"I'm really bothering you, we don't even have rock candy at home!" Chen Hong embarrassedly took the rock candy in Kou Xi's hand, turned sideways and let her in.

The small yard of Jiang Paichang's house is cleaned up, and the square yard pattern is no different from the general farmhouse courtyard. Facing south, a three-room brick house with brightly polished glass. Although the open space in front of the house is not paved with bricks or cement, it is spotlessly clean.

The door of the barn opposite the gate opened, and Kou Xi could see that the farm tools inside were neatly arranged. There is a chicken coop next to the vegetable garden, and there is no smell at all when you pass by the wind.

Next to the pressurized water well was a bucket with a large spoon in it, which was supposed to be her usual tool for watering vegetables. A few pieces of clothing hanging from the clothesline fluttered in the wind. Blue sky, white clouds, clothes that rise with the wind. It feels so peaceful.

"What a clean little yard!" Kou Xi couldn't help but exclaim: "It's like a paradise!"

"No!" Chen Hong said modestly: "What's clean!" She let Kou Xi into the house: "Come on, come on, come into the house and sit." I'm washing the dings!"

This house was bought locally by Platoon Leader Jiang when he got married, and the decoration of the house was cleaned up by Chen Hong's mother's family. Upon entering is a boxy living room, and behind the living room is a small dining room. The wall between the dining room and the living room is only about 1.2 meters, and the top half is made of lattice glass. In this way, the light can shine through the glass to illuminate the small dining room.

Since Kou Xi is here, she can't just borrow Chen Hong's rock candy, knowing that she still has old people and children at home, and she is still carrying a bag of cold skin that she has spread out by herself.

As Chen Hong walked to the small dining room, he put the bag of cold skin on the dining table.

The old people said that if a woman is not good at it, it depends on how well she cleans up the kitchen. The dining-room was lined with a boxy wooden table under a window, topped with a white openwork cover. On the table is a large red tea tray with a large cold cup and four small glass teacups on it.

There was a hut on the left, and Kou Xi looked inside and saw a stove inside. Directly in the direction of the door there is a cupboard, which is covered by a white curtain.

On the right-hand side there is a stove against the wall, and the hooks and shovels in the coal chute next to the stove are polished.

The dinner table was facing the back door, Chen Hong walked to the back door and shouted: "Mom, Kou Xi is here!"

Kou Xi looked at Chen Hong in surprise: "Where is your mother-in-law at home?"

"Yes, at home. Watering vegetables in the backyard!" She explained with a smile: "It hasn't rained for many days, and the drought is enough!" Chen Hong pulled her mother-in-law in and introduced Kou Xi to her mother-in-law.

"Mom! this is Camp Chief Huo's daughter-in-law, what's the matter, isn't it handsome?" Chen Hong looked at Kou Xi with a smile, and the old lady looked Kou Xi up and down. He clapped his hands and stepped forward and said extremely exaggeratedly: "My mother, this is a little daughter-in-law, this is a fairy." ”

Walking up to Kou Xi, she subconsciously wiped her hands on her body. Only then did he hold Kou Xi and look up and down with rare eyes: "My daughter-in-law tells me every day that Camp Chief Huo's daughter-in-law is handsome." It's like a big girl of seventeen or eighteen, not like a little daughter-in-law at all. ”

She dragged Kou Xi into the house, and pulled Kou Xi to sit on the long wooden chair in the living room. Although the Jiang family's living room is not so elaborate, there is a long chair that can seat three or four people under the window next to the kitchen. There are two wooden benches next to the benches, and a television set under the window opposite.

There are two rooms on the left and right sides of the living room, which should be the bedrooms of the old lady and Chen Hong.

The old lady pulled Kou Xi to sit on the bench: "I heard them say that you set up a stall at the supply and marketing cooperative, and the sales are quite good." The old lady of the Gao battalion commander's family also went to sell steamed buns. ”

She glanced up at Chen Hong: "The conditions in our family are not good, I am thinking of asking my daughter-in-law to go out with you for a run." The old lady was very good at saying: "My son will not worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life with Camp Commander Huo, and his daughter-in-law will follow you for a long time." You two are the nobles of our old Jiang family!"

Kou Xi hurriedly said: "Oh, auntie, you are too polite." I don't have much ability! In these years, those who have the ability go to school, and those who can't do it can become self-employed!" She showed a shy expression: "I'm still worried about what impact I will have on Huo An if I go out to be a self-employed person." ”

Self-employed in this era is not a nice word. Only those who are blind and released from labor camps will become self-employed if they cannot find a job.

In the 60s, he married a worker, in the 70s he married a soldier, and in the 80s he married a diploma. Even if Huo An is an officer, he is not as sought-after as a junior college student. In the same way, Kou Xi's choice to be a self-employed person is actually looked down upon by many people who are not wealthy but have a stable job.

There are very few people like Kou Xi who have a job and can leave without pay and run out to toss, and in the eyes of others, she is just wrong.

"What's the impact of that!" Jiang's mother disagreed: "Who knows who can't eat enough." ”

Chen Hong took a glass of water and handed it to Kou Xi: "You drink it first!" Kou Xi took a sip and found that there was a little sugar in it. glanced at Chen Hong quietly, and said to Jiang's mother with a smile: "Actually, it's not about making much money, it's also about passing the time." I'm not familiar with this place, and it's uncomfortable to stay there. ”

She put down the sugar water, got up and said to Chen Hong: "I'll help you boil the sugar water first, and you will know how to do it after boiling out a pot." ”

Put rock sugar in the sweet well water, and stir it constantly after the sugar melts: "The mountain clove is a little astringent, and the rock sugar should be added more." But don't boil it, just cook it half-cooked. ”

The boiled mountain dingzi Kouxi is packed in an aluminum basin without oil and words: "This basin should be cleaned, and it should be oil-free and salt-free." Don't be in a hurry to eat and let it sit for more than two hours. This color will gradually deepen, if there are many cans and bottles, the bottle mouth can be sealed tightly for a week. ”

Mother Jiang muttered on the side: "Where to go to those cans and bottles, it costs a lot!"

"You just need to prepare a few cups of water, and bring this pot of sugar water over tomorrow, and a cup should sell fast for five cents." Kou Xi gave her an idea.

"Can this really sell quite quickly?" Jiang Mu frowned: "This is too simple, right? If it could be sold for money, others would have done it a long time ago, and it would still be our turn?"

"I used to go to the city, and there were people selling water at the station and in the middle of the road. The man was carrying two thermos bottles and seven or eight plastic cups. A penny is a cup of cold and white, and those who go to the countryside to do things in the city can afford to drink. Kou Xi explained to Chen Hong: "Now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I want to eat a popsicle to relieve the heat after work." The popsicle is also sold for a penny, so let's sell it now and give it a try. If not, then a penny for a cup. The night before, I put it in the well water, and the sweet and sour were not more comfortable than popsicles?"

Chen Hong bit her lip and nodded heavily: "Well, at most, you can blindly get some rock candy." I can't sell it for my son to drink!"