At that time, an ice cream was not cheap; it cost three cents.
Luo Linlin was shocked by the price; one popsicle was worth three or four eggs!
However, being able to eat cool and sweet popsicles in the middle of summer is truly a wonderful thing.
If Luo Linlin hadn't known the price of the popsicles beforehand, she might have accepted the kindness of the Xu family.
But now, she was hesitant, even though her lips were cracked and dry.
"Hey, isn't that Wang Jing and her parents? They're here to buy things too?"
Just as Luo Linlin was thinking about how to decline, she saw Wang Jing and her parents, and immediately changed the subject.
Xu Manni followed her gaze and smiled, "It really is! What a coincidence! Mom, let's go say hello, and you can buy a few more popsicles."
After she finished speaking, she pulled Luo Linlin along and walked towards the Wang family father and daughter.
"Wang Jing, what a coincidence, you're here to buy things too? Have you bought everything?" Xu Manni asked with a smile, and then politely greeted Wang's parents.
Wang Jing was slightly taken aback when she saw her roommates, but she still smiled and said, "We're almost done, we're about to go back to the dorm. What about you guys?"
She was just being polite, but then she heard Xu Manni say that they had also bought their things and would go back to their dorm together.
Well, they were classmates and roommates, and Wang Jing didn't know what had happened in the dormitory, so she didn't refuse.
However, after they left the department store together, Xu's mother also came out from the side, holding eight popsicles in her hand, and enthusiastically stuffed them into their hands.
Wang's parents were a little unaccustomed to it at first, but since the person handed it over with a smile and said it would melt if they didn't eat it, they had no choice but to accept it.
But I still feel a little uncomfortable. Even though the kids are roommates, who knows what kind of people other people's kids are?
However, they were too embarrassed to show it. Luckily, they bought some snacks for the child, otherwise they would have incurred a favor for no reason.
The weather in the mountain city is already hot, and now the outdoor temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius. The popsicles started to melt as soon as they left the department store.
In order not to waste the three-cent popsicles, everyone disregarded everything else and rushed to eat them.
Luo Linlin was very excited when she tasted the cool and sweet popsicle. To be honest, she had never eaten popsicle before.
The main problem is that there's no electricity in their town, and although there is in the county, they don't sell these popsicles. Even if they did, she wouldn't be willing to eat them.
This tiny piece costs three cents, and three cents is enough for her to buy steamed buns and porridge for two breakfasts.
She only dared to accept the ice cream because the Wang family members accepted it; otherwise, she wouldn't have dared.
Fortunately, the department store wasn't too far from the school, so when they returned to their dormitory, the popsicles that Xu's mother had brought for Xu Qinghuan and Liu Shile hadn't completely melted yet.
However, if we don't eat it soon, it will all turn into a puddle of water, and nothing will be left.
As soon as Xu Manni returned to the dormitory, she greeted Xu Qinghuan and Liu Shile with a smile, but neither of them responded. Wouldn't it be better to take a nap in the middle of the day?
"Liu Shile, Xu Qinghuan, get up and eat ice cream." Xu Manni didn't reach out to lift the bed curtains of Xu Qinghuan and Liu Shile, but simply called softly from the bedside.
Liu Shile wasn't asleep. Actually, she had quite a strong mental capacity these days, so it didn't matter whether she slept or not. But she didn't really want to pay attention to Xu Manni, so she remained silent.
Seeing this, Xu's mother's expression was not very good. It had only been about ten minutes since they went out and came back. Did these two girls really fall asleep so quickly?
impossible!
It was summer, and the air was filled with the noisy chirping of cicadas, so she assumed the two girls were pretending to be asleep.
The mother, though puzzled, smiled understandingly and said, "These two children are taking a nap, so let's not disturb them. Sister Xu, you should eat your popsicles now."
It's still three cents, it's a shame to waste it like this.
In front of outsiders, Xu's mother really couldn't bring herself to loudly wake up someone else's child.
So in the end, she had no choice but to give the two popsicles to Wong Jing and Law Lin-lin, but unfortunately neither of them would accept them, and in the end, no one took them after they were passed around.
And so, the two popsicles were wasted.
Although Xu's mother didn't care about this little bit of money, she hated the two brats who had embarrassed her, especially the one from the countryside.
She's clearly a country bumpkin, yet she's incredibly arrogant. Who gives her that confidence?
After packing up her daughter's things, Wang's mother left the school with Wang's father. Xu's mother couldn't stay there any longer, so she decided to go straight home.
Of course, this was because her daughter gestured a few times on her hand, and she understood the meaning—it was to reassure her.
That's why she didn't linger there any longer. She glared at Liu Shile's bed in secret before turning and leaving.
Once the adults left, only a few girls remained in the dormitory. Liu Shile and Xu Qinghuan were taking a nap, so Wang Jing and the others didn't make much noise.
System, oh system, when will I be able to control everything on the farm while I'm in reality?
"Beep, please upgrade your farm to level 100." Liu Shile had only asked this out of boredom, but the system, which hadn't shown up for ages, actually gave her a prompt.
Reaching level 100 sounds easy, but can you actually do it for me?
The farm upgrades become slower as you progress, and even though she's tried her best, she's still quite a distance from level 100.
Sigh, it seems I'll have to go to the farm tonight to harvest experience points. Fortunately, the farm is now bigger and my mental strength is stronger.
Therefore, she has spent more time working on the farm and gained more experience than before. So, if she works hard, she might be able to upgrade the farm to level 100 within half a year.
After harvesting the crops in the 24 fields, Liu Shile planted another batch. Now, she only grows white radishes, which have the best cost performance, in these 24 fields.
As long as the timing is right, there's a good amount of experience to be gained. If she calculates the time and harvests on time, there won't be any problems.
In the late afternoon, another girl came to the dormitory. Her hair was a very fashionable perm, and it was a very beautiful and high-quality hairpiece.
Her name is Li Han, and she is from Wushi in a neighboring province. Judging from her appearance, her family is quite well-off, probably from a prominent political family.
She was a bit aloof and didn't talk much. She just gave a brief greeting to her roommates and then went about her own business.
Because she arrived last, she was assigned a room near the door, and she didn't suggest switching with her roommate.
When Xu Manni saw Li Han, her mood immediately soured again. How could there be so many people from well-off families in this dormitory?
Including myself, there must be three of them. Although Wang Jing's family background is not as good as theirs, it doesn't seem bad either.
The other two, who came from the countryside, were on each other's side, one of them siding with their own side, while the other disliked each other.
This situation made Xu Manni feel uncomfortable, as she used to be the kind of person everyone fawned over at school.
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