Chapter 011 Holding hands
Xu Tao had no reason to let Ye Xiaoqin cook, and refused with a smile: "What are you doing when you are a child?"
"..." Ye Xiaoqin looked at Xu Tao with a dignified expression, she has been the sister of the family since she was five years old. , Her parents said that she was an adult and wanted to help take care of several younger sisters. There was an egg at home, and her mother also told her that she would leave it to her sister to eat because her sister was still young.
Inexplicably, Ye Xiaoqin sniffed her nose a little sadly, so, can she be a child who hasn't grown up?
"You can rest for a while when you are tired. Sitting all the time is not good for your physical development." Xu Tao noticed the little girl's slightly red eyes, she could feel that this 11-year-old girl was carrying the burden on her shoulders. What kind of pressure, but pretended not to notice, just smiled and walked out of the yard to pick vegetables, and by the way, dug out a few fresh potatoes from the ground to prepare a shredded potato.
Xu Tao picked the vegetables and washed the potatoes, so she asked Zhao Linan, who was sticking to her almost all the time: "Xiao Nan, would you like to help my mother make the fire!"
Don't look at this person being called to be a little girl, when you can call a man Regardless of age, Xu Tao is also keen to call Zhao Linan, a little man.
"Okay." Zhao Linan doesn't know how to burn fire, but the little guy doesn't care about it. When Xu Tao asked him, he immediately nodded without hesitation, then moved his short legs and followed Xu Tao into the Ye's kitchen.
The Ye family's kitchen is very simple and also a large pot stove, that is, some ingredients for cooking are relatively few, only salt and monosodium glutamate. The salt is still coarse salt, not fine salt. It is being packed in a small clay pot by Wu Hui. The MSG is also a small jar, and she can't tell what it was originally.
Xu Tao stared at the ingredients in the kitchen, a little surprised at the barrenness of the family these days, and then resigned to her fate and began to process the shredded potatoes.
Originally, she was going to make hot and sour shredded potatoes, but in this situation, she can only stir-fry shredded potatoes and green vegetables. It's okay to have a light and simple dinner.
Xu Tao greeted Zhao Linan to work, but she didn't really call the little guy. She started the fire neatly, and after asking Ye Xiaoqin, she first scoured the rice and put it in the pot to cook porridge. After the porridge was cooked, put it aside to dry Just started cooking.
The dinner was prepared very quickly. After cooking the porridge and stir-frying the vegetables, Xu Tao greeted the children of the Ye family for dinner.
"Auntie, you and your brother eat first, we're not hungry yet." Ye Xiaoqin spoke to Xu Tao in a tangled state.
In fact, her stomach was already rumbling from hunger, and the younger sisters should be hungry too. After all, she didn't have much to eat for lunch, but her father and mother hadn't come back yet, so how could Ye Xiaoqin bring her sisters to eat without authorization? Drink enough.
"It's very late now. You take your sisters to eat first. I cook a lot of porridge, so I'll keep it for your parents!" Xu Tao could not bear to let the children go hungry, especially Ye Xiaoqin was so good, she couldn't help it. distressed.
Ye Xiaoqin was still struggling, but Xu Tao was also strong, and since Xu Tao was an elder, she opened her mouth, but Ye Xiaoqin didn't insist too much, and took a few younger sisters to sit at the table and start eating.
"Auntie, let me feed my sister!" Ye Xiaoqin looked at Xu Tao feeding porridge to Ye Xiaohua, and anxiously prepared to replace it.
"Eat obediently." Xu Tao raised her head at the little girl, and didn't say much, but signaled Ye Xiaoqin to continue eating in a somewhat majestic tone.
Ye Xiaoqin was still confused, but she still drank porridge obediently, and at the same time tasted Xu Tao's fried vegetables and shredded potatoes, and praised Xu Tao's craftsmanship.
"Auntie, your fried shredded potatoes are delicious."
"Eat more if it's delicious." Xu Tao smiled when she heard the words.
Ye Xiaoqin nodded sharply, took care of her sister after eating quickly, and rushed to clean up the dishes after the meal.
Zhao Weiguo and Wu Hui went to the hospital for a long time, and they didn't come back until seven or eight in the evening. At the same time, the injured Ye Zhenhua also came back, but Ye Zhenhua's left arm was hanged high at the moment, obviously it was either dislocated or fractured.
"Brother and sister, I'm really bothering you today." Wu Hui first thanked Xu Tao when she entered the door, and then glanced at the beads and flowers in the hall.
"Sister-in-law, don't be too polite!" Xu Tao smiled: "Have you all eaten? I cooked some porridge for dinner, and I specially left a warm pot for you!" Xu Tao said, looking at Zhao Weiguo ask.
"We've eaten." Zhao Weiguo replied, and then turned to Ye Zhenhua, who looked honest and honest next to him and said, "Brother Hua, take a rest, we'll go back first."
"Well, Wei Guo, thank you for today." Ye Zhenhua nodded, then looked at Xu Tao gratefully: "Bring my younger brother and sister over to eat at home another day, and I will ask your sister-in-law to make a big meal to entertain you."
"Okay, we will come back another day . ." Zhao Weiguo nodded in cooperation.
Xu Tao took Zhao Linan's little hand, listened to the conversation between Zhao Weiguo and Ye Zhenhua, and also politely said to Wu Hui: "Then sister-in-law, we will go back first, you all have a good rest."
"Today is really troublesome brother and sister, hard work brother and sister." Wu Hui doesn't seem to be used to bothering others, and has always been polite and grateful to Xu Tao.
Xu Tao naturally replied that it was not troublesome, and left after a few greetings.
In August, the night in Yangcheng was very hot. A family of three walked out of Ye's house and walked in the alley back home. The old alley was not as convenient as it was later, and there were no street lights everywhere in the alley. Dim lights were dimly on in some people's homes.
"It's dark, you walk carefully." Zhao Weiguo hugged his son who was already dozing off a bit, and at the same time reminded Xu Tao who was beside him.
Xu Tao was really not used to the feeling of walking around the alley in the dark. She walked very slowly along the way, and even asked Zhao Weiguo in a trembling manner: "Brother Ye
, is he okay!"
