The new tricycle drove away quickly, as if it was escaping.

After the people left, Aunt Zhou asked curiously, "Yanmei, why haven't you told me that Qingzhi has a boyfriend before? A few days ago, Zhang Guimei boasted to us that her daughter had found a boyfriend who was a rich man in Kyoto, and secretly mocked our Qingzhi for not being able to find a good partner after returning to farming. Why didn't you say anything at the time? She must have been so mad, look how cocky she was at the time."

Wang Yanmei looked embarrassed. She had just heard that conversation a few days ago, and she just made it up on the spot and blurted out what the other person said.

She glanced at her daughter and gritted her teeth to cover up the lie, "I didn't know before. Qingzhi just told me yesterday. Even her father doesn't know about it yet. Don't tell her father."

"Okay, I won't tell you. I promise." Aunt Zhou agreed immediately.

Xia Liannan also nodded repeatedly to indicate that she would keep the secret.

"You go pick some vegetables first, I'll be right back." Wang Yanmei waved her hand and sent the two away. She met her daughter's scrutiny and felt guilty. Suddenly, she remembered Zhang Guimei's boastful expression when she talked about her daughter having a good partner. She said confidently, "Hey, now whenever I go out, people ask me if my daughter has found a partner. I always say no and I feel embarrassed."

"What's so shameful about this? If you don't have a partner, then you don't have one. Besides, do you have to answer others when they ask you something?" Xu Qingzhi patted her mother's shoulder and taught her, "Next time Aunt Zhang ridicules me again, you can say that finding a good partner is important. After all, you can't find someone like her husband, who runs a restaurant outside and makes hundreds of thousands a year, and spends all of it on buying houses and cars for his mistress."

You do the first day, and I will do the fifteenth.

No one should complain about what others say.

"Hey, where did you hear these words? I never told you." Wang Yanmei was surprised.

Xu Qingzhi chuckled, "Of course I heard it from those old men and women. I gave them beans before, and now they like me very much. Every time we meet, they like to talk to me about family matters."

"You only know how to have fun with those old men and women. Anyway, I have done my best as a mother. You are grown up now and have your own ideas. I will not advise you to find a partner. You can decide for yourself." After Wang Yanmei finished speaking, she picked up some strawberries from the back of the tricycle and put them in her hand, eating one by one. "These strawberries are really delicious. I think they are better than the bayberries we have at home."

"I'll go back and wash a basket. If it tastes good, eat more." Xu Qingzhi moved aside, "Come up, I'll take you there."

"It's just a few steps." Wang Yanmei muttered to herself, lifted her feet up, and sat down next to her daughter.

Xu Qingzhi smiled and drove the tricycle back home.

Wen Shanshan, who was sitting under a persimmon tree, saw Xu Qingzhi coming back on a tricycle. She immediately stood up, holding something in her hand, and threw it in front of Xu Qingzhi like offering a treasure: "Qingzhi, look, I went to the county town to pick out a new computer for you today. Take a look and see if you like it. Oh, and I've also bought a keyboard and a mouse."

Wang Yanmei at the side was still being polite: "Shanshan, how can I ask you to spend money? Computers are very expensive. How much is it? Auntie will transfer it to you."

"Auntie, it's too polite of you to say that." Wen Shanshan pouted, pretending to be angry.

If someone else did this action, it would seem quite artificial, but on Wen Shanshan it didn't look out of place at all, and it even looked a bit cute and adorable.

Xu Qingzhi got out of the car, stretched his hand back, and handed over a basket of untouched strawberries. "Here, I bought some strawberries while passing by. Take them back and eat them."

"Okay." Wen Shanshan took it immediately and handed it to Jiang Xiao, asking him to remember to pick it up in the evening.

She and Qingzhi tacitly agreed not to say thank you to each other.

Although they were no longer in a relationship that required a thank you, Wen Shanshan still remembered those things. The ten bottles of lavender essential oil that Qingzhi gave to her father, and the vegetables she bought and sent to Kyoto, were heavier every time.

Sometimes, Qingzhi would even stuff an extra box of eggs.

Wen Shanshan kept all these little details in mind.

So, a new computer is nothing.

Wen Shanshan: "The mall will be online at midnight tonight, and you can use your computer to operate the mall from now on."

"Well, so this gift is very thoughtful, you are awesome." Xu Qingzhi smiled.

Wen Shanshan blushed shyly and lowered her head, "Actually, it was my brother who reminded me."

"What does it matter? You bought it, and I like it very much." Xu Qingzhi couldn't help but rub her blushing cheeks with his index finger, just like he always did to comfort the crow, "I'm going to wash the strawberries, want to join us?"