After being abandoned by the educated youth, I became rich in the 80s

"And uncle, I want to ask you something."

After solving the child's problem, Lan Xin spoke again.

Hearing this, Uncle Lan frowned and put down the pipe in his hand. He looked at Lan Xin and spoke seriously.

"If you have anything else, just tell me. My family will help you if they can."

Lan Xin waved her hands quickly, "No, no, uncle, I just want to ask if the county has issued any notice that the Sanqing Mountain behind our mountain will be turned into a scenic spot."

Hearing that it was not Lan Xin who had difficulties but was asking about Sanqing Mountain, Uncle Lan was a little confused but still shook his head.

"The specific policy has not been released yet, but there are rumors that some kind of scenic area will be built."

"Why are you asking this? What does the scenic spot have to do with us?"

Lan Xin smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, which county and village does Sanqing Mountain belong to? Do we have a share?"

Lan Xin was calculating in her mind. If she had money, of course she would buy a house and land. Putting the money in the bank and earning interest was the least safe. If she didn't buy now while prices were low, when would she wait?

And since I know the future development of Sanqing Mountain, of course I have to get involved and buy some land for my retirement.

Uncle Lan didn't know what Lan Xin was planning. He took two puffs of his cigarette and said, "Sanqing Mountain is huge, and it borders the city next door. The land is directly under the city's control, and our back mountain is just a small section."

Lan Xin was quite disappointed by Uncle Lan's words, but when she heard the latter part, her eyes couldn't help but light up and she hurriedly asked further questions.

"Uncle, where is this section? Hey, do you have a map of our Lanjia Village? I can see which piece of land belongs to our village."

"There's a map in the office."

Uncle Lan had no idea what Lan Xin was trying to do with all this moving around.

When she heard that there was a map, Lan Xin wanted to drag Uncle Lan to the office to take a look, but as it was getting dark, she had to give up.

Tell yourself to be patient and go to the office early tomorrow morning to confirm him.

"Okay, uncle, I'll go to your office to see you tomorrow morning. It's time for lunch, so I'll go back first."

"Why go back? Let your sister-in-law Youde cook for you three mothers, and have dinner at my house tonight." Uncle Lan tried to persuade them to stay, and then he shouted loudly to his daughter-in-law who had finished cooking.

"Youde family, Youde family, prepare meals for Lanxin and the other two."

Hearing the call, Sister Youde, who was cooking, quickly wiped her apron and walked over from the kitchen, responding crisply.

"okay."

Lan Xin quickly refused: "Sister-in-law, no need! Uncle, my parents have cooked for the three of us. If we don't eat it, it will go bad if we leave it there."

"It's just now, how come you've already cooked?" Uncle Lan obviously didn't believe Lan Xin's excuse and thought she was just lying to him.

"Really, uncle. When I came back, I asked my sister-in-law to cook the meal. She said we would go back and eat after delivering the meat. Now the whole family is probably waiting for us to eat." Lan Xin said sincerely.

"How much food can you three have? Let Lan Qing and the other grown men just take a few more bites and they'll finish it." Uncle Lan was very hospitable and didn't want to let Lan Xin and the others go, so he said in a bad temper.

Lan Xin couldn't help but laugh and said, "It really can't be done, uncle. We'll eat at your place next time when we're free."

Uncle Lan tried to persuade Lan Xin and her son to stay again but failed.

On the way back, Yingying and Yueyue were obviously very happy. One of them held Lanxin's hand, and her arm swayed higher and higher like a swing. Her feet were not steady and she kept jumping up and down.

While secretly happy, he asked worriedly.

"Mom, can we really share your last name from now on?"

"Really? Would you like to have the same surname as mine, Lan?" Lan Xin waved her hands following their movements, trying to keep her steps steady, otherwise she would be led into a trap by the two of them.

"happy!"

Yueyue's voice was the loudest, her eyes smiling and reflecting the crescent moon that had just appeared, so watery.

Yingying also said loudly, "I really like having the same last name as my mother."

"Okay, from now on we have the same surname, Lan." Lan Xin said happily.

We walked all the way back to Lao Lan's house and found that the food was already ready, just waiting for Lan Xin and the others to come back.

Old Lan's family had two pig's trotters. Originally, Old Lady Lan wanted to put one in the well to eat tomorrow, but the weather was too hot and the meat was no longer fresh after being left for half a day. She didn't dare to keep it and instead stewed it with soybeans.

She also bought about seven or eight pounds of pork, half of which was braised pork, and the other half was cut into slices and stir-fried with chili peppers. Lan Xin also bought a few ribs and made steamed ribs with rice flour.

Before we even reached Lao Lan's house, we could already smell the rich aroma of meat wafting around the house. The neighbors didn't even need any vegetables for dinner, and could finish two bowls of rice with just the smell.

This table full of meat was enough to satisfy the Lan family's hunger.

I was reluctant to rinse my mouth after dinner because I wanted the delicious taste of meat to stay in my mouth longer.

After dinner, Lan Xin did not stay at Lao Lan's house for long. After cleaning up the dishes, she took the two children home. She still had work to do tonight.

As soon as she got home, Lan Xin walked to the kitchen and turned on the faucet to rinse her hands. The tap water that flowed out of the water pipes after being exposed to the scorching sun all day was still warm at night.

After washing her hands, Lan Xin began to look for a wooden basin to wash the ten kilograms of pork fat she bought in the afternoon.

The meat we eat these days is all pork fat, and peanut oil is still a precious thing. However, it is sold in department stores in the provincial capital. Lan Xin bought a bottle of peanut oil, but she also bought some lard for cooking.

Under the dim light, Lan Xin rubbed the lard several times, tore off the thin film on it, and cut it into small pieces.

After cutting the ten pounds of pork fat, Lan Xin's hands were sore. She looked at the knife and thought it was because the knife was too heavy. The small knife actually weighed three or four pounds.

This is weight training.

Stand the heavy kitchen knife upright and tap it lightly against the wooden chopping board that has been used for years. The sharp corner of the knife will dig into the chopping board and the whole knife will stand upright.

Lan Xin took out a pack of newly bought matches, grabbed a handful of hay, stuffed some firewood into the stove, and then lit the hay and burned it in the stove.

Then I started praying, hoping that the firewood would be lit this time.

You have to know that she had to repeat the action four or five times over the past few days before she could successfully light the stove, which is why her matches were used up so quickly.

Fortunately, this prayer was successful and the firewood burned in one go.

Lan Xin quickly rinsed the pot and put it on, added water, onion, ginger, garlic and lard, blanched the lard in water, removed the foam, and washed it before refining the oil.

Few people would perform this operation now. After all, firewood costs money and lard is a waste. It would be useless to just refine the oil directly.

Lan Xin felt that after being rinsed in water, the lard would taste less fishy and more fragrant.

If you are going to do it, do it to the best of your ability!