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Chapter 40

When the dried fish were almost dry, the third aunt and uncle Li came to pick up Brother Wen. That day, at noon, I called my second aunt and two children to come up, and the eleven people of the family gathered together for a meal.

Grandpa Chen took some dried fish and cut them into pieces. The dried fish were cut into small fish. The big fish should be kept for important days such as festivals and New Year. Stewed them with salt, and put them on the rice with chili sauce and steamed them.

Several people had dinner at noon, and Ergu and San thought the dried fish with chili sauce was very delicious, so they only picked it up and ate it with chopsticks.

When leaving, Grandpa Chen packed two dried fish for the second and third aunts' family, two of which tasted the same.

Two more days later, Grandma Chen was going to go to the scene and happened to pass by my aunt's house, so she brought the dried dried fish with her. This time, Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin followed. This was the first time Xiaoxi went to the scene since she was reborn, and she was really excited.

I got up before dawn. When I left after breakfast, I was so genius was in a dawn and I could probably see the road clearly. When I arrived at my aunt's house, it was so genius was in a dawn. My aunt was holding a bowl to eat.

"Mom, why are you here?" Chen Xiu was holding a bowl in front of the stove and saw his mother coming in from the door with her two nephews, and hurriedly stood up to meet her. "Xiaoxi and Binbin are here too. Have you eaten? Mom, you guys hurry up and sit down."

Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin quickly greeted him and said that they had eaten.

Grandma Chen waved her hand and took out the dried fish from the carpet on her back and placed it on the table next to her. "I won't sit anymore. We are going to go to the market today. Just a few days ago, the fish you got from your dad and the others went to the reservoir and marinated them and dried them. After walking here today, I will bring you."

Chen Xiu saw that the two fish on the table were quite small, each of which had to be four or five pounds!

Seeing that her mother was about to leave, Chen Xiu quickly ate the rice in the bowl, "Mom, mom, wait for me, I'll go too." Then he threw the bowl into the pot for a few times and washed it. He picked up the pig food bucket beside him and went to feed the pigs. Grandma Chen knew that the chickens at home were not fed, so she asked where to place the food and helped feed the chickens.

In just ten minutes, a few people left the door.

When the group arrived on the field, the sun had just poked its head out, and the few went straight to the destination - the blacksmith shop. Grandma Chen planned to buy two big hoes and two small hoes. Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin should help with their home work, and there were two sickles. These were the main purposes of this time. After buying, the few people slowly turned around.

Well, when I buy seeds here, there are watermelon seeds. I remember the deliciousness of watermelon in the summer. Xiaoxi swallowed his saliva and pinched the wrinkled dollars in his pocket. I planned to buy some later.

Hey, looking at the person walking over from the other side, it looked so familiar, "San Gu..." Xiaoxi shook his hands and shouted at the person with difficulty, "Mother-in-law, look, it's San Gu, she's here to go."

Hearing the shouts, it sounded very familiar. Chen Ping looked up and saw that her mother, elder sister and brother's two children were looking at her not far away, so she took two steps to meet her.

"Mom, sister, you are here to go." Chen Ping was very surprised and happy. She had seen her mother two days ago, but she didn't see her sometimes.

"Well, why are you here today?"

"I want to say that I will buy Wenwa some clothes and take a walk by the way."

"Oh, why didn't he come with him?"

"He is playing at his grandfather's house. Xiaoxi and Binbin will go and play for a while." Chen Ping's house is in Lijia Village, not far from here, and it is only about 30 minutes away. However, her in-laws and old couple live on the street, and it only takes a few minutes to walk here, so she asked Xiaoxi if she wants to play.

Xiaoxi was not familiar with the two old men, and it was embarrassing to go to someone else's house, so he refused his third aunt. Chen Ping didn't persuade her much, nodded, and joined the shopping team of several people.

I went to the vegetable market to buy a few kilograms of fresh meat and some ginger and garlic. At this time, the ginger and garlic were really cheap. Then a few people went to the place where I bought clothes.

This market is not very big. The clothes sellers basically set up stalls on both sides of the street. The clothes are stacked on the wooden shelves in front, so you can choose from them. Some of them are relatively expensive, so they can hang them on the racks behind them.

Looking at the fancy clothes in front of you, this is too exaggerated.

Both aunts were scrambling to buy clothes for their nephews, so they just had one for each. The third aunt bought a white and green plaid shirt for Xiaoxi and used pink thread to make a daisy-style flower on the left chest. It was very refreshing and clean. Seeing that the shirt was pretty, the eldest aunt also chose a shirt for Chen Yubin, which was black and white plaid. Then the two of them jointly bought a set of chiffon short-sleeved and wide-leg trousers for Grandma Chen, which was very cool and had a windy walk.

I bought what I should buy and I was almost on the street. Chen Ping took a few people to the grocery store next to me and prepared to have some tea and chat. I felt that the two children would be bored, so I gave Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin a dollar each, asking them to buy candy and eat it themselves. After playing outside for a while, I repeatedly told me not to run too far, so the three of them went in and sat down.

He took Chen Yubin straight to the place where he bought seeds. The boss was an uncle in his forties. Xiaoxi saw that there were a lot of seeds on his stall, and some of them knew each other, but some didn't recognize them.

