After returning to the main road, Kang Shaojie described to his two good brothers the scene of his first meeting with Lin Dan, with a nostalgic expression. After that, he looked at the camera and said carefully: "Those classmates who have been bullied by me, if you are sitting in front of the TV watching the show, then I would like to express my sincere apologies to you. After I go back, I will personally come to your door to apologize, please forgive me. If you have not watched this show, then please ask the classmates who have watched the show to convey this apology on my behalf. I was wrong, I shouldn't bully others by relying on my tall and strong body. I am a coward, I am an idiot, and the three of us are big idiots." After that, he held Shen Jiayi's head and forced him to bow to the camera with him.
Well, Cao Muchen, who was innocently implicated and turned into an idiot, touched the tip of his nose and bent down deeply.
Before coming, the program crew filmed a prequel, explaining why they were sent to the countryside for reform. At that time, they acted cool and arrogant in front of the camera, without realizing their mistakes at all. Looking back now, they feel so ashamed.
The photographers silently captured their regretful expressions, feeling relieved in their hearts. To be honest, this season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" is the most comfortable season they have ever filmed.
Lin Dan had no idea that she had become the idol of the three city boys. At the moment, she was riding her bicycle on the road. It took her only 40 minutes to reach Liuxing Village, which would take two hours to walk. When she pushed the bicycle into her yard, she found that the ground under her feet was full of mud and dirty.
"Master, did you knock over the water tank?" Lin Dan pushed the car to a dry place and parked it.
Lin Shuanzhu, who was sitting in the main room, had a livid face and his chest was still heaving violently, as if he was extremely angry. "No, it was Jiao Xiao'e who poured the water. She passed by our house and I couldn't help but scold her. She stood at the door and scolded me all morning, and even brought two buckets of water to wet our yard. If you hadn't locked the door when you left and gave me the key, she would have run in with a bucket of water and poured it on my head. Damn, how could she be such a person? I was really blind before!"
Jiao Xiao'e originally wanted to throw feces, but she didn't dare to offend Lin Dan, so she replaced the feces with water. Lin Dan has a very bad temper. If she gets mad, she can pick up all the manure in the village and throw it on Zhou's house. How dare Jiao Xiao'e compete with her?
Lin Danxin said that Jiao Xiao'e has always been so stupid and vicious, it was just that your filter was too thick before and you pretended not to see it. But forget it, now that the matter has passed, why bother to say such words to hurt the old man's feelings, so he calmly said: "You didn't scold her?"
Lin Shuanzhu suddenly showed a painful expression: "I'm not good at talking."
Lin Dan nodded and said, "Then I'll teach you a way. When the people from the TV station come back, I'll push you to the door and you can curse the Zhou family openly. I guarantee that Jiao Xiao'e won't dare to say a word back." If the photographer hadn't followed them to the school, Jiao Xiao'e wouldn't have dared to be so arrogant.
Lin Shuanzhu hesitated and asked, "Will this work?"
"Just try and see if you can do it. If you can't win by scolding me, I'm still here." Lin Dan took the snakeskin bag off the bicycle and cleaned the things one by one.
"Well, okay, push me out later. I'm going to scold her to death today." Lin Shuanzhu was arguing with Jiao Xiao'e, and then he said nervously: "Dan, why did you buy so many things? You must have spent a lot of money, right?"
"It's okay. The money should be spent. I know my limits. Don't worry about it." Lin Dan put the things he had sorted out in place one by one.
Lin Shuanzhu had already regarded his granddaughter as the pillar of the family these days, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I will listen to you."
Lin Shuanzhui did not interfere with his granddaughter's behavior, which was better than most parents. Lin Dan felt much more relaxed immediately. She asked him what he had eaten today and whether he had encountered any trouble. She brought hot water to help him wipe his face and hands. After that, she poured the urine in the spittoon into the toilet, cleaned it up, and went out with a large backpack on her back.
"I'm going to the Fangbo's house to buy two bags of cement and sand. I'll be back soon. Today I'll help you fill in the steps and thresholds so that you can get in and out with your wheelchair. If I'm not around, you don't have to stay at home all day. You can go out for a walk in your wheelchair."
"Well, okay, go ahead."
The village chief's house was being renovated, and there was plenty of cement and sand. Lin Dan went there with a hundred yuan in his hand, handed over the money and the goods, and soon came back with two bags of cement and two bags of sand. These were very heavy things, piled high in her backpack like a small mountain.
The villagers had long been accustomed to the scene of the Lin family girl carrying things weighing one or two hundred kilograms back and forth, so they did not feel surprised, but instead felt a lot more fear. The girl from the Lin family is so strong and has such a bad temper, so it’s better to avoid provoking her in the future.
When passing by his own vegetable garden with things on his back, Lin Dan jumped off the ridge and picked a handful of leeks, a handful of peppers, a handful of water spinach, and chopped a large winter melon. Seeing that she was carrying more than 100 kilograms of sand on her back and holding dozens of kilograms of winter melon in her arms, Jiao Xiao'e, who was sitting at the door of her house peeling soybeans, quickly slipped into the yard, not daring to meet her face to face.
