Wang Lingling stood up, but Wang Ying looked at the enamel bowl eagerly.
Wang Lingling followed Wang Ying's gaze and saw that she was obviously staring at the remaining bun in her bowl.
“… Here you are!”
Wang Lingling was so angry that she cursed Wang Ying dozens of times in her heart, and also blamed Li Chunjuan. How could she let San Ya be so embarrassed! It was as if she hadn't eaten meat for seven or eight years!
If Wang Ying knew what Wang Lingling was thinking, she would nod her head vigorously. She really hadn’t eaten meat for seven or eight years…
Wang Ying didn't feel sick of the white meat buns. She ate quickly but didn't look sloppy at all. She held the buns in both hands with her big eyes narrowed. She was wearing patched clothes with torn shoulders. She looked like a stray white cat basking in the sun, with a sense of satisfaction and a little pitifulness.
This was the scene Xu Shuang saw when she walked in, carrying vegetables in both hands.
After Wang Ying finished her third meat bun, she caught a glimpse of a man standing at the door. In an age when almost everyone was malnourished, the most striking thing about this man was his height. Wang Ying estimated in her mind that he must be over 1.85 meters tall.
A closer look revealed an even more surprising appearance. He had a high nose bridge, deep eyebrows and features, and his hair was shaved very short, which only highlighted his eyebrows and features. His temperament was aggressive and sharp.
In a word, he is so handsome that it seems suspended in the air, and so handsome that it doesn't match the two sacks of vegetables in his hands.
Looking at the handsome guy while waiting for the meat buns was also a halftime break. Wang Ying secretly felt sorry in her heart. With this level of beauty, if she were in the entertainment industry in the future, she would be considered a gift from God. She could make a living by her face for the rest of her life.
Tsk tsk, what a pity.
Wang Lingling was holding two enamel bowls in her hands. She had spent another 60 cents and six food coupons, and she felt the pain in her heart. She turned around and saw Xu Shuang.
Wang Lingling almost couldn't hold the bowl in her hand.
Xu Shuang was pretty, she knew it. When she was a young girl, how many girls in the surrounding brigades didn't envy her? She married a cook, and the key is that the cook is so pretty. Wang Lingling's appearance is just ordinary and pretty, and there is nothing special about her family. It is really enviable to get such a marriage.
Looking at Xu Shuang's face again now, Wang Lingling still couldn't help but tremble.
After barely coming to her senses, Wang Lingling felt that she had been at a disadvantage.
—Just a little bit! If she had known Xu Shuang was back, she wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to buy those six buns!
After all, she was Xu Shuang's fiancée. Shouldn't Xu Shuang pay for the meat buns? Thinking this in her mind, Wang Lingling blurted it out.
"Xu Shuang, why are you back so late? It's just right that you're back now, so take back the six taels of food coupons I gave you just now. Your store doesn't lack food coupons anyway."
Wang Lingling felt that she was very kind, and did not ask Xu Shuang to pay, but only asked for the six taels of food coupons. After all, Xu Shuang was a worker, and he was given food coupons every month, and he didn't need them. At worst, there were so many people coming and going in the store, and it would be easier for them to find someone to exchange for food coupons than to go to the brigade.
Xu Shuang was still as indifferent as she remembered, with no expression on her face. She took the two sacks of vegetables to the kitchen and put them away. Wang Lingling, on the other hand, naturally stayed at the counter and asked the waiter to return her ticket.
The waiter originally thought that Wang Lingling was lying about knowing Xu Shuang, but now he was not sure. Could this person really be Chef Xu's relative
Xu Shuang put down the vegetables and took an enamel pot to the counter to get some hot water. The waiter came over a little embarrassedly and asked, "Master Xu... well, are you really going to return her food coupons?"
Wang Lingling was still holding the buns in her hand, and she was already a little impatient. How could Xu Shuang be so nagging? It was just a refund of the food coupons, was it that serious
Xu Shuang raised her head and gave the waiter a slightly confused look: "Why do you want to refund?"
Wow! This really stirred up a hornet's nest. Wang Lingling's face was filled with disbelief. The waiter looked as if he was asking for money from another of Master Xu's distant relatives in the village.
Wang Lingling jumped up and down: "Xu Shuang! I am your fiancée after all, why are you acting so high and mighty? I just asked you to return the food coupons, why are you so stingy!"
At this moment, Wang Lingling no longer thought about why she had no connection with Xu Shuang, her mind was filled with anger.
In fact, this was also due to inertia. In her previous life when she was with Xu Shuang, Xu Shuang basically followed her in everything except insisting on some things. Some men in the village liked to beat their wives, but Xu Shuang didn't. Even though she thought Xu Shuang was going to raise her hand a few times, she didn't even move a finger.
Most of the time, Xu Shuang didn't even argue with her.
So now that she was slapped in the face by Xu Shuang, Wang Lingling's first reaction was anger. She wanted to sit on the ground and howl loudly, asking others to come and see Xu Shuang's character.
Xu Shuang was a little helpless. He worked in the town and had a bed in the kitchen. He usually went back once every two weeks to give his mother his salary and food coupons. It was his mother who told him about the matter with Wang Lingling. The two families hadn't even started the gift exchange yet, and now the other party came to his workplace to ask for food coupons. It was really inappropriate.
"Wang... Lingling, right? The food coupons really can't be returned. We also have rules."
Xu Shuang didn't want to say anything more. If he followed suit, wouldn't it ruin her reputation? Just looking at the other party's troublemaking, Xu Shuang was already unwilling to the marriage arranged by his mother.
