“The sesame cakes baked by my aunt are so delicious!”
The sesame seed cakes are baked to a golden and crispy texture, leaving a mouthful of fragrance after chewing them. It’s a good job to make money with such a skill.
The aunt squinted her eyes and laughed happily when she heard the compliment. She also wrapped two extra pieces of sesame seed cakes with slightly broken corners in brown paper. She said they were given to her for free and asked Yao Jingping to take them back as snacks.
"I just rely on this craft to make a living. I get up early and work hard every day to earn hard money. I can't get rich, but I can't go hungry either. My ancestors used their skill of selling sesame cakes to open many shops in the past... Alas, it's just In those years, my family was beaten into a wealthy family and our property was confiscated..."
Seeing tears in the corners of the old man's eyes, lost in nostalgia for his past glory, Yao Jingping hurriedly changed the topic.
"Auntie is good at craftsmanship. She will definitely be able to live a good life. Maybe she will be able to reopen a sesame cake shop in a few years!"
The policy will be improved soon. If you have skills and are hardworking and capable, your life will not go wrong.
When the opportunity comes, she will have to find a way to open a clinic or something. She has the ability to treat diseases and save people, so she will definitely make money.
"Yes, when it comes to hardship, I really can't compare to those who are more miserable. As the saying goes, there are three hardships in business: punting, blacksmithing, and grinding tofu. If I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about the Baijia tofu shop in our alley. It’s really not easy for a woman to support a family business..."
Baijia Tofu Fang?
"Bai Yulian?"
Yao Jingping couldn't help but ask.
"You know her, it's really not easy for her. She has suffered a lot at such a young age!"
The aunt lives alone. She is also very lonely setting up a stall on the roadside on weekdays. If she finds someone who can talk to her, she will have to talk for a long time.
"When this girl was a child, her mother came to Zhoujiatuan and followed an old bachelor. The bachelor was nothing but a joke. He only drank and beat his wife. Fortunately, Bai Yulian was so beautiful that she got along with a young man, and her life was promising. . Later, the young man became a soldier and left, and she visited the young man in the army many times!"
As he spoke, Yao Jingping felt that something was not right, fearing that something was about to happen.
"What do you think happened to her?"
With a look of regret on her face, the aunt shook her gray head and approached Yao Jingping.
"She almost died when she came back. I don't want her in the future. After what happened, I couldn't stay in the village any longer, so I ran to the county town and opened a tofu shop!"
"She must have been injured by Chen Shimei, who was a soldier. No matter how much the matchmaker crossed the threshold, she refused to answer, and she has survived until now... Do you know the Sun's Restaurant on the east side of the street? The owner of the restaurant wanted to marry her as his daughter-in-law. I ask her to deliver tofu to the store every day..."
Yao Jingping lowered his head and curled his lips.
It's just that she obviously doesn't have a man, but secretly she doesn't accept the nourishment from a man.
If Boss Sun knew that she was such a piece of stinky meat and was still willing to let her marry his stupid son Dacai, how could he still want her tofu?
"Oh, she is different from me. I am buried up to my neck in loess. I can only live one day at a time. Bai Yulian is young and should not live such a life where you can see the end at a glance. They are all harmful to people. Chen Shimei is the cause of trouble..."
Yao Jingping turned sideways and glanced at Zhou Zhiyuan beside him, stood up and said goodbye to his aunt and walked forward.
Even the sesame cakes no longer taste good.
Even though she knew that the "Chen Shimei" in the aunt's mouth was not Zhou Zhiyuan, she still felt knotty in her heart.
She hoped that Zhou Zhiyuan could take the initiative to explain the matter.
"Let's go back, go find a tailor to make clothes in the morning, and then go down and take pictures."
Zhou Zhiyuan finally spoke dullly.
"I'm not talking about Zhou Zhiyuan, look at the injury on my forehead, can I still take pictures?"
Yao Jingping felt that this man's rectum could be used as a steel ruler. She had gauze wrapped around her forehead. Did anyone take photos with the wound on it?
"I don't think it's a problem. It looks good even with the wound."
…
Yao Jingping felt a little speechless. She walked up to Zhou Zhiyuan and stared into his eyes helplessly.
"Zhou Zhiyuan, people dress up well when taking pictures. I have a wound on my head. How can I look good?"
"able."
The conversation today was really awkward.
Seeing his serious answer, Yao Jingping didn't know how to continue the conversation.
"No, you shouldn't tell me whether Bai Yulian has ever visited you in the army, and whether you were the one who hurt her?"
Yao Jingping wanted to grab his arm and shake him hard so that he could be more flexible.
It's really strange. When he was with Wang Shoulong, he wasn't quite talkative and quarrelsome and could also curse. Why was it that when he was with her, he turned into a piece of iron that couldn't be smashed?
"No, she has nothing to do with me!"
As if he was afraid that Yao Jingping wouldn't believe it, he added immediately.
"I did save her once when I was a child. Since I left as a soldier, I have never seen her again. I even forgot that there was such a person..."
Yao Jingping naturally believed in him. An upright, kind and responsible person like him would naturally not be able to do something like this.
But who was the person who hurt Bai Yulian? Since the lady who sells sesame cakes knows about this, then the people in Zhou Jiatun must also know about it. But judging from the attitude of Zhou Yongfu, Cai Genyun and others towards Zhou Zhiyuan, it doesn't seem like they know about it?
Perhaps, there is someone else, who is that person?
Or has Bai Yulian been vague, trying to get through by being ambiguous, which can be regarded as leaving her some room, thinking that when the time is right, she can take down Zhou Zhiyuan in one fell swoop?
Seeing Bai Yulian's address and behavior towards Zhou Zhiyuan, her affection is beyond words.
Her man already has a master, so it's useless to like him, and he's asking for trouble!
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Unconsciously, she raised her little head high, looked at the black baggage Zhou Zhiyuan with her little mouth pouted, and walked forward while humming a song softly in her mouth.
Zhou Zhiyuan was a little confused.
From depressed to angry to happy to humming a song, it only takes a few minutes. How can you change so many expressions in such a short time?
A woman’s heart and baby’s face are really hard to figure out!
Returning to the hotel, Zhou Zhiyuan paid another day's accommodation fee. He said he would handle the discharge procedures for his second uncle tomorrow.
The second uncle's condition is mainly for rest. He has taken some tranquilizers in the past two days. After returning home, he cannot engage in strenuous activities. He just needs to take the medicine on time and he will be fine.
Wang Shoulong found an acquaintance and prescribed all the medicines to his name. He was an on-the-job cadre and had a great discount, so the rest would not cost much.
"I heard Wang Shoulong mention your identity. Besides being a forest ranger, what other identity do you have? You have to tell me the truth."
The two of them took the cloth bags containing fabrics and walked all the way to the tailor shop. Yao Jingping couldn't help but tilted his head and asked.
After all, in their last lives, Zhou Zhiyuan and Wang Shoulong were both engaged in extremely dangerous special forces. She was really worried that the identity of the ranger was just a cover-up for his true identity.
Plus he had talked about what he would do when he was gone, and she felt like he would have a secret mission to perform.
She was really worried that something would happen to him again.
