"Let's refill Dad's bottle of wine! Don't let him find out we gave him the wine!"

Qin Man promised Jiang's mother that she would give Jiang's father the second pot of soup after the persimmons were sold.

Who knew Jiang Cong would chuckle upon hearing this, and he said:

"Dad knew it a long time ago, but he just didn't say it. The woodshed smelled so strongly of alcohol that you could smell it!"

It would be a lie for Jiang's father to say he didn't feel bad about it. Those two bottles of two-boiler soup were enough to buy dozens of kilograms of refined rice. However, Jiang's mother had already told him that her daughter-in-law needed them, so he didn't say anything.

"Even if I know, I still have to make it up to him. This is what I promised my mother. Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative!"

Despite this, Qin Man still kept her promise. She took Jiang Cong's hand and left.

"Big sister, could you please help us take a look at the basket? We'll be right back!"

Qin Man said to a lady who was selling vegetables at a stall nearby.

The elder sister smiled and agreed: "Oh, OK!"

"Thank you!" Qin Man thanked politely.

She took Jiang Cong and walked a few steps before she realized that she didn't know where the supply and marketing cooperative was.

Jiang Cong also let her pull him with a slight smile on his face.

"Where is the supply and marketing cooperative?" she asked, blinking her big eyes.

Jiang Cong touched her head helplessly, took the lead and pulled her away.

"I'll take you there!"

The two of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought two bottles of two-pot soup, and then returned to get a basket to go home. ..

There is a bus from the bus station back to the village that leaves at 12:30. It seems that there is still more than half an hour left. Not far away, there is a stall selling dumplings, with steam rising and mist lingering.

"Are you hungry? Eat something!" Jiang Cong wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked her gently.

She had been out for a long time. She had no appetite when she woke up in the morning and she hadn't finished the bowl of noodles. Now she was a little hungry.

"Yeah, a little bit!" Qin Man nodded and touched her stomach, which was empty.

Jiang Cong took her arm and walked to the noodle stall and sat down at the small table.

"What do you two want to eat?"

The proprietress was cooking dumplings for the guests at the small table next door with a large colander. When she saw them coming, she asked.

"I'll have some rice noodles, how about you?" Jiang Cong said.

"I'll eat dumplings!"

Qin Man loves eating dumplings, so she chose to eat dumplings. The dumplings here are her favorite soup dumplings.

"The shredded pork is 1.5 cents, and the tofu and wood ear mushroom is only 1.2 cents. What do you want?"

"I just want the one with black fungus, and add meat to his!" Qin Man replied.

"I don't need it, I also want the code for the fungus!"

Jiang Cong refused upon hearing this, but Qin Man would not agree. She insisted that he eat the dish with meat.

"Boss lady, just do as I say. There are only two of us, him and I, and I have the final say!!" Qin Man raised her eyebrows at him as she spoke, looking very playful and cute.

Jiang Cong had no choice but to tacitly agree with her words, but his heart was filled with regret.

"Okay!"

The proprietress greeted them and watched the couple flirting with each other. She also smiled with her eyes narrowed into slits.

A bowl of rice noodles and a bowl of dumplings were quickly served on the table, steaming hot and with plenty of filling. People of this era were purely doing business, especially snack stalls in small places like this that have been around for more than ten or twenty years. It is very difficult to find such a place to eat in later generations, and few people can keep their original intentions.

Although meat was added to Jiang Cong's dish, he put all the shredded meat into Qin Man's bowl.

After eating, they paid the bill and bought several meat buns to take back for their parents and children. On the way back, Qin Man fell asleep leaning on Jiang Cong's shoulder and was not woken up until they reached the bumpy road.

The two children were having fun playing in the yard at home. When they saw their parents coming back, they hurried over to hug their thighs and act coquettishly.

"Mom, Xiaoyu misses you!"

The little guy is trying hard to look cute by tilting his head back.

Qin Man squatted down, held her little face and kissed her:

"Mom bought some meat buns for you and your brother. Do you want to eat some?" She waved the still hot buns in her hand. Xiaoyu swallowed her saliva and nodded like crazy!

"I want to eat!"

Xiao Li hugged his father's legs and saw his sister being kissed by her mother. He looked at her eagerly, but he was a little man and was too embarrassed to speak.

Fortunately, Qin Man treated everyone equally and came over and kissed Xiao Li.

We bought ten buns in total, with meat buns costing three cents each, and spent thirty cents. Everyone in the family got one.

Xiaoyu and Xiaoli each received a meat bun. They were very happy and ate it in small bites, fearing that they would finish it all in one go.

The two children are not even four years old yet. It is like this in the countryside. It is really not easy to have a meal of meat. Pork is expensive. The last time I had meat buns was when my aunt bought them from town.

"You're back. Have you sold all the persimmons?" Jiang's mother came back from outside carrying a bunch of vegetables.

"We've sold them all, not a single one left. I made ten yuan in total. This is for Dad as compensation for the two bottles of wine, and I also bought meat buns for everyone!" Qin Man took the second pot out of the basket and gave it to Jiang's mother.

"You kid, are you really going to compensate your father?" Jiang's mother smiled and scolded her, put the cabbage on the ground, and then took the wine from her.

"Of course I can't go back on my word once I've promised it!" Qin Man smiled sweetly.