After finishing the work of delivering autumn vegetables, Qiao Xiangqiang started buying charcoal mud to make briquettes without stopping. If he didn't do it, the sun would not be poisonous and the briquettes would not be dried.
Qiao Jinling didn't go to school, and followed Qiao Qianqian around every day. Qiao Qianqian still said a few words at first, but after taking the test several times with his daughter, he answered fluently and knew everything, so he didn't bother to talk anymore.
The coal supply station is right next to the leather shoe factory.
You can also have charcoal delivered to your door, but it only costs an additional ten yuan. Qiao Xiangqiang was reluctant to part with it, so he took Yang Guixiang's charcoal back with him.
He refused to let his daughter go. It was pitch black and filled with flying charcoal foam, so he didn't want his fair and tender little girl to become dirty.
It happened that Qiao Xiangxiu's small restaurant was not far from the leather shoe factory, so he placed his daughter there so that he could go to the coal supply station with peace of mind.
Qiao Jinling thought about it. She couldn't lift her shoulders with her hands, couldn't carry it, and couldn't transport coal. She might as well go and play with Qiao Jinfeng. Anyway, she hadn't seen this sister for a long time. She also specially brought some pencil books related to study.
I thought Qiao Jinfeng should learn more knowledge in her spare time.
Qiao Jinling had never been to Qiao Xiangxiu's small restaurant. She thought it was quite small, but she didn't expect the restaurant to be quite big. On the white wooden plaque were written four large characters in red paint: Xiangxiu Hotel.
Also written in red paint on both sides: high quality and low price, good for both children and adults.
It was still early and it was not lunch time, so there were not many people. When Qiao Xiangxiu saw Qiao Xiangqian coming with her daughter, she quickly came up to say hello with a smile.
Qiao Jinfeng, who was in the room, heard the commotion and ran out quickly. She missed this little sister a little.
After Qiao stepped forward, he drove the tractor and drove away.
"Lingling, what do you want to eat? Second aunt will cook it for you!"
Qiao Xiangxiu was all smiles. She hadn't seen her little niece for a long time, and she looked even cuter.
"No need! Second aunt, Lingling has had dinner at home."
"That's no good. How can I still be short of food when I get to my aunt's place? Why not have a bowl of beef offal noodles? This beef offal was sent by your father, so it's the most popular!"
Qiao Xiangxiu said as he opened the curtain and walked towards the kitchen.
Qiao Jinling and Qiao Jinfeng looked at each other and smiled, this aunt is quite nice.
Qiao Jinling looked around and saw that there were less than ten tables arranged. They were made of yellow wood and the wall skirts were painted with the common green paint of this era. They looked clean and very refreshing.
"By the way, Sister Jinfeng, this is for you."
Qiao Jinling took out a pencil, notebook, and a book from her small backpack.
"For me?!"
Qiao Jinfeng looked surprised.
"Yes, dad said that little girls must study hard so that their legs can grow longer and their eyes can grow brighter."
In fact, this was not what Qiao Xiangqian said at all, but what Qiao Jinling wanted to say to this sister. Only when your legs are long can you go to many places, and only when your eyes are bright can you distinguish the dangers in the world.
Qiao Jinfeng happily accepted these things, took out a small hairpin from her trouser pocket and handed it to Qiao Jinling.
"Lingling, my sister bought this with her salary. I didn't spend much money at my aunt's place. I saved it all. It's just this little hairpin. When I saw it, I thought of you."
Qiao Jinling looked at the straight-line hairpin in her hand. It was pink and tender, without too much pattern decoration.
"Thank you sister, Lingling likes it very much. Can you bring it for me?"
"okay!"
The two sisters are very close to each other. They may both be kind-hearted people and have endless things to say.
"Is Qiao Xiangxiu here?"
A serious-looking woman walked into the hotel. Qiao Jinling looked up and saw that she was about 50 years old, well-maintained, wearing a gray coat with a goose-yellow sweater underneath, and she was dressed very fashionably.
