Chapter 213
Zhou Jiani did not return to the dormitory at noon. After leaving Professor Fu's house, she rode her bike directly to the Summer Palace to meet Zhai Hong.
Not only did she meet Zhai Hong, she also met Zhai Hong's mother.
The three of them walked to an open space to talk in tacit understanding.
Zhai Hong was holding a straw basket with a lid, which contained fifty boiled salted duck eggs. She felt a little embarrassed when she saw Zhou Jiani, and introduced her mother to her in a low voice.
Zhou Jiani greeted Wei Cuilian openly, "Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhou Jiani, and I'm Zhai Hong's roommate. I didn't expect to bother you with this trip."
Wei Cuilian waved her hand, feeling slightly relieved. Beauty doesn't necessarily determine a person's worth, but eyes can deceive. This girl had a clear gaze and spoke with grace and grace. The anxiety she'd felt for two days settled slightly, and she smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, classmate Jiani. Thank you..."
Thank you for what? Thank you for taking care of her business.
Zhai Hong glanced at her mother, and Wei Cuilian glared back, somewhat embarrassed. She then whispered to Zhou Jiani about the duck eggs, "Ms. Zhou, we're only bringing fifty this time. We'll have two more jars in seven or eight days. The rest won't be ready until half a month later."
Her mother followed her over, and Zhai Hong felt a little helpless.
The day before yesterday, she went home and told her mother the good news. Her mother was not surprised, but frightened. She mistakenly thought that her daughter had let the news slip and let her classmates know about it. What if they reported her?
It’s not that Wei Cuilian is petty, but it’s the inevitable trend of this era.
Zhai Hong took out the deposit given by Zhou Jiani. Instead of feeling relieved, Wei Cuilian was still worried, fearing that this would become evidence for someone to report them.
So I came here to see it in person today.
Wei Cuilian planned that if something really happened, the bad consequences would fall on her and would not affect her daughter.
Now it seems that she really thought too much.
Wei Cuilian knew that this behavior was not appropriate, but she had to be cautious. In order to prevent her family from being implicated, she would rather be a little petty.
Zhai Hong felt embarrassed not only because of her mother's distrust of the deal, but also because she was worried that Zhou Jiani wouldn't be able to finish it. She even secretly worried that Zhou Jiani would go back on her word and make her excited for nothing. She didn't expect that the other party would pay so readily, but she couldn't deliver the goods in one go.
Zhou Jiani didn't care at all. She was not in a hurry to start a group purchase. The rice noodles, vermicelli and vegetables that she had put on the shelves before leaving Bin County before the New Year had not been started yet. During the New Year period, she also bought some enamel products, hand-woven brooms, thermoses, handkerchiefs, etc., which were all piled up.
After Aunt Du's yard is ready, she will take the time to go over and pack the things before starting the group sale.
"Don't worry, Auntie. The important thing is to ensure the quality."
After hearing what Zhou Jiani said, Wei Cuilian felt a little more at ease. If someone really had bad intentions, why would they care about quality?
After telling the time and quantity of the next delivery, Wei Cuilian prepared to leave and also invited Zhou Jiani to visit her home when she had time.
Zhou Jiani also planned to go to the military hospital to say goodbye to Zhai Hong on the spot.
Salted duck eggs have a long shelf life, and she can also send some to Qiu Zeming.
When they arrived at the hospital, Du Yunxin was busy. Zhou Jiani waited until the patient left before going in: "Auntie Du."
"Jiani, did you go visit a friend at noon?" Du Yunxin thought Zhou Jiani had come over after hearing what her roommate had told her, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I was thinking of having lunch with you tomorrow at noon."
Zhou Jiani was confused: "Auntie, how did you know I was there at noon...you didn't go to school to look for me, did you?"
That's a coincidence.
Du Yunxin was surprised: "You didn't go back to school?"
Zhou Jiani shook her head and said, "I came directly from Teacher Fu's house to bring you some salted duck eggs and Chinese toon sprouts. By the way, I wanted to tell you something..."
She wanted to tell Aunt Du about Ronghua to prevent Qiu Wen from complaining first. She knew that she would not say anything good about her.
Zhou Jiani recounted how she met Ronghua, and how Qiu Wen had brought Ronghua to the school to ask for her help, but she had refused. "...Teacher Fu was persecuted by students back then, and his wife's hand was injured and she still can't hold anything steady. Not to mention the suffering they endured in the cowshed. Aunt Du, this kind of thing is truly unforgivable, and I can't possibly try to mediate. I wouldn't be able to live with my conscience."
