Chapter 16 Two Boxes of Lunch

Jiang Xia never dislikes the atmosphere of labor. Her grandmother used to be a cleaner, and later she became a vegetable seller, as she could earn more money by selling vegetables.

She sat down against the door frame, leaving enough space for him, and handed him the kettle: "Drink some water first."

Zhou Chenglei was indeed a little thirsty. He glanced at the seat next to her and sat down.

"I'll hold your lunch box for you."

Zhou Chenglei originally wanted to put the aluminum lunch box on the ground, but after hearing this, he gave the lunch box to her, took the kettle she handed over, unscrewed it, tilted his head back, opened his mouth wide, and poured the water in the kettle into his mouth through the void.

Jiang Xia glanced at him.

He tilted his head back and opened his mouth wide. His posture of drinking water was not elegant at all, but very wild.

His jawline and side lines are beautiful, his skin is wheat-colored, his skin pores are very fine, his neck is slender, the top button of his shirt is buttoned tightly, and his sharp Adam's apple moves up and down as he drinks water, as if it wants to break free from the restraint of the collar and jump out. He is very sexy.

This man has no blind spots in 360 degrees!

Zhou Chenglei drank half a bottle of water in one breath. When he put it down, he found that Jiang Xia was looking at him absent-mindedly. He thought she wanted to drink, so he handed the bottle to her: "There's more."

Jiang Xia came back to his senses and took it, then tilted his head back and took a few gulps.

Damn, I was actually mesmerized by it.

This man is poisonous! Zhou Chenglei saw that she was drinking quickly and reminded her: "Slow down, don't choke."

Jiang Xia slowed down.

Zhou Chenglei saw that her fair and pretty face was tinged with red due to the heat. The fingers holding the army green kettle were white, thin, tender and long. The porcelain white skin and the army green kettle formed a sharp contrast, which was very eye-catching.

After just one glance, he looked away.

Jiang Xia took a few sips and then stopped drinking. If she drank too much water before a meal, she would lose her appetite.

Zhou Chenglei waited for her to finish drinking, then took the kettle from her hand, screwed on the lid, and put it aside.

Jiang Xia handed him the lunch box on his lap. He took it, opened the lid, revealing a box full of food, especially dried fish, and a boiled egg.

Zhou Chenglei handed her the lunch box, then took the unopened lunch box from her hand.

Jiang Xia was touched by his thoughtfulness and smiled politely: "Thank you."

Her voice was clear, pleasant and a little soft, which made people feel comfortable listening to it. Zhou Chenglei couldn't help but look at her.

The sky was blue and cloudless, and the girl's smile was pure, clean and flawless.

"No need." After just one glance, Zhou Chenglei silently withdrew his gaze, lowered his head expressionlessly and opened the lunch box in his hand, revealing a full box of rice: more green vegetables and pickled cabbage, less dried fish, only two, and less rice and more sweet potatoes, which was in sharp contrast to the lunch box just now.

Jiang Xia also saw it. It was the lunch box that Zhou's mother gave her.

She didn't care, they were going to get divorced anyway, and she understood that there was no good thing in this world without a reason.

"I can't finish it, let's switch."

Zhou Chenglei picked up the chopsticks and started eating: "No, you can eat the leftovers."

Seeing that he had already started eating, Jiang Xia picked up a few dried fish and put them in his lunch box.

Zhou Chenglei dodged and said, "No, you eat it."

Jiang Xia: "I really can't eat so much."

Zhou Chenglei: "I ate until I couldn't eat any more."

Jiang Xia could only let it go.

Zhou's mother saw it and frowned, thinking that Jiang Xia was ignorant! Men need to do hard work and eat more meat to have strength.

Jiang Xia can't do anything, why eat so much meat? To gain weight? The rice is sweet potato rice, and the vegetables are steamed dried fish and cabbage, and pickled cabbage.

The dried fish is very fragrant. Because it is so small, the fish bones can be chewed and swallowed directly. The sauerkraut is refreshing, the Chinese cabbage is tender, and the sweet potato rice is sweet. They are all delicious. It has nothing to do with cooking skills, but the ingredients are very good.

Jiang Xia ate so much that there was still half a box of food left. After all, the food was prepared according to Zhou Chenglei's appetite.

She stretched her back and relaxed her stomach. She was very poor when she was a child and her family sold vegetables. She never wasted a single grain of rice, but she couldn't eat anymore.

Zhou Chenglei had just finished eating, and when he saw her stretching to loosen her stomach, he asked, "Can't eat anymore?"

Jiang Xia nodded: "I'm full."

Zhou Chenglei reached out and took the lunch box from her hand, then ate the remaining half of the food in just a few bites.

