Chapter 166

"What's so good about an old man like me?"

The eldest master avoided her sight and buried his head in eating dumplings, but Tang Wan caught a glimpse of the roughness on his fingertips.

The first time she met him, she doubted whether the old man knew medicine.

Now she was more certain, she put the beef in the middle of the steamed bun, swallowed a bite and said:

"Master, are you a Chinese medicine doctor?"

She lowered her voice so that no one could hear it except her and the eldest master.

Hearing this, the boss raised his eyelids calmly and said, "Don't ask too much. It's not good to know too much, right?"

"Okay, okay, I won't ask."

Tang Wan shut up at the right time. Since the eldest master was hiding here, he must have encountered some difficulties.

"You too?"

The eldest master suddenly glanced at Tang Wan and said, "She is talented, but she married too young."

"What are you talking about, Master?"

Tang Wan was a little embarrassed, because at her age in the future, she would still be attending college.

Isn't this a special case?

The eldest master stopped talking and concentrated on eating the dumplings and beef in his bowl. The aroma wafted from far away.

He hurriedly said to Tang Wan: "Speak faster."

"oh."

Tang Wan quickened her lunch eating pace. She heard footsteps with her sharp ears, and the eldest master reacted faster than her.

He quickly stuffed the remaining two slices of beef into his mouth, closed the lunch box and threw it into Tang Wan's basket.

The next second, two comrades, a man and a woman, walked in. The female comrade Xiao Hongying sniffed.

"That's strange. I clearly smelled beef just now."

"Hongying, who can afford beef these days? You must have heard it wrong."

Comrade Wang Zhiqiang smiled awkwardly at the boss and said, "I'm sorry, we are educated youth who came to the brigade to build.

Grandpa, can we go in and pick out some unwanted paper?"

"Um."

The eldest master waved his hand and slowly stuffed the last dumpling in the bowl into his mouth.

Xiao Hongying was stunned. "How can an old man like you who works at a recycling station afford such delicious white flour dumplings?"

Such words made people feel uncomfortable no matter how they heard them. Tang Wan frowned slightly.

"Hongying, you spoke out of turn!"

Wang Zhiqiang quickly pulled Xiao Hongying, hoping to help her regain her sanity.

However, Xiao Hongying's eyes were rolling around, looking at Tang Wan and their lunch boxes.

"You must be the ones stealing the beef!"

"Comrade."

Tang Wan interrupted Xiao Hongying coldly and showed them the empty lunch box.

"Do you want to cause trouble?"

It is true that many people cannot afford to eat meat these days, but there are still some families who save money and only eat meat once a month.

Xiao Hongying is really too arrogant!

"I'm not making trouble."

Xiao Hongying glanced at the boss with disdain, then stared at Tang Wan and said:

"As long as you tell me where you bought the beef, I won't tell on you."

Tang Wan: …

It is estimated that this silly educated youth has just been in the countryside for a short time and cannot find the dark market.

But this person is so annoying that even if Tang Wan knew, she had no intention of telling her.

“We don’t eat beef.”

Tang Wan said calmly, "As for these white flour dumplings, I gave them to the master.

I once lost a bill when I went to the recycling station to look for something, and it was the boss who returned it to me. I came here to thank him."

Since the eldest master hid here, there must be a reason, so Tang Wan didn't want to implicate him.

Xiao Hongying was a little unconvinced when she heard this. "These are white flour dumplings. Who are you trying to fool?"

"Can't I save money by eating frugally?"

Tang Wan was a little angry, "My husband is a soldier in the army, he taught me to be grateful and repay kindness!"

She deliberately revealed her identity as Lu Huaijing's soldier, as she was too lazy to waste words with him.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Wang Zhiqiang quickly pulled Xiao Hongying aside and said, "Hongying, we are new here, so it's better not to offend anyone."

"All right."

Xiao Hongying found the steps and stopped holding on to him. She just stared at Tang Wan.

Tang Wan was furious, "If you really don't believe it, just go ask the street office to search for it!"

"No, sorry, comrade."

Wang Zhiqiang dragged Xiao Hongying away, and the eldest master rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Ugly people are the cause of mischief!"

"She doesn't look ugly, does she?"

Tang Wan chuckled. At best, Xiao Hongying could be described as having an ordinary appearance.

Not a beauty, but not ugly either.

“Black-hearted.”

The old man snorted and looked at Tang Wan with admiration in his eyes, "Is your man a soldier?"

He admired Tang Wan for protecting him at the critical moment, which showed that she was a good girl.

"yes."

Tang Wan could tell that the old man's identity was similar to her father's, so she said:

"To be honest, my ancestors were also Chinese medicine practitioners."

She said in a very low voice, "The situation was special, so I got married at a young age."

As soon as she said that, the eldest master understood, and there was more heartache in his eyes when he looked at Tang Wan.

"My child, I have pity on you."

"No pity."

Tang Wan smiled and said, "I'm lucky, the man is an upright person.

Besides, my parents returned to the city after being cleaned up a while ago."

"That's really good luck."

The eldest master thought for a moment, then took out a tattered book without a cover from under the table leg.

"If you're interested, take it back and have a look."

The blank book was tattered. Tang Wan took it and looked at it. Inside was a detailed case record.

This……

This is probably the old man's medical experience. How could he so carelessly put it here to serve as a table leg?

What if this is reported by someone with ulterior motives?

As if he could see what she was thinking, the boss chuckled and said, "They only know how to rummage through my drawers.

Who would have thought that I would use it as a table leg? You all thought it was broken, and you are the only one who treats it as a treasure."

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Tang Wan was really happy. She quickly put the book into the basket and said with a sweet smile:

"I will definitely honor you when I get something good."

"Go, go, lest that man come back again."

As the old man spoke, he took out the lunch box he had left for his wife from the drawer, then walked into the recycling station and hid it.

His ability to identify was very impressive. After hearing this, Tang Wan naturally refused to leave.

"No, I have to testify for you."

"You don't know the situation at home, go back first."

The eldest master didn't want to delay Tang Wan, but Tang Wan was very confident and said, "My family is innocent now.

And my man is a soldier, which is even more glorious."

While the eldest master was not paying attention, she quietly threw the important things in the basket together with the tattered book into the space.

"I'm going to be out for a while."

She pretended to go out to hide something, and when she came back, she saw a lot of people in the recycling station.

Xiao Hongying stood in front of the boss and said to the people from the street office in a righteous and stern manner:

"He's an old man working at a recycling station. He eats beef and white flour dumplings. He must be disgusted."

Wang Zhiqiang, who was standing next to her, wanted to pull Xiao Hongying back, "Hongying, don't go too far."

"I'm doing justice!"

Xiao Hongying snorted softly, and the people from the street office looked at the boss.