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Chapter 30
Chapter 30
At noon the next day after receiving the invitation, Du Yuejiao invited everyone to dinner at the old granary.
In addition to inviting all the educated youths this time, she also called Lu Dazhou, the village party secretary Lu Caigui and several village cadres.
Beforehand, she made a lot of noise, and said that this time, she would like to thank everyone for their help during the queue cut. Her sincere appearance made the villagers who were not invited drool out of greed.
But it turned out that although she was going to marry the director of the Revolutionary Committee, her meal was not like the director's fiancée, but like a distant poor relative of the director.
In a pot of sweet potato rice, you can hardly see the white rice. The key is that you don't even want to put sweet potatoes. As for the food, don't hold out hope, it's a real dish, all vegetables, and even a little pig is reluctant to buy it and invite everyone to eat it.
Thirteen educated youths plus a few cadres, a total of 20 people, such a small amount of food is not enough for ten people, and the food at the tea party is better than her.
Even though Du Yuejiao is about to get married now, Zhu Xia and the others don't have a good impression of Du Yuejiao after seducing her sister's partner before, but if they invite you to dinner, they won't eat it for nothing. Prepare meal tickets in advance.
But when they looked at the table of green food and exchanged glances silently, no one was reluctant to reach for their trouser pockets.
Jiang Yao came here this time just to walk off the scene, and did not intend to take advantage of it at all.
Lu Che now has a lot of side jobs, and he is willing to spend money on his daughter-in-law because of the increase in income. In addition, he has a bicycle, so he will go to the county town to get some meat, pig water, etc., and come back to add vegetables.
Before Jiang Yao went out, she ate a bowl full of braised pork trotters and white rice. Now her stomach was full, she had no interest in the green vegetables that had turned yellow because of the lack of oil.
Everyone ate in the same breath, and had to force a smile in the face of Du Yuejiao's "enthusiastic" hospitality.
Except for Jiang Yao, Zhao Pengfei couldn't eat these "pig-feeding dishes". He put down the tableware and whispered to Du Yuejia, "Don't eat this after eating, let's go back and make egg rice."
Although his voice was small, the sisters of the Du family who played the role of sisters in front of the leader tonight sat next to each other, and Du Yuejiao listened to Zhao Pengfei's words without saying a word.
She hated her teeth so much that even if this man lived up to her deep affection, now that she was about to get married, he couldn't even look at her.
She couldn't get angry, so she started to brag about his fiancé. Some people dismissed it, and some people were stunned.
After listening for a long time, Zhao Pengfei finally couldn't listen anymore. Of course, it was because he was too hungry and wanted to go back to make food. He stood up and said, "I was delayed by things in the morning. I have to go to work early, everyone eat slowly, Yuejia and I will go first."
With that said, he pulled Du Yuejia up and left the old granary in front of everyone's eyes.
With Zhao Pengfei taking the lead, the others began to leave one after another, under the pretext that they wanted to go back to take a nap, but in fact they wanted to go back to cook and eat. Tired in the morning, have to continue working in the afternoon, not to mention what to eat, have to be full before can continue.
Du Yuejiao hasn't finished showing off, but the audience is about to leave. She will definitely not obey. She has kept everyone back several times, but everyone insists on going back.
Of course Jiang Yao wouldn't stay either. He followed Zhu Xia and the others to leave, and went back to Lu's house alone after reaching the fork.
Although it was early autumn now, the sun was still fierce at one or two o'clock. Even though Jiang Yao was wearing a hat and a long-sleeved thin shirt, she still felt hot, and the speed of her feet couldn't help speeding up.
She walked a few steps when she heard footsteps approaching from behind, and it was getting faster and closer.
She couldn't help but turn her head and saw that it was Du Yuejiao. This menacing appearance is obviously not passing by, but finding fault with her.
Sure enough, Du Yuejiao walked up to her and said angrily, "Jiang Yao, you are married to a scumbag, what qualifications do you have to pretend to be with me? You didn't eat a single piece of my meal, this is what a second-rate child gives you every day. Eating meat makes you so crazy?"
