Chapter 181 Yellow-skinned Sour Plum Duck
"Peace..."
Aunt Fang hesitated and tried to persuade her again, but finally swallowed her words.
She couldn't really say much more.
"...Anyway, as long as you have an idea."
Aunt Fang smiled bitterly: "You have seen the virtues of the people in the village."
"No good results will come from getting stuck with bad people."
"They are just stinking stones in the latrine!"
"There is no need to risk yourself because of these bad things!"
"Auntie knows that you have your own ideas, but I hope that you can put your own safety first in everything."
"Principles can be preached at any time, but they are meaningful only when people are alive!"
"You must not get into trouble, go head-to-head with those things that are not worth it, and continue to entangle."
Aunt Fang spoke very earnestly and patted Jiang Anning's hand gently, showing some pity, but in the end she still did not say the words that were deep in her heart.
"It's getting late. You should rest early. I'm going back."
After saying that, he hurried away without looking back.
It seemed that he was afraid that if he stayed, he would be questioned by Jiang Anning.
Jiang Anning was a little confused.
She didn’t know why Aunt Fang came to persuade her.
Is it just because the people in the village have bad morals?
She always felt that it couldn't be just this reason.
But I couldn't figure it out for a while.
Maybe she should visit Jiang Xiu'e's house when she has time?
I always feel that the people in this village have some little secrets in common.
Even if some people couldn't stand it, they were hiding it from her tacitly for the sake of the common interests.
Jiang Anning took the firewood, stirred up the fire in the stove pit a few times, and threw a few more pieces of firewood into it.
With something to burn, the originally dimmed fire suddenly became brighter again.
She stared at the fire in the stove and was in a daze for a long time.
It wasn't until the rooster crowed three times and the sky was getting brighter that she threw the last piece of firewood in her hand into the stove pit and cleaned up the scattered twigs around to prevent the fire from spreading.
She poured the hot water into the hot water cauldron, then added some more water to the pot and boiled it, so that Sui Ran and the others would have convenient hot water when they came over.
Returning to Xiaozhulou, he packed up all the tools used for preparing corpse powder and locked them in the cabinet.
Jiang Anning went to look at the bird eggs in the main room again.
Just when I went to get some water to wash my face, Sui Ran and his wife came over with something.
"An Ning, I got up so early today."
Sui Ran greeted Jiang Anning with a smile and handed over the fried radish balls last night.
"If you make it at home, don't think it's crude, just treat it as something new."
She lowered her head in embarrassment, feeling that it was too hard to get such a thing.
Jiang Anning took it over enthusiastically: "Thank you, sister-in-law Sui Ran, I was thinking about having this bite, and now I can satisfy my craving!"
When Sui Ran heard this, he immediately relaxed and became less nervous.
"If you like it, I will do it for you every day!"
Jiang Anning smiled and said: "How can that be done? I would be embarrassed to trouble sister-in-law Sui Ran like this."
"No trouble, no trouble."
Sui Ran waved his hands repeatedly: "You have helped me and Guicheng a lot. I just wish I could repay you more. Why would it be troublesome?"
Jiang Anning was still thinking of something to say to politely decline.
Jiang Guicheng, who brought the water over, couldn't help but say to her: "Even if I want to repay her, I can't repay you like this."
"That carrot meatball is not a very good thing. Even if it is a very good thing, you can't help but eat it every day."
"Even if you eat the same delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, you will get tired of them."
Sui Ran had a cold face, but the boss was not happy: "It's as if you have eaten some delicacies from the mountains and seas, and you are actually tired of them."
"I have never eaten any delicacies from mountains and seas, but I have never eaten pork. Have I never seen a pig running?"
Jiang Guicheng was unconvinced: "Most of the principles in this world are the same. Don't you feel tired when you eat those thick noodles?"
“How can thick gnocchi be the same as delicacies from mountains and seas?”
Sui Ran snorted coldly: "If you have the ability to let me eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, not to mention eating them every day, even if you eat them eight hundred times a day, I will not get tired of them."
"When that time comes, you won't say that anymore."
Seeing that the couple was about to quarrel over this matter, Jiang Anning hurriedly smoothed things over: "I don't know if you two will get tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, but I do know that if you two don't start cooking and get busy, you can I can’t wait to get out of the stall as soon as possible.”
“It’s hard to say whether you will get tired of these delicacies by then, but you will definitely miss this first opportunity to make money today.”
