Although Jiang Ye didn't quite believe what Yao Qiyue said, he didn't say anything to expose her.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was a little awkward.
When Aunt Meng came with the eggs, she opened the shabby wooden door and frowned.
"July, you should change the locks and other things on the door. It's not very safe to leave the door open."
Yao Qiyue put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands and stood up to greet her: "Auntie Meng, why are you here?"
Seeing the empty room, Aunt Meng couldn't help but ask, "Why is there nothing in this room? Was it robbed?"
"I just thought you guys just moved back today, so I sent you some free-range eggs."
Aunt Meng enthusiastically handed the eggs to Yao Qiyue. Eggs are very precious nowadays.
Aunt Meng gave me ten eggs at a time.
Yao Qiuyue thought that she would have to interact with her neighbors after moving here.
I thought that I had a lot of ready-made waterless cakes in my cake shop, and I could package them up to thank those who helped put out the fire.
"Auntie, please wait here for a moment. I'll pick out the eggs and pour them out of this basket for you."
Yao Qiuyue placed the eggs next to the kitchen stove and added a few pieces of dry cake.
Looking at the storage space for the cake shop given by Jin Shu, Yao Qiyue narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.
Yao Qiyue could see it whenever she thought about her cake shop. It was a scene a bit like a mirage.
Whenever she wanted to take something from the cake shop, she could just think about it and it would appear in her hands. It was so convenient.
"Auntie Meng, these are a few small cakes I made myself. Take them back and give them to the children."
"I'm so sorry to bother you today. If you hadn't called the people from the street office, I might not be able to get the house back."
Aunt Meng saw the exquisite waterless cake and refused it repeatedly: "This is too expensive. I can't have it. You save it for Xiaobao."
Yao Qiyue stuffed the basket into Aunt Meng's arms and said in a feigned anger, "Aunt Meng, why are you being so polite to me?"
"If you do this again I'll be angry."
Aunt Meng then took the basket with a smile. It would take quite a few food coupons to buy so many cakes at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Aunt Meng no longer felt sorry for the eggs she brought, and she kept sighing in her heart that Yao Qiyue was a very capable person.
"Auntie, I'm telling you, you need to change the lock on your house as soon as possible."
"The door lock is broken. I can't sleep peacefully at night."
Yao Qiyue nodded, thinking that it was not just the lock, many things in his house needed to be replaced.
"Auntie, look at the mess my house is in and I can't leave. I'll give you some money and tickets. Please buy me one."
When Aunt Meng heard this, her face lit up with a smile. This meant that Yao Qiyue didn't treat her as an outsider.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Auntie."
Aunt Meng left Yao Qiyue's house happily. Yao Qiyue cleaned up the dishes in the kitchen and went out with Xiaobao and the packed cakes.
Yao Qiyue packed two pieces of cake for each portion, making more than ten. She took Xiaobao to the carpenter to order the bed frame.
She didn't choose expensive ones, so she just bought ready-made ones. It didn't cost her much, and the ones were simple in appearance, with basically no fancy details.
She also had to go to the blacksmith shop to order an iron pot, or she could buy a ready-made one.
Yao Qiuyue spent the entire afternoon buying most of the things that were missing in the house.
Finally she brought the cakes to the street office.
There is a big willow tree in front of the street office, and a group of children are playing skipping stones under the tree.
Xiaobao held Yao Qiyue's hand and watched others play with eager eyes.
Yao Qiyue held Xiaobao and watched for a while, and found that the game of jumping stones was as simple as Gobang.
"Wait until you get home and let your dad play with you."
Xiaobao stared at the stones on the ground with burning eyes and asked cautiously, "What if my dad doesn't want to play with me?"
Yao Qiyue frowned and thought hard before saying, "No, your dad loves playing with you the most."
At this time, the street office was about to close, and Li Ping listened dejectedly to two old ladies arguing over a chicken.
Seeing Yao Qiyue holding the child was like seeing a savior.
"July, why are you here?"
Yao Qiyue didn't go in to disturb others' work. She stood at the door waiting for Director Li to come out.
He handed over the packaged waterless cake: "This is a pastry I made when I had nothing to do. I brought it over for you and Secretary Zhang to try."
Secretary Li shook his head and refused to take the cake that Yao Qiyue handed over: "We can't have it."
"We are all serving the people and we must not take a single needle or thread from them."
Yao Qiyue pretended to be angry and asked, "Don't you like what I made?"
"You guys helped me so much today, I don't know how to thank you enough."
"It's not much I give you, just a token of my appreciation. Please accept it!"
Secretary Li looked down and saw that what Yao Qiyue was holding was indeed not very big, so he thought it could not be too valuable.
She then reluctantly accepted it.
"Well, then I'll thank you on behalf of Secretary Zhang."
After meeting Director Li, Yao Qiuyue hurried home.
According to the time, the wooden bed and iron pot that I just ordered should arrive.
Sure enough, when Yao Qiyue and her son arrived home, the iron pot was already installed on the stove.
The wooden bed was also built.
Today's wooden beds are very simple and can be built with just two pieces of wood.
Jiang Ye dragged his sick body and spread the quilt he brought with him on the bed.
Yao Qiyue watched Jiang Ye make the bed and was about to bend down and cough a few times.
She walked over and patted Jiang Ye on the back so that he could relax a little.
"Let me make the bed!"
"Xiaobao saw others playing pebbles outside today and was envious."
"Take him to the yard to play for a while."
Jiang Ye replied softly, "Okay."
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Yao Qiyue tidied up her new home with swift hands and feet. It wasn't that she was fast at tidying up, but the house was really bare and there were few usable things.
On the first day of moving, Yao Qiyue replaced the lock bought by Aunt Meng at night and had a rare good night's sleep.
The next morning, before dawn, Jiang Mei hurried to Yao's house.
"Brother, it's bad, Xiaojie fell into the water."
Yao Qiyue put on her coat sleepily and saw Jiang Mei standing stiffly in the Yao family yard with her two pigtails crooked.
Yao Qiuyue filled an enamel pot with water and handed it to Jiang Mei.
"Don't be anxious, catch your breath first."
Jiang Mei held the enamel pot and couldn't stop crying.
"Click, click."
Jiang Mei is fourteen years old and is in the first grade of junior high school this year. She looks well-behaved and has a personality very similar to Jiang Ye. Both are good kids who love reading.
"Sister-in-law, our mother brought Xiaojie back home last night and forgot to lock the door."
"When I opened my eyes in the morning, Xiaojie was gone."
"My mother and I went out to look for Xiaojie and found that he had walked out of the city by himself and fell into the moat."
"If someone hadn't seen Xiaojie and saved his life, he would never have come back."
Jiang Mei was afraid that she would never see Xiao Jie again, so she was nervous all the way.
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