Chapter 23023 Chu Song's Little Wish
The more Lu Minglin thought about it, the more dangerous it seemed.
Although women also hold up half the sky, social customs in matters such as relationships between men and women are still traditional and conservative, and this cannot be changed overnight. Compared with men, women actually suffer more.
Chu Song, on the other hand, clearly hasn't gotten her way yet. She'll go with whoever buys her something delicious. But if she meets a scumbag...
Lu Minglin's heart was filled with alarm. On the way back, he asked Cen Zimu cryptically, "What if, I mean what if, you met a girl from the same village, and she said she liked you very much, would you agree?"
"Won't."
"What if she's actually, I mean, what if, by some chance, she's actually more likeable?"
Cen Zimu pondered for a moment and said seriously, "That won't happen. Before we went to the countryside, my parents and I promised that we wouldn't date someone there. We'll have to go back sooner or later, so we shouldn't waste their time."
Lu Minglin felt a little depressed.
"Why, are you in love?"
"Of course not." Lu Minglin changed the subject abruptly. "I just heard that some educated youth now choose to start a family and a career in the countryside."
Cen Zimu: "Everyone has their own choices. I can't do it anyway. Are you willing to abandon your family and stay in Luhua Brigade forever?" Lu Minglin lowered his eyes and said nothing more.
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Chu Song discovered that Lu Minglin began to avoid her. Specifically, when they met on the street sometimes, she would greet him with a smile, and everyone else would respond enthusiastically, but he would be evasive, looking guilty.
Or if they saw her from afar, they would turn around and take a detour as if they had seen a ghost.
I really can’t afford this. Chu Song curled his lips and decisively kicked the person out of the top spot in the free love plan.
However, perhaps God likes to play tricks on people. The more Lu Minglin tried to avoid Chu Song, the more times they came into contact.
Just then, Chu Hang came over early in the morning to invite him to his home. He was lucky enough. After scattering the poisoned soybeans, he picked up two pheasants a few days later, one big and one small. Although they looked skinny, they were barely enough for a meal.
Lu Minglin couldn't refuse, so when he and Cen Zimu came to the house, they brought a piece of fresh pork belly. It would be bad to go there empty-handed and eat and drink for free.
Chu Song had originally let him go, but seeing this, he couldn't help but be in love again.
"Brother Minglin, did you buy this? Is it for me? Wow, such beautiful pork belly. Can I have the braised pork?"
Ye Xiuzhi: “…”
She quickly pulled her daughter back, lowered her eyes, glared at him as if warning, and then pushed the meat in Lu Minglin's hand back, "What are you doing? Are you looking down on your aunt? We invited you to dinner, not to covet your meat."
Lu Minglin quickly explained, "That's not the case, Aunt Ye. I wanted to eat it, so I brought it here and wanted you to help cook it so we can all eat together."
Ye Xiuzhi's expression improved a bit, but she still said, "Your meat is yours. There are so many people in our family, and you will eat it all in a few bites. So, give me the meat, and I will cook it for you later, and you can take it home and eat it yourself."
Chu Song's face suddenly fell. That meant she was out of luck.
Lu Minglin felt a little sorry for what he saw, and besides, he didn't really want to eat meat, so he said tactfully, "There's so much meat, we can't even finish it in one meal, isn't it a waste?"
Ye Xiuzhi didn't believe it. Who would complain about having too much meat? She could finish ten kilograms of meat.
"I understand!" Chu Song suddenly raised his hand.
Everyone looked over, and Ye Xiuzhi asked, "What do you understand now?"
"The educated youths at the educated youth camp are all here. If Brother Minglin takes the meat back, he definitely can't eat it secretly by himself. He likes us more than the educated youths, so even if he has to share it, he would rather give it to us!"
She dragged out the "I" for a bit too long, which made Lu Minglin's heart skip a beat. He was afraid that someone would notice something, but apart from him, no one else seemed to have heard it and their expressions remained normal.
Lu Minglin was slightly embarrassed. Not only did he wonder if he was being a little suspicious, but perhaps she didn't mean that at all.
"Really? Xiao Lu?" Ye Xiuzhi asked.
Lu Minglin's heart sank again, but fortunately he was quick-witted and realized that Ye Xiuzhi was asking about something else, so he nodded helplessly.
