When I walked out of the newspaper office, it was not dark yet.
Cheng Tianyuan got off work a little later than her, and occasionally the fat boss Wang would ask him to delay for a while before leaving, so he told Xue Ling in advance to stay in the office for a while and not to come out to enjoy the cool breeze.
The weather is getting colder after the Mid-Autumn Festival, especially in the evening, when the cold wind blows, making people shiver a little!
Xue Ling felt a little cold and quickly ran.
Yesterday, I heard from Wang Qing that there was a shop selling beef on the street ahead. He said that the beef there was very fresh and delicious, and the food was not expensive.
She planned to go there and buy some meat and some beef bones to make soup.
When I was in the hospital a few days ago, the doctor said that taking anti-inflammatory drugs can easily hurt your stomach and make you hungry. Afterwards, you can eat some slightly fatty bone broth to supplement your nutrition and increase your calcium intake.
She knew the situation of the Cheng family well. In the past, she could only eat meat during the holidays, and Cheng Tianyuan's nutrition could never keep up.
So, she planned to buy some beef while she was waiting for him.
She turned into a small alley and soon reached the street by the front door.
At first she thought she had to search for it, but she soon smelled the smell of beef bone soup. She quickly followed the smell and ran forward. She saw a small plaque hanging on a small shop with the word "beef" crookedly written on it.
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There was a row of scarlet meat and a lot of beef bones in the store, and a fat boss was cutting the beef.
Xue Ling bought a piece of snowflake fat meat and four or five beef ribs.
Beef bones are very cheap, only 20 cents for five. If she were not afraid of buying too many and they would become stale, she would really want to buy a dozen of them at once!
It is a pity that refrigerators have not been popularized in this era. Even in the imperial capital, the concept of refrigerators has not been popularized yet.
Not only that, there were no plastic bags in this era, so shopping items were wrapped in oil paper and carried on a straw.
So, when Cheng Tianyuan came over on his bicycle, he saw the meat and bones in her hands at a glance.
"Where-did you buy it?"
Xue Ling smiled and replied: "On the street ahead."
When Cheng Tianyuan saw that what she bought was beef, he felt a little worried about the money, but thinking about how hard she worked, he immediately said: "I'll go back and fry it for you."
Xue Ling got on the back seat of the bicycle, and the young couple quickly returned to the rental house.
Cheng Tianyuan went into the kitchen to wash rice and cook, then wash vegetables and cut meat.
Xue Ling did not dare to waste time and went upstairs to continue translating.
Cheng Tianyuan was half busy when he heard shouting outside, so he opened the door and walked out - it was Ouyang Mei!
She was wearing a beautiful dress, her chubby face was ashen from the cold, and she was standing in the cool breeze, shivering.
When she saw Cheng Tianyuan coming out, she smiled in surprise, and then said aggrievedly and coquettishly: "Ayuan, it's so hard for me to find you!"
Cheng Tianyuan asked awkwardly: "Why are you here?"
There was a guest passing by, so he had no choice but to open the door and welcome her in.
Ouyang Mei pouted and said: "I came here to look for you in the morning, but no one answered after calling for a long time. I came here twice at noon, but you were not there."
Cheng Tianyuan took her into the kitchen and moved a stool for her.
"I have to go to work during the day, and my wife also has to go to work. She eats lunch at work, and I eat at the supply and marketing cooperative, and neither of them goes home."
Ouyang Mei curled her lips and asked, "Which direction is the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Cheng Tianyuan pointed outside and named several streets.
Ouyang Mei was confused when she heard this, and said with a bitter smile: "I don't know any of these. When you are free, I want you to take me to find a store to rent."
Cheng Tianyuan asked while washing vegetables: "What store are you looking for? What business do you plan to do?"
Ouyang Mei didn't sit down, but looked left and right and replied: "My brother said that a place with a lot of traffic will do. He wants to sell some daily groceries and small electrical appliances."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but ask: "Don't your brother come to see you? Didn't he do well in the south? Why did he come back suddenly?"
Ouyang Mei's eyes dodge and she turns her head.
"He...he said that business is difficult over there, and he thought it would be better to come back and reunite with me as the only sister here. My brother is already a grown man, and grandma always nags him to find a sister-in-law as soon as possible. You can't put off important events in life all the time.
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Cheng Tianyuan didn't have a good impression of Ouyang Xiang because Ouyang Xiang was "famous" in several nearby villages.
He has not studied since he was a child and likes to do some sneaky things.
His father and mother passed away when they were teenagers. The nearby villagers felt that they were pitiful brothers and sisters. Although they were very angry about his theft and wanted to beat him to death, it was not good to think that he was an orphan.
What to do to him? To avoid being scolded by the elders in the village, I can only swallow my anger.
Later, Ouyang Xiang became a veritable little hooligan. He was dragging his hands all day long and had eyes on the top of his head. He thought that no one would dare to offend him, so he even intensified his stealing and doing bad things.
I heard that he offended someone and later fled to the south. He changed his mind and started a business, and gradually made money.
My family built a two-story building and I heard they bought a four-wheel car. My grandma and sister brag about it to the neighbors every day, making the villagers jealous!
News spread quickly in the countryside, and the news that Ouyang Xiang went to the south to do business and make a lot of money quickly spread.
When people have money, they seem to have face, and no one mentions those trivial things in the past. Although they still know it in their hearts, they don't dare to say it anymore when they see that they are rich now.
Just because others don't say it doesn't mean they don't know.
Cheng Tianyuan was a man who was educated, and his parents were both upright and honest people. He was deeply influenced by this and disliked such people.
Therefore, he has never had a good impression of Ouyang Xiang.
Hearing Ouyang Mei's explanation, he was not interested at all, and said coldly: "It's not like you, a girl, can make the decision. You'd better wait until your brother comes back to find her."
Ouyang Mei was anxious and said quickly: "Don't we still have you? Ayuan, you have been in the county for so many years, so you must be familiar with this place. You can help me look for it. As long as you agree, I will make a decision immediately."
"No." Cheng Tianyuan washed the vegetables, put them in a bamboo basket, and said, "I don't know how to do business, so how can I give you advice?"
Ouyang Mei was secretly worried and curled her lips and asked, "Are you free tomorrow? Tomorrow is Sunday, and I heard from A Fang that you have rest on Sundays. How about you go shopping with me tomorrow?"
Cheng Tianyuan secretly scolded his silly girl and nodded lightly: "Okay, but my wife will be busy tomorrow. I have to come back and cook for her three meals a day."
He had planned to take her out for a ride tomorrow to deal with her, so as not to appear too heartless as a fellow countryman.
As for what she was going to do and what her plans were, he didn't want to get involved. After all, Ouyang Xiang was by no means an easy person to deal with.
Ouyang Mei saw him washing his hands and cutting meat, and couldn't help asking with a sour tone: "You still have to help your wife cook three meals?"