Although Aunt Hong was a little opposed to Ma Xiaoquan's extravagance and waste, it was not appropriate to put the five yuan here. After going back and forth, Aunt Hong felt that it was better to buy some ingredients to make a delicious meal. Of course, in terms of ingredients, she wanted to go with Ma Xiaoquan.
Firstly, she was worried that Ma Xiaoquan would not be able to bargain, and secondly, she wanted to stay with Ma Xiaoquan for a while and get to know him better.
Ma Xiaoquan agreed very much with Aunt Hong's suggestion. When Zhao Minglan heard that Aunt Hong was going to the market with Ma Xiaoquan to buy ingredients, she also volunteered to go with her.
Finally, the three of them left the house together.
The vegetable market is not close to Lantian Community, and it takes more than half an hour to walk. However, the three of them were talking and laughing along the way, so they didn't feel that it was far away. They almost didn't feel that time had passed. The three of them had arrived at the entrance of the market.
It is said to be a vegetable market, but it is actually an old street. However, because there are many aborigines around this old street, it is also the only way to the countryside behind, so over time, traders gather here, and everyone also
Everyone comes here to buy groceries.
Aunt Hong led Zhao Minglan and Ma Xiaoquan into the vegetable market, and people immediately joined them.
Zhao Minglan is very delicate and has a particularly good figure. Although she wears looser clothes and pants, she still cannot hide her proud figure.
Although Aunt Hong is almost fifty years old, except for the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, she still looks very young.
Ma Xiaoquan knew that Aunt Hong's ability to maintain herself so well was also related to her exercising at home at night.
"Hey, Wang Hong, are you out to buy vegetables?" A middle-aged vegetable seller greeted Aunt Hong enthusiastically, with a hint of aggression in his eyes.
Aunt Hong nodded slightly, responding to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man seemed to enjoy Aunt Hong's less-than-enthusiastic response. He walked over with a smile, and was about to reach out to pull Aunt Hong's arm. Ma Xiaoquan frowned, stepped forward, grabbed the man's hand, and gave it a strong squeeze.
twist.
"Ahhhh~~" The man's arm hurt and he waved his hand quickly, "Young man, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? I want to ask you what do you want to do? Ah? What do you want to do when you come here in such a hurry? Do you want me, Uncle Zhao, to invite you to the police station to talk about your life?"
The man screamed, "I didn't do anything. Let me go quickly, or I'll kill you!"
"Hey? Are you going to kill me?" Ma Xiaoquan increased his strength, causing the man to half-crouch down in pain.
Ma Xiaoquan leaned close to the man's ear and whispered: "Uncle, I can see that you have some evil thoughts about my Aunt Hong. I don't think this idea is good. I don't care what you were like before. Now that I'm here, you'd better restrain yourself and understand.
Alright?"
The man listened to Ma Xiaoquan's order with some horror. He struggled to break away. Just as he was about to fight with Ma Xiaoquan, a young man suddenly ran up and held him down.
"Uncle, I met that boy last night. He seems to be familiar with Liang Dahu and the others. He even played a game of basketball with Liang Xiaohu. I guess, Liang Dahu and his gang are not easy to mess with!"
The man was stunned for a moment. Although he felt unwilling to do so, when he thought about Liang Dahu, he finally withered away. However, he still said unforgivingly: "Just wait for me."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and spread his hands to express disdain.
Zhao Minglan stepped forward and took Ma Xiaoquan's arm. At this time, she suddenly felt that it was really good to have such a younger brother in the family. Although he was seventeen years old, he already knew how to protect women.
After all, Zhao Minglan is only in her early twenties. For a girl like her, she always fantasizes about the arrival of Prince Charming. Although she is a little conflicted in her heart about why she holds Ma Xiaoquan's arm, she can no longer think too much about her actions.
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"Liu Taineng, this is my brother, please behave yourself from now on~" Zhao Minglan said to the man with a smile.
"Your brother? When did you get a younger brother?"
Zhao Minglan said: "My father's distant cousin's son is now living in my house."
Someone suddenly interrupted and said, "I'm afraid it's the husband-in-law Zhao Minglan found for you, haha..."
Zhao Minglan was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face turned red. She was at a loss and let go of the hand holding Ma Xiaoquan's arm, and ran back to hold Aunt Hong's hand.
Aunt Hong smiled and shook her head and said: "Okay, stop making trouble and go do whatever you have to do. By the way, Liu Taineng, weigh your fresh leeks for me."
The man whose arm was twisted by Ma Xiaoquan is called Liu Taineng. His real name is Liu Quanneng. He is one of the vegetable vendors on this street. Because of the toughness of women, he always avoids going back. Also because he has a bad mouth and a bad person, and
He is a bit lustful, so he will always be accused of molesting women.
Every time, his mother-in-law would chase him and beat him with a big stick, looking very embarrassed. As time went by, everyone changed his name.
Liu Taineng curled his lips. Although he wanted to be angry and not sell, the fresh leeks displayed in the tricycle were hard to sell. In desperation, he had no choice but to chirp twice, pick up the scale and weigh half a catty of leeks.