"Ah, you." Ye Xiuzhi sighed and said with the tone of someone who has experienced it, "No matter what, we all live under the same roof, so we should improve our relationship and not make things so awkward."
She guessed that Xiao Lu had a conflict with the people at the educated youth center. As a young man, he couldn't save face. The educated youth center had a big canteen, and he felt embarrassed to eat alone, so he brought the meat over.
This shows that in Xiao Lu's heart, their family is a close group.
Ye Xiuzhi was still quite happy and nodded, "Okay, then I'll roast the meat later. What do you want to eat?"
"... Braised pork, maybe." He added guiltily, "Chu Song's words have made me want to eat some too."
"Okay." Ye Xiuzhi agreed readily.
Chu Song was celebrating her cleverness in getting to eat the braised pork when Ye Xiuzhi suddenly pulled her into the kitchen and warned her, "Wait a minute, Xiao Lu's meat will be served, and you are not allowed to eat it."
Chu Song: ???
"You're so shameless! I'll fry pheasant for you today. It's guaranteed to be much more delicious than the braised pork. It'll be enough for you to eat."
How could Chu Song be happy? "Well, I have a good appetite, I want to eat it all, but I can only look but not eat, which is too painful!"
"mother---"
Ye Xiuzhi was unmoved: "It's no use throwing a tantrum, and it's no use acting like a spoiled child. Just be good, and I'll grant you a wish."
"My wish is to eat braised pork."
Ye Xiuzhi's face turned pale, and Chu Song immediately changed his words: "Then I want new clothes for the New Year. Although I am naturally beautiful, wearing such ugly clothes always feels like it blocks my beauty. Sigh."
Ye Xiuzhi was amused by her and deliberately said, "It's just two eyes and one nose. I don't think there's anything special about it."
"mother!"
Ye Xiuzhi: "Okay, be good, and I'll take you to the city in a few days to buy cloth to make clothes."
In fact, she felt that her daughter had grown up and become a big girl, no longer a child, and it was time to buy her a new set of clothes. Therefore, when Chu Song mentioned it, she agreed.
"Really? Mom, you didn't lie to me, did you?"
"You think I'm you? You're just talking nonsense, not telling the truth."
Thinking of new clothes, Chu Song's desire to eat braised pork faded. She had begged Ye Xiuzhi several times before, but she just refused to buy her new clothes, saying that her clothes had only been worn for three years and were still brand new. People only change their clothes when their clothes can no longer be worn.
Chu Song: "However, I can only promise that I won't take the initiative to clamp it. Let's make a pinky promise."
Ye Xiuzhi snorted and laughed: "If you don't pick it up, how can it fly into your mouth?"
Chu Song: "That's not certain, what if it flies over?"
Ye Xiuzhi didn't take it seriously. After preparing the meal, she invited everyone to the table to eat.
The Chu family knew that the braised pork on the table was brought by Lu Minglin, so they tacitly skipped it and only ate other dishes.
No matter how slow Lu Minglin was, he realized that something was wrong. He was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He had never expected that Aunt Ye had this trick up her sleeve.
It was obvious that Chu Song would not eat meat, so he must have been warned secretly.
...I'm afraid he's cursing in his heart right now.
Lu Minglin picked up the serving chopsticks and gave her the braised pork. Of course, he didn't do it so obviously and gave it to Chu Hang, Chu Heng and the others first.
"Everyone eat, don't be polite. If you all don't eat, I'll feel embarrassed to eat too."
Chu Song glanced at Ye Xiuzhi's face, his emotional intelligence online, and he gave Lu Minglin another helping: "You eat it."
Of course, she also did not forget to serve water, and also picked up some for Cen Zimu, and said sweetly: "Brother Zimu, you can eat too, my mother's cooking skills are very good."
She used serving chopsticks. Originally, the Chu family did not have this habit, and the entire Luhua Brigade did not have this habit either.
In those days, people in the countryside didn't pay much attention to these things, but Chu Song insisted. Ye Xiuzhi was helpless against her pestering, but since there were plenty of chopsticks at home, she just let her do what she wanted.
