Lin Lan took a bamboo basket, went to the main room and opened the lid of the rotten basket, grabbed a few handfuls of bean sprouts, covered the lid and returned to the kitchen, scooped out water, washed them and put them on the stove.
Looking at Lin Yuezhen sitting in front of the stove cutting beans, she said: "Sister, I heard from Xiang Yang that Brother Yong has a crush on you. What do you think of Brother Yong?"
Lin Yuezhen was stunned for a moment, turned away with a blushing face, and gestured towards Lin Lan: "Brother Yong is a good man. I don't want to look for him anymore. As long as you don't dislike me, I will follow you all the time."
Wu Shufen looked at her angrily: "You girl, how could Xiaolan dislike you? We all want you to find another one. Give birth to a boy and a girl while you are young, so that the family can have hope."
After hearing this, Lin Yuezhen lowered her head and thought for a while: "Brother Yong looks younger than me, so we are not suitable."
Wu Shufen smiled and said: "She looks younger than you, but she's not really younger than you. As the old saying goes, a female junior holds a gold brick! You listen to my aunt and watch everything with Brother Yong. If you two get along, we'll have a wedding reception next year."
Already."
Lin Yuezhen listened to the cheerful laughter of Xiaodouzi in the courtyard, blushed and nodded.
Wu Shufen turned to look at Lin Lan and said with a smile: "Tell Xiang Yang to ask him to go back and ask Brother Yong to ask his in-laws to be matchmakers."
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll tell him after dinner."
She took the steamer out of the pot and the egg custard out of the steamer, stir-fried some minced meat, scooped it up and poured it on the egg custard, then fried the mung bean sprouts and brought them to the table.
"This girl is doing more and more tricks. The egg custard is even soaked with knife meat!" Wu Shufen rolled her eyes at Lin Lan and handed her the green onion leaves and coriander. "Make a bowl of dipping water. I'll take the dishes and put them away. God
When it gets cold, the food gets cold faster.”
"Yeah!" Lin Lan took it flatteringly, mixed it with dipping water, went out and said to the two people riding bicycles in the courtyard: "It's time to eat."
"Hey!" Xiaodouzi responded crisply, looking at Lin Lan's little face flushed with excitement, "Mom, I have ridden for more than ten times, and I can ride."
Lin Lan glanced at Li Xiangyang, who had his feet on the ground: "Uncle Xiangyang won't sit behind you, can you ride away by yourself?"
Xiaodouzi shook his head in frustration: "No, the car is going to fall over! But just wait until I practice a few more times."
Li Xiangyang smiled and patted him: "Eat first, and I will practice slowly with you after the holiday."
Xiaodouzi looked at him and nodded heavily: "Yes! Thank you, Uncle Xiangyang."
Li Xiangyang looked at his reflection in his dark eyes, smiled and rubbed his head: "Wash your hands and eat."
After the two of them washed their hands and went to the table, the food was already laid out. In the center of the table, there was a large basin with red wolfberry, orange peel, nutmeg and other ingredients to remove the fishy smell, stewed soft and glutinous mutton and radish, and sprinkled on top.
The emerald green scallions will make your appetite whet your appetite.
Li Xiangyang glanced at the casserole placed on the chopping board and said with a smile: "Is it stewed in a casserole?"
"Yeah!" Lin Lan smiled and nodded, "The casseroles from the supply and marketing cooperative are pretty good. I bought several of them and kept them."
"Xiang Yang, would you like a drink?" Wu Shufen looked at him with a smile.
Li Xiangyang smiled and shook his head: "Thank you, Auntie, I'm going to the slaughterhouse this afternoon."
"You don't have to say thank you to the whole family, just order whatever you want." Wu Shufen said, giving him some beans and twisting two pieces of mutton with skin on each person: "Eat more, mutton will keep you warm when the weather gets cold."
Lin Lan looked at Wu Shufen with jealousy: "Mom, you are partial. You pick up vegetables for Douzi and Xiangyang, but not for me and Sister Yuezhen."
Wu Shufen rolled her eyes angrily: "Don't be ashamed, you are still jealous for such an old person."