After hearing Jiang Anning's words, the couple immediately became anxious and did not argue whether they would get tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day.
After a while, Aunt Fang came over to help.
Perhaps because she didn't sleep well yesterday, she looked a little haggard.
There were dark green circles under his eyes, and even Sui Ran was shocked when he saw it.
"Aunt Fang, what are you doing here? Why are the circles under your eyes so dark? Could it be that you secretly dug coal last night?"
As she said this, she covered her mouth and laughed.
Obvious joke.
Aunt Fang glared at her: "Go, go, you dare to make fun of me."
She glanced at the pot and frowned slightly: "Why did you just start the pot to boil water and didn't do anything?"
"I woke up really late today. I didn't sleep well last night."
"Did you get up late too?"
Sui Ran touched his nose in embarrassment: "How can you!"
She was embarrassed to say that it was because she wasted time arguing with Jiang Guicheng about "if you eat too much delicacies from mountains and seas, will you get bored of them?"
"Hurry up and get busy first."
Aunt Fang also had something hidden in her mind, and simply lost her usual desire to make jokes with others. She rolled up her sleeves and quickly prepared breakfast.
By the time the three people had prepared breakfast, it was already time for most people in the village to get up.
"It seems like it's really late today."
Aunt Fang sighed: "I don't know if there will be a good place in the past now?"
Sui Ran couldn't help but become anxious.
Jiang Guicheng pushed the cart silently, without saying anything, but unconsciously stepped up his pace.
Jiang Anning watched the person go away, and thought of what Aunt Fang said last night.
I was debating whether to rent a house in town and live there temporarily.
At least one of the things Aunt Fang said yesterday was quite right.
These people in the village are like stinking stones in a latrine.
There was really no need for her to put herself in danger and confront others head-on.
Who knows what irreversible things they might do if they become insidious?
It is really not a wise move to hit an egg against a stone.
Judging from the moral character of these people in the village, if disaster really comes, they will drag her to die together if they can't save her.
Jiang Anning was thoughtful.
When there were more people in the village and smoke started to rise from their kitchens, she turned around and went back to the kitchen. She took the snakeheaded fish that she had not finished eating yesterday but chopped into small pieces, deep-fried and crispy, and went to Jiang Xiu'e's house. . Her intuition told her that if there was any secret in this village, Jiang Xiu'e must know it.
In fact, Jiang Xiu'e is not ashamed of this secret.
It's just that, due to family ties, family ties, or other reasons, she had to turn a blind eye to it.
But back then, since Jiang Xiu'e was willing to help her who almost died on the roadside, he sent her to Anjifang, so that she was lucky enough to save her life.
Come to think of it, there is at least a glimmer of kindness in my heart.
Jiang Xiu'e looked at the smiling, innocent little girl as before. She was really surprised when she stood in front of her house.
"Why are you here?" She was even a little panicked.
Thinking of many things that happened back then, I couldn't help but hold on to the dustpan in my hand.
"I have always been very grateful when I learned that you saved me, Laozuer. However, things were really busy and complicated during that time, so I never had time to come over. I would like to thank you properly."< br>
Jiang Anning described the scene beautifully, raised the fried black fish in her hand, and said with a smile: "I have the time and opportunity today, so I came here to honor you."
Jiang Xiu'e glanced at the fried golden black fish, was stunned for a moment, and then refused: "I'm already a very old man, how can I eat this? It's better for you young people to keep it and replenish your body."< br>
"Who said that when you get older, you don't need to take supplements?"
Jiang Anning has a little bit more of the coquettishness of a young daughter: "It is precisely because you are older that you need to replenish your body."
"Still, my ancestor is just trying to criticize me, but he doesn't like the crude things I brought."
Jiang Xiu'e subconsciously denied: "I didn't look down on it."
"Then ancestor, please accept it quickly."
Jiang Anning once again handed the bowl of fried blackened fish to the person.
Jiang Xiu'e hesitated for a while, looking at the overly pure smile and admiration on the person's face, she was really embarrassed to say any more words of rejection.
But...
She looked around slightly warily, and smiled reluctantly: "Okay."
Jiang Anning immediately climbed up the pole: "Grandpa, won't you let me go in and sit for a while?"
She had an expression that said, "If you don't invite me in to sit down, I'll be sad."
Jiang Xiu'e looked around, then looked at the pitiful little man, and said helplessly: "Come in."
"Okay."
