Chapter 17: Cooking a Meal for Your Parents
It was already more than 12 noon when he returned to the county seat, Ling Chen had a quick snack outside the station, and then found a truck driver under the guidance of the restaurant owner.
The driver's surname was Wang, tall and thin, with his hair combed in the middle, and he was dressed relatively cleanly, and when he saw Ling Chen for the first time, his eyes were full of doubts.
"Young man, did Boss Li introduce you to do business with me?" Master Wang didn't believe Ling Chen, after all, what kind of business did a minor do with a truck driver?
Ling Chen looked at Master Wang's god and knew that he didn't believe in himself, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he was too young to be trusted by others! Ling Chen felt in his heart.
"Master Wang, please send me home." Ling Chen said the address of his home, because he bought a bit more things, and it was too crowded to squeeze the county shuttle, and he had to collect 'Sichuan Fritillary' with Master Wang, because Ling Chen was going to sell more 'Sichuan Fritillary' next time to accumulate funds.
"100 bucks." Master Wang was a little puzzled, since he wanted to go back, why didn't he take the shuttle?
Ling Chen took out 500 yuan, "Master Wang, I'll give you 500 first, and I'll trouble you to come and drive to my house early next Saturday morning." Ling Chen said, telling Master Wang in detail about his plan.
Ling Chen's plan is to let Master Wang pretend to be the one who collects herbs, so that his parents can rest assured, and Master Wang has a truck, so that it is convenient to make cāo, and Ling Chen can also go to Xiangyang with the car, as for trading with Director Li, he can completely avoid Master Wang.
Master Wang became more and more confused, but thinking that there was money to be made, and it was still a lot, of course he agreed.
"By the way, Master Wang, do you have a mobile phone?" Ling Chen asked.
"Yes, the number is 138xxx, you write it down."
"Okay, I'll call you then, and you'll be sure to get to my house by 8 o'clock next Saturday."
"Okay." Master Wang readily agreed.
Since Ling Chen took Master Wang's truck home, it only took an hour and a half to get home, Ling Chen wanted to introduce Master Wang to his parents, but at this time, his parents had already gone out to farm, so Ling Chen had to let Master Wang go back first, and agreed to come to his house as soon as possible next Saturday.
At this time, it was only 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and his parents had definitely not eaten yet, so Ling Chen was going to cook a meal for his parents.
In my previous life, I rarely cooked for my parents at home, whenever I came back from work, my parents ate and drank by themselves every day, and they got up every morning or their parents called up, and never let themselves do a little housework, in their hearts, they just need to be good. Thinking of this, Ling Chen felt a little guilty in his heart, his parents' love was too selfless and too great, and his love for his parents was too little and too little.
At that time, the family was still burning firewood, and Ling Chen clumsily lit a fire, then washed rice for cooking, and washed some chili peppers by the way.
Since it was still the first month of the year, there were still quite a lot of vegetables at home, so Ling Chen cut a piece of bacon, took a few eggs, and then began to cut them. In his previous life, Ling Chen was working alone outside, and his skills were still very good, and soon the bacon was cut, and when the rice was cooked, he put the pot on the rack, put lard, and began to fry it.
It didn't take long for the fragrant fried bacon with green peppers and tomato egg soup to come out of the pot. Ling Chen tasted the fried dishes he had fried, and thought proudly, his parents would definitely like to eat them, right? I will also cook for my parents several times in the future.
After a while, the parents returned, "Tatsu is back." Father smiled happily when he saw Ling Chen, "Are you still having fun in the county town?" ”
"Dad! Mother! Ling Chen's nose was sour, and then he held his mother in his arms.
The wrinkles on his mother's face were already quite obvious, and there were many gray hairs in her hair, Ling Chen hugged her mother in distress, unwilling to let go.
"This kid is getting more and more clingy." The mother hugged Ling Chen and said with a smile, as if the fatigue of noon would not be swept away.
"Dad, Mom. Prepare your meal and try the meal I made for you today. Ling Chen led his parents to sit down at the table, and then went to the kitchen to bring out the prepared meal.
"Tatsu knows how to cook?" The parents said in surprise.