"Oh." Xu Tao was relieved, but her ill-behaved hand quietly stretched out and grabbed the hem of Zhao Weiguo's clothes: "I'm afraid of falling." Xu Tao was a little helpless to the dark alleys, and it was clear that the sky was clear. Walking normally, in the dark night, it seems that there are potholes that can throw a person into a dog and eat shit at any time.
"Well." Zhao Weiguo had no objection to this.
But Xu Tao's tug at the hem of Zhao Weiguo's clothes obviously didn't help. She only took two steps. In the dark, her right foot seemed to have stepped on an uneven place. She stumbled and almost fell, and subconsciously panicked: " Ah!"
"It's alright!" Zhao Weiguo walked steadily, and the tall man still held Zhao Linan with ease. Hearing Xu Tao's voice, he immediately stretched out his big palm to support him.
Xu Tao was supported by Zhao Weiguo's shoulders. She was glad that she didn't throw a dog and eat shit, and then shook her head silently: "It's fine."
"The road is not smooth." The man's dark eyes were still bright in the night. He changed Zhao Linan in his arms to his left hand, and his right hand held Xu Tao's hand: "I'll hold you."
Xu Tao's hand was held by Zhao Weiguo. But it was very reassuring. Xu Tao felt that her palms were easily surrounded, and looked at Zhao Weiguo with a little embarrassment, and then her red lips were slightly raised, and she was silently held by the man without speaking.
When Zhao Weiguo held Xu Tao's hand, he didn't think too much. He was just worried that Xu Tao was not used to walking at night and fell and stumped, but after the big hand held the woman's soft little hand, the temperature of the woman's soft little hand decreased. It was hot all the way from the palm of his hand to his heart.
I don't know if it was because of the hot night or the high temperature of the woman's small hands. For the first time in his life, Zhao Weiguo's palms began to sweat slightly, and he was nervous!
"There are no lights in this alley, so you can see clearly?" Xu Tao said to break the small atmosphere between them.
"I can see clearly." Zhao Weiguo replied softly, his eyes are indeed much clearer than many people at night, just like at this moment, although there is no light, he can vaguely see the road in the alley.
Xu Tao was just joking, and looked at the man unexpectedly: "I can really see clearly!"
"I do have better night vision than ordinary people."
"..." This is a self-contained Night vision goggles! No wonder they walked steadily while holding Zhao Linan and holding her.
In this regard, Xu Tao just pouted and remained silent. Fortunately, the way home was not far, and the family of three returned to their home not long after.
"Xiao Nan is asleep, just put him on the bed in my room!" When he got home and turned on the light, Xu Tao saw that Zhao Linan was still sleeping soundly on Zhao Weiguo's shoulder. The saliva on Zhao Weiguo's shoulders is too cute.
"Yeah." Zhao Weiguo nodded and cooperated with Xu Tao to gently place Zhao Linan in the room.
In fact, the quality of children's sleep is generally very good. Normally, if they fall asleep, the wind, thunder and rain will hardly wake the children, but Xu Tao and Zhao Weiguo still subconsciously lighten each other's movements.
Seeing that Zhao Weiguo had stripped the little guy's clothes, Xu Tao turned around and went to the kitchen, poured some hot water from the thermos, and then wet the hot towel to wipe the sleeping little guy's body.
Originally, Xu Tao was going to let the little guy go home to take a bath. He went to the wholesale market in the morning, played with mud and earthworms at noon, and jumped up and down on the way to Ye's house. She was already asleep, and Xu Tao had no idea of waking the child up because of her little cleanliness, so she could only wipe him.
After wiping Zhao Linan's body, Xu Tao went back to the kitchen to prepare hot water. There was only a thermos in the house, and the hot water was filled for Zhao Linan to wipe his body.
Zhao Weiguo took a simple shower with cold water in the small toilet in the yard, and the man walked into the kitchen with his head wet.
When Xu Tao just lit the fire and raised her head, she saw the scene of a man with water vapor, water droplets hanging on his wet head, and the water droplets slightly wet the collar around his neck. At this moment, the man looked at Xu Tao with doubts inside. .
Xu Tao didn't expect to see such a scene suddenly, her eyes stayed on the man's handsome face, and a drop of water slipped down his face to his neck, and at the same time, he saw the man's Adam's apple sliding down sexy. .
There was a swearing mantra that almost popped out of Xu Tao's mouth with excitement, but she gritted her teeth and held it back.
"You want to boil water for a bath?" The man asked after realizing Xu Tao's reason for boiling water.
Chapter 012
forced herself to look away from the man like a hungry wolf, pursed her lips and nodded: "Yeah!"
"Do you want me to help you boil water?" Zhao Weiguo raised his hand to touch his nose, his low voice was slightly embarrassed breath.
Xu Tao naturally hurriedly shook her head and refused: "No, go to sleep!"
"Really?" The man was a little persistent, but he actually wanted to help.
Xu Tao was helpless and a little funny. It was just a hot water bath, but it wasn't a big deal. Where did he need help: "I really don't need it!" The tone was rigorous and firm.
"That's good!" The man replied and turned to leave the kitchen, and there seemed to be a hint of pity in his voice.
A pity, a pity for what? illusion! It must be her own misunderstanding caused by too many brains!
Here, Xu Tao boiled a large pot of water and took a comfortable bath. Over there, Zhao Weiguo went back to his room and lay down. He was lying on his face with the lights out, his hands folded behind his head, but his sensitive ears were always Paying attention to the movement outside, I also heard Xu Tao's busy voice.
Now, I should have taken the hot water to wash... I
came back from the bath...
About half an hour later, Xu Tao returned to the room after taking a bath. He heard the sound of lights being turned off from outside, and then the door next door was closed. Close gently.
"Huh!" Zhao Weiguo took a deep breath in the dark, pricked up his ears and let him not relax, until there was only the sound of insects outside, the man secretly reacted to his eavesdropping behavior, a little funny and helpless Let out a chuckle.
Gee! It turns out that women can take a bath so much!
...
Zhao Weiguo's biological clock was still on time. It was dawn outside, so he woke up early. When he had nothing to do, he picked up the seeds that had not been sown in the ground last night, planted them carefully, and watered them at the same time. water.
