Thinking of the hardships her original body had suffered since childhood, He Wanqing actually felt the same way. She had to wash the family's clothes in the middle of winter and was not allowed to eat until she finished washing. The black steamed buns left for her were often taken away by her stepsister to feed the dog. She rarely had a bite of food in a day.
I slept under the window in the living room, wrapped in a quilt. The cold winter wind blew in through the cracks, and I shivered with cold.
All that remains in He Wanqing's memory now are sufferings that are too painful to recall.
How could she forgive that whole family? The person she hated the most was not her stepsister or stepmother, but her biological father.
"If there's extramarital affairs, it's a matter of life and death. Qiao San, investigate. Don't let any of the family members go unpunished." Ji Xia said, "If you need me to make a call to Shanghai, just let me know."
Qiao San said hurriedly, "This is easy to deal with. It's a small matter. Leave it to me. I will investigate the matter thoroughly and not let any bad guys go."
The three of them found a guesthouse next to the Rice Planting Research Institute, checked He Wanqing in first, and then found a place to eat.
"How about this? You guys wash up first. Dinner's coming up soon. We'll welcome you all together at Qiao San's place. I'll take care of the food and everything. How about that?"
The main reason was that Ji Xia saw a strong smell on the two people. She had been on the train for several days and nights, and there were all kinds of smells on the train. She was almost vomiting after riding with these two people all the way.
He Wanqing couldn't stand the smell on her body, "Okay, I want to take a shower too, Xia Xia, come pick me up later."
"good!"
Qiao San drove to where they lived first, which was quite close to Ji Xia. After dropping Qiao San off, Ji Xia drove back first to let the smell out of the car, said goodbye to his family, spent some time with the children, and then went out.
It was getting late, so Ji Xia used several retro enamel basins to fill up several main dishes, including roast duck, braised chicken, old duck tripe soup, osmanthus braised pork, chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork stewed with vermicelli, yellow croaker rice cake, pickled pork with preserved vegetables, beggar's chicken, and a bowl of fish head tofu.
There are ten dishes, covering both northern and southern flavors, all in double portions, plus a large bucket of rice and twenty white flour buns.
The hot air circulation was turned on in the car. There was also a kitchen in the courtyard. He Xiangdong was a good cook. If the food was not tasty when it got cold, it could be steamed.
After picking up He Wanqing, the two drove back and came to the courtyard where Qiao San and his family lived.
The alley was a bit narrow and the car couldn't drive in, so Ji Xia parked the car on the side of the road, and the two of them carried some vegetables and went in first.
Qiao San and others had already set up the table in the house and prepared the dishes and chopsticks. After taking the dishes from the two people, He Xiangdong went to prepare the hot dishes first. Qiao San asked someone to take the key to move the remaining dishes. He made tea for the two people and entertained them.
I don't know if it's because Ji Xia and the others are coming, but the house and the yard are cleaned very cleanly and tidy. This is a three-in-one courtyard with five main rooms, a back house in the front, and a back room in the back. There are more than twenty rooms in total.
There were only nine people living there, including Qiao San, so it was quite spacious.
Once they start work, the nine of them have to run around everywhere and don’t have much time to stay at home.
"Xia Xia, when do you think I can buy a courtyard house like this?" He Wanqing looked around and said enviously.
She didn't know yet that this courtyard house belonged to Ji Xia. She only knew that after those powerful people who traveled through time and space came to this era, none of them did not have courtyard houses in Beijing and small Western-style buildings in Shanghai.
If I can’t stock up on it myself, won’t it be embarrassing for the other time travelers?
"If you want, I can lend you money to buy it." Ji Xia said.
Modern people want to live in high-rise buildings, and people in the future will want to live in courtyard houses.
In short, what you can't get is the best.
When Ji Xia was fleecing the poor and emptied out most of the world, she also emptied the banks of the countries she passed through. Therefore, her warehouse contained not only the current Japanese yen, but also the current US dollars, British pounds and the like.
When she hoarded these courtyard houses, she bought them with some US dollars.
It can also be regarded as a contribution to the country's foreign exchange reserves!
He Wanqing shook her head. "No, I want to earn a siheyuan through my own efforts. My dream is to have a siheyuan in Beijing, not too big, just two entrances will be enough. Or a small western-style house in Shanghai, not too fancy, just livable."
Well, it’s happily decided.”
She also has a dream, which is to have three children and definitely not an only child.
However, if she wants to have a baby, she has to do it as soon as possible, because family planning will be implemented in a few years. Alas, she doesn’t even have a partner now!
As He Wanqing's eyes searched, they met Qiao San's. The other person's eyes were deep and deep, like a cage, locking her firmly in place.
He Wanqing's cheeks suddenly felt like they were burning, and she quickly looked away. She could imagine how red her face was. It was really weird. It was just a man, but he could make her lose her composure.
He Wanqing was so angry that she raised her eyes again and glared back fiercely. Unexpectedly, she met his smiling eyes. This guy was actually making fun of her.
Qiao San was filled with joy. This joy was not the joy of making a lot of money, nor the joy of returning to Beijing from a small place like Bing County, nor the joy of knowing that his family members were still alive. This joy had a wonderful sweetness that made people intoxicated.
"Xia Xia, I have something to ask you!"
He Wanqing pulled Ji Xia to the courtyard in front of the back room. After looking around and making sure no one was eavesdropping, she whispered, "How's Qiao San?"
Ji Xia was not surprised that her best friend would fall in love. In this era of slow transportation, people's feelings are really too pure.
If you like it, you like it; if you don’t like it, you don’t like it. We are all equally poor and have the same material needs. There is no need to think about too many extra things. Just take action when you feel moved.
Every era has its own characteristics. In this era, there are no convenient communication tools, and it is not easy to travel from one place to another.
Therefore, a lifetime is only enough to love one person.
"His family used to be red capitalists, and many people were sent down to the countryside. He fled from Shanghai to Bing County and escaped. You've seen him, he's very good. If you like him, grab him quickly." Ji Xia encouraged.
For people like Ji Xia who know the course of history, class background is not something worth caring about. Although the word "capitalist" is preceded by the word "red", many people avoid it like the plague.
But this does not include He Wanqing. Just a few years and she got through it.
Before she traveled through time, many people liked her, but she didn't like any of them. There were some with good conditions, but she couldn't be moved, let alone have the desire to stay with them forever.
In fact, she envied those who were willing to get married and were willing to spend money to trap themselves in a siege to prove that they were crazy about this man.
At this moment, she felt that if she had to choose someone to marry, Qiao San would be a really good choice.
At the very least, her appearance, figure, and temperament are all ingrained in her heart.
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