191 It turns out to be a younger brother
Xiang Nanfei led the two of them to a small ice drink shop next to the department store, greeted the proprietress familiarly, and ordered three servings of shaved ice.
"I want yogurt flavor, strawberry and orange flavor. Which one do you want?" Xiang Nanfei asked.
Seeing Huang Yanqiu's belly, he asked worriedly, "Can you eat ice?"
Huang Yanqiu nodded. "It's okay to eat less. I want strawberry."
As he spoke, he looked at Gao Qinghe with his big eyes, wanting her to order another flavor so that she could taste two different tastes.
Gao Qinghe pinched the little flesh on her face that had finally grown, and said with a helpless smile, "I want oranges."
The space in the shop was limited, so Xiang Nanfei asked the two of them to reserve a seat.
He waited for the boss to make the shaved ice, then came over to them with three tall glass glasses in his hands.
This shop looks small, but it has a lot of variety.
Shaved ice served in a tall glass looks a lot more upscale.
"Let me try yours first." Huang Yanqiu held the spoon and waited expectantly for Gao Qinghe to nod, then immediately scooped a spoonful of her orange-flavored drink into her own cup.
The orange was a bit sour, and the jam had not yet melted into the shaved ice, but Huang Yanqiu was so stimulated that she shuddered all over.
"Eat less, half a cup at most." Gao Qinghe's tone was gentle, seemingly admonishing, but in fact it did not allow for rebuttal.
Huang Yanqiu nodded obediently: "Oh."
Xiang Nanfei used a wooden stick to stir the shaved ice and told the two to stir it evenly first, and then take a sip with a straw when it was half melted. He guaranteed that they would feel so good that their scalps would tingle.
"How old are you?" Gao Qinghe asked curiously.
Xiang Nanfei's behavior does not seem very mature.
"Ahem!" He straightened his expression and leaned over, lowering his voice. "I'll tell you a secret. I'm two years older than I was on my ID card."
Many families do this in order to find jobs for their children.
Anyway, the inspection is not strict now, so this kind of thing cannot be detected when children are two or three years old.
Gao Qinghe: "So you are actually 22 years old?"
Xiang Nanfei chuckled and made a gesture, "22 is my age in Chinese lunar calendar, I'm actually 20."
"I was born in August, what about you?" Xiang Nanfei hoped that she would say after August, so that he would be older than her.
Unfortunately, Gao Qinghe raised three fingers and said, "My March one."
I felt funny, it turned out to be a younger brother.
"Your family is so brave that they actually added four years to your age!"
Huang Yanqiu clicked her tongue twice, not knowing whether she envied him for having such caring family members or despised such cheating behavior.
Xiang Nanfei smiled and didn't explain much, then changed the subject.
He asked Gao Qinghe very seriously: "Are you and your husband in a good relationship?"
Gao Qinghe was suspicious: "Why are you asking this?"
Xiang Nanfei: "I'm serious. If you get divorced, tell me first, okay?"
Huang Yanqiu raised her hand and slapped him on the top of his head. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you until you cry, believe it or not."
Xiang Nanfei saw her raising her hand in advance and wondered how much strength a little girl could have.
He even stretched his neck forward on his own initiative.
He never expected that the slap seemed to be made of iron. It made his ears buzz and he felt dizzy, and his brain instantly lost the ability to think.
Seeing Xiang Nanfei's frightened look, Gao Qinghe lowered his head and almost laughed out loud.
"You, you!" Xiang Nanfei was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He could only point his index finger at Huang Yanqiu with his eyes wide open.
Gao Qinghe finished his cup of shaved ice, and Huang Yanqiu only had half of her cup left.
Huang Yanqiu borrowed a cup from the boss and packed up the remaining half to take home. She would rather give it to Zheng Laowu at a discount than waste it.
Xiang Nanfei paid the bill and the three of them walked out of the shop and said goodbye.
Xiang Nanfei was still reluctant to leave and asked Gao Qinghe where she was going and that he could accompany her for a walk if he had nothing to do.
The two women said in unison: "No need."
"Okay, see you tomorrow then."
He gave a reluctant smile, turned around, looked back every few steps, and gradually walked away.
The two sisters walked into the department store next door.
The store closes at 6pm sharp, sometimes a little later to order goods.
It was almost five o'clock at this time, and the clerk was already looking at the clock on the wall, hoping to get off work, and had no intention of working.
Things are different now than they were a few years ago, with many small shops opening up in the city and department stores no longer being overcrowded with people.
In the afternoon, only one or two customers would come into the store occasionally. They usually just looked around without buying anything, or made a quick purchase of some daily necessities.
There is no way around it. Department stores now mainly sell large items, while small items such as pots and pans, clothing, shoes, socks, biscuits and candies are concentrated in the pedestrian street.
Big items mean they are expensive, so naturally fewer people buy them.
Gao Qinghe didn't come here to buy anything big.
She came looking for something new.
When new things come to the county town, the first place they go is still the department store.
"Are there any portable tissues for sale?"
After walking around the only shelf of daily chemical products and not finding what he wanted, Gao Qinghe went to the counter to ask.
The listless teller's eyes lit up when he saw her.
"You're here again!"
The cashier knew her. The only Simmons mattress in the store was bought by her last time, and he had a deep memory of it.
"By the way, your washing machine will be delivered to you tomorrow afternoon. I'm sorry that the installation engineer hasn't come back yet, so it's been delayed for a few days." The cashier apologized.
Gao Qinghe smiled and nodded, indicating that he didn't mind.
The teller breathed a sigh of relief and asked her what kind of tissues she wanted, and at the same time found several types of individually wrapped toilet paper to show her.
They are all rolls of paper, and there are no small bags for carrying handkerchiefs separately.
Gao Qinghe had seen small packages of napkins in Shanghai and Guangdong before. The goods were available, but Qing County had not yet received them.
Rolling paper is fine too. Just take a handful, fold it up and put it in your bag.
"Get a roll of toilet paper."
Gao Qinghe handed over the money and suggested, "I saw those small palm-sized handkerchiefs wrapped in plastic out there. If you guys go to stock up next time, could you help me get some?"
The teller said yes, but Gao Qinghe could tell at a glance that it was just a polite response.
Huang Yanqiu saw the baby products, small cars, cradles, and small toys. They were so cute that her maternal love overflowed and she couldn't even walk.
Gao Qinghe shouted, and she reluctantly put down the plastic rattle ball that she had been looking at again and again.
After leaving the department store, the two walked towards the bookstore.
Huang Yanqiu suddenly had an idea to buy books about parenting.
If she hadn't mentioned it, Gao Qinghe would have forgotten about it. Fortunately, as a mother, she remembered it.
"Look for books related to childbirth for expectant mothers, and learn about them in advance so you will have an idea of what to do." Gao Qinghe advised.
Huang Yanqiu raised her hand expectantly and was about to push open the glass door of the bookstore.
The door was pushed open from the inside.
System reminder: [The male and female protagonists appear! ]
Gao Qinghe looked up and saw two people walking out of the bookstore.
A man and a woman, the man is handsome and the woman is elegant and intellectual.
If you don't know the situation, you would think they are a couple.
Zhou Zhenghua called out in surprise: "Qinghe!"
Gao Qinghe held his forehead and said: What bad luck.
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