When Xu Tao got up, Zhao Weiguo even cooked porridge carefully. Because there was no pickled vegetables at home, Zhao Weiguo fried green vegetables and spread egg cakes.
"You still cook?" Xu Tao looked at the man with some surprise.
Zhao Weiguo was really beyond Xu Tao's expectations. Men these days are more or less macho, and not many can cook, especially in their hometown of Wencheng. If a man enters the kitchen, he has to be arrested next door. Neighbors joke.
"I don't know much, my cooking skills are average."
"That's fine." Xu Tao felt that she didn't need to do anything to eat breakfast early in the morning. As long as the breakfast wasn't mixed with poison, she would try it anyway.
Zhao Weiguo packed a bowl of porridge and brought it to Xu Tao: "Xiao Nan hasn't woken up yet?"
"The child sleeps a lot. He played all day yesterday and didn't take a nap. Today, let him sleep a little longer, and the porridge will be warmed in the stove later. That's fine." Xu Tao explained.
"Yeah!" Zhao Weiguo also had no objection: "I'm going to report to the transportation company later, and I won't be back for dinner at noon."
"Oh! Good!" Xu Tao nodded while drinking porridge.
Zhao Weiguo looked at Xu Tao for a while, and his tone was a little serious: "I'll discuss something with you."
"What?" Looking at the rather serious expression, Xu Tao couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
The man pursed his lips, took out a passbook from his pocket, and put some money on the table and pushed it in front of Xu Tao with a solemn expression: "This is my savings over the years, except for the allowance mailed to my hometown, the passbook is I still have 1,200 yuan in it, which I saved when I went on a mission, and the other 500 yuan is the demobilization subsidy given by the army, and now I will give you all the money for safekeeping."
"That's so much!" Xu Tao Looking at the passbook and the Great Unity, I was a little surprised that Zhao Weiguo was silent but had huge sums of money. At the same time, I was also surprised that this man had just handed over all his belongings to her.
"Leave it all to me? Are you so at ease with me?" With a question in the joke, Xu Tao smiled at Zhao Weiguo.
Zhao Weiguo was dazzled by Xu Tao's smile, and then nodded: "Don't worry." What's wrong with handing the money to his daughter-in-law.
"Then I'll accept it rudely." Xu Tao reached out and took the passbook and Da Unity and looked at it: "However, do you want to leave money for cigarettes or private money?"
"I don't smoke." The man shook his head, adding more I don't know what the so-called private money means.
"Leave a hundred for you, a man can't be without money. I'll keep two hundred as a spare, and I'll take the other two to the post office later." Xu Tao took a few cards of the Great Unity and felt that it would be more reliable to save the money. .
The purchasing power of 100 yuan has been quite amazing these days. 200 yuan is enough to buy large items, and it is really unsafe to put money at home. Although the process of saving is a little more troublesome, it is relatively safe.
"Don't save the two hundred, send it to Brother Ye's house when you have time! His hand is injured, and the family may not have a good time these days." Zhao Weiguo said after thinking for a moment.
Xu Tao held the money and lowered her eyes, then nodded lightly: "Okay."
This is Zhao Weiguo's money anyway, so he can arrange it as he intends.
"Thank you." Zhao Weiguo relaxed a little when he heard Xu Tao agree.
What Xu Tao couldn't see was that Zhao Weiguo was actually a little worried that she would not be willing to lend Ye Zhenhua the money. Two hundred yuan was definitely a huge sum for an ordinary family today.
But all this money was saved by Zhao Weiguo. He is willing to hand over the money to her for safekeeping, but it does not mean that she can really keep the money as her own, or even control the whereabouts of the money. With this realization, Xu Tao asked herself whether some.
"Mom!" When Xu Tao and Zhao Weiguo were still talking, Zhao Linan's voice sounded. When he turned around, he saw Zhao Linan wearing shorts and standing at the door of the room. The little guy with tender and tender flesh was very cute.
"Wake up." Xu Tao smiled and put down the passbook, stood up and walked towards Zhao Linan: "It's cold on the ground, why don't you wear shoes?"
Zhao Linan stood on the ground with his left foot, raised his right foot and rubbed it on his own foot, then immediately He was picked up by Xu Tao.
"Are you hungry?"
"Well."
"Then mother will take you to brush your teeth, wash your face and have breakfast."
Xu Tao has brought the child for two days, and she has become inexperienced. She carried Zhao Linan back to the room and dressed him. Little sandals, and then give him hot water to watch him brush his teeth and wash his face.
"Xiao Nan, you should also wash your face and neck!" Children are born with a sense of cuteness. They are very cute when they wash their faces and brush their teeth. Xu Tao intends to exercise the little guy, and naturally he will tell the little guy how to wash his face.
"Okay." Zhao Linan didn't reject it. Maybe it was because Xu Tao looked at him with a smile, and the tone of reminder was very gentle. Zhao Linan was also in the time of self-learning and alone, and he was very obedient.
After Xu Tao took the child to wash his face and brush his teeth, Zhao Weiguo had already eaten breakfast: "I have to go to work."
"Okay, then you pay attention to safety." Xu Tao took Zhao Linan to Zhao Weiguo and waved: "Xiao Nan, follow Dad said goodbye."
"Goodbye." Zhao Linan waved his little hand obediently.
After Zhao Weiguo left home, Xu Tao took Zhao Linan to breakfast. After breakfast, Xu Tao became a little bored, and she couldn't help thinking about what to do when she had nothing to do.
The original owner did not have a high degree of education, but she was not the original owner, and she could not really take care of the children at home every day. Xu Tao always knew very well that a woman needs to have a focus in life.
But these days, married women want to find a suitable job, I am afraid it is not enough.
However, Yangcheng in G province is developing rapidly. If you want to have a career, it is not difficult. The clothing industry is also a promising industry. In terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, clothing ranks first, and food, opening a small restaurant or restaurant This kind of thing, Xu Tao gave up without thinking about it. She didn't like cooking, and she felt that three meals a day at home were enough. If she had to open a restaurant, she would drive herself crazy.
It is obviously unrealistic to live in. There are not many hotels now, but Xu Tao does not have the conditions to open a hotel, let alone, according to the current transportation industry, if you want to do anything, it will cost a lot of money. Yes, after thinking about it, Xu Tao still thinks it is more reliable to copy the old business.
