Chapter 41 Taking a Girl for a Ride
"Why, you're not welcome?"
What else could Su Heng say? He had to buy the main course.
"How could that be? It's just a little unexpected. Then Uncle Lin should come along."
Uncle Lin agreed with a smile.
Meng Xiao was so angry that he wanted to laugh when he saw her secretly hurt expression.
It's just a meal for her, and you're so stingy.
In fact, Su Heng is very generous to his friends, but Meng Xiao is different. He is a rich dog owner!
"Let me collect your herbs first and then take you to see the meat." Meng Xiao walked over and said.
Su Heng nodded when she heard that and took out the herbs that she had sorted and wrapped in linen from her backpack.
Meng Xiao took them one by one and looked at them. He was unusually steady when doing serious work.
After looking at this batch of herbs, he raised his eyebrows slightly: "This time the planing is good, much better than last time."
"I consulted a professional this time. Since you think it's good, can you give me more money?" Su Heng climbed up the ladder.
Meng Xiao sneered: "You are obsessed with money."
Su Heng: "How dare you say that to me?"
How could he, a trader, have the nerve to accuse her, a person who earned her wages through hard work, of being greedy for money?
Meng Xiao: ...
In the end, this batch of medicinal materials was sold for a total of 109 yuan. After all, I had saved them for a long time, and the prices of wild Phellodendron amurense and Schisandra chinensis were not bad.
But before Su Heng could even warm the money in his hand, he gave it to Meng Xiao along with his original capital.
The bicycle cost two hundred and forty yuan, and after giving it to her, she had only a few yuan left. Fortunately, she was afraid that she didn't have enough money, so she took some of the money Lu Mingchuan gave her with her.
Money is really wasted.
However, Su Heng earned 300 kilograms of food and a bicycle in just one month. You should know that the salary of workers in the city is only 20 or 30 yuan.
This is the amount of money that many workers have to save after working for several years.
When Su Heng saw the 28-inch truck, she no longer cared about the money.
It was a Phoenix brand bicycle, very sturdily made. Su Heng heard that this kind of bicycle could be ridden for decades without breaking down.
With this, it will be convenient to go anywhere in the future.
Su Heng couldn't help but tried to ride the bike crookedly in the yard, and Meng Xiao couldn't bear to watch it.
"Can you really do this?"
"Who am I looking down on? I can ride!" She just hadn't ridden a bike for a long time and was a little unskilled.
After a while, Su Heng gradually mastered the skills, and Meng Xiao prepared to take her to get the meat.
Su Heng hadn't forgotten about buying food for the family, so she asked, "I want to buy some more food. Do you have any left?"
"There are no coarse grains, not much white flour left, but there is still some rice."
After all, rice is more expensive, and people here are used to eating noodles.
"Give me some of that."
With the hundred yuan given by Wen Shu, he bought all of Meng Xiao's last fifty kilograms of flour and one hundred and twenty-five kilograms of rice.
There were four people in the original owner's family, and this was enough for them to eat for several months.
She didn't have that much money, so she would find a way to make them pay attention when she delivered the food.
The meat was not available in the market, so Meng Xiao and Uncle Lin hung two bags of grain on the horizontal bar in front of them, and rode their bikes to a remote courtyard in the suburbs.
The person who came to open the door was Wu Zi, whom I had met last time. He was stunned when he saw Su Heng.
Then he smiled and asked Meng Xiao: "Brother Xiao, you are dating someone, is this your sister-in-law?"
Hearing this, before Meng Xiao could say anything, Su Heng almost choked on her own saliva.
I quickly explained: "No, Brother Wu Zi, I saw you last time, did you forget?"
"You are..." Wu Zi felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't match it with the face.
If you have seen someone like this, you will definitely never forget it. He was sure that this was the first time he had seen her.
Su Heng silently took out the red headscarf, and Wu Zi instantly remembered it, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Okay, let's go in quickly." Meng Xiao said.
Several people pushed the cart into the yard, and Meng Xiao asked Wu Zi to go in and get some meat for Su Heng to choose.
