Chapter III, Section 4

That is the relatively expensive spice.

After hesitating for a moment, in order to make a perfect tea egg, Jiang Yueyuan took out the spices in the cabinet at the risk of being pulled by the old mother's ears.

Sichuan pepper, star anise, chili, cinnamon, cumin, she took out a little each.

Prepare all of this, pack it in a small gauze bag, and then scoop out the brewed tea leaves and knock them into a gauze bag.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

She was thinking about it when Li Xinran suddenly walked over and asked in surprise, "Yuanyuan, are you boiling tea eggs?"

In fact, you can smell it as soon as you smell it, but the tea eggs boiled by Jiang Yueyuan taste very fragrant, which is even more fragrant than those sold on the street.

The surrounding neighbors all smelled the smell and poked their heads out of the windows, and many people smelled the smell and asked who was boiling tea eggs.

Grandma Jiang was also curious downstairs, and she asked left and right without asking who it was.

Until the neighbor who lives next door probes and shouts down from the third floor, "Aunt Jiang, I just passed by in front of your house, it smells so fragrant!"

As soon as the old lady heard this, she immediately thought of the little ancestor who came back with a basket of eggs yesterday.

She got up and walked upstairs, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw Jiang Yueyuan holding an egg with a spoon and handing it to Li Xinran.

Li Xinran, who was about to take it, suddenly turned his head and saw Grandma Jiang, so he immediately took it back.

"No, no, I'm not going to eat it. ”

With that, she hurriedly walked away.

In fact, Li Xinran was afraid that the old lady would blame Jiang Yueyuan for affecting herself, because she had only eaten breakfast not long ago, and there were several boiled eggs on the table.

She was worried that her grandmother would blame her for being wasteful, but it was none of her business.

"Grandma!"

When Jiang Yueyuan saw her grandmother coming back, she didn't care about the nervous Li Xinran, and hurriedly waved very enthusiastically, "Grandma, come over and try it to see if it's delicious." ”

The old lady was actually not as complicated as Li Xinran thought, she was completely attracted by the fragrance.

"Tea eggs, why are they so fragrant?"

Watching the little granddaughter peel eggs for herself regardless of the heat, the old lady smiled, but looked at the white and tender little hands and began to feel distressed.

"Okay, okay, grandma will come by herself, just your hands, I'm afraid I can't hold the tea that is a little hot. ”

Obviously with a hint of ridicule, Jiang Yueyuan smiled, didn't think much about it, and handed over the egg.

Miraculously, the hot tea eggs reached the grandmother's hands, but they were peeled very easily.

The older generation of them all came from a hard life, and although they were intellectuals, they did not do less manual work in the peasants, and they all carried a thin layer of calluses on their hands.

Dealing with this level of tea eggs is not a problem at all.

The old lady peeled the eggshell and let it cool a little before picking it up and preparing to eat it.

Jiang Yueyuan's eyes were like torches, looking forward to the feedback from her grandmother.

was burned by her eyes, and the old man almost praised her before he ate it.

Unexpectedly, the first bite is not like the tea eggs I have eaten before, the fragrance is light and the taste is light, and it is much saltier, but on the contrary, I feel that it is so salty and fragrant.

"Yes, yes, my girl made it, it's better than what is sold outside!"

"Grandma, is it delicious?"

The old lady nodded defenselessly, only to see the little granddaughter spread her palms with a triumphant face, and said with a smile: "A tea egg is a dime, thank you grandma for your patronage." ”

Grandma Jiang's brows moved, it seemed that she was forcibly bought and sold by her granddaughter, and she glanced at her angrily, but she still took out five cents from her pocket.

"Don't look for it, I'll reward you. ”

Jiang Yueyuan's eyes narrowed with a smile, "Thank you, grandma, grandma is really generous!"

Before eating at noon and returning with his family, Jiang Yueyuan hurriedly boiled more than a dozen tea eggs and sent a plate to the uncle's house on the fourth floor, and the rest were left on the third floor.

No one said it tasted bad.

Although Jiang Wenwen was disdainful, he also ate two, and even wanted to get them again after eating, but the bowl on the table was already empty.

