After the temperature drops, people go out of their homes and enjoy the coolness of summer.
The old vegetable seller pointed to the number on the electronic scale: "It's exactly one and a half pounds. I'll charge you 13.5 yuan."
Jiang Ning's spiritual consciousness judged that the real weight was only one catty and two taels, and the electronic scale was a cheating scale of eight taels.
The price of 13.5 yuan was far beyond Xue Yuantong's budget. First, she thought it was expensive, and second, it was too much.
Originally, the amount of ginger she pointed out was not much, but the old vegetable seller deliberately took a few more pieces. This is often the case when shopping for vegetables. Some stall owners deliberately ask you to buy more. If you are a thin-skinned person, you are often embarrassed to ask for less.
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"Uncle, help me remove all these pieces." Xue Yuantong said.
The old vegetable seller was not very happy. Under Xue Yuantong's urging, he slowly removed about two-thirds of the ginger, leaving one-third on the scale.
Old man: "These are 9 yuan."
Xue Yuantong complained in his heart: 'It's too dark!'
The remaining one-third is actually more expensive than the other two-thirds!
Something is obviously wrong!
When she wanted to ask, Uncle Zhang, a handsome man with a black-backed wolfdog, came over. Residents of the bungalows in Heba often came to Heba for walks.
Uncle Zhang is a pig butcher, he is cruel and talkative, and he doesn't even tie a dog on a leash.
The adults and children passing by were frightened when they saw the big wolf dog following him. If this dog went crazy, it would probably bite someone to death!
Uncle Zhang trained the dog well, and the wolfdog followed him obediently and did not sniff around.
"Xiao Jiang, have you really touched a loach?" He came closer and saw a bucket of densely packed loaches, and said in surprise, "Good guy, where did you catch the loaches?"
There are so many loaches, they should weigh two kilograms. Nowadays, wild loaches cost at least 16 yuan per kilogram.
The big wolf dog stretched out its head to sniff, Jiang Ning glanced at it, and the wolf dog tucked its tail between its legs and hid.
"No, it's in the ditch over there." Xue Yuantong pointed to the puddle under the river dam.
Uncle Zhang wanted to give it a try. It's been hot lately and he doesn't have much time to live, so he has a lot of free time.
After a few simple words, the old man interjected: "I've weighed it for you, please pay the money quickly, I have to do business."
Uncle Zhang looked at the old man and suddenly pointed at his nose: "Last time I bought two kilograms of cucumbers from you. When I got home, I weighed the wrong portion. Guisun, you are trying to trick me!"
Uncle Zhang was so angry that he was really filled with evil spirits and his power was astonishing.
The old man lost his momentum and retorted: "I do honest business!"
As he spoke, he held the electronic scale with one hand as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Ning judged that there was a reset button over there. As long as the old man pressed it, the electronic scale would return to normal. It would be difficult to detect people cheating, unlike manual scales, where you can be sure if you are caught.
"How dare you talk back to me, grandma!" Uncle Zhang almost wanted to hit someone.
Xue Yuantong still wanted to buy vegetables and go home to cook loach for dinner. She didn't want to waste time here. She was just about to talk to the old man and ask him to weigh the ginger again.
Xue Chuchu beside her suddenly spoke up, her voice soft: "Uncle, just now a pound and a half was 13.5 yuan, right?"
Old vegetable seller: "Yes, can we still lie to you?"
Xue Chuchu looked at the one-third ginger on the scale: "These are 9 yuan, right?"
The old vegetable seller nodded, "The little girl remembers it very clearly."
At this time, Xue Chuchu took out a 5-yuan note and said crisply: "Uncle, please wrap the half of the money you just took away for us. There is no need to change the money."
The old man's face changed and he wanted to regret it, then he looked up and saw Uncle Zhang with a sinister face.
The old man's face darkened, and he wrapped the ginger in pain.
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On the way home, Xue Yuantong walked on the field path under the afterglow of sunset, smiling and boasting:
"Chu Chu, you are so good at buying groceries!"
Xue Chuchu was very modest, "It's not my fault, because Uncle Zhang is here, otherwise he would definitely not sell us."
Jiang Ning said: "It's amazing if you can think of it."
After Xue Chuchu was praised by him, she finally felt that she had made a contribution to the small group, and the feeling of debt in her heart faded a little.
She always felt ashamed because she often ate Jiang Ning's food.
Jiang Ning is responsible for getting the ingredients, Tongtong is responsible for cooking, but where is she, Chu Chu?
She is responsible for eating. On the surface, Tongtong is a foodie, but in fact, she is the foodie.
The environment in which Xue Chuchu grew up made it difficult for her to readily accept kindness from others. When she was a child, she borrowed a dime from Tongtong at school and didn't pay it back a day later, which made her feel uncomfortable and panicked.
In fact, at school, many classmates are willing to be kind to Xue Chuchu, bring her breakfast, snacks, gifts, help her clean, do homework, enjoy almost everything, there is always someone to take care of it.