"My family's Lu Che is not so good at making me eat meat every day, but I can eat meat and fish every day. I have never been short of cheap things like eggs and pigs. I don't eat your food, don't I just save you some?" Jiang Yao sneered.
"Save it?" Du Yuejiao seemed to have heard some big joke. She stuck her waist and said, "I am going to marry the director of the Revolutionary Committee. Do you need to save me?"
Jiang Yao raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and said sarcastically, "Then let me ask you, the wife of the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee. Everyone can't get enough to eat. Does the director of your Revolutionary Committee know? Doesn't he feel particularly ashamed?"
"You..." Du Yuejia stretched out her index finger and pointed at Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao glanced at her contemptuously, "What? Want to hit me? My scumbags know that I was invited out today by you. If there is something wrong with me, Who do you think he will settle accounts with? You should have heard that he is very ruthless. If your face is unreasonable, do you think the director will marry you?"
Du Yuejiao didn't dare, but she was still so angry that she gritted her teeth, "Jiang Yao, how long do you think you can be shy? If you are married to a mud leg, you will stay in the countryside for the rest of your life. I'm different, I'm going to go back to the city again. People in the city, and my man will give me a job in the city. Anyway, in the end, it's me who wins."
"Of course you won!" Jiang Yao rarely disagreed with Du Yuejiao. She was not used to it for a while, and after a long time of speech, she stabbed her neck and said with pride, "I will never be able to catch up with you in my future state. ."
"Of course I can't catch up with your realm." Jiang Yao emphasized the word "realm", which sounded very meaningful.
Du Yuejiao felt that something was wrong and asked, "You... what do you mean?"
"It's literally." Jiang Yao chuckled: "I heard that your director is about the same age as your father, at least in his forties. Although the city is more comfortable than the countryside, but given his age, it is estimated that he has two temples. White hair, wrinkled face, loose muscles. Also, he is in a high position, he must be eating well, and he must have a big belly. Such a greasy uncle, I ask myself, I really don't have a level like yours, can eat Down."
Speaking of which, Du Yuejiao was stupid if she couldn't hear her sarcasm anymore, but before she could refute, Jiang Yao said, "I'm a person... I'm really superficial. Everyone said that my parents' family was in good condition, and I would marry him. It's an upside-down post for Lu Che, but what about upside-down posts, who made my Lu Che look handsome and fit, and fascinated me so much."
"Did you know? I sleep with him at night, not to mention how good it feels... Forget it, I can't explain it to you. After all, you are going to sleep with a bunch of old and wrinkled things."
"Jiang Yao, you..." Du Yuejiao blushed with anger, unable to refute Jiang Yao, she could only scolded: "You are such a blatant woman, you have no shame."
"Where do I have no shame? You are so powerful. When you go to work in the afternoon, you go to the pile of women in the production team and say they have no shame."
After Jiang Yaoli finished speaking, she also reminded very "kindly": "I'm telling you as a married person, you have to be mentally prepared... It is difficult for your director to give you a perfect couple at this age. Happy life. But it's not all bad, at least you're very relaxed. Look at me, my family Lu Che is young, I often can't sleep enough, and I'm so tired! "
Seeing Du Yuejiao's blushing and white, white and red face, Jiang Yao turned around, and went home with a proud victorious attitude.
But she was startled as soon as she came to the corner, a big man was sticking against the wall.
"You...why are you...here?" Jiang Yao looked at Lu Che's half-smiling face, and her heart suddenly felt empty.
How long has this person been sitting here? Did he listen to what she said to Du Yuejiao?
It was not necessary for Jiang Yao to wonder for too long, Lu Che had already given a clear answer, he leaned into her ear and said, "Daughter-in-law, so you like the extreme happiness I give you so much... It turns out that you usually look disgusted, but you are duplicitous. "
His words were enough to make Jiang Yao blushed, and he deliberately blew in her ear, she suddenly felt as if her whole body was on fire, so embarrassed that she wanted to be burned to ashes and disappear in place.
