Chapter 5: Uncles are more caring

Seeing Jiang Duo's sharp eyes scrutinizing her, Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat.

Was her current "pretending to be well-behaved" look too different from the original owner?

She immediately put away the smile on her face, frowned at Jiang Duo who was looking at her, and said unhappily: "Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't you just leave? Didn't you come back to see me for something?" Jiang

Duo: "..."

This woman changes her face so quickly.

He gathered his thoughts and said: "Tomorrow afternoon I will take time to take you to the city to buy some wedding necessities."

Hearing about going to the city, Mingzhu's eyes lit up and she responded readily: "Okay!"

Of course she couldn't miss such a good opportunity. In the 1970s, there were business opportunities everywhere.

Jiang Duo stared at her and frowned after hearing what she said. Mingzhu regretted and wanted to slap herself.

Stop talking, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make.

"I'm going to the river to wash clothes. Do you have anything else to do?"

"No, goodbye." Jiang Duo said, turned around and left.

Mingzhu looked at his back, remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way, if you don't mind, come to my house for a simple meal in the evening. You should know my situation. I live with my aunt. My aunt... well, she's not in a very good mood. You should come and see for yourself. If you can't accept it, we will cancel the engagement and I will return your betrothal money."

When Jiang Duo heard about the cancellation of the engagement, he turned around and looked at Mingzhu with some surprise.

Others said that she was rude and unreasonable, but what she said was... very normal and reasonable.

"Okay, I get it. Aren't you going to the river? I'm on my way, let's go together."

Mingzhu originally wanted to go back and study whether she had a golden finger, but since Jiang Duo said so, she couldn't refuse.

Mingzhu carried the basket full of dirty clothes, walked to Jiang Duo, and walked side by side with him.

Jiang Duo glanced at her and saw that her posture of carrying the basket was very strange. The handle of the basket kept sliding down her shoulder. Mingzhu would lift the basket up from time to time, and finally just held the basket in her arms...

He couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the basket out of her arms, put it on his shoulder, and continued to walk forward without saying a word.

Mingzhu's eyes lit up!

Wow, this guy is so likable!

She deliberately fell behind, and looked at Jiang Duo's profile quietly from the side. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

But looking at his age...

"By the way, Captain Jiang, how old are you?"

Jiang Duo hesitated for a moment, and finally said truthfully: "I was born on the day of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and I will be 27 years old in two months." He

is actually three years younger than her. Does this count as... an old cow eating young grass?

Seeing Mingzhu didn't say anything, Jiang Duo thought she thought she was too old, and unconsciously revealed a bit of awkwardness in his tone: "I am nine years older than you. Calculated, our ages are indeed not a good match."

Mingzhu then remembered that she was no longer the 30-year-old doctor Mingzhu, but the tender and soft 18-year-old little girl from Xiaojing Village.

She hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay. I don't mind you. An uncle is more caring."

Jiang Duo frowned slightly. He wasn't old enough to be her uncle, was he?

The two walked quietly on the small dirt road leading to the river. The hot wind in August was wrapped in bursts of cicadas, making people irritable.

But looking at Mingzhu's bright smile at this moment, Jiang Duo's heart inexplicably calmed down.

After he sent Mingzhu to the river, he accompanied her to find a place with willow shade, helped her move two stones, one for sitting and the other for washing clothes, and left after everything was ready.

Mingzhu took off her shoes and sat down, put her feet in the water, and took out the clothes in the basket one by one to wash.

In the 1970s, not only was the air good, but the sky was also very blue.

She put her feet in the water, and immediately two big fish circled around her -

Mingzhu had an idea, picked up the empty woven basket beside her, and threw it into the water, and the two fish were trapped in the basket without moving.

This is too honest!

Mingzhu wanted to go home, but she was so happy in her heart. Her family is very poor now, and they don’t even have white flour.

Even though they are so poor, she still has the courage to invite Jiang Duo to dinner in the evening!

When she was washing clothes, she was still thinking about what to treat him to.

Now, she can use her amazing cooking skills to stew a fish, so delicious!

Mingzhu spent more than two hours to wash a basket of patched clothes and bed sheets.

It was too heavy to carry the wet clothes back, so she simply hung them on the grass by the river.

While the clothes were still wet, she turned over the stones by the river and touched many snails, which she pocketed in a piece of clothing with the most patches.

It was really strange. In the original owner's memory, few villagers could catch big fish or dig snails in the river, but her luck was surprisingly good today.

At around five o'clock, the clothes were dried, and she went home humming a little song with her full harvest.

In order to get home as soon as possible to prepare, she relied on the original owner's memory and took a shortcut, passing through a small path in front of a cornfield.

What a coincidence, the educated youth were working here today.

On the ridge of the field, Xu Kai was sitting with a female educated youth to rest and chat.

He saw Mingzhu coming from a distance, holding two big fishes on a straw rope in her hand, and his eyes lit up immediately!

In the past, no matter what Mingzhu did, as long as he asked, she would share it with him.

Although Mingzhu was a little abnormal this morning, as long as he said something soft, Mingzhu would definitely wag her tail and surrender to him!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly got up, left the female educated youth, and walked straight towards Mingzhu -