She graduated from a university in her last life, and has always been interested in writing. She occasionally publishes some articles. She also has a public account that is not too well-known. She will share some life and emotional things from time to time, but it is very popular with female readers. favored.
Moreover, people's living standards are gradually improving, and material life is becoming more and more scarce. Gradually, most people's homes will gradually have TVs and other major entertainment items. Xu Tao thought, can she live in eight Becoming a writer in the early 1900s, writing some romance novels, might be a good career too, without even having to go out.
Thinking of this, Xu Tao suddenly felt that this was indeed a good idea, and for her, the profession was also suitable.
"Xiao Nan, let's go, mom will take you out to play." Xu Tao had a plan in her heart, so she went back to the room to clean up, and took Zhao Linan out.
She wants to go out and see the current bookstore, so as to confirm the direction and scope of her writing. If possible, it is best to find the contact information of several newspapers or some publishing houses.
"Where are you going?" Zhao Linan walked up to Xu Tao and asked with his head raised.
"Go to the bookstore." Xu Tao didn't hide it either: "Mom is going to the bookstore, so I can buy you books by the way!" Saying that she was buying books for little kids, she checked the market at the bookstore by the way.
She wants to know the types of best-selling books in the current bookstore. She also wants to know the specific direction of her writing. She does not have much confidence in her writing skills. There are countless writers who have risen during this period, but Xu Tao has Based on her experience in later generations, she wants to find another way to write novels that meet the current public taste or imagine the future. Maybe she can also make a name for herself in the novel world of this period.
"Okay." Zhao Linan is very good, even if Xu Tao wants to take him out and sell it, the little guy is unprepared.
The villain who completely ignored Xu Tao on the first day has disappeared, replaced by Zhao Linan, who began to get acquainted with Xu Tao and gradually began to rely on Xu Tao.
Chapter 013 Stone
Xu Tao took Zhao Linan out, greeted a small tricycle and told the driver to go to the bookstore, the driver replied: "I know a bookstore is relatively large, but it's quite far from here, on Baiyun Road, you want Shall we go? There is a bookstore nearby, but the bookstore is very small."
"Then go to a big bookstore." Xu Tao thought for a moment, and then asked the driver to drive to Baiyun Road.
"It's a long way over there, and it costs a dollar to travel." Of course, the driver also hoped that Xu Tao would go to a far place and earn more on the fare, but he was afraid that Xu Tao would find it too expensive, so he agreed on the price in advance.
"Okay."
"Then you sit firmly." The simple and honest little tricycle master immediately started the small tricycle, started it hummingly, and started to move steadily on the streets of Yangcheng.
This era of Yangcheng is very chaotic, but it has to be said that chaos is also a prerequisite for development, because everyone will come here to intervene, and there are people from all walks of life, black and white.
Xu Tao carried Zhao Linan along with the tricycle all the way, and watched the changes in the surrounding environment. Compared with later generations, the current Yangcheng is not so developed, but it must be admitted that the environment and transportation are also better than other places. one and a half.
"Mom, blow, blow..." Zhao Linan sat on Xu Tao's lap, feeling the wind blowing in front of him.
"Are you comfortable?" Xu Tao asked softly, pinching the little guy's ears at the same time.
The weather is very hot. Sitting in a small tricycle, the wind is blowing in the car, which is very comfortable.
"Hmm." Zhao Linan turned his head to look at Xu Taoxiao. He was not unhappy when his ears were pinched. He still pouted and whispered from time to time. Xu Tao didn't stop him from being innocent.
Soon as the tricycle drove, Xu Tao also arrived at the Baiyun Road Bookstore.
The bookstore on Baiyun Road is a fairly good-scale Xinhua Bookstore. There are many people in the bookstore at the moment, and it is quite lively. Xu Tao led Zhao Linan to start shopping in the bookstore, and also in the corner of the bookshelf. Here you will see some isolated works that can basically be collected later.
Many books that have been expensively collected in the future are still sold in sets, but the prices are not cheap. There are not many books for children to enlighten, but the price of each book is quite amazing.
Xu Tao roughly picked two simple books to prepare for Zhao Linan's enlightenment reading. At the same time, he also walked to the best-selling bookshelf. There are various types of books, martial arts books, literary works, four books and five classics, and other types. It is quite complete, and the best-selling are basically "Yang Jia Jiang" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
The two books, "The General of the Yang Family" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", became popular thanks to the broadcast of the TV series, which made everyone fanatical about martial arts.
Xu Tao flipped through the book and read the publishers and contact addresses written on the back of the book. She bought enlightenment books for Zhao Linan, and also bought pen and paper. copied down.
"Let's go! Go home." Xu Tao's purpose of coming out this time was achieved, although she spent dozens of dollars for her toothache.
"Yeah." Zhao Linan knew that those books were bought for him, so he happily walked around with Xu Tao.
After returning from a trip, Xu Tao bought pen and paper, a simple pencil for Zhao Linan, and she spent a huge sum of 15 yuan to buy a pen and a bottle of ink.
When she got home, Xu Tao didn't immediately start her writing career. She simply packed her things and went to the kitchen to make lunch. She also steamed a few large sweet potatoes. She wanted to make some snacks to visit a nearby neighbor's house.
It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Neighbors are still very important these days. Xu Tao is not an aloof person. Thinking that Zhao Linan is playing at home all day, he is afraid that he will be lonely, so he makes some snacks to get acquainted with the neighbors around him. Make some friends for Zhao Linan.
When she took Zhao Linan out before, she also noticed that the children living in Laoba Alley were playing outside. Zhao Linan was young and had only just arrived. She could see that the little guy really wanted to play with the children.
"Come on, Xiaonan is eating noodles." Zhao Weiguo didn't come back, and he had to make snacks after dinner, so Xu Tao simply cooked noodles for lunch.
When Xu Tao was cooking the noodles, Zhao Linan was standing at the gate of the house, looking at the children who were playing with stones in the distance. Hearing Xu Tao's call, the little guy moved his short legs back to the house.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious."
"Well, then eat more." Xu Tao smiled and patted his little head.
