedly before he even stood still.

Shi Xiangming's eyes first fell on her bald neck, and instead of answering, he asked, "Why are your clothes wet?"

Wang Nian raised his hand and touched his collar, shivering from the cold.

I was so excited on the journey that I almost ignored the cold. Only now did I realize that my entire chest seemed to be covered with ice.

"Go inside and change your clothes."

Wang Nian agreed happily, and when passing by the sofa, he happily told a few people that he had prepared delicious food in the evening.

After receiving cheers from the children, he went into the bedroom humming a song.

The room was not soundproof at all, and the sound of the model operas on TV seemed to explode right in my ears.

However, this did not hinder Wang Nian at all. After changing clothes, he immediately entered the space with a flash of consciousness.

The fifth shelf was floating in the middle. Wang Nian walked over and looked at it curiously, confirming that there was nothing on the shelf.

Suddenly... a string of information about the fifth level appeared in my mind.

The fifth layer can evolve all the ingredients placed in it.

That is to say, ordinary ingredients can become as delicious as the seasonings from the previous few layers and have special effects.

Thinking of the luggage bag he had just carried in, Wang Nian moved his mind slightly, picked up a handful of damp dried shrimps and re-entered the space.

I specifically grabbed the dried shrimps at the bottom of the bag. They were so damp that I could smell a hint of mold.

The moment Wang Nian put the dried shrimps down, a bright light flashed, and on the left side of the shelf floated a few live shrimps that were so fresh that you could see the claws of the nine-section shrimps moving, while on the right side there was still the appearance of red dried shrimps.

The message in her mind told her that she needed to choose one of these two modes.

Wang Nian reached over and picked up the dried shrimps, and immediately an introduction to a dish called Half Moon Dried Shrimp popped up.

Dried half-moon shrimp is made from dried half-moon shrimp. In addition to its extremely delicious taste, it contains 10,000 times more artemisia and other minerals than ordinary shrimp.

"Okay...Okay...It couldn't be more suitable for us."

The four people in the family, including Wang Nian, all suffered from malnutrition. The emergence of the food evolution function instantly solved this problem.

Wang Nian excitedly took out all the dried seafood in the bag and evolved them.

"Drink a cup of hot water first. No matter how healthy you are, you can't do this."

As soon as Wang Nian came out, a cup of hot brown sugar water was stuffed into his hand. He sat down on the sofa happily under the envious gazes of the children.

"You went to deliver shrimp oil, how did you get yourself into this state?"

Wang Nian took a sip and then held Shi Wan on his lap and said, "Blow it before you drink it. After you drink it, let your brother have a taste too."

"They just ate dried kiwi fruit, you can drink the sugar water," said Shi Xiangming.

"Auntie drinks it, you drink it, and you won't get sick if you drink it."

The sweet brown sugar water was right next to his mouth, making Shi Wan lick his lips repeatedly. However, the little guy was still very sensible and pushed the jar over again.

Shi Shuwen also nodded: "You drink, we are not hungry."

"Then let's each take a sip, this way no one will get sick." Wang Nian smiled, and visible happiness spread out, infecting everyone sitting around him.

Shi Xiangming chuckled, put his arm around Wang Nian's shoulders, and held the hand holding the jar with one hand: "Then the one who works the hardest in our family should drink first."

The jar was brought to Wang Nian's mouth. She smiled and took a sip. Then it was Shi Xiangming's turn... and finally the two children.

"Tell me quickly, why did Xie Yulan move today?" Wang Nian couldn't help but ask again.

"Zhong Manli said the wind on the second floor is too strong and she has to move today."

"How windy?"

How could the wind be so strong that we had to move immediately? Besides, Wang Nian saw that Zhong Manli was still wearing high heels and didn't look like she was pregnant.

"I have received the money, so I have to move when they say so."

"Huang Guohua is really cruel. He doesn't consider the elderly at home at all."

At first, Xie Yulan said that she chose the first floor specifically for the sake of her parents-in-law who had poor legs and feet. However, her biological son changed houses without any hesitation.

"In the future, it's enough for us to have a decent relationship with Xiao Jianmin's family. There's no need to go out of our way to interact with them."

Wang Nian was surprised.

"Xiao Jianmin is used to talking sweetly to lesbians, which often caused conflicts in their families."

"You are jealous of people who are good at speaking."

