"Here are some wild vegetables. You can cook them as you like. I'll process the bamboo shoots first. They can be rinsed in water and dried later, and stored for later consumption." After Qiao Xiazhi finished speaking, he moved a small stool, sat down, and began to peel and shell the bamboo shoots.
Looking at Qiao Xiazhi, Chen Li studied her for a long time and thought that she was so busy that she felt dizzy and had seen the wrong person.
But the person sitting there peeling bamboo shoots in the yard was Qiao Xiazhi, no doubt about it. Could it be that this trip out really changed him as Daguo said? For the better?
But think about it, it’s normal to change. When you grow up and understand some things, you will change.
It’s good that things have gotten better. It would be great if the family could live in harmony in the future.
Chen Li went into the kitchen to cook, while Qiao Xiazhi was peeling bamboo shoots in the yard.
She saved some of the smaller ones to make hand-peeled bamboo shoots at home in the afternoon.
As soon as lunch was ready, everyone in the family came back.
As for Qiao Xiazhi's matter, when everyone asked about it when Qiao Daguo went to work just now, he had almost told everything.
Naturally, everyone in the Qiao family knew what happened in the city.
However, the family members were not very clear about Qiao Xiazhi’s change. They were worried that Qiao Xiazhi would be unhappy. Everyone was very cautious when they came back, and no one dared to speak first.
Instead, Qiao Xiazhi took out all the things he brought back from the city.
"Grandpa, this is a pack of cigarettes that a friend from the police station bought for you and dad to thank me and my elder brother."
"Grandma, this is malted milk. It's nutritious. You can use it to make some water from time to time. Don't be reluctant to drink it. It will be wasted if it expires."
"Mom, this is yours, and the others are for my sister-in-law and my younger sister. You can each have a piece of brown sugar, and the rest are all mine."
"Also, there were originally four packs of Little White Rabbit candies, but I ate some on the way back, so there are only three and a half packs left. I'll give the half pack to mom and grandma to sweeten their mouths, and the other three packs will be given to me, my sister-in-law, and my younger sister, one each."
After seeing Qiao Xiazhi's final move, Hongtang divided the money into three pieces for himself, which made everyone feel a little more normal.
However, even so, everyone was still very shocked.
If it were the previous Qiao Xiazhi, he would never have thought of sharing these good things.
Absolutely all about themselves.
Of course she can’t smoke cigarettes, but she might take them out, and the rest depends on her mood.
But now she took them all out and shared them out, giving everyone one.
Except for Qiao Daguo.
However, when Qiao Daguo was in the city, he had plenty of good food and drinks, so he didn't suffer any loss.
Who told him not to smoke or drink?
"Brother? It's your turn." Qiao Xiazhi reminded after distributing the things.
Qiao Daguo then realized that his sister had given him sixty yuan.
Then he quickly returned to the house and took out the sixty yuan from his innermost purse.
"These sixty yuan are the money Xia Zhi got from selling a small jade ring that Zhao Zhazha, the one that Zhao Zhiqing gave her. Grandma, I'm giving it to you now."
After saying this, everyone looked at Qiao Xiazhi in shock. Qiao Xiazhi still said the same thing:
"Our family has done so much for him in the past two years. Before the Chinese New Year, he returned to the city and gave me a small jade ring to keep me stable. Now that I have nothing to do with him anymore, I will exchange it for money, which can be regarded as compensation for our efforts in the past two years."
"I originally changed 65 yuan, 60 yuan for grandma, and the remaining 5 yuan was used to buy some things for the grandma of my friend at the police station."
"We've been eating and drinking at their house these past few days, so we can't just not show any appreciation. As for the rest, I'll take it."
"Also, for pointing out that scumbag Zhao, the police station gave me two dollars as compensation for lost work, and I took it."
"That's all. I'm hungry, let's eat." After saying this, Qiao Xiazhi picked up the bowl and started eating.
This feeling was right at this moment, so the Qiao family stopped asking further questions, for fear that if they asked too much, she would get angry again.
It’s good now, at least I’m not as selfish as before.
After dinner, Qiao Xiazhi said, "Let me wash the dishes."
Hearing this, Qiao Dongzhi quickly stood up from the stool and said:
"I'll do it, I'll do it. I've always done this kind of work. Second sister, you've been out for a while and it's been hard. You should take a break. I'll do it."
Qiao Xiazhi didn't bother to be polite with her, "Okay, I'll leave it to you. I'll go take care of the bamboo shoots."
Qiao Dongzhi stood there in a daze, thinking, Second sister, you can ask again. If you ask again, I will give you the job of washing dishes.
Sure enough, my second sister had changed, but not much.
But considering that she gave brown sugar and milk candy, she was content.
In the afternoon, everyone in the Qiao family went to work except Qiao Xiazhi. After Qiao Xiazhi dried the bamboo shoots at home, she chilled the cooked mung bean soup with well water. When it was cold, she gave it to her family to drink to cool down.
Seeing Qiao Xiazhi coming over with a basket, Qiao Daguo, who was planting rice in the rice field, said, "Why is Xiazhi here? It's so hot."
Just after he finished speaking, Qiao Xiazhi called out, "Grandma, Dad, Mom, I made some mung bean water for you, come and try it."
Upon hearing this, the villagers started to make a fuss.
"Hey, Xiazhi, you have grown up since your trip to the city. It's rare that you know to bring mung bean water to your grandparents and parents."
"Hey, I was young and ignorant before, but now I have to learn to grow up. I have boiled a big pot of mung bean water. Uncles and aunts who don't mind can have a taste."
When they were told that they could try it, everyone had nothing else to say. They quickly put down their work and went forward to try it. If they went too late, they might not be able to get a taste.
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