Everyone was quite curious about this kind of city dweller behavior, and Chu Song explained it very clearly. Although they didn't understand what fungi he was talking about, everyone followed his example.
Especially Chai Xueqi, who was pregnant with a baby, became more cautious after being frightened by Chu Song's exaggerated words.
Ye Xiuzhi was really helpless. Picking food from others at the dinner table seemed like she was treating them as outsiders and was very distant!
She took the lead and took a piece. "It's my fault. Come on, everyone, eat. Xiao Lu and Xiao Cen, you must come to our house often in the future."
Chu Yaoguo nodded and said, "This pheasant meat tastes good too. You guys should eat more."
Lu Minglin smiled, and Cen Zimu exaggerated: "As long as Uncle Chu and Aunt Ye don't mind, I will come to disturb you every three days."
Ye Xiuzhi smiled and said, "Come on, just come. I'll have you for dinner at my aunt's house anyway."
Since Ye Xiuzhi said so, Chu Song had no worries. With braised pork in one chopstick in the left hand and pheasant in the other, and since she had new clothes to wear, she generously put Lu Minglin back on the list of free love.
Just refuse it, after all, he gave too much. Big Brother on the list, he was a little arrogant, that was forgivable, she didn't mind at all!
Chu Song was not only full, but also in a good mood.
Later, life returned to the same routine as before. The days of having pheasant and braised pork were gone forever. Chu Song took the initiative to propose to go digging winter bamboo shoots.
Winter bamboo shoots taste good even without meat.
"Oh, the weather is changing. You are so diligent today." Ye Xiuzhi teased.
"I've always been very diligent, huh, but you just don't understand what I'm busy with."
Ye Xiuzhi thought: Then she really doesn’t know, after all, she is busy entertaining cats and dogs every day.
Chu Song went to find Fang Qingrong with a basket on her back. She hadn't seen her for a while, so she went straight to her door. It was Weng Fengwei who opened the door for her.
Regardless of anything, Chu Songxian showed the smile that elders loved the most and said sweetly, "Good afternoon, grandma."
Weng Fengwei was still the same, nodding indifferently, and didn't seem moved by her at all.
Chu Song poked his head out and asked, "Is Comrade Xiaofang here? I'm here to dig winter bamboo shoots with him." Weng Fengwei leaned over and said, "Come in."
Fang Qingrong was weaving bamboo baskets in the yard. When she saw Chu Song coming in, she was stunned for a moment. She lost her balance in her hands and got cut by the bamboo strips. He didn't pay much attention to it and wiped off the blood.
"Chu, Chu Song?"
"Yeah, let's go dig winter bamboo shoots together?"
Before Fang Qingrong could say anything, Chu Song had already come closer with curiosity to look at the half-woven bamboo basket he had made. He was very skillful and the bamboo basket he wove was thin and dense, looking solid, completely different from Chu Song's small, broken backpack.
Fang Qingrong asked softly, "Do you like it?"
Chu Song nodded, "I love it!"
"Then I'll make one for you too."
"Okay, I want a backpack, the kind I carry. Is that okay?"
Fang Qingrong nodded, the backpack and bamboo basket were similar, "Okay."
“That’s great!”
After just a few words, Chu Songbai earned a new backpack and contentedly took Fang Qingrong with him to dig winter bamboo shoots. She said sweetly, "Goodbye, Grandma! When we're done digging, ask Comrade Xiao Fang to stir-fry them for you. They're incredibly delicious, you must try them!"
Weng Fengwei feigned impatience and waved his hand: "Got it."
After they walked out the door, Chu Songcai asked, "Did you scratch your hand just now?" She saw it all.
"Yeah, just a minor wound."
"No, what if it's infected? Let me take a look."
Fang Qingrong had no choice but to stretch out his hand. There was a cut about two centimeters long on his right index finger. It was not deep. He was young and recovered well, and the bleeding had stopped by now.
"Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
Chu Song pretended not to hear. Even if it didn't hurt, it would hurt, otherwise how could she continue?
She took Fang Qingrong's hand and blew on it in a very artificial and subtle way, "Then I'll blow on you, and it won't hurt anymore."
Chu Song himself was a little disgusted.
But there is no way. Things are different now. She is no longer a rich second-generation. She can't open the champagne and can only play some free tricks.
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