Jiang Xia: “.”

Zhou Zhou also came over with a lunch box in his hand: "Uncle, I can't finish it. Grandma said she would give it to you."

Zhou Chenglei took it without saying anything and ate up Zhou Zhou's leftovers in just a few bites.

Jiang Xia's expression became more natural.

After eating, Zhou Chenglei took the small spoon from Jiang Xia's hand and took the three lunch boxes to the well to wash them.

After washing the lunch boxes, he asked Jiang Xia and Zhou's mother to go back and take a nap together. The sun was very strong at noon and he was afraid that she couldn't stand it.

Jiang Xia didn't go back. She has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder and doesn't like to rest until she finishes her work.

Zhou's mother took Zhou Zhou back home, and Zhou Zhou had to go to school around 1pm.

Zhou's father and Zhou Chenglei started working. Zhou Chenglei climbed onto the roof while Zhou's father mixed cement and sand.

Jiang Xia wore a straw hat and did some small jobs within his ability, such as passing tiles.

Not long after, Zhou's mother, Zhou Chengxin and Tian Caihua all arrived, pushing a cart of tables and chairs over with them.

Then Zhou's father, Zhou Chenglei, and Zhou Chengxin and his son all went up to the roof to fix the leaking tiles. Zhou's mother was mixing cement sand below, while Jiang Xia and Tian Caihua stood on a ladder and on the ground respectively, passing tiles and cement sand.

Soon my great-grandmother and her family came to help.

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As soon as the great grandmother's six-year-old grandson Zhou Jie came in, he shouted loudly: "Big brother, nephew, nephew, I'm here!"

(Eldest brother) Father Zhou: “.”

(Nephew) Zhou Chengxin: “.”

(Nephew) Zhou Chenglei: “.”

The great grandmother's son Zhou Yongguo is the same age as Zhou Chenglei, but he is two generations older than Zhou Chenglei, from the same generation as his grandfather. So he has to call someone of the same age "great grandfather".

Zhou Chenglei never called Zhou Yongguo that since he was a child. He only called him by his name, not grandpa.

The two studied together and skipped classes together since they were young and had a lot of fun.

Because Zhou Chenglei refused to call him grandpa, Zhou Yongguo taught his six-year-old son to call Zhou Chenglei "nephew".

On the roof, the three Zhou family members pretended not to hear.

Zhou Yongguo climbed up the bamboo ladder to the roof and looked at Zhou Chenglei: "Little grandson, your grandfather came and didn't even call for help!"

Zhou Chenglei wanted to kick him down!

Zhou Jie jumped up to Jiang Xia and said, "Niece-in-law, I am your uncle."

Jiang Xia looked at the chubby Zhou Jie: "..."

She touched his head and said, "Hello, uncle! Uncle, have you not eaten? Why are you so short and thin? If you take me out, people will think you are my son, not my uncle. You need to eat well."

Jiang Xia gained a little advantage verbally, but the child had a big head and a thin body, and looked malnourished.

Just now she was chatting with her great-grandmother and learned that her great-grandmother's family had only one son for three generations, and she only had this one grandson, who was frail, sickly and picky about food, which was worrying.

Zhou Jie hated it most when people said he was short. He was the shortest kid in the village. He pouted and said, "How disrespectful! Humph, I will grow up one day, and by then I will be taller than you! Humph!"

Everyone in the yard laughed.

Grandma smiled and said, "Then you have to eat well and don't be picky about food."

Zhou Jie didn't listen. He ran to ask Zhou's mother Zhou Zhou and Guangzong Yaozu where they were.

When I heard that they were at the new house, I ran over to play with them.

There is strength in numbers. With three more adult men who are good at work, the six of them repaired the roof in two hours.

Zhou Yongguo didn't know where he got two large buckets of lime water from, and he painted the walls of the house that were covered in moldy, blackened and peeling spots.

In summer, August is the hottest time, so things dry quickly. Once you finish brushing one side, the other side will be dry as well.

Jiang Xia looked at the painted room. It was white, bright and much more comfortable.

The three father and son from great-grandmother's family helped to paint the wall, while Zhou Chenglei and his two sons went back to move things.

At around five o'clock, everything was moved in.

But because there weren't many things, there were only two old square tables and eight chairs in the living room, nothing else.

Jiang Xia looked at her new home. Although it was bare, perhaps because there were so many people in it, she didn't feel lonely or cold.

Tian Caihua walked in at this time, took a look at the brand new house and said a little sourly: "This old house will be quite comfortable after renovation. But it shouldn't cost more than 300 yuan to renovate it, right?"

(End of this chapter)