Lin Lan was a little dizzy and followed Li Xiangyang out of the warehouse, touched his hot cheek, turned around and saw the corners of his slightly raised lips, and pinched his waist.
Li Xiangyang turned around and saw that her face was as red as a cooked shrimp. He smiled and pulled up the scarf around her neck, wrapped her head and face, and pulled her out of the door.
When the two arrived at the eucalyptus forest, Yang Liying had already closed the stall and was waiting. When she saw the two coming over, she said, "Quickly go, it's so cold!"
Lin Lan looked at Yang Liying who was stamping her feet in the cold, feeling a little guilty: "Yeah, it's getting colder and colder. I'm afraid it's going to snow."
"Put the things on the cart, and Lin Lan will take you on the bicycle." Li Xiangyang said, lifting Yang Liying's tofu picker and the wooden bucket of tofu pudding on the cart, and the three of them walked out of the eucalyptus forest together.
Arriving at the door of Lin Lan's house, Yang Liying got out of the car and took down the tofu pick and bucket: "I'm going back first."
"Okay." Lin Lan pushed the bicycle into the yard.
When Xiaodouzi saw the two people coming back, he rushed forward happily: "Mom, Uncle Xiangyang, you are really back!"
Seeing her son who seemed to have grown taller after not seeing him for two days, Lin Lan smiled and picked him up: "Oh! My precious son, my mother can no longer hold him."
Xiaodouzi stood in front of Li Xiangyang and compared with him: "I want to grow to be as tall as Uncle Xiangyang."
Li Xiangyang rubbed his head: "Okay, Uncle Xiangyang took the dragon bones and big bones. After drinking more bone soup, he will be taller than Uncle Xiangyang."
Lin Yuezhen looked at Xiaodouzi with a smile, her heart full of longing.
After packing up the cart, Lin Lan said to Li Xiangyang: "You haven't been with Uncle Li for a few days, so I won't let you have dinner tonight. I asked Sister Yuezhen to make dumplings filled with celery and chives. You go back to accompany Uncle Li."
Let’s go eat dumplings.”
Li Xiangyang looked at her with a smile, nodded and said: "Make a bowl of dipping water for me to take away. The one I prepared is not as delicious as yours."
"Lazy man." Lin Lan smiled and glared at him, went to the kitchen to put the dumplings into the basket, mixed a bowl of water to put them in, and handed them to Li Xiangyang.
Xiaodouzi and Lin Lan walked him to the door together. When they saw him pedaling away, they held hands and returned to the yard.
Before Li Xiangyang reached the entrance of the alley with the dumplings, he saw Lao Li walking towards this direction with a bucket. He quickly stepped forward: "Old man, where are you going with a bucket?"
Lao Li put down the bucket and pointed at the crucian carp inside: "I'll send the fish to Lin Lan."
Li Xiangyang raised the basket: "Lin Lan said that I haven't eaten with you for a few days, so I made dumplings and asked me to bring them back to eat with you."
After hearing this, the wrinkles at the corners of Lao Li's eyes were like flowers: "Okay, I'll go back and cook the dumplings, and you can bring the fish to Lin Lan."
"Okay." Li Xiangyang gave the basket to Lao Li, carried the bucket and pedaled his bicycle back to Lin Lan's house, "The crucian carp is here."
Lin Lan came out after hearing the news and took the bucket from Li Xiangyang: "Where did you get the fish?"
"The old man caught it, let me bring it to you."
"Then go back quickly!"
"Um!"
Lin Lan waved his hand, sent Li Xiangyang away, and carried the fish into the kitchen: "If you don't eat it today, will you die tomorrow morning?"
"You will die!" Qiao Hui said with certainty.
Xiaodouzi also stepped forward and took a look: "Mom, put the small water well in it."
Lin Lan shook his head: "We can't raise them. We need to drink the water from the well."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi lost interest and went back to playing with his wooden gun.
Lin Lan thought for a moment: "Qiaohui went to mop the floor and pick up some coriander and green onions. When she comes back, let's make crucian carp soup and make the crucian carp with wolfberry aroma."