However, Xue Chuchu understood that the price of those good intentions had already been secretly marked, and she never accepted it.
It was hard for her to refuse what Tongtong and Jiang Ning had given her, but she would always pay it back.
Xue Yuantong shook the bucket, and the loaches were twisting wildly. She asked, "Jiang Ning, how many loaches can you eat?"
Jiang Ning made up a number at random: "5."
Xue Yuantong: "I can eat 6."
Jiang Ning changed his mind: "I just lied to you, I can eat 7."
"I lied to you too, I can eat 10." Xue Yuantong said solemnly.
Jiang Ning: "I should apologize to you. Actually, I made a slip of the tongue. I ate 17."
The two argued while walking. When they were approaching home, Xue Yuantong even moved out to the Nth power, but in the end they still couldn't argue over who had more to eat.
Xue Yuantong: "Anyway, I will always have more than you!"
Jiang Ning coaxed her: "Have you seen Loach's beard?"
Of course Xue Yuantong saw it. Her eyesight was very good, and the five pairs of beards were particularly obvious.
"I'll tell you a secret. Loach has a magical effect. After eating it, you will grow a beard." He threatened.
Xue Yuantong's expression suddenly became very exciting. She thought of the scene when she looked in the mirror after growing a beard, and quickly shook her little head, unable to bear to look directly.
Jiang Ning said: "I'm not afraid of growing a beard. I can eat as much as I want!"
Xue Yuantong said harshly: "Do you think I will be afraid?"
Seeing the childish argument between the two, Xue Chuchu smiled slightly and said: "Jiang Ning, you should compare with Tongtong to see who eats less."
Xue Yuantong immediately admitted defeat and announced that she had become a loner and even Chu Chu had betrayed her.
…
They decided to eat loaches in the evening, but they faced a problem. The loaches caught in the pond were wild and lived in the mud. They were very dirty and needed to be dealt with carefully.
The best way is to keep loaches in clean water for two days to allow them to vomit out all the dirt in their bodies.
However, Xue Yuantong wanted to eat tonight.
Xue Chuchu said: "It can also be eaten. Treating it with table salt can make the loach spit out the dirt and eliminate the earthy smell."
Xue Yuantong thought about it for a moment: "It seems to be handled this way."
Jiang Ning said: "Don't worry, leave it to me."
Xue Yuantong was doubtful: "Can you do it?"
Jiang Ning said lightly: "We'll see."
After that, he picked up the bucket and poured half of the loaches in, about twenty of them, enough for three people.
I poured half a bucket of clean water into the new bucket, and the originally dirty loach became clear and writhing in the water.
The two girls gathered around the bucket and admired his handling of the problem.
Jiang Ning showed his right hand. It was a slender hand with clear joints, strong and beautiful lines, and it also contained a sense of strength.
After Xue Yuantong looked at it, she hid her little hand in shame.
She said: "Stop showing off and do it quickly."
Jiang Ning pressed her palms down on the water, showing an air of a master.
Xue Yuantong: "Huh, you are trying to be mysterious."
Xue Chuchu cheered up and prepared to see what Jiang Ning was planning to do. Logically speaking, he was very reliable and rarely teased them.
Suddenly, a low-frequency "buzz" sound sounded, like a sweeping wave, and the entire bucket trembled.
The water surface in the bucket seemed to be boiling, and countless tiny bubbles appeared. Unlike boiling water, the volumes of those bubbles were too uniform, almost exactly the same.
Jiang Ning used his spiritual energy and carefully controlled it. The shock waves repeatedly scanned the water, and with his all-pervasive consciousness, the loaches in the water trembled at high frequencies.
At the same time, countless dirty things spilled out of the loach's body, like marrow being washed and bones being chopped.
Twenty seconds later, Jiang Ning withdrew his hand. The originally crystal clear water had turned turbid.
"Change the water." Jiang Ning ordered.
Xue Chuchu came to her senses and quickly changed the bucket.
Jiang Ning repeated his old trick, and after ten seconds, there was only some turbidity in the bucket.
"Okay, we've dealt with it."
Not only did he remove the dirt, but he also got rid of parasites, bacteria, and the earthy smell.
The scene just now was so strange that Xue Chuchu couldn't help but ask: "Jiang Ning, you..."
Jiang Ning: "The technique passed down from our ancestors."
Xue Yuantong couldn't bear to see him acting like a superior person, and said disdainfully: "That's nothing, it's up to me!"
She struggled to move a bucket, put her hand into the water, and stirred vigorously. After a while, a vortex appeared in the bucket. In order to show the effect, Xue Yuantong threw the origami boat, and the boat was immediately swallowed by the whirlpool.
Xue Chuchu:…
'Forget it, I don't care anymore.'
Although Xue Yuantong was dissatisfied with Jiang Ning on the surface, he had indeed made a lot of dirty things just now. It seemed that the loach was very clean.
