Chapter 87 Grass Market, New Daughter-in-law

Ming Dai learned about the quarrel between Fang Rou and Qi Zhijun from Song Lanlan, who was gloating over the misfortune, when she passed by the educated youth center.

"Now they are ignoring each other. Qi Zhijun tried to save the relationship at first, but Fang Rou ignored him and said that they were just friends at best and there was no possibility of going any further. Qi Zhijun had a look of disappointment on his face. It made me laugh to death!

And that Liu Yan, who was hanging around Qi Zhijun like a pug, didn't mind when he ignored her, and kept asking about his well-being, which was very cheap. Qi Zhijun didn't like her even though he was rejected by Fang Rou. What's the point of licking people all the time!"

Although Mingdai felt that what she said was right, she was also very confused. Why was she saying these things to her now?

Because Zhou Sinian is not here, she wants to chat with herself?

Perhaps her questioning expression was too obvious. Song Lanlan glanced at her basket and spoke somewhat unnaturally.

"Well, Ming Zhiqing, you are here to deliver bean sprouts to the captain's house, right?"

Mingdai was carrying a basket when she left, and she was standing at the door at the time.

Ming Dai did not hide it: "Yes, I had a lot of bean sprouts, so I sent some to the captain's house. After all, he took good care of me."

You have nothing to do with it, so you don't have the nerve to ask for it, right?

Song Lanlan didn't expect her to say that. She was blocked from saying anything. She smiled awkwardly: "Well, do you have any extra? I want to buy some too. I wonder if it's expensive or not?"

Ming Dai didn't expect that she wanted to buy. She thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to sell. I can exchange soybeans or other things. If you are not in a hurry, there will be a grass market tomorrow. I will bring the bean sprouts over and you can exchange them there."

Song Lanlan was indeed going there tomorrow, so she readily agreed. She was also afraid that Mingdai would raise the price for her, so it would be better for her to go there and exchange it tomorrow.

After listening to the gossip and telling the story, Mingdai went home with her basket.

First put the string of dried chilies given by Aunt Huang into the kitchen, then go to Zhou Sinian's room to find him.

After knocking on the door, Zhou Sinian opened it.

Because the charcoal was used up, they moved all the food onto their own kang and kept it cooking 24 hours a day, so the room was very hot and humid at the moment.

Zhou Sinian was fiddling with something on the ground. These were old bicycle parts that they had found at the scrap yard.

Mingdai found that he had repaired several broken wheels.

"Zhou Sinian, can you repair cars?"

Hearing this, Zhou Sinian looked up and looked at her confusedly: "Can I repair a car?"

Ming Dai...

"It's okay. Go ahead and see if you can assemble a bicycle so we don't have to use the village's horse-drawn carriage to travel."

Although she had one in her space, taking it out rashly would arouse suspicion and jealousy, so it would be best if she assembled one inconspicuously.

Zhou Sinian thought about Qi Zhijun's bicycle in the front yard and swept the parts on the ground: "There are not enough things. I can't put it together."

"Let's go to the scrap yard when we have time to see if there are any new parts."

Zhou Sinian nodded and continued to repair the tire with the small file.

Mingdai looked at the vegetable basket on his kang and found it looked pretty good.

She went back to her room, picked up all the bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts from the big basket, put them into clean sacks, and waited to sell them the next day.

Early the next morning, Aunt Huang and Mrs. Huang came to see her. They were pulling a cart with a lot of things on it.

"Miss Xiao Ming, put your sacks up."

Aunt Huang called out, and Mingdai asked Zhou Sinian to throw two and a half sacks up.

The distance to Caoji Market is quite far, on the way to the commune, there is an abandoned stage.

It took them more than half an hour to reach their destination.

In the open space under the stage, the snow was cleared, small stalls were set up, and many people had already started to choose what they wanted.

There was only today, and the morning was almost over. The people in Liujiawan were not hesitant, some were setting up stalls, some were buying things.

Aunt Huang looked around the stalls, locked on a direction, and led them there.

"Mom! Are you really coming down the mountain? How did you get down from such a long distance?!"

An old lady wearing a blue coarse cotton jacket with a slanting collar came up to them. When she saw Aunt Huang, she smiled so hard that her bare gums were exposed.

"Hong, I miss you. I see you less and less every year. I want to see you again."

These words made Auntie Huang burst into tears, and she held the old lady's skinny hand tightly.

The middle-aged woman next to her, who looked older than Aunt Huang, also had two tears on her sunburned face: "Aunt, I missed you so much that I cried at night, so I asked Huabaozi to carry me down on his back."

Aunt Huang wiped her face and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I am far away and I rely on you to take care of my mother."

The middle-aged woman was Huang Auntie's sister-in-law, Xu Fengxian. She unwrapped the headscarf that was wrapped around her head, wiped her tears, and wiped the old lady's face as well: "My dear mother, don't say those foreign words. Your brother has been missing you a lot, and thinking that you like to eat hawthorns, he brought you a big bag of them. All of them are the best, without a single worm eye."

Aunt Huang held my mother's arm and looked at the tall middle-aged man beside her.

He was wearing a yellowed sheepskin coat, and his sunburned face was full of smiles: "Girl, how was your year?"

Auntie Huang has been close to her brother since childhood: "Okay, is everything okay at home, brother? Does mom's leg still hurt? Are there some nephews and nieces?"

The man answered the questions one by one, and seeing that the girl was not thinner than last year, he took the cigarette handed to him by his brother-in-law.

Liu Dazhu was very respected in the village, and he would put on some airs when he went in and out. He was also embarrassed when he saw his mother-in-law, and smiled and said hello: "Mom, stay at home today, I'll make you some steamed rice with sugar!"

The old lady looked at her son-in-law and nodded happily.

Three men in their twenties and thirties came over to greet Auntie Huang. When they heard that they were her nephews, Black Tiger, Leopard and Little Gray Wolf, Mingdai almost couldn't hold back her laughter at the names they gave them.

Aunt Huang also asked her niece Jiaoyan why she didn't come down. She learned that the lambs at home had given birth and the two daughters-in-law were unable to take care of them, so she didn't come down with them.

She thought about the glamorous wedding at the beginning of the year, and she was also able to see it, which made her feel better.

After the intimate moment, Huang pulled Ming Dai over and introduced her to the others: "Little Miss Ming, these are my family members, my mother, my brother and my sister-in-law, and the younger ones are all my nephews. Mother, this is the new educated youth from our village, from Beijing, little Miss Ming, she is so nice!"

Grandma Huang’s eyesight was not very clear anymore and she looked a little confused. She squinted her eyes, looked at it for a while, then said OK with a smile.

Mingdai greeted them politely, calling them grandma, auntie and uncle.

Xu Fengxian took Mingdai's hand and looked at her fair face under her woolen hat: "Oh, how come this girl is so pretty, whiter than tofu."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pinched it: "Ouch! It's so slippery!"

Ming Dai blushed, why are you still doing it? !

This made Xu Fengxian laugh out loud.

After teasing the little one, she saw Zhou Sinian again and was surprised by his outstanding height.

"Is this also a new educated youth? How come this girl is so tall! She is taller than my man."

Huang Dashan swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice: "You tiger woman! Is that a lady? That's crazy!"

Xu Fengxian took a step back and only then could she see Zhou Sinian's expressionless face clearly.

"Oh my god, he's really crazy. Where did he find that red headscarf? He wears it like a new bride!"

Mingdai: Puff!

She usually doesn't laugh unless she can't help it!