After lunch, Xu Tao packed up the tableware and started busy in the kitchen again, frying a lot of small snacks quickly. When the fried snacks smelled out, Zhao Linan, who had been playing at the gate of the courtyard, was caught by a few big people in the alley. Some boys surrounded and questioned.
"Hey, little brother, what is your mother doing! It's delicious."
These days, you eat less food, and the snacks are better, and there are very few people who can make small snacks at home. When Xu Tao made small snacks yesterday, sweet The scent of the smelt ran through the alley all afternoon, and the children were already curious and greedy. Today, Xu Tao made snacks again, and the children around were even more restless, and the more daring ones asked Zhao Linan.
"Dim sum." Zhao Linan has always been smart, the little boy doesn't talk much, but the dialogue has always been clear.
"Dim sum!?" A seven- or eight-year-old boy repeated Zhao Linan's words with a coveted face: "It must be delicious! It's so fragrant."
Zhao Linan held the courtyard door with one hand and stood on the steps of the courtyard looking at the children below , when the boy said it was delicious, he nodded in agreement: "Well, it's delicious."
"That...my name is Shishi, I'll play with you, can you give me a taste of your dessert." The boy He was still holding a few bare stones in his hand, and his little hand was playing in a daze.
"I'll ask my mother." Zhao Linan thought for a moment with his eyes rolling, then moved his short legs and ran into the kitchen.
Xu Tao divided the small snacks into many portions in the kitchen, and planned to send five pieces of snacks to the family. The small snacks were not large, but they were all made of sweet potatoes, flour and sugar. After finishing, they had to fry them. To make small snacks, Xu Tao used half a catty of oil. Naturally, this thing can be regarded as a great gift for visiting.
"Mom." Zhao Linan walked into the kitchen and tugged at Xu Tao's clothes.
"Well, what's the matter?" Xu Tao asked, looking down at the little guy, but she didn't stop moving.
"Brother Shitou said outside, give him snacks and play with stones!" Zhao Linan repeated the meaning clearly, although the name and what to play were a little confusing, but Xu Tao understood it.
"Then do you want to play with them?" Xu Tao asked him, crouching down and smiling.
Zhao Linan naturally thought about it. Children are born with the instinct to play together, how can children be born withdrawn! Besides, Zhao Linan didn't recognize the birth again: "Well."
"Then Xiao Nan told her mother, how many brothers are there!" Xu Tao naturally would not prevent Zhao Linan from integrating into the world of children in the alley.
Although Xu Tao is also a little afraid that Zhao Linan will be as tanned as the little monkeys in the alleys, and will become dirty at the same time, but Xu Tao has some small cleanliness himself, so she can't let Zhao Linan have friends , had a normal childhood.
"..." Zhao Linan stretched out his finger, but did not say how many people there were.
"Okay! There are quite a few children anyway, right!" Zhao Linan didn't know how to count, and Xu Tao didn't feel too entangled when she heard the words, so she took a rice bowl and put five snacks to the little guy: "Each one for each person, if it's not enough, come back and get it, you know? "
Huh." Zhao Linan carefully held his rice bowl, nodded and left the kitchen, then walked towards the courtyard door.
Xu Tao quietly observed the little guy in the kitchen, and also saw a few curious children poking their heads at the door of the yard. When those children saw Zhao Linan holding the bowl, they immediately looked overjoyed.
"My mother said, one piece per person." Zhao Linan spoke while holding the bowl.
"There are five of us, and there's one more. I'm the eldest, and I can eat two." Stone is the oldest and the skiniest among the children. The seven-year-old boy is about to enter the first grade, and he knows a little bit of math. , he looked at the dim sum in Zhao Linan's bowl and arranged it without forgetting to ask for benefits for himself.
"Okay." The other three children, two boys and one girl, have no objection to this arrangement.
Zhao Linan didn't say anything. Speaking of which, he was still the youngest among the children. He saw that Shishi distributed all the snacks, and there was one piece left in the bowl. The bowl dodged: "Mine!"
"..." Shitou's hand that wanted to take the snack stopped in mid-air, and then looked at Zhao Linan in disbelief: "Brother, you still have it in your house, give this to your brother! This snack is really fragrant." Shi Shi couldn't wait to taste the snack, and he had already swallowed more than half of the snack.
"No, mom said one piece per person." Zhao Linan shook his head insistently, holding the bowl in one hand and the snack in the other to eat by himself.
Seeing that Zhao Linan really didn't plan to share it with him, Shi Shi was not too overbearing, but it was a pity that he began to taste the snacks in his hand.
"Brother Stone, it's so fragrant!" The little girl had two pigtails and ate the dessert with a look of joy on her face.
"Yeah! It's really fragrant." Shi Shi also nodded. After eating the snacks, he silently looked at Zhao Linan, wishing he could take the food from the little guy's hands, but he didn't really snatch it. He just called everyone to play after eating the snacks: " You bring us some snacks, we will be friends from now on, we will kick the rocks with you."
"Okay." Zhao Linan quickly returned home with the bowl in his hand, returning the bowl to Xu Tao and immediately ran. Going out, I went to play with the children in the alley.
When Xu Tao went out with the snacks for the neighbors, Zhao Linan and the children were already playing together, and the scene looked very harmonious.
Chapter 014 Neighbors
Xu Tao and the others had many neighbors near the house they rented. Xu Tao took the lead in knocking on the door on the left.
"Hello, sister-in-law, I'm a new neighbor who moved in next door. My name is Xu Tao, and my lover's name is Zhao Weiguo. I made some snacks for you to try." Xu Tao looked at the elder sister who opened the door and spoke, introducing the situation At the same time, they also sent snacks
. "Oh! You are so polite, girl, come in and sit in the house." The neighbor on the left lives in a local family. The man's name is Sun Tonghai, and the woman's name is Fan Qiumei. Their son is just seven years old this year.
"I'm not going to sit anymore, I have to give snacks to other neighbors!" Xu Tao looked at the woman's big belly, and didn't want to go in to disturb. After giving her the snacks, she went home and continued to the second household neighbor relationship.
The Sun family lived on the left of Xu Tao and the others, and on the right lived a family of eight. The neighbor's surname was Lin. The head of the family, Lin Shu, was about the same age as Zhao Weiguo's father. He and his wife, Mrs. Lin, had three children, two son, a daughter.
