After the typhoon, the fields suffered the greatest damage and almost all the food was destroyed.
When Xu Xiangjuan went to her parents' home, she heard her mother say that her father was working in the fields, draining water.
Originally, there were mostly paddy fields here, and when the typhoon came, the paddy fields turned into lakes.
There were many puddles on the ground, and the journey to my parents' house, which usually took a few minutes, now took more than ten minutes.
Niu Niu is young and doesn't know what sorrow feels like. He laughs at the puddle and leans on his mother's shoulder to look into the puddle.
Wu Caifeng: "Our land and the contracted land are not in good condition. We plant in spring and harvest in autumn. This rain has destroyed everything. We have to throw money into repairing it. It's all gone to waste... I don't even know how bad your father's feet are from the blisters."
Not only does she feel sorry for the money, she also feels sorry for her man.
Rubber shoes are no different from ordinary shoes after being soaked in water all day, so you still have to put them in water when you need to.
Xu Xiangjuan remembered that there was no subsidy or relief at that time, and the contractor had to bear the responsibility himself. Although it was force majeure, it was clear that there was only one result: loss.
Seeing her mother crying, Xu Xiangjuan comforted her: "Mom, don't worry. You can earn more money if you lose it. Buy Dad a pair of better rubber shoes."
When she was a child and encountered heavy rain, she saw how her father's feet were soaked, swollen and peeling, and his feet were about to be rotten.
No matter in this life or the previous one, Xu Xiangjuan didn't want to farm. Farming was too hard, and many farmers would lose half their lives if they encountered force majeure factors, such as the weather.
We depend on this food to survive. Without it, we would lose our lives.
Fortunately, life is better now and her parents are doing well and don’t have to work all day. Otherwise, with her mother’s temper, she would definitely get sick from anger.
Aning asked him to take Gua Gua to his grandfather's house, but Gua Gua was still worrying about his shoes before leaving.
It was wet outside and there were puddles everywhere, so Gua Gua finally went out wearing his little rubber shoes.
Wu Caifeng: "It hurts."
Xu Xiangjuan knew that these few days would not be very good, "Mom, don't feel bad. We will continue to sell cold noodles until the weather cools down. Then we can make hot and sour noodles and spicy hot pot."
"What is hot and sour noodles and spicy hot pot?" Wu Caifeng, who was immersed in sadness, regained her attention when she heard about her daughter's small business.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Spicy."
Wu Caifeng agreed: "Spicy food can easily cause internal heat."
Xu Xiangjuan: "In winter, you don't get angry very often, but in autumn, it's easy to get angry because the weather is dry... Anyway, don't worry, you will make the money back, and we won't eat it every day."
In this era, as long as you are diligent, you will always have food to eat.
Wu Caifeng: "Alas, it seems that business is difficult. It rained so hard that not only the crops in the fields but also the crops on the trees could not survive. How much money will we lose?"
"Woo woo ah ah." Niu Niu was now being carried by his mother to walk in a small area. His grandmother sighed, and he called out and continued on his way.
Niu Niu can't even walk, she is just relying on her mother to support her.
"The price of vegetables will definitely go up, Mom, you should think positively. Fortunately, I asked you to cut all the vegetables at home, right?"
"That's right. The vegetables at home can last for a while."
...
The impact of the typhoon is slowly passing and the fields are being prepared for planting new crops.
Xu Gensheng now focuses all his energy on the fields, so his wife goes to help with his daughter's cold noodle stall.
The losses caused by the typhoon are indeed huge. Everyone has lost their wages and the money from selling food. Without money, who would be willing to eat cold noodles?
The impact of the typhoon ended completely at the end of August. Xu Xiangjuan's business was neither good nor bad, and she was quite leisurely all day.
Zhou Chengning needs to prepare lesson plans for the start of the school year. He is now teaching a junior high school class and does not need to teach the entire cycle from grade one to grade three. He will be helping his wife with housework at home during the summer vacation and he also has to pick up school matters at the end of the month.
As soon as Xu Xiangjuan arrived at the inner room, she saw Zhou Chengning sitting at the desk writing quietly, with a gentle and handsome profile.
Once he starts concentrating on something, it is difficult for him to be distracted.
Xu Xiangjuan just came to get Niu Niu's small palm-leaf fan. Seeing her man so focused, she would feel embarrassed not to disturb him.
She unexpectedly hugged Zhou Chengning's waist. When she hugged him, Zhou Chengning's hands trembled and left a mark. Knowing that it was his lover behind him, Zhou Chengning's cheeks flushed. "Juan, it's daytime now. It's not good for us to do this... If you want, it's not impossible."
Xu Xiangjuan had a bad taste in her mouth and pretended to be lazy: "Am I the only one who wants to? You don't want to?"
Zhou Chengning's cheeks quickly became hot and he could no longer bear it.
Her man was just so easy to tease. Xu Xiangjuan gave him a kiss and said, "I'm here to get the small palm leaf fan for Niu Niu. Please continue. I won't disturb you anymore."
After flirting, he ran away, and Zhou Chengning was still foolishly thinking about what his lover had just said.
The key is not what he thinks, the key is what the lover says, she thinks.
It's so embarrassing.
...
In September, kindergartens opened and primary and secondary schools started classes. Xixi changed from kindergarten to primary school student, but she still felt no distance from Guagua, who changed from a small class student to a medium class student.
It’s just that Sister Xixi is two years older than her, and Miaomiao is one year older than her. They left kindergarten earlier than her. When Miaomiao went to elementary school, she had to go to the elementary school all day if she wanted to play with them.
Today is Guagua's first day to go to kindergarten. Zhou Chengning said, "Guagua, be happy. Today is the first day of kindergarten this semester. Don't let mom think that you are being bullied in kindergarten."
