Chapter 59 Suddenly realized that Chen Pan's family...
Wang Xiaohua in the distance was wearing a simple white shirt and black pants today.
Because this kind of clothing is the most common color worn by people in this era, she looks a little more low-key than usual from a distance.
Of course, Chen Pan's feeling at the moment might also be related to the fact that the other party cut his hair shorter this time, and the curls that usually looked particularly conspicuous disappeared.
"Aunt Wang——"
Before Chen Pan arrived, her grandparents had used their methods to find out if everyone in the neighborhood was around and had prepared all the gifts in advance. Even then, the Wang family's gifts were still at Chen Pan's house. Her husband had gone back to school to prepare for the start of the new semester, leaving her family with only Wang Xiaohua and the other family's two children. Chen Pan also knew this in advance.
Maybe it was because she had made some money recently, or because she saw her family's living conditions were getting better and better. Maybe it was because she was away from them, but her heart gradually calmed down.
At this moment, looking at the woman holding a handbag in the distance, Chen Pan's mood was neither as excited nor as angry as before. At this moment, her heart was more peaceful and indifferent, even indifferent.
She no longer felt anything or didn't care, so when she greeted the other person, her tone was naturally more relaxed and peaceful than usual.
But when Wang Xiaohua, who was far away, heard this voice, it became intimate, sensible and mature.
"Panpan, you're finally back. When I knew you were coming back, I went to my yard and picked some radishes for you. I also picked some newly ripe sand apples for you. But by the time I got them here, you were gone. I had no choice but to wait for you with the things in my arms."
The real reason was that when she delivered the things back, she happened to see the boy from the Yang family carrying a plastic bag in, so she subconsciously went back.
When she finished tidying up the yard and came out again, Chen Pan's door had been locked again. So, with no other options, she went back to make dinner for her children. Everyone finished eating early, and when she came out again, she saw that the Chen family's door was still locked, so she waited a while longer.
Wang Xiaohua kept chattering, and Chen Pan subconsciously said that she had just gone to her second grandmother's house, and then started looking for the key to open the door.
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why you were gone for so long. I heard your second grandmother went out to help your family a few days ago. Is that true?"
As soon as Chen Pan opened the door, Wang Xiaohua followed him in.
Xiao Hei, who was untied by Chen Pan, rushed out from a corner of the yard after hearing the noise, and after barking at them a few times, it hurriedly ran to a corner of the yard covered by long grass, and no one knew what it was doing.
"It's like this, Aunt Wang, this is what my grandma asked me to give to you!"
After carrying the things in his hands into the main room, Chen Pan picked up the only large plastic bag left on the table and handed it to the other party.
Through the transparent plastic bag, Wang Xiaohua saw a few oranges, a few peaches, a few cakes and a bag of something that looked like cold noodles and jelly.
"Then I'll take it. When you get back, Panpan, I'll make sure to thank your grandmother on your aunt's behalf. By the way, I have some water radish here. You can mix it with other vegetables tonight, or eat it directly as fruit. This is the second crop I planted, and it's especially juicy. These sand apples are actually a bit hard, so you can keep them for two days before eating them.
"By the way, Panpan, how long do you plan to stay this time? I see your grandparents haven't been home even once this month. Are they very busy at work? Is your business doing well? If you keep going like this, will you be away from home more often in the future?"
After picking up Chen's things and putting her own things on the table, Wang Xiaohua subconsciously followed Chen Pan into the main house of her house.
The house has not been lived in for a long time. Even though the windows are open, there is a faint musty smell and a peculiar feeling of stuffiness inside.
Wang Xiaohua subconsciously held her breath, and then deliberately ignored the unpleasant smell and feeling.
"Well, there's no hot water at home, so I won't pour water for you."
After casually replying to the other party, Chen Pan picked up a small broom in the corner of the room.
Looking at her posture, Wang Xiaohua suddenly realized that her "hmm" was a response to what she had said earlier. In an instant, she was a little overwhelmed, and also a little embarrassed and unhappy.
"By the way, I bought your sister Juanjuan a pair of white shoes a while ago, and she said they were a bit tight—"
Like countless times before, Wang Xiaohua once again thought of the topic of clothes and shoes.