Du Yunxin was surprised and angry when she heard this: "I didn't expect you to know Ronghua's teacher. Your aunt had already brought this up at home, hoping to get her family to help make the connection, but she was scolded by your grandfather and your Uncle Qiu and she went away. I didn't expect she would even come looking for you."
He nodded again: "You are right to refuse. What Ronghua and Lu Zhengfei did back then was not decent. We can't say it directly to their faces, but we must not get involved. If your aunt comes to you again in the future, no matter what she says, ignore her. Talk to me if you have anything to say."
Zhou Jiani breathed a sigh of relief and said that most people in the Qiu family had good values.
"I see, Auntie Du." Zhou Jiani broached the subject, then said awkwardly, "I'm planning to send something to Zeming. Do you have anything to bring?"
In addition to various roasted nuts that can be used as snacks, some packaged biscuits and snacks are also sent, as well as duck eggs.
Zhou Jiani was thinking about her son, so Du Yunxin was naturally happy. She smiled and said, "We don't have anything to bring him home. Your grandfather wouldn't be happy if he knew. But if you bring something for Zeming, he probably won't say anything."
The old man doesn't want his family to spoil him too much. Qiu Zeming is going to the front line to fight. What does it look like if his family sends him some gifts today and some gifts tomorrow?
But the objects are different. When young people fall in love, they care about each other and are willing to give for each other. This is also a little interest between young lovers.
Du Yunxin opened the drawer and handed her a set of keys, saying, "The yard has been cleaned up. I had someone check it out, and there's nothing that needs repairing. But if you're going to live there, you'll definitely need to redecorate it. When you're free, we can go over there again. Tell us what you like and we'll arrange it accordingly."
Is this going to be renovated?
Zhou Jiani: "Auntie Du, there's no need to make any special arrangements right now. A bed and a set of tables and chairs will be enough. If we want to start the major construction, we can discuss the adjustments with Ze Ming in the future."
Having such a yard makes it convenient to go there on weekends to prepare some food and improve the diet, and you can also stay there during holidays.
Du Yunxin smiled and nodded, knowing that Zhou Jiani liked to sleep on the kang, so there was a kang in the house in the yard. She asked someone to check the kang stove. As long as it could be used, there was no need to repair it.
Zhou Jiani did have some furniture in her warehouse that she had made when she was in Bin County, but since Du Yunxin had seen it, it was not appropriate to display it, so she kept it in the warehouse for the time being.
She also didn't let Du Yunxin buy tableware and bedding. Zhou Jiani couldn't just not contribute anything.
Du Yunxin didn't argue with her, but asked her if she had enough tickets.
The tickets were definitely enough. Not only did she have ready-made bedding in her warehouse, she also had both single and double bedding. In addition to the tableware used in later generations, she also had woks and kettles used in this era, as well as kitchen knives and cutting boards.
To put it bluntly, just give her an empty yard, and she can go in and take a look around to add almost all the software facilities.
After leaving the hospital, Zhou Jiani found a deserted place to pack some things, went to the post office to mail a package to Qiu Zeming, and then returned to school after she was done.
When they returned to the dormitory, she and Zhai Hong had a tacit understanding and neither of them mentioned the afternoon's transaction, just like usual.
But she took advantage of the time when no one was in the dormitory, took out a duck egg from the warehouse, cracked it open, peeled it and took a bite.
Firstly, she was really thinking about it, and secondly, she wanted to check the quality. Fortunately, she was not disappointed. It was the same as last time, with the egg yolk being oily and soft, and especially delicious.
There were fifty salted duck eggs, twenty of which were given to Aunt Du, twenty-five were mailed to Qiu Zeming, and she kept five.
Qiu Wen never came to the school to find her again, but the old man took her back and scolded her. He didn't even let her see her nephew and kicked her out after scolding her.
Of course, Qiu Wen would not reflect on herself, would not think that she had done anything wrong, and would not dare to contradict her old father, but she blamed Zhou Jiani.
Zhou Jiani was too lazy to pay attention. She had received a letter from Sun Ping, in which she talked about the situation after enrollment. She also set a rough time for her to go with Wang Qian to meet his parents. At that time, he might come to Zhou Jiani to spend the night, and then get together with Yu Wanxia, Bai Haoyang and others the next day.
After glancing at the calendar, she knew that she would follow Wang Qianjin back to the capital to meet the Wang family next Saturday. She would definitely not stay at Wang Qianjin's house at night, but would squeeze in with her in the Huada dormitory for the night, and then have dinner with Bai Haoyang, Yu Wanxia and others the next weekend.
