When it was almost ten o'clock, Zhao Dehai came to pick up Yang Liying with a flashlight. Lin Lan picked up mung bean cake and pea cake and gave them to Yang Liying and Wang Zhixue brothers, asking them to take them back to eat.
Wang Zhixue walked a few steps, then came back and said to Lin Lan: "Aunt, we have renovated and painted the house. My mother said that on the eighth day of the winter, I would invite Yuru and the others to come over and take a look."
Lin Lan thought for a while and said, "Okay, my brother and the others are going to send Piggy over in two days. I'll ask them to bring a message and prepare them. You can pick them up on that day."
Wang Zhixue blushed and nodded: "Yes! We will help you bake pumpkin pie tomorrow morning."
After seeing off a few people, Lin Lan looked back at Li Xiangyang, who was standing at the entrance of the courtyard and looking at him with a smile: "It's been a tiring day and I have to get up early to go to the slaughterhouse tomorrow. You should go back early and rest."
Li Xiangyang thought of the refried beans and bean paste that she had just made and put in a big pot. She would be able to make them all by herself tomorrow morning. He looked at her distressedly and said, "How can you be so busy when you make so many things by yourself?"
Lin Lan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm used to it."
Li Xiangyang looked at her and wanted to tell her that she didn't have to work so hard, he was capable of raising her and Douzi and allowing them to live a comfortable life.
But he knows Lin Lan and knows that she doesn't want to rely on others and likes to make money and live a good life on her own. He will slowly let her get used to relying on him, so she doesn't have to work so hard!
Seeing that he was looking at her without speaking, Lin Lan blushed and pulled his sleeve: "Go back quickly, Uncle Li is still waiting for you!"
Li Xiangyang took Lin Lan's hand and said, "Xiaolan, go to bed early!"
Lin Lan nodded: "I know!"
"I'm going back. I'll come and help you when I finish my work tomorrow morning." Li Xiangyang said, glancing around, quickly kissed Lin Lan on the cheek, got on his bicycle and ran away.
Lin Lan saw him holding a flashlight and pedaling his bicycle into a hot wheel, touching his cheek and smiling.
The next day, just after five o'clock, Lin Lan got up and mixed the noodles needed for the pumpkin pie. While it was fermenting, she started to roll the kidney bean rolls. At this time, there was a knock on the door and Yang Liqun's shout.
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Lin Lan opened the door and saw Yang Liqun, mother and son standing at the door with flashlights. She said gratefully: "Sister, I can really do it alone."
Yang Liqun smiled angrily and said: "There are so many things, how can you come here alone, it will be faster if we come to help you."
"Thank you." Lin Lan welcomed them into the courtyard with a smile and closed the door.
Brother Wang Zhixue helped bake mooncakes and knew the requirements for the fire. One of the brothers started the fire, and the other helped Yang Liqun knead the dough and make the pumpkin cake embryos.
Lin Lan concentrated on rolling kidney bean rolls. Yang Liqun felt that kidney bean rolls were really a delicate job. If the cloth was too dry, the rolled bean rolls would not be smooth, and if the cloth was too wet, the rolled bean rolls would be rough and unsightly.
With the help of mother and son, all the pumpkin cakes and bean rolls were made just after seven o'clock.
Lin Lan mixed the noodles and made noodle soup, woke up Xiaodouzi, and left mother and son to have breakfast together.
Brother Wang Zhixue went to set up a stall with goods, and Yang Liqun also rushed back to set up a stall.
As soon as Zhou Xiaohong and Li Xiangyang were sent away to pick up the goods, they came.
Lin Lan smiled and asked him: "Have you had breakfast?"
Li Xiangyang smiled and nodded: "After eating, I brought pork belly, fat intestines and big bones."
Lin Lan saw that there was still a lot of meat on the big bones, and knew that he had deliberately left meat on the bones. It was the same in the past, and she thought the bones were not easy to sell, so she asked her to take them back and stew them for beans to eat, always leaving some meat on them.
