Chen Huanhuan waved her fist to cheer for Li Xiang from more than a thousand kilometers away. She thought about it, plucked up the courage to call Li Xiang and chat about the recent situation.
Li Xiang told her that he had changed his mobile phone number and the old number would not be used soon. Chen Huanhuan quickly saved his new number.
"Your house has been renovated well. You wouldn't mind if I go to your house for vacation when I have the chance?" Chen Huanhuan asked shyly and half-jokingly.
Li Xiang said, "Of course, you are welcome anytime!"
He actually has few friends since he graduated from college.
The workplace is full of intrigue and deception. It is not a place to make friends at all. Chen Huanhuan is a rare one.
There were indeed a few classmates who got along well with each other, but after graduation, they went their separate ways and had their own lives, so they had less contact.
"It's a deal!" Chen Huanhuan hung up the phone and sighed softly. Looking at the pile of documents in front of him and the mess of unfinished forms in the computer, he thought that the National Day was coming soon. He hoped that he could have a few more days off for the National Day.
As a result, when he got off work, the holiday notice came out. It turned out that there were only three days off, the legal three days!
Chen Huanhuan was upset on the spot.
Others add weekends and make adjustments to make a seven-day short vacation. There are even suggestions online that as long as you take two days of annual leave, you can have ten consecutive days off!
Annual leave? What the hell is annual leave?
This company has never heard of annual leave. For Chen Huanhuan, it is like she never knew what the Youth Palace was for when she was a child. It only exists in "legends".
"This damn company works overtime every day. Brother Xiang is still good. I don't know how comfortable it is to lie down in the countryside." Chen Huanhuan suddenly envied Li Xiang.
Li Xiang was indeed quite comfortable. He was busy frying chestnuts.
Grandpa gave me a big bag of chestnuts, which were big and full. The kitchen in the backyard has been simply built. He built a wood stove with river sand, lime and some old bricks. Today was his first experience.
At the cascading waterfall, he washed the chestnuts with clean and clear mountain spring water, drained them and dried them, and cut a small hole on each chestnut for seasoning and shelling.
Grandma added firewood to the stove, and Li Xiang was in charge of cooking.
After the pot is heated, add a little rapeseed oil to the pot, pour in the processed chestnuts, and stir-fry on low heat until the chestnut skin feels shiny.
Then add an appropriate amount of clean water, so that the water slightly covers half of the chestnuts, and add a few tablespoons of white sugar for seasoning.
Bring to a boil over high heat, cover the pot, and simmer for about ten minutes. When
the water is dried up, stir-fry quickly to make the surface of the chestnuts dry and present an attractive color.
It has to be said that high-end ingredients often only require simple cooking methods, without expensive butter, nor too many additives and seasonings. The chestnuts are fragrant when they come out of the pot.
Li Xiang peeled and tasted one, which was sweet and sticky with an excellent taste.
"Grandma, eat it." Li Xiang put a plate on it and handed it to his grandmother. He saw two big yellow dogs shaking their heads and tails on the side, obviously attracted by the aroma of chestnuts, so he also grabbed a handful and threw it into the dog bowl.
The two dogs devoured it and even spit out the shells, which were quite clean. The
pregnant old cat also jumped off the roof, walked over slowly with a cat step, and Li Xiang was much gentler to the old cat. He peeled two for it, crushed them, and put them in the cat bowl.
After all, she is pregnant, and the cat's mouth and teeth are not as big as those of a dog, so it needs special treatment. The old cat ate more politely, and cats eat small meals frequently. It only ate two and stopped. Li Xiang peeled a few more and put them in its bowl, waiting for it to eat whenever it needed.
The two dogs were very smart and would not eat the food in the cat's bowl.
"Grandma, how long has this cat been pregnant?" Li Xiang asked.
"About one and a half months." Grandma said.
"That means it will give birth in about half a month."
Li Xiang thought that he had to prepare a bigger and cleaner cat bed for the old cat, otherwise it would be inconvenient to live after the baby was born.
The gestation period of a cat is generally 63 to 68 days. When there are more fetuses, the gestation period will be shortened accordingly.
Li Xiang saw that the cat's belly was quite big, and estimated that this litter would give birth to several puppies, and it might give birth early, so he couldn't help but look forward to it .
In terms of cuteness, the cubs are invincible. Whether it is a kitten or a puppy, they all have natural cute attributes. The same is true for humans.
If the cubs are not cute, it is difficult for them to survive. This is also a protection rule evolved by nature.
Of course, some insect cubs are excluded, such as flies.
Thinking of this, Li Xiang was very eager to renovate the bathroom at home, but his house was an old house, or the old-fashioned tile house. If the bathroom was renovated, it would involve the renovation of the entire house, or reconstruction. That would cost a lot of money, so it could only be put on hold for the time being. There
wasn't much else at home, but there were enough bamboos. Li Xiang planned to use bamboo to build a luxurious cat bed for the old cat, and then put some cotton wool, unused sheets and quilts in it. I
originally wanted to make a cat climbing frame, but then I thought, that's something only pet cats in the city use. My backyard is so big, and there are persimmon trees and a lot of space. Am I still afraid that the cat has nothing to play with?
Of course, to build a cat bed for the old cat, it's natural to shoot a video.
The red-chained snake under the eaves had already dried up, so Li Xiang rode his tricycle to a wine shop in town and bought ten kilograms of loose liquor.
This liquor store has been open for many years. According to my grandmother, it has been at least 50 or 60 years. It can be called a local time-honored brand. It mainly sells sorghum liquor. Although it is loose liquor, it can be guaranteed to be pure grain liquor, and the degree is particularly high, about 58 degrees, which is perfect for soaking snake wine.
The boss introduced that his family's homemade sorghum liquor is made from the local sweet and glutinous sorghum as raw materials, cutting off the head and tail, and connecting the best raw liquor in the middle, so the degree is high and the alcohol is strong, suitable for soaking medicinal wine or buying it back for your own cellar.
Li Xiang bought a two-year-old one recommended by the other party, 45 per catty. After returning, he tasted it and it tasted good, with a sweet and mellow taste, fresh and elegant aroma and a long aftertaste.
There are also loose liquors over 100 or 200 per catty, but Li Xiang thinks it is too expensive, and this one is 45 per catty. In fact, this one is also the one with the highest sales.
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Time flies, and the National Day is here.
In the past, I was a social animal in the workplace and I looked forward to the National Day holiday, but I never enjoyed it. At most, I could take three or four days off. Now it doesn't matter. For Li Xiang now, every day is a holiday.
Life is short, why bother yourself. Many times, unhappiness is caused by too many desires.
"Brother Li Xiang, I saw your video last night. You are so great!" A girl with pigtails and a red dress, although the clothes are simple, but she has a graceful curve, a delicate face, and a face full of collagen, ran over.