That day, when Jiang Cheng was sewing pants for Song Yu in the yard, Lu Xiaoxiao and Lin Qiaoqiao came to knock on the door of the Song family.
When Xu Sanniang brought the person in, Jiang Cheng was a little slow to react. It took him a long time to remember who she was.
Jiang Cheng put down what he was holding and stood up.
"Hello!" Lu Xiaoxiao, holding Qiaoqiao's hand, greeted Jiang Cheng softly.
Jiang Cheng also nodded politely.
Xu Sanniang brought a stool for Lu Xiaoxiao to sit on. Lu Xiaoxiao held Qiaoqiao in her arms and sat down.
"By the way, Xiaoxiao, why are you here today?" Xu Sanniang also sat down and looked at Lu Xiaoxiao and asked curiously.
"Aunt, I came here today to ask you for a favor." Lu Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed. She said something and then fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Xu Sanniang asked curiously when she saw Lu Xiao stopped telling a joke halfway through.
"I... I want to learn how to make tofu from you." Lu Xiaoxiao looked at Jiang Cheng and then at Xu Sanniang, and thinking about her current situation, she spoke.
"Ah?" Xu Sanniang didn't understand. A tofu-making apprentice just left, and now another one comes. Why didn't she see that her skills were so popular before?
"Aunt, if you don't want to, forget it. I'll leave first." Lu Xiaoxiao felt embarrassed when Xu Sanniang didn't say anything. She quickly stood up and was about to take Qiaoqiao out.
"Hey, Sister Xiaoxiao, don't go either." Jiang Cheng saw Lu Xiaoxiao was about to leave, and seeing that Xu Sanniang had not reacted yet, he quickly stood up and held her back.
"Sister Xiaoxiao, my mother didn't mean that. She just hasn't reacted yet. You sit down first." Jiang Cheng argued on behalf of Xu Sanniang, and then pulled Lu Xiaoxiao back to sit.
"Mom." Jiang Cheng sat back and grabbed the corner of Xu Sanniang's clothes to remind her.
"Hey, learning to make tofu, sure!" Xu Sanniang reacted as soon as Jiang Cheng reminded her and quickly agreed.
"Thank you, auntie!" Lu Xiaoxiao was very happy to hear Xu Sanniang say that, and she couldn't hide her smile.
"Auntie, I'm not learning for nothing. I brought money with me." Seeing that Xu Sanniang had agreed, Lu Xiaoxiao asked Qiaoqiao to sit in front of her, then took out her purse from her bosom and said, "Auntie, this is five taels of silver. It's what I've saved over the past few years. It's for me to learn your craft!"
"No, no, no, this is not necessary." Xu Sanniang waved her hands anxiously.
"Auntie, just take it! Otherwise I would feel embarrassed to learn how to make tofu from you!" Lu Xiaoxiao said in a low voice.
"Okay! Auntie will keep it for you first!" Xu Sanniang wanted to refuse, but Jiang Cheng pulled her and gave her a look, so she kept the money first.
"Okay! Auntie, I'll come and learn from you tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" Lu Xiaoxiao felt relieved when she saw Xu Sanniang accepted the money, and she thought about coming to learn tomorrow.
"Okay, drive slowly!" Xu Sanniang agreed readily, sent Lu Xiaoxiao and Qiaoqiao to the door, and then went into the house.
"By the way, Chengcheng, why did you ask me to accept the money just now? I felt embarrassed to accept it!" Xu Sanniang sat next to Jiang Cheng and took out the purse given by Lu Xiaoxiao.
"Mom, if you accept this money, Sister Xiaoxiao will feel at ease to learn your craft. Besides, if you accept this money, you can buy more things for Qiaoqiao." Jiang Cheng said to Xu Sanniang.
"That's right. I will buy more things for Qiaoqiao later!" Xu Sanniang thought this was a good idea and kept the five taels of silver given by Lu Xiaoxiao.
The next day, Lu Xiaoxiao and Qiaoqiao came very early. Xu Sanniang had just gotten up when they arrived.
"Oh, why are you here so early? Don't you let the child sleep more?" Xu Sanniang said with concern as she looked at Qiaoqiao's sleepy face.
"It's okay, auntie." Lu Xiaoxiao said as she shook Qiaoqiao in her arms.
"Okay, let's send the child to Qianqian's room and let him sleep for a while!" Xu Sanniang led Lu Xiaoxiao to Song Qian's room and asked her to put the child down and sleep for a while.
"Thank you, Auntie." Lu Xiaoxiao put Qiaoqiao on the bed, patted her gently a few times, and coaxed her to sleep, "Be good! Qiaoqiao! Mommy is here!"
After Lu Xiaoxiao coaxed Qiaoqiao for a while, she fell asleep in a daze.
"Why don't you leave Qiaoqiao at home?" Xu Sanniang brought Lu Xiaoxiao out and asked curiously.
"Everyone at home has something to do, and my parents can't help me take care of Qiaoqiao all the time, so I take care of her myself." Lu Xiaoxiao said with a wry smile.
"Oh, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go make tofu!" Xu Sanniang was not a fool. How could she not hear the bitterness in Lu Xiao's joke? So she simply didn't mention it.
Xu Sanniang and Lu Xiaoxiao were making tofu in the woodshed. After a while, Jiang Cheng woke up and came to the woodshed to see how busy they were, so he came over to make breakfast for them.
After their tofu was ready, Jiang Cheng also cooked the porridge. Jiang Cheng specially cooked soy milk porridge, which tasted sweet.
"Come, Sister Xiaoxiao, come and eat." Jiang Cheng took out the bowl and chopsticks. "Do you want to wake up the two children?"
"Forget it! Let them sleep first!" Xu Sanniang waved her hand and let the children go back to sleep, and called Lu Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, come and eat!"
Lu Xiaoxiao said that she had already eaten, but Jiang Cheng still pulled her over in a soft voice and served her a bowl of porridge.
"Thank you." Lu Xiaoxiao was already seated, so she didn't hesitate.
After dinner, Xu Sanniang went to wash the dishes, while Jiang Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao sat in the yard waiting for the tofu to be pressed.
"Sister Xiaoxiao, I remember your parents were very good to you. Why do you want to learn the skill of making tofu?" Jiang Cheng still remembered that when Lu Xiaoxiao was about to separate and divorce, her whole family came to support her.
"Chengcheng, our family has been very good to me, but it's not good to always live in my parents' home. I still need to have a skill to rely on. My younger brother got married a few days ago..." Lu Xiaoxiao stopped talking here.
How could Jiang Cheng not hear the hidden meaning in Lu Xiaoxiao's words? It was simply that his brother had married a new wife and felt it was not good for Lu Xiaoxiao, a divorced woman with a child, to stay at home.
That's why Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to learn something to help herself so that it would be easier for her to take care of Qiaoqiao in the future.
Jiang Cheng felt bad seeing Lu Xiaoxiao like this. He had not had a good life before until he married Song Tingzhi.
Jiang Cheng could understand Lu Xiaoxiao's feelings, so he thought he would help as much as possible.
After the tofu was pressed, Xu Sanniang tasted it herself first, and then asked Jiang Cheng and the others to taste it.
Xu Sanniang kept one piece at home and left two pieces for Lu Xiaoxiao, and then thought about selling the tofu first.
Lu Xiaoxiao originally wanted to go with them, but Xu Sanniang thought it was not good for her to go and show up in public, so she asked her to stay at home and wait until Qiaoqiao woke up.
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