Wang Nian smiled slyly, stretched out his hand to poke Shi Xiangming's waist, and wanted to pinch it again, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of the two children looking at him with sparkling eyes, and quickly withdrew his hand embarrassedly.

"Aunt, Daddy is not afraid of itching." Shi Wan suddenly jumped into Wang Nian's arms and told her the little secret she had just discovered very seriously: "My brother tickles me and makes me itchy."

"Let's try again." Wang Nian laughed, grabbed Shi Wan's hand and went to tickle Shi Xiangming's cheeks.

Because the beehive stove was in the house and the window was open with slits, the sounds of the quarrel in the corridor immediately and clearly floated into the house.

Wang Nian stopped moving, turned around, opened the window and stuck his head out.

Following her lead, Liu Chaoxian from next door grinned, and they both looked towards the staircase.

It turned out that the middle-aged man who had just helped to lift the bed was not the helper Huang Guohua had found.

The man was actually Xiao Jianmin's friend. After helping to move the Xiao family's large furniture, the man prepared to leave.

As a result, Huang Guohua stopped him and the two started arguing after just a few words.

"If you help me move out, you have to be responsible for helping me move back in, otherwise I won't move here today!"

Huang Guohua sat down at the stairs, looking as if he would not get up today unless the man helped him.

Xie Yulan's expression at this moment was not just ugly at all, her whole face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and she looked at Huang Guohua with full of resentment.

"Uncle, please be kind enough to help lift the bed up. We still need someone who is shameless."

Zhong Manli put her hands on her hips and laughed sarcastically.

Once a man becomes shameless, he is more difficult to resist than a shrew.

Wang Nian sighed and turned to Shi Xiangming and said, "Let's go and help."

Even though he was insulted like this, Huang Guohua still looked unmoved.

In fact, I just don't want to spend money, otherwise I can just shout and find a few people to carry the building.

Wang Nian went out to help first, and Liu Chaoxian and his wife followed.

Several people worked together to help Xie Yulan put everything in order at home. Huang Guohua knew to move away from the stairs at this time and watched them busying themselves without saying a word.

A grown man picked out some light beddings, and the furniture was not even close to the edge, so it was all up to Shi Xiangming and Zhang Guiqiang to move it.

Throughout the whole process, Xie Yulan had a sullen face and didn't say a word, only saying a few words of thanks at the end.

Wang Nian waved his hands, thought about it and then spoke up to remind him: "Only when a couple can talk things over can they live together. Otherwise, what's the difference between living alone?"

"I know it in my heart." Xie Yulan nodded, not even looking at Huang Guohua who was complaining loudly about the mess in the house: "If I hadn't encountered this, how would I know what I slept with for so many years."

Xie Yulan knew it clearly in her heart, definitely better than anyone else.

***

After being shrouded in dark clouds for a month and a half, the sun finally shone through the gaps in the clouds, and the entire Changsheng Valley seemed to come alive again overnight.

Although it is still cold, as long as the sun is out, life will gradually return to normal.

The employees were notified to return to work, and the transport team's vehicles came in and out and became increasingly busy.

After two days of frantic buying, the supply and marketing cooperative finally calmed down.

Wang Nian went to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning with the mutton ticket, and confirmed the specific time to pick up the mutton next Friday amid the shocked look of the manager.

"Cooking so early in the morning? Let me see what delicious food you have made."

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Shi Xiangming said that Xiao Jianmin was a smooth talker, but he didn't expect that his wife was just as good at it.

Zhong Manli is very outgoing, but it is a one-sided outgoingness.

Regardless of whether Wang Nianhui answered or not, he would always come up and complain, then show off and leave again.

Wang Nian moved a beehive stove to the door and was cooking porridge when Zhong Manli came again.

Although the clock said it was already 10:30 in the morning, to Zhong Manli who had just woken up, it was already early in the morning.

"Cook porridge!" Zhong Manli glanced at the bubbling iron pot and snorted softly, "You have to use a clay pot to cook porridge. Porridge cooked in an iron pot doesn't taste good."

Wang Nian: “…”

Everyone knows that you have to use a clay pot, there is one!

"That's right." Wang Nian smiled and raised his chin lightly: "How about you lend me your clay pot?"

She just didn't believe that Zhong Manli had it.

It was clear on the day of the move that the Xiao family’s belongings were not as good as ours!