Pick up

Author: cool beauty

Pick up

Originally, important things like filtering the oil were done back in the kitchen to avoid being seen. After all, they said they changed the oil every day.

But there were no people on the street today, so they simply did it outside to avoid the smell of oily smoke in the kitchen.

Xiao Fang had already watched it twice, but she still found it very magical, so she stayed to watch it again and watch some people at the same time.

After sending away the last guest, Zhao Laosi poured down the starch paste while the oil in the pan was still hot.

After adding water starch to the oil pan, there will be a crackling sound, and all the impurities after frying the chicken in the oil pan will be absorbed together.

Zhao Laosi carefully scooped out the water starch and put it into an old washbasin so that he could take it back to feed the chickens later. He also poured green onions, ginger, etc. into the oil pan and used the residual heat to remove the odor.

They also started to clear away the dishes and pots nearby.

At this moment, someone strode over this way.

Most of the shops on both sides of the road are now closed, so Xiao Fang subconsciously thought that the other party was here to buy fried chicken, and said without raising her head: "Happy Chinese New Year, there is no fried chicken anymore. Can we buy it when the doors open at 10 noon on the Saturday of next year?"

As the old saying goes, the New Year begins after the twelfth lunar month and the New Year ends after the first lunar month.

Not only do we have to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, families with children of appropriate age either take advantage of this time to see each other or get married.

It can be said that the family earns money throughout the year, but there is nothing left after the New Year.

In the past, Mr. Zhao's family would not go to work in the fields until half of the first lunar month.

But now that they are doing business, they understand that the period before and after New Year's Eve is the time when customers are most willing to spend money.

The shops in the town open their doors as early as the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and of course they don't want to delay for another day.

So when Xiao Fang was collecting money today, she deliberately told everyone when the store would open next year.

Xiao Jianhua smelled the aroma of the oil pot and looked over. Over there, Zhao Laosi quickly covered the pot lid and smiled at him reluctantly: "What's the matter with you?"

After Xiao Fang finished speaking, she looked up and saw that her biological father was here, and she was a little surprised.

Xiao Jianhua smiled but said: "Of course I have something to do, I will pick up my daughters and go back to celebrate the New Year."

Zhao Laosi felt sour in his heart, but could not say anything to refute.

Although Xiao Fang followed Wu Julan, there was an agreement before the divorce that Wu Julan would not be allowed to change her surname even if she married Xiao Fang again.

In the past, when Grandma Xiao was still here, whether it was winter or summer vacation, or during the Chinese New Year, she would send messages asking Xiao Fang to go back and stay for a while.

However, Zhao Laosi originally thought that Grandma Xiao had passed away and Xiao Hong had come to live with them, which meant that the Xiao family did not care about their sisters. He originally thought that they would not come back to celebrate the New Year, but Xiao Jianhua came anyway.

At this moment, Zhao Laosi felt really uncomfortable. To say that he regarded Xiao Hong as his own daughter would be an exaggeration.

But he has really regarded Xiao Fang as his daughter, and now he and Xiao Hong are getting along very well, and they have been planning to have a reunion year together this year.

In the past six months, thanks to Xiao Hong's advice, they were able to earn a lot of money.

Therefore, he and his wife secretly spent a lot of money to buy fresh mutton, just to give them a surprise. Who knew that Xiao Jianhua came again.

This made his idea of ​​family reunion seem like self-deception.

Xiao Jianhua originally didn't want to come to pick up his two daughters.

He is their father, and they should go back to visit him themselves.

But yesterday, Aunt Liu brought the 'good' news to the Xiao sisters that their stepfather had made a lot of money.

In addition, he also sent a message to others, saying that as long as they could secretly write down the Xiao sisters' method of making fried chicken and give it to them, they would be willing to give them five hundred yuan.

This was not a small amount of money, and both Xiao Jianhua and his wife were tempted.

Their family built a two-story red brick house in the second half of the year, which really drained the family's fortune. Although they did not owe any foreign debt, they still urgently needed some money.

They want to replace the black and white TV at home with a color TV.

I also want to buy a refrigerator, but these require money.

What's more, if they can learn how to make fried chicken from others, then they can open a store to sell fried chicken themselves.

Therefore, Xiao Jianhua came to pick up his daughter in person.

Xiao Fang also understood that her biological father and stepfather had nothing to say when they were together, so she smiled and shouted: "Dad, you are here. My sister and I were still discussing when to go back to see you yesterday? It's windy outside, let's go in

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It is said that those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are dark. She feels that her ability to lie without changing her expression is all due to her sister.

After all, Xiao Hong was obsessed with counting money in the past two days, completely forgetting about his biological father, and never mentioned the Xiao family at all.

After hearing this, Xiao Jianhua was very satisfied and smiled: "Then you don't go home early and you still want me to pick you up?"

Xiao Fang couldn't answer the question, so she could only purse her lips and smile. After exchanging a look with Zhao Laosi, she and Xiao Jianhua went into the house.

At this moment, Xiao Hong took a hot bath, changed into new clothes, and then got down and started drying her hair.

They had specially bought this hair dryer from a department store in the city. The Wanli brand hair dryer has a silver appearance, a unique shape, and is very fashionable.

Xiao Hong thought that the hair dryer was ugly, but it was really useful for drying hair in winter.

Wu Julan came over to dry her daughter's hair. The noise was a bit loud, so she raised her voice: "You love to be clean. You wash your hair and take a bath every day. It's such a cold day, what should you do if you catch a cold?"

Xiao Hong closed her eyes and enjoyed it, pretending she didn't hear it.

It's not that she loves to be clean, it's that she really can't tolerate the strong smell of oil smoke on her body.

Otherwise, she would have asked them to make barbecue and sell it.

At this moment, Xiao Fang and Xiao Jianhua entered the room.

Xiao Jianhua glanced at Wu Julan's bulging belly with an unkind look, and snorted coldly: "I'm so old, but I still have to work hard to give birth to a son, and you say I favor boys over girls!"

Although the two have been divorced for ten years, Xiao Jianhua does not think it is all his fault.

If she had given birth to a son for him, how could he divorce her?

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Wu Julan was pregnant now. She was wearing a bright red down jacket and looked very young and beautiful, with an aura of happiness all over her body.

Not to mention how frustrated and sore he felt.

Why can this woman live so well without him?

Wu Julan pretended not to hear, and after drying Xiao Hong's hair completely, she said to Xiao Fang: "The hot water is ready in the kitchen, why don't you go take a shower?"

Then he looked at Xiao Jianhua: "Can't you let your daughters spend the New Year with me?"

"Their surname is Xiao, and they are my daughters!" Xiao Jianhua couldn't help showing off: "My family has built a new house, so of course they have to go back and stay there longer."
Chapter completed!