"Long time no see, Xiao Qin!" Sister Wang was very happy to see Qin Zheng. "Come in, come in!" She stretched out her hand and grabbed Ruan Mianmian's arm, pulling her into the house.
Faced with such enthusiasm, Ruan Mianmian was a little overwhelmed.
Qin Zheng followed him in and closed the door.
After entering, Ruan Mianmian discovered that although it looked like an old-style house from the outside, it had actually changed inside.
There are quite a few coal stoves in the yard on the first floor.
They looked like they belonged to different families. There was something on each coal stove.
Some are kettles, some are clay pots, and some are iron pots.
Sister Wang did not stay on the first floor for long, but took them both to the second floor.
The wooden stairs creaked with every footstep.
You can tell from the name that this house is quite old.
Sister Wang took Ruan Mianmian and Qin Zheng to the room at the end of the second floor.
Pushing open the door, I saw a small room neatly furnished with a bed, a wardrobe, a wooden table and a chair.
Apart from this there was no other furniture.
"Xiao Qin, just put your luggage over there." Sister Wang pointed to a corner of the room.
The whole house was cleaned very cleanly, and the place where Sister Wang pointed out would not block the way.
After Qin Zheng put away his luggage, Sister Wang looked at him and smiled, "Is this your girlfriend? She's so pretty! She's a perfect match for you."
When saying this, Sister Wang was still holding Ruan Mianmian's hand, and her tone and expression were full of relief.
"Yes, Sister Wang, she is Ruan." Qin Zheng reached out and brought Ruan Mianmian to his side, rescuing the confused Ruan Mianmian from Sister Wang's hands.
"Sister Wang, please don't speak in dialect. Ah Ruan can't understand it." Qin Zheng himself can understand Haishi's dialect. Qin Zheng has always been very sensitive to language.
He can speak and understand the Beijing accent, the Cantonese of Guangzhou, or the Shanghainese of Shanghai. He is also very proficient in foreign languages such as English and German. His French is average, he can understand it but not speak it fluently.
"Oh, OK, OK." After being reminded by Qin Zheng, Sister Wang realized that she had just been speaking in dialect. No wonder the little girl was confused all the time, it turned out that she didn't understand.
Sister Wang switched the language and said to Ruan Mianmian again, "Hello, my name is Wang Yan, everyone calls me Sister Wang, you can call me that too."
"Hello, Sister Wang. I'm Ruan Mianmian. You can call me Mianmian or Xiao Ruan." Ruan Mianmian stretched out her hand.
Sister Wang smiled and stretched out her hand, shaking Ruan Mianmian's hand. "Xiao Ruan is quite polite."
"Well, you guys must be tired from the journey, so hurry up and pack up. I'll heat up the food in the pot and serve it to you right away!"
With that said, Sister Wang went out and went downstairs in a hurry.
Qin Zheng took out their towels from the luggage, pulled Ruan Mianmian out of the room, and went straight to the bathroom on the second floor.
There are bathrooms on both the first and second floors of this western-style house.
But now they have become public.
Different people live in the seven rooms on the first floor. The second floor is slightly better. Not counting the bathroom, there are four rooms in total, which are occupied by two families.
Wang Yan lives on the second floor.
Ruan Mianmian's current room was originally occupied by Wang Yan's daughter.
At this time, Ruan Mianmian was temporarily sent to live in.
Just as they finished washing themselves, Sister Wang came up with two bowls of noodles.
"This chicken soup was just cooked this morning and has been simmering on the stove. The noodles are made of white flour. I calculated the time and rolled them. Xiao Ruan, Xiao Qin, hurry up and eat them while they are hot."
Although Ruan Mianmian was not very hungry, the aroma of the chicken noodle soup was too strong, making her drool a little.
In particular, the whole chicken leg placed on the surface really whets people's appetite.
"Thank you, Sister Wang." Ruan Mianmian quickly reached out to take it. "Sister Wang, have you eaten? Sit down and eat together."
"You're welcome. I've already eaten. Xiao Qin called and told us you were coming. This is specially prepared for you. Come on, eat it. Sister Wang, I'm not bragging about my skill in rolling noodles. I got it from the real teacher."
Ruan Mianmian didn’t understand who this true teaching belonged to, so she looked at Qin Zheng.
Qin Zheng also took another bowl of whole chicken legs at this time. Receiving the gaze, Qin Zheng replied, "Sister Wang's mother used to be my grandfather's cook."
So that's how it is!
With one bite, the noodles are chewy and smooth, the chicken soup is rich and fragrant, and the chicken is also very tasty.
It’s worthy of being a true master, it’s really delicious.
Seeing that they had all started eating, Sister Wang left tactfully. She told them to just put their bowls on the table after they finished eating. She would come to collect them tomorrow.
The portion of this bowl of noodles was not particularly large. Ruan Mianmian finished it quickly, but she was reluctant to part with the chicken soup, so she did not put down her chopsticks and slowly tasted the soup mouthful by mouthful.
"When did you contact Sister Wang?"
"That's when you decided to go to Pengcheng." Qin Zheng saw that there was only soup left in her bowl, so he picked up his chicken leg and gave it to her.
Chickens nowadays are not very big. People are short of food, let alone chickens.
So, the chicken leg is not too big.
It is only slightly larger than the wings that people often buy today.
"I don't want it." When Ruan Mianmian saw the chicken leg he handed over, she reflexively moved away with the bowl.
However, Qin Zheng seemed to have predicted her movements in advance. Ruan Mianmian's avoidance was ineffective and the chicken leg still fell into her bowl.
"Eat more, you're too thin." Qin Zheng really thought she was too thin. He could clearly feel her bones when he hugged her.
It was quite unpleasant to pull it back and forth, not to mention that the chicken leg was already in the bowl, so Ruan Mianmian didn't act pretentiously and just picked it up. Eat it, it's just a chicken leg.
My boyfriend gave it to me. I can eat it.
Qin Zheng did not leave the bowls for Sister Wang to collect. He collected the bowls and chopsticks himself and sent them out.
When he came back, he was holding a basin in one hand and a kettle in the other.
"You wash up first, I'll go talk to Sister Wang about something." Qin Zheng put his things down and went out, closing the door carefully.
After sitting on the train all night, although I was not tired and basically slept all the way, I still felt uncomfortable. Now I have hot water to clean up, which is what Ruan Mianmian wanted.
Ruan Mianmian didn't use up all the hot water, she left half for Qin Zheng so he could take it and wash later.
When Qin Zheng came back again, Ruan Mianmian saw the quilt in his hand and asked, "You're staying here tonight?!"
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