Rebirth of the house of thieves

Strictly speaking, Zhang Yan was not to blame for this incident at all, but Wang Yue unreasonably asked Zhang Yan to cook him dinner every day for a week, and the dishes could not be repeated every night.

He originally thought that this would stump Zhang Yan—after all, Zhang Yan has only learned how to cook for a short time, but he didn't expect Zhang Yan to do it. Not only that, but also conquered his stomach.When he ate Lin Qiaoxiu's dishes, he faintly felt that they were inferior to Zhang Yan's.It can't be said that Lin Qiaoxiu's craftsmanship is inferior to Zhang Yan's. Lin Qiaoxiu's delicious dishes are more reflected in the heat, while Zhang Yan is very good at using various seasonings.These seasonings are not simply piled up, but cleverly combined, even a simple stir-fried vegetable can be delicious.

Zhang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally corrected the child's picky eaters.

When Zhang Yan's "punishment" was over and it was National Day, the school had a seven-day holiday.

Two days ago, the village had just finished farming. Thinking that Lin Qiaoxiu and Jiang Dapeng had been working hard during this time, when they passed by the vegetable market, they bought some ribs and took them home to supplement them.

Farming is a very hard job.The number of stone rollers and grain drying grounds in the village is limited, and people in the whole village can only use them in turn, and they must hurry up.If you don't even cut the rice to be milled by the time you use the stone roller, the villagers won't wait for you, you can only wait for the next round.On the other hand, farmers depend on the weather for their food. If the rice is not harvested and dried on sunny days, the loss will be huge if it rains.Therefore, when the farming season is busy, the farmers work very hard.

On the sun-drying field, the golden rice is spread out in pieces to dry, and the unique fragrance of the rice over the village lingers for a long time, attracting greedy sparrows, and also attracting hawkers who exchange oranges and apples.

"Change for oranges and apples, change for oranges and apples..." The high-pitched voice drove into the village accompanied by the rumble of the tractor.

This can also be regarded as a characteristic of the rice and wheat in the countryside after harvesting.Every year after the harvest of wheat or rice, hawkers buy a batch of oranges and apples and drive tractors to various villages to exchange for wheat or rice.Farmers are not willing to buy fruits with cash, but after a bumper harvest, they are almost willing to exchange wheat or rice for fruits.These peddlers took advantage of their mentality, exchanged apples and oranges for food, and then sold them in different places to make a difference.

The tractor stopped in the village, and the children playing outside heard the movement and ran home.

"Yueyue, Yan Yan, let's change some too. Do you like apples or oranges?" Lin Qiaoxiu asked while washing her hands after feeding the pig.

Zhang Yan didn't care, "Look and read."

Wang Yue said, "Let's change apples and oranges." He himself likes apples, but he knows that Jiang Dapeng likes oranges, and Lin Qiaoxiu prefers apples.

Lin Qiaoxiu weighed some millet on a scale and went out.

Wang Yue and Zhang Yan had nothing to do, so they followed.

The hawkers are a man and a woman, both in their early forties, they should be husband and wife.

There are many people around the tractor, including adults and children.Several adults were carrying snakeskin bags in their hands, and the snakeskin bags obviously contained grains.The quick-witted adult has already changed, and his children are holding the washed apples and gnawing big mouthfuls. The other children are very envious, and their eyes drift past them from time to time.This look made the adults in this family very proud, and even spoke louder than usual.There are also some adults watching with empty hands, and the children pester them to change, they are just perfunctory, and the children can only pout in disappointment.

Wang Yue took a look inside the tractor compartment, and saw that the apples and oranges were packed in transparent plastic bags, neatly arranged and tightly tied.There are two bags beside it that are opened.Apples are bright red, oranges are yellow and orange, and they all look good.

Seeing Lin Qiaoxiu bringing the two children over, the villagers were no longer surprised. They had already seen that Lin Qiaoxiu and Jiang Dapeng were sincere to the two children.

Lin Qiaoxiu asked the villagers who were eating apples and oranges how they tasted.

The villagers said yes, very sweet.

"How did you change it?" Lin Qiaoxiu casually picked up an apple and checked it, and then picked up an orange to look at it.

The female peddler smiled and said: "Sister, one catty of rice can be exchanged for one catty of two taels of apples or one catty of three taels of oranges. Exchange some for the children?"

Lin Qiaoxiu brought fifteen catties of rice, ten catties for apples, and five catties for oranges. She picked two big oranges for Wang Yue and Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan stuffed the orange in his hand to Lin Qiaoxiu, "Godmother, you should try it too."

Wang Yue quickly said: "Yan Yan and I share this one."

Lin Qiaoxiu smiled slightly, with warm brows, "Okay. We're going to eat soon, and you can eat more after the meal. You two are playing here, and I'll go back to cook."

Wang Mingjie came over on his bicycle and shouted from afar: "It's going to be an outdoor movie!"

Adults and children all surrounded him, asking for news.

"It's true, today it's released in Zhaojia Village, tomorrow it's our village's turn, and the nearby villages will take turns releasing them!" Wang Mingjie said excitedly.

The children let out a burst of cheers.

Wang Yue patted Zhang Yan's arm vigorously, motioning him to lower his head.

Zhang Yan is short in stature.

"You go back and get some rice, we can exchange some more apples and oranges." Wang Yue said in a low voice.

"What idea did you come up with?" Zhang Yan actually admired Wang Yue very much. Although the small businesses he did were very fragmented, the sum of money he earned was not a small sum for many people.

Wang Yue smiled and said nothing, pretending to be mysterious.

After Zhang Yan brought the rice, Wang Yue exchanged a total of twenty catties of apples and twenty catties of oranges.

