When Li Shiqiang took his two sisters home, he was still scolded:
"I asked you to buy something, and you did it all day long! Did you not recognize the road, or did you fall into a pit?"
"I kept your Aunt Zhang waiting all afternoon!"
Li Shiqiang quickly put down the bamboo basket, stepped forward and said, "Aunt Zhang, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. I really bought a lot."
Aunt Zhang is one of several matchmakers in their Jinsha Village, and the only one whose surname is not Chen.
Aunt Zhang waved her hand indifferently and said with a smile: "It's been a while since I saw the second baby, and the second baby is getting more and more handsome now. No wonder the girls from the Huang family don't like anyone else, but they only like you."
Li Shiqiang smiled sheepishly and quickly took his things to the kitchen.
He first took out the malted milk, made two bowls, and then grabbed a handful of White Rabbit toffee in his hand.
"Come, Aunt Zhang, drink some water. There's also some candy here."
"What kind of water is this? Why does it look the same as goat's milk?"
Chen Xianglan looked at the water in the bowl and smelled it, looking a little confused.
As a matchmaker, Aunt Zhang naturally drank this stuff at someone else's house, and said with bright eyes: "Sister Chen, are your family so willing to give up?"
"Are you willing to give up? Why are you willing to give up?"
Chen Xianglan picked up the bowl and took a sip, and was immediately shocked.
At this time, Aunt Zhang also said: "I have been working in the coal industry for so many years, and it is rare to see people using malted milk to attract customers."
After saying that, she suddenly noticed a large handful of White Rabbit toffees on the table, and quickly grabbed a few and put them in her hands, planning to take them home to her children.
Chen Xianglan laughed twice, not knowing what the malted milk was, so she had to stand up and said, "I'm going to see if the things are ready."
"Go, go, go, get it."
Seeing Chen Xianglan leave, Aunt Zhang quickly grabbed a few more white rabbits and stuffed them into her pocket. Then she couldn't hold back and stuffed one into her mouth.
While feeling the fragrance of butter in her mouth, Aunt Zhang sighed in her heart: When did the Li family's conditions become so good? No wonder he dared to marry the Huang family.
When Chen Xianglan entered the kitchen, she saw the third and fourth children holding bowls with smiles on their faces.
The content in the bowl was exactly what I had just drank.
She didn't have time to think too much, she just looked at Li Shiqiang and asked: "Er baby, have you bought the things?"
Li Shiqiang had already divided the things he bought, one for home and one for the matchmaker to deliver to the Huang family.
He nodded, took out a knitted bag and said, "It's all here."
"So many?"
Chen Xianglan looked at a bag full of things and looked surprised.
But just a moment after she was surprised, she saw the canned oranges with sugar water in her pocket.
"You also bought cans?"
Although she didn't recognize the malted milk, she still recognized the canned oranges in sugar water.
I haven’t had this canned orange in sugar water for several years.
Chen Xianglan took a closer look at the contents of her pocket and found that there were cigarettes, candies and a box of cream in it.
She was about to scold Li Shiqiang when Xiao Xuemei suddenly shouted: "Erguo, I want to eat canned food!"
When Chen Xianglan heard this, she quickly lowered her head and cursed: "Eat your shit, eat it during the Chinese New Year!"
Xiaoxuemei pursed her lips and said aggrievedly: "The New Year has just ended."
The New Year had just ended in March. If she really had to wait until the New Year to eat it, she would have to wait for a long, long time.
Chen Xianglan ignored her and raised her head to continue questioning Li Shiqiang.
But Li Shiqiang had a premonition and hurriedly held her shoulders and pushed her out: "Quick, take it to Aunt Zhang. It will be dark soon, and we have to go to Huang's house to say goodbye!"
As soon as she heard the word "promote", Chen Xianglan's anger was immediately suppressed.
She came to the main room with a smile, handed the things in her pocket to Aunt Zhang and said, "Sister Zhang, I really need you to go there. This time is not easy. Please say something nice to the second baby."
After Chen Xianglan finished speaking, she took out a dollar from her pocket and handed it over with a painful look on her face.
One dollar is enough for two people to have a meal at a state-owned restaurant.
Aunt Zhang looked at the things in her pocket, plus the dollar, and she was smiling: "Don't worry, sister! Your second child is so handsome, and so sensible and capable, I guess you don't need to say anything." Say good things and things will be done.”
"If you want, then I'll bother the Zhang family girls."
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After Matchmaker Zhang left, Chen Xianglan hurriedly walked to the kitchen angrily.
But at this time, there was no one in the kitchen.
She was about to leave when she suddenly noticed a half-eaten can of oranges with sugar water on the stove.
She hurriedly walked to the door and shouted outside: "If you eat canned food, you won't eat for a few nights!"
"Huh! If you don't want to eat, you won't eat." Xiao Xuemei was sitting on the ground on the hillside behind the Li family's house, biting into the orange flesh and said.
Li Shiping, the third child on the other side, looked at the oranges in the bowl, raised his head and said, "Second brother, you can take a bite too."
Li Shiqiang touched the top of the third child's head, smiled and said, "Just eat it! The second brother has eaten it and doesn't like this sour thing."
After saying that, he took out the silk headband he bought at the supply and marketing cooperative today from his pocket and tied it on the third child's hair.
"Second brother, you are so kind."
Li Shiping felt her brother's care and her words were full of sweetness.
It's completely different from the cold and indifferent look that Li Shiqiang had when he first came back.
"I am your brother. If I am not good to you, who should I be good to?"
"That's right! Erguo is the best to us!" Xiao Xuemei also shouted sweetly.
Different from the harmonious scene at this time, the Huang family is now looking at the cans on the table in stunned silence.
"can."
Huang Yun's five-year-old brother, Huang Lei, was leaning against his mother and staring blankly at the canned oranges with sugar water inside, with a finger stuck into his mouth.
"Snapped!"
Zhou Fenglan patted her son's hand and gave him an annoyed look.
Although the Huang family is richer than other families in the village, they can only buy canned oranges with sugar water at least once every two to three months.
She looked at the things on the table again, and suddenly saw the words "malted milk".
She looked startled, and suddenly remembered that when she was a guest at a relative's house in the commune, she drank the white water that tasted better than goat's milk.
She still remembers the pained expressions on her relatives' faces as they poured something into the cup.
"Sister Zhou, do you know who asked me to send these things?"
Seeing Zhou Fenglan's shocked expression, Aunt Zhang also looked a little proud.
"Who?"
The speaker was Huang Yun's father, Huang Qingyun.
At this time, he was almost staring at the two packs of Hongmei cigarettes in the cloth pocket.
"Could it be that the Xie family asked you to come here?"
"Zhi Shu Huang, what you said is wrong! Isn't it true that only people in the commune can like your daughter, but not people in our village?"
Zhou Fenglan stared and shouted in disbelief: "From our village?"
Aunt Zhang nodded with a smile and said: "The second son of Li Paitou's family is handsome and capable. Just like your Huang Yun, he is a talented man and a beautiful woman!"
"Li Erwa!?"
