After washing her face, she patted her cheeks with satisfaction and started blow-drying her hair.
Xu Nuo's hair is black and straight, and the amount of hair is just right. It takes her ten or twenty minutes to blow-dry her hair every time. She has no patience. After a while, she doesn't want to blow-dry anymore, so she turns off the hair dryer and starts washing clothes.
Everything was packed up by 8 p.m.
In this era, there were no entertainment facilities, no cell phones, computers, or even televisions, so Xu Nuo's nightly pastime was to lie in bed and read some leisurely books and magazines.
Today I'm reading "Fiction Monthly." Under the dim light, the slightly yellowed paper is printed with illustrations that evoke a sense of the times, and the text has the subtlety and artistry of this era.
Manjushri's slender white fingertips turned page after page, captivated by the story.
The young man standing outside the door lowered his head and paced back and forth with a hesitant expression.
He finally sighed and turned to leave.
It's too late, let's come again tomorrow.
…
The next day, an uninvited guest arrived at the Xu family's house. When Xue Ping went to open the door, she thought she was seeing things.
She exclaimed in surprise, "Comrade Su Zhao, what brings you here?"
Su Zhao stood outside carrying fruit and greeted Xue Ping: "Hello, Aunt Xue. My grandfather tried the herbal tea and thought it was very good, so he asked me to come and thank you."
Upon hearing this, Xue Ping realized it was about herbal tea: "Oh, look at you, you're being so polite."
She quickly invited him in. Xu Jin'an came out after changing his clothes, thinking that the person upstairs had come to borrow something again. When he came over, he was somewhat surprised.
Su Zhao, dressed in a gray suit and wearing black-rimmed glasses, greeted him warmly, "Little Su, what brings you here at this hour? Are you out of herbal tea again?"
Xue Ping glared at him: "Comrade Xiao Su said that the herbal tea was used and came here specifically to thank us."
"You're too kind, Comrade Xiao Su. Quickly, Xue Ping, go boil some water and wake Nuonuo up."
Xue Ping exclaimed "Hey!" and went to the kitchen to boil water. Then she ran to Xu Nuo's room and woke him up from his drowsy sleep.
Xu Nuo said lazily, "Su Zhao, what brings him here?"
Xue Ping's eyes held a smile. She was growing more and more fond of Su Zhao. It was obvious that he had come to see Nuonuo. However, he hadn't come secretly; he had come before she and Xu Jinan went to work and had even bought so much fruit. Xue Ping whispered, "He said he came to thank you for the herbal tea."
Xu Nuo let out a wail and reluctantly got up: "He already paid, why is he thanking me?"
"Alright, alright, get up now, your dad and I have to go to work."
Xue Ping hurriedly went out. Xu Jinan and Su Zhao chatted for a few words outside, quickly finished their breakfast, and rushed off to work.
Xu Nuo dawdled as she changed her clothes and came out to find Su Zhao sitting on the sofa flipping through a magazine.
Su Zhao stood up and said in a gentle and polite manner, "Good morning. I'm sorry to bother you so early."
Perhaps it was because Su Zhao became the original owner's "scapegoat" in the book, but Xu Nuo felt a strange sense of sympathy for Su Zhao. In addition, Su Zhao was polite and courteous, so Xu Nuo's anger at having her dream disturbed dissipated a lot.
Moreover, if Su Zhaoruo had only come to express her gratitude, she should have left after seeing Xue Ping and Xu Jinan. The fact that she waited until now must mean that she has something to tell her.
Xu Nuo pointed to the bathroom: "If you're not in a hurry, I'll go brush my teeth?"
Su Zhao smiled: "Of course."
Xu Nuo turned to brush her teeth, muttering to herself: "So she really does need to see her."
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