"Hello, grandma, what can I do for you?"
Qiao Jinfeng quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"Are you Qiao Xiangxiu?"
The woman's words seemed to be squeezed out of her throat.
"Oh, I'm not, I help in the store."
"Then you have nothing to say to me and call Qiao Xiangxiu out."
The woman held her head high and didn't look at them at all. Qiao Xiangxiu in the room heard the noise and walked out with a straight face. He didn't know why and was confused.
"Who are you?"
Qiao Xiangxiu put down the noodle bowl, feeling a little nervous for some reason.
"I will open the skylight and tell the truth. I am Zhang Mingyi, Liu Fangzhou's mother. Now that you know my identity, you must know why I came to find you, right?"
Qiao Jinling instantly understood that this old woman had bad intentions and was afraid that she was going to cause trouble.
Qiao Xiangxiu pursed her lips and lowered her eyes to the ground, not daring to look at this woman. Of course she knew why Mother Liu came.
"Auntie, why don't we go to the back room to talk. There are guests here and there are children."
Zhang Mingyi simply sat down, crossed her legs, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, we are not saying anything shameful."
Qiao Xiangxiu had no choice but to sit opposite.
Qiao Jinling pulled Qiao Jinfeng and hid in a corner, watching with cold eyes. She probably felt that no one was worthy of her precious son.
Sure enough, Zhang Mingyi's first sentence was: "Do you think you are worthy of being on the Ark?"
Qiao Xiangxiu's throat rolled. Even though she was much braver than before, she always felt that she was inferior in front of feelings. She originally felt that she was not worthy of Liu Fangzhou. She had thought of quitting many times, but she couldn't stand Liu Fangzhou's soft words and warm words. Unknowingly, she
Fall into it.
"You did this, right?"
Zhang Mingyi took out a pair of insoles from her bag and threw them on the table like trash.
Qiao Xiangxiu stretched out her hand, shivered, squeezed the insole, and held it in her hand. From the beginning to the end, she did not raise her head or say a word.
"Ha! I hope you won't come to Fangzhou again. You know that I only have one son who is a regular worker in a leather shoe factory. Even if I marry again, I will not marry a rural woman who can't have children. It's still a second marriage. If you really
If you like Ark, you should consider him. My son is simple-minded, and a bowl of noodles will make him grateful."
With that said, Zhang Mingyi picked up the beef noodle on the table with chopsticks, and deliberately emphasized the word "gratitude", which was a hint to Qiao Xiangxiu: Liu Fangzhou just had no one to take care of him, and if he was a little nicer to him, he would burst into tears. He was just grateful.
Thanks, love is impossible, stop wishing.
Qiao Xiangxiu's face turned red. The inferiority complex brought to her by her previous marriage seemed to emerge from the cracks in the ground, twisting and growing like countless vines, burrowing into the soles of her feet, crawling up her legs, and followed
The blood flowed together, pricking into the bottom of my heart, and it hurt like hell.
She thought that by getting her hair permed and wearing the same floral skirt and small leather shoes as people in the city, she would be able to completely get rid of her inferiority and confusion. During the day, she chatted and laughed with the diners, and at night, she counted the odds and ends in the drawer and felt
Noisy and hot human fireworks.
She thought she was different.
But today, this woman named Zhang Mingyi slapped her back into the abyss.
No matter how hard she worked, she would still be rejected. No matter how hard she worked, her inferiority complex would reach her bones.
"That's it. I've said everything I need to say. I hope you can be more aware of current affairs and stop pestering Ark."
"What does Ark say?"
Qiao Xiangxiu mustered up the courage to ask the last question.
"He promised me that he will never contact you again. In addition, I have arranged a blind date for him. If you don't believe it, you can ask him in person."
Zhang Mingyi was full of arrogance, approaching Qiao Xiangxiu, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to steal your son from me, just dream. Between you and me, he can only choose me!"