Seeing Tao Qing's gaze constantly shifting between the two of them already annoyed Cui Xiang, and she subconsciously bared her teeth at him.
"Can't you speak properly? If you can't, then get lost!"
Tao Qing asked at the opportune moment.
"What's going on with you two...?"
"We have absolutely no relationship."
Cui Xiang was furious. With a dark face, she pulled Tao Qing and walked out. Huangfu Biao, with his long legs, quickly followed and explained.
"Cuixiang, Cuixiang, don't be angry. You see, Tao Qing doesn't know I'm pursuing you. I just wanted to let him know, didn't I?"
When his suspicions were confirmed, Tao Qing, though still unfamiliar with the man, realized that people in that era had a blind trust in soldiers.
Moreover, he was a demobilized soldier. Generally speaking, most people who demobilize at this age are wounded.
Since the government had already reviewed his family background, and he was able to get close to Tang Cuixiang, who had a boyish personality since childhood, he subconsciously expressed his support.
"Cuixiang, give him a friendly look. You'll only know if he's a good match after you get to know him. Brother Biao, what's your family situation like? Tell us about it."
Tang Cuixiang went up and patted Tao Qing's arm, "Brother, he's ten years older than me, ten years! Do you think that's appropriate?"
Tao Qing was speechless for a moment, then nodded in agreement after glancing between the two of them.
"He does look older than you, but I can understand, he's only been out of the military for three years."
"Although I've only been out of the military for three years, I've known her for two years, since when the market opened,"
Tang Cuixiang was too lazy to listen to their love stories. Although she hadn't figured out how to live her life yet, she was not interested in having sex with a man.
She felt she couldn't get over it just by thinking about it, so since she couldn't explain it clearly, she simply didn't respond.
Huangfu Biao felt that Tao Qing supported him, so he immediately wanted to curry favor with him and hurriedly asked Tao Qing for his specific address.
"I think we two brothers get along well, let's get to know each other. I'm currently traveling between Shandong and Henan provinces."
"You can come over at least once a month. Don't hesitate to ask if you need anything; I have comrades in Los Angeles too."
Tao Qing looked at Cui Xiang's resistant expression; it didn't seem like she was shy, but rather that she genuinely disliked talking about it.
Considering her age, he carefully chose his words and spoke to Huangfu Biao.
"My daughter has always been very competitive since she was little. You can tell how smart she is by how she jumps around while studying."
You're only eighteen when you graduate from university now. People like that have high standards, and I'm afraid I can't be of much help to you in this regard.
You can only rely on yourself. She's not the only one in her family like this; she has an older sister at Tsinghua University!
Upon hearing "Tsinghua University," Huangfu Biao instinctively widened his eyes.
"That Tsinghua University in the capital?"
"What else did you think? It was already clear that he would stay in Beijing after graduation. He studied medicine for five years, but he was too outstanding and went directly to the affiliated hospital."
"Her fifth sister is only one year older than her,"
Huangfu Biao exclaimed, "That's truly extraordinary!"
Tao Qing said this to let him know that the road ahead would not be easy, but she did not expect him to become more courageous in the face of setbacks.
"Thanks, bro. This is the only girl I've ever liked in my life. It's alright, I can wait for her to come to her senses."
Tao Qing glanced at Tang Cuixiang, who had already disappeared from sight, her lips twitched slightly, and she didn't try to persuade her anymore.
Judging from Cuixiang's attitude towards him just now, we can get a sense of her stance. Hopefully, she will stick to it to the end!
The snow had stopped, but Cuixiang hadn't forgotten her second sister, and the three of them went to find Cuiju together.
"Why go out to eat? Let's just cook something at home. I just made some dough, I'll steam a pot of buns!"
After introducing themselves, Cuiju reminded them that restaurants usually close early in this kind of weather, so it's better to eat at home.
Now Xiaojiu and Yuanyuan are both at school, and she lives alone. Before she left, Xiaojiu left behind a lot of good things.
It's no problem for four people to put together four dishes.
Cuixiang knew Cuiju's plan and turned to ask for their opinions.
Huangfu Biao was delighted to have this opportunity to get closer to her family and immediately got up.
"Since we're going to cook it ourselves, I'll go back to the guesthouse. I still have some dried seafood there, we can manage."
Before he could finish speaking, Cuiju came out from behind the curtain carrying a small cardboard box.
"Dried seafood? I have some here. Look, this is wakame seaweed, nori, sargassum, dried small fish and shrimp, and various shellfish and snail meat. How about I make some broth after the buns are steamed?"
When Huangfu Biao saw the packages of dried seafood wrapped in paper, he subconsciously took them out to examine them. He was shocked by what he saw.
"The quality is quite good. The shellfish and snail meat are big and plump enough, and these small fish and shrimp are better than the ones I brought from Qingdao. Where did they come from?"
"We just... bought them!" We can't exactly say they've been drying them at home all these years, can we?
"The quality is quite good; no wonder I smelled the distinctive scent of the ocean as soon as I came in."
Since we have guests, we must serve them the best. In addition to these dried goods, we also have canned meat and cured meat.
Of course, the two sisters didn't let the two brothers do anything; instead, they let them sit in the small living room separated by a curtain and chat while peeling garlic.
The two sisters stir-fried canned beef with shredded radish, stir-fried cured pork with garlic sprouts, and made cold garlic cabbage salad and spicy and sour kelp salad.
Finally, we cooked a pot of seafood vermicelli soup, which was served with freshly baked spicy pumpkin buns. The four of us were very satisfied with the meal.
"It's been so long since I've had pumpkin buns. Eating these buns reminds me of the taste my grandma used to make for us."
Cuiju quickly comforted Tao Qing: "It's alright, come to my place whenever you want to eat. I heard from Cuilan and the others that we make them some every few days!"
"We rarely make buns with this filling where I'm from. I didn't expect them to be so delicious. I see that they have chili peppers and garlic in them? You just need to dice the pumpkin?"
"Yes, just add some salt and mix it together. Add more garlic, and if you like it spicy, add more chili. After steaming, the pumpkin will be soft, sweet, and have a garlicky and spicy flavor. It's very satisfying."
"I'll have my mom try this when I get home. We always make soup with pumpkins at home, and your method is pretty good. Also, this spicy and sour seaweed salad tastes just like the one Cuixiang made at the restaurant."
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After the meal, the snow started falling again. Cuiju asked Cuixiang to stay, and the two of them saw Huangfu Biao and Tao Qing off at the gate.
Huangfu Biao turned back to look at her with a reluctant expression: "I will stay in Luo City for three days. I will come to see you tomorrow at noon."
Before Cuixiang could refuse, he pulled Taoqing away. Back home, facing Cuiju's ambiguous smile, Cuixiang coughed uncomfortably.
“It’s not what my second sister thinks. I didn’t agree to him. Putting aside the fact that he’s ten years older than me, I just can’t get over it psychologically.”
Cuiju never expected that Cuixiang was still thinking about her past life's identity.
"I think Huangfu Biao is sincere towards you, age is not a problem."
As for your past life, you two should spend more time together and work things out.
"Look, now that we sisters have all accepted you, what is there that we can't overcome?"
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