As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard the cry of my son Xiao Ranran.
Cheng Tianyuan instinctively quickened his pace, pushed open the door and entered his parents' suite opposite.
I saw Mother Xue holding Xiao Ranran and coaxing her, comforting her: "Don't cry, don't cry! It's cold and windy in the evening, so we won't go out today. You can't go out alone, it's too unsafe."
Xiao Ranran shed tears and cried.
Father Xue, Uncle San, and Cheng Muhai were all sitting in the living room, looking at the animal world. They were all fascinated, and their voices were turned up very loud.
Xiao Ranran saw her father and quickly opened her arms to him.
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and came forward and asked: "What's wrong? Why are you crying? Are you disobedient? Mom, I'll do it. Don't hold him for too long, otherwise your hands will get sore."
Mother Xue smiled helplessly: "I originally promised him that I would take him to the riverside to play with stones in the evening, but for some reason, the wind started blowing outside just now, and it seemed to be getting colder. Look, there are more and more black clouds in the sky.
It might rain again soon. How dare you take him to the river in such weather?"
"That's definitely not possible." Cheng Tianyuan glanced at the little guy angrily and said, "It's very dangerous to go to the riverside when the wind blows. The north wind is so cold that your face will hurt and your hands will hurt. Also, next time
If it rains, it's easy to slip when you go to the riverside. You have to obey grandma. If you don't, dad and mom will be angry."
Xiao Ranran has already started to have her own little idea, muttering: "I want to go."
"No." Cheng Tianyuan said solemnly: "You can go if you want to. You are not allowed to cheat, and you are not allowed to cry."
Xiao Ranran intuitively felt that her father was angry, and said in a low voice: "I want to go out... I haven't gone out yet today..."
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a while, looked at the three old people who were fans of TV, and snickered unconsciously.
The old man who had just installed the TV antenna and had not seen TV for several days suddenly became fascinated again.
Cheng Tianyuan rubbed his head and said, "Dad will take you to wipe your tears, put on an extra coat, and then dad will take you out."
"Where are you going?" Xiao Ranran became excited and asked in surprise: "Are you playing with rocks?"
"No." Cheng Tianyuan lowered his voice: "Let's go to the urban market to buy meat and come back to feed grandpa and the others."
Xiao Ranran felt a little disappointed at first that there were no pebbles to play with. But thinking that she could still go out and ride in the car, she immediately agreed.
At this time, Liu Ying came out holding little Yangyang, holding a wet diaper in her hand.
"Ayuan, are you back?"
Cheng Tianyuan nodded and said: "Mom, Xiao Ranran and I went out to buy some meat to eat."
Liu Ying asked in confusion: "Didn't you buy some beef this morning? Why do you still buy it? Can you finish it?"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and explained: "Save the meat for braised pork tomorrow. Mom, go to the kitchen and boil the bone soup, wash two vegetables, and add some radish and cabbage. It's cold, so I'll buy some fresh meat. In the evening
Let’s eat hot pot.”
"Hot pot?" Liu Ying was very happy to hear it and said, "The weather is cold. Once the food is put on the table, it gets cold very quickly, and it doesn't taste good when you eat it. Okay, let's go buy hot pot meat."
Cheng Tianyuan took him downstairs, carried him into the car, and then put him behind.
"You can't crawl around, just watch the scenery outside the window."
Xiao Ranran was already excited to go out and play. She stood by the car window and looked at the street scene outside the window, feeling very happy.
Cheng Tianyuan drove the car very slowly and explained: "If you go to the market at this time, there will definitely be no people. But my father knows a small shop, a shop that specializes in selling beef. Their business is very good, and they occasionally sell half a cow a day.
There is one way to sell fresh beef, another way to sell meatballs, and some dried beef.”
Xiao Ranran didn't quite understand and asked: "Dried beef?"
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan explained: "The beef in that store is a little cheaper than the market, but it is already attractive enough. In addition, his meat is very good at selling. When the fresh meat comes, he picks out the good ones and hangs them up for sale.
The harder meat is cut into small pieces and chopped into meat sauce to make beef balls. Some of the beef bones are boiled into soup, and some are dried and sold to some noodle shops. If the fresh meat cannot be sold out, some are made into beef balls.
Some of it is cooked and dried in the sun to make beef jerky. The beef jerky is very hard and fragrant, but it takes a lot of effort. You definitely can't bite it."
Xiao Ranran giggled and said: "I can! I can!"
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure? Dad is telling you this mainly to tell you that people are very good at doing business, so the business is very good."
Xiao Ranran was not interested in hearing any business information at all and turned her head to look at other things.
Cheng Tianyuan continued while driving: "By the way, your mother discovered this store. It's near the newspaper office where she used to work, and it's also very close to our store."
"Oh!" Xiao Ranran exclaimed: "Dad! Big car! Big car!"
Cheng Tianyuan glanced at it and smiled when he saw it was a large Oriental truck.
"Xiao Ranran, look at it, what color is that car?"
"Blue." The little guy responded.
Cheng Tianyuan nodded, made a turn, and soon arrived at the door of the newspaper office.
Today is not the weekend. The newspaper office is crowded and the lights are bright.
Cheng Tianyuan glanced at it and went around to buy beef.
Thinking of the many elderly people in his family, Cheng Tianyuan bought some soft meat and also bought a piece of the most expensive snowflake meat.
"Boss, are you free? Help me cut it. Your knife is good and can cut slices. My knife is dull and the cut is too thick."
The boss smiled and said: "Since we don't have many customers, I'll cut it for you."
Cheng Tianyuan looked around and saw some bright red meatballs on the table. He couldn't help but ask: "Did you make these? Are they not cooked yet?"
"Not yet." The boss explained: "There were many customers earlier, so I didn't have time to cook them. Actually, after the beef balls are cooked, the soup tastes very delicious."
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a while and bought twenty pills.
When the boss saw that he bought more, he started cutting more hard.
Xiao Ranran was very curious, looking at this, looking at that, and kept asking questions.
Cheng Tianyuan picked him up so that he could see more things, and then answered patiently.
The boss looked at Xiao Ranran's cuteness and teased him a few words.
Cheng Tianyuan saw a large plate of beef jerky drying in the corner outside the store, and quickly took his son to see it.
At this time, a slovenly fat woman walked into the store and asked: "Boss, do you have old beef bones for sale?"
"Yes, old pork ribs, the best!" The boss took a big piece, threw it on the counter, and said, "It's just a dime, no need to bargain."
The fat woman muttered dissatisfiedly, threw away a piece of paper, and walked back with a large row of beef bones.
Cheng Tianyuan squinted at her back and couldn't help but frown: "Boss, does this woman live near here?"
"It's not that far, it's just over there at the old house at the back." The boss pouted disdainfully and said, "The woman at home is ugly and lazy, and her life is hard. But she loves to eat meat every day, but she can't afford it, so she can only eat it every now and then.
Come to my place and buy some bones to satisfy your craving."
Cheng Tianyuan lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Mei was so fat and slovenly that if he hadn't known her, he would have thought she was a fifty-year-old aunt.
Alas... some people can make their lives worse and worse.