the next day.
Ye Yun was having breakfast when Tian Xiaohui burst into the courtyard with two young girls she liked.
"Sister-in-law! The October temple fair of the Maolou Brigade has begun! I heard that a theater troupe is coming this year, and there are a lot of fun things. Are you going?"
temple fair?
It was indeed a bit boring at home. Ye Yun turned to look at Qin Zheng, "Are you going?"
Qin Zheng said: "If you want to go, let's go."
As he spoke, he broke the peeled white egg in his hand into two halves, handed half of it to her, put it in a bowl, and smashed it with a spoon before putting it in front of her.
Look, how considerate.
If it weren't for Ye Yun already having an uneaten egg in her hand.
Before I finished eating the one in my hand, another half was stuffed.
Qin Zheng saw her protest, smiled and nodded the tip of her nose, and said in a gentle tone: "Eggs are nutritious, and eating them will make your body strong."
All right.
Speaking of going to the temple fair, Ye Yun turned around to look for the fourth child and the old lady. If she and Qin Zheng were not at home, they would have to be more careful.
However, the entrance to the hall was empty.
Ye Yun then remembered that she had not seen the fourth child and the old lady since she started fighting.
"Nai wanted to listen to the show, so the fourth child sent her there early in the morning." Qin Zheng explained.
That's it.
Qin Zheng touched her head and said, "Eat first. I'll take you there after eating. I'm also going to Mao Lou to sell mung bean cakes today."
There are many people at the temple fair, and one day's business can exceed that of the town for several days, and many new customers can be seen. When the reputation of mung bean cakes is established, many people may go to the town to buy their mung bean cakes.
Qin Xiang'e thought so.
So she started working hard last night, making several times more mung bean cake than usual, and rushed to Maolou early in the morning.
Her mode of transportation for selling bean cakes has also changed from a 28-wheeler to a three-wheeler. The main reason is that the 28-wheeler is not big enough. The tricycle can hold more mung bean cakes in its pockets. The 28-wheeler is for the fourth child. ride.
No wonder.
Yesterday, Qin Xiang'e was busy until midnight. Ye Yun got up in the middle of the night and went to the latrine and saw her and the fourth child working in the stove shed.
At the annual October temple fair, people from all over the country couldn’t wait to squeeze in.
In the past, control was strict and speculation was not allowed. People who wanted to buy things had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town.
Later, the system was liberalized, and there were actually very few people who went to towns or counties. They had been honest friends all their lives. Most of them were more accustomed to living in the mountains guarding one-third of an acre, waiting for the annual temple fair at home. Buy things.
There are many kinds of things at the temple fair, so it naturally becomes a place for material exchange.
Most adults buy farm tools at home, such as shovels, picks, sickles, and carpentry tools.
The children were just joining in the fun.
Some families with good financial conditions, or those who love their children, will spend a few dollars to buy their children two new clothes for the New Year.
…
There was a lot of people and a lot of hustle and bustle.
Ye Yun was held tightly by Qin Zheng's generous palm. She followed him, watching him clear the way in front, while she followed Qin Zheng obediently.
In fact, she rushed to the October temple fair.
She was still young at that time and her grandfather was still there.
Grandpa would hold her hand and walk through the mountain road for more than ten miles to the bustling temple fair. He would spend two cents to buy her a bowl of jelly mixed with chili powder, and watch her devour the food and scream from the spicy food, laughing. Narrow your eyes.
When she went back, she acted coquettishly and didn't want to walk, so the little old man put her in the bamboo basket behind his back, squeezed her with the newly bought things at home and her new clothes, and carried her home on his back.
Unfortunately, Liu Meilan snatched the new clothes away from Ye Xue before she could wear them.
Now being held by Qin Zheng's hand and walking among the bustling crowds again, she seemed to have returned to the time when her grandfather led her little girl through the crowds at the temple fair.
At that time, she didn't know that she would experience so many complicated things in the future.
"Daughter-in-law, do you want to eat jelly?"
Qin Zheng held her hand and stopped in front of a jelly stall, lowered his head and asked her with a smile.
The jelly in the boiler in front of the stall is frying, and a layer of oil and water is poured on it to make a sizzling sound. The jelly cut into small pieces is poured in, and the fragrance will be emitted in a short time.
Sprinkled with chili powder, it was served to the guests sitting under the shed behind.
The stall owner was an old man in his fifties or sixties. When he saw Qin Zheng and her stopping in front of the stall, he greeted her with a smile as he did many years ago: "Would you like a bowl of jelly? It's delicious!"
Qin Zheng said: "Have some."
"okay!"
The stall owner immediately agreed, cut a portion of jelly and poured it into the pot.
