"My mouth is watering just smelling it. Hurry up, I haven't eaten lunch yet."
The three sat at the dining table. Zhang Hongmei picked up a thin pancake, peeled it open, and although it wasn't so thin that you could see your reflection in it, it was still very thin.
He picked up a bean sprout, added two slices of fried meat, wrapped it up, and handed it to Zhang Shouyi.
"Brother Zhang, why don't you try it? Is it delicious?"
Zhang Shouyi took it and took a big bite; at least a third of the pancake was gone.
"It's delicious. I've never tasted this flavor in spring pancakes before."
"There's no fried meat in it. Xiao Li, you eat too, don't worry, there's enough. I'm not hungry yet, I only made dinner because I was angry, otherwise I would have just had a cup of milk powder." Zhang Hongmei didn't stop, she rolled up another pancake for Zhang Shouyi.
Zhang Shouyi asked calmly, "Who are you angry with?"
"The neighbor to the west, huh? She's so old, so annoying. She thinks she can coerce me with her so-called morality? Dream on. I'm the kind of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. Who's afraid of who?"
Zhang Shouyi had almost finished his second pancake, so Zhang Hongmei had no choice but to roll up a third one for him and then rolled up a fourth one as well, placing it on the plate in front of him.
Xiao Li was also eating, and had already eaten three pieces before slowing down.
"What exactly happened?"
Xiao Li thought to himself, "Doesn't the Party Secretary know everything?"
“It’s nothing, she just asked me to tutor her granddaughter. I don’t have time for that, so I refused. This time she went even further, trying to threaten me with tears and a fuss. Do you think I’ll be threatened by her?”
“Hongmei, shall we go and stay at Xinyuan? The people will be here this weekend, and you won’t have to eat in the school cafeteria anymore.”
"I'm not going. I'll stay here. I'm used to it."
Zhang Shouyi was at a loss looking at Zhang Hongmei like this; this stubborn girl was really something else.
Zhang Hongmei got up and went to the kitchen, bringing out two bowls of milk.
"There's no porridge, so let's have milk powder instead."
The two of them ate all twelve pancakes.
"Hongmei, what are you trying to do by cooking meat in the yard?"
"I'm just so angry. Aren't they envious of how well I eat? Fine, I'll eat well then, so what?"
Zhang Shouyi smiled and shook his head; he still had the heart of a child.
"Are you not angry now?"
"I'm not angry anymore. What's the big deal? It's not worth it. I live my own life, and I'm not someone to be trifled with."
"That's good, it's good that you can think positively. I have to go back to work, you should rest too."
"Okay, don't overwork yourself, take a break, there's still work to be done."
"Okay, I'm leaving."
While the two of them were chatting, Xiao Li had already tidied up the kitchen, even bringing in the stove. Seeing that the coal hadn't been used up, he also put a kettle of water on it.
After seeing Zhang Shouyi off, Zhang Hongmei found her own childishness quite amusing.
I went into the space to take a shower, ate a bowl of wontons, and then went to sleep.
The next day, I still took two sesame seed cakes to school. I really didn't want to go to the cafeteria, and I knew that appearing in front of my classmates might get me more votes in the election, but I also really hated the way everyone looked at me like I was a monkey.
By Friday, the voting had ended, and Zhang Hongmei had been shortlisted with an overwhelming majority. The remaining step was for the student council members to vote for the vice president.
The three shortlisted candidates are from the Department of Political Science and the Department of Economics. In addition to Zhang Hongmei, there is Li Yunpeng, the class monitor of Class 21, and Liu Guangyi, the class monitor of Class 3.
There were three students from the Literature Department, but Zheng Wenhui was not among them. There was one student from the Mathematics Department.
Liu Jingze didn't go home this Friday. "Hongmei, the house cleaning crew will be there tomorrow, so please stay home and look after things."
"I understand. So, the bathroom floor is going to be re-cemented?"
"Yes, I've already explained everything to them."
"Okay, I understand."
When Zhang Hongmei returned home, she saw Xiao Li waiting at the door. She looked into the car but didn't see Zhang Shouyi.
"Zhang Hongmei, the Party Secretary asked me to tell you that he is going to the army tomorrow, and the commander has not returned either."
"Okay. Have you eaten?"
"No, the secretary has a meeting in a bit."
"Then wait a bit, there are still some steamed buns with bean paste, sweet filling, and meat filling at home, take them with you. That way you'll have something to eat."
"Okay, the secretary said he wants to eat dried sweet potatoes."
Zhang Hongmei went inside and took out some steamed buns from her spatial storage, but they were still lukewarm. There was nothing she could do but leave them as they were. She took out five meat buns, three sugar buns, and three bean buns, put them in an aluminum basin, wrapped it in a white cloth, and tied it securely.
He then packed some dried sweet potatoes into a small bag and handed it to Xiao Li.
"I put the steamed buns in the pot, they're still warm, you can eat them first."
Xiao Li just smiled and drove away without saying anything.
If I don't come to check out the rooms tomorrow, I can go out and have fun, but I can't get away tomorrow.
I'll just stop cooking and eat in my space.
We can go to Xinyuan tomorrow and overturn all the flower beds, then we can plant flowers next Saturday.
Someone knocked on the door at six o'clock on Saturday morning. Zhang Hongmei hurriedly got up to open the door for them.
Three men were pushing a cart outside the gate, full of lime blocks, along with a large pot, brushes, and a high stool. They entered Liu Jingze's yard and began working.
Seeing that she had nothing else to do, Zhang Hongmei went home to wash up and eat.
When I came over after dinner, I saw that they had already put the lime into the pot and added water.
"Master, is lunch provided?"
"Comrade, no need. The employer has given us extra money. We'll eat it ourselves. You can go about your business."
"Okay, I'll bring a thermos in a bit. You can drink hot water if you're thirsty. I have to go out for a bit, I'll be back at noon."
"Thank you, comrade. You can go ahead and get busy. The three of us have been doing this job for half our lives."
When Zhang Hongmei returned home, she carried a thermos and a rice bowl and delivered them over.
Upon arriving at Xinyuan, we found a large pickaxe in the gatehouse's storeroom and began tilling the ground from the first garden entrance. It took us an hour just to till the ground around one large flower bed and one small flower bed.
I haven't done farm work for over a year and I feel extremely tired.
After drinking a cup of spiritual spring water, I was about to go to work in the flower bed in the second courtyard when I suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Holding a large pickaxe, he walked to the door in confusion. "Who's knocking?"
"It's me, Xiao Li. The Party Secretary sent someone over."
Zhang Hongmei opened the door and saw that besides Xiao Li, there was also the elderly couple outside. They both looked to be in their sixties, but they were very energetic.
The three men were stunned for a moment when they saw the large pickaxe in Zhang Hongmei's hand.
"Zhang Hongmei, what's going on?"
"Oh, I went to the market last Saturday and ordered a lot of rose branches. They can be planted next Saturday. I came over to turn the soil today since I had nothing to do."
"You don't need to do this job." If the Party Secretary finds out, he'll give me a hard time again.
"Yes, young lady, we're here. We'll leave it to you and my husband," the woman said cheerfully.
"Zhang Hongmei, this is Uncle Li and Aunt Li. They will be living in Xinyuan from now on."
"Welcome, Uncle Li and Aunt Li, come in quickly. Haven't you eaten yet? I'll make something right away."
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