It’s really not much, just a small piece of pork tenderloin and spare ribs, and some pork shank bones.
Because only bones or lean meat were left, the fatty meat and pork belly with oil were ordered early.
But Su Heng likes to eat lean meat, so she is very satisfied.
There was still a piece of mutton left, with some fat and some lean meat, which was perfect for hotpot. The price was a bit high, only about two pounds, so she just took it all.
Spare ribs are cheap, only four yuan for more than five pounds. Su Heng loves to eat spare ribs in any sweet, sour, or braised way. If you buy leftovers, you can hang them in the well, which acts as a natural refrigerator.
Since she had finally come this time, she couldn't help but buy more.
One pound of pork tenderloin, five pounds of pork ribs, and two and a half pounds of mutton cost a total of eight yuan and eighty cents.
The joy of spending money is so simple.
After buying the meat, Su Heng didn't go to the state-owned restaurant again. She returned to the city, made an appointment with Meng Xiao to go to her house the next day, and then went straight home.
At noon, Su Heng couldn't help but make a plate of braised pork ribs and fried some spicy and sour potato shreds. It was really delicious with white rice.
But maybe the food they ate was too good, which attracted the mice.
After dinner, when Su Heng went to clean up the vegetables, she found that the grain bag had been bitten and some rice had leaked onto the ground. She was immediately heartbroken.
The fat rat squeaked arrogantly, crawled over her shoes and ran out of the kitchen.
"Lu Mingchuan! There's a mouse in the house!"
Su Heng was so angry that she chased out, but there was no trace of the mouse in the yard.
Lu Mingchuan came over after hearing the news. It was normal to have mice in the countryside. Their family didn't have a cellar, and it would take time to dig one now.
He thought for a moment and said, "Let's get a cat."
"It's the only way."
Su Heng actually likes cats and dogs very much, but she doesn’t know if anyone has kittens. She will go to the brigade and ask next time.
I'm inviting people to dinner tomorrow, and it's not a good idea to just leave the food in the kitchen; it's too conspicuous.
Su Heng and Lu Mingchuan moved all the food into the west room.
In the afternoon, she rode her newly bought bicycle to inform Chen Xiang and Song Wan.
Chen Xiang had always said she would come but never did, so we took this opportunity to invite her along.
It just so happened that she was picking grass for pigs on the roadside. Luo Yan was also there. Su Heng had a good impression of her, so she simply called her over.
Luo Yan felt a little embarrassed, but still responded with a smile.
She is rather introverted and doesn't have many friends. She finds Su Heng interesting and is quite happy to see that she is happy to call her.
Chen Xiang was very embarrassed and agreed generously. Looking at Su Heng's 28-inch bicycle, she asked, "Is this something you bought recently?"
"Yeah, it's pretty good, isn't it?" Su Heng patted the back seat. "Would you like to get in and I'll take you for a spin?"
"OK!"
Chen Xiang was not polite, but turned to look at her friend who had been left behind and asked, "Can you still take the front seat?"
Su Heng was silent for a moment, then said, "If you want to take a bath in the ditch, you can try."
Luo Yan quickly waved her hand and said, "It's okay, don't worry about me, I'll wait for you here."
Su Heng smiled and said, "Then I'll take her for a walk first and then come back to take you."
"Okay." Luo Yan also nodded with a smile.
Chen Xiang wasn't heavy either, and the 28-inch bicycle had big wheels, so Su Heng didn't find it difficult to ride it.
She took Chen Xiang for a ride on the road, and the people in the fields looked sideways at this strange scene.
Chen Xiang didn't know the word "cool", but she enjoyed the feeling of being envied with satisfaction.
Wang Xiaocui, who had had an unpleasant experience with Su Heng before, couldn't help but feel jealous. Su Heng really didn't know how to live. She didn't go to work every day but spent money so lavishly.
But then she thought, it would have been better if she had not offended Su Heng at that time.
She also wanted to try the feeling of riding a bicycle, which was usually only enjoyed by city girls.
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