Ye Yun was confused, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"I'll just eat what you have left." Qin Zheng replied naturally, raising his hand to pinch her face gently, "You ate two eggs in the morning and drank a bowl of chicken porridge. You must also eat this bowl of jelly. No, just one bowl is enough for the two of us. We just want to taste the food when we go to the temple fair. There are a lot of delicious food waiting for you later, but don’t be greedy and eat too much, as you won’t get to taste the good things later. "
Ye Yun's face turned red.
It's not like she had to eat it, it was obviously him who forced it on her.
Qin Zheng saw her protest and couldn't help laughing, "How can the food at home be the same as the food outside? The food at home is to supplement your nutrition, you must eat it, and the food outside is just snacks, just taste it."
After that, he thoughtfully added to the boss: "Boss, put less chili pepper."
"okay!"
The boss agreed and asked them to sit in the back in a rough voice amid the rising smoke.
Those who cook will usually build a shed with a large cotton cloth behind the stall, and set up a few small tables and a few small horses to make it convenient for customers to sit and eat.
There are some stalls that are so busy that they don’t have any seating space, so they are willing to eat standing up.
Tian Xiaohui and the others also exchanged money for a bowl of jelly, and several girls gathered together to share the meal.
There are about a dozen small pieces in a bowl of jelly, and one person will eat five or six pieces before they reach the bottom, just enough to taste it without feeling stuffy.
"Brother, sister-in-law, you eat first, I will go with them to go somewhere else, and we will go back together in the afternoon." Tian Xiaohui saw that Ye Yun and Qin Zheng still had to sit for a while, and wanted to take the two little sisters to leave first.
Ye Yun waved her hand and let them go.
Qin Zheng glanced at the three little girls and gave one more instruction: "Watch your pockets. If you encounter bad people, you will go crazy. Whether you smash the stall or hit someone, I will carry it for you. Don't lose yourself." ,do you know?"
Three little girls with no strength are the most likely to be targeted when placed together.
It would be okay if he was targeted by some petty thieves or hooligans, Tian Xiaohui could still fight him, but it would be dangerous if he met a philanderer.
"I know, I know, there are so many bad people!" Tian Xiaohui waved her hand nonchalantly and led the little sisters happily into the lively crowd.
Before leaving, Ye Yun heard the two sisters discussing Qin Zheng with her with great interest.
One said: "Xiaohui, is that really Qin Zheng? Why is it so different from before?"
One of them followed up and said: "Yeah, yeah, I remember he used to fight with people every day, and there was never a day without a trace of shame on his face. His eyes were so scary that it would give people nightmares just by looking at him. He felt like a murderer. What happened now? Tall and strong, and looks upright, right?"
Tian Xiaohui was very happy to be praised.
She raised her chin proudly, patted her chest and laughed: "Of course! You don't even know whose eldest brother this is! My brother Qin Zheng is the strongest man!"
"Bah, you are so shameless."
"that is……"
Several little girls started chatting and laughing, pushing me into the lively crowd.
It didn't matter if they separated from Tian Xiaohui. The three little girls were full of energy and took off happily when they saw any new thing. It was not appropriate for a pregnant woman named Ye Yun to be a burden behind them.
After many years, the jelly still tastes the same.
But Ye Yun couldn't eat anymore after a few mouthfuls.
Qin Zheng took the bowl, took the chopsticks in her hand, and shoveled all the jelly in the bowl into his mouth in a few mouthfuls.
"Let's go, wife, next stop."
Qin Zheng paid the money, took her and moved on.
As a result, after taking only two steps, they met a familiar figure in front of them.
In front of a stall selling bells and red ropes, Erdanzi was teasingly stopping a young girl with braided braids. He held a red rope and several small bells in his hands and stretched out his arms to trap the girl in front of the stall. Let the girl go.
The girl goes to the left, he goes to the left.
The girl goes to the right, he goes to the right.
The girl blushed with anger, but he smiled and forced the red rope and bell into her hands.
I don't know what he said, but he was so angry that the girl's face turned redder than before, and she gritted her teeth a little more. She raised her hand to scratch his face.
Erdanzi didn't even hide, and three red marks were scratched on his face.
Now even the little girl was surprised.
As a result, he was not angry, he grabbed the little girl's wrist with a smile, persisted in holding her, pointed at the red string and continued talking.
The little girl's eyes were red with anger from him.
After two seconds of silence, he bowed his head resignedly, picked up the red rope and started braiding it silently.
While weaving the red rope, I wiped away my tears.
Braid the red rope twice and wipe the tears once, which makes people feel more distressed.
Ye Yun couldn't help but clicked her tongue.
"What a little gangster who forces girls on the street."
"laugh……"
Qin Zheng smiled.
Ye Yun blinked at him, pointed at Erdanzi not far away, and asked, "Do you know that he is such a virtuous person?"
"have no idea."
"and you?"
"Good wife."
Qin Zheng understood, raised his voice and shouted angrily in the direction of Erdanzi: "Zhang Wenshun——"
Not far away, Erdanzi’s expression froze.
