Seeing Xu Ning's face getting red from the wind on the road, Lu Xiaotang said to her, "It's too cold here, and the wind is strong. You should go back first. I'll stay here to look after Xiao An."
Xu Ning didn't want to stay here anymore, so he said, "Why don't you go back too? Xiao An has learned enough, so let him practice here by himself."
Lu Xiaotang adjusted her hat and said, "It's okay, I'll watch him here, you go back first!"
Xu Ning returned home, poured a cup of hot water and sat on the kang. Just when he was about to take the sweater over to knit, Xu Mo came over. Xu Ning asked, "Xiao Mo, where did you go with Grandpa Qi yesterday? Why didn't you come to sleep at night?"
Xu Mo took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, saying, "I followed Grandpa Qi to visit some of his old friends in the village. I slept with Grandpa Qi at night."
After that, he took out a few candies from his pocket and gave them to Xu Ning. "Sister, these are the candies that Grandpa Qi's old friend gave me. I saved them for you."
Xu Ning happily took it and said to him, "Thank you, Xiao Mo. You are really sensible. Did you say thank you to the grandfather who gave you the candy?"
Xu Mo raised his head proudly and said, "Thank you. Those grandfathers really like me and let me go to their homes to play with their grandchildren whenever I have time."
After saying that, he looked at Xu Ning a little shyly.
Xu Ning was very surprised. This kid was usually very thick-skinned. The last time he did this was when he wet the bed. So he asked, "Xiao Mo, what's wrong with you? Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Xu Mo looked at Xu Ning again and said, "Sister, I'm grown up now. I won't sleep with you anymore. I'll sleep with my second brother or with my seventh grandfather."
Xu Ning thought, you are just a little kid, and you have grown up. You talk as if I really want to sleep with you.
"Xiao Mo, you really don't want to sleep with your sister?"
Xu Mo nodded and said, "Brother Erdan said that boys can't sleep with girls, otherwise they will be like women when they grow up. The village's Erlaizi has been sleeping with his sister since he was a child. Now he speaks like a woman. He is in his twenties and still hasn't found a wife. So, sister, I won't sleep with you anymore. I have to find a wife when I grow up."
Xu Ning laughed out loud at his words, and Xu Mo was puzzled by his laughter and asked, "Sister, what are you laughing at?"
Xu Ning laughed for a while and said, "Xiao Mo, you don't want to sleep with me, so you want to get married."
Xu Mo blushed and said, "Sister, what are you talking about? Who wants to get married?"
Xu Ning couldn't help laughing at him again. Xu Mo was so angry at his sister's laughter that he climbed off the kang with a red face and was about to put on his shoes and go back to the cowshed.
Seeing that he was angry, Xu Ning held back her laughter and hugged him and said, "Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo, don't be angry! Sister agrees that you can sleep with your second brother."
Xu Mo then pouted and climbed onto the kang. Xu Ning wanted to laugh again when he saw how cute he was, but seeing that the boy was still angry, he bit his lip and held it back.
Xu Ning picked up the picture book on the kang cabinet and told him a story. After a while, he was laughing.
The brother and sister were sitting on the kang and chatting when they heard Lu Xiaotang and Xu An coming back. Xiao Mo climbed down from the kang, put on his shoes, and ran outside.
Xu Ning did not go out. He heard Xu Mo and Lu Xiaotang talking outside.
Xu An came in by himself, sat on the kang and said, "Sister, I ran into Fourth Aunt when I was practicing driving just now. Her family is cutting cabbages today and said they will bring them to us in the afternoon. Aunt Dashuan said she is going to buy pears in the afternoon and asked me to tell you."
Xu Ning glanced at him and said, "You just learned how to ride a bicycle and you're showing off in the village."
Xu An blushed a little at what his sister said, and quickly explained himself, saying, "Sister, isn't the road inside the village wider? I went there to practice. I rode to Jianmin's house and ran into Aunt Dashuang and Aunt Si talking at the door."
Xu Ning saw his guilty look and knew that he had gone to Jianmin to show off, but he didn't say anything. Who hasn't shown off before?
