Chapter 86 What to do with the house
Uncle Song was even more sad. He sighed again: "Comrade Ling, the organization made a mistake in the original arrangement. I wanted to find someone to take care of you, but ended up pushing you into the fire pit..."
"I wasn't pushed into a fire pit, so doesn't that mean I woke up safely?" Ling Xiao retorted, "If it was a fire pit, I would have either died or been in a coma for life."
"You should thank that good young man Lin Hua. He really took care of you sincerely."
"Lin Li, too. She used to be young and naive, but she has grown up recently. Although she only took care of me for a short time, she has given me the greatest help." Ling Xiao thought again of how attentive Lin Li was when she prepared and fed him medicine.
Every time he was given medicine, Lin Li would sit there nervously for a long time, staring at him, trying to see if the medicine had any adverse reactions.
That kind of worried look is not something that can be faked.
Although Lin Li said that she saved him to gain fame, Ling Xiao could feel that Lin Li was just making excuses. It was obvious that she was eager for him to get better in a short time.
After driving away the memories, Ling Xiao said to Uncle Song seriously: "Uncle Song, I hope the organization will respect my opinion. Mail the subsidy to Lin Li as usual every month. Don't let Lin Li know that this is my suggestion."
"Alas... Comrade Ling... why are you so stupid?" Uncle Song was really embarrassed.
"Uncle Song," Ling Xiao said with a sincere look, "I know that the organization doesn't believe that Lin Li has the ability to wake me up, and of course they don't think it's the work of the commune hospital. They just think it's just a coincidence, and think I should have woken up. But in fact, it was really Lin Li who went through a lot of trouble to find the best medicinal materials and boiled them for me to drink every day."
Seeing Uncle Song's unbelieving look, Ling Xiao continued, "I know you all think that Lin Li is too good at acting and tricked me into going in. You think that I am now mentally fragile due to my long-term illness in bed and can be easily deceived."
"Comrade Ling..." Uncle Song hesitated to speak.
"Uncle Song, please believe me," Ling Xiao's eyes were firm, "Except for being unable to move, I have now recovered all my willpower and intelligence. I made all the decisions after careful consideration, and I will never change them in my lifetime."
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Sanhe Village.
Lin Li asked Su Xiangqiao to soak a lot of vermicelli.
At first, the sister-in-law only put in a little, and Lin Li asked her to increase it three times.
"Sister, do you want to use every vegetable to stew vermicelli?"
Normally, my sister-in-law cooks mostly stews, occasionally mixing in some vermicelli.
Lin Li explained: "I make sweet and sour vermicelli. Not a stew."
As soon as the vermicelli was soaked until soft, Lin Li took out all of them and blanched them in water.
After blanching, soak it in cold water for a while.
Then I made a thick sweet and sour sauce.
There was just no ketchup or tomato sauce, so I used tomato juice and more sugar instead, and then added vinegar.
There was no orange juice at that time, so I squeezed some steamed apple juice into the drink and poured in a bottle of soda.
I also added some salt and homemade soy sauce.
This way, boiled in hot pan and cold oil, you get sweet and sour sauce.
The vermicelli has been drained, now pour some sweet and sour sauce into it and mix well.
I then chopped some cilantro, green onions, garlic and dried chilies and sprinkled them on top.
Next, boil the vegetable oil.
When the oil is boiling and smoke starts to come out of the pot, pour it all over the prepared vermicelli.
Immediately, an alluring aroma exploded in the room. It was so fragrant.
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Lin Li studied food at home for two or three days.
The whole family became her first loyal "customers".
By the third day, people on the street were really curious about the aroma.
Finally, someone shameless enough knocked on the door and came in to take a look.
When the others saw that this person came in and didn't go out, they also walked into the Lin family's house hesitantly.
This unique aroma that is so tempting that it is unprecedented in the eyes of the poor farmers of that era.
When the neighbors found out that it was Lin Li who was cooking, they were a little scared and wanted to sneak out as soon as they came in.
In the past, Lin Li liked to curry favor with good-looking young men and women, but her efforts always backfired because her emotional intelligence was too low and she couldn't speak at all.
Normally, she would either be shy and stay in a corner in silence, and people would laugh at her for being cowardly. But when she wanted to change herself and learn to say something to increase communication with others, people would dislike her for saying something too harsh.
No matter what I do, I will be isolated by young people.
And she refuses to deal with anyone except young people.
She would say arrogantly that she didn't want to bother with them because these people spoke and acted in a rustic way.
In fact, it was because she had been without parents since she was a child. During the great famine when she was young, some people over the age of sixteen or seventeen always snatched her wild vegetables, bullied her, and scolded her with unpleasant words, thus forming a barrier in her heart.
She didn't know the existence of this barrier. She always habitually rejected people who were ten years older than her and refused to talk to them, but she didn't know why.
So they make up random excuses just to save face.
Just because she doesn't like someone and feels uncomfortable, she will speak ill of others.
So I offended all my neighbors.
And now, the neighbors coming in are middle-aged people.
When he found out that it was Lin Li who was cooking, he naturally didn't dare to stay here any longer.
But before they could slip out, Lin Li suddenly called them.
Lin Li smiled, his eyes gently scanning everyone.
She said openly: "Neighbors, I hit my head before and I don't remember many people and many things. I don't remember how to address you. I hope you won't pick on me. After all, I don't want to get hurt. This is an accident."
The neighbors had never heard Lin Li speak a word of "human language" before, and now seeing her so calm and polite, it felt like the sun was rising in the west.
One of the sisters-in-law who was quick to react quickly said, "Look at what you said, how can we find fault with you? You are lucky to have your life back from Prince Yan. It doesn't matter if you don't remember us, you will remember us again in the future."
Lin Li smiled and said, "Then let's get to know each other again today."
Since I have ignored them since I was old enough to understand, I naturally can't remember what to call them.
Now everything starts over again, Lin Li asked Su Xiangqiao to help introduce the names of these people one by one.
Lin Li memorized it carefully.
But she was still afraid that she would forget it next time, so she asked her neighbors to bear with her, saying that her memory was not good after the injury, and she would spend more time to remember it in the future.
Faced with Lin Li's reasonable remarks, the neighbors were dumbfounded.
Then, they heard that Lin Li actually invited them to taste delicious food!
The sweet and sour vermicelli is soft and sticky, slightly spicy with a fresh fragrance, sour and sweet.
I don’t like sweet and sour dishes, and I never thought of adding sugar into cooking, but now I tasted it, it was surprisingly delicious.
These people talked in amazement, and then started praising it one after another.
Each person only took one or two bites, which was not enough to fill their stomachs and even hooked worms.
These strong men and women usually care about their reputation, but at this moment they are even greedier than the greedy children.
Lin Li felt that her cooking skills were almost perfect, and originally wanted to invite relatives and friends to get together so that she could show off her cooking skills.
I didn't expect these people to show up uninvited today. Although they are not my relatives or friends, they are neighbors which is also good.
We can use their mouths to promote it throughout the village.
Otherwise, if only the Lin family members go out and say it, no one will believe it.
Lin Li had originally planned to do business in the commune after buying a house, but now things have changed...he can only choose the village.
However, I have to think about what to do with the house that I agreed with Dean Cheng...
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