The lady who had just spoken to them saw that her husband knew them, so she came over and asked.
"His father, do you know this girl?"
Uncle Zhao grinned and introduced her quickly, "Ah! This is the girl I told you about a few days ago, the one we met when we went to town."
He was afraid that his wife didn't know, so he reminded her specifically.
The old lady reacted and clapped her hands:
"Oh! It's you! Isn't this fate? Let's go to my aunt's house and have a seat."
After she finished speaking, she took Jiang Baige's hand affectionately.
Jiang Baige looked at Chen Jiaojiao and her daughter awkwardly, "Auntie, this..."
Zhou Xiuying smiled and said, "Since you know each other, just go! Since you're here anyway."
Jiang Baige nodded and said, "Well, Auntie, you guys go first, I'll be back soon."
She thought so too. Since she was here, it would not be a wasted trip if she could make some money.
The old lady then said to Zhou Xiuying and the others, "Sisters, why don't you go sit at my house and have a drink of water before you go?"
She was also being polite, knowing that they would not go to their house.
Zhou Xiuying looked at the group of people behind her and waved her hand, "We won't go. We have things to do at home."
As she spoke, she pulled Chen Jiaojiao away first.
Zhou Xiuying didn't think of letting her daughter stay and disturb others. Comrade Jiang was familiar with her family, so there was no problem for her to go to their house.
What would it mean if my daughter stayed here? We are not related here at all. Maybe they would even invite Jiang Zhiqing to dinner!
After watching them leave, the old lady took Jiang Baige and went home.
"Come on, girl, let's have lunch at Auntie's house before going back."
Seeing that she was so friendly, Jiang Baige didn't say anything and just left. He decided to go and get to know the place at least. Whether to have lunch or not would be decided later.
Zhou Xiuying and her friends went back home along the same route they came from.
Sun Zhaodi looked back at Jiang Baige's back and said curiously.
"This young educated youth has only been here for a short time, and he already knows people from other villages."
"They go to work every day. When did they get to know each other?"
Zhou Xiuying paused when she heard what she meant.
I thought to myself, "That loudmouth Sun Zhaodi is just talking nonsense again."
She was afraid that others would think too much, so she said something quickly.
"Didn't he just say that he took the bus with him on his way to town? It's a good thing we met today, so he wanted to invite him to his house."
"What's the big deal? You're just imagining things. Go home quickly! If it rains heavily, it will be hard to walk."
Sun Zhaodi was choked and wanted to ask something else, but when she heard Zhou Xiuying's tone, she shut her mouth.
I thought to myself, "If I don't want to ask, then I won't ask. If something happens to that young educated youth, I'll see how the village chief will handle it."
She was also kind-hearted and worried that something might happen to the educated youth out there alone, so she asked a few more questions.
Jiang Baige followed Uncle Zhao and his wife back home. The houses here were similar to those in Chenjia Village, all of them were dilapidated.
Before I even entered the door, I saw two children in the yard. Each child was wearing a bamboo hat on his head and playing in the water.
"Brother, look here."
The child stepped into the water barefoot like a duck, then shoveled up the water in the puddle for his brother to see.
Uncle Zhao pushed open the other half of the door and stepped in first.
Seeing the two grandsons in the yard, he also smiled.
"You two little bastards, don't cry if you slip."
The yard is paved with mud, and children are most likely to slip if they are barefoot.
Uncle Zhao looked at his two grandsons as if he was scolding, but also as if he was doting on them.
The two children saw the people at the door and shouted, "Grandpa and grandma, you are back."
When he saw a sister he didn’t know, the corners of his mouth straightened.
"Auntie, sister, who are you?"
The older of the two children was about seven or eight years old, and the younger one was four or five years old. They were wearing tattered clothes and didn't even have shoes on their feet.
The smile on her face looked innocent and cute, but she was a little thinner.
Uncle Zhao introduced Jiang Baige, “These are my two grandsons.”
Jiang Baige smiled at them and said, "Hello!"
The two children rarely met strangers, so when they heard her greeting them, they didn't know how to respond.
Uncle Zhao said to Jiang Baige, "Don't worry about them. They are both very naughty. Let's go sit inside."
Jiang Baige nodded and followed him into the main room.
Uncle Zhao said to his wife beside him, "Mom, go make a bowl of sugar water for the girl."
The old lady curled her lips and agreed, "Hey, I'll go right away."
She thought that a bowl of sugar water was not worth much, and the few salted duck eggs given by others were much more valuable than white sugar, so she agreed very readily.
Jiang Baige called her, "Auntie, no need, I'm not thirsty now."
The old lady smiled and said, "You've come all this way, there's no place that's not thirsty, just sit down."
After she finished speaking, she went out happily.
The sugar was in the cabinet in her inner room and was usually locked in the cabinet. If she wanted to use it to entertain guests, she had to go into the room to get it.
At this time, if a guest comes to a house, the host will entertain them with sweet soup, which means they are relatives or distinguished guests.
The uncle beckoned Jiang Baige over and said, "Girl, come and sit down."
As he spoke, he took out the stool from under the wall.
Jiang Baige looked around the room and then walked over to sit down.
Uncle Zhao’s house is quite big and very clean.
The two children had stopped playing in the water and were just standing at the door, staring blankly at their older sister in the house. The younger one was even biting his sleeve in his mouth.
They look at themselves, and Jiang Baige also looks at them.
I waved and said, "Come in quickly, sister has some candy."
Uncle Zhao said, "The older one is called Dagang, and the younger one at the back is called Xiaogang. You call them by their names."
Jiang Baige thought the children in this village would be called Bao, Dan, Zhuzi, etc., but it turns out they are called Dagang and Xiaogang.
She took a handful of candy from her pocket and waved to them.
"Dagang, Xiaogang, come here quickly, take these candies and eat them."
She didn't bring a shoulder bag when she came today, so she could only temporarily take out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket. She wanted to take more, but her pocket was quite small.
Dagang glanced at the candy in his sister's hand, then looked at his grandfather.
Uncle Zhao smiled and said, "Just take it, my sister gave it to you."
Zhao Dagang smiled and ran in.
His hands are so small that he can't hold it with one hand.
There was no pocket on his pants, so Jiang Baige put the candy inside his clothes.
"Hold the clothes well and don't drop them."
Uncle Zhao said, "Why don't you thank your sister?"
When Zhao Xiaogang saw so many candies, his heart was already blossoming with joy, and he didn't even think about saying thank you.
I smiled and said, "Thank you, sister."
His younger brother Xiaogang hid at the door and didn't come in, but his eyes followed his brother.
Uncle Zhao doesn't let children play in the house because they disturb the adults' conversation. It would be bad if the children spread what they said.
So he said to his grandson, "Take your brother to the house to play and share some of the candy with him."
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