pjbooks Chapter 109 Not for nothing
Chapter 109 Not for nothing
Chapter 109 Not for nothing
When Lin Chuan was getting a bowl to pour water for Yang Xiaoling, he saw the pickled cowpeas in the cupboard and really wanted to eat them.
"You eat this every day, haven't you had enough?"
"No, this stuff wouldn't do. Besides, the way you pickled it looks delicious."
Every place has its own local flavor, and in this place, pickled cowpeas are a prime example.
We eat it all year round, and even decades later, as we've settled into our lives, this taste hasn't changed.
Yang Xiaoling brought over pickled cowpeas, which are also known as sour cowpeas. However, they use a lot of salt here, so they are salty and not sour. They are stir-fried with pickled peppers, making them salty and spicy, and they are especially good with rice.
When Lin Chuan ate pickled cowpeas from other places, he always felt that the taste was not good enough. Some places didn't even stir-fry them with oil, saying that this made them crispier, but Lin Chuan couldn't eat them at all.
"Is it really that delicious? Eat more meat."
Seeing that Lin Chuan was serving pickled cowpeas as his main dish, Yang Xiaoling picked up a piece of meat with bone for Lin Chuan.
"It's delicious, especially delicious! You even added garlic; did you grow it yourself?"
"Hmm, I think it tastes better with garlic, so I planted some. Do you like garlic too?"
"Yes, I like it. Last time I went to the bay to ask for some, but not many families grew it. I didn't expect you to grow it. If I had known, I would have come to you sooner."
"I'll get you some later, and I'll grow more in the future so I can give you some of it."
Yang Xiaoling's voice was full of joy, happy that she shared the same tastes as Lin Chuan, and happy that she could give back to Lin Chuan in a little way.
"it is good."
Seeing that Lin Chuan agreed, Yang Xiaoling was even happier and finally returned to her previous self, chatting with Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan pleaded and coaxed her, promising he wouldn't buy her gifts without her consent next time, before Yang Xiaoling reluctantly accepted the clothes he brought.
After dinner, Lin Chuan insisted on washing the dishes, and Yang Xiaoling couldn't stop him, so she let him do it and helped out.
The two lingered for a while longer, and seeing that it was getting dark, Lin Chuan said goodbye to Yang Xiaoling and hurried home with the two basins and more than ten kilograms of garlic that had been delivered that morning.
Yang Xiaoling carried the clothes to the room and put them on the bed. She then took out a small box from the cabinet, which contained some loose change.
Yang Xiaoling is one of the few people her age who has her own savings. From childhood to adulthood, her father never took her money and let her save it all herself.
They didn't have much money because their family didn't associate with many people and didn't receive much New Year's money.
The money in the box was from the chestnuts she collected every year from the woods that others hadn't picked properly, which she then sold and saved.
Over the years, after deducting some expenses that were inconvenient to tell Yang's father, he had saved more than sixty yuan.
Yang Xiaoling accepted the clothes because of Lin Chuan's words: "If I buy them, no one else can wear them. I can't just give them to other girls."
But she wasn't going to take it for nothing; she planned to give the money to Lin Chuan.
Yang Xiaoling counted the money in the box; it totaled sixty-seven yuan and eighty-five cents. She counted out sixty yuan.
It was all small bills, a large amount clutched in her hand. She put the money aside, opened the clothing packaging, and prepared to put the clothes away.
Upon opening the package, they discovered two digital watches inside, identical to the one Lin Chuan was wearing.
Yang Xiaoling hesitated for a moment, then took a watch and knocked on her father's door.
"Dad, I need some money."
"What's wrong? The money's still in the usual place. Just take it yourself."
Yang Xiaoling took out the watch and explained what had happened.
Yang's father's expression changed several times, and finally a smile appeared on his face.
"I didn't expect this kid to treat you so well. Looks like he really likes you."
"dad."
"Ha, still shy? Go get two hundred from **, give him one hundred and fifty, and keep some for yourself too."
If he gives you anything else, as long as it's not too expensive, you don't have to refuse it all. Just return it; it's a give-and-take situation.
Yang Xiaoling found the location her father had described, opened it, and saw it was full of money. She asked in surprise, "Dad, where did we get so much money?"
Previously, when Yang Xiaoling asked for money, her father would always let her take it herself. The money was always kept in a place with only a few dozen yuan, so Yang Xiaoling thought that was all the money the family had.
"I'm not in a hurry to give gifts, so isn't it normal for me to save some money?"
"If you're so rich, why is your family still so poor?"
"So what if it's broken? It's not like it's unusable. I was just thinking that you're all grown up and will be getting married soon, and I can manage on my own, so I was too lazy to fix it."
Besides, this person's character is uncertain. If you don't marry well, you can get a divorce. This money is for your safety net.
Lin Chuan naturally knew nothing about Yang Xiaoling's family affairs. He carried two basins and a large clump of garlic, and slipped into the kitchen through the back door, where he met his mother's gaze.
"You've finished your meal, why are you suddenly thinking of going to your classmate's house? Where did this garlic come from?"
"Oh, we just bumped into each other, let's have a meal together."
Lin Chuan didn't know what excuse Wang Long and the others had given him, so he mumbled something and put the garlic in front of his mother: "Mom, can you keep this garlic? Put it in a dry, well-ventilated place so it doesn't sprout."
After saying that, Lin Chuan ran away, thinking to himself that he should buy a storage space, otherwise he would really be exposed if he continued like this.
It's worth getting such a god-level cheat as storage space; he remembered seeing it in his father's shop.
Storage space: Half a cubic meter: 100000 harvest points, One cubic meter: 200000 harvest points, 100 cubic meters: 000 harvest points.
Storage space can be upgraded; each upgrade costs 30000 harvest points and increases length, width, and height by 10 centimeters.
What a swindler! Half a cubic meter costs 100,000 points, and each upgrade costs 30,000 points. If you want to upgrade to one cubic meter, you have to spend another 150,000 points, for a total of 250,000 points, which is far more than the points required to directly buy one cubic meter.
Lin Chuan also wanted to buy a one-cubic-meter one, but he didn't have enough reward points. He didn't even have enough reward points to buy half a cubic meter, let alone a one-cubic-meter one.
Harvest Points: 10042
That's only one-tenth. To reach 100,000, you still need to hunt 90,000 catties of wild boar. Just thinking about that number made Lin Chuan's eyes instantly clear.
Whatever, whatever happens, happens. It's fine as it is.
However, Lin Chuan still planned to go up the mountain for a stroll. Now that he had a car, it would be convenient to sell wild boar. Before the harvest season for chestnuts and persimmons, he would go hunting wild boar to earn some harvest points and money.
I came out of the kitchen and found everyone watching TV.
The three girls were all huddled together on the bamboo bed, all dressed in new clothes. The uncle, Lin Feng, and Lin Yang were all lying on the recliners, looking quite relaxed.
When Lin Chuan appeared, the younger children's eyes lit up. Before Lin Xue could even call out, Lin Yang shouted out.
"Brother, where have you been? I haven't seen you at dinner."
Lin Yang charged over, howling. He was now Lin Chuan's number one lackey and worshipped Lin Chuan immensely.