, there are no bones with meat that cannot be sold!
I heard that I was building an oven but couldn't find the baking pan, so I found the iron sheet and brought it over. I heard Xiuyun said that Liu Jinbao's legs were also beaten by him. This man has been quietly taking care of himself and the beans in his own way.
Xiaodouzi came back from putting the chicken in the bamboo forest in the backyard. When he saw Li Xiangyang, he said happily: "Uncle Xiangyang, are you here to help?"
"Well! I'm late, everything is ready." Li Xiangyang picked him up and said, "Uncle Xiangyang will take you to school on his bike."
Xiaodouzi shook his head: "No, I have to wait for Brother Xiaokai and Sister Xiaoyun to come together."
Li Xiangyang felt that he often heard Xiao Kai's name in his mouth: "Is Brother Xiao Kai your classmate or your buddy?"
Xiaodouzi looked at him with a smile: "Me, Brother Dandan, Brother Xiaokai, and Xiaoming, we are good brothers just like you, Uncle Yao, and Uncle Dongzi!"
Li Xiangyang also laughed: "So that's what it is!"
At this time, Xiaokai and Xiaoyun arrived at the gate of the courtyard. Xiaodouzi took Lin Lan and handed him his schoolbag: "Mom, Uncle Xiangyang, I'm going to study."
Lin Lan sent him to the entrance of the courtyard and said to the three of them: "Don't play in the water. Go home as soon as school is over."
"I got it." Xiaokai and Xiaoyun glanced at Li Xiangyang, held Xiaodouzi's hand, and waved to Lin Lan.
After walking a few steps, Xiaokai said to Xiaodouzi: "I recognize that man in your family. He is a friend of cousin Dingbang. Is he the one who wants to be your stepfather?"
Xiaodouzi whispered: "Yeah! He said that I don't like my father calling him Uncle Xiangyang from now on."
"Really!" Xiao Kai thought for a moment, "But if you call him Uncle Xiangyang, he is still your stepfather!"
Xiaoyun patted his younger brother: "Xiaokai, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Think about it, cousin Dingbang is a policeman. Policemen will not make friends with bad people. Uncle Xiangyang of Douzi must also be a good person."
After hearing this, Xiaokai felt that Xiaoyun seemed to be right.
Xiaodouzi nodded: "Brother Kai, Sister Xiaoyun, and Uncle Xiangyang are very good."
Li Xiangyang and Lin Lan stood at the entrance of the courtyard, watching the third primary school muttering all the way to school.
Lin Lan smiled and turned to look at him: "I'm going to feed the pigs. There are chairs on the steps. You can sit down for a while."
Li Xiangyang smiled and shook his head: "I have to go to Yucai Road to have a look. Dongzi said that the house is almost ready." He shook her hand quietly.
Lin Lan looked around and saw Li Guizhi holding a silk bag and looking at him with a smile. She glared at him with a blushing face and turned to say hello: "Sister Li, are you busy?"
Li Xiangyang nodded to Li Guizhi, turned around and entered the yard.
Li Guizhi smiled and said: "I'm not busy! I want to ask you if you want to plant winter vegetables and cauliflower seedlings? I have plenty."
She glanced at Li Xiangyang and felt that the person Lin Lan was looking for was really good. No wonder there were many envious and jealous people in the team making slanderous remarks.
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Okay! I have a lot of garlic cloves here, take some back."
The two of them chatted and laughed as they entered the house. Li Guizhi placed the vegetable seedlings beside the vegetable field and waited for Lin Lan to get her some garlic cloves.
Lin Lan scooped up half a scoop of garlic cloves and poured them into Li Guizhi's pocket. She smiled and said, "There are red garlics and single garlics. Plant them separately."
Li Guizhi smiled and nodded: "Okay, since you have a guest, I'll go back first." She could see that Li Xiangyang was sincere to Lin Lan, and it was not what they said! Zhang Yazhen was jealous of Lin Lan, and she could find someone like this no matter how hard she looked.