"Besides, the food coupons in the store are all fixed, and I don't have any food coupons, so I can't get them."
This was not false. Xu Shuang had a brother who was studying in the provincial capital. When his food coupons were issued, he would exchange them for national food coupons and send them to his brother. However, his mother was still young and could still work. Although Xu Shuang could not save money in the state-owned restaurant, he could still get by on food.
After Xu Shuang poured two basins of cold water on Wang Lingling, her mind gradually became clear.
She was careless. At this moment, the two families have not started to formally discuss the gift-giving matter. Li Chunjuan and Xu Shuang's mother just discussed it verbally.
But this is basically the case in this era. Once the two adults have decided on the marriage, they will pick a time to present gifts and that's it. Then they can get married in a few months.
Wang Lingling wanted to say something, but Wang Ying couldn't wait any longer.
Even the intermission was not that long! I didn't realize that the fiancé that Wang Lingling wanted so hard to get rid of was actually so handsome. But no matter how handsome he is, he can't be eaten as a meat bun.
"Sister, I'm almost starving. Why don't you come over?"
Wang Ying came over and, without knowing how, she easily took the two bowls of buns from Wang Lingling's hands.
I wanted to call him "brother-in-law" but it seemed that neither side was willing to do so. Wang Lingling had been making a scene at home for a few days and insisted that she would not marry Xu Shuang. And Xu Shuang didn't even give her a few grain coupons and didn't seem to care much. Wang Ying was shocked. This marriage was probably going to fail.
Wang Ying took the meat buns and was about to go back and sit down to eat, but Wang Lingling quickly grabbed her.
"Xu Shuang, this is my second uncle's daughter, Wang Ying. She graduated last year, she's one year younger than me, and she's eighteen this year."
Wang Ying was confused. What was going on
Xu Shuang glanced at the girl whom he saw when he entered the room just now. She looked like a pitiful stray cat just now, but now her eyes were wide open and she seemed to be frightened by Wang Lingling.
"… Hello."
Don't hit someone who smiles at you. Wang Ying also nodded: "Hello."
Turning around: "Sister, I'm really hungry..."
Although Wang Lingling was not satisfied with Xu Shuang and Wang Ying's performance, she thought that this was about right. After all, Wang Ying couldn't get anything out of her even if she was beaten with three sticks, and Xu Shuang was a quiet person. It was good enough that these two people could say hello to her in person.
Next time, as long as she creates a few opportunities for the two of them to meet a few more times, no matter whether they have that intention or not, she can prove it for them!
"Okay, go back and eat."
Wang Ying could not wait to return to her seat. She wanted to eat the six buns slowly and savor them carefully. Wang Lingling sat beside her, drinking water without any taste. She spent all the money she had and only ate one meat bun.
…How come this damn girl Wang Ying is such a big eater!
Wang Ying finished eating, touched her stomach, and turned her head: "Sister..."
Wang Lingling: "No more! No more money! Sanya, let's wait for next time."
Wang Ying glanced at Wang Lingling with resentment. What? She thought she meant to eat as much as she wanted when she said she brought enough money, but she ended up eating nine.
"Well, sister, let's come back in a few days. I smell that they sell shredded pork noodles. Can you treat me to shredded pork noodles next time?"
Wang Lingling wanted to retort, "You are worthy of eating shredded pork noodles," but then she thought, wouldn't this give her an excuse to bring Wang Ying here next time? Next time, she might as well just leave Wang Ying here alone to eat, so that the two losers wouldn't have to talk to each other because of her presence.
"OK!"
The two were lucky on their way back and happened to run into the donkey cart of the team.
The driver was Uncle Tian from the brigade. He had a problem with his legs and feet, so he couldn't use much strength to work in the fields, so the brigade assigned the donkey cart to him. It was a coincidence that he came to the animal husbandry station to trim the donkey's hooves today. Wang Ying called out the name she remembered, and the other party enthusiastically invited the two of them to ride in the cart as well.
Anyway, the two girls were not heavy. Besides Uncle Tian’s grandson, there was the captain’s youngest son in the car.
The two children, both four or five years old, came to watch the donkey get its hoof trimmed. They also went to the supply and marketing cooperative together to buy two candies, which they were so happy to hold in their mouths that they didn’t know which way was which.
Wang Ying just didn't want to walk. The way back from the town was not short, and it would take more than half an hour to walk. How could it be as convenient as a donkey cart
Wang Lingling half covered her nose in disgust. The donkey smelled strong and she wished she could sit on the back of the car right away.
Uncle Tian’s grandson is called Erzhu. He usually likes this donkey the most. Seeing that Wang Lingling dislikes it, he leans over to the captain’s youngest son Shitou and whispers in his ear.
"She hates ponies."
"She's bad."
Wang Ying couldn't help laughing. Shitou was about to say something when the donkey cart shook and Erzhu burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, look at you, your tongue was bitten by the pony, right?"
Shitou covered his mouth and couldn't speak. Uncle Tian in front of him also laughed: "Be careful, it's bumpy all the way."
Shitou still covered his mouth, and slowly put his hands on his chest, and a loud sound came from his throat.
Wang Ying knocked on Uncle Tian's shoulder and shouted to stop the car.
Wang Lingling was very impatient: "San Ya, what are you making a fuss about?"
Wang Ying's voice was serious: "Hurry up, the child's candy has entered his trachea. If we don't deal with it, he will suffocate."