Zhou Jiani had greeted her roommates in advance, but Zhai Hong couldn't wait until Sunday to deliver the goods. She whispered, "How about you tell me the location and I'll pick up the goods near your house on Saturday."
Zhai Hong said hurriedly, "That's not necessary. I'll send it to you on Saturday. I'll go back to the dormitory after that. Come here early to read the book."
She also felt depressed when she saw her second sister-in-law's face at home.
Zhou Jiani: "Then it's settled."
On Thursday afternoon, Zhou Jiani had no classes, so she rode her bike to the courtyard in Shichahai. In order to confuse people, she hung a lot of things on the handlebars to prevent her from entering the courtyard empty-handed and arousing suspicion when she smelled the smell of food.
The yard has been cleared, and even the pomegranate trees planted on the left and right sides of the main house have been taken care of. When I first came, there were some weeds in the corners of the ground, but they have also been cleared away.
The thing Zhou Jiani is most satisfied with in this yard is the water pressurized well in the yard. There is also a vegetable washing sink next to the water pressurized well, which is very convenient to use.
Of course, she didn't need to pressurize water for the time being, as she had several barrels of water in her warehouse.
The house has been furnished with simple tables, chairs, cupboards and cabinets.
There was a stove built in the kitchen, with a large iron pot inside.
There was a coal briquettes stove and a pile of coal briquettes next to it, and some firewood was left.
Zhou Jiani quickly took out the existing tableware from the warehouse and filled it up. She also wiped the kang in the room again, laid out bedding and sheets, and placed a washstand, washbasin, thermos and other items.
After cleaning up, I went to the kitchen to start preparing food.
Steam a pot of rice first and prepare to make some rice balls.
While steaming the rice, she cleaned several ribs, prepared the ingredients for the braised ribs, and placed them aside.
Light the coal stove and start frying the eggs.
The aluminum lunch boxes she had stockpiled came in handy, and she put the food neatly into the boxes and fried two boxes. In addition to the poached eggs, she also scrambled some chopped eggs.
Then he took out a pickled cabbage, cut it into shreds, and fried it with dried chilies to make a whole lunch box.
The steamed rice was placed aside to cool, and Zhou Jiani began to make braised pork ribs, blanching them, frying sugar color, stir-frying the ribs, adding the ingredients, and bubbling with water. Zhou Jiani also began to prepare the ingredients for making rice balls: ham, boxed meat floss from the group, cucumber, dried shrimp, and chopped eggs.
Zhou Jiani rolled some small rice balls that could be eaten in one bite. They were slightly smaller than eggs, making it easier for her to do her little tricks.
It is impossible to make rice balls from all the rice in a pot, so I used the remaining rice to make two servings of fried rice with eggs, filling up two lunch boxes.
Millet porridge was cooking on the stove next to it.
The spareribs were almost done simmering, and were finally cooked over high heat. Zhou Jiani couldn't help but taste a piece, squinting her eyes in satisfaction.
Afterwards, I went to the well to draw water and pumped out a bucket of water. I first replenished today's consumption and washed all the dishes. What should be left here was left here, and what should be put into the warehouse was put into the warehouse.
She didn't put the millet porridge directly into the warehouse. She left it outside until it reached the right temperature before putting it back into the warehouse, so she didn't have to wait for it to cool down before drinking it.
Cooking inevitably smells like oil smoke, so Zhou Jiani boiled two large pots of water and went into the house to take a shower. She put the clothes she took off in the warehouse to wash and dry them so that she would not be late wearing them back to school.
“It’s convenient to have a small yard.”
After taking a shower, Zhou Jiani sat on a chair to rest and spread out her palms to give out red envelopes: Please give me cheese and seaweed!
After sending the red envelopes, I started to read the messages in the group.
The latest item in the group purchase was boxed peanut and pork skin jelly. Zhou Jiani not only liked this small cold dish, but also the box packaging. She bought five and picked them up directly.
The finished product of braised lamb ribs in red sauce is packed in a box of three pounds, 86/box.
Zhou Jiani asked for three boxes and also took them directly to her.
Disposable gloves, self-heating mugwort knee pads, cosmetics, marinade packets, sneakers... Zhou Jiani listed them one by one. Some of them were unnecessary to buy, and some were already sold out.
After climbing up the stairs for a while, back to the latest news, the two new groups are razors and beer...