He stepped forward and pinched the seeds, pretending not to recognize them, he asked in confusion: "Boss, what kind of seed is this?"

It was just a small stall, selling some seeds, and it was a bit strange. Everyone joined in the fun. This was the first time someone called the boss. The uncle was very excited and explained to the stream enthusiastically: "This is watermelon seed, and you are in your hand with large fruit watermelon seeds." Pointing to the next one, he introduced: "This is black-skinned watermelon seeds, this is Xinjiang watermelon seeds."

"Is it sweet? Can we grow it here?"

"Sweet, but it's sweet. If you don't, come to me. We can grow it here, but it's smaller."

"How to sell it?"

"They are all the same price, three yuan and twenty pieces."

Touching the few dollars in his pocket, Xiaoxi decided to abandon his timidity and bargain with his boss.

Licking the lips that were a little dry due to nervousness, "Boss, I will buy ten pieces like this, for a total of three dollars, how about it?"

Because of the small business, the uncle was unhappy when he heard this. "That's not possible. I've worked so hard to get the seeds back. You can't do it."

Xiaoxi decided to use his trump card, "Boss~ You can do it, I just want to buy some and go back to see it."

"No." But looking at the little girl's eyes in front of her, the uncle was still a little loose.

"Boss, just sell it to me. I just want to buy it back and I don't know if I can plant it. I'll buy it with the money I bought candy. And I don't think many people are here to buy your watermelon seeds. Instead of putting it on the time, it's better to sell it to me some at a cheap time." A sentence poked the boss's pain point, glaring at Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi beside him, signaling him. Chen Yubin understood it and pouted, "Please, boss."

Xiaoxi quickly worked hard, "Boss, you're the best."

"Oh~" There was no way, and he said angrily: "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you, I'll put it for you." After that, he wrapped the seeds separately in paper and handed them to Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi took it and laughed, "Thank you, boss." He took out the money in his pocket and gave the uncle three yuan.

The uncle widened his eyes and pointed at her, "Are you rich? Are you still bargaining with me?"

Xiaoxi quickly put the money and seeds into his pocket, blinked his eyes, and said innocently: "I want to buy candy for my brother." He said, don't rob it.

Seeing her righteous look, the uncle was speechless, so he turned his head and pretended not to see them, indicating that they could leave.

After buying the seeds, Xiaoxi took Chen Yubin around. She was very ripe on the street. She bought a bunch of rice candy and a few packs of spicy strips, and then went back to find Grandma Chen and the others.

After a while, a few people said goodbye to Chen Ping and rushed home while the sun was not the hottest.

When we were about to arrive at Chen Xiu's house, the sun was so hot that people were dizzy. Chen Xiu asked a few people to go to his house and wait until the sun sets in the afternoon before going back.

Seeing that the two children's faces were red, Grandma Chen felt very distressed and agreed. When Chen Xiu passed by her parents-in-law's house, she took her two children back.

After arriving at home, Chen Xiu quickly cooked. Before lunch was available, the few people had already finished their meal. It was already past meal orders and cooked a pot of pickled cabbage noodles. Xiaoxi ate two bites, drank half a bowl of soup and stopped eating it. One was that it was too hot and the favorite pickled cabbage could not save his appetite. The other was that Xiaoxi usually didn't eat noodles in the morning and noon, so he had no appetite.

I walked a lot today, but I was so tired. When the stream took a nap, it was already westward and it was much cooler. I found Grandma Chen and Aunt Chen in the vegetable garden in front, and were pulling pig grass.

"The stream, is up?"

"Yeah, aunt."

Seeing that the sun was not so hot, my mother-in-law didn't ask them to get up and go home. She still put it here to pick pig grass with my aunt, but she didn't ask any questions. When I heard this, my aunt felt that she didn't want to stay at her house.

Seeing that the two of them had to work for a while, it wasn't so hot now, Xiaoxi went back. When she went back, Chen Yubin got up, and was playing with the big (cousin) and the second (cousin) on the street. When she saw that she went, the eldest and second brothers ignored her. Don't make things boring. It's like this every time. The brothers always prefer to play with the little kid Chen Yubin, and they don't want to play with her because she is a girl and they are big men. Tell, I don't want to play with you young men, so I'm just playing with you. My sister turned her head and went into the house to watch TV.

Seeing that the sun was setting outside, why didn’t my mother-in-law ask her and her brother to go home? She turned off the TV and went out to check it out.

At this time, Grandma Chen and Chen Xiu carried a pig grass on their backs and went to the pigpen house. At the stream, they all had to repair pig pens. Just like they wanted to repair houses for people, they also had to build walls and tiles, and they were all very spacious, and pig grass was placed inside.

As soon as Chen Xiu went to the street, he saw Xiaoxi standing on one side, and his two sons were playing with Binbin on the other side, so he put his hands on his hips, "Xiaofeng and Xiaobo, why don't you bring Xiaoxi to play, huh?"

Tell, who is going to play with a crying person? He rolled his eyes secretly. Ye Xiaofeng said casually: "Oh~" and did not refuse, but did not take the initiative to ask Xiaoxi to join them.

Xiaoxi understood that they wanted to refuse but did not dare. When they remembered what happened before, they couldn't help but laugh secretly.
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