Su Qingxue followed Grandma Zhang into the yard.
After looking around, I felt that the whole yard was very clean.
Everything was tidied up neatly, and he looked like someone who knew how to manage a household.
While Grandma Zhang wasn't paying attention, I took out half a pound of brown sugar from the space and put it in the backpack. I had forgotten about it at first.
I feel like it would be easier to ask for something as a gift.
Grandma Zhang was quite welcoming and welcomed her straight into the living room.
"Please sit down for a moment. I'll get you a glass of water."
"Grandma Zhang, no need to pour water, I'm not thirsty at all."
Su Qingxue quickly refused, but unfortunately Grandma Zhang was too quick and agile, and she disappeared before she could finish her words.
Although Grandma Zhang looks like she is in her 60s and has very nimble legs and feet, some people would believe she is in her 40s.
While Grandma Zhang was not in the living room, Su Qingxue looked around the entire room.
The entire main house is made of bricks and tiles, with a living room in the middle and two doors on each side, which is equivalent to four rooms.
I measured the distance between the two doors in my mind and felt that each room was quite wide.
Suddenly, I became curious: where do we heat the kang in winter?
It seems that the houses where the villagers live are particularly spacious. When I just came in, I found that the yard of the old village chief’s house was particularly large.
In addition to the main house, there are two slightly shorter rooms in the right corner.
I guess it should be the kitchen and utility room.
When I just came in, my eyes glanced at a corner at the back and it seemed that vegetables were also planted there.
Even now, sitting in the living room, I can still hear the crowing of chickens behind the house.
I guess Grandma Zhang’s private plot of land is not here.
Using so many adobe bricks to enclose such a large yard is quite a feat.
It seems that what everyone in the village said about the old village chief's family being well off is actually true.
In less than two minutes, Grandma Zhang came in from the kitchen outside with a cup of brown sugar water in her hand.
Su Qingxue was stunned. This was the first generous person she had met.
"Grandma Zhang, brown sugar water is so precious, it's a waste to let me drink it. I'm in good health and don't need to replenish it. Grandma Zhang, please keep it for yourself. Elderly people should eat more good food, which is better for their health."
I quickly declined, not only because I didn't like drinking this sweet thing, but also because in today's rural areas, brown sugar is a precious thing and it will not be used unless there is something good.
Suddenly I felt like I was a little bit uncooperative with her brown sugar water.
After all, they didn't ask me for help, so I was too hospitable.
Zhang Cuihua saw that Su Zhiqing was so polite and good-looking, and she liked good-looking people.
So she generously took out the brown sugar water that she was reluctant to drink.
"Su Zhiqing, don't be so polite. Just drink it if you are offered it. Your family can afford this little bit."
Su Qingxue really couldn't refuse, especially since it had already been brought to her.
Fortunately, she had just put half a pound of brown sugar in the backpack, otherwise she would have been embarrassed to drink other people's food.
"Thank you, Grandma Zhang. I brought you something. I hope you won't mind."
Just put the half pound of brown sugar on the table.
Grandma Zhang recognized the brown sugar wrapped in oil paper at a glance. Even without knowing how to handle it, she could guess its approximate weight just by taking a glance.
"Su Zhiqing, you are so polite. You came here just as you said you would. What did you bring? It's not easy for you to come here from the countryside. Take some back and keep it for yourself. Especially when you are working hard or feeling unwell every month, drinking more is good for your health."
Grandma Zhang is so direct!
"Grandma Zhang, please don't be so polite. I've already drunk your brown sugar water, so what's wrong with giving you some brown sugar? What's more, I still have some."
After refusing several times, he finally gave away the bag of brown sugar.
Su Qingxue never thought that it would be so difficult to give a gift.
Maybe I'm just too stupid with my words!
"Calling you Su Zhiqing is really too polite. From now on, I will call you Qingxue. Didn't you say you wanted to exchange vegetables this time? What vegetables do you want to exchange? Let's go to the private plot and pick them now. We can't delay you from going to work."
"Grandma Zhang, I don't know what vegetables we have here at this time. How about you take me to have a look first? I'll know after I see them. I finished today's task this morning and have an afternoon to choose. I'm not in a hurry, but I don't know if it will delay Grandma Zhang's business. If Grandma Zhang doesn't have time, I can come next time."
"Oh, Qingxue is really amazing. She finished a day's work in just one morning. She is really capable."
"It's lunchtime now, and I don't have anything to do. Let's go now. You can pick up the vegetables this afternoon and dry them if they need to be dried, and pickle them if they need to be pickled."
"Thank you, Grandma Zhang."
Thinking of her own little plot of land, Su Qingxue asked embarrassedly, "By the way, Grandma Zhang, yesterday the team leader distributed some plots of land to us new educated youth, but I don't know what vegetables we can grow here at this time. So I want to exchange some seedlings with Grandma Zhang."
Grandma Zhang was still very talkative, especially to Su Zhiqing, who was polite and good-looking. She was even more talkative.
"Okay, don't worry. I'll go get a backpack and we'll go to our private plot now. I'll pick some cabbage for you later. As for whether to exchange it or not, forget it. It's not worth much."
Although Su Qingxue sometimes does not have a strong sense of morality, or she feels that she has no morals, she would not do anything to take advantage of the elderly.
"Grandma Zhang, we agreed to exchange it, so you can't go back on your word. You still have to accept the things, or I'll go to someone else's house to exchange them. I don't have the face to take your things for nothing."
Grandma Zhang was just testing the waters. If she said she would give it to her for free and she went up the ladder, she would definitely not exchange the vegetables for her.
Fortunately, what I said made her quite satisfied.
"Okay, okay, it's up to you. Is this okay?"
Su Qingxue felt that it was quite easy to talk to this old lady. Although small people were shrewd in their own way, she was still quite simple and honest.
"Sure, Grandma Zhang, is there anything you want? I have soaps I bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, soaps and various defective cloths, or you can just exchange them for money, I'm fine with either."
Grandma Zhang didn't lack for anything. Her eldest grandson was a driver and traveled around several nearby provinces, bringing back a lot of things that were useful for the family.
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