Miao Qing's face turned ugly in an instant. How could this idiot Cheng Qiao change? Wasn't she very easy to bully before? As long as she showed this look, this fool would definitely take out good things to coax her.
Cheng Qiao opened her cloth bag and took out two lunch boxes. When Miao Qing saw it, his eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. An idiot is an idiot. He just had to take out the good things obediently.
Cheng Qiao opened the lunch box, and a smell of cabbage and lard wafted out. People around him kept turning their noses, but their eyes were fixed on the lunch box in Cheng Qiao's hand.
Miao Qing was about to reach out, but Cheng Qiao slowly closed the lid of the lunch box and handed it to Li Le: "Le Le, sit over there, we are ready to eat."
Miao Qing's face turned dark instantly. She glared at Cheng Qiao fiercely, then turned and left. She was going to find Chunhua to discuss how to deal with Cheng Qiao, who seemed to have become smarter.
Li Le saw the cabbage fried with pork lard in the lunch box, which looked greasy under the sunlight. He swallowed unconsciously, quickly picked up his own small stool, ran to the tree that Cheng Qiao pointed to, and occupied a spot.
"You kid, you still have a wound on your head. Why don't you take a good rest and come out?"
Mother Li was extremely satisfied, but she was blaming Cheng Qiao. In fact, Li Huan didn't eat all the food he brought back, and he wanted to save it for when he went back home to eat in the evening.
Cheng Qiao smiled and pulled Li's mother towards the tree. The farce ended with her uncompromising counterattack. With the village chief's warning, no one dared to say anything sarcastic to Li's mother anymore.
When Aunt Daya saw how Cheng Qiao treated the mother and daughter of the Li family, she finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in her stomach. She was really worried that Cheng Qiao would marry a second-rate guy.
You have to know that Cheng Qiao is not only good-looking, but also has a huge sum of 300 yuan in compensation given to her by Chen Weimin. With this 300 yuan, the second-rate guy's family might even be able to build a house.
If this damn girl refuses to marry because of my gossiping, no one can do anything to her, but this second-rate guy is going to chop me up.
The village women took out their food in twos and threes. Some had a more substantial meal, with steamed buns made of two grains of flour, stir-fried pork with beans, and an egg drop soup, which they ate until they were full of crunch.
Those who were poorer would take a sweet potato or sorghum bun and swallow it slowly with boiled water, chewing in their mouths while looking towards Cheng Qiao.
Seeing her stuffing the yellow sorghum steamed buns into the hands of Li Le and Li's mother, he took one for himself and started eating it with the cabbage fried with lard. He felt inexplicably better. It turned out that they were also eating sorghum steamed buns.
When Li's mother saw that it was sorghum steamed buns, her nervous heart settled down. They already had cabbage fried with lard, and if they got a big meat steamed bun or a big white steamed bun, they would not be at peace.
But when the sorghum bun was put into her mouth, Mother Li was stunned for a moment, and Li Le also covered his mouth. This bun looked like coarse grain, but it definitely tasted like fine grain.
"Cheng Qiao, you... don't be so wasteful."
Mother Li wanted to say something, but when she thought about how this child was also filial to her, she could not utter a word of blame. She just kept stuffing the sorghum buns into Cheng Qiao's hands.
In the eyes of others, what Li's mother did was really bad. Her daughter Li Le had been eating cabbage fried with lard, while Li Le could only eat sorghum buns.
Cheng Qiaocai ignored those opportunistic village women and just told Li Le with a smile that she would bring mung bean soup in the afternoon, and Li Le should not be stupid enough to let others take it for free.
Li Le patted his chest and promised that he would take good care of the mung bean soup. Cheng Qiao took a look at the bamboo tubes they used to hold water, and then she felt that she should buy a few military water bottles, but such good things were generally not available.
"Cheng Qiao, go back quickly. Look at the weather now. Although the temperature is not high, it is hot and your head is still injured. Go back and have a good sleep."
A quarter of an hour later, Li's mother put away the lunch boxes and urged Cheng Qiao to go back and rest. Cheng Qiao had already put the lunch box into her cloth bag. She had to take it back, otherwise she would have nothing to eat tomorrow.
Watching Cheng Qiao leave, Li's mother felt very relieved. It was said that educated youth were children from the city who were spoiled and could not endure hardships, but Cheng Qiao was different. She was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
Cheng Qiao returned to the educated youth point, locked the dormitory door and entered the space. He first washed the lunch box and chopsticks with hot water, then went into the bathroom, wrapped his head with a plastic shower cap, and turned on the faucet to rinse.
After staying in the hospital for two days and not having a chance to take a shower yesterday, Cheng Qiao felt itchy all over. After taking a shower, she felt relaxed all over and fell asleep directly on the big bed in the space.
After waking up, Cheng Qiao took the dirty clothes out of the space, came to the wheel well in the yard, washed the clothes and hung them on the rope, then turned around and went to the kitchen to cook mung bean soup.
I added some white sugar to the cooked mung bean soup, poured it into a teacup, took a bamboo basket and ran to the ridge of the field. The mung bean soup was a little hot, but it would cool down quickly if placed on the ridge.
Mother Li was doing two things at once. When she saw Cheng Qiao's shadow, she quickly asked Li Le to go and take it. There were corn leaves everywhere, and it would be bad if they scratched Cheng Qiao's delicate skin.
Cheng Qiao gave the basket to Li Le, said a few words and ran to Uncle Niu's house. She happened to see Li Huan squatting in the yard, talking to Uncle Niu.
"Cheng Qiao, why are you here? Does your wound still hurt?"
"Not bad, I'm here to order some boxes and cabinets from Uncle Niu, so I can store my clothes and stuff there."
"I've already made up my mind, but..."
When Cheng Qiao saw Li Huan secretly making a money gesture, she couldn't help but laugh. This laugh revealed two dimples on the corners of her mouth, which immediately made Li Huan distracted.
"Ahem... Ahem..."
Uncle Niu coughed a few times and called back Li Huan's soul. Li Huan looked at Uncle Niu with dissatisfaction. The old man just didn't understand the thoughts of young people.
"A large wardrobe, a chest of drawers, two large wooden boxes, a large bathtub, two small wooden barrels, a large and a small wooden basin, and a kang. Eighty yuan will do."
Cheng Qiao quickly took out eight ten-yuan bills from her cloth bag and handed them to Uncle Niu. Uncle Niu took the money, looked at Cheng Qiao meaningfully and said, "Little girl, don't judge things by appearances. Live a good life with this little ruffian."
Li Huan: “…￥%…”
Thank you, little rascal.
Cheng Qiao smiled, nodded seriously, and prepared to leave. Li Huan hurriedly followed her. He wanted to send Cheng Qiao back to the educated youth point first, and then he had to integrate his own house, otherwise Cheng Qiao would be disappointed when she married into the family.