Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Chapter 11...
Chapter 11
When buying groceries, Weisheng was afraid that Cheng Feng would compete with her for the bill, so she was a little cautious.
In fact, I didn't do anything. Before leaving the dormitory, I put the quilt covers and sheets that I was going to take to the courtyard to wash in a bag, and then gave the bag to Cheng Feng to carry when I went to buy groceries.
Cheng Feng took the bag in his hand, and then subconsciously took the other bag containing the vegetables. When paying the bill, he would not be as good as empty-handed. Weisheng, who was well prepared, was quicker.
After seeing Weisheng's intention, Cheng Feng thought for a moment and decided not to rush to pay the bill with Weisheng. Instead, he kept this in mind.
Cheng Feng is not picky about food and has no dietary restrictions, so Weisheng decided to buy ingredients according to his previous plan to satisfy his cravings.
Buy a piece of pork belly and some potatoes to make a pot of pork belly and potato stew; buy a head of cabbage to make a stir-fried kohlrabi dish; buy a bag of bean sprouts to make a spicy and sour bean sprout mix. After thinking for a while, Weisheng bought a few eggs to make a bowl of steamed egg custard.
There are meat, vegetables, cold dishes and soups. This meal is pretty good for entertaining guests.
The allowances at the military academy were not low, and Weisheng had rent and a scholarship, so not only Cheng Feng could afford this meal, but Weisheng could afford it too.
Moreover, compared with going to state-owned restaurants, cooking at home is more economical.
Carrying the vegetables he had just bought, Cheng Feng followed Weisheng to a small courtyard near Peking University.
Although it is called a small courtyard, it is only compared with another quadrangle courtyard. If you look at this courtyard alone, it also has a complete layout with a main wing, kitchen and warehouse.
The yard is not very big, about 30 square meters. There is a small screen wall with hollow carvings at the entrance, through which you can see what is happening in the yard.
There are three main rooms, two side rooms on each side, and a three-square-meter warehouse very close to the courtyard gate.
The three main rooms are filled with Ming and Qing style furniture that Weisheng had painstakingly bought, and this is also where she spends most of her time.
The small warehouse and the west wing are currently unused. The two east wing rooms are used as a firewood room and a kitchen respectively.
By the way, there is a faucet in the yard that is connected from outside, making it very convenient to use water.
After inviting Cheng Feng in, Weisheng first went to the east wing to get some firewood that he had collected earlier from the Luo family, and lit the floor dragon stove under the window of the east room of the main house.
In October, Weisheng paid for floor heating to be installed in the courtyard. Because there was already a heated kang (bathbed) under the east room window, Weisheng even had the engineer connect the floor heating and the kang together.
Cheng Feng saw Weisheng turning on the floor heater to keep warm, and without saying a word, he took off his military uniform and came to help. Weisheng didn't say anything, but went to the kitchen to get a kettle.
I filled a pot of water and placed it on the shelf above the floor stove. When I wanted to light the stove, I could also boil a pot of hot water.
The floor heater emitted heat, and the temperature in the room rose rapidly.
After the water boiled, the two of them carried the kettle into the house.
Weisheng brewed a pot of tea, took some melon seeds and peanuts from the 'kitchen' and placed them on the round table in the main room. Then the two of them sat in the main room drinking tea somewhat awkwardly.
The awkwardness and silence of not knowing each other and not knowing what to say fermented and spread in the space. Just when Weisheng was thinking quickly to find a topic, Cheng Feng talked to Weisheng about the winter vacation.
It goes without saying that this is also a topic that was thought up to make conversation.
Weisheng thought for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "I get carsick, and the winter break is short, and the round-trip fare is quite a bit, so I won't be going back home this year. What about you?"
'No wonder you rent a house off campus.'
Cheng Feng pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then told me about his winter vacation plans: "My parents have passed away, and I have brothers and sisters at home. This year is the third anniversary of my mother's death, so I have to go back."
"I don't know where you're from yet."
Cheng Feng: “…Chengcheng.”
"Rongcheng?" Weisheng didn't expect Cheng Feng to be from Rongcheng. He was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Then can you make boiled fish?"
"Boiled fish?" Cheng Feng thought for a moment and asked Weisheng tentatively, "You mean hot pot fish?"
