After eating and drinking their fill, the three of them did some light chores in the yard to digest their food. When Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui arrived, they resumed their studies for the day.
On the morning of the day she was to meet He Chen'an, Wen Xi got up early, started a fire to cook breakfast, and then quickly washed up and got ready.
The city was far away, and Wenxi wasn't sure what time she would be back that night, so she brought four meat dishes from the system kitchen: stewed chicken with chestnuts, stewed pig's trotters with lotus root, braised fish, and stewed beef with green beans.
Wenxi put the dishes in the cupboard and left them a note telling them to heat them up for lunch and dinner. If they felt too full, they could cook a couple more vegetable dishes when they got home from work. Cooking vegetables doesn't take much time.
After the pumpkin porridge in the pot was ready, Wenxi ate an egg, along with some pickled cucumbers, and a bowl of pumpkin porridge before setting off.
It was still dark outside. After leaving the village, she took out her electric bicycle and rode quickly towards the county town. There were no people or cars on the road, and she arrived in the county town in less than an hour.
Wenxi went to the vicinity of Qin Mi's house, put the electric bicycle into the system warehouse, took out the things she had prepared in advance, and came to the gate of the compound. Unexpectedly, it was still the same guard from before.
As soon as the guard saw Wen Xi, he stood up. "Comrade Wen Xi, are you here to see Director Qin?"
Wen Xi smiled and said, "Comrade, hello. I'm not here to see Director Qin. I'm here to deliver something to Director Qin. Could you please give this basket to him?" Then Wen Xi handed a small cloth bag to the guard, saying, "This is for you. Please pass this message on for me."
Wenxi didn't give the guard a chance to refuse and turned around and ran away. When you ask someone for a favor, you have to give them some reward.
The young guard smiled helplessly at Wenxi's lively and adorable appearance, then carried the basket and cloth bag into the guardhouse.
The things in the basket were for Qin Mi, so he didn't touch them. He opened the cloth bag to check what was inside and was surprised to find two packets of green dried fruit and a large bag of dried mushrooms.
There was a note on the bag of dried fruit that read, "Dried fruit, eat directly." Otherwise, he wouldn't have known it was dried fruit, because he had never seen dried fruit like this before.
The young man opened the bag, took out a piece of dried fruit and put it in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste instantly made him feel incredibly refreshed.
Fortunately, it was his shift tonight. If someone else had been on duty, all these good things would have gone to someone else.
Seeing Qin Mi's car approaching, the young man hurriedly waved. Qin Mi told the driver to stop, then rolled down the window and looked at the young man outside, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
The young man ran out of the car and whispered, "Director Qin, Wen Xi just came by and brought you a basket of things."
Upon hearing Wen Xi's name, Qin Mi's eyes lit up. He hurriedly looked ahead but did not see Wen Xi. Then he looked at the young man.
The young man hurriedly explained, "Director Qin, it's not that I don't want her to come in, it's just that she put down something and asked me to pass it on to you before she ran away, and I can't leave my post to chase after her."
Qin Mi opened the car door and took the heavy basket from her back. Her heart ached with sorrow. This place was so far from the countryside, and there was no bus to take so early in the morning. How hard it must have been for her to carry such a heavy load and walk such a long distance!
Qin Mi then said to the driver in front, "Go back."
When the car arrived at his doorstep, Qin Mi asked the driver to wait outside. He then carried the basket into the house, placed it on the coffee table, and sat down on the sofa to examine its contents.
A bottle of mushroom and beef sauce.
A plucked and processed chicken is wrapped in oil paper.
One medium-sized pumpkin and one medium-sized winter melon.
There were also potatoes, eggplants, green peppers, green beans, flat beans... all together weighing about twenty pounds.
There was also an aluminum lunchbox inside. Qin Mi curiously took out the lunchbox, opened it, and found that it contained fragrant braised fish chunks. The domineering aroma wafted out, making even Qin Mi, who doesn't usually have a big appetite, unable to help but swallow.
There was a piece of paper at the very bottom of the basket. Qin Mi quickly picked it up, opened it, and began to read.
"Brother Qin, you secretly slipped in too much money and coupons last time, so I asked someone in the village to exchange them for some vegetables for you. If you can't buy vegetables in the future, I can help you exchange them, but you'll have to pay a delivery fee. You can't expect me to suffer just because we're neighbors, can you?"
Qin Mi could almost see Wen Xi's mischievous wink, and she couldn't help but chuckle softly. Then her eyes gradually reddened. No relative could compare to this little girl next door!
Qin Mi delivered the ingredients to the kitchen, rubbed the chicken with salt, placed it in the cupboard, and then took the braised fish pieces to work.
After running away, Wen Xi hid behind a big tree and then slipped into the system kitchen. She wasn't cooking, but rather tidying herself up. After all, she was going to the city today, and if she looked neat and tidy, others wouldn't look down on her.
As the saying goes, "Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse." If you want others to respect you, you must first respect yourself!
When Wenxi came out, she was wearing a plaid long skirt, black leather shoes, and her hair was tied up high, making her look playful and cute.
He also had a military green cloth bag, unique to this era, slung across his body, mainly for cheating.
Upon arriving at the county bus station, she saw He Chen'an standing by the large sign at the entrance, waiting for her. He Chen'an's appearance was so outstanding that people kept glancing at him, and some bolder girls even walked directly towards him. However, He Chen'an simply turned around and walked away, leaving the girls with a cold, indifferent back view.
Upon seeing Wen Xi approach, He Chen'an hurriedly walked over to her, a bright smile spreading across his face, a stark contrast to his previous icy demeanor.
"Xiaoxi, you're here." He Chen'an looked at Wenxi with gentle eyes. "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I bought you some meat buns."
As he spoke, he handed the meat bun in his hand to Wenxi.
"Thank you." Wen Xi took the steamed bun, but didn't eat it immediately because she had eaten breakfast before leaving the house.
"Let's go, let's get on the bus first. There are fewer people now, so we can get a good spot," He Chen'an said.
Afterwards, the two of them walked into the bus station together, found the bus to the city, boarded the bus, bought tickets, and then walked to the back of the bus. This was the first stop, and since they had arrived quite early, there were only a few people sitting on the bus. He Chen'an directly led Wen Xi to sit in the corner of the last row.
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