Xia Lei was pushing a 28-inch bicycle, with his son Xia Xi sitting on the front crossbar.
Nowadays, people who own bicycles are considered wealthy, and Xia Lei's family is one such wealthy family. The women and men present all looked at Xia Lei's Forever brand 28-inch bicycle with envy. There are only two bicycles of this brand in the entire Shanding Brigade.
No, to be more precise, the entire Shanding Brigade only had two bicycles!
One of them was approved by the government and is currently parked at the brigade leader's house. Anyone who wants to use it can borrow it. The other one is the one that Xia Lei is riding right now!
"I have to go to town, everyone's busy," Xia Lei said with a bright smile.
The women's eyes all turned to Jiang Ci.
Someone chuckled and said, "Jiang Ci said her man wants to buy her a bicycle. We're guessing it's because Jiang Ci saw your bicycle and wants to buy one too!"
Xia Lei frowned instinctively upon hearing Jiang Ci's name and gave her a cold glance at Jiang Ci standing in the crowd.
"Our family doesn't compare itself with anyone, and some people shouldn't associate with our family."
Jiang Ci almost made a famous joke about a certain celebrity: Are you alright?
Fortunately, she held back, but couldn't help but mutter to herself that she had just run into Xia Lei with her words, which had directly brought her to his embarrassment.
She mimicked Xia Lei's tone and said to the aunties, "My family doesn't compare itself to anyone, aunties. My husband only has a cheap, no-name bicycle. It's nothing like a Forever brand. I'm nowhere near Forever."
Everyone laughed, but Xia Lei's face darkened.
Let her be smug for now. Wait until she's sent to the far northwest, then we'll see if she can still laugh.
Xia Lei, his face dark, got on his bicycle and sped away.
Jiang Ci withdrew her gaze and looked down at the wheat field, her eyes dark and brooding.
Jiang Ci was determined to buy the bicycle, not for the sake of the steamed bun.
After finishing work in the afternoon, Jiang Ci arrived on time today. Apart from the incident with Xia Lei, she hadn't slacked off and earned five work points today.
Not much, not even enough to qualify as a child's full work points.
Jiang Ci wasn't in a hurry, and walked through the fields to get home.
In the afternoon, Zhou Mingli got plenty of rest and felt that his injuries were not so painful anymore. Knowing that Jiang Ci would be back soon, he boiled a large pot of water and poured out a basin. When Jiang Ci arrived home and heard that Zhou Mingli had prepared hot water for her to take a bath, she closed the door and took a bath first.
Jiang Ci changed into a clean white vest and shorts, and came out of the house looking neat and tidy. She called out, "Zhou Mingli, can you see if the scab on the back of my head has healed yet? I want to wash my hair."
Zhou Mingli came out of the kitchen, parted her hair, and lifted the gauze to take a look.
"It's scabbed over, but you can't wash your hair. You might easily touch the wound if you wash it yourself." Zhou Mingli helped her re-wrap the gauze. "Wait for me a moment. Dinner will be ready soon. I'll help you wash after dinner."
He said it casually, and after finishing, he returned to the kitchen to continue cooking. Jiang Ci paused for a moment, but in the end, she still couldn't stand her messy hair and tacitly agreed with Zhou Mingli's statement.
Zhou Mingli made a simple dinner. He mixed two cucumbers, scrambled eggs with green beans, and used the remaining cornmeal to make steamed buns. He didn't add any other strange ingredients. Although it still made her throat sore, it tasted much better than the first time she ate steamed buns.
Zhou Mingli glanced at the two children wolfing down their food and said to Jiang Ci, "Change to some wheat flour and mix it into the cornmeal; it won't be so hard on the throat."
“Let’s buy two more hens, I’ll build a fence and keep them in the enclosure, then we won’t have to worry about eggs anymore.”
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
