Chapter 220: Sweet or Not? [Update 2]

The man raised his hand and rubbed his head: "My head is shaped like a chestnut. It's a bit long. I'll get a haircut someday."

"By the way, didn't I tell you to wait for me in the department store? Why are you here? You must be so tired pushing the cart here by yourself..."

Chen Xiang bent down, took out a water bottle from the corner of the car and shook it: "It's okay! There will be no one in front of the department store after one o'clock. I saw that you have been gone for so long and didn't come back, so I wanted to come and wait for you. How is it? Is your work going well?"

As she spoke, she handed the water bottle over: "How much did you drink? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Why don't we not go out today and go home."

Zhou Dong raised his head and took a few sips.

The warm sugar water rolled down his stomach, neutralizing the spiciness rising in his stomach.

He shook his head: "I'm fine, I just took a sip of wine."

Chen Xiang finally felt relieved, tightened the lid of the kettle, looked up with a sweet and lovely smile, and asked, "Is it sweet?"

Zhou Dong suddenly lowered his eyes and looked at the smile on his wife's face. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, smiling, and nodded heavily: "Sweet."

For a moment I couldn't tell that the man was talking about Shuitian.

Her smile is still sweet.

Chen Xiang shook her head, looking particularly happy: "Mom put sugar in here specially this morning."

In the early days of reform and opening up, there was a shortage of materials.

Sugar is too expensive. Throughout the year, people can only afford to drink a bowl of sugar water when they are sick. If someone's daughter or daughter-in-law is visiting them during the confinement period after giving birth, it would definitely be an honor to bring a bag of brown sugar to them.

Since Chen Xiang married into the Zhou family, she has been able to eat candy and drink milk powder every now and then, and she can't live without eggs.

In short, it’s just one sentence.

Zhou's mother was never stingy with her daughter-in-law and was always generous.

Chen Xiang understood that blatant preference was a manifestation of love for someone.

Even though the Zhou family is not well off now, Zhou's mother will always try her best to make sure she has enough food and clothing. Even if she sees her lying in the house resting, she will not complain about her daughter-in-law being lazy like other mothers-in-law do.

Chen Xiang feels that her life is now comfortable.

When she thought of this, a smile broke out on her face.

…

The Silk Road Cinema is not too far from the steel plant.

It only took Zhou Dongmeng twenty minutes to ride his tricycle slowly. When he arrived at the cinema, the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony was just in progress. Many people gathered in the small square in front of the cinema.

The owner of the cinema was very generous and invited a lion dance performance.

He stood on the stage and threw the embroidery ball in his hand into the air. Two red lion kings, with their big red eyes blinking, twisted their bodies to the live music and tried to grab the embroidery ball together.

Whenever there was an exciting part, the people present would applaud and cheer enthusiastically.

The atmosphere was very lively and more and more people gathered.

After watching the lion dance for a while, the owner of the theater brought a tray with candies, peanuts in shells, and coins. He said a few auspicious words, grabbed a handful, and waved his hand to scatter them into the crowd.

Seeing the lively scene, the common people bent down to pick it up.

It didn't take long before the pockets of the children present were filled with candy peanuts. Their faces were filled with childish smiles, and they watched the excitement while holding the candies in their mouths.

After the lion dance, there is a singing performance.

Chen Xiang took advantage of the time when the movie was performing to park her tricycle next to the crowd with Zhou Dongmeng and start setting up her stall.

She used a shovel to dig out a few steaming, caramelized sweet potatoes and put them in a basket, placing them in the most conspicuous place.