Xiaodouzi and Li Xiangyang each gave her a piece: "Don't be jealous, we will give it to you."
"Thank you!" Lin Lan smiled and scooped up egg custard and minced meat for several people, "Eat some of the egg custard and minced meat."
At the end of the meal, the most leftover thing was the fragrant and glutinous lamb with skin, and all the tender radishes were eaten up.
After Xiaodouzi brought Wangcai a full bowl of mutton soup for rice, he turned around and sat on the bamboo chair, showing his belly to Li Xiangyang: "Today's radish is so delicious, my belly is bulging."
Li Xiangyang touched his round belly and said with a smile: "Children should eat more. They don't like mutton. Uncle Xiangyang will bring you sheep's hooves next time. Lamb's hooves stewed with radish is also delicious."
Xiaodouzi nodded with a smile: "Yes! Mom said I am a snack food!"
Li Xiangyang laughed after hearing this: "Snack food! You can eat well!"
Lin Lan washed the dishes and came out and said to Li Xiangyang: "Sister Yuezhen is willing to watch everything with Brother Yong."
Li Xiangyang nodded: "Okay, I'll go talk to him."
Lin Lan looked at Xiaodouzi: "Son, aren't you going to take a nap?"
Xiaodouzi touched his stomach and shook his head: "I'm too full. I'm going to dig up crickets to feed the chickens." Then he ran to the side room to get a shovel.
The weather is getting colder, and chickens are not laying as many eggs as before. Some originally laid one a day, and some now take two days to lay one. The eggs every day are no longer enough to make pumpkin cakes, so the eggs from Yang Meihua and Li Guizhi's family are sent to sell to Lin.
Lan Lan.
"I'm going to the food market in the south of the city." Li Xiangyang stood up and said.
Lin Lan nodded: "Okay, I'm going to roll the bean rolls."
As long as there is time, she will make fresh cakes for sale every day. Fresh cakes taste good and are hygienic to eat.
Li Xiangyang rode to Caishi Street in the south of the city and saw Zhao Dehai and several masters still busy.
"Brother Zhao, has Lao Miao been here again?"
"I came here in the morning, but I haven't been here since!" Zhao Dehai put down the shovel in his hand, smiled and stepped forward to give him a cigarette, "Look at this house, it was in tatters when I bought it, now it has been repaired and made new.
There’s no difference.”
Carpenter Li smiled and said: "A house is like a person. It must be maintained. Only when someone lives in it can it become popular and the things planted in the house and yard will grow well."
Zhao Dehai smiled and nodded: "Yes, no one lives in the house, and it slowly becomes moldy."
"Let's go in and take a look!"
Li Xiangyang walked towards the shop as he spoke, and saw that the moldy purlins and rafters on the roof of the shop had been replaced, the collapsed wall in the backyard had been built, the well had been cleaned, and the roof in the backyard had been brand new.
The broken dead branches of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the corner of the courtyard were also cut, and the leaves became a little greener.
Zhao Dehai pointed to the red bricks stacked in the corner, "In a few days, we will build the partition wall of the house, buy mortar and paint it twice, and it will be completed."
Li Xiangyang praised: "That's right. Brother Zhao can take them out to pick up jobs in the future and do renovations and repairs."
Zhao Dehai scratched his head happily: "What can I do?"
Li Xiangyang looked at the honest and honest Zhao Dehai and told him: "If Lao Miao comes to cause trouble again, please ask him to come to my house to find me."
Zhao Dehai nodded: "Okay!"
After Li Xiangyang made an agreement with Zhao Dehai, he rode towards the clothing factory to tell Brother Yong the good news.
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Lin Lan took out the last plate of pumpkin cakes from the oven. Lin Yuezhen shoveled out the remaining charcoal fire in the stove, extinguished it with water, and picked out the briquettes with tongs.
Yang Meihua's voice came from the door of the hospital: "Lin Lan, are you at home?"
"Here!" Lin Lan put down the pumpkin pie and walked out, "Sister Meihua, come in and sit for a while!"