Jiang Anning followed the others in happily, like a curious baby.
"Old ancestor, your yard is really neat and tidy, much better than the messy one in my house."
"Old ancestor, what is this thing like yours? Fruit? It looks fresh, as if I have never seen it before."
"Old ancestor~~~"
Jiang Anning was chattering beside the person, but it made Jiang Xiu'e's head hurt.
She looked at the yellow-skinned fruit tree that Jiang Anning was staring at, amused and helpless: "That's a yellow-skinned fruit tree."
Jiang Xiu'e's voice paused slightly, as if she suddenly remembered something, and she looked at Jiang Anning with even more affection.
"What is the yellow-skinned fruit tree?"
Jiang Anning looked at the yellow-skinned fruit trees that obviously didn't belong to them here, and her thoughts were slightly stirred.
"A kind of fruit."
Jiang Xiu'e looked at her face that was too similar to that person back then, sighed, climbed over the wall, and picked a handful of yellow-skinned fruits for her.
"Try it? It doesn't have any taste. It's okay to eat, but it's great when used to stew duck with sour plums."
Jiang Anning held the yellow peel fruit and looked a little at a loss. It looked like she didn't know how to eat it.
"Eat it directly, or peel it and eat it."
"Oh oh oh."
Jiang Anning tasted one very well and delicately.
It is indeed a taste deep in my memory.
But in front of Jiang Xiu'e, she didn't show any sign of having eaten it before. Her face was full of novelty: "It's true, it doesn't taste like anything."
"But it's new. I've never seen this thing before."
Jiang Xiu'e smiled lovingly: "If you like to eat, pick more later."
She looked down at the fried blackened fish in her hand, and then at the thin Jiang Anning. She couldn't help but feel pity: "Just stay for lunch."
"It happens that the edamame has come down in the yard, so I'll stew your black fish."
Jiang Anning was worried that she had no reason to stay, but she didn't expect that Jiang Xiu'e would take the initiative to let her eat.
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey. Thank you, ancestor~"
She has a cute and cute look, which makes her even more pitiable.
Jiang Xiu'e sighed quietly, feeling lost in her heart.
Some things should come to an end!
She has been really tired over the past few years.
She looked back at the yellow-skinned fruit tree: "If you like it, I'll make you yellow-skinned sour plum duck."
"Really?"
Jiang Anning obviously looked forward to it: "Then I'll go buy groceries. It's not good for me to come to thank you and make you spend money."
"Okay."
Jiang Xiu'e was surprisingly calm and did not refuse.
"Then I'll go."
Jiang Anning felt a little strange in her heart, but she couldn't think of anything, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
After leaving Jiang Xiu'e's house, Jiang Anning went directly to town.
First, he went to the place where Aunt Fang and the others set up a stall, and told them that they didn't have to wait for her to eat at noon.
Then he went to the vegetable market and bought a live duck, which he killed immediately.
I also bought some vegetables and donkey meat in sauce.
Thinking that Jiang Xiu'e was old and had bad teeth, so she might not be able to eat soy sauce donkey meat, so she went to a restaurant instead and ordered this rock sugar elbow to be taken away.
The time waiting for the elbow was too boring, so Jiang Anning went shopping on the street again and bought some pastries that were soft and easy to melt.
When I arrived, my hands were empty. When I returned, my hands were full, with large and small bags.
She simply hired a carriage and went back.
"Old ancestor, I'm back."
Jiang Anning jumped out of the car from afar, calling people happily, like an innocent child.
Jiang Xiu'e came out of the house and looked at the people and flowers fluttering over like butterflies, with a hint of helplessness and indulgence in her eyes.
In my heart, I felt even more emotional.
It's hard for this kid to be so heartless.
She is already old enough to get married, yet still so... immature and open-minded.
"Why did we buy so much stuff? It’s just the two of us. We can’t finish it and we have to put it away."
Jiang Xiu'e muttered to herself like she was treating her own children.
"You kid, you don't know how to spend money carefully, whether you can earn a mountain of gold or a mountain of silver. You have no idea. Look back, there will be times when you are stretched thin and cry for help."
Jiang Anning pursed her lips: "This is a thank you gift prepared for my ancestor, how can I be careless."
It sounds a bit aggrieved.
Jiang Xiu'e immediately regretted it. The child was also kind-hearted, so why was she being so strict?
No wonder she doesn’t have any children or grandchildren...