Back home, Jiang Dapeng also curiously asked Wang Yue what he was doing in exchange for so many apples and oranges.Wang Yue just smiled and continued to keep it mysterious.

After lunch, he asked Zhang Yan to go to the town to buy melon seeds, white sugar, rock sugar, bamboo sticks, plastic drinking cups with lids and straws.Bamboo sticks, drink cups and straws are temporarily bought one hundred each.These things are cheap to buy from wholesale markets.

After buying the things, Lin Qiaoxiu suggested that she and Jiang Dapeng also come to help.

Wang Yue assigned tasks to everyone.Lin Qiaoxiu fried the melon seeds, Zhang Yan washed the apples, Jiang Dapeng boiled water to sterilize the bamboo sticks.After Zhang Yan washed the apples and Jiang Dapeng's task was completed, Wang Yue asked them to peel the apples and cut them into thin slices about one centimeter thick and one centimeter wide.He picked up some oranges in a small basket and peeled them.After finishing all these, he and Zhang Yan went home with apples and oranges.

Wang Yue first made candied haws.It was not difficult for him to make candied haws, which he learned from his grandmother in his previous life.Three slices of apples and four slices of oranges are crossed and strung together with bamboo sticks, put into the boiled sugar water and rolled.At first, Wang Yue's movements were still a little rusty.

After a few strings, you will become proficient, and the movements will become faster and faster. A total of [-] strings have been made.Today is the first day to do it, so it is not easy to do too much.The sugar water is stored in the refrigerator and can be used later.

"What are there so many apples left for?" Zhang Yan pointed at the basin.There are still some apples and a dozen petals of oranges left in the basin.

"Boil applesauce." Wang Yue replied.He can also make orange jam, but the orange jam has to be seeded, which is too troublesome, so he doesn't make it.

While he was making applesauce, Zhang Yan brought a pair of chopsticks, and the two of them ate the remaining oranges in the bowl.

After nearly an hour, a large pot of applesauce came out, and it smelled sweet.

Wang Yue asked Zhang Yan to carry the pot, and he took two bunches of candied haws, and the two returned to Lin Qiaoxiu.

Lin Qiaoxiu had already started frying the third pot of melon seeds, and Jiang Dapeng sat in front of the stove watching the fire while taking a handful of melon seeds and cracking them.

"Godfather, godmother, try my candied haws." Wang Yue showed off.The candied gourds are very successful, the color is bright, and it looks very attractive, no worse than the ones sold by others on the street in the past.

Lin Qiaoxiu took a look at the candied haws, and praised: "Yueyue, you did a really good job."

Jiang Dapeng nodded again and again, "It's really good. Yueyue, where did you learn this from?"

Wang Yue made an excuse casually, "I heard from a classmate of mine that his mother would do it. I tried it, and it's not difficult."

Lin Qiaoxiu and Jiang Dapeng had no doubts.

Lin Qiaoxiu took a bite of an orange and boasted, "It's good if it's too sweet, but if it's too sweet, it'll be a bit greasy."

She had already noticed the pot Zhang Yan was holding, "That's it?"

"This is the applesauce I made, and it will be frozen in the refrigerator for a while." Wang Yue explained, "When the time comes, fill the drink cups bought by Yan Yan with water, then smash the ice cubes into the water, and buy them as drinks."

Jiang Dapeng raised his thumb, "Yueyue's mind turns so fast!"

Wang Yue waved his hand and became humble again, "This is just an idea, I don't know if it can be sold yet."

Lin Qiaoxiu was more confident than them, "Sure! Do you want me and your godfather to help sell it?"

Wang Yue quickly said: "No, Yan Yan and I are children, so it's better to sell."

Zhang Yan smiled lightly.No wonder.Reading is obviously a process of enjoying making money.But he did not expose Wang Yue.In fact, he also thinks it is very interesting to make a little money by himself.

In the evening, the villagers had an early dinner by coincidence, brought benches, and walked towards Zhaojia Village in groups, talking and laughing.

go with.

Zhang Yan borrowed a tricycle and set off with Wang Yue.

In the tricycle compartment are a large bag of fried melon seeds, a handle tied with straw with [-] candied haws stuck on it, a bucket of clean well water, crushed ice in a foam box for ice cream popsicles, drink cups and straws.There are also two small benches.

When we arrived at Zhaojia Village, it was just dark.

By the moonlight, I could see a white screen erected on the spacious grain drying field from a distance, and the projector was also set up.Before the screening started, the sun-drying field was full of people, crowded and full of voices.

The entertainment activities of the villagers are simple, and there are fewer large-scale entertainment activities.To put it bluntly, except for the case where an old man invites an opera troupe to sing an opera when the old man dies, showing outdoor movies is almost the only major event in their lives.Therefore, at this time, there are many people present and it is quite lively.

The tricycle stopped at the edge of the grain drying field. Wang Yue tied a flashlight with a rope and hung it on the crossbar on the back of the tricycle, then turned on the flashlight.

The light immediately draws the attention of others.

Wang Yue yelled loudly, "Uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, just watching movies is so boring, hurry up and buy some fragrant melon seeds. Don't be afraid of getting thirsty or getting angry after eating melon seeds. We also have delicious applesauce drinks here And delicious candied haws. Hurry up and buy them, or they will be gone if it’s too late!”

Zhang Yan laughed silently at the side, and bowed his head to praise Wang Yue, "Yueyue, you are very talented as a hawker."

Wang Yue glared at him angrily, "I won't share any money with you!"

Zhang Yan immediately shut up.

It wasn't just Zhang Yan who laughed, everyone who heard the child's immature voice laughed.After a while, a large group of people ran over.