Zhou Jiani still had some unfinished drinks in the warehouse, but she had never bought beer before. She bought two packs and would enjoy a bottle of beer while cooking two side dishes at home one day.
No electric toothbrush; two packs of tissue paper...
Seeing the handkerchiefs, Zhou Jiani went into the warehouse to check the inventory and gave out another red envelope. She needed to stock up on another batch of sanitary products.
Addicted to browsing her phone, Zhou Jiani continued browsing for a while, then forced herself to stop. She took the jelly to the kitchen, cut it into slices, and packed it back home in pieces so that it would be convenient to eat.
He ate a few more pieces of lamb ribs, ate half a box of fried rice, checked the house, and came out to leave.
An old man came over carrying a birdcage. Seeing Zhou Jiani coming out of the new tenant's yard, he stopped and asked, "Comrade, is your last name Zhou?"
Zhou Jiani locked the door with a click, smiled and nodded: "Hello, sir, my last name is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Jiani."
The old man nodded and said, "That's it. Your relatives have asked the neighbors to look after you. If you need anything when you come back to stay, just give them a shout and they will all lend a hand."
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle. I have to rush back to school today. I'll come back on the weekend and visit the neighbors one by one."
The old man with the bird nodded and said, "There's no rush for that. Whenever I have time, I'll meet up with the neighbors so I don't run into people I don't know. And don't worry too much about them. I have to focus on my studies."
Du Yunxin told Zhou Jiani that this yard was rented for her to live in and not to say anything else.
When she returned to school, Zhou Jiani saw Yu Wanxia waiting for her in the dormitory and had already become friends with her roommates.
"Jia Ni, you're finally back." Yu Wanxia rushed over, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Seeing Yu Wanxia on Thursday afternoon, Zhou Jiani was a little surprised: "You don't have classes this afternoon?"
"One time, I rushed here right after class..."
Yu Wanxia was talking about the weekend party, and Zhou Jiani felt a little regretful.
Aunt Du had advised not to tell anyone else about the courtyard in Shichahai for the time being - the excuse of renting it out might fool the neighbors, but it would cause others to think too much.
Even if Zhou Jiani said that she rented it, it would easily cause a bad influence.
Otherwise, it would be nice to go to the courtyard and cook your own meals and have a meal together.
"I received a letter from Sun Ping. She came to see me on Saturday night and stayed in my dormitory. We will get together on Sunday."
Yu Wanxia: "Then let's come to Huazhong University to see you on Sunday morning. Let's go for a bike ride and find a place to eat at noon."
Zhou Jiani nodded.
Yu Wanxia had to go back to school, so she waved goodbye to Zhou Jiani's roommates. After going downstairs and pushing the cart out, she stuck out her tongue and said, "I thought our school was scary enough, but I didn't expect yours to be even scarier..."
In this learning atmosphere, she could learn several words on the way to Zhou Jiani's dormitory. It was not her active learning, but passive learning.
Everywhere you can see people studying hard with books, and groups of people arguing passionately.
She also saw people putting up big-character posters...
Zhou Jiani: "Those should be the workers, peasants and soldiers from the previous class."
This class of students had already had several conflicts with the two previous classes of workers, peasants and soldiers, and they often clashed in the triangle area.
Zhou Jiani was busy with her own "unprofessional work" and did not participate in that kind of grand event.
At the beginning, several roommates were a little nervous, but Zhou Jiani was calm and composed. Apart from catching up on her studies, she was busy going out and about.
There were several parades held in early March, but Zhou Jiani did not participate.
In order to make up for Comrade Xiao Yu waiting for her, Zhou Jiani gave the only two remaining duck eggs to the girl so that she could replenish her nutrition.
I returned to the dormitory and went to the library with my roommates.
It's fun to go out and slack off, but the learning progress cannot be fallen behind. Zhou Jiani is also very hardworking when it comes to studying.
The next day was Friday. In the evening, Zhai Hong packed up and went home. On Saturday afternoon, the two of them met again near the Summer Palace. This time, they brought back more than 70 duck eggs.
Zhou Jiani and her friends had a tacit understanding. One of them went back to school while the other rode away on a bike. They turned a corner and found a deserted place to put away the duck eggs. They walked around outside for a long time before returning to school.
I didn't go back to the dormitory directly, but waited at the south gate. After waiting for about half an hour, I saw two familiar faces.
Wang Qianjin brought Sun Ping over.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your help." Wang Qianjin was beaming with joy and walked with great enthusiasm. Sun Ping looked shy, but her face showed an unconcealable joy.
It seems that meeting the parents went smoothly.
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