If there was a sound, Yu Chunyue's expression would have changed drastically. Looking at the dark face, Du Jiang lowered his head and pretended not to see it. Seeing this, others also followed Du Jiang's example and lowered their heads to drink water.
Yu Chunyue looked at everyone's reactions, snorted angrily, stood up and stomped her feet, "I'll go tell my mom, he actually helped outsiders bully his own sister." After that, she ran out crying. The way she rushed out of the door made people who didn't know think there was a group of tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves in the house.
The loud bang of the door closing made Du Jiang and others look around in surprise.
Yu Chunxiao gave a bitter smile and got down to apologize to them. "I'm sorry, Sister Jiang, Luo Yue, Ruomei, Duan Yin, my sister has been spoiled by her family. I will talk to my parents about this tonight. If she continues to be like this in the future, you don't have to worry about me."
Um, this...
Luo Yue and the others were somewhat at a loss. Thinking of Yu Chunyue's attitude just now, they could only offer some words of comfort to Yu Chunxiao. Yu Chunxiao's face was filled with pain. "Luo Yue, I'm not happy with what you said. My sister has been spoiled by my parents and has no idea how high the heavens are. To be frank, with her personality, I'm afraid she'll cause some terrible trouble in the future. I've already told my mother about it, but unfortunately she won't listen. Forget it, I'll talk to my father tonight and let him worry about it."
Seeing Yu Chunxiao say this, the others didn't know what to say. Luo Yue took the initiative to change the subject, "Sister Jiang, I heard you went to the riverbank this afternoon. Did you find anything?"
Du Jiang held the cup to warm his hands. Suddenly, he heard Luo Yue asking him, and hurriedly shook his head. "I didn't find anything. It's too cold. But maybe it won't snow before the New Year. The New Year is in eight or nine days. How are your preparations? I heard there will be a market after the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. You can barter at the market then. You should go and have a look."
"I want to go check it out," Duan Yin raised her hand first. "Last time, I was given seven or eight pounds of pork. I thought I'd keep two pounds and exchange the rest for food. I can only feel at ease if I have food in my hands."
Following Duan Yin's hand raise, Gu Ruomei followed suit, "That's true. Although meat is delicious, I still prefer food to grain. Yinyin, call me when you go, I'll exchange some for you too."
Seeing that two of the five people were going, Du Jiang also said, "I'll go and take a look too. Then we can ask Guan Chuan and the others. They probably need food more than us."
This made sense, and Duan Yin and Gu Ruomei nodded immediately.
Seeing that the three of them had made up their minds, Yu Chunxiao and Luo Yue didn't hesitate and said in unison, "Since we're going, let's go together."
Instantly, they looked at each other and laughed. This is what friendship between girls is like, straightforward and warm.
"Dinner is ready," Guan Chuan's voice was heard outside the door, accompanied by the sound of footsteps. Seeing this, Yu Chunxiao and his group also stood up and walked out.
The benches in the main room were full of people. In the end, Du Jiang and Xu Zhizhou moved the benches from their room over before they could sit down.
Uncle Yu and Mother Yu, being the oldest, sat at the main seat. When they called for the meal to begin, everyone started to eat with laughter.
Du Jiang, Luo Yue and others squeezed in at the bottom. Fortunately, Yu's mother was thoughtful and divided each dish into two portions with plates. I guess Yu Chunxiao had reminded her that there was a long table in the main room when she was cooking.
Although there were only six dishes, including shredded potatoes with chili peppers, pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, stewed yellow croaker, candied sweet potatoes, and chopped green onions and eggs, the portions were very generous, especially the staple food, which was corn and black flour steamed buns mixed with white flour. It must be said that Yu's mother put a lot of effort into cooking.
Guan Chuan: "Auntie's cooking skills are so good that she can be a chef in a state-owned restaurant."
Guan Chuan's words made Yu's mother smile. "This child is really good at talking. If you like it, eat more. If you want to eat it again in the future, come to your aunt and she will make it for you."
"Oh, thank you, auntie," Guan Chuan proudly raised his chin towards the other people at the table. Du Jiang couldn't bear to look at the smug look on his face and quickly looked away.
Although Guan Chuan's winking appearance only made people feel itchy, it was thanks to Guan Chuan's presence that the dinner table was so happy.
During the meal, Uncle Yu spoke very little, but the smile on his face never stopped. Although he didn't say anything, Du Jiang could sense that he seemed quite satisfied with Guan Chuan.
So, did Guan Chuan's strategy of getting close to Uncle Yu succeed? Du Jiang speculated.
After the meal, Du Jiang and several other girls helped Yu's mother clean up. Even Yu Chunxiao stood up to help, but Yu Chunyue didn't move at all. Du Jiang and Luo Yue, who was closest to her, looked at each other and continued to clean the table with their heads down.
After washing the pots and dishes, Du Jiang slowly strolled back to the front yard. At this time, the lights in the main house were bright, but Du Jiang had no intention of joining in. He immediately said something to Yu Chunxiao and prepared to go back to the house to rest.
Seeing this, Luo Yue quickly stepped forward and took Du Jiang's arm, "Sister Jiang, I want to go to your room and sit for a while." Then she turned to Yu Chunxiao and said, "Chunxiao, Sister Jiang and I will chat for a while, you two go first."
Seeing this, Yu Chunxiao didn't stop him. "Okay, I'll take Ruomei and the others over first. I guess they want to discuss the teacher selection exam."
Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay, Ruomei, call me when you're done talking. I'll go to Sister Jiang's room first." Du Jiang, as a tool, didn't say a word from beginning to end.
After Yu Chunxiao and others entered the house, Du Jiang also stomped his feet and went back to the house with Luo Yue. As soon as they entered the house, Du Jiang couldn't wait to light the kang under the earthen kang. Soon the cold earthen kang became warm.
Du Jiang and Luo Yue lay comfortably on it. Du Jiang did not forget to offer the textbook at the end of the kang, "Do you want to read the Chinese textbook for the second year of high school?"
"Okay, I don't have anything to do," Luo Yue took it happily and started browsing by holding her chin with her hand, imitating Du Jiang's appearance.
The room was silent with only the sound of turning pages. Just as Du Jiang was absorbed in reading, Luo Yue's voice rang out, "Sister Jiang, you really don't plan to participate."
"Ah," Du Jiang raised his head and stretched his numb elbow. "I'm not going to participate. But you don't plan to participate either?"
"I don't know," Luo Yue said hesitantly, "My family situation is not very good, and I don't know if there is a political review. If there is, I don't think it is suitable." Although she said so, she could not hide the hope in her eyes.
Du Jiang gave her a look, then lowered his head to read. After turning another page, he said nonchalantly, "If you want it, go and try it. Otherwise, who will know what will happen if you take it."
Luo Yue suddenly felt enlightened and clapped her hands together. "Yeah, why not give it a try? It's me who's lacking. Thank you, Sister Jiang."
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