Chapter 143 Thank you Xiaoju
After Aunt Guo left, the people gathered in the corridor also dispersed.
Zhou Zhiwen took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket, squatted down and handed them to Wu Jiabao and Hu Tou.
Wu Jiabao touched his head, looked back at his mother, and then asked Zhou Zhiwen: "Uncle Hutou, is this for us?"
"Of course, thank you for helping our Tiger Head this time."
Zhou Zhiwen touched Wu Jiabao's little head.
"You're welcome, Tiger Head, let's divide it up."
Tiger Head thought for a moment and said, "Okay, take three more this time."
Wu Jiabao really gave himself three more. "Really? Okay then."
The two little ones had sweet and delicious White Rabbit candies in their mouths and were in a very good mood. They went downstairs hand in hand to play with other friends.
Diao Yulian looked at her Jiabao's bulging pockets and felt satisfied, so she went home to cook.
Zhou Zhiwen was also getting ready to leave. Just as he was about to go to the sink to wash his face, a white handkerchief was handed to him by a slender wrist.
"Thank you so much for what you did just now. Let me wipe it for you."
Xia Yue looked at him apologetically, her eyes filled with worry.
Zhou Zhiwen's face turned red instantly and he spoke stutteringly.
"Ah... I'm fine... Thank you... No, I mean... Thank you for the handkerchief."
Xia Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing, her smile was crescent-shaped.
Zhou Zhiwen took a look and felt his eyes burning, so he lowered his head and looked at the handkerchief in his hand.
Pure white, he seemed to smell a faint sweet-scented osmanthus scent in the fermented rice wine.
Gently and softly, she caressed his heart.
What to do? He seemed to finally understand the feeling of love at first sight that his father had described to him.
It's really amazing. When his chest feels a little itchy, he just smiles foolishly as if his mouth is not open.
Sure enough, spring has arrived, and there is a sense of restlessness in the air.
When Zhou Zhiwen was walking back, he laughed out loud from time to time, causing people on the street to turn around and look at him as if he was a fool.
"A good young man, I'm afraid he's a fool."
An elderly couple standing nearby looked at them, shook their heads, and supported them back.
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It has been drizzling these days. Spring rain is as precious as oil. Everyone hopes that the weather will be better so that the crops can grow better.
When Lin Xiaotong came back from taking out the trash, she met a little orange cat she hadn't seen for several days. The cat had become thinner due to hunger, which made its eyes look bigger.
The little orange cat meowed cautiously and limped over.
Lin Xiaotong squatted down, the little orange cat's tail swept across her leg, her eyes were wet, and she noticed that the cat's hind leg was injured.
It was broken and bleeding, and it looked like the wound was pinched by something sharp.
The kitten showed her its soft belly and looked at her. She touched it carefully, afraid of hurting the kitten's wound.
"I'll take care of you, little kitty, okay? If you don't say anything, that means you agree."
As he spoke, he held the kitten's paw and shook it gently twice.
After thinking about it, I put the kitten in an empty garbage bag, lying down with its four legs exposed, and carried it home.
Just as they reached the hanging flower gate in the backyard, Diao Yulian, who was washing vegetables by the sink, saw it and looked closely at the bag.
"Hey, Xiaotong, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but wild cats are very fierce. What if they hurt my Jiabao? Listen to me and throw it away quickly."
The attitude of "I'm doing this for your own good" in his words is really infuriating.
Lin Xiaotong paused as she left and looked at Diao Yulian.
Seriously, he said, "Auntie, do you know why Grandma Zheng, the oldest woman in our alley, lived to be over ninety?"
Grandma Zheng passed away last fall. She was a smiling old lady who lived to be ninety-two years old.
Diao Yulian subconsciously asked, "Why?"
She also wants to live longer so that she can give her grandchildren to Jia Jiabao.
Lin Xiaotong leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Because she never meddles in other people's business."
Diao Yulian was choked after hearing this, and when she came to her senses, she was about to curse.
But at this time she was the only one left in the yard, and she could only stomp her feet in anger.
"Hey, what happened to the cat's feet?"
Gao Xiulan saw the furry little head popping out of the bag, wiped her hands and asked with concern.
"Mom, look at its feet. They seem to have been rubbed by the clamps."
Gao Xiulan came over to take a look: "Let me take a look, it's not serious, the bleeding has stopped, I just need to clean it and apply some medicine."
"Your father still has some iodine left from the hospital prescription for his injured palm. I'll go get it."
After the little orange cat arrived home, he was not shy. He rolled on the ground like a big boss, raised his injured hind legs and meowed.
"This cat used to sneak into the backyard from time to time to beg for some leftovers. It hasn't been here for a while, and I thought it ran away with someone."
Gao Xiulan took the medicine from the room and said that she had fed this cat before.
Lin Xiaotong gently held the kitten's two paws so that Gao Xiulan could wipe the cat's feet.
I asked in a low voice, "Mom, can I keep this cat?"
"Okay, I think this cat is quite smart and understands human nature. It doesn't run around even when it enters the house."
Gao Xiulan used to have a big black dog in the compound, but she lost it for some reason.
"Thank you, Mom. You will be part of our family from now on, little kitty."
"By the way, Mom, please give it a name."
"Let's call him Xiaoju. This cat has yellow eyes."
"Hello, thank you Xiaoju."
Lin Xiaotong fiddled with Xiaoju's paw pads, and the corners of her mouth curled up wildly. She was finally a cat owner.
"Mom, do you want to give Xiaoju a bath?"
"Wait until her feet are healed before washing them. First, make a paper box in the main room for her to nest in."
"Okay, what are we having for dinner tonight, Mom?"
"I made some steamed elm seed buns. I went out with Dazui and the others to pick them this afternoon. Now is the time to enjoy some fresh food."
"Wow, my mother's cooking skills, that wok must be delicious."
Elm seed steamed bread is a popular food in spring. It is picked from the tree, washed clean, squeezed dry, and added with appropriate amount of salt and five-spice powder.
Pour cornmeal into a small bowl, stir, add a little oil, and knead it into emerald green steamed buns.
Boil the water and steam it. You can also make a garlic sauce dipping sauce, which will give it a fresh fragrance when eaten.
In addition, elm seeds also mean "surplus money", so every household in the compound will steam a small pot of them every year.
Before going back to sleep at night, I saw Xiaoju sleeping obediently in the main room with his tail in his arms.
She went into the room alone and sat by the window to write a letter to Xie Yi.
Comrade Xiao Xie, we have a little orange cat at home recently. We named her Xie Xiaoju. She is very cute and I think you will like her too.
The day before yesterday, I helped Mom make some dried meat for you. I baked it in the bread oven that Dad built. I tasted it and it tasted delicious.
I went to the post office today to send you a package. It can be used to fill your stomach when you are tired from training.
The apricot tree in front of our window is quietly blooming. When the apricots are ripe, I will go to the island to see you.
Xiaotong in the spring of 1976.
After finishing writing, I stretched myself, went to bed, and had a good night's sleep.
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