"How could it be? I'm definitely coming back." Not wanting Qin Manqing to be too worried, Cheng Xiang had no choice but to comfort her first.
At this time, Chen Jiao, who was returning from buying popsicles, happened to hear her words and her heart sank.
Cheng wanted to see Chen Jiao, pulled her to Qin Yutong and said, "Sister Yutong, this is my friend from Zhoujiacun, her name is Chen Jiao."
Qin Yutong looked at the honest and shy woman in front of him, politely stretched out his hand and said, "Hello."
Chen Jiao felt a little at a loss and stretched out her hand to hold it with Qin Yutong and said, "Hello."
Cheng Xiang explained: "Sister Yutong, I am accompanying Sister Jiao to sell vegetables today. We are going back to the village. We still have children at home. You should go to work quickly. I will go back to the city to find you another day."
.....and children?
Qin Manqing was speechless. She opened her bag, took out a few big coupons and stuffed them to Cheng Xiang: "You can take the money first. If it's not enough, tell me. I'm going to be late. Let's go first. I'll go check it out later." you."
Before Cheng could refuse, Qin Yutong had already turned around and walked away.
Cheng Xiang looked at Qin Yutong walking away, shook his head and smiled.
Chen Jiao looked at the money in Cheng Xiang's hands and sighed slightly in her heart. She was so happy that she wanted to fly after buying 10 yuan all morning. This girl could easily take out so much money, and she was also wanted by Cheng Xiang. friend.
She looked at the popsicle in her hand, but she couldn't hold it out.
Cheng Xiang looked at Chen Jiao in a daze, reached out and took the popsicle and took a bite: "Wow, it's so cool."
Chen Jiao looked at her happy expression and also laughed.
Cheng Xiang waved the money in his hand and said, "Now that you have money, I'll treat you to a restaurant. Let's go."
Chen Jiao couldn't help but refuse and pulled her into a restaurant.
They ordered two bowls of rice, one boiled pork slices, one squirrel mandarin fish, and one egg drop soup. The two of them had a full meal.
Cheng Xiang touched his round belly and commented: "It's not as delicious as the one I made."
Chen Jiao also nodded in approval.
After the meal, the two of them chatted and laughed and went to the station to take the bus home.
On the way, Chen Jiao asked Cheng Xiang: "Think about it, what is Ai Zhu you told that woman?"
Cheng wanted to say: "You just dry the moxa leaves and rub them to make moxa velvet. Then roll them up with paper like cigarettes. After lighting them, there will be smoke. Put them on the acupuncture points for fumigation. It is cleaner than burning them directly in a brazier." ,convenient."
Chen Jiao nodded in admiration: "People in the city know more."
Cheng Xiang continued, "I'll try it when I get home. I'll teach you if I succeed."
Chen Jiao nodded and said: "Okay"
After returning home, Cheng Xiang told Chen Jiao the location of the wolfberry seeds and asked her to take time to pick them. He took some mugwort leaves and went home to prepare for making mugwort sticks.
When I got home, I saw Qing'er playing in the mud with Huzi at the door. When Qing'er saw Cheng Xiang, she rushed over and said, "Where is auntie? I miss you so much."
Qing'er is becoming more and more dependent on Cheng Xiang. She hasn't seen her for a long time and is so afraid that her aunt won't come back and won't want her anymore.
Cheng Xiang knelt down and wiped Qing'er's dirty little face and said, "Auntie went to the city to buy sweets for Qing'er. Can we go home and eat sweets?"
When she was in the city, she bought a few boxes of chocolate beans, called chocolate beans in this era, and they were packaged in round paper tubes.
This thing is very rare for children. When they opened the cylinder and poured out the colorful chocolate beans, Huzi and Qing'er both shouted in surprise: "Wow!"
Two people, one for you and one for me, will be so happy eating.
Let them eat by themselves, Cheng Xiang went outside to dry the mugwort leaves. If the sun was good, they would be dried in almost a day.
In the evening, I made hand-made noodles for the children and mixed them with cucumbers, eggs and tomatoes.
The children each ate a big bowl with great enthusiasm.
After the children all went to bed, Cheng Xiang took a book and sat on the sofa to wait for Zhou Tianlei. She really wanted to tell him about today's results.
But her eyelids twitched when she read the book. It seemed that the original owner's body was indeed resistant to the book.
When I was drowsy, a clear water vapor suddenly appeared around me.
Turning around, he saw Zhou Tianlei already sitting next to him.
"Why don't you go back to the room and sleep if you're sleepy?" Zhou Tianlei frowned and helped her straighten her scattered hair.
"Wait for you"
"Is something wrong?"
By this time, Cheng Xiang was awake and energetic, so he told the story of going to the city to sell vegetables.
After speaking, he looked up at Zhou Tianlei with raised eyebrows, looking like he was begging for praise.
Zhou Tianlei raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Well done."
He suddenly realized that when he was in front of Cheng Xiang, he could not help but smile in his heart. In his lifetime, the smiles he had made before were not as many as those since he met her.
Then he asked: "Are you still going?"
"Go, I'll go again the day after tomorrow. When Chen Jiao gets familiar with it, I won't accompany her." She didn't forget that she had to meet Tianxing's teacher on Saturday.
Zhou Tianlei nodded and suddenly asked: "Can you ride a bicycle?"
Cheng Xiang nodded and said, "Yes." The little yellow car was her common means of transportation in later generations.
"Okay, I got it, go to bed early." After saying that, he pulled her up and sent her to her room to sleep.
***
At night, in the city, at the Qin family.
In the living room, Qin's father and Qin Jianguo were sitting on the sofa reading newspapers, and Qin's mother, Zhang Lan, was knitting a sweater.
At this time, Qin Yutong came back from outside. His face was filled with anger as soon as he entered the door. He threw his bag on the sofa, sat next to Qin's mother, and sighed heavily.
Qin's father raised his head from the newspaper, plucked his eyes downwards, looked at his angry daughter and asked, "Who made my daughter so angry?"
Qin's mother also looked at her with concern: "What's wrong with the blind date not going well today?"
She can't remember how many blind dates this has been arranged for her. Anyway, there are always countless reasons to be dissatisfied with the man every time. Qin's mother expected that this time would not be successful.
"Today, that man had a wretched look on his face. He smacked his lips while eating, and even scratched his finger when paying the bill." Qin Yutong said angrily.
"Huh, this reason was used last time." Father Qin said with a chuckle.
Qin Yutong rolled his eyes and thought about it. It seemed that he had indeed used it. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Oh, I don't like it anyway."
Qin's mother and Qin's father both shook their heads helplessly.
"I'm not angry today because of the blind date," Qin Yutong explained to his parents.
"Mom and Dad, do you know who I saw when I sent Linlin to school today?" Qin Yutong said seriously, "I saw it and thought about it."
When they heard Xiang Xiang's name, their parents raised their heads. They also knew a little bit about the Cheng family.
"Do you know what she is doing? She is selling vegetables on the street with a rural woman." Qin Yutong sounded extremely angry.
"No way?" Qin's mother was also surprised when she heard this. She knew that this girl Cheng Xiang had been pampered by her family since she was a child. Few children of their age lived a better life than her.
"It's true," Qin Yutong sighed and said, "It's such a hot day, and my little face is so red from the sun, it makes me feel bad just looking at it."
Qin's mother also said with regret: "As the saying goes, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, and it's not true at all.
If Jiang Lai was still here, his daughter would never be reduced to marrying in the countryside. "Recalling the gentle and elegant woman in Jiang Lai, Qin's mother added angrily: "Men are not good things. "
