Lin Changyou smiled and said: "Zhixue sincerely invites you, so come over together and let's all get together."
Lin Changyou spoke, so Lin Lan had no choice but to agree to go with her. She went into the house and took two packets of sugar and picked up some eggs. The group went out so that they could meet up with Yang Liying's family who were waiting halfway. A group of about ten people headed towards Wang Zhijie.
When we arrived at Yang Liqun's house, everyone was polite and greeted us again.
The Eight Immortals table in the Wang family hall was filled with wine and food. Lin Lan also saw freshly braised sweet-skinned duck and some braised vegetables on the table.
Sweet-skinned duck is brown-red in color, has crispy and slightly sweet skin, and tender meat that is neither fat nor greasy in the mouth.
The duck is braised with farm-raised native duck, which is the authentic sweet-skinned duck.
Lin Lan remembered that the braised sweet-skinned duck at the store next door to her house was so good that when her mother bought it, she and her sister could eat one duck.
My parents didn't make much money at that time, so they bought it once in a while. They couldn't bear to eat it, so they left it to the sisters, who always felt like they didn't have enough.
Later, the conditions at home improved, and the stewed duck no longer tasted like it did when I was a kid, probably because it was raised with feed. Now it tastes familiar again.
Yang Liqun smiled and said: "Don't worry about our business now, the Zhao family of the second team has also started to make braised meat. Their braised sweet-skinned duck and pig shell are the best, and they are sold within two hours of picking them up at the entrance of the cave.
Okay, this is what he cooked freshly in the afternoon."
Yu Xiufang said: "It's better not to worry about it. We will buy these braised ducks during the New Year and holidays. We are not afraid of my mother-in-law's jokes. We haven't eaten braised duck in many years."
Chief Lin nodded: "As long as you have the craftsmanship, you can use it if you want."
Wang Zemin is also right, Yang Liqun earns more in one month by setting up a stall than they earn in a year in the brigade.
Since he went out to set up a stall with Yang Liqun and met more businessmen, his thoughts have changed. He regretted that he treated his wife as an outsider and lent his hard-earned money to a few white-eyed wolves.
A few women have eaten well, and the men are sitting in the main room setting up a farm gate. The household responsibility system of the past few days has come to the opening of the big market.
Speaking of the front house in the south of the city, Wang Zemin and Zhao Dehai thanked Li Xiangyang and Lin Lan again.
If they hadn't persuaded them to buy a house, based on their knowledge, the money they earned would either be used to repair the house or hidden at home, and they would be taken out to look at and count when they had time. They would never have dreamed of buying a house in the city.
After two hours of eating, Lin Lan and the others said goodbye and went home, where they had to prepare cakes for tomorrow morning.
Li Xiangyang chatted with Lin Changyou for a while before riding back.
After Zhang Guangming and his wife visited Wang's house, they agreed to get engaged to Zhang Yuru and Wang Zhixue on a good day in the twelfth lunar month when the parents and children of both families were satisfied.
The three members of the Zhang family left with satisfaction, while Lin Changyou was left behind by Li Xiangyang and Lin Lan.
Early the next morning, Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang took Lin Changyou to look around the shop in the south of the city. The shop had been repaired, the wires in the house had been re-pulled, and the walls had been painted and the house looked much brighter.
The shop in front and the yard in the back are separated. The sweet-scented osmanthus tree is on Lin Lan's side, and the water well is on Yang Liqun's side of the yard.
All the houses in the city are equipped with tap water pipes, so there is no need to worry about running out of water.
Li Xiangyang smiled and said: "Let's go to the vegetable market to see how they are doing?"
"good!"
The three of them came out of the house, closed the door and turned right into Caishi Street. There were brick and cement blocks on both sides of the street, and a cement slab of about one meter and two meters was laid on them.
In the middle, there are two rows of iron frames welded with iron pipes on both sides of the street.
Li Xiangyang pointed to the iron rack: "These two rows are racks for hanging meat. I heard that after the market opens, there are two types of meat: bargained meat and fixed-price meat. Fixed-price meat is supplied based on tickets. Negotiated meat is sold by butchers like me."
Lin Lan counted and found that there were ten stalls in two rows: "Have you ever asked if the stall fees are expensive?"
"Vendors have fixed stalls and charge a certain amount of sanitation fees and stall fees for each cement board. Farmers who come to set up stalls do not pay stall fees."
"Yes! That's how it should be. Vendors should pay fees all the time. Farmers who come to sell vegetables just to subsidize their families should be exempted from fees."
Lin Changyou thought of when he was young, one year during the Chinese New Year, he went to the East Market to buy things, and the streets were crowded with people. He laughed and said, "I will definitely not be able to squeeze in on the opening day of the market."
Lin Lan also recalled that when her parents took her to the market when she was a child, her heels would be stepped on several times while walking down the street: "It's the bustle that makes the New Year feel good."
In another thirty years, this or that will not be allowed, and you won’t even hear the sound of the New Year, so how can there be any sense of the New Year!
The three of them came out of Caishi Street and went to Yucai Road.
Li Xiangyang pointed to the two small western-style buildings in front of him and on the right: "Uncle Lin, those two are the houses of Xiaolan and I. The two buildings opposite are the houses of Dongzi and Dingbang."
Lin Changyou stood in front of the gate, stroking his hands and smiling: "Not bad! This house is really grand!" He sighed inwardly. No wonder the second son said that he wanted to build such a house. Several children must have the ability to build such a small house.
Lou, my life has never been in vain.
The old lady held a small hoe and saw a few people standing in the yard opposite. She opened the door and walked over. She said cheerfully: "A rare visitor, my father-in-law? When did you come?"
"I came yesterday." Lin Changyou gave the old lady a thumbs up, "My in-laws are so lucky!"
The old lady smiled and nodded: "Yes! I have been blessed by my grandson in this life, and I have also lived a life of living in a small Western-style house! I will go to the opposite side later to see, it has been tidied up over there."
Li Xiangyang pointed to the open door on the first floor: "We haven't finished repairing it here yet. We are painting with paint and tung oil upstairs. It will be troublesome if we have allergies."
Lin Changyou said: "I am allergic to the paint and it is very itchy. I will go in and have a look after I feel better."
The old lady happily took them to the opposite side and told them that Yang Dingbang had not returned from the hospital for dressing change.
The living room on the first floor is equipped with a coffee table, wooden sofa, cabinets bought from Xu Ming...
Lin Lan feels that antique furniture has a strong classical charm and a sense of heaviness.
The three of them sat at Dingbang's house for a while and then rode back to Lin Lan's house.
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In the afternoon, Lao Li prepared meals, called Dongzi's family and the old lady's grandparents, and invited Lin Changyou and Lin Lan's family to Li's house, where the two old people met.
Lin Changyou frankly and frankly thanked Lao Li and his son for taking care of his daughter and grandson.
Lao Li also explained the reason why he was opposed to the two of them in the first place. Lin Changyou compared his feelings and felt that if Guozhu and Guoqiang told him one day that they wanted to marry a woman with children, he would not agree immediately.
The two elders have the same views and they all appreciate each other's attitude towards doing things.
Lin Lan, Yao Xiuyun and Lin Yuezhen packed up the kitchen and came out. They were very happy to see the two elders talking happily.
After sending Lin Lan home, Li Xiangyang pulled Lin Lan and said, "Xiaolan, can we get engaged in the twelfth lunar month?"