This time, she showed her prestige in front of Du Yuejiao, but was seized by Lu Che. Jiang Yao was really worth the loss this time.
In the evening, she was really tired and wanted to sleep, but someone told her to be polite and say it boldly if she wanted to, but it took two toss to let her go.
On the day Du Yuejiao returned to the city, whether she was sincere or fake, many villagers and educated youth sent her to the entrance of the village.
But Jiang Yao didn't go, because it was a market day, she and Lu Chetian went out before dawn.
Now that the weather is getting colder, Jiang Yao did not make jelly to sell this time, but made almost a hundred tea eggs.
Of course, not all of these tea eggs are produced by themselves, because Lu Che is very willing to eat them for his family now. The eggs at home are consumed very quickly. Even if there is an egg subsidy for tractor repair sometimes, it is still not enough.
Most of these raw eggs were brought back by Lu Che from special channels.
In addition, Jiang Yao also made a hundred red bean snowskin mooncakes. As for vegetables, in addition to regular leafy vegetables, Lu Che also picked ten pounds of tomatoes.
"Daughter-in-law, are we still setting up a stall at the entrance of the theater today?" Lu Che asked with an ox cart in front of him.
"No." Jiang Yao said, "Let's go back to the market on the other side, and put it at the intersection near the machinery factory."
"The location over there is a bit remote, will the business not be so good?" Lu Che asked.
"No." Jiang Yao said, "Let's go there now, and we can catch up with the rush hour for workers in the machinery factory. Didn't you say that the machinery factory doesn't include breakfast? We can sell tea eggs and snowskin mooncakes as breakfast. Of course, If it can't be sold out by then, I'll go to the theater in the afternoon, when many people have sold out and go home, there must be vacancies."
"Okay, let's go to the machinery factory."
They went early, and no one grabbed the booth near the machinery factory. No one had any problem lining up today's goods.
When the stalls are sorted out, we will welcome the first batch of customers today.
Today's tea eggs are about the same size, and Jiang Yao sells them for three cents a piece. For a machine factory worker who earns 20 to 30 yuan a month, this is a small amount of money. Generally, those who have not eaten breakfast are willing to buy one or two fragrant tea eggs.
In addition to the machinery factory, the powder factory and the bamboo factory are also nearby. Although the benefits of their factories cannot make up for the machinery factory, they also have money in their hands, and three cents are willing to spend.
Tea eggs sold out quickly, but snow skin mooncakes were sold for eight cents a piece, which discouraged many people.
"Do you need to bring a snowskin mooncake? The red bean filling is very delicious." Lu Che packed two tea eggs for people, and persevered in selling snowskin mooncakes.
At first, some people refused, until an employee of a machinery factory found out that the snowskin mooncake was exactly the same as the one sent last time by the factory.
Of course Lu Che couldn't say that the goods were provided by him, he only said: "I don't know what kind of moon cakes your factory sends, but these kinds of moon cakes are very popular in the provincial capital recently. My daughter-in-law came from the provincial capital, and this moon cake is She did."
When Jiang Yao heard this, she hurriedly said, "I learned it from a dim sum chef in the provincial capital state-run restaurant, and the taste is definitely not worse than the one from your factory. If you like it, then bring two and give your children a taste. It's good to taste."
"Then I want five." The worker in the machinery factory said proudly, and he really wanted to buy them for his children.
"Okay, I'll pack it up for you right away." Jiang Yao hurriedly went to pack, and did not forget to sell her tomatoes, "Comrade, look at our tomatoes, we are also very beautiful, and people in the provincial capital also love to eat them now. "
The worker in the machinery factory looked at the bright red fruits, and thought that it was beautiful, but he had never tasted it. He was skeptical, "This is called tomato, is it really delicious?"
"It's really delicious." Jiang Yao handed the packaged mooncake to the worker in the machinery factory, and the next moment he took out the lunch box in the bamboo basket, opened it, and handed it to the worker, saying, "This is made of tomatoes. Tomato scrambled eggs, the taste is very sweet and sour, and children will definitely love it.”
