As Lu Chaoli spoke, he handed the candied haws to Jiang Li again. Jiang Li raised her hand and took the candied haws from his hand. The candied haws were freshly made, with the syrup still hanging on it, and the hawthorns were bright red, looking very tempting.

"Give me the chili."

As Lu Chaoli spoke, he bent down and took the bag of chili peppers from Jiang Li's hand. The bag seemed a lot smaller when it was in his hand.

"Try it now."

Under Lu Chaoli's gaze, Jiang Li slightly opened her pink lips and bit a hawthorn.

"How is it? Is it sweet?"

Jiang Li handed the candied haws in her hand to Lu Chaoli's mouth without changing her expression: "It's very sweet, try it."

Lu Chaoli was stunned for a moment, then took a bite under Jiang Li's expectant gaze.

The moment Lu Chaoli put the hawthorn into his mouth, he squinted his eyes because of the sourness. Jiang Li burst out laughing when she saw this.

However, the aftereffects became stronger and stronger, and Lu Chaoli was so sour that he put on a mask of pain, and even his neck became shorter! Jiang Li laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist. She held the candied haws in one hand, and supported her thigh with the other hand. She looked up at Lu Chaoli, who was so sour: "Is it so sour? It tastes quite sweet to me."

As she spoke, she bit another hawthorn and chewed it twice under Lu Chaoli's gaze, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly with a smile.

Lu Chaoli covered his face and looked at her in shock: "Not sour?"

"It's quite sweet." Jiang Li shook her head and looked at Lu Chaoli teasingly: "Would you like to try another one?"

Lu Chaoli nodded, bent down in front of Jiang Li and opened his mouth.

Jiang Li laughed and said, "Lu Chaoli, are you stupid? Why are you eating something sour when you can't eat it?"

Lu Chaoli looked at Jiang Li. The street was too noisy and he didn't hear what she said. He only saw her pink lips covered with syrup opening and closing, which was extremely attractive.

It must be sweet, right?

Lu Chaoli's throat slid down slightly, and the sourness in his mouth became much less severe.

Seeing that he was staring at her, Jiang Li handed the candied haws in her hand to Lu Chaoli's mouth.

Lu Chaoli took a bite. The candied haws tasted sour, but he felt particularly sweet in his heart.

"What do you want to eat later?"

Before they knew it, it was already noon, and Jiang Li planned to treat Lu Chaoli to a meal first.

"All right. I'll follow Comrade Xiao Jiang's arrangements."

Jiang Li looked around and finally saw a restaurant. She pointed to the restaurant in front and asked, "Want to go in and take a look?"

Lu Chaoli nodded, straightened his back, and instantly distanced himself from Jiang Li.

The two of them walked through the crowd towards the restaurant that Jiang Li mentioned. The small restaurant was doing good business. When they arrived at the restaurant, the seats were almost full, and the food must be quite delicious.

"You two are here to eat? Please find a seat first. Here is our menu."

When the restaurant owner saw Jiang Li and Lu Chaoli, she walked out from the counter and greeted them warmly.

Jiang Li and Lu Chaoli looked at each other, and finally found a seat by the window and sat down.

Jiang Li looked at the menu written on the table, raised her hand and moved the menu to Lu Chaoli: "See what you want to eat."

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, just watch. I'm fine. Order something you like."

"How can this be possible? I'm the host today. Come and see what you want to eat."

The two of them started to push each other around. Seeing this, the proprietress smiled and said, "Why don't I recommend some of our signature dishes to you two?"

The proprietress drew a few lines on the menu, then placed it in front of Jiang Li: "Girl, take a look at these dishes and see if they suit your taste."

Jiang Li looked at the menu in front of her. Due to the hot weather, two of the four dishes were cold dishes, and the other two were home-cooked dishes. However, one of them was spicy. Jiang Li didn't know if Lu Chaoli could eat spicy food, so she pushed the menu in front of him.

"See if there are any food taboos. Can you eat spicy food?"

Lu Chaoli glanced at the menu and said, "Sure, that's all."

"Okay, wait a moment, the food will be ready soon!"

After the proprietress finished speaking, she took the menu and went to the kitchen. Jiang Li took off her hat. The strands of hair on her forehead were already wet with sweat and were pressed against her forehead by the hat.

Jiang Lire's face turned red, and she fanned her face with her hat.

"Hu Zi and the other two will probably be wandering around town all day. I'll take Comrade Xiao Jiang somewhere after dinner."

After seeing the wet hair on her forehead, Lu Chaoli suddenly remembered a place.

Jiang Li looked at him curiously: "Where are you going?"

Lu Chaoli kept it a secret: "Comrade Xiao Jiang will know the answer later, but he will have to walk a distance."

"It's okay. I'm not tired yet. We'll go after dinner."

The food was quickly placed on the table by the proprietress. Jiang Li was curious about where Lu Chaoli would take her, so she ate faster than usual. In less than half an hour, they finished their lunch.

When it was time to pay the bill, Lu Chaoli went to the counter first, and Jiang Li hurriedly followed him.

When Lu Chaoli handed the money to the proprietress, Jiang Li grabbed his hand and said, "It was agreed that I would pay for it, so take it back now."

"It's okay, I'll do the same next time."

Lu Chaoli just wanted to spend more time alone with Jiang Li and never really thought about asking her to treat him to a meal.

As he spoke, he took Jiang Li's hand away and handed the money to the proprietress. Jiang Li pretended to be angry and said, "If you do this again, there won't be a next time."

Lu Chaoli's hand froze, and he quickly withdrew his hand as if he had touched a hot potato.

Jiang Li said with satisfaction: "That's right. There are still two meals left. Comrade Xiao Lu can let me know whenever he is free."

She took out the money from her pocket and handed it to the proprietress, then left the restaurant with Lu Chaoli.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, I was just joking when I asked you to treat me to a meal. You don't have to take it seriously."

Lu Chaoli felt a little sorry, so he stopped and explained to Jiang Li seriously.

"I'm the one who wants to treat you. Besides, didn't you just buy me some candied haws? Come on, let's go. I want to see where you're going to take me."

Jiang Li pushed Lu Chaoli's arm and walked forward. Although Lu Chaoli felt a little guilty, he still took her forward at Jiang Li's urging.

After walking for a while, the two finally arrived at their destination. Lu Chaoli wanted to take Jiang Li to none other place but the brick kiln.

Lu Chaoli had already negotiated the price with the factory manager last time. Before coming here, he told Lu's father and mother that he was going to the brick kiln to negotiate the price just to find an excuse to cover up the fact that he and Jiang Li came to the town.

The reason why he brought Jiang Li here was because there was air conditioning in the factory director's office. The weather was too hot, and Hu Zi and Xiao Fang were not going back for the time being, so Lu Chaoli planned to let Jiang Li stay in the factory director's office to enjoy the air conditioning for most of the rest of the day.

"Hey, young man, why are you here?"