Both sons have married and married, but they have not separated. The whole family lives and eats together. The youngest daughter is in her twenties this year and has not been married yet, but it is said that she works at the nearby post office and belongs to a public family. I have an iron rice bowl, so I am very picky when it comes to marriage.
"Hello auntie, I'm your neighbor next door. This is the sweet potato dessert I made. I'll show it to you." Xu Tao gave the dessert to the old lady of the Lin family.
"You are so polite." Mrs. Lin also said politely. She glanced at the five pieces of dim sum in Xu Tao's bowl with a smile. She saw that the surface of the dim sum was smooth and shiny, and she knew that they were all fried in oil. , the smile became brighter.
She lives nearby, on the right of Xu Tao and the others. Yesterday, when Xu Tao made snacks, the fragrance drifted far away. Many people in the alleys wondered what was so sweet. A strong fragrance wafted out, and the old lady murmured that the newly-arrived couple next door was quite willing to spend money on food.
The old man has lived for a long time, and he almost knows how much he should smell by smelling it. If you want something delicious these days, you will naturally be willing to put sugar and oil.
"Daughter, do you still have dim sum at home? We have a lot of people in our family, so it's not easy to divide the five!" The old lady saw that the dim sum had indeed cost a lot of good things. Opening with a smile.
The smile on Xu Tao's face suddenly softened a little. She just went to Shishi's house to deliver snacks. Fan Qiumei was very polite and brought a bowl of her pickled pickles, but when she returned to Lin's house to deliver it, the other party actually He even asked for it cheekily, and seemed to dislike Xu Tao for giving less, and Xu Tao couldn't help but feel a little sigh and toothache.
This old lady of the Lin family is really not very generous.
"Auntie, I don't make a lot of dim sum. The neighbors around me have sent some, and there is no extra dim sum at home!" Actually, there are some at home. Xu Tao has some habits of making dim sum, and the portion is sufficient, but Xu Tao She is also really disgusted with such a brazen person, so even if she has it, she is not willing to give it.
She was willing to give some of her things because she was kind, but the other party wanted to ask for more, which was a bit ugly.
"That's it!" Mrs. Lin said with a slight dissatisfaction.
"Ah! I want to eat!" At this moment, a five- or six-year-old boy emerged from the yard. The child glanced at Xu Tao, stretched out his hand and took a piece from the dim sum bowl in Xu Tao's hand and stuffed it into his mouth .
"..." Xu Tao looked at the boy and said nothing.
"This is my grandson Lin Xiaoqiang." When Mrs. Lin saw the boy, she didn't feel that her grandson was doing something wrong.
"Well, I won't go into the house to disturb you, auntie, please go in and get a bowl to put some snacks on!" Xu Tao continued to smile, eager to end this neighbor's help.
This old lady Lin is not very polite, and the children at home really have no rules. Xu Tao asked herself that she had seen a bear child, but it was the first time that she was so rude and unruly.
"Give me the bowl and dessert, and I'll have someone take the bowl and return it to you later." Aunt Lin glanced at the bowl and dessert in Xu Tao's hand and said.
"...That's fine!" Xu Tao embarrassedly handed the dessert to Mrs. Lin.
"I still have to eat." Xu Tao's bowl was taken over by Mrs. Lin, and Xiaoqiang reached out and grabbed the two pieces of dim sum in the bowl to eat, too overbearing.
Xu Tao pursed the corners of her mouth speechlessly, and turned back to her home without saying any more.
Xu Tao spent some time visiting the door, and got to know the people in the alley. Naturally, she knew that there were not many local people in the alley, and most of them were from other places. After one encounter, Xu Tao's intention to send snacks to help was also shattered a lot.
But the desserts were already made. In order to fear other neighbors gossip, Xu Tao bit the bullet and went to the nearby neighbors to deliver a few pieces of snacks. Fortunately, there are still a few people like the old lady of the Lin family. Tao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Did you go to deliver snacks to the Lin family?" Xu Tao also delivered snacks to the He family's sister-in-law. The He family's sister-in-law was called Yu Li, and she was also the mother of the little girl outside. She was a good person. Did Tao bring snacks to Aunt Lin?
"Send it." The expression on Xu Tao's face was somewhat embarrassing.
After all, she has seen the best, but she has rarely encountered one who can fully reveal the aura of the best on the first face.
Yu Li glanced at Xu Tao with some sympathy, and reminded Xu Tao by the way: "Then Aunt Lin's family is famous in our alley, and Aunt Lin is even more stingy and stingy, and usually likes to take advantage of the neighbors when she has nothing to do. There is no one in the alley who has not been taken advantage of by her family, but if she goes to your house to drink a glass of water, she can go with you as the owner of a glass."
Yes! This is really superb!
Listening to what Yu Li said, Xu Tao curled her lips in a bit of sigh: "...then my bowl is probably gone." She roughly talked about her delivery of snacks, and then shrugged helplessly.
"It goes without saying that there must be no return." It's obviously unrealistic to expect old Mrs. Lin to hand over everything.
Yu Li felt more sympathetic to Xu Tao, but there was nothing she could do. The people who had just moved in didn't know about the situation, so they would eat a small loss. Later, if she knew to avoid some, it was all the neighbors', because of these things. There's no need to tear up your face.
It was just a job, and Xu Tao was not too entangled. She probably said a few words to Yu Li and went back to her house. She would have to go to Ye's house when she had time to send the two hundred yuan prepared by Zhao Weiguo. Woolen cloth!
"Xiao Nan." When Xu Tao was about to go out, she called out to Zhao Linan, who was playing over there.
"Well, Mom." Zhao Linan had a great time playing with a group of children. Although he was simply kicking rocks, and he was the youngest, he hardly joined in the fun, but the little guy was still sweating profusely.
"Mom is going to Uncle Ye's house. Would you like to go with my mother?" Xu Tao looked at the little guy with a smile on his face and asked.
In fact, she is not very worried about leaving the little guy here alone. Although the child and the children in the alley should be together, there should be no major problems, but Xu Tao is not too big to indulge the little guy in two days. .
"..." Zhao Linan played a little crazy, even a little reluctant.
Seeing the little guy's reluctance, Xu Tao said in a sad tone: "Mom is very tired to go alone, wouldn't Xiao Nan want to go with her mother?"
