Tao Guangming left.
A neighbor looked at the direction in which the car disappeared and came over to ask Li Wenjun: "Young Master, that car really doesn't belong to you."
Li Wenjun smiled: "Yes, it belongs to a friend. I told him the day I drove back."
The neighbor muttered: "Let me tell you, it's so easy to buy a car. It's not just paper. It can be changed at will. A car costs tens of thousands of yuan."
Another said: "Young Master Jun is only twenty years old. Although he is powerful, he is not that magical. Buying a car just two months after opening the factory is simply a fantasy."
"Isn't that right? He has been so popular recently. We have mythologized him. He can't possibly be that powerful."
"A few months ago he was..."
"Shh, you said that in front of the military commander, you..."
Li Wenjun listened to these words of overt praise and covert disparagement, and felt no emotion in his heart.
After all, these people are used to flattering others and throwing bowls at them, so there is no need to argue with them. However, driving is really fun and convenient these days, so I still need to find a way to get a car as soon as possible.
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Li Wenjun came back so early today that when he entered, Diandian who was feeding the chickens in the back and Gu Zhanyan who was washing and chopping vegetables didn't notice.
Li Wenjun stood silently behind Diandian, watching her squatting and holding the millet in front of the hen with her little hands, murmuring in a milky voice: "It's delicious. Don't be picky about food, so you can grow as tall as dad."
Li Wenjun couldn't help but laugh: "Baby, no matter how much it eats, it won't grow as tall as daddy."
Diandian raised his head and looked back, saw Li Wenjun, and grinned: "Papa."
It was as if all the sunlight had reached her face.
Li Wenjun's heart turned into water under the sun. He bent down and kissed her forehead and picked her up.
Gu Zhanyan stood up and wiped the water on his hands on his apron: "Hey, why did you come back so early today?"
Li Wenjun turned around: "Eh? Where are your parents? Why are you two at home?"
Gu Zhanyan pursed her lips and smiled: "Mom went to my sister-in-law's place to make tablecloths. Dad went to the carpentry workshop. My brother and sister-in-law went to work. Everyone is very busy."
Li Wenjun suddenly realized that he had been in this state recently. Everyone was busy with their own affairs, and Gu Zhanyan, who had a little leisure time, silently took on all the housework.
He suddenly felt distressed and held her in his arms: "Thank you for your hard work. How about I ask a nanny to come back."
Gu Zhanyan glanced at him angrily: "What are you talking about? My mother did all this work alone before, and I never heard her say it was hard. In fact, in the past few days, she has been busy, so I am doing all the work. She also said today that I would wash, cut, and cook the vegetables, and she would come back to stir-fry. It was actually not bad, she brought some snacks with her, and the two of us talked and finished the work."
Li Wenjun pursed his lips: "This is not a solution."
Fortunately for Liu Changming, even if he didn't go to the carpentry workshop, he would still go underground.
But Liu Cuihong actually doesn't need to work so hard. She just needs to hand over the work and wait for acceptance.
Li Wenjun had the same idea at the beginning. Just looking for something to make Liu Cuihong feel fulfilled and find a sense of belonging and personal value.
Liu Cuihong seemed to have gone astray, taking all the money-making work into her own hands, and then exhausted herself to the point of exhaustion.
Li Wenjun thought for a while and said, "I'll talk to mom."
Gu Zhanyan frowned: "What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense. Later, my mother will think that I am complaining about hard work. This is not good. When I was busy before, my mother would help me bring some food. Now she is busy. I will do some work. That’s what it should be.”
Li Wenjun shook his head and pointed to his temple: "Her place... is not suitable for working too hard. It's okay to move around a little while growing vegetables and cooking. Sitting in front of the sewing machine and working like this all day is too boring and high. Nervous and not suitable for her.”
Gu Zhanyan thought for a while: "That's right. Then you should advise her properly. Be careful with your words. Mom actually has a strong sense of self-esteem. Don't hurt her heart."
Li Wenjun laughed and hugged her tightly: "My wife is really considerate, kind and gentle."
Gu Zhanyan gave him an irritated look, then turned around to continue cooking.
Diandian clapped her hands: "Feed the chickens and draw pictures."
Li Wenjun said: "Why don't mom take you to paint, and dad will cut and wash the vegetables."
Gu Zhanyan looked back at him and said, "In addition to making noodles, do you also know these things?"
Except for the last time he cooked a bowl of egg noodles, I didn't seem to see him in the kitchen again.
Moreover, he didn't have time to go to the kitchen.
Li Wenjun gave her a little bit of land: "Hey, I don't allow you to doubt your lover so much, Comrade Li Wenjun. I'm very capable, so you just keep an eye on it."
Gu Zhanyan pursed his lips and smiled: "Don't burn the dishes. We won't have anything to eat at noon."
Li Wenjun smiled: "Don't worry, it will definitely be edible. It's just a question of whether it tastes good or not."
Li Wenjun took off the apron from Gu Zhanyan and put it on himself, and then began to skillfully wash vegetables, peel garlic, shred meat, dice eggplant, and shred peppers. Peel and slice the loofah. Chop the garlic into cubes. I could only hear the rhythmic, fast and unhurried "ta-da-da" sound of the kitchen knife on the chopping board.
Then all the ingredients were processed, sorted into categories, and placed on plates.
Li Wenjun thought for a while and said to himself: "I'm already wearing an apron, so I might as well stir-fry the vegetables. Anyway, today's meal seems to be relatively simple."
Then he steamed eggs, rice, and ribs on one stove, and stir-fried vegetables on the other stove.
For the shredded pork with green pepper, heat the pan and add oil. After the oil is hot, add the green pepper and stir-fry for a minute. Then add the shredded pork that has been grabbed with starch and stir-fry. Stir-fry skillfully, then add the garlic and stir-fry again. , add salt, soy sauce, sugar, chicken essence and other seasonings, stir-fry again, wait until the shredded meat is cooked, and take it out of the pan.
Add minced meat and eggplant, heat oil in a pan, put the eggplant in the pan and stir-fry until the oil returns, then add minced meat and garlic, stir-fry until the meat is dispersed and oil comes out, add seasonings and take it out of the pan. This dish is nutritious, has both meat and vegetables, and is very appetizing. In order to make it delicious with rice, he specially made it non-spicy or add some bean paste to taste better.
While waiting for the eggplant to return to oil, Li Wenjun took out the steamed eggs first and let the ribs and rice continue to steam, otherwise the steamed eggs would become old.
After the minced pork and eggplant were taken out of the pot, he then washed the pot and made loofah soup.
For loofah soup, heat oil in a pan, put down the loofah and stir-fry for a minute. Add a little water when the oil is slightly boiled. Cook until the loofah is cooked, then remove from the pot.
This dish is sweet and sweet, and is delicious mixed with rice or eaten as it is.
And in this era, because there are no greenhouses and transportation is inconvenient, this dish can only be eaten in summer in most places. Moreover, the loofah will become old at the beginning of autumn, and it will not taste good if there are seeds inside.
In the past, he was a hands-off shopkeeper who didn't care about anything and didn't know these things at all.
Later, I had the money to buy a villa, but unfortunately I was alone and my mother was gone. There was no one to plant a vegetable garden despite the huge space.
He once spent a lot of money to hire people to plant all kinds of peppers, eggplants and luffa in the garden, but the taste never seemed to be the same as what his mother grew.
He simply did it himself. In the first year, the planting time was wrong, and all the vegetables he planted were eaten by insects. It was too late to plant again.
In the second year, what was grown was thin, shriveled, and tasted very bad.
