After a simple rebirth

There was no need to harvest corn the next day, but Fu's mother asked Fu Ying to go to the market with her. It was Mid-Autumn Festival, and they needed to buy some things, so she asked Fu Ying to go to the street to carry things.

Fu Ying asked her mother what she was going to buy, and her mother said she was going to buy mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and that they had run out of paper money and incense for ancestor worship.

When she went out, Fu Ying thought it was her illusion. She had been working all day yesterday and didn't feel anything. But today, the sky was a little cloudy and the temperature dropped a few degrees. Seeing several elderly women passing by wearing thick coats, Fu Ying knew it was really getting cold.

Yes, it’s Mid-Autumn Festival, so it’s normal for the temperature to drop.

If you are in Guangdong Province, it is still very hot after National Day and you have to wear short sleeves. But in Yunnan Province, the four seasons are distinct. You should put on a coat in autumn. It snows heavily in winter, and it is still cold even if it doesn't snow, so you have to wrap yourself up warmly.

The year Zhang Zun came to her hometown with her, they took the high-speed train. Fu Ying had prepared down jackets in advance, but it was hot on the high-speed train, so the two of them didn't wear them. It was okay in Guangxi Province, but it started to get very cold when the high-speed train entered Guizhou Province.

When he was staying at Guiyang North for 20 minutes, he was going to go out to smoke. Fu Ying said it was cold, but he didn't believe it and insisted that smoking would be quick. As a result, he was shivering from the cold. He barely finished a cigarette and went back to his seat to change clothes. At that time, the crowd on the platform was very divided. Some people were shivering in short sleeves like Zhang Zun, some were wearing thick down jackets and preparing to leave the station, and some were wearing thin coats and didn't seem to be cold at all. Fu Ying turned on her phone and it was 3 degrees, which was actually very cold.

Fu Ying also recorded a video of Zhang Zun smoking and posted it on WeChat Moments, saying that this handsome guy from Guangdong Province was shivering in a short-sleeved shirt outdoors in a temperature of three degrees Celsius just for a puff of cigarette.

When we arrived at Fu Ying's house, it wasn't that cold. It was about 10 degrees Celsius and a down jacket was enough. Except for the few days when it snowed and it was freezing cold, it was fine at other times.

It's not that cold now. Fu Ying asked her mother if she was cold. Her mother shook her head. Fu Ying also thought it was just right, but she had to bring a coat when going out next time, otherwise she would easily catch a cold due to the big temperature difference between morning and evening.

There was a fried skewers vendor on the street, and Fu's mom actually asked Fu Ying if she wanted to eat some, which surprised Fu Ying. Fu's mom slowly changed her consumption concept after her brothers and sisters all started working, and was willing to spend a little money to buy something happy, and would also eat some snacks and buy some takeout like them. But at this time, Fu's mom was very careful with her money and was stingy, and she couldn't bear to see them always spending money, so buying snacks on the street was not something Fu's mom would say.

Fu Ying didn't know if she was just in a good mood, but when Fu's mother asked, she just ate. Fu Ying nodded and ordered a bunch of fried potatoes and a bunch of fried bean curd, but nothing else. Fu's mother also asked for a bunch of fried potatoes, but she didn't order anything else. In fact, Fu Ying's favorite is chicken wings, fried chicken wings or grilled chicken wings are fine, but it's too expensive to buy them separately, so it's cheaper to buy a pack of fried or grilled chicken wings.

When Fu Ying was giving her mother the money, she asked her, "Mom, in my hometown, do we have to make some dishes as offerings during the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Mother Fu looked at her strangely. "No, my hometown requires three bowls of rice and three dishes for offering. They must be freshly cooked and offered to the ancestors first. We can eat after the ancestors have finished eating. The rest is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangdong Province. There are no prescribed dishes."

Fu Ying nodded and said, that’s good.

After eating the fried potato chips, I ate fried bean curd. The ones bought outside are really delicious. The potato chips are grown at home, peeled and cut into thicker slices. Four to five slices of potato are skewered on a bamboo stick, so it only costs one yuan. Fried bean curd is also one yuan. This kind of bean curd is rarely seen in other provinces. It is called bean curd, but it is actually rolled in the form of gluten skewers, but the material is bean curd, which is very chewy. Fu Ying has only eaten it in her hometown, at least not in Guangdong Province.

After finishing the meal, Fu Ying asked her mother, "Mom, I want to have a barbecue tomorrow for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Do we have those meatballs and chicken wings that come in a pack?"

"Why do we need to have a barbecue? Can't we just stir-fry some dishes at home?" Fu's mother firmly disagreed. Barbecue sounds like a waste of ingredients, which means it is a waste of money. There is no family background for Fu Ying to do it.

Fu Ying persuaded, "It was difficult to grill in Guangdong because there were no grills, it was inconvenient to light a fire, and it was expensive to buy vegetables. But we have a stove and charcoal at home, and it doesn't require much trouble. We can just buy some ingredients and grill whatever we want, and eat as much as we want, so there will be no waste. The remaining meatballs and vegetables can also be eaten in hot pot tomorrow."

"Where can we get so much money? And who will eat it if you bake it?" Fu's mother disagreed.

"Fu Zhe will definitely eat it, and so will I. I don't believe you won't eat it after it's baked. Just buy less. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you don't have to go to work now, so you have time to make these things together."

Fu's mother glanced at Fu Ying and said, "Okay, okay, you can eat it if you want. You can make it yourself. I'll give you 50 yuan to buy it yourself. If you exceed the limit, you can use your own pocket money to make up for it, okay?"

Fu Ying thought about it and decided that if she bought some vegetables such as meat and seasonings, she wouldn't have to buy that many vegetables, and it wouldn't cost too much if she made some extra effort, so she nodded in agreement.

Fu's mother gave the money reluctantly, "You should spend it sparingly. There is really not much money left at home. How much private money do you have? If you have a lot, lend it to me first. Don't lose it."

Fu Ying took the money and ignored Fu Ma's probing. "Where do I have any private money? I only have 20 to begin with. Now that I've bought things, I must have used up all my money. I have nothing left."

In other words, Fu Ying doesn't spend money indiscriminately, otherwise her mother would not feel comfortable leaving any money for Fu Ying.

After Fu Ying started working, her mother was like this too. She always complained that Fu Ying was spending money recklessly and asked how much Fu Ying earned. It was either because she really needed Fu Ying to pay for the household expenses or because she didn't have any money, or because she was worried about Fu Ying's money. So Fu Ying never told the truth about money. When asked about her salary, she said it was more than 3,000 yuan, and when asked about her savings, she said it was not just enough to spend. Fu's mother could guess what was true and what was false.

Like now, Fu's mother knew that Fu Ying must not have much money, but Fu Ying didn't often ask her for money. Now she was so willing to subsidize the money for buying barbecue ingredients. Fu's mother suspected that Fu Yu gave Fu Ying money before coming back. She was afraid that Fu Ying would spend money indiscriminately or lose it in an impulse, as Fu Ying had lost 50 yuan before.

Fu Ying held the money in her hand and carefully planned what ingredients to buy next.

There are only three people in the Fu family, but they often have relatives visiting, and they feel embarrassed not to invite others to eat when they come, so they have to buy double the amount, and the extra will be used as dishes for the next few days.

Moreover, barbecue is also lively with many people, and the atmosphere is what matters when eating.

Fu Ying thought about going back to ask Li Xingying, Wang Yu and the others if they could come. Fu Ying is not a sociable person, but Fu Zhe has a few friends who can come, basically relatives and neighbors around, so it would be nice to join in the fun.