Clothes and shoes are the most telling indicator of a person's well-being. Having seen Chen Pan so often in dirty, open-toed cloth shoes and patched-knee trousers, she would cry for a while every time she returned to Qingshui Village. Once she'd cried enough, she'd immediately rummage through her eldest daughter's wardrobe and shoe cabinet. If she found anything she didn't like, didn't fit, or clearly wouldn't wear again this year, she'd immediately send it to the Chen family.
Wang Xiaohua, feeling a bit embarrassed at the moment, suddenly remembered the pair of white sneakers she had bought for her daughter on June 6th. Those shoes were strange: they fit her daughter perfectly when they tried them on. But when they got back, they suddenly pinched her feet.
If most people see that the shoes are the right size, they might just try them on for their daughter and then let her continue wearing them.
But her family's conditions were quite good after all. When the child's father and grandparents who were visiting her home at the time saw the little girl wearing shoes and said her feet hurt, they immediately asked her not to let Juanjuan wear them anymore and said they would buy her a new pair that day.
Wang Xiaohua was a little angry at the time, but then she thought about how others would wear them even if she didn't, so she stopped talking immediately. Instead, the next day she took her eldest son to buy a new pair of white shoes that were half a size larger.
Wang Xiaohua was in a state of confusion at the moment. After seeing Chen Pan's half-worn pink shirt with a doll collar, her black pants, and the pair of brand new Warrior sneakers with red hooks on her feet, she instantly shut up like a rooster being strangled.
She is from the countryside, so logically she shouldn't know what famous brands are or not.
But the Huili brand had been very famous for a long time. Wang Xiaohua knew this brand, and her knowledge of it was quite dramatic.
That was more than ten years ago, when she had just married into Qingshui Village and had just given birth to her daughter Juanjuan.
At that time, there were still a dozen young educated youth in their village.
Those educated youth usually got along well with each other, and everyone looked well-mannered.
But one day, a big incident happened in the village’s educated youth center, and it eventually alarmed the police.
The reason was that a pair of white sneakers belonging to a male educated youth at the educated youth institute was suddenly and inexplicably stolen.
It was at that time that Wang Xiaohua learned that the pair of shoes with red hooks that the educated youth lost were called Huili sneakers.
That was the first time she knew there was a pair of shoes in the world that cost 35 yuan. At that time, her husband had just started working for two years and his monthly salary was 31 yuan, which was not enough to buy the pair of shoes that the other party had stolen.
That incident caused a great shock to Wang Xiaohua, who had just been married for more than a year.
When Wang Xiaohua learned from the educated youth whose shoes were stolen that there had been cases of people in their area having their shoes snatched away while walking on the street before, she became even more impressed by this pair of shoes.
Even two years ago, when her baby son was clamoring for a pair of Warrior shoes, Wang Xiaohua gritted her teeth and actually planned to buy him a pair.
That time she went out with 40 yuan in her pocket, but when she took her son to the most famous shoe store in town, she found out that the shoes had become 50 yuan a pair.
If those shoes were still priced at around 30 yuan a pair, Wang Xiaohua would grit her teeth and buy them.
But the price had risen to 50 yuan a pair, which was almost half of her husband's monthly salary. Under such circumstances, she naturally wouldn't think of buying such expensive shoes for her own child.
At this moment, even she felt that this pair of Huili sneakers was expensive, and she had not dared to buy them for her own children until now. But Chen Pan wore them casually during festivals like this.
"I-I'm going back first. Panpan, you sweep the floor well--"
Suddenly realizing that Chen Pan's family must be doing very well financially, or perhaps this girl must have made quite a bit of money selling balloons this time, Wang Xiaohua's heart trembled. After hurriedly saying something, she left immediately.
"Okay, then take care!"
Chen Pan, who was in a very stable mood, pretended not to see the other party's last look, and pretended not to hear the other party's words about shoes, and said goodbye to the other party normally.
After seeing through the glass window of the house that the other party had really left, Chen Pan took the broom, lowered his head and quickly swept the floor.