To be on the safe side, Xue Yuantong sprinkled some salt into the bucket. When the loach came into contact with the salt, it was like touching poison, twisting wildly and making a "bang, bang, bang, bang" sound. Xue Yuantong quickly closed the lid of the bucket.
After a while, she poured some more cooking wine, then took out the loach, beheaded it, disemboweled it, and patted it flat.
Jiang Ning had no objection. He was only responsible for eating. While waiting for the meal, he leaned on the small chair and played with his mobile phone.
Although the summer vacation has begun, there are still 999+ messages in the class every day, and there has never been a deserted day. This shows how strong the friendship between the classmates is.
Dong Qingfeng: "I plan to visit the Nanshi Museum next week. Is anyone going to form a team to join us?"
Cui Yu: "No, next one."
Jiang Yanan: "Is it fun in there?"
Zhang Chi, who had been moving bricks all day, sneered: "See what the use of that thing is, why not buy some food."
Because Zhang Chi has a poor character and speaks irritably, his words were ignored by everyone.
Yu Wen: "My eldest sister plans to go next week, and I will go with her."
Dong Qingfeng: "Let's make an appointment for dinner then. I know a private restaurant."
Duan Shigang supported his good brother Zhang Chi: "With all that money, it's better to go to an Internet cafe to play games."
Dong Qingfeng was not someone to be trifled with, so he said: "The money you spend at the Internet cafe is enough for you to visit all the museums in the province."
Duan Shigang was dissatisfied: "Are you going online?"
"No." Dong Qingfeng replied.
Duan Shigang seized the opportunity, took advantage of every opportunity, and hit the point: "Have you visited all the museums in the province?"
Dong Qingfeng: "I've seen it all, what's wrong?"
Duan Shigang:…
Jiang Ning marked out the class with satisfaction.
The enchanting Harley Quinn avatar sent a message, but Jiang Ning simply ignored it.
He searched in the school group and found a familiar name, which was Ding Shuyan's social account.
A smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face. That night at the barbecue stall, Wei Zishan, Lin Zida, and Zhuang Jianhui were in the same group.
As he was doing it, he clicked on the screen and chose to add friends.
The next second, Jiang Ning's smile froze, and a prompt popped up on the screen [The other party is prohibited from adding friends].
…
Xue Yuantong held the vegetable spoon, flipping the spicy ginger, garlic and millet in the pot, stir-frying the deep-fried loach, and the whole kitchen was filled with fragrance.
She was cooking and swallowing saliva, which was too stupid.
Xue Chuchu used an electric pancake maker to make dough pancakes, and the rice cooker cooked mung bean tea.
Jiang Ning contributed two tomatoes, which he picked in the garden in Huqi Mountain. After Xue Chuchu cut them, he mixed them with sugar and prepared a cold tomato dish.
Dinner was a meat and a vegetarian meal for three people. It was getting late and the kitchen was a little stuffy.
Jiang Ning turned on the light at the door and moved the dining table to the main room, near the open space outside.
Uncle Tang, who was fanning himself to enjoy the coolness, said, "We won't be eating until this hour!"
Jiang Ning chatted for a while, and then the dishes were served.
Xue Yuantong didn't eat the loach first, but pointed his chopsticks towards the tomatoes, which Jiang Ning got back!
Xue Yuantong had been greedy for a long time. He kept using his chopsticks and ate three pieces in a row.
She was satisfied with the food, but Chu Chu was suffering. She didn't understand why Tongtong didn't eat the dried loach and instead ate the tomatoes.
Jiang Ning saw Chu Chu's reserve and said, "Leave her alone and eat the food."
Xue Chuchu then picked up a piece of loach. Tongtong's craftsmanship was as good as ever, spicy and fragrant, delicious and without any fishy smell.
She bit into the loach, it was fragrant and crispy, even the bones were crispy.
Uncle Tang next door took a handful of fried broad beans, looked at them, and said, "Are you three going to fire together all day long?"
Xue Yuantong: "I cooked it!"
She moved her chopsticks towards the stir-fried loach.
Uncle Tang laughed twice, shook his hand, and the fried broad beans fell to the ground. He quickly bent down to pick them up. He didn't mind them being dirty, rubbed them and continued eating.
Seeing Xue Yuantong and the others looking at them, Uncle Tang chuckled: "Don't underestimate these broad beans. In our day, it was not easy to eat fried broad beans!"
Xue Chuchu agreed: "My grandfather did the same. He used to collect peanuts and transport them home, but they were scattered on the way. My grandfather stopped the car and went down to pick them up."
Uncle Tang felt that the little girl was sensible, so he chatted a few more words: "If you drop a few grains here, a few grains will fall there, and a little will make a lot. What is the saying? 'If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't reach a thousand miles.
Nothing can make a river or a sea'."
Xue Chuchu nodded slightly.
Uncle Tang was cheerful and boasted: "Our generation is used to living a hard life, and we know how to cherish it best!"
Xue Yuantong curled his lips: "Last month you lost 50 in Landlord. I heard you sighing at the door for a long time. How many broad beans can you buy with 50 yuan?"