Ling Chen put all the dishes on the table, only to see that his parents' eyes were slightly red, and Ling Chen helped his parents serve the meal.
"Tatsu has grown up." Father said with relief.
"My son is getting more and more sensible." Mother held Ling Chen in her arms and said dotingly.
"Mom and Dad, you eat quickly, why don't you move your chopsticks?"
"Okay, okay, let's eat." Father rubbed his eyes, then picked up the chopsticks and tasted a few bites, "Tatsu's craftsmanship is awesome!" ”
Listening to his parents' praise, Ling Chen smiled with relief, in fact, his parents gave us all their hard work, and their requirements were really few, as long as we could be sensible and study hard.
For this meal, Ling Chen's family of three ate for a long time, until all the meals were eaten, and Ling Chen silently put away the dishes and chopsticks.
After the meal, I made a pot of tea for my father, and then said to my parents: "Mom and Dad, do you remember the bracken I picked from the back mountain?" ”
"You know, what's wrong?"
"I read the book and found that the bracken on the mountain is very similar to the herbs in the book, so I specially picked more than 20 catties and took them to the county to sell, and the big pharmacy in the county actually said that the herbs are very precious and can be given 50 yuan a catty!"
"Really?!" The father cried out in surprise, and even the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.
"Really." After Ling Chen finished speaking, he took out all the clothes he had bought for them from his parents' room.
"Mom and Dad, this is the clothes I bought for you with the money from selling herbs, you can try to see if it fits first." Ling Chen said happily.
"Chen, what you said is true?" Mother took Ling Chen's hand and asked in shock.
"Well, a total of 20 catties of herbs, I sold it for more than 1,000 yuan, otherwise where would I get the money to buy clothes for you." Ling Chen felt a little guilty in his heart, because he had lied. Because Ling Chen had to get the first pot of gold, he had to hide it from his parents.
"Then let's hurry up and go to the back mountain to pick herbs, 50 yuan a catty!" Mother God said excitedly.
Although Ling Chen is very naughty and loves to get into trouble, he will not lie, and his parents do not question that herbs can be sold so expensive.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry, you can take a look at the clothes I bought for you first." Ling Chen said a little ostentatiously, speaking of which, he still spent a lot of thought on buying clothes for his parents.
"Let's put down the clothes first, let's go pick herbs first, and we can make more money by picking more." The parents said excitedly, and then prepared to carry the burden and prepare to go up the mountain to pick herbs.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry about it for a while." Ling Chen put down his clothes, "The person who collected the medicinal herbs said that he would come to us next Saturday to collect them, and he sent me back today." ”
Seeing that his parents were indifferent, watching them change their shoes and prepare to go up the mountain, Ling Chen said again: "Mom, Dad, why don't you let Uncle Limin and them pick together, after all, the herbs in the back mountain grow on the stones, and it is very troublesome to pick." ”
Uncle Limin is also Ling Youneng's father, and he has a good relationship with his family, and Ling Chen doesn't want to take this benefit alone.
"Okay, you go and inform, pay attention to secrecy." The father hesitated, but he also thought that he couldn't take the benefits alone, so he agreed to Ling Chen's suggestion.
Ling Chen couldn't help but shake his head when he saw his parents' anxious appearance, then closed the door and prepared to go to his uncle's house.
In fact, there are not many 'Sichuan fritillary' on the back mountain, after all, the growth conditions of 'Sichuan fritillary' are harsh after all, and a few hundred catties is too much. Ling Chen began to think that after picking herbs, his parents and uncle could contract the back mountain together, plant 'Sichuan fritillary', and make a small fortune.
As Ling Chen expected, his uncle was also in a hurry when he heard the news, and Ling Chen also specially explained, which made his uncle not so public.
Ling Chen thought about it, first let his parents and uncle pick it for two days, and then spread the news, after all, how can the people in the village know that they eat alone, it will make it difficult for the two families, so it is good for everyone to get it, and everyone doesn't have too many complaints.
'A week's time should be able to pick almost the 'Sichuan fritillary' on the back mountain, right? Ling Chen thought in his heart.
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