Lin Dan just glanced at her indifferently and then looked away. He unloaded the cement and sand in the yard, put the vegetables in the kitchen, and went out again with the basket on his back. She had to go up the mountain to pick some Artemisia annua and wild onions. Without these two ingredients, the community rice would completely lose its original flavor. She was very skillful and picked a large bunch of them in a short time. She washed them briefly by the river and went home.
The Lin family had a hard time. They could only eat meat a few times a year. Only at the end of the year would Lin Shuanzhui have the heart to buy dozens of kilograms of pork to make bacon and sausages, and then keep them for later consumption. However, within a month of Lin Dan's arrival, he had already consumed a lot of the Lin family's bacon, and he was afraid that he would not be able to prepare many community meals. Besides, Lin Shuanzhui’s cooking skills were not very good, and the taste of the smoked bacon was very ordinary, which did not meet Lin Dan’s standards at all. Fortunately, her cooking skills were superb, and she managed to make up for the shortcomings of the ingredients with her superb seasoning techniques.
However, if Lin Dan wants to make the community meal business a long-term business, he must strive for perfection in every link. The artemisia annua and wild onions must be picked that day to be fresh; the glutinous rice and sticky rice must also be produced that year and cannot be stale; the bacon must be fragrant; the pickled vegetables must be flavorful, and must not fool the diners.
Lin Dan counted the bacon and sausages hanging under the eaves, and thought that he would have to purchase another 100 kilograms of pork for smoking in a few days, otherwise he would not be able to do business, which would be another big expense.
"Dan, what are you thinking about?" Lin Shuanzhu asked puzzledly.
"I haven't thought of anything." Lin Dan didn't tell Lin Shuanzhu about his plan, fearing that he would worry in vain.
After putting the Artemisia annua and wild onions back into the kitchen, she changed into her most ragged clothes, picked up a shovel and started working on the cement in the yard. This is a very simple thing, and the principle is the same as kneading dough. After kneading the cement, just add sand in a certain proportion. When filling the steps and thresholds into a slope, you have to use two wooden boards to block the edges to prevent the cement from losing its shape.
The wooden boards were found, but how could Lin Dan handle both filling the cement and supporting the boards by himself? She stuck the shovel in. He entered the mixed cement and prepared to go to the village to find someone for help. As soon as he went out, he saw Kang Shaojie and two other people returning to the village laughing and joking, followed by the taciturn Zhou Cuicui.
"Dan, what are you wearing?" Kang Shaojie pointed at Lin Dan's clothes which had one sleeve longer than the other.
"I'm working at home. It would be a waste if I put on my clothes." Lin Dan simply explained and wanted to leave, but was blocked by three tall and strong teenagers.
"What kind of work do you need? Brothers will help you." The three of them rolled up their sleeves and worked with enthusiasm.
Lin Dan originally planned to go to Fang Bo's house to hire a few workers to help. Now that he had free labor, he felt more excited. Anyway, I'm just holding up the board, the work isn't too heavy, so it shouldn't be considered taking advantage of others, right? Besides, her recent expenses have seriously exceeded her budget. Hiring two workers would cost at least a hundred dollars. Her heart is bleeding!
"How about this, you help me hold the board and I'll treat you to dinner?" Lin Dan made a fair suggestion.
"What board are you holding?" The three of them walked into the Lin family's house and immediately understood everything. They took charge and said, "Don't worry about it. The three of us will help you fill the steps and the threshold! You can cook for us now."
Lin Dan hesitated, and Kang Shaojie gently pushed her from behind, saying with a smile: "The three of us are strong and capable, and we can finish the work in no time. We don't need you. Go cook, and we'll be in time to eat when you're done."
When Shen Jiayi thought of the bacon hotpot last night and the sour soup cat ears this morning, his mouth immediately watered. He quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, Dan, you go and cook, leave this small matter to us." As he spoke, he pushed Lin Dan into the kitchen, his attitude very impatient.
Lin Dan agreed with a smile on her face, pointing at the steps and threshold and saying, "You don't have to fill it all up, just fill one-third of it, leaving a small path for my grandfather's wheelchair to pass through, otherwise there won't be enough materials."
"I know. Go ahead and get busy." Kang Shaojie spat into his palms twice, then picked up the shovel and started mixing cement. Cao Muchen and Shen Jiayi each held a board and studied it with a very serious attitude.
The photographers kept taking pictures of them, and were amazed in their hearts: when they were at Zhou's house, these three young masters were lazy to death and had a very arrogant attitude, ordering Zhou Cuicui and Jiao Xiao'e around in circles. Unexpectedly, when they entered the little girl's house, hey, look at how diligent they are, they almost couldn't recognize them!
All I can say is that Lin Dan’s cooking skills are amazing. The temptation was too great. The three young men felt excited just thinking about having a full meal at the Lin family at night. What's more, they liked the black girl so much that they were willing to work for her.
A few minutes later, Lin Dan came out carrying the cured pork leg sent by the Gao family and asked, "How about we have dried radish slices stewed with cured pork feet for dinner? And a dish of braised winter melon, garlic water spinach leaves, black bean water spinach stems, and soy milk?"
"Sure, as long as it's cooked by you, we can eat anything." Kang Shaojie and the other two had no idea what the last dish would be, but they still agreed.
Lin Dan put the cured pork leg into the big pot and boiled it for five minutes so that it could be cleaned later. When he was done, he pushed Lin Shuanzhu out the door and said, "Master, the production crew is back, you can scold them."
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