This tomato scrambled egg was made by Jiang Yao this morning. It was not only her lunch with Lu Che, but also provided some for customers to try.
When the words fell, she took out another bowl and a spoon, spooned a spoonful of tomato scrambled eggs from the lunch box into the bowl, handed it to the co-worker, and said, "Try it."
"This... is not good." It's a tomato and an egg again, and it's not good if you eat it.
"It's okay." Jiang Yao said with a smile: "If you think it tastes good, you can consider buying it back. If you don't like it, don't buy it. You bought tea eggs and moon cakes with me, and this scrambled egg with tomato is considered as a gift from me. ."
Having said this, the co-workers were not polite, took the bowl and spoon and started eating.
Suddenly, the whole mouth is full of sweet and sour taste, the fried eggs are tender, and the slippery taste is irresistible. After taking the first bite, want to eat the second one.
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Yao asked with a smile, full of confidence.
"Delicious." The co-worker asked in surprise and joy, "How much is a pound of these tomatoes?"
"Two cents." Jiang Yao replied.
"What, one cent?" The co-worker's eyes widened in shock, and the other two or three customers in front of the stall were also surprised, and shouted: "One cent can buy two or two meat, and vegetables are two or three cents a pound. , you two cents, are you trying to steal money!"
Everyone's reaction was within Jiang Yao's expectations, she said calmly, "Look at my box of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, I use a pound of tomatoes and three eggs, and the total cost is 15 cents. If you use it to buy meat, at most three or two, you will need a meat ticket, and each family will be divided into a piece of meat thinner than paper, it is better to have a plate full of tomato scrambled eggs, everyone can eat to the fullest."
After Jiang Yao said this, this 2 cents of tomatoes suddenly became cheap.
The workers in the machinery factory tried the taste and thought it was delicious. They gritted their teeth and asked for a pound of tomatoes. Others followed suit, some bought it after trying it, and some were still reluctant to spend.
There were no customers in front of the stall until eight in the morning.
Seeing that no one was there, Lu Che immediately asked Jiang Yao, "Daughter-in-law, why are you so powerful that you can sell tomatoes for a tenth of a pound?"
Jiang Yao smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, I'm waiting for Director Fang to dance!"
Lu Che: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Yao: "Eight cents a catty of tomatoes is a sky-high price for Director Fang, who is used to vegetables at two cents or even lower. But today we sold tomatoes to the workers in the machinery factory for 12 cents. They passed it on from ten to ten, and when we sold it to Director Fang for eight points, he not only accepted it, but also thought it was very cheap."
After hearing this, Lu Che suddenly realized and gave Jiang Yao a thumbs up, "Daughter-in-law, you are so smart."
"I'm just a little clever." Jiang Yao was so modest that she didn't forget to praise her man, "You still have to grasp the overall situation. I don't think things are so thoughtful."
"Daughter-in-law, how can I be so capable as you say?" Lu Che, who was praised, scratched his hair shyly and said, "Daughter-in-law, as long as our husband and wife are of the same mind, the days will definitely be better."
Jiang Yao: "That's a must."
After the peak sales period in the morning, the employees who bought tomatoes went back to their respective factories to publicize, and the stall ushered in a peak flow of people at noon. By the afternoon two days, the tomatoes and moon cakes had been sold out, and there were not many vegetables and tea eggs left.
Lu Che went to the theater to take a look. There were already vacancies. He and Jiang Yao moved the stall over there. After two more hours of hard work, they closed the stall and went home.
Lu Che was in front of the bullock cart, and Jiang Yao was in the back to settle today's income, earning almost ten yuan.
Although it's not as hard as selling jelly, but this time it's not as hard as selling jelly, which is pretty good.
The next night, Jiang Yao asked Lu Che to go to a nearby fish pond to see if he could get a fish back.
