Chapter 85
The fish was delicious, the pumpkin pie was delicious, and even the candied sweet potato was praised over and over again.
Wang Qianjin said bluntly, "Anything tastes good if you put sugar in it."
He took up the plate and drank up the soup of the sugar-coated tomatoes without any hesitation, and he still felt a little unsatisfied after finishing it.
It tastes so good!
The slight sourness of the tomatoes, the sweetness of the sugar, and the unique fragrance of fruits and vegetables made him want to lick the plate.
Just turning around and meeting Huihui's curious gaze made his old face slightly hot and he forgot that he had a child.
But Huihui was full, she was just curious. She thought only children would do this kind of thing, but she didn't expect that this older brother was the same as her, so she saluted curiously.
Zhang Laosi said angrily, "You are good at talking, but you just wipe out all the hard work Comrade Xiao Zhou has put in. If I give you that sweet potato, can you make it like that?"
Wang Qianjin chuckled, "No, no, Comrade Zhou, you've worked hard."
Zhou Jiani was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Although Comrade Wang could not speak, had poor eyesight, and was slow to react, he did a good job in the land reclamation work and was treated like a donkey.
The two-grain steamed buns served to everyone were a major project completed independently by Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping. Zhao Mei also commented on them, and it was quite successful.
Zhou Jiani had sufficient flour and rice in stock, but it was not easy to take them out out of thin air.
The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests. Except for some soup left in the casserole, they finished everything else.
Zhang Baosheng used his home clay pot to make the sour beans and fish stew. He didn’t mind the leftover soup base and took it home to cook noodles for his children the next morning.
Nothing was harmed, he just scooped it out with a spoon and ate it, and it tasted really good. He thought sour beans could only be eaten as pickles, but he didn't expect it could be eaten this way. He then asked his wife to stew a fish in the same way to change the taste for the children at home.
Li Jingdang helped carry the round table from Liu Tong's house back.
After seeing Zhang Baosheng and the others off, Zhao Mei asked Hui Hui to go back with her father first while she stayed to help clean up. Zhou Jiani hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, you've been busy all day too. Go back and rest. We'll be done with the cleanup in no time."
After a few words, he persuaded Zhao Mei to leave and turned back to clean up with Yu Wanxia and the others.
Qiu Zeming swiftly washed the dishes, Yu Wanxia swept the floor, and Sun Ping was busy cleaning the stove in the kitchen. Seeing Zhou Jiani come in, she whispered, "Comrade Qiu, someone so good-looking can actually do housework."
The key point is that he looks very professional. She has never seen her father wash dishes at home since she was a child. Didn’t she see Bai Haoyang and Wang Qianjin acting like big bosses, lighting cigarettes, standing in the yard, shaking their legs and preparing to chat?
This subconscious behavior after a meal shows the difference between people.
Bai Haoyang and the others were a little surprised to see Qiu Zeming rolling up his sleeves to wash the dishes. Bai Haoyang said casually, "Brother, just let Wanxia wash it."
Wang Qianjin was even more direct: "There are female comrades here, so don't bother."
Neither of them thought there was anything wrong with this idea, as they had been taught since childhood that housework was the responsibility of women.
They would do anything without hesitation if asked to dig the ground, chop wood, fetch water, etc. They would feel it was beneath them to wash dishes or sweep the floor in the presence of women.
Of course, there is no way when you have to rely on yourself.
Qiu Zeming didn't respond, but instead said, "Qianjin, go to Grandma Meng's house and borrow their kettle to boil water. We also need to fill up our thermos. Haoyang, go home and bring back a bundle of firewood and bring over the empty thermos..."
The two brothers turned and went out. When Bai Haoyang came back with firewood and a thermos, Qiu Zeming handed over the plates and bowls he had washed with hot water, "Take these plates and bowls to XX and XX families."
They are more familiar with the people around here than Zhou Jiani. They got to know each other when they came to tidy up the yard those few days, so there is no need to worry about delivering to the wrong place.
