It cost 3 yuan in total.

"Lu An, I have been eating wontons for more than ten years, and I have never thought that wontons have tasted as good as they do today. They are so delicious."

When the wontons were served on the table, Wei Fangyuan couldn't wait to drink the hot soup, then popped a wonton into his mouth with a satisfied look on his face.

Lu An hummed a few times, and there was no time to talk nonsense with her. Damn it, she was about to faint from the fragrant wontons.

After filling his stomach, Wei Fangyuan followed Lu An to the tailor shop and found that the shop door was closed today.

Then the two of them went to the town without stopping. Unfortunately, they were on holiday after taking exams yesterday.

Standing at the school gate, Wei Fangyuan asked: "Where should we go next? Go back?"

Lu An turned around and walked back: "I'm going to buy some meat, and I have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. Your feet are so tired, why don't you go to Shimen Station and wait for me?"

Wei Fangyuan said: "No, I'll go with you, and I'll also buy some gifts for my parents."

After spending a lot of time, I chopped 2 pounds of beef and 3 pounds of pork. I also bought two pairs of ladies' leather boots with velvet and two pairs of leather gloves.

Finally, I bought two colorful scarves.

In such a cold weather, he originally wanted to buy some more charcoal for the winter, but after taking a look at Fa Xiaoba on his side, he gave up. The way back was full of mountainous roads, and he might even have to support her.

Qianzhen is 12 miles away from the reservoir. The two of them stepped hard and lightly on the snow, making a crunching sound.

It took almost 2 hours to get home.

When he came to the crossroads, Wei Fangyuan felt like he was surviving a disaster, and the girl's heart was so full that she turned around in circles:

"Wow. It's not easy. It's finally here. Lu An, thank you."

Lu An gave her the schoolbag: "Oh, don't thank me anymore. You have thanked me countless times in the past ten years. My ears can feel calluses."

Wei Fangyuan stuck out her tongue cutely, took her schoolbag and left.

It's already past 5 o'clock in the evening, it's dinner time, and Lu An can smell at least 6 different kinds of food aromas while standing at the intersection.

There was a little straw dog in the canteen that ran out of the house to attack him, but was scared out of his wits when he hit him with a stone. He suddenly shrank back, and with a "clang" sound, the dog's head even hit the door panel.

All of a sudden, the little grass dog whined and whined non-stop...

Grandma is such a badass! She hasn’t been back for two months, and even the dog feels like she’s easy to bully.

Lu An entered the main room and saw no one.

Instead, the kitchen inside was illuminated red by the stove fire, and the sound of a vegetable shovel could be heard.

Probably hearing the noise outside, Song Jia held a vegetable shovel in one hand and a pot lid in the other and poked her head out. She was very surprised to see Lu An standing alone in the middle of the room:

"Brother, brother, you are back."

Lu An put the things on the ground and looked up at her. Thinking of what Sister Qingchi said two days ago, she felt a little uncomfortable:

"You are cooking again today, and eldest sister is not at home?"

Song Jia stared straight at the contents of the sack and asked happily: "Brother, did you buy me shoes?"

"Yes, I bought them. You and eldest sister each have a pair. I also bought gloves and scarves. It's too cold today, so I thought you might use them."

As he spoke, Lu An took things out of the sack one by one.

Song Jia looked left and right, holding it in her hand and making gestures with a smile on her face.

He asked: "Do you like it?"

Song Jia wrapped the colorful scarf around her neck once and again. When she was done, she couldn't help but said, "It looks good, it looks good. Brother, you have really good taste."

She was satisfied with the scarf, the gloves, and the velvet boots captured Song Jia's heart. After caressing her lovingly, she belatedly remembered what her second brother had just asked:

"Sister went to my aunt's house to help. My aunt sold a new brick kiln this month and plans to start a red brick business."

Brick kiln red brick business?

Oops, he had forgotten about it even if his sister didn't mention it. Didn't the eldest aunt and the second aunt later become rich because of this business?

After trying hard to remember, but unable to recall too many details, Lu An asked: "How long have you been away, eldest sister? Are you still back for dinner?"

Song Jia told: "Sister went there in the morning and said she wouldn't be back for dinner, so she asked me to cook it myself."

Luan went into the kitchen, "What did you cook?"

Song Jia followed up: "Brother, I'm frying tofu."

Lu An looked into the pot and immediately frowned: "Is this the only dish?"

