Wang Shumei really didn't react. When she looked at the half fan of mutton, the first thing that came to her mind was not food, but money.
She felt like she was opening a sack of unity.
She stared at the meat and even forgot to think: "Okay, I'll go back and think about it."
Lin Nianhe stopped her and his smile became even brighter: "My brother is having dinner at my place tonight. He doesn't know about me, so just say these mutton and pears were sent by your brother and I exchanged them with you, okay?"
Wang Shumei looked at her for a while and said thoughtfully: "If you ask that...then can I not cooperate? I am very afraid of lying to the police comrades."
Lin Nianhe: "You get half of the meat and pears."
Wang Shumei: "Okay, I'll adapt accordingly."
Lin Nianhe picked up the kitchen knife on the spot, divided the mutton, and put pears on it for Wang Shumei.
Wang Shumei left with her things with a smile on her face, and said to her: "Actually, you understand me. I'm not someone who takes advantage. I just see Xiaolan studying too hard recently, so I have to make up for her."
Lin Nianhe smiled back and raised his eyebrows: "Well, it's okay, the wool comes from the sheep."
Wang Shumei: "..."
This girl shouldn't have all the food she ate included in the payment, right?
She analyzed it carefully and found that according to Lin Nianhe's human nature... it was not impossible.
Lin Nianhe looked at her suspicious eyes, rolled his eyes, and turned back into the house.
There is no even basic trust between people.
Lin Nianhe heard the footsteps outside and walked away. He chuckled, took out a brand new copper hot pot, and started slicing the mutton.
When he got off work, Su Yuncheng's white shirt was soaked with sweat and stained with dust.
Lin Nianhe frowned even more when he thought that it would take a long time for Lin Nianhe to live like this.
He thought of something he could do to help her.
Su Yuncheng was thinking carefully as he walked.
Perhaps because of his profession, no one stopped him along the way, and no one asked him anything.
"Brother Yun Cheng, thank you for your hard work."
The clear voice of the little girl interrupted his thoughts.
Su Yuncheng raised his head and saw her standing by the door, looking at him with a smile.
He put aside what was on his mind and the corners of his lips rose unconsciously.
He looked up. There was no smoke coming from the chimney.
While washing his hands, he asked her: "What's for dinner? I'll do it."
"Need not."
Lin Nianhe smiled and rolled his eyes. He walked to him with his hands behind his back and lowered his voice and said, "Sister Shumei's brother brought her a lot of mutton and pears. I bought some for her and we ate the mutton boiled. I cut them all." alright."
Su Yuncheng frowned: "Her brother is from the Black Province?"
"No," Lin Nianhe shook his head, "Her home is in Liao Province, and her brother came here to do business, so he brought it here specially."
In Su Yuncheng's case, Wang Shumei had a criminal record, so he habitually asked a few more questions: "Is this brother of hers a relative?"
"I remember it was my cousin," Lin Nianhe replied, "He has visited Sister Shumei twice before and he is a truck driver."
"Oh, like this."
Su Yuncheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Truck drivers come and go to pick up and deliver goods, and they deal directly with many factories, so it's not surprising that they can get some mutton.
He washed his hands and whispered to Lin Nianhe: "The town is not peaceful. Don't follow their example and go to places you shouldn't go."
Lin Nianhe nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I know. When I go to town, besides going to the health center, I also go to see Principal Wu. I don't know which way the door of that place opens."
She stood there cutely, too well-behaved.
Su Yuncheng looked into her clear eyes and felt that he was thinking too much.
But he soon had another doubt——
"Where did you get the copper hot pot?"
Lin Nianhe: "I bought it on the train."
Su Yuncheng: "..."
Did she... meet a blacksmith on the train?
Lin Nianhe chuckled and said, "I lied to you, I brought it from home."
She looked like she was snickering alone after doing something bad, covering her mouth and running away with a smile.
Su Yuncheng's mood was ups and downs that day, and he briefly lost the ability to think rationally. He actually felt that the latter explanation was somewhat reliable.
Without saying anything else, he ordered briquettes and put them into the hot pot, then served the dishes back and forth.
Because the table was covered with tablecloth, Lin Nianhe commandeered the Kang table to eat.
Here, it is normal to eat while sitting on the kang, but she was a little uncomfortable with it, so she kept eating at the table.
The water is rolling, the mutton is put in, and it is cooked in a few seconds.
Lin Nianhe ate a piece of mutton and narrowed his eyes with happiness.
As a Beijing native, her love for mutton-shabu-shabu far exceeds other types of hot pot.
The same is true for Su Yuncheng. He has been away from home these years, and he hasn't had hot-boiled mutton for a long time.
Especially with her opposite.
Looking at her satisfied look, he said: "If you want to eat in the future, just tell me and I will buy you mutton."
"Okay." Lin Nianhe nodded with a smile and pushed the herbal tea to him, "I made it myself, you can try it."
Made by hand - unscrewed the bottle cap and poured it into the tea vat.
Su Yuncheng took a sip and praised: "It tastes good."
Lin Nianhe smiled and rolled his eyes. After eating for a while, he asked casually: "Brother Yun Cheng, does Aunt Wang not know what you want to ask? Why don't you tell me, and I will know if it is safe or not."
Su Yun Cheng was slightly startled: "Huh?"
"I see that you are not in a good mood. Are you in trouble?" Lin Nianhe said.
Su Yuncheng's mood, which had been depressed all afternoon, changed.
She could tell that he was worried, so she deliberately prepared a meal with the flavor of her hometown and made herbal tea.
The little girl actually cares about herself so much.
For a moment, Su Yuncheng thought a lot.
There was a smile in his eyes and he shook his head: "No, Director Wang told me everything. I was just thinking about the case, which is a little complicated."
He was embarrassed to say that he was thinking about how to chat with her.
"I see, I thought I was in trouble."
Lin Nianhe breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a piece of mutton, covered it with sesame sauce and ate it.
Lin Nianhe was so happy with the delicious food that he even forgot to ask him, since he had nothing to worry about, why did he go all the way to work for her?
This kind of trivial matter is not worth mentioning in front of hotpot mutton.
They ate a lot, and when Su Yuncheng was about to leave, Lin Nianhe brought him most of the mutton and pears.
"It's so hot and I can't finish it all by myself. It would be a pity if it went bad. Besides, I originally wanted to bring it to you."
He couldn't bear to refuse her concern.
As Su Yuncheng pushed the car out, he did not forget to tell her: "Don't close the window immediately when you get back, keep it open for a while."
"Yeah, I know."
The two of them talked and walked around the east wall.
The educated youths in the front yard were studying hard while it was still bright, and it happened that Fu Aiguo was not among them.
He... just entered the courtyard gate, carrying a big cloth bag in his hand. He went straight to the water tank and drank some water, looking exhausted.
"Hey? Aiguo, you're back." Wang Dong turned around with his little bamboo pole and asked, "Why did you come back so late after you went to town? I left food for you."
"Yeah, okay." Fu Aiguo responded and entered the house carrying the cloth bag.
This ordinary conversation fell completely into Su Yuncheng's ears.
His eyes tightened slightly, and he immediately winked at Lin Nianhe.
(End of chapter)
