Shen Subai didn't dwell on this issue, his eyes fell on the back of Xie Yunshu's hand, which was red from the cold, and the middle part was slightly white. He frowned slightly: "Wear gloves in the future. If the weather is too cold and your hands are frozen, don't work."
Xie Yunshu also noticed her hands. She smiled uncomfortably and said, "My hands get frozen every year, so I'm used to it. Besides, it's so troublesome to wear gloves when cutting and washing vegetables!"
Although she had the help of Li Fenlan and Aunt Zhao, she still had to do all the work such as buying vegetables and cooking. The water in the bathroom was slow and very cold. In the cold and humid environment, her hands were definitely not as white, tender and delicate as those of a little girl.
Shen Subai suddenly thought of the newspaper he had seen before. In fact, he knew Lu Zhixing. He had met him several times. In terms of appearance and family background, Lu Zhixing was outstanding.
Why was she so determined to divorce? Isn't it good to live a happy life with a man? It's better than selling lunch boxes by herself and suffering this kind of pain. At least the girls he knew couldn't bear this kind of hardship.
When they came out of the field, Xie Mingcheng had already started selling meals and collecting money outside. He was not as smiling as Xie Yunshu, but his attitude was upright, and his bamboo-like figure was also pleasing to the eye.
Xie Yunshu suddenly felt proud and walked over briskly: "How is it, how much is left?"
Li Shengli was squatting and eating on the side. When he saw Xie Yunshu coming over, he laughed and said, "Sister Yunshu, your brother is a college graduate, right? His temperament is so different from those of us who do hard labor. It's like he has an abacus in his head. He can calculate the bills in just a few seconds for a dozen people to eat..."
Xie Yunshu smiled even more brightly: "My brother will take the college entrance examination next summer. If he is admitted to university, I will treat you to a free meal for one day!"
"Okay, then you can book this meal! Don't deny it when the time comes!" Li Shengli stood up happily and led a group of brothers: "You all remember this, we will have the university's top scholar meal next year!"
Who doesn't want to hear good words? Xie Yunshu is naturally willing to listen to them. Her biggest wish now is for Mingcheng to be admitted to university.
Xie Mingcheng stood aside with a smile on his face. He pulled Xie Yunshu's sleeve and whispered, "Sister, after the meal is sold, shall we go back now?"
"ah?"
The smile on Xie Yunshu's face disappeared immediately. She opened her eyes wide and lifted the lids of both pots. As expected, they were completely empty. "How come it's so fast? How long will this take? Xie Mingcheng, did you give them more food? I tell you, one serving is one spoonful, not a little more! These two pots cost more than ten yuan. If you sell them for less, I will definitely break your legs!"
What a little bastard! She was praising him just now, but now he wants her to pay him money?
Xie Mingcheng had no choice but to take out the neatly stacked money from his pocket: "Sister, you are right, I remember every penny I received, a total of 99 yuan in change, which is about the same as the total amount you sold before."
Xie Yunshu looked at the empty pot, then at the money in Xie Mingcheng's hand: "This, this is too fast..."
Before she could finish, another group of guests came over one after another and shouted from a distance: "Give me a meat dish and two steamed buns!"
"Girl, I want a side dish, a portion of rice, and some broth!"
"One meat and one vegetable, come home for the New Year and have something good to eat today!"
Xie Yunshu seemed to see countless money passing by him, and he forced a smile out of pain: "Brother, the food is sold out!"
Not everyone on the land comes to eat at Xie Yunshu's place. Some locals bring their own food, some have two children who live on the land and cook their own meals, and some want to save money and occasionally come out to buy food. Most of the time, they eat pickled vegetables and steamed buns...
But the Chinese New Year is coming soon in the next two days, and some of the buns have already been paid in advance. Everyone is excited to go home soon, and they want to reward themselves after a year of hard work. More people go out to buy food, so the goods are sold so quickly today.