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Jiani went into the dining room and bustled around for a while. She packed three pumpkin pancakes per pack for several families and came out saying, "Give each family a small snack."
Bai Haoyang was shocked: "Comrade Zhou, you actually hid so much."
Zhou Jiani rolled her eyes at him and said, "I thought about it in advance and saved it in advance." She then warned him in a bad mood, "Don't eat it secretly!"
After boiling water to fill all the thermoses, Qiu Zeming and the others left carrying the thermoses and kettles.
When Zhou Jiani went to sort out the remaining ingredients, she saw the large ham that had only been used a little.
She was a little tired after a busy afternoon and didn't feel like going back to deliver it. She just left it in the kitchen for fear of mice getting bitten, so she brought it into the house, opened the closet, and inserted it diagonally, thinking of delivering it to Qiu Zeming tomorrow.
They have already got fish and ribs as extra dishes, so how can we ask them to add a big ham?
After Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping finished cleaning up, they washed up and went to bed. While they were sleeping, Zhou Jiani quietly washed their own dishes with detergent.
Even though Qiu Zeming washed his hair twice with hot water at night, when he smelled it carefully, it still had a slight fishy smell.
After washing the dishes and preheating the stewing cup, she washed some rice, red dates, and peanuts, and washed two eggs. After the stewing cup was preheated, she poured the hot water that had just boiled into it, screwed on the lid, and put it in the warehouse.
After returning to the bedroom, she was still not sleepy, so she took out a candle and lit it. She used a storage stool as a bedside table, put a newspaper on it, put half a brick on it, and fixed the candle on it. She put a pillow behind her, sat against the wall, and fiddled with her mobile phone.
The group was quiet at this moment, so she could only climb up the stairs and try her luck to find something.
The air fryer is sold out; the laundry detergent pods are sold out; a certain brand of liquid foundation is sold out; children's clothing...
She climbed the stairs until the skin on her palms was almost rubbed off, and then she saw an item that she could buy and it didn't show as sold out at the bottom.
——USB dual-head charging, clock, temperature test, three-speed eye protection desk lamp, group purchase price 59.
Zhou Jiani felt as happy as if she had found a treasure.
I placed the order without hesitation and picked it up directly, and now I have an extra desk lamp.
The white double-headed desk lamp can be freely adjusted to open and close to increase the lighting area. It has an LCD screen in the middle and pen holders on both sides. The shape is very beautiful.
Press the switch that controls the display screen and the screen lights up. In addition to the automatic display of battery level and temperature, you have to adjust the time and date yourself.
Zhou Jiani adjusted the time and date to the current time, listened carefully to the noise outside, and then pressed the desk lamp switch with a click. The whole room lit up.
After coming here, apart from the extremely bright electric batons I saw in the First Department Store, I only had yellow light bulbs at home in the provincial capital and kerosene lamps here in the Qianjin Brigade. This was the first time I lit a candle tonight, and it also had a faint yellow light.
Now it was suddenly as bright as day, and she was startled and clicked the switch back on.
The room was filled with dim candlelight. Zhou Jiani covered her chest and exhaled softly, laughing: "Why are you still acting like a thief? What am I feeling guilty about?"
She complained about being timid, but still got up and listened carefully to the west room. There was no movement, so she went back and turned on the switch, adjusted the light, and there was orange light. She felt that this brightness was fine for normal use, and the other two levels were too bright.
I checked the battery level and it still had 50% of its own power, but it can be charged with a charging plate or a power bank, which is great.
Well, I will find a chance to try the charging plate tomorrow, and then look for a mobile power bank when the group sale starts. It is more convenient to use a mobile power bank on a daily basis.
I turned off the lights and put the items in the warehouse, then rummaged through my phone for a while and found a pair of coral fleece pajamas that were marked as off-season in the description, so I thought it was a good bargain.
Zhou Jiani took two sets according to her own number.