Song Jia looked at him strangely: "I'm the only one eating, how many more dishes are needed?

Our family doesn’t have a lot of money, so how can we lay out a table of food like those landlords on TV?”

Lu An secretly thought that he was confused. His younger sister was stingier than her eldest sister. How could she eat well at home alone?

Without saying a word, he walked to the main room and brought the pork in. Then he raised the knife and cut into a pound, rinsed both sides with water and then ordered:

"Go and prepare a handful of garlic sprouts and red pepper seeds. I'll show you my skills today."

Song Jia couldn't help but be greedy when she saw the meat. She wanted to say, "Brother, let's eat it after the eldest sister comes back." But after receiving the unquestionable look in her second brother's eyes, she hurriedly put down the vegetable shovel and ran to work in the backyard.

"Brother, I heard from my eldest sister that you can make money by painting. Is it true?"

Across the threshold, Song Jia asked.

"Um."

Song Jia lowered her voice, "Is there really that many 60,000?"

"Um."

Seeing her exaggerated expression, Lu An smiled, and then asked with a straight face: "I give you 20 yuan a month for living expenses, why don't you use it?"

Knowing that the answer to this question was not good, and that the second brother might attack him, Song Jia rolled her eyes and said:

"Jingjing's father is not a butcher. He delivers vegetables to her every day. Jingjing often gives half of it to me, so I don't have to buy vegetables."

Lu An believed half of this.

Yan Jingjing is indeed close to her sister, and she is indeed a very generous person.

But he didn't believe it if Butcher Yan delivered vegetables every day.

In addition to being a butcher, Butcher Yan is also a bad card player. He often cannot tell the difference between east, west, north and south when sitting at the card table. How could he be thinking about his daughter all the time?

Lu An didn't care about the past, but casually took out the 1,000 yuan he had prepared from his pocket and gave it to her: "This is the tuition and fees for the next semester. You can use the extra for pocket money."

Remember to buy more food, eat better, and wear better clothes. Our family is not short of money now, so don’t save it for me, do you understand?"

The first time she saw so much money, Song Jia's eyes immediately widened, but she didn't pick it up:

"Brother, we don't need so much, 5"

"Why are you blabbering with me? Now I have to sell a painting for 20,000 yuan, and there is still less than that." Lu An deliberately tried to bluff her face and stuffed the money into her pocket.

Song Jia was still frightened: "Brother, this is 1,000 yuan, a lot of money."

Lu An turned around and gave her a slap on the head, pretending to be a brother: "What's wrong with 1,000? Is it a lot?"

You keep this money yourself, what can a girl do if she doesn’t have any private money?

Later I will give eldest sister 40,000 yuan."

Song Jia put her hand into her pocket and held the wad of money. Sure enough, she was immediately led astray: "40,000? That much?"

Lu An waved his hand and said very arrogantly: "I said it's not bad money, 40,000 is nothing.

When Brother Ming comes back and gives you the entire 400,000 yuan, I'm sure you will be deceived."

Song Jia put the washed garlic sprouts on the chopping board and reminded her with a smile: "Brother, you said dirty words."

Lu An scratched his head: "Really? This is Mandarin. People in the capital like to add "" at the end."

The dinner was very sumptuous, including meat, tofu, and diced radish. The brother and sister had their mouths full of oil.

"Brother, I want to go back to No. 1 Middle School in Kaolong."

In the middle of the meal, Song Jia said this.

Lu An wanted to ask her why she didn't go to Baoqing, but thinking of her tense relationship with the Meng family, she immediately changed her tune:

"Longhui No. 1 Middle School is good, very good. I heard that two students from Tsinghua and Peking University are recommended every year. You have to work hard and strive to get this quota in the future."

"Yes, I think so too."

Song Jia started to be a top student this semester. She ranked first in her age group in all four exams, and now she is obsessed with herself.

Then she added: "Jingjing is also going to No. 1 Middle School."

Lu An asked casually: "Are Jingjing's grades good enough? Your school can take up to 10 exams a year, right?"

Song Jia blinked: "It's not enough. Her grades are only good enough for the second middle school, but her family has enough money."

Lu An was immediately convinced when he said "Money is enough". Don't treat butchers like butchers of dogs these days. People are not short of money.

After dinner, seeing that the eldest sister hadn't come back yet, the brother and sister used flashlights and hurried to their aunt's house.

Song Jia was obviously still immersed in the joy of the 1,000 yuan, and she even walked a little giddy.
To be continued...