Zhao Minglan squinted at Mrs. Liu's ability to cook, and said from time to time: "Don't fool others, my brother is very powerful."
Liu Taineng was speechless. In order to get rid of Ma Xiaoquan and the others as soon as possible, he could only grab a handful more leeks and add them in. He said: "This is half a catty for you. Quick, take the money, buy it and leave."
Ma Xiaoquan and Zhao Minglan looked at each other and laughed. Ma Xiaoquan took out five yuan and handed it to Liu Taineng.
Liu Taineng took the five-yuan note and was stunned for a moment, but soon gave Ma Xiaoquan the change.
Aunt Hong looked at Ma Xiaoquan with a hint of excitement in her eyes. She couldn't help but want to step forward and hug Ma Xiaoquan, but her reason told her that this was not her son.
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Ma Xiaoquan and Zhao Minglan were chattering about what ingredients to buy. Zhao Minglan said that he wanted to eat fish, while Ma Xiaoquan was more inclined to eat meat, because if you buy fish, a fish costs nearly four yuan, and if you buy meat, the best
The beef is less than 3 pieces, and the remaining money can be used to buy some other ingredients.
In the end, Zhao Minglan was persuaded by Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan paid the bill and received the goods with satisfaction, while Zhao Minglan's eyes flashed with a hint of unnoticeable goodwill.
Just when Ma Xiaoquan finished buying the last ingredient, someone suddenly patted him behind him. He turned around and was stunned for a moment, then said happily: "Eh? It's you?"
Yuan Lan smiled and nodded. He saw Ma Xiaoquan holding several ingredients in his hand and asked with a smile: "Are you coming to buy food too? Or do you want to cook?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "Of course I'm going to cook!"
Yuan Lan nodded and said, "Can you cook?"
"Of course, not only can I cook it, but my cooking skills are also pretty good."
Yuan Lan looked at Ma Xiaoquan carefully and said, "It's been half a month since we last saw each other, right?"
"Yeah~" Ma Xiaoquan also looked at Yuan Lan carefully. He was actually very excited and his voice was trembling a little. Although the appearance of the woman named Yuan Lan in front of him was different from that of his mother when she was young.
But he always felt that this woman was his mother when he was young.
Yuan Lan was also very strange in her heart. She had only met the young man in front of her once, but somehow she always felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy towards him, as if they had known each other a long, long time ago.
On the side, Zhao Minglan felt inexplicably irritated when she saw Ma Xiaoquan and Yuan Lan chatting enthusiastically. Although she could tell that Ma Xiaoquan and Yuan Lan had only met once, from their conversation, she always felt like they had known each other for a long time.
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Unknowingly, Zhao Minglan felt a little blocked in her heart.
Standing next to Zhao Minglan, Aunt Hong saw her daughter being silent and guessed what she was thinking. She sighed inwardly, reached out to hold her daughter's hand, and nodded gently.
Zhao Minglan felt her mother's encouragement. She finally couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Xiaohu, this is..."
Zhao Minglan is one year older than Yuan Lan. Her appearance is that kind of majestic beauty, while Yuan Lan is another kind of quiet Xiaojiabiyu. Although both girls are wearing very ordinary gray clothes, they are standing in the vegetable market.
, always attracting lingering glances from passers-by and vendors buying food.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and introduced Yuan Lan to Zhao Minglan: "Sister Lan Lan, this is my mother... Oh no, this is sister Yuan Lan..."
"Pfft~~" Yuan Lan couldn't help laughing when she heard Ma Xiaoquan's wrong name for her. She smiled so beautifully that Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head in embarrassment and started laughing along with her.
To Zhao Minglan, Ma Xiaoquan's behavior seemed like the two of them were flirting, and she felt very unhappy. Although at home, she and Xiaohu would dislike and quarrel with each other from time to time, but most of them were between siblings.
That kind of noise is not like Xiaohu and Yuan Lan's state at all.
At this time, Aunt Hong stepped forward and asked Yuan Lan with a smile: "Xiaolan, how is your mother?"
Yuan Lan nodded and said: "It's okay, thank you Aunt Hong. By the way, Aunt Hong, does Xiaohu live with you?"
Before Aunt Hong could speak, Zhao Minglan took Ma Xiaoquan's arm and said proudly: "Yes, Xiaohu is now a member of my family."
Yuan Lan was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Ma Xiaohu, congratulations~"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, scratched his head and said: "It's okay, it's okay~~Actually... Hey hey hey..." Before Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, he felt that his
Zhao Minglan pinched his arm so hard that he screamed in pain.
Zhao Minglan pulled Ma Xiaoquan and smiled at Yuan Lan: "Yuan Lan, let's leave now. Come to my house for dinner another day~"
Ma Xiaoquan still wanted to say hello to Yuan Lan, but Zhao Minglan pinched his arm harder. In desperation, he could only endure the pain and nodded to Yuan Lan, and then he was dragged away by Zhao Minglan.
Aunt Hong looked at her daughter's willful look, shook her head with a wry smile, and said to Yuan Lan: "Xiaolan, don't mind, that girl Lanlan is just so crazy."