Zhou Chengning wasn't actually happy either. Going to work meant less time to spend with his wife, and he couldn't help much with the housework.
Guagua: “I’m not happy, but I’m not bullied.”
Zhou Chengning: "Yeah, it's good enough that other kids haven't been bullied by you."
Guagua: "I won't bully children."
"You won't bully the guy who took his brother's toy yesterday?"
"Mom said I can take any of my brother's toys that I like."
Zhou Chengning: "You should take more toys while your brother is still unable to speak, so that he won't complain to mom when he learns to speak."
"good!"
He wanted to show that he was actually joking: "..."
Even though Niu Niu can't speak, he is not easy to bully and will cry loudly if provoked.
The father and daughter chatted for a while on the way home, and they were finally happy when they got home.
Xu Xiangjuan was not very happy this afternoon. Not only was that old lady annoying her all day long, but she also had the audacity to come over and ask her how to make cold noodles. Could she teach her?
Her mother answered for her and said that if she didn't teach him, her aunt would say that he was a stingy person. Her family was already rich, but he still wanted to make money by sucking blood from everyone else. He had no conscience.
What kind of words are you talking about?
Xu Xiangjuan said directly, "If you have a conscience, can you give me all the money? I still owe you money."
Her father paid most of the money for this remedy. Whose money comes for free?
What she hates most is the idea that just because you are poor you are right.
Wu Caifeng was in a bad mood and started swearing. She had been holding it in for days, and now someone came to her to curse her, just to let her vent her anger.
Only after the old lady was scolded and left did Wu Caifeng feel better.
Wu Caifeng: "Luckily Niu Niu was sleepy just now and you sent her to bed, otherwise I would have to hold it in again... This woman just wanted to take advantage of the man when he was not around."
But women’s fighting power is no weaker than men’s.
Xu Xiangjuan felt the same way. This old lady was a chatterbox, and it wouldn't be long before more and more people would come to ask about the cold noodle business.
But she was not afraid. Her family's reputation was already bad in the mouths of some gossipers, so why should she be afraid of others coming?
Xu Xiangjuan feels sick of people who act like old ladies. Your family is so rich, can't you help everyone?
It’s none of your business whether our family is rich or not!
We can help, and let the rich lead the poor. We need them to become rich first. Of course, whether they have the ability to become rich depends on fate.
Xu Xiangjuan dared to say that even if she wrote down the recipe of cold noodles in detail and posted it on the door, no one would be willing to make it because they thought it was troublesome and a waste of food and vegetables.
Be willing to give and give. Only by giving can you gain. Why do so many people not understand this?
Aning and Guagua were about to come back, and Xu Xiangjuan forced herself to look better.
"Mom, how many bowls of cold noodles did you sell today?" Gua Gua ran to ask his mother about the turnover as his father put down the horizontal bar.
Even if she is not here today, she still cares about the business of the family restaurant.
"We've only been open for an hour and we've sold four bowls. Aning is taking Guagua to the kitchen to eat. The porridge is ready and the side dishes have been cut for you and are on the table."
"Mom, wait until I'm full and then we can sell cold noodles together." Gua Gua ran into the yard with his schoolbag on his back.
Zhou Chengning is not like Guagua, a heartless four or five-year-old child. As his lover's bedmate, he has already noticed that his lover is in a bad mood.
Niu Niu was not brought with us, so he should be sleeping in the inner room. Although I think Niu Niu would sometimes make his father angry, he is more obedient than Gua Gua, so it must not be Niu Niu... If it’s not Niu Niu, maybe it’s a guest?
Being urged to have dinner, Zhou Chengning had no choice but to ask his lover in the evening.
Today, both the father and daughter got off work and school early, and returned home just after four in the afternoon. After dinner, they went outside to look after the cold noodle stall together.
It was not until before going to bed at night that Zhou Chengning finally asked his lover whether he had encountered any difficult customers in the afternoon.
Xu Xiangjuan said honestly: "It's not the guest, it's that old lady."
In the past, even when she was called "aunt", Xu Xiangjuan would always include her surname, but she couldn't remember this one at all.
Everyone can call her Ge's wife in a nicer way, because her husband's surname is Ge.
No one knows or remembers my original surname, but I have been calling it that for many years.
Zhou Chengning knew which auntie it was as soon as he heard it, "Juan, did she bully you while Guagua and I were away?"
Xu Xiangjuan laughed out loud: "What do you mean by while you and Guagua are away? I just don't bully her. How can a cowardly Aning and a cowardly Guagua help me bully her back?"
"Juan, you feel better now, right?"
"Much better, thank you, Aning, you are my baby."
When he heard the word "baby", Zhou Chengning thought of the pig remarks that Gua Gua and the office teacher had made before.
Just when his wife was in a bad mood, he could say something to cheer her up: "Juan, Guagua used to tell other teachers in my office that I was a pig while I was in class."
Xu Xiangjuan's tone suddenly turned bad: "Does Guagua need to be punished again? I will teach him a lesson tomorrow. I have told you so many times that you cannot bully Daddy for being honest or say bad things about him."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, listen to me first. This is what happened. Guagua told other teachers that mom likes pigs and treats them as her treasures. Dad is a pig, so dad is mom's pig treasure."
"Did Guagua really say that?"
"Um."
Xu Xiangjuan no longer had a bad tone: "You are so young, but you are so smooth-talking and have so many twisted theories."
"Juan, am I a pig?"
Xu Xiangjuan disagrees with the view that pigs are equal to treasures: "Can you change the question? I don't like pigs that much."
"Juan, am I your baby?"
"Yes, you and Guagua Niuniu are both my babies."
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