"From today on, every night before we go to bed, you and I will put this bottle next to our pillows. If anything happens to me during the night, just knock on the bottle. Do you understand?"
Qiao Jingzhen sat upright on the bed and spoke lightly.
Xue Guixiang stood in front of her with her hands hanging down, and nodded quickly after hearing what she said: "I understand."
She felt strangely nervous in front of this old lady, as if she were her elder...
The next day, Xue Guixiang got up at 5:30. She wanted to get up early to cook, but as soon as she opened the door, she smelled the fragrance of rice coming from the kitchen.
Looking again, I saw five-color rice porridge warming on the stove, round white steamed buns in the steamer, and two plates of cold dishes next to them, a dish of shredded pickled vegetables with sesame oil, and a dish of tofu mixed with green onions.
The door of Qiao Jingzhen's room was open and the curtain was lifted, so she knew that the old lady had gotten up.
Xue Guixiang walked over and saw that the old lady's room was tidy. The old lady was wearing a loose white training suit with her hair fluttering in the wind. She was practicing sword in the room, dancing with the bronze sword with great vigor.
Xue Guixiang thought, Wei Xiaobao's mother said that the old lady was in poor health, but she saw that this old lady was stronger than her!
The room was small, and the old lady couldn't dance freely. Her movements were a little stiff. Seeing Xue Guixiang, she stopped and rolled her eyes: "How lazy! You're just getting up now."
Xue Guixiang smiled awkwardly: "Auntie, I wanted to get up and cook you a meal, but you got up earlier than me."
Qiao Jingzhen put the sword back into the scabbard and hung it on the wall. "You young people like to sleep in, so I won't pursue it today. Starting tomorrow, dinner will be served on time at six o'clock every morning. If you get up late, you won't have any food."
Xue Guixiang thought, it’s not even six o’clock today, but she only dared to think about it in her mind and didn’t dare to say it out loud.
Today, it was just the two of them eating. Xue Guixiang said as they ate, "Auntie, starting tomorrow, you don't have to get up so early to cook. I'll just make breakfast. My son, daughter-in-law, and I won't be home for lunch, so you'll be alone. As for dinner, I'll be home late, and I'm afraid the two children won't have a hot meal, so you can just help me make dinner."
Qiao Jingzhen rolled his eyes: "I'll make breakfast, yours is so unpalatable."
Xue Guixiang was disliked again. What could she say? She could only laugh dryly: "I just don't want you to work so hard."
"I'm used to getting up early, so it's not hard."
Xue Guixiang: “…”
However, the food cooked by this old lady tasted really good. It was also rice porridge, but hers was particularly fragrant. A very ordinary dish of shredded pickles was cut into very fine and even pieces by her, and it tasted sour, crispy and delicious. The green onion and tofu were even more delicious and went very well with rice. With these two side dishes, Xue Guixiang ate an extra big steamed bun.
After dinner, Xue Guixiang rushed to wash the dishes. Qiao Jingzhen followed her and said, "You don't have to fight with me. Washing dishes is not part of my job."
Xue Guixiang: “…”
She found that from last night until now, she seemed to have aphasia, and the old lady hit the nail on the head with every rebuttal.
After cleaning up the dishes, she said something to Qiao Jingzhen and hurriedly rode her tricycle to set up her stall as if escaping.
Qiao Jingzhen felt that Xue Guixiang was easy to get along with, not stupid or weird either, and she liked her.
She walked around the yard and saw a grass sticking out from between the bricks, making the brick tilted. She bent down and pulled out the grass, then stepped on the brick and it became flat again.
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