In fact, this fish pond is the one she jumped into on the first day she passed through. The fish raised by the production team are not here, and no one takes care of them. Basically, there are only wild fish, and the ones that can be fished are very small. Occasionally with good luck, a big one will not exceed a pound.
Lu Che worked in the water for almost an hour, and only touched seven or eight small fish with the thickness of two fingers.
"Forget it, come up." Jiang Yao squatted by the river, and when he floated up, he said, "It's enough to have these little fish."
Lu Che: "Just these little ones, the soup is not sweet."
"I'm not making soup, so hurry up. It's windy, let's go home quickly, don't wait to catch a cold." She reached out to him.
He grabbed her hand and suddenly pulled her forward, only to push her back halfway.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Yao was confused by his actions.
Lu Che climbed up from the water and said, "I wanted to relive with you the feeling of hugging in the water that day, but now the weather is cold, and I'm afraid it will be cold to you."
"..." It's okay if he didn't say anything, Jiang Yao couldn't help but look at his current appearance. No one knows better than her how good the figure is hidden behind the wet clothes and how addicting it is to the hand.
The temperature on her face gradually rose, she glared at him, threw down the words "go back quickly", and ran first.
Lu Che looked at her frizzy appearance, it was really cute, he picked up the bucket and followed in a hurry.
The next day, Jiang Yao got up early, and Lu Che was going to Director Fang today to sell tomatoes.
In order to let Director Fang really feel the deliciousness of this tomato, she decided to make two dishes for him to try, one is the most common tomato scrambled eggs, and the other is tomato fish.
The fish of the tomato fish is the small fish that Lu Che caught last night. First, fry it in oil until both sides are golden brown, and then take it out for later use. Then pour the tomatoes into the pot and stir fry. When the tomatoes are juicy, pour the small fish in and cook for a few minutes before the pot is ready.
After Jiang Yao packed the two dishes, Lu Che took them and rode his bicycle to the machinery factory.
Lu Che is very confident in Jiang Yao's cooking skills. Director Fang is really satisfied after tasting it, saying, "I heard from a few workers yesterday that they bought tomatoes at the market and went home to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes. It tastes very good. , If we can eat it in our cafeteria, everyone will be very happy. How much can you serve with this tomato?"
Lu Che said: "About 30 pounds at a time, and the goods can be shipped once in four or five days."
"Thirty kilograms at a time, plus eggs, is enough for a meal in the cafeteria." Director Fang said, "How much is this one kilogram?"
Lu Che said, "Eight points."
When Director Fang heard it, it was one-third cheaper than what the co-workers said. It was not the first time he had cooperated with Lu Che. Knowing that he was sincere and did not negotiate the price, he said, "Then you will send 30 pounds over tomorrow. , I will see the response of the workers, if it is good, I will order it later."
"Okay, it will be delivered on time." Lu Che was already happy in his heart, but he could hold back his face. The director of the other party thanked him a lot before going home.
The next day, Lu Che got up at four in the morning to pick tomatoes. When Jiang Yao woke up, he had already delivered the tomatoes and gave her two yuan and four cents.
"That's great!" Jiang Yao put the money into the tin can and smiled contentedly, "Che Che, you are awesome!"
"It's you who's great." Lu Che said, "The idea is what you think, and I'll work hard."
"Without your connections, I wouldn't be able to sell tomatoes even if I had them." Jiang Yao said, "I'll go to the county seat by bicycle to buy some meat and come back to celebrate our successful shipment this time."
"No need." Lu Che said: "I went to the alley to buy half a catty of meat, and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy two big bones and a large piece of pork liver. Today we eat meat buns and bone pork liver porridge. Why? Sample?"
"Of course there's no problem." Jiang Yao complied with Big Brother Lu's request and said, "You have to eat when you come back from work."
When Lu Che got to work, Jiang Yao went to the kitchen to process the ingredients, but as soon as she got the pork, the fishy smell made her stomach roll, and the next moment, she couldn't help retching.
When Lu Qing walked into the kitchen and saw this scene, she blurted out and asked, "Yaoyao, are you pregnant?"
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