The next morning.

Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue got up very early and went out with the large group of people going to work.

Old Lady Li asked, "Why so early?"

"Mom, I'm taking Jiaxue to the provincial capital. Is there anything you want?"

"Going to the provincial capital?"

"Yeah, Mom, do you want to go with us?"

"Why would I, with my old age, go to the provincial capital? Jiaxue is pregnant, please take good care of her."

"Don't worry about this matter. I promise to take good care of her."

Old man Li said, "Son, if you have any good wine when you come back, don't forget to bring me a bottle."

Li Mingqing laughed and said, "That's possible."

"Don't listen to your father. It's not easy for you two to go to the provincial capital. Have fun."

Yang Daya was so greedy that she shouted, "I haven't been to the provincial capital yet. I don't know when I can go."

Li Lizhu joked, "Third brother's sister, wait until your third brother is on vacation and ask him to take you there."

"Forget it, he probably hasn't been there himself. Going to the provincial capital would cost a lot of money, and he needs to save some money to build a house for Xiangnan and get him a wife in the future."

The Li family chatted and laughed all the way, and then parted ways when they reached the village entrance.

Li Mingqing said, "Jiaxue and I will be back this afternoon."

"Slow down on the road!"

Old Lady Li watched the two men leave and said, "Come to think of it, I haven't been to the provincial capital either."

"It's okay. Very few people in the village have been to the provincial capital. It's not shameful for us not to have been there."

"Second sister-in-law is right. I guess it's just a little bigger than the county town."

Old man Li said, "Old lady, go home and cook a delicious meal tonight."

"You can't open the wine Ming Qing bought you. There's still one sip left from last time, so just drink that."

"That's been over half a year now, there's no smell of alcohol anymore."

"How come there's no smell of alcohol? It was there as soon as I opened the bottle."

The old couple kept grumbling about whether they could drink or not, and they didn't stop until they reached the end of the field.

The other side.

Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue rode their bicycles to the town.

He left his bicycle at the supply and marketing cooperative and went to the main intersection with Sun Jiaxue to wait for the bus to the provincial capital.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the car arrived.

Sun Jiaxue had never known that cars from the provincial capital would pass through the town, and she had never seen it once.

In fact, the car only stopped at the fork in the road and never drove into the town.

There was a female conductor on the bus.

After buying two tickets, Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue went to sit in the front seats.

There were not many people on the bus and many seats were empty.

But when we were in the county town, more than a dozen people came up at once.

Li Mingqing asked, "Wife, are you feeling unwell?"

"No, it's fine."

"I was worried you might get carsick, but I didn't expect you to be fine."

"This is my first time riding a car like this. I'm so happy. How could I get carsick?"

She was looking at the scenery passing by outside the car window all the way and was really happy.

It took nearly an hour to drive to the provincial capital.

The two of them didn't eat at home, and it was already half past six when they got off the bus.

"Wife, let's go to the state-owned restaurant first to fill our stomachs."

If he was the only one who didn't want to eat, then he wouldn't have to eat, but Sun Jiaxue was pregnant and had to eat.

Sun Jiaxue arrived at the entrance of the State-Owned Hotel and exclaimed, "It's so huge! It's three times bigger than the ones in town."

"There are so many people. Look at the endless stream of people coming and going on the street. I guess they are all out to buy breakfast."

Li Mingqing ordered two bowls of millet porridge, two fried dough sticks, and two meat buns.

Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong delivered the ticket in time, otherwise he would not have been able to have the meal.

Sun Jiaxue was led by Li Mingqing to sit in the innermost area.

A little boy at the next table kept staring at the fried dough sticks and meat buns on their table.

The one holding the little boy was an old woman.

It's obvious that the old woman is not a good person.

"Grandma, I want to eat fried dough sticks and meat buns too."

"We're not that rich to eat fried dough sticks and meat buns, so we can just have some porridge to fill our stomachs."

As she spoke, she took out a pancake from the basket and dipped it into the porridge.

"Grandma, I want to eat meat buns!"

The little boy was being quite unreasonable.

The old woman said, "If you want to eat, go and ask for it yourself. Why are you yelling at me? How can they not give it to you, a child?"

A master of moral kidnapping.

Li Mingqing is not such a moral person.

He said, "Child, if your grandma doesn't buy you anything, you'll keep crying. But you're her precious grandson. Even if you want the stars in the sky, she can pick them for you."

When the child heard this, he cried even louder.

The old woman's face was red and her neck was thick, and she couldn't comfort the little boy at all.

The little boy was raised by her since he was young, and she would find ways to get what he wanted from others.

But when it comes to Li Mingqing, this method doesn't work at all.

Most people would be too embarrassed to refuse, and the old woman always gets her way. This time, she’s really pushed the envelope.

Sun Jiaxue ate fried dough sticks and meat buns without saying a word.

Li Mingqing said, "Wife, eat more and go out for a walk later."

The child was still crying and making a fuss.

The old woman felt embarrassed and said again: "Young man, my grandson is in a bad mood. Can you break off half of the fried dough stick for him to satisfy his craving?"

"Auntie, why don't you just go buy a fried dough stick?"

"To be honest, I didn't bring that much money when I went out."

"That's easy. Why don't you just take the child out? There are so many people in the restaurant and your grandson is making so much noise that we can't even eat in peace. You know your child is disobedient, but you don't buy food to take home. Look at how everyone is disturbed by your child's noise. You should just take your grandson out."

The old woman couldn't bear it and gave him a sidelong glance and said:

"You look like a decent person, but you're so stingy. You're just a greedy kid. You're not willing to give me a little."

"Of course I don't want to. Why should I give it to you if I bought it with my own money?"

He ate the fried dough sticks in front of the old woman and the little boy.

The people around were almost clapping and cheering.

The waiters, in particular, admired Li Mingqing very much.

The grandfather and grandson were regular customers of the restaurant. They would come here every few days to ask for food. Every time the little boy started crying, he would ask for other people's food.

People will give a little even if the child is unwilling.

This time I didn't get any soup at all.

Before leaving, Li Mingqing encouraged the child, saying, "Yes, cry as hard as you can. Your grandma loves you so much that she will definitely buy it for you."

The little boy cried even louder, and the sound was so loud that it almost blew the roof off.

The people around her advised: "Auntie, just buy some."

"Yes, this is your grandson, don't you feel bad?"

"Children are just greedy. If you buy something for them and let them try it, they will stop crying."

"Yeah, I've already bought the porridge, what else do I need to pay for the fried dough sticks?"

After so much arguing, the old woman really couldn't stay in the restaurant anymore.

She took the little boy and went out.

Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue were taking a walk on the street.

As the saying goes, take a hundred steps after a meal and you will live to be ninety-nine.