Ye Yun raised her eyebrows slightly, this boy really kept his name well hidden.
Erdanzi sounds so good.
"Brother Zheng?" Erdanzi raised his head to find Qin Zheng and Ye Yun, and subconsciously raised his feet to find Qin Zheng.
But there was another sudden meal.
Turning his head and looking at the little girl next to him, he decisively retracted his foot and continued to block the girl. He raised his hand and greeted Qin Zheng and Ye Yun with a smile across the crowd.
"Brother Zheng! Sister-in-law! You guys should be there too!"
Ye Yun and Qin Zheng: "..."
It's already this time, but I still haven't forgotten to block this little girl.
I am so afraid that people will run away.
Qin Zheng took Ye Yun's hand and walked over.
"What are you doing here?" Qin Zheng quickly walked over and glanced at the little girl in front of him.
After hearing the noise, the little girl raised her head and looked at them. Her eyes were red and stained with tiny tears, and she looked at them in confusion.
Tsk, look at this for bullying.
Shun, you are not kind.
Erdanzi scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said with a slightly red face: "I'm here to catch up with you..."
"Others are rushing to buy things, but you are rushing to stop people?" Ye Yun smiled and pulled the little girl who was bullied and crying to her side.
Seeing this, Erdanzi quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.
The little girl was also smart. Seeing that Ye Yun could protect her, she immediately shrank cleverly behind Ye Yun.
Erdanzi looked anxious, "Sister-in-law..."
"Zhang Wenshun, you are not the one chasing after the little girl." Ye Yun smiled and glanced at the little girl behind him meaningfully.
The blush on Erdanzi's face became even stronger instantly. He lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Who said I was chasing her..."
If you don't chase them, why don't you block them here?
How disgusting it is to make people cry.
Ye Yun didn't expose his little thoughts, suppressed a smile, turned around and asked the little girl next to her: "Do you want to go shopping together?"
The little girl looked up at Ye Yun.
The red eyes were full of scrutiny.
"Don't be afraid. You can go shopping if you want to. If you don't want to go shopping, don't. No one can force you." Ye Yun saw the resistance of the other party and was afraid of scaring the other party. She asked in a soft voice: "Do you have any company? Just you alone?"
The little girl lowered her head and whispered: "My home is right here..."
"Yes, sister-in-law, she is from Maolou, so just leave her alone." Erdanzi immediately explained beside him, as if he was afraid that the other party would run away, he stretched out his hand to fish her out again.
But Qin Zheng grabbed his wrist.
There was a trace of interest in Qin Zheng's eyes, "Follow me, I asked you to go to the city to help me before, but you didn't go, but you ran to Maolou every day. Is it because of this?"
Erdanzi hissed, "Brother Zheng, please don't expose me right now."
"I-I won't be with a gangster like him!"
Without waiting for Erdanzi to explain, the little girl fiercely hit Erdanzi with the half-braided red rope and small bell, turned around and ran into the crowd.
"Hey! Qianqian!"
Erdanzi raised his feet and wanted to chase after him.
Ye Yun winked, and Qin Zheng grabbed Er Danzi by the collar.
Erdanzi's face suddenly fell, and he looked at Qin Zheng with a mournful face, "Brother Zheng, I finally blocked her, but why did you let her go?"
"Why are you finally stuck in traffic? You run to Maolou every day and you still can't see anyone?"
"I can't see them..." Erdanzi said more and more sadly, "I thought I would be able to see people as soon as I came to Maolou. Could that be what I thought? She is so good at hiding. I climbed on the wall of her house every day. I haven't even been able to see her, and she was beaten on the head by her brother. It was the temple fair today and she just came out once. You let me go before I even said a few words. My life is so miserable!"
Qin Zheng: "..."
Ye Yun: "..."
The little gangster suddenly turned into a wife-watching stone.
Ye Yun showed her kindness and patted Er Danzi on the shoulder, "Have you ever thought about why she is avoiding you?"
Erdanzi was stunned, "She doesn't like me..."
Yes, you also know that people don’t like you.
Qin Zheng said coldly: "Childish."
Ye Yun nodded, "Yes, childish."
Erdanzi's expression fell again, "What are you two doing? I'm already in trouble. Brother Zheng, you're not a buddy anymore..."
He didn't dare to break away from Qin Zheng's big hand holding the collar of the back of his neck. He was so aggrieved that he covered his face and cried, like a boiling kettle.
Ye Yun pressed her throbbing temples.
"Erdanzi, you can't catch up with me like this. Qin Zheng and I will provide you with a solution. Do you want it?"
Erdanzi's crying stopped suddenly.
His Sichuan opera expression changed in one second, becoming serious and serious: "Brother, sister-in-law, you are my best buddies, what can I do?"
