"There are a lot of people at the market, so don't run around. If you get kidnapped by kidnappers, you won't be able to go home." Ding Ermei said threateningly.
Zhou Jiaxiang still didn't say anything, but he muttered in his heart: If I can eat oil cakes every day after being kidnapped by kidnappers, I would rather be kidnapped.
"Children nowadays are really hard to manage. They get unhappy if you say a few words to them." Ding Ermei complained to Aunt Zhang who was setting up a stall next to her.
"All children are like this. If you talk to them nicely, they will listen." Aunt Zhang said perfunctorily.
Aunt Zhang is very annoying.
Although she and Ding Ermei are neighbors, their relationship is average.
Aunt Zhang was the first to set up a stall here today. She was selling vegetables grown in her own private plot. A bunch weighed about half a pound, neatly tied with straw. She sold them for five cents a bunch.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang was doing good business, Ding Ermei insisted on squeezing in next to her.
Ding Ermei started chattering non-stop from the moment she set up her stall.
Someone wanted to buy Aunt Zhang's vegetables, but was scared away by Ding Ermei's loud voice.
If it weren't for Zhao Zhenzhu's sake, Aunt Zhang would have been furious.
"Grandma, can you give me five cents? I want to eat fried dough cakes." Zhou Jiaxiang plucked up the courage and said.
Zhou Jiaxiang tried to hold it back for a long time, but he couldn't hold it back. The glutton in his stomach was almost crawling to his mouth. Zhou Jiaxiang's mind was now filled with nothing but the delicious fried cakes.
"Oh my, why are you eating fried cakes? Didn't you promise not to buy anything today?" Ding Ermei said loudly.
A fried dough pancake cost three cents, and Ding Ermei was a little reluctant to spend it.
More importantly, Ding Ermei was afraid that Zhou Jiaxiang would be seen eating the oil cake by the villagers, and would gossip about him to Zhou Fugui after returning to the village.
Before leaving today, Zhou Fugui repeatedly told me not to spend money indiscriminately.
If Ding Ermei disobeys Zhou Fugui's orders, she will be beaten when she returns home.
Unfortunately, Zhou Jiaxiang had no idea of Ding Ermei's predicament. His whole mind was focused on the fragrant fried cakes.
"Grandma, Third Aunt and Zhou Yunyun were eating fried dough cakes over there just now. I want to eat some too," said Zhou Jiaxiang.
"Eat, eat, eat. All you know is to eat. Are you a starving ghost reincarnated? When you saw Zhao Zhenzhu eating a fried cake, didn't you know to ask her to buy you one?" Ding Ermei scolded.
"I was afraid that Third Aunt wouldn't give it to me, so I didn't dare ask for it." Zhou Jiaxiang said with his head down.
"You don't dare to ask Zhao Zhenzhu, but you dare to ask me? I've been standing here for more than half an hour, but I haven't sold a single vegetable. I have no money." Ding Ermei became even angrier.
Ding Ermei felt that she was a bit unlucky today.
Ding Ermei also came to sell vegetables.
I don’t know what’s going on, but there are so many farmers selling vegetables today.
Ding Ermei's vegetables were not cleaned properly, tied in a messy way, and did not look good. Ding Ermei also sold them for five cents a bunch. I have been standing here for nearly half an hour, but the business has not yet opened.
Ding Ermei was feeling upset!
Zhou Jiaxiang was clamoring for some fried dough cakes, which just happened to hit her "gun muzzle".
Zhou Jiaxiang was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
Recently, grandma has been going too far. Not only does she not cook eggs for him anymore, she also often scolds him.
"Sister Ding, please stop scolding Jiaxiang. I think Jiaxiang is a very well-behaved child today. You told him not to walk around, and he just stood here obediently." Aunt Zhang advised.
If it weren't for Ding Ermei's noisy behavior affecting her business, Aunt Zhang actually didn't want to get involved in their family's affairs at all.
"Why are you being obedient? You're just a starving ghost reincarnated." Ding Ermei glared at Zhou Jiaxiang fiercely.
"I also heard Third Aunt say that she took Zhou Yunyun to eat wontons! Zhou Yunyun is the reincarnation of a starving ghost." Zhou Jiaxiang was not convinced.