"Go! Xiao Nan and mother go!" Zhao Linan immediately agreed with Xu Tao.
Xu Tao didn't have the slightest burden for her to easily abduct the little guy away. She took the money and locked the door and led the little guy to Ye's house.
"Xiao Nan, come back quickly, we will play hide and seek together when you come back." Shito shouted to Zhao Linan as a reminder.
Zhao Linan had already walked some distance with Xu Tao, and when she heard the shouting, she turned around and responded, "Brother Shito, I'll come back and play together." "
Okay."
I feel happy to be integrated into the group of friends, and then whisper to the little guy which friend he likes the most.
"Brother Stone." The boy seemed to have a natural affection for his older children, and also had a mentality to follow.
The little guys in this alley all take Shishi as their boss. Zhao Linan is the youngest and the youngest. Everyone else listens to Shishi, so Zhao Linan naturally listens to him.
Xu Tao asked with a smile, "Why do you like Brother Stone!"
"He's smart."
"That's it!" Xu Tao nodded, and didn't care about the children's friendship. Anyway, children have children's world, and he has already mixed in. Whether the group of children can get along well and whether they will be bullied is another story.
Because of the hot weather, Xu Tao and Zhao Linan walked fast. After ten minutes, they followed the alley to Ye's house. When Xu Tao entered Ye's house, the beads and flowers were still stacked in the main room, and the whole family sat there. Being busy, Ye Zhenhua broke his left hand and did not go to the market to carry a large bag. He was sitting in the house watching his wife and daughter doing handicraft work, while thinking about how to live in the next day.
In the past, the family of six depended on him to support him. Even if he did some jewelry processing such as beads and small flowers, he still didn't have much money. He had to send money to his hometown every month. He couldn't do it either, he was worried about how to live tomorrow.
"Brother Ye, sister-in-law Ye, this is the 200 yuan that Wei Guo asked me to bring over. He knows that Brother Ye has injured his hand and can't do the work. He has no source of income for the time being. There is not much money, but he can still take the money. Emergency." Xu Tao said, putting two hundred yuan on the dining table.
"This..." Ye Zhenhua was a little grateful and wanted to reject the good intentions, but looking at the busy wife and daughter in the room, he couldn't say anything if he refused, but his eyes were red and he lowered his head with a heavy heart.
A man's self-esteem and responsibility made him feel helpless and made many words unable to speak.
Chapter 015 Watches
Wu Hui made tea for Xu Tao, looked at the money on the table, and her eyes immediately turned red: "Brother and sister, I thank you."
Two hundred yuan is a huge sum of money these days, and Ye Zhenhua carries large bags in the market every day. The salary is only fifty or sixty a month, and sometimes it is barely seventy or eighty, but that is the kind of person who has to carry goods for a month without taking a breath.
But every month those wages come down to eat, drink and spend at home, and then mail them back to their hometown to support their parents. There is almost nothing left in their pockets. Now someone else's arm is injured and broken, and the hospital's medical expenses are paid for by Zhao Weiguo. Sorry, but they do need emergency money.
"The two hundred dollars and the hospital's medical expenses yesterday will definitely be collected and returned to you at the end of the year." Wu Hui said, raising her hand to wipe her tears and promising.
She actually had a lot of grievances and sufferings, especially when she saw Xu Tao sending money for emergency, she was so grateful, but she didn't know what to say. All that's left is to be grateful.
"There's no rush to pay back the money."
"I'll ask Lao Ye to write an IOU!" Wu Hui still couldn't help crying and suggested.
"Write, I'll write right away." Ye Zhenhua stood up and was about to go back to the room to get a pen and paper.
"You don't need to write an IOU, just take the money and use it." Xu Tao replied aloud.
"That won't work, you have to write it." In terms of IOUs, Ye Zhenhua and his wife were very consistent, they didn't refuse Xu Tao, they wrote the IOUs and gave them fingerprints.
Xu Tao felt a little melancholy in the face of the IOU stuffed in her hand. She looked at Wu Hui who was too polite and didn't plan to stay any longer. She didn't want to put too much psychological burden on the Ye family, so she brought Zhao Linan with her when the money was delivered. go home.
It was already evening after leaving Ye's house. Xu Tao led the cheerful Zhao Linan and walked home slowly, looking at the children playing in the alley. With the sunset in the distance, Xu Tao's unreal feeling of reading books began gradually fade away.
Zhao Weiguo went to the transportation company on the first day and didn't come back for dinner at noon. Xu Tao thought that he should come back for dinner, but after waiting for a long time to prepare dinner, he had no choice but to take Zhao Linan to wash and go to sleep.
Zhao Linan went out and played again today, and he didn't take a nap. He was very sleepy not long after dinner. Xu Tao gave the little guy a bath and poured the bath water, and Zhao Linan lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Xu Tao was not sleepy, but there was no mobile TV at home to pass the time. Sitting on the bed, she watched Zhao Linan sleeping soundly. When she was bored, she picked up the pen and started writing the outline and setting of the novel.
Xu Tao was somewhat of a literate person in her previous life. Those small articles about relationships can often poke at the sore spots of girls, so there are hundreds of thousands of fans on the official account, but Xu Tao has really never challenged novels. With a pen, I really have no idea what I want to write.
But I have to say that the novel's original meaning has become a bit misinterpreted after the rise of the legendary female writer and screenwriter of this era, although the original meaning of the novel has become somewhat misunderstood, but I have to admit that in this boring and boring era, When the mainland film and television industry did not rise, those classic works really made people talk about them with relish.
Xu Tao originally planned to write his first novel, writing some more alternative works, such as fantasy apocalypse and other genres, but now people have not reached that level of cognition, and Xu Tao was afraid that what he wrote would be less accepted. After much thinking, Xu Tao still intends to test the waters and write some more common romance novels.
A certain auntie's works have been adapted into various film and television dramas, and even become a trend of feelings for decades. There must be a reason for the current needs. Xu Tao does not say how classic the writing is, but can roughly compare a certain stick country to that of a certain stick country. It's a car accident, a brother-sister stalk, cancer, and a blind routine. It should be able to attract a wave of readers!
