"Uncle Niu, this is for you, and there's also money for the bus."
Cheng Qiao stuffed a pack of Shengchi brand cigarettes into Uncle Niu's pocket. They were not expensive, only eight cents a pack, and there was also twenty cents for the bus fare. Since he had to give some benefits when he came out so early, otherwise what would he do if others ignored him in the future
Uncle Niu accepted the cigarettes but pushed the money away. What a joke! It was just a trip to the county town, and he ate two meat buns and a big bowl of millet porridge. Isn't this enough to cover the bus fare
"Qiao girl, do you still have that meat floss? Uncle Niu will buy it from you."
"One thing, I'll ask Xuhui to bring it to you later."
"Hey, how much is it?"
"Uncle Niu, the meat floss is a bit expensive, just give me fifty cents."
The wrinkles on Uncle Niu's face deepened. How could he sell meat floss for only 50 cents? This was Cheng Qiao bribing him. As for why, he knew it very well.
Cheng Qiao was indeed bribing Uncle Niu. When Zhao Xiaobao asked her to secretly help take care of his father, she didn't take it to heart. She just occasionally remembered to ask Li Huan to secretly send some supplies over.
But from the tone of my father's voice today, it seemed that this Zhao Guoliang was an old acquaintance of my father. Considering that his last name was Zhao, he couldn't be a relative on my mother's side.
But she was not in a hurry. Whether it was a relative on her mother's side still needed her father to confirm. After all, she was too young at that time and didn't remember many things.
"Uncle Niu, in a couple of days, I will take my dad to the back mountain to collect herbs after lunch every day. If you need any herbs, ask someone to tell me when the time comes."
Uncle Niu nodded repeatedly. He didn't expect that he would become an underground liaison at his old age. However, if this Zhao Guoliang was really a relative of Cheng Qiao's family, he would take good care of him. After all, Cheng Qiao and the little gangster were really nice to him.
Cheng Liguo also understood the meaning of his daughter's words and nodded. Adversity makes people progress. After his daughter went to the countryside, she was isolated and helpless and could only grow up quickly.
"Grandpa, thank you for giving me a nice name."
Cheng Liguo had just followed Cheng Qiao into the yard when a childish voice sounded beside him. He looked down and saw a child of about five or six years old, looking at him with shining eyes.
Cheng Liguo squatted down, touched Xuhui's head, and said with a kind smile: "You must be Chen Xuhui, good boy, live a good life with your parents."
"Yes, Grandpa."
"Here, this is a gift from grandpa."
A small cloth bag appeared in front of Xuhui. When he opened the bag, he saw that it was full of bullet shells. These bullet shells were supreme in the hearts of children. Xuhui was overjoyed.
"Grandpa, where did you get all these bullet shells? Thank you, Grandpa."
Where did he get it? Of course it was given to him by Li Bing. At first he felt strange, why would a middle-aged man need a bullet shell? But when Li Bing said the word "Xuhui", he understood.
"This is Comrade Li Bing. It was accumulated slowly by your uncle. He originally wanted to make some toys for little Cheng Li, but when he learned that you would also become a child of our family, he took care of you first."
Mother Li admired Cheng Liguo very much. Just these two sentences not only let Xuhui know the importance of little Cheng Li to the Li family and the Cheng family, but also told him that they would treat him as a real relative.
Xuhui felt warm at heart after hearing this. It turned out that he was so important in the hearts of his parents and grandpa and uncle that they didn't give such good things to little Chengli, but took care of themselves first:
"Grandpa, don't worry, I will play with little Cheng Li. He is my brother, my real brother."
"You're such a good kid. Go play."
Cheng Liguo comforted Xuhui, and then began to look at the Li family's house. From the outside, the Li family's house had been divided into courtyards, because there were two courtyard gates on one wall.
But the new courtyard gate should be kept closed for a long time. They all go in and out through the old courtyard gate, and the old house is what they face when they enter the courtyard.
And there was another door on the wall between the old house and the new house. That door was the gateway to Cheng Qiao and Li Huan's yard.
The old house was basically made of mud, while the new yard was made of bricks and tiles. Judging from the construction of the house, the Li family really cared about Cheng Qiao.
Standing in the yard was an old man who grew up in a wealthy family. Cheng Liguo quickly took two steps and stretched out his hands: "Hello, Comrade Ye Jun, I am Cheng Liguo."
"Hello, Comrade Cheng Liguo, I'll be relieved if you don't blame me for stealing your daughter."
Ye Jun also quickly stretched out his hands, and the two pairs of warm hands were tightly clasped together, and a deep trust was instantly established between them.
"No, I also want to thank you for your concern and care for my daughter. Not only that, you also taught me all your life's skills. I have nothing but gratitude and admiration in my heart."
Cheng Liguo spoke his true feelings. He was sincerely grateful to the man who taught his daughter and son-in-law skills.
Li's mother had already prepared a sumptuous lunch. Although it was still early, men had no sense of time once they started drinking. Li Huan glanced at the dishes on the table, turned around and ran towards Chen Weidang's house.
"What? Your father-in-law is here. Come on, I have to go and give him a toast."
When Chen Weidang heard Li Huan say that his father-in-law had come and invited him to dinner and drinks, his eyes lit up, which made Cuihua laugh. It was obvious that he was craving for wine, but he spoke in such a high-sounding way.
"Wait a minute, you come here empty-handed, you must bring something."
Cuihua took out a basket of eggs that she had saved for three months and stuffed it into Chen Weidang's hand. Chen Weidang then scratched his head embarrassedly. Food was very precious now, so how could he eat other people's food for free
The three old men plus Li Huan, a total of four people, held four wine glasses and began to drink slowly. Li's mother put another table in Xuhui's grandmother's room, and they and the children ate here.
It is said that people will feel tired after eating and drinking too much. Cheng Liguo and Ye Jun were obviously drunk. They fell asleep in Ye Jun's room. Chen Weidang was also staggering and ready to go home.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Huan could only ask Xuhui to call Ermao over. He and Ermao carried Chen Weidang and walked towards home. The snowy road was difficult to walk on, and Chen Weidang was staggering. The three of them fell several times along the way.
After finally reaching the door of the house, they met Zhaodi coming out. She looked at Chen Weidang and Li Huan with anger, but Chen Weidang was unconscious and didn't care about it. However, Ermao noticed Zhaodi's look.
Cheng Liguo still had a headache when he woke up the next day. Cheng Qiao took out two wooden boxes, each containing ten health pills. Cheng Liguo quickly put one into his mouth, but Ye Jun looked at it carefully.
"Qiao girl, your technique has improved again."
After putting the health pill into his mouth, Ye Jun's brows relaxed even more. This apprentice's teaching was not in vain. His medicine-making technique has become more delicate. He can actually integrate all the medicinal properties into a small pill. The progress is really huge.
Cheng Qiao blushed. Others thought she blushed because of Ye Jun's praise, but Cheng Qiao herself knew that this was a pill obtained by cheating, and she really didn't have that ability.