"After eating fried dough cakes, Zhao Zhenzhu wants to eat wontons now? Oh my god, even if she has money, she wouldn't spend it like this." Ding Ermei slapped her thigh in anxiety.
"I really heard it. Third Aunt said with her own mouth that she wanted to go eat wontons." Zhou Jiaxiang thought Ding Ermei didn't believe it, so he emphasized it again.
"Chunhua, help me watch the stall. I will take Jiaxiang to see Zhao Zhenzhu. As an aunt, you only know how to eat and drink, but you don't even know how to take Jiaxiang to eat a bowl of wontons." Without waiting for Aunt Zhang to agree, Ding Ermei took Zhou Jiaxiang's hand and left in a hurry.
"Hey! Why are you like this?" Aunt Zhang's face turned black with anger.
Aunt Zhang hasn't sold out her own vegetables yet! How dare Ding Ermei let her take care of the stall?
Aunt Zhang was a kind person. Even if she was dissatisfied, she would not abandon Ding Ermei's business and leave.
Let’s talk about Zhao Zhenzhu.
Zhao Zhenzhu and her daughter both heard Ding Ermei calling Zhou Jiaxiang.
"Mom, I heard grandma's voice. Will grandma let us go home?" Zhou Yunyun was a little worried.
"Don't worry about her. Mom won't go back to Zhoujia Village, you just need to follow her." Zhao Zhenzhu said comfortingly.
"Yeah." Zhou Yunyun nodded heavily and a smile appeared on her face again.
The mother and daughter walked about ten meters and came to a stall selling wontons.
"Uncle Jin, a bowl of wontons." Zhao Zhenzhu took Zhou Yunyun and found two empty seats to sit down.
"Okay!" Uncle Jin responded and gave two more wontons.
The wonton stall is run by Uncle Jin and his wife, and Zhao Zhenzhu used to be a regular customer of the stall.
"Pearl! This is your daughter, right? She's so cute." Aunt Jin praised as she brought the cooked wontons over.
"She's a naughty girl, and very greedy." Zhao Zhenzhu said modestly.
After Aunt Jin left, Zhou Yunyun protested to Zhao Zhenzhu: "Mom, I'm not naughty, I'm just a little greedy."
"Okay, okay, Mom was wrong. You are a greedy little girl, okay?" Zhao Zhenzhu said with a smile.
"Yeah, I like being a greedy girl. Grandma said that greedy girls are blessed." Zhou Yunyun was satisfied.
Zhao Zhenzhu scooped up a wonton and blew on it. When it was no longer so hot, she fed it to Zhou Yunyun.
Uncle Jin's wontons are famous in the town for their thin skin and rich meat.
Zhou Yunyun looked very satisfied while eating.
Mom was right, wontons are as delicious as fried dough sticks.
When Zhao Zhenzhu was feeding the second wonton, Zhou Yunyun pushed Zhao Zhenzhu's hand and said, "Mom, eat too."
"Mom will feed you half first, and the rest is mom's, okay?" Zhao Zhenzhu asked.
There are twenty wontons in a bowl, and they cost 20 cents each.
Zhou Yunyun would definitely not be able to finish a bowl, so Zhao Zhenzhu only ordered one bowl for the mother and daughter to eat together.
Zhou Yunyun nodded and then opened her mouth.
Zhao Zhenzhu fed six and Zhou Yunyun could no longer eat.
"Mom, my little belly says it's full." Zhou Yunyun patted her belly and refused to open her mouth.
"You said you were going to try all the delicious food at the market today! Can't you eat anymore after eating just this little?" Zhao Zhenzhu teased and started eating herself.
Ding Ermei and Zhou Jiaxiang looked around all the way, and finally saw Zhao Zhenzhu and Zhou Yunyun at Uncle Jin's wonton stall.
Ding Ermei suddenly became angry.
As a mother-in-law, she couldn't bear to eat a bowl of wonton in town! Zhao Zhenzhu spent money lavishly, what a spendthrift!
Ding Ermei took Zhou Jiaxiang's hand and squeezed next to Zhao Zhenzhu.
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