I thought I could spend a peaceful year of my own, but on the third day of the junior high school entrance examination, I saw Li Qingtong, who looked exhausted.
"Fourth uncle, why are you here?" Grandma is in the new province, why is he back?
Li Qingtong was very satisfied with Qiu Yuling's surprise. "Now you have really become a grown-up girl. Your uncle can't hit you on the head anymore."
What I mean is that their friendship is limited to the explosion of brains?
Qiu Yuling felt that her youngest uncle was as mischievous as ever. "You haven't told me why you're here yet? Where are my grandma and the others? Are they back too?"
"Why are you so anxious? I, your uncle, have been sleeping in the open air all the way. I finally found you here, but you didn't even bother to take care of your stomach first. You only care about other things."
They work in shifts during the Chinese New Year, and Qiu Yuling happened to be on break today, otherwise her uncle would have made a wasted trip.
After Qiu Yuling finished speaking, Li Qingtong laughed at her, "Look, you are still as silly as when you were little, with a big mouth under your nose. Can't I ask you in your office?
Hurry up, bring out everything you have. I was in a hurry and just ate a frozen, dry biscuit..."
Anyway, whether she was hungry or not, her uncle had said a lot of things, but he just didn't answer Qiu Yuling's question.
Qiu Yuling knew her uncle's character very well, so she brought out the fried meatballs from the New Year, set up a pot, and cooked a bowl of meatball and vermicelli soup.
As he ate, he grabbed another plate of dumplings and said, "Is fifty enough? This is all the filling left. If you eat more, I'll have to remix it."
Li Qingtong took a bite and wiped his mouth. "Alright, it's okay to eat. You can make us a good meal tonight. Everyone says your food is good. I, your uncle, have never enjoyed such respect."
Qiu Yuling took the dumplings and ignored his disrespectful attitude. "Now that I'm full, we can have a good chat, right? My grandma is coming too? Let's go back to the team directly?"
Li Qingtong had teased his niece enough and decided not to provoke the little girl. "Your grandma hasn't come back yet. She's coming back with your parents after the New Year. She sent me here specially to spend the New Year with you. What do you think? Is Fourth Uncle considerate enough?"
That's quite considerate. Even if someone asks him to, he has to be willing to make this trip. "What do you want to eat this afternoon? Just tell me, and I will definitely satisfy you."
"Eat meat, eat mutton. I brought some. You can stew it later and heat up my dry biscuits. Mutton soup with biscuits is absolutely delicious."
Qiu Yuling's house is small, with only one partitioned bedroom, so her uncle cannot stay overnight. Besides, she is older now and not like when she was little, when she was treated like a child and didn't care about anything.
She asked Li Qingtong, "Where are you staying tonight?"
"You are the host, and you ask me? Does your uncle have to bring his own bedding when he comes to spend the New Year with you?" Teasing your niece is the most fun.
Qiu Yuling didn't believe that he had no plan, this uncle.
He was called her uncle, almost like her older brother, but she had been specially taken care of by him since she was a child. The fact that he could find a place meant that he also knew the conditions here. He must be teasing her by saying this.
"Then I'll register you at the guesthouse in our bureau. It's not far away. Do you think that's okay?"
As she was about to get up to register, Li Qingtong hurriedly grabbed her niece's sleeve and said, "Look at you, you're so impatient. I was just kidding you. I live at the motorcade.
I have a job to deliver tomorrow. After that, I will go back to the team. I will come to see you the day after tomorrow and stay with you for two more days.
Are you on duty or working as usual?"
The room was too hot, so Qiu Yuling half-closed the stove. Hearing this, she made a plan. "That's perfect! I'm looking for someone to swap shifts these next two days. They're worried about not having a good New Year. When you come up, I'll take you for a walk outside."
Li Qingtong nodded. She didn't understand her affairs, so she didn't want to get involved. "Is it okay? I'll go shopping with my uncle when the time comes, and you can give me some advice."
Qiu Yuling sensitively grasped the words, "Bought it for a lesbian? Does my grandma know about it?"
Li Qingtong glared at her niece in anger, "Do you think I'm the same age as you? I have to know everything I do. Your eldest brother has already had two children, and I'm just now trying to find one. Your grandma is hoping that I won't worry her."
Qiu Yuling handed over the peeled orange and said, "So you don't know? Grandma doesn't want you to look for someone who's been married. You know that, right?"
Li Qingtong felt a little embarrassed, then straightened his back. "That was a long time ago. You don't dare to say anything careless, okay? Your uncle is looking for a good girl this time, a good girl with a job.
Come, tell me what you girls like..."
Qiu Yuling: ...
The two of them ate and drank all day, with Li Qingtong doing most of the cooking. Qiu Yuling got scared by the end and asked his uncle, "Fourth uncle, are you having stomach problems?"
Li Qingtong laughed at her, "What? You feel bad for eating just this little? When you were little, you said you'd grow up to be filial to your uncle. Now that you've grown up, your uncle has given you so much. It's so hard to have a full meal..."
She just wanted to mind her own business and really didn't want to listen to her uncle's clichés, so when he opened his mouth wide, Qiu Yuling stuffed the whole apple into his mouth.
"Ouch~ My front teeth."
After enough of the commotion, Li Qingtong looked outside and saw that it was already pitch black. "Alright, stop messing around with things. Are you really so vindictive that you want to stuff your uncle to death?
"Take your time to look at the things in the bag. I'm going back first. Lock the door. You're a girl living alone, so don't be too careless. There are bad people everywhere. Don't think too highly of others, okay?"
Qiu Yuling didn't rush him, letting him chatter to his heart's content. Before the man left, she pulled the bag of oranges over and handed them to him, "Take some and eat them. I find them too sour. They've been sitting there for quite a while. If you hadn't come, I'd be afraid they'd go bad."
In fact, it’s not sour at all. How can it be bad if she makes it from the farm? It’s just an excuse.
Li Qingtong didn't refuse at all and took it. "Please give me the three apples on the plate. I'm going to see someone."
Qiu Yuling was not reluctant to see her own pigs go to dig up other people's cabbages.
He also dug out a bag of peach cakes from the high and low cabinets and put them in. "Take it. It's hard to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative these days. They're all busy visiting relatives and friends. This saves you from having to queue up when you're pressed for time."
Li Qingtong still flicked Qiu Yuling's forehead, "Who said my niece is extroverted? My niece is so nice. Uncle is leaving, don't come out to see him off. Lock the door, okay..."
Even after the person walked away, the sound still lingered in the yard.
Qiu Yuling came in and packed up some things. She packed up all the pots, pans, and other items and gave them to Zhuzhu, asking her to wash them inside.
She sat down, opened the big bag, and saw what her uncle had brought back.
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