When the three of them started to have breakfast, Xia Zekai was busy packing things.
I prepared another set of clothes for Yatou and Tongtong to change into, first put them into a clean plastic bag, and then put them into the backpack.
Outdoor sun protection clothing, sunscreen oil, their own moisturizing oil, combs, and a lot of other odds and ends, no matter whether they are needed or not, nothing is missing.
Before Luo Xiyun finished eating, he started shouting: "Zekai, please put on my apron, or else you will get all oil and food all over your body."
"I got it, stop worrying so much and eat your food quickly!" Xia Zekai began to take the packed things to the car downstairs.
After waiting for the three of them to eat and change into clothes for going out, Xia Zekai drove them directly out of the community. He first went to the farmer's market that specializes in barbecue equipment rentals to get a stove and filled it with a bag of fruit charcoal.
, I then went to the "Jinluo Cold Fresh Meat" specialty store next door and bought some plum meat with a skewer for 50 yuan, and also bought some other matching things such as pork skin, fish tofu and so on.
Various seasonings.
After finishing all this work, Xia Zekai returned it to his wife and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you see that these two families work together really well?"
"One rents a stove and the other sells meat skewers. Meat that costs 8 or 9 yuan per pound can be sold to you for 15 yuan. It takes a little effort, but the added value is high. This is a master." Xia Zekai said.
Luo Xiyun gave him a look and said, "Why bother you? Why don't we just buy some meat and wear it at home?"
"Besides, how do you know we're not a family? What's wrong with you?"
Xia Zekai chuckled and said, "I pay dozens of dollars a minute, so I don't have enough free time. It's not enough to waste time."
After getting in the car, Xia Zekai drove straight to the Yellow River in Q County.
The distance was not close, and there was no direct expressway. It took me nearly 2 hours of driving on the lower road to get to the place.
In late April, the willow branches are weeping, swaying in the wind, the cool breeze is blowing, and the yellow mud soup is rolling in the river. This is a scene on the edge of the Yellow River.
"It's so beautiful!" the girl said.
Tongtong ran away happily. She always remembered her mother's words and would never go to the water's edge.
Xia Zekai was busy cleaning up the cushions, stove, and barbecue. Seeing his two daughters having fun again, he didn't dare to put his 'trust' in them.
The Yellow River next to you will not reason with you. If you don't pay attention, you will lose sight of it if it rolls down.
"Xiyun, stop working so hard and go watch them. I can just do it myself." Xia Zekai told her.
Luo Xiyun didn't show any pretense and hurried over.
Xia Zekai found a place with stone piers, laid the floor mat, set up the stove, lit fruit charcoal, and started tinkering.
While giving instructions, he shook his head and looked at the three girls playing and having fun not far away, and said with a smile: "Tsk, tsk, this is how people live, what was that before?"
…
Next to her, the girl had been standing more than one meter away from the river embankment. She kept saying "so beautiful" while looking at the rolling water of the Yellow River. Luo Xiyun thought about it, the boss's aesthetic sense is unusual.
"Girl, come here quickly, let's play a game!" Luo Xiyun said.
When the girl heard "playing games", she was happy and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, what game are you playing, mom?"
Tongtong was also excited and moved to stand next to her mother. She couldn't wait.
Luo Xiyun thought for a while and said, "Let's play the game of eagle catching chicks!"
The girl wants to be an eagle, but Tongtong, a tiger girl, is too domineering, which means that her sister can't beat her, so why should her sister be an eagle, and she has to be a chicken? She doesn't agree.
Luo Xiyun is so capable. She said: "I will be the eagle and you two will be the chicken..."
There was no comparison, and Tongtong didn't care anymore. Luo Xiyun deliberately slowed down a few beats, always failing to catch up with the two hiding sisters at the most critical moment, and having a great time.
Cheerful laughter came, and Xia Zekai felt even more satisfied after hearing it.
Xia Zekai worked here for another half an hour, and the first batch of barbecue came out. He put all the seasonings on a small plate as big as a palm, and did not dare to sprinkle it on the barbecue.
The steaming barbecue was put on the plate, and Xia Zekai shouted: "Stop playing, wash your hands and come over to eat meat."
Tongtong was the most sensitive to this. As soon as she heard that there was meat to eat, she stopped playing and immediately ran over with her fat butt twisted: "Dad, where is the meat?"
Xia Zekai glanced at her dirty little hands and asked her, "Have you washed your hands?"
"Ah..." Tongtong pronounced three and four cadences of one word, successfully making Xia Zekai laugh.
After Luo Xiyun helped the girl wash her hands, she rushed over like a foal, picked up a meat skewer from the plate and started eating.
While eating, he nodded: "It's delicious, it's delicious!"
"Dad, it's so delicious. I like you." The girl's liking is worth a barbecue.
When Tongtong saw that her sister had eaten all the food, she felt anxious and ran to her mother again: "Mom, please wash your hands quickly, I can't let my sister snatch everything."
The girl seems to eat a lot, but the fact is that her appetite is more than double that of her sister.
Luo Xiyun also came over, picked up a grilled meat skewer, put it to his mouth, bit off the front piece of meat, and tasted: "Zekai, it doesn't taste good. It has no salt or cumin flavor."
"Here, the seasonings are all on the small plate on the floor. You can eat whatever you want and dip it yourself. I'm afraid if you sprinkle too much, they won't be able to eat it. I'll sprinkle the seasonings on later." Xia Zekai said.
The first batch is for the two girls.
Luo Xiyun didn't care. She squatted down and sat on the mat on the ground. She looked at Xia Zekai who was busy grilling meat, with an obvious sweet smile on her face.
She said: "Zekai, let me ask you something."
"You said you didn't see me busy." Xia Zekai turned the roaster from time to time to let the barbecue on the stove heat evenly.
"Why do I feel that you are different now than before? You wouldn't spend so much time playing with us before." Luo Xiyun wondered.
She thought about this question more than once.
Xia Zekai thought that women's senses are really sensitive, but he would not say this: "Just thinking, I don't have to go to work from nine to five now. With so much time, what do you think I can think about?"
"
Luo Xiyun thought it was right and stopped asking further questions.
The family was enjoying the breeze and eating barbecue on the bank of the Yellow River, which left a special feeling in their hearts.
…
On weekend evenings, the number of people at Qicheng Railway Station is no less than usual.
At this time, there was a wave of people walking out at the exit of the train station.
Some people were carrying bulging snakeskin bags, others were dragging various suitcases, and some were carrying backpacks and listening to music with white headphones in their ears. All kinds of people.
All.
This includes Zhao Ting, who drove from Jincheng to Qicheng.
He came here to join his sister this time, and then find another job. He previously worked in machining in Jincheng, but now he doesn't even want to continue it. He works two shifts and stays up all night. Not only is he tired, but he doesn't make any money.