Xie Mingcheng packed up his things while saying, "Brother Qiangzi also left after dinner. He gave me fifty cents today, but I refused to take it, so I took it. But before he left, he said he would not come to dinner tomorrow and would go back to his hometown. He also asked me to remind you that most people will leave one after another after today."
Xie Yunshu knew that the lunch boxes of the project department would be delivered on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, but she didn't know that the people on the ground had left earlier. If so, wouldn't she be unhappy tomorrow?
"Sister, you just need to take a break during this time. Let me do the vegetable washing when I'm on vacation, and your hands won't touch cold water anymore." Xie Mingcheng had noticed the chilblains on his sister's hands a long time ago. How could he not feel distressed? He wished he could take the college entrance examination tomorrow and then join the workforce after graduation!
Xie Yunshu didn't care at all: "You ride your scooter to the vegetable market to buy vegetables first, I'll wait here for a while and then go to collect the lunch boxes, otherwise I'll have to run another trip later, which is too troublesome."
It’s been such a while, the project team must not have finished their meal yet.
After Xie Mingcheng left, she sat on the steps and read a book. She had some money in her hands these two days, so she didn't want to go to Xinhua Bookstore all the time to read books. Besides, she really didn't have the time, so she simply gritted her teeth and spent five yuan to buy a book called Principles of Architecture. The content was very simple and she enjoyed reading it.
She was so absorbed in it that when she saw it, she concentrated on writing and drawing on the ground with her fingers, a tall figure blocked the light and said, "Reading in the sun is bad for your eyes."
Xie Yunshu raised her head quickly, squinting against the light and seeing clearly that it was Shen Subai. Behind him was a bicycle with a large insulated box tied to the back seat with a rope. It was the one she used to pack lunch boxes for the project department.
"Please bring it out for me. I'm sorry, I forgot the time..." Xie Yunshu jumped up quickly and apologized hurriedly, fearing that the other party would suspect that she was negligent and perfunctory, which would affect her continued delivery of meals.
Shen Subai frowned slightly. He hadn't said anything yet, so why was she so nervous? Although Tian Hao always said that he was too easy to scare girls, he thought he had never said anything unpleasant to the girl in front of him.
"It's a little after 1:00 now. I just happened to be out on business so I brought it with me." Shen Subai patiently explained, then took out a bottle of ointment and a pair of rubber gloves from his bag: "Take this back, scald your hands with hot water at night, apply the ointment and the frostbite will be healed in a few days. Wear the rubber gloves when washing vegetables."
Xie Yunshu quickly shook his head, somewhat flattered: "No, no, I'm not afraid of frostbite."
The year her father passed away, Li Fenlan fell seriously ill due to excessive grief. Mingcheng was still young, so most of the burden of the family fell on Xie Yunshu, who was only 16 years old. Washing clothes and cooking in winter had long been a common occurrence, and she had to get used to the chilblains on her hands every year.
Lu Zhixing is a doctor and is very clean, so after they got married, the laundry job naturally fell on her. The sheets and quilts at home had to be changed every five days, and underwear had to be changed every day. Even in winter, she rarely had time to spare.
The frostbite on her hands did not appear after she moved out of the family compound, but Lu Zhixing never noticed it, and never thought about getting medicine from the hospital. His love was all on the fragile Zhou Xinyue and her son. Who let the crying child get candy?
She is used to being strong, she would say it's okay, I don't feel any pain.
The family compound said she was enjoying a good life and marrying up, but she didn't feel that she was that happy. If she was happy, it was probably because of the love in her heart. Now that love was gone, there was only suffering, but fortunately she was going to escape from the sea of suffering.
Chen Subai did not allow her to refuse, and his tone seemed to be educating his subordinates: "Don't force yourself to eat without suffering. Why don't you use the medicine if you have it? Why don't you wear gloves if you have them? If the frostbite on your hands affects your cooking, what will the project team do? Xie Zhi, or do you like frostbite on your hands? To be honest, it doesn't look good."
Xie Yunshu: “…”
Thank you, Captain Shen! It was such a touching thing, but when he said it, I felt upset...
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