"Yeah." Xu Qingzhi nodded and jumped directly from the dam in the yard, which was only about one meter away from the vegetable field.

Children are not allowed to jump, as they will surely fall if they do. But it will be fine for adults to jump.

"Qingzhi, why are you jumping over there! Is it impossible to walk on the wide road here? What will you do if you sprain your ankle? You are a very wild girl." Wang Yanmei yelled at the intersection.

Xu Qingzhi shouted, "Mom, I'll just pick a cucumber."

There are few cucumber racks here, so we only grow some for our own consumption.

She picked a fresh cucumber, washed it under the faucet nearby, and broke it with her hands.

The cucumber snapped with a crisp sound and broke into two halves.

She stood in the vegetable garden and handed a piece of cucumber to Xia Weiwei on the dam in the courtyard. "You have a sore throat. Eat some fresh cucumber to cool it down."

"Thank you." Xia Weiwei took it and was about to ask her where she planned to come up from.

Xu Qingzhi raised his hand and waved it back, "Move to the side a little."

Xia Weiwei did as she was told in a daze.

Xu Qingzhi took a few steps back in the vegetable field, then jumped up.

"Fuck!" Xia Weiwei was so shocked that she blurted out a Chinese saying, "Qingzhi, you have such a great skill in Qinggong."

Xu Qingzhi smiled: "Those who grew up in the village have learned it since childhood. Otherwise, the detour is too far and they are too lazy to walk."

She still remembers when she was in primary school, the teaching building was still old-fashioned. Due to the terrain, students had to climb stairs to get to the first floor of the classroom. The corridor at the door of the classroom was more than one meter above the ground. At that time, everyone would compete after class to see who was brave enough to jump down. They also competed in stair jumping. Whoever could jump three flights of stairs at once would be surrounded by everyone's admiring eyes.

Xu Qingzhi is the one who can jump three flights of stairs in one leap.

This skill she has learned since childhood is no problem for her at this level, not to mention that she has already established her foundation and is as light as a swallow.

Wang Yanmei's voice came before her body, in a scolding tone: "Mom has told you since you were little, don't jump up and down here, why don't you listen, kid? If you continue to be like this, I, as a mother, really can't control you."

Xu Qingzhi saw that her mother was unhappy and she was obviously suffering from the misfortune of being blamed.

She asked with a clear mind: "Did you lose money playing cards today?"

Wang Yanmei blinked her eyes guiltily and said, "I didn't lose much."

Xu Qingzhi curled the corners of his mouth, with an expression of 'I knew it' on his face.

My family was not well off in the past, but there were only a few ways of entertainment in the village, and that was playing cards.

Since she was a child, her mother was usually very nice to her and her brother, except when they lost money playing cards.

People are not perfect.

Xu Qingzhi didn't think it was a big problem, so she changed the subject and introduced her to her mother, "Mom, this is my friend Xia Weiwei. I invited her to come to our house and play for a few days."

Xia Weiwei called out politely, "Auntie."

Wang Yanmei then noticed the guest. Her expression changed faster than a chameleon. She looked at Xia Weiwei with a smile and said enthusiastically, "Weiwei, I heard Qingzhi mention you. I knew you were coming, so I cleaned the room very well and prepared a new toothbrush and towel for you. If you are not used to living in a different place, just tell your auntie. Do you understand?"

Xia Weiwei was a little scared when she saw the aunt's dark face, but her enthusiasm melted away her embarrassment. "Okay, thank you, aunt."

"Just treat this place as your own home, don't be so formal." Wang Yanmei finished her preparations, "I'll go pick some vegetables from the fields and cook a few more dishes tonight."

After the people left, Xia Weiwei was still a little nervous.

Xu Qingzhi pointed under the persimmon tree and said, "Sit for a while."

"Yeah." Xia Weiwei nodded, sat next to Xu Qingzhi, took a bite of half a fresh cucumber, and her eyes lit up, "Qingzhi, this cucumber is delicious, with a sweet taste, and it doesn't feel astringent when eaten raw."

"When you want to eat later, you can pick them anytime from the field." Xu Qingzhi pointed towards the vegetable field.

Xia Weiwei waved her hand and said, "Forget it, you should keep it and sell it. These cucumbers are 200 yuan per pound."

After saying that, she laughed, and Xu Qingzhi also laughed.

There's nothing funny about it, but the two of them can always laugh together.

"Everything in this field is reserved for our own consumption. You can eat it without worry." Xu Qingzhi bit off half of the cucumber in his hand. The fresh cucumber juice flowed into his throat, and it tasted crisp and refreshing when chewed.

A black car turned a corner and drove over from the road, finally stopping on the dam in the yard.

Xia Weiwei's body immediately tensed up, and she had a social phobia attack: "Do you have guests at home?"

"Well, some friends often help out, so my mother would also call them to eat together." Xu Qingzhi saw that she was nervous, reached out and patted her leg gently in a soothing gesture.

Xia Weiwei was quite nervous at first, but then she saw that the first person to get off the car was a handsome guy.

She is obsessed with looks!

The key point is that the gossip in her heart was burning, and she lowered her voice and asked: "Qingzhi, is it him you told me about? Is it him?"

(End of this chapter)