Two days later, Master Chen helped bring back more than a dozen baskets of old pumpkins. Lin Lan piled all the pumpkins in the empty room.
These days, roasted pumpkin seeds can be sold for a few dollars a day. After baking the pumpkin pie, put the pumpkin seeds in four baking sheets. The remaining fire is just right for roasting the pumpkin seeds.
As soon as Lin Lan rolled up the kidney bean rolls and packed them, Li Xiangyang rode into the yard.
After returning from the pig farm, he told Lin Lan that the rent there had increased by 20 yuan a year and that he had signed a five-year contract with the brigade.
Lin Lan thought for a moment and said to him: "Xiang Yang, if you have a long-term plan, it is best to find a brigade with mountainous land near Dongshi, find an uncultivated mountainous land, ask the commune to pay the land contract fee, and sign the contract.
The land is contracted.”
Li Xiangyang felt that what Lin Lan said was also a solution, so he thought for a moment and said, "The commune with mountainous areas near Dongshi is my uncle's. I'll take the time to find someone to ask."
Lin Lan nodded: "Let's go to the east of the city and see if I hire someone to make shelves!"
"Okay!" Li Xiangyang smiled, "Last time Douzi said he wanted to have barbecue, I left a piece of pork belly and mutton. How about we have barbecue tonight?"
"Bring some rice sausage back. Grilled small intestine tastes good too." Lin Lan turned to Qiaohui and said, "Bake a pot of mung bean porridge tonight, stir-fry a bowl of soybeans and grind them into powder, and we will have barbecue."
"Hey!" Qiao Hui responded.
Li Xiangyang patted Lin Lan on the back seat of the car, "Just stop riding. I'll take you there."
Lin Lan shook his head: "I don't, it will be uncomfortable to sit behind you!"
"How dare you dislike me!" Li Xiangyang smiled and flicked her forehead.
Lin Lan rubbed his forehead and looked at him angrily: "If you beat me silly, support me."
"Okay, I'll take care of you." Li Xiangyang looked at her lovingly and smiled. Lin Lan blushed and hurriedly went to the main room to push the cart.
When the two of them rode to the road where the vehicle factory was located, Lin Lan saw the glass display window of the supply and marketing cooperative, and suddenly thought that the pastry display cabinet must be made of glass. After being here for so long, she had never seen glass sold anywhere.
She turned to look at Li Xiangyang: "Do you know where I can buy glass? I want to make a cabinet for pastries."
Li Xiangyang smiled and said: "Glass factory! We have them in any size you want."
"It turns out there is a glass factory in Dongshi!" Lin Lan said.
Li Xiangyang nodded: "It's right over at the train station. I'll find someone to help you buy whatever size you want."
Lin Lan: "I'll go back and draw a picture and show it to the carpenter. If he can do it, I'll buy it."
When the two arrived in the east of the city, they saw Carpenter Li and his two brothers working together in the backyard. Several shelves had been made.
Lin Lan felt that the shelves made of solid wood looked stronger than those made of synthetic boards before.
After looking at it, Li Xiangyang asked: "Orchid, mushrooms, pepper, and aniseed are likely to get damp when the rainy season comes. Is it okay to put them on the shelves like this?"
Lin Lan pointed to the bottom of the shelf: "When the goods are put into the warehouse, spread a layer of lime or charcoal under the shelf. These two things can prevent moisture."
"That's good." Li Xiangyang said, thinking about going to the provincial capital. "The end of the year will only get busier and busier. When do you think we can go to the provincial capital?"
Lin Lan thought of the message Lin Guoliang had brought and said, "In two days, when my brother brings his eldest cousin over, we will go buy something for them."
The two looked around and went to the yard.
Carpenter Li smiled and said to Lin Lan: "The shelves are simple, but the square cabinets are more troublesome. When the cabinets are ready, you go buy some tung oil and varnish. My third brother knows how to paint, so let him paint it twice for you.
The clank looks better."
Lin Lan knew that it was all hand-made now, which was different from the mechanized operation in the future. He smiled and nodded: "It's okay, I just came to take a look. You guys do it slowly. When it is done here, I will also make cupboards and shelves for selling cakes."
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The three brothers nodded happily when they heard this, assuring Lin Lan that they would do a good job and the quality of the cabinets they made would be guaranteed.
Lin Lan agreed with a smile and rode back with Li Xiangyang. When they passed by the department store, they saw Yang Dingbang and Yang Xiaoman coming out of the department store packed with bags.
Li Xiangyang put his foot on the ground, looked at Yang Dingbang and said with a smile: "Hey! Are you buying a dowry or a betrothal gift with all the big and small bags? When are you two going to treat us to a wedding banquet? We can also prepare red envelopes."
Yang Dingbang glanced at Yang Xiaoman with a smile: "We are engaged in Laba, and there will be a wedding reception on the eighth day of February. You should hurry up and prepare a big red envelope. Remember, it must be one for each person."
"Okay!" Li Xiangyang readily agreed and said with a smile, "The big red envelope is not easy, you will return it on the eighth day of April."
Yang Xiaoman looked at Yang Dingbang angrily and said to Lin Lan: "Sister Lin, look at how shameless these two are!"
Lin Lan said with a smile: "They are the ones you are talking about."
Yang Xiaoman's expression suddenly changed and he whispered: "Xie Tian is here."
Lin Lan turned around and saw a beautiful woman wearing a wave perm and a khaki cashmere coat. She called Yang Dingbang's name and rushed to him and pointed at his nose:
"Yang Dingbang, do you still dare to say that you and Yang Xiaoman are not having an affair and are just colleagues? There are couples on the street. Let me see what you say today?"
Onlookers immediately gathered around, pointed at Yang Dingbang and the others, and started talking in low voices.
Li Xiangyang shouted to the onlookers with a cold face: "Everyone is gone, what's there to see?"
The onlookers walked a little further away, still watching and whispering to each other.
Yang Dingbang glanced at Yang Xiaoman and felt relieved when he saw her indifferent expression.
Yang Dingbang turned his head and looked at Xie Tian coldly: "Who are you? Do I need to explain to you?" He looked at her with sarcasm in his eyes, "You are so ugly like this. I advise you to give it to yourself and Dandan."
Save some face."
"You..." Xie Tian became angry and slapped Yang Dingbang.
"That's enough!" Yang Dingbang reached out and grabbed her wrist and looked at her coldly: "You are shameless and we want shame." After that, he pushed her away.
Xie Tian held his wrist and stared at Yang Xiaoman with poisonous eyes: "I'm going to the public security bureau to sue you for your indiscriminate relationship between men and women."
Yang Dingbang's face turned livid with anger: "You..."
"Dingbang!" Yang Xiaoman stopped him, took a step forward and looked at Xie Tian openly: "My relationship with Dingbang is not afraid of organizational review. You can sue wherever you want, please feel free to do it yourself."
Xie Tian looked at Yang Xiaoman and his face was almost twisted with anger.
"Let's go!" Li Xiangyang and Lin Lan helped them pick up the things and put them into the basket hanging on the bicycle. They smiled and said to Yang Dingbang, "I ordered a barbecue table at the blacksmith's house. You and Dongzi have both.
, If you want to eat early, just take it yourself."
Yang Dingbang nodded: "Okay! We'll get the things after we send them back."
Lin Lan smiled and said to Yang Xiaoman: "I'll make barbecue noodles when I get back. When I'm done, I'll send it to Xiuyun at the police station. You can pick it up at work."
Yang Xiaoman smiled sweetly at Lin Lan: "Thank you, Sister Lin!"