People these days are not as well-informed as they were later, and it is absolutely shocking to throw out a terminal illness or a sibling meme.
Xu Tao couldn't help but laugh a little while thinking, and the pen in her hand finally fell slowly.
"Fate Come So Close" is the title of Xu Taoxiang's book.
Xu Tao wrote the title of the book a little interesting, and when she picked up the pen to write the beginning, it was very smooth. The novel she was going to write was modern, and it also told about the promise of a pair of childhood sweethearts, the separation, and the reunion after many years. It was a mistake, and in the end, they still fell in love with each other and then dumped a terminally ill stalk. The love was very tired, and the love was earth-shattering, but still in love with each other's novels.
Shu Shu Shu Shu -
Xu Tao's beginning is also very interesting. After all, she is a child who has been beaten by various plots in the future.
Zhao Weiguo came back very late, Xu Tao hadn't slept yet, and she was a little unfulfilled when she wrote the beginning, but when she heard a sound from the courtyard outside, she put down her pen and saw the tall Zhao Weiguo closed the courtyard door.
"Why did you come back so late?"
"Why haven't you slept yet?" The
two asked in confusion when they saw each other, Xu Tao answered first: "I'm free to write something to play."
"Well, I am today . I went to Buddha City with my car, and I was delayed on the way, so I came back late." Zhao Weiguo explained the reason for his late return: "You don't have to wait for me in the future, just close and lock the courtyard door when it gets dark."
"I locked it, How did you get in?" Xu Tao originally thought of leaving the door for Zhao Weiguo and only delayed until this point, when he heard what he said, he subconsciously asked.
Zhao Weiguo replied calmly: "I can climb over the wall!"
Xu Tao glanced silently at the wall in the yard. The walls of people's homes are quite high these days. Xu Tao couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of Zhao Weiguo's words: "If you go back to your own house and climb over the wall, you are not afraid of being fooled by others in the middle of the night. The thief was caught?"
"You keep the door, if someone has a bad intention, wouldn't it be more dangerous!" Zhao Weiguo said in a serious tone.
It is not difficult for Zhao Weiguo to climb over this wall, but for other petty thieves, they still need some tools to get over. Xu Tao, a woman, and Zhao Linan and a child are at home, and it is relatively safer to lock the door at night. .
"..." Xu Tao was a little bit speechless, and was silent for a moment: "Then I will lock the door as soon as it gets dark tomorrow." There was also a bit of anger in what he said.
Didn't this man say he could climb over the wall? Then he'll get over the wall.
"Well." Zhao Weiguo had no objection to this.
Seeing that he was really planning to climb over the wall, Xu Tao asked casually, "Have you eaten yet?"
By the moonlight hanging high outside, she guessed that it should be around ten o'clock in the evening, guessing that at the same time, Xu Tao, who has no watch, can't help but feel a little irritable. After all, it is really uncomfortable to determine the time all day long by guessing.
"No."
"..." Xu Tao was just asking casually, and she thought she would get the answer she had eaten, but Zhao Weiguo's reply made her helpless. After a while, she said, "I'll cook you a bowl of noodles?"
"Okay!" The man readily responded.
Xu Tao nodded her head without struggling too much, and walked to the kitchen to cook the noodles.
Zhao Weiguo fetched water in the yard, and went to the toilet to rinse at random. When he returned to the kitchen, he was also in a lot of energy, and Xu Tao's noodles just came out of the pot.
"Don't always take a shower with cold water." Xu Tao originally wanted to boil a pot of hot water for this person to wash, but this person had already taken a bath with the water from the outside faucet.
Zhao Weiguo had taken a bath, and he was quite energetic. He walked into the kitchen and saw Xu Tao cast a glance at him, with an imperceptible concern in his tone: "I'm used to it, I'll change it later.
" As if she despised him, Xu Tao pursed her lips and cut the small greens nimbly, while Zhao Weiguo sat in front of the stove to help watch the fire.
The noodles were quickly cooked in the pot, and Xu Tao was also a little sleepy. After loading the bowl, he planned to go back to the room to rest: "The noodles are cooked, you can eat! I'm going to sleep."
"Wait." Zhao Weiguo called out. Xu Tao.
Xu Tao looked back at the man suspiciously, only to see that he took out a watch from his pocket and handed it to her.
"I went to Buddha City today and shipped a batch of goods back by the way. This watch is at the purchase price, which is not expensive. I will buy one for you. It will be more convenient for you to have a watch."
Xu Tao looked at the plum blossom . The brand's watch raised her eyebrows, a little surprised and a little surprised. She was still struggling with the problem of not having a watch to tell the time. He took a shower and handed the watch to her, as if he had installed a surveillance camera on her. Thinking about it, Xu Tao's soul trembled.
"Thank you." Xu Tao reached out and took the watch. She was satisfied with the small but delicate watch in her hand.
The Plum brand watch is a big brand these days, and even though it is a small watch, it is very durable, and it is not a problem to use it for ten or twenty years.
"Yeah." Zhao Weiguo accepted Xu Tao's thanks, reached out and picked up the noodle bowl, turned around and walked out of the kitchen. He sat on the small dining table in the main room and began to eat.
Xu Tao originally wanted to go back to the house to sleep, but suddenly she took a watch, turned her head and went back to her room to sleep. She couldn't say why, but she didn't feel comfortable, and she felt a little scumbag. She looked at Zhao Weiguo holding it The noodle bowl was sitting in the hall to eat, and after touching her nose, Xu Tao also sat next to her.
"Tell you something."
"What?" Zhao Weiguo asked back while eating noodles.
"I'm not going to go out to find a job, I'm thinking of writing something at home, do you think it's okay?" Xu Tao had no idea of asking Zhao Weiguo's opinion, but he didn't plan to hide the man.
"Write something?" Zhao Weiguo had no idea of Xu Tao going to work.
If he was still in the army, Xu Tao brought her son to join the army. With her education, she could find a job in the army. The army's welfare agency or canteen lacked help.
But he is discharged from the army now, and Xu Tao's education is only a junior high school graduate. It is not easy to find a suitable job. Even if there are many factories in Yangcheng, the recruitment is basically internal. Workers are still very popular these days. Yes, she also has to take care of the children, so she will be too busy in the end.