I remember that her aunt bought her a dress with her salary and told her to wear it when the weather was warmer, but she refused and insisted on wearing it. Her grandma had no choice but to let her wear an undershirt and long pants inside and put the dress on the outside.
Thinking of this, Xu Ning's eyes welled up. She wondered how her aunt's family was doing now. Her aunt had loved her since she was a child, and she wondered how sad she must be.
Seeing her sister like this, Xu An thought that she was angry with him, and hurriedly said, "Sister, don't be sad, I won't do this again in the future."
Xu Ning came back to her senses and smiled at him, "Xiao An, I'm not angry. I just thought about when I first came here and I feel that life is so good now."
Xu An finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister, our future life will get better and better. I'm grown up! Next year I can earn six work points a day."
Seeing that his sister was not angry, he showed off and said, "Sister, I am very good at riding a bicycle now. I can even ride it with one hand on the handlebars."
Xu Ning looked at him speechlessly, thinking, this kid really has no memory. It seems that the fall in the morning was not a light one! It’s okay, bicycles will teach you to be low-key. ”
Lu Xiaotang came in holding Xu Mo and said to Xu Ning, "Go buy pears from the aunt in the village this afternoon. I'll wait for Fourth Aunt to bring the cabbage at home and put it directly in the cellar when the time comes."
After that, he took his luggage bag from the kang cabinet, took out a stack of money and bills from it, and said, "Take this three hundred yuan and buy whatever you need. I don't dare to send too much normally because it's too conspicuous."
Xu Ning quickly refused, "Brother Lu, please take the money quickly. I don't spend much of the 20 yuan you send me every month. You can keep it for yourself."
Lu Xiaotang stuffed the money directly into her hand and said, "I still have some here. There is nothing to spend money on in the army. I will also receive a monthly allowance when I go to the military academy in Beijing."
Xu Ning looked at the money in his hand with some embarrassment and said, "Brother Lu, leave it with me first. If you need it, you can come and get it anytime."
Lu Xiaotang looked at her and smiled, "Okay, if I need it, I'll ask you for it."
Xu Ning...what do you mean you have to ask me for it after you use it? This seems to be correct, but why does it sound weird?
Xu Ning shook her head and stopped thinking about it. She asked Xu Mo, "Xiao Mo, I'll go cook. What do you want to eat for lunch today? But you have to choose something that's available at home."
Xu Mo asked, "Sister, what do we have at home?"
Xu Ning… if he had known, he would not have asked. He said unhappily, “There is sorghum flour.”
Xu Mo said disappointedly, "Then I'll just watch and do it. Sorghum flour can never taste like meat anyway."
This made everyone laugh.
Xu Ning went to the kitchen and took a look. He planned to make some potato pancakes, boil some porridge, and eat some pickled cucumbers. He didn't need to cook any vegetables.
Seeing Xu Ning go to the kitchen, Xu An also planned to go to the kitchen to help, but Lu Xiaotang stopped him from getting off the kang. "You can play with Xiao Mo on the kang. It's warm. I'll go help your sister."
Lu Xiaotang walked into the kitchen and saw Xu Ning washing potatoes. He went over and took her hands out of the water and said, "I'll wash them, you go do something else."
Xu Ning looked at the two hands that had been fished out, wiped them with a towel, and was about to cook the porridge when he heard Lu Xiaotang ask, "Xiao Ning, when are we going to tell our parents about this?"
After hearing this, Xu Ning looked up at him in astonishment. They had only been dating for two days and he was already going to tell his parents! She is only 16 years old, we have to wait at least two years.
Seeing Lu Xiaotang's serious expression, she said tactfully, "Brother Lu, isn't it too early to say that now? I'm still young, maybe only two years?"
Lu Xiaotang thought about it and realized that it was true. He then asked, "I will come over next year when I return to the army from the military academy. I will tell my parents then, okay?"
Xu Ning thought about it and decided that he would be 17 next year, which was not too young here, so it should not be considered as premature love. Besides, it was not a marriage, so he nodded and agreed.
Lu Xiaotang breathed a sigh of relief. He had originally planned to tell both sets of parents next year, but he was afraid that the little girl would put it off again next year, so he brought it up today.
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