Chen Pan is an adult at heart, and a particularly self-aware adult.
Knowing that in this era, as long as Wang Qingshan and his wife still wanted to maintain their current life, in the current era of the country's vigorous implementation of family planning, Longcheng Rural Civil Servant Teacher, if the first child is a girl, can only consider having a second child. They can only have two children, and can only show a little superficial concern for her. They will never recognize her and will never let anyone know of her existence. When Chen Pan faced the couple across from him again, his heart miraculously calmed down.
Of course, all this may also be related to the fact that Chen Pan is making money now and her grandparents are living well. Although she has not achieved anything yet, she still feels that she has a bright future.
While thinking about things, I swept the house and then wiped everything that could be wiped with a rag.
Then Chen Pan went out to chase away the darkness and brought back a bucket of water, and then came back to boil water for dinner.
Her dinner tonight was a simple bowl of instant noodles cooked in boiling water. She added some bok choy from her backyard and two sausages she had brought back. It was clearly the most pathetic and unnutritious food she had ever tasted in her previous life, but now Chen Pan ate it with a look of enjoyment.
She held a large ceramic bowl and sat on the threshold of her main hall, eating happily.
Following her lead, Xiao Hei, who had also changed his taste, was also eating voraciously not far away. After eating the noodles and pancakes for a while, Xiao Hei finally took the large sausage that Chen Pan had thrown in his mouth and quickly ran to the corner of the yard where he had been circling.
"Xiao Hei——"
Seeing Xiao Hei holding the sausage in his mouth, Chen Pan finally realized that something was wrong and quickly stood up.
Then when she followed Xiao Hei over, she found a small cow cat with more cows than milk, who seemed to be wearing a black cardigan, under the long weeds.
"Meow~"
The little guy cried out in a charming little voice, then lowered his head and quickly enjoyed the softened sausage.
"Woof!"
Xiao Hei, who discovered his new friend for the first time today, also opened his round eyes and let out a crisp cry.
Because of these two sounds, Chen Pan had to work hard on his homework and take care of the kitten every few days in the next few days.
In order to take care of the little thing, Chen Pan even went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a small can of goat milk powder.
Kittens need goat's milk, not cow's milk. This is the only knowledge Chen Pan knows about feeding kittens. For the rest, she can only follow her intuition.
Fortunately, although the kitten was small, it could already run on its own and could eat many of the things that she and Xiao Hei could eat.
So Chen Pan doesn't have to worry too much.
Chen Pan didn’t worry too much about raising the kitten, but when he was about to go home on the 31st, Chen Pan was really in trouble.
As for Xiao Hei, he has been used to being tied to the door to guard the house since he was a child.
Although Chen Pan felt it was cruel to leave it alone at home, he was indeed cruel enough.
But looking at this little cow that was only two or three months old, Chen Pan was in a dilemma.
It is definitely unrealistic to tie it up.
If we entrust it to the Yang family next door, knowing the habits of kittens, few people would be willing to do so.
In their area, people don't really have the concept of keeping pets. Dogs are for guarding the house, cats are for catching mice, and people don't consider kittens pets. If she left a little one at home, the only possible outcome would be that the little one would crawl out of a corner, get eaten by an animal, or get scratched or broken by a child.
Although their living conditions are obviously better than before, they can only just fill their stomachs and have clothes to wear, and they are no longer in the embarrassing situation as before.
In such a situation, most people do not have the patience or conditions to raise another small animal.
Even looking at the little guy at home, Chen Pan had a feeling that someone saw her coming back and deliberately threw this kitten into her house for her to raise.
Anyway, after thinking for a long time, Chen Pan finally put the little guy in her cross-body bag and went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative to make a phone call.
Chen Pan's original intention was to try to ask her grandparents if her family could keep the little cow cat. After all, her family had so much flour and cooking oil stored that it might attract mice.
Unfortunately, Chen Pan called Qin Yang's store three times that day, but no one answered. She didn't know the phone numbers of other nearby businesses, so she couldn't contact her grandparents for a while.
Anyway, since the call didn't go through, Chen Pan finally gritted his teeth and had to take the risk to bring the little guy home temporarily.
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