Chapter 31 First Encounter with the New Neighbor

When Jiang Zhi opened the door, she first looked to the left, then to the right, and was surprisingly puzzled.

Could it be that the idea of ​​ghosts knocking on doors existed in ancient times?

As a staunch Marxist, Jiang Zhi had no opinion on this, but after experiencing such an event that clearly contradicted her worldview, she had no choice but to silently reshape it...

Just as Jiang Zhi was swaying and thinking about a whole bunch of things, a small hand from behind the door quietly tugged at the hem of her skirt.

Jiang Zhi was so frightened that she really jumped up this time!

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"who?"

She gasped in surprise and yanked the door open, peering left and right.

Of course, this time they didn't forget to check behind the door.

Sure enough, once she found the right direction, she immediately located the owner of the little hand.

It was a little boy who was no taller than her waist. At first, she didn't see him at all because he was too short.

The moment Jiang Zhi and the little boy made eye contact, the little boy was also staring at her with bright, sparkling eyes.

Wait, something's not right, Jiang Zhi immediately realized.

The little brat was staring at the mouthful of noodles she was still chewing!

Jiang Zhi suddenly became alert. It was fine to stare at a child this big, but she couldn't stare at the food in her mouth! No way!

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Although Jiang Zhi was more vigilant, the child was still quite young, so she unusually showed some patience and leaned down slightly to listen to what the child wanted to do.

The little boy was clearly craving it.

He secretly swallowed, trying to avoid the older woman's eyes, even though Jiang Zhi could see him clearly because of their height difference.

But the little boy still politely bowed to Jiang Zhi, a very standard crossed-hands salute, and then said:

"Sister, I am Zuo Tianyuan from the third house in the alley on the right. It's nice to meet you!"

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This kid has a really sweet tongue!

Before Jiang Zhi could even react, such a thought had already crossed her mind, so she casually replied.

"Kid, what's wrong? Are you lost?"

As she spoke, she held the bowl, took a big slurp of noodles with her chopsticks, and lazily said while chewing.

The jade-like child paused for a moment, staring at Jiang Zhi with his bright black eyes, and finally spoke, word by word.

"Sister, can I ask if you're selling that powder you're talking about? I'll trade it for something!"

As he spoke, he rummaged through his tiger-head coat and pulled out a decent-looking piece of candy from his pocket.

Jiang Zhi was stunned for a moment, but soon her eyes crinkled into a smile, and she reached out her right hand to take the candy.

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The house Jiang Zhi bought was located at the intersection of two streets. On the right street, not far from the house Jiang Zhi bought, behind a red-tiled gate, a woman was pacing anxiously, searching for something.

She was a woman who looked to be in her twenties or thirties. She had her hair styled in a trendy topknot, and her clothes were not particularly expensive. Her sideburns were neatly combed up so that not a single stray hair was visible.

She was clearly a woman who paid great attention to her daily life.

At that moment, she was rummaging through the yard, searching for something, and muttering softly:

"Tianyuan, Tianyuan..."

Finally, the increasingly impatient woman spoke up in a fit of rage.

"Hey, if you don't come out here soon, I'll beat you up with a feather duster!"

"I warned you, if you don't come out for breakfast and hide under Grandma's bed, even Grandma's protection won't help!"

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Seeing the drool pouring from the greedy child's mouth, and then looking at the child's clothes, Jiang Zhi knew that the child was usually quite spoiled at home, and that there must be an adult secretly watching him. So she dared to relax and play with the child with a smile.

However, when the child took out the candy, she unusually couldn't hold back:

At that moment, she even wondered if she was overthinking things!

However, when she heard hesitant and slow footsteps behind her, she merely raised an eyebrow and breathed a sigh of relief.

She wasn't wrong.

The woman had no idea what Jiang Zhi was thinking. Seeing the change in Jiang Zhi's expression, she also bowed slightly with her hands clasped in greeting and said with a rather helpless expression.

"Young lady, my son is greedy and doesn't know any better. The elders in the family usually give him a few coins so he can buy some sweets. Who would have thought that he would be tempted by your breakfast today and sneak out to take the sweets he's been saving..."

As she spoke, the young mother sighed, then quickly walked over to her child. When they looked at each other, even though she met the child's eyes, which were pretending to be well-behaved and trying to be cute, she was not moved at all.

Her face remained icy cold. And her movements were unusually...

Cold and aloof, at least to Zuo Tianyuan!

With a "smack," I lifted the brat up by his collar, then gave him two more "smacks," letting his buttocks and palms make intimate contact.

The child, who was spoiled by his family since childhood, was never considered thin. Not to mention his chubby face, which Jiang Zhi found cute, his body still had some baby fat that hadn't gone away, not to mention his bottom!

My buttocks were slapped twice by my mother, and the flesh of my buttocks jiggled a bit, making a "Duang du ang" sound!

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Even five- or six-year-old children have developed some sense of shame; they're already so ashamed of being spanked by their mothers that they secretly shed tears.

What truly shattered Zuo Tianyuan's world was that, before he could even recover from the merciless spanking his mother gave him in front of others, he saw a pair of small, bright eyes looking at him from the street corner with a slight smile. It felt like the sky had fallen!

Having completely lost face, the little one, who was being dragged around by his mother, simply started to cry loudly.

*

Over here, Jiang Zhi was chatting happily with Zuo Tianyuan's mother.

Jiang Zhi wasn't one to hold grudges. If her child was craving something and wanted to trade her own precious food for something she made, it was no big deal, and Jiang Zhi was quite understanding.

Of course, the child's mother had prepared breakfast early in the morning, went to the room to look for her child, and found that the child had run out just to beg for food. She was so angry that she spanked him a couple of times. Jiang Zhi didn't really think there was anything wrong with that.

Zuo Tianyuan's mother was a typical woman from the South, gentle but often exasperated by her mischievous child. So when Jiang Zhi found this angle, the two chatted as if they were old friends who had known each other for a long time...

Then, while they were chatting happily, over there, Zuo Tianyuan, who had just been spanked by his mother and then hurt by the smiles in the eyes of his peers, cried like a pig being slaughtered, which finally attracted his mother's attention.

"Zuo Tianyuan, are you planning to get another beating today? Get back home and eat right now. I'm going to the tavern later, so don't cause me any trouble!"

Jiang Zhi, who had been watching the mother and son playfully bickering with a smile, suddenly had a flash of inspiration; an idea came to her:

Why not let Madam Zuo help her with the cooking?

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Jiang Zhi had her reasons for thinking this way.

One reason is that she's been so busy these days that she's like a spinning top, and every night before bed she's thinking about whether she should hire someone else to help her out.

Of Pei Guyou's four people, only Xiao Mahua could help her every day. She also had to do some homework during the day. The others were at most her customers. Of course, their relationship with Pei might be slightly closer, but they couldn't be used like donkeys...

Secondly, since she plans to open a restaurant starting tomorrow, she absolutely cannot work alone. This is a workload that she couldn't possibly handle even if she were spinning like a top.

She had wanted to hire someone for a while, but was afraid they wouldn't be of good character...

But this Lady Zuo was quite to her liking, which was rather unusual!

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