Weisheng wanted to say no, but then he acquiesced to this statement. "I don't know, but I heard that the fish is sliced and cooked in a spicy pot."
Cheng Feng analyzed Wei Yi's approach and replied with some confidence: "It should be possible."
Weisheng: “…”
Oh~, I should have bought a fish earlier.
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After talking for a while, Cheng Feng, seeing it was almost time, got up and went to the kitchen to cook. Weisheng followed him, peeling potatoes while Cheng Feng cut the meat. While Cheng Feng was simmering the braised pork in the pot, she washed the bean sprouts. While Cheng Feng was making steamed egg custard, Weisheng took some money and went to the state-owned restaurant to buy some steamed buns...
Cheng Feng was quick and efficient in his work. As soon as he finished cooking, he cleaned and put back all the knives, cutting boards, bowls and basins he had used.
After about an hour, the two of them had dinner.
Weisheng told Cheng Feng that she would be back in the dormitory that night, and asked him to eat more and not have any leftovers. Cheng Feng was at his age when his appetite was the best, so after hearing what Weisheng said, he didn't really say anything polite to Weisheng.
During the meal, Weisheng and Cheng Feng talked about the customs and habits of Chengdu and Shu, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
After finishing the meal, they cleaned up the dishes and sealed the stove, then Weisheng and Cheng Feng left the courtyard together.
One took the bus back to school, and the other took a walk around the neighborhood and then returned to the courtyard.
After entering the courtyard, Weisheng picked up the dirty quilt cover and sheets in the inner room and slipped into the space. He first threw the quilt cover and sheets into the washing machine, then went to the bathroom to take a fragrant hot bath.
After picking some fruit on the terrace, feeding the chickens and ducks, and putting the eggs he had collected today in the refrigerator, Weisheng finally picked up a book on mechanical manufacturing that he had bought.
At six o'clock the next morning, Weisheng had breakfast and then returned to school with clean quilt covers and sheets to start a day of university classes.
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Another week passed, and Weisheng took the bus to the train station after class on Saturday.
I bought a train ticket to Tianjin and arrived in Tianjin that night.
Weisheng has to remit five yuan in alimony to Luo Tianyou and his family every month, but the remittance address will appear on the remittance slip. Weisheng does not want the Luo family to know that she is in Jingshi, so she cannot remit the money in Jingshi.
However, it takes fifteen or sixteen hours to travel from Beijing to Nanjing by train, and the train tickets are not cheap. A hard seat costs about thirty yuan, and a hard sleeper is even more expensive.
Luo Tianyou and the others...are really not worth the money.
Weisheng originally planned to go to Tianjin every month and remit money to Luo Tianyou at the Tianjin Post Office. But when he arrived in Tianjin that day, Weisheng suddenly saw the train schedule from Tianjin to Nanjing.
In the blink of an eye, she decided to find a train conductor and asked her to help her go to Nanjing Post Office to remit money to Luo Tianyou for two yuan.
At that time, a bus ride cost about five cents. If there was no post office near Nanjing Railway Station and you had to take the bus, a round trip to the post office would only cost ten cents. You could make a net profit of 1.9 yuan, or even 2 yuan, every month. Who would refuse that?
At the beginning of every month, Weisheng would go to Tianjin and give seven yuan to the conductor, and the conductor would give Weisheng the remittance receipt for the previous month. This kind of interaction has been going on for several months, and the cooperation has been quite pleasant so far.
A round-trip train ticket from Beijing to Tianjin costs six yuan, a remittance is two yuan, and the monthly alimony is five yuan. In other words, Weisheng's fixed monthly expenses are thirteen yuan.
But you know what, because of Weisheng's action, Luo Tianyou and others have always been very sure that Weisheng is attending university in Nanjing.
By the way, the address of the remittance slip is the factory where Luo Tianyou works.
Every time the postman delivered a remittance slip to the factory, everyone in the factory knew that Weisheng was sending money home.
Although it was only five yuan, it was not a small amount when one yuan could buy seven or eight kilograms of rice.
So after many people knew about this, they would persuade Luo Tianyou with a serious attitude.
She doesn't even have a job yet, but she sends five yuan home every month. You wouldn't find such a filial daughter even if you searched with a lantern.
Lao Luo, you have to cherish your blessings!
Lao Luo: ...Heh~
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