The woman then looked disdainful again, pursed her lips and glared at Jiang Yuechao, who was peeling eggs.

If it weren't for his young age, could the cheapness still fall on him?

The old lady watched the family eat cleanly, snorted quietly, and then took out a small stack of money tickets from her pocket in slow motion.

Jiang Yueyuan was also stunned, "Grandma, you can buy nine tea eggs outside." ”

Jiang Yuechao saw it, and her eyes lit up, "Grandma, I want it too, I want it too!"

For a dollar, you can buy a lot of delicious food.

Shang Mei also frowned slightly, "Mom, what are you doing here?"

Grandma Jiang was sitting next to Jiang Yueyuan, and stuffed a dollar directly into her palm, "The tea eggs made by the girl are delicious, grandma likes it, take the money to buy more eggs and come back, grandma has wrapped it." ”

After Grandma Jiang finished speaking, Jiang Wenwen obviously showed a very dissatisfied expression, "You just get used to her." ”

Really, an egg is a dollar? This is clearly a spoil.

Mother and daughter are the same, Li Xinran and Jiang Wenwen think the same, grandma is too fond of Jiang Yueyuan when she does this, and sooner or later she will be spoiled.

Even Jiang Chunsheng couldn't help but want to say something, but Grandpa Jiang over there also took out a dollar seriously, "Girl, take it, grandpa also likes to eat, prepare it tomorrow morning." ”

Jiang Yueyuan didn't expect that she was just using this matter to play tricks with the two old men and get a little start-up capital for a small stall, but she didn't expect that her grandparents would be so used to her.

"Roger!"

Jiang Yueyuan's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, but she suddenly remembered her original body in her heart, and couldn't help but secretly regret that she had such a good family, but she didn't cherish it well, and because of what happened to those unworthy people, she finally lost everything.

Now that she's doing it all over again, let her take the rest of the road for her.

Shang Mei and Jiang Chunsheng naturally didn't want to go against the wishes of the second elder, so they could only give Jiang Yueyuan a look.

However, their eldest daughter was cheeky and paid a huge sum of two yuan.

The second elder naturally didn't think there was anything, but Jiang Yuechao was dissatisfied, sulking with a mouth, Jiang Yueyuan couldn't help but tease him, "Why are you unhappy?

Jiang Yuechao pouted unhappily, but her heart was straightforward, "Grandparents have forgotten me." ”

Jiang Yueyuan was amused when she heard this, "But this is the hard-earned money that my sister got from making tea eggs, you didn't do anything and ate two of your sister's eggs, are you still thinking about it here?"

Jiang Wenwen heard her words of hard money, and immediately sneered, "Hard money? You can earn two yuan after boiling a few eggs, it's really hard for you." ”

Jiang Yueyuan didn't fight with her, but Grandma Jiang glared at her, turned her head and took out five cents and gave it to her little grandson, Jiang Yuechao was coaxed, and she was so happy.

Grandpa Jiang on the side didn't think much about it, and then handed Li Xinran another dollar.

These employees have a salary of fifty or sixty yuan every month, and some benefits will be distributed every month, most of which are practical things, so there are basically not many places to spend money.

In addition, the second elder has three sons, and he will give some extra filial piety money every month, and the two old men have also saved a lot of money over the years.

Li Xinran waved his hand embarrassedly, "No need, grandpa, I didn't do anything, so I don't want it." ”

Jiang Wenwen was upset, and pushed Li Xinran hard, almost knocking her down.

"It's really stupid to read and read, I don't know how to collect money if I give you money, people are embarrassed to accept two dollars with thick skin, and I'm embarrassed to give you a piece, it's really a pig brain. ”

There was another burst of fingering and scolding, but Jiang Yueyuan didn't want to deal with it at all, and if she was more serious with this kind of person, she couldn't get along with herself.

But the old lady on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Okay! If you don't want to eat, go back to the house for me! Don't be an eyesore here!"

Jiang Wenwen stopped talking, glared at Li Xinran and stopped talking.

Li Xinran finally took the money handed over by his grandfather.