"Okay!" Qiaohui went to the vegetable field.
Lin Yuezhen took the scissors and kitchen knife to the well in the backyard and helped kill the fish together.
Lin Lan returned the cleaned crucian carp to the stove, put a little oil in the pot, put the fish in, and fried over low heat until both sides were golden brown. Remove the pot, boil the water, add the fish, add a little salt, green onion and ginger slices,
Simmer until the soup turns milky white, and the crucian carp soup is ready.
Lin Lan put the steamed dumplings in the steamer on a plate and brought it to the table. He also put a plate of pickled cowpeas and a plate of pickled radish.
Xiaodouzi took a few mouthfuls of crucian carp soup and said, "It tastes good. The crucian carp soup is so fresh!"
"Drink slowly and be careful of fish bones." Lin Lan warned him with a smile.
Xiaodouzi nodded, picked up a steamed dumpling, and ate it.
A few people drank the delicious crucian carp soup and ate all the steamed dumplings in the steamer.
After finishing the goods for the morning market the next day, Lin Lan recalled the decoration of the clothing store in the past, drew a pattern, and put it under the pillow to sleep.
The north wind blew all night, and the temperature dropped again the next day. Brother Wang Zhixue brought Lin Lan the list of ingredients Yang Liqun needed and asked her to weigh it and leave it for them to pick up at noon.
Lin Lan accepted the order, gave the goods to the two brothers, and returned to the house to see Xiaodouzi waking up.
"Son, it's very cold today. Mommy will give you a thick sweater and sweatpants."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi said, rubbing his eyes.
Lin Lan took out Lin Yuezhen's woolen hat made of a mixture of red and black wool, a set of thick sweaters, and woolen pants from the cabinet, and put them on him over his spring and autumn clothes, then put on a small jacket and hat.
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Xiaodouzi twisted a few times: "It's too thick, I can't move. Can you take off one piece?"
Lin Lan looked at Xiaodouzi, who was a little round in his clothes, and kissed him: "You can't take it off, you need injections if you catch a cold."
Xiaodouzi was afraid of injections and nodded: "Mom, the teacher said there will be winter vacation at the end of the month."
Lin Lan looked at Xiaodouzi who was squatting down to put on his shoes: "Do you want to go to grandma's house during the winter vacation?"
Xiaodouzi thought for a moment: "I'll go play for a few days and then come back."
"Okay, let's go out and wash your face and brush your teeth and eat."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi went to the kitchen.
Lin Yuezhen poured hot water for him, watched him go to the backyard to brush his teeth with a bamboo cup, made him milk, and started to set the meal.
Red potato porridge, boiled eggs, fried salted vegetables with oil residue, and fried bean sprouts.
Xiaodouzi washed his face, picked up the milk and drank it "gudong, gudong", wiped his mouth, and sat down at the small square table.
After several people had eaten, Xiaodouzi and Xiaokai went to school together, and Zhou Xiaohong also came to take away the goods.
Carpenter Li's brother came just after the goods were delivered. Lin Lan paid him the wages and materials for the miscellaneous goods in the east of the city: "Excuse me, Master Li. The containers over there are well made. I am very satisfied."
"As long as you are satisfied, that's good." Li Carpenter took it gratefully and took out the drawing Li Xiangyang gave him: "Xiao Lin, we have seen the drawing that Xiao Li brought that day. We can make the kind of counter in your drawing.
When do you plan to start?"
The brothers like to work for Lin Lan, unlike other employers who care about everything and still owe wages.
Lin Lan smiled and said: "We can start construction today. You calculate the materials first, and I will ask Xiang Yang to buy glass with you."
Carpenter Li nodded cheerfully: "I've already figured it out. Let's do it this way. Xiao Li hasn't come yet. Let's bring the tools over first and you take us to the shop. In the afternoon, we will go buy wood and glass with Xiao Li."
Lin Lan said: "Okay, you go back to the tools, I will wait for you at home."
These days, even buying wood requires a certificate. If you don’t have a certificate, you have to go to the black market to find someone to buy the wood.