Now that I have my own room, I can change into it when I go to bed in winter, and put it in the storage when I can’t wear it anymore.
A few days ago, she sold more than 2,000 yuan in a group sale. After deducting the conversion fee, she still had more than 1,900 yuan left. Adding the accumulated money before, the money in the piggy bank has exceeded 10,000 yuan. After deducting the cost of purchasing and settling the storage stools during this period, the current amount is 10,050 yuan. She still had more than 20 yuan in change on her, so Zhou Jiani simply took out 50 yuan, and the numbers on the interface scrolled, making it a full 10,000 yuan.
Adding the more than 8,000 yuan in change and the 36,000 yuan in the bank card, my assets are still okay, so even if it is a non-essential item, I will buy it if I want to.
After picking up the leaked items, he felt sleepy, so he leaned over to blow out the candle, crawled into the quilt and fell into a sound sleep.
In the morning, Yu Wanxia and Sun Ping got up to cook. They heated up a few leftover steamed buns made with two-grain flour, cooked some cornmeal porridge, and stir-fried some vegetables.
The two men left some for Zhou Jiani and went to work after eating.
As soon as the two of them left, Zhou Jiani got up, went out to close the door, came back to wash up, picked up some pickles from the jar and brought them into the house, then calmed down to prepare breakfast.
Take out two stewing cups and start stewing porridge in the one. As soon as you open the lid, the rich aroma of dates mixed with the aroma of rice will hit you.
Pour it into the bowl, and the red dates and pink peanuts dotted on the rice are appetizing just by looking at them.
The eggs were also cooked.
Zhou Jiani peeled the egg and put it in a bowl. She took a mouthful of porridge, a mouthful of egg, and then a mouthful of the vegetables and pickles that Yu Wanxia had left for her. She felt so comfortable.
I ate two eggs, drank half a bowl of porridge, and finally ate half a steamed bun.
After eating and drinking, Zhou Jiani went out to wash and put away the dishes. She looked up at the sky. The sun was not very strong, but the instructions for the charging board said that as long as there was sunlight, it would be fine.
Zhou Jiani ran to the door and looked around. Seeing that there was no one there, she returned to the yard, chose a spot that could not be seen through the crack in the door, spread out a woven bag, took out the solar charging panel and unfolded it.
She took out the desk lamp and plugged it into the socket. It was a really new experience for her. As soon as the socket was connected, the display screen on the desk lamp automatically lit up, showing the charging sign.
There's not enough sunlight right now, so I don't know when it will be fully charged.
Zhou Jiani was not in a hurry. She just left it there to charge slowly and put it away as soon as someone came.
I went back to the house and moved out the storage stool. I sat next to it and opened my phone to count the inventory accumulated during this period.
During the days I spent running around in the provincial capital, visiting several nearby districts and riding the bus until I vomited, the reward I got was: 55 handkerchiefs; 64 enamel pots, 43 enamel basins, 30 enamel spittoons, 50 kang brooms, 25 floor brooms, 50 bamboo hats, 46 straw hats, 30 baskets, 39 sorghum stalk curtains, 15 large brooms, 20 plastic portable woven baskets, and 40 bamboo thermoses.
There are also storage stools, 7 large ones and 7 small ones, as well as stamps that I haven't decided whether to sell yet.
"Hmm... there's no rush for stamps. Let's put it aside for now and save up some time."
Open the other ones first.
Zhou Jiani took out the items that needed to be photographed again and took photos of them one by one. After the photos were taken, she started a group re-shooting and sent the rest out in batches. The dried cowpeas and other things that were left with Zhao Mei had not been taken back yet, so she would go there after dark to take the things away.
After taking the photos, Zhou Jiani first picked five products to start a group purchase and also looked for mobile power banks.
A small handkerchief, an enamel pot, a bamboo hat, a straw hat, and a new curtain.
After editing the content and sending the red envelope, set the sending time.
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