Jiang Baige asked Chen Jiaojiao to read more books at this time, also for her own good.
She should pick up the books and study hard now. If the college entrance examination is resumed in a few years, maybe she can take it. If she has solid basic skills, it is not impossible for her to be admitted to university.
The two of them went home while talking, Jiang Baige still holding Siyan in her hand.
When she got home, she found a rope to tie up Siyan so that he wouldn't run away and no one would know who his owner was.
When the two returned home, they smelled a fragrance in the yard.
Chen Jiaojiao smelled the scent and ran happily to the kitchen.
"Wow! It smells so good! I can smell it from far away. What are you cooking today?"
She hadn't smelled such a fragrant smell for a long time, and her mouth was watering at the smell.
The sweet potato balls fried by Zhou Xiuying are much better than those fried by Jiang Baige, and they look appetizing.
Chen Jiaojiao sniffed hard and couldn't help but reach out to take it.
Jiang Baige stopped her, "Hey, wash your hands!"
Chen Jiaojiao looked greedy and said, "I just want to try it. I'll go wash it right away."
Zhou Xiuying looked at the two of them, and the corners of her mouth curled up.
Scolding her daughter: "Be obedient, your sister Jiang is doing this for your own good."
Since her mother had spoken, Chen Jiaojiao hurried to wash her hands.
They fried half a bowl of sweet potato balls. After Zhou Xiuying and her daughter had eaten their fill, Jiang Baige packed a large bowl for them to take home.
I fried a big pot of it. If I can’t finish it today, it won’t taste good tomorrow if it’s left overnight.
When Chen Jianguo heard that his mother asked him to go home and saw that his father was in a hurry, he arranged his next work and followed his father back to the village.
When they came back, Zhou Xiuying and her daughter had just returned home a short while ago.
Zhou Xiuying invited her husband to eat sweet potato balls and ignored her son. This matter was more important, so she pulled him into the house to talk.
Chen Jianguo didn't know what was going on and just waited blankly for his mother to ask him questions.
"Mom, what's the urgent matter that requires you to call me back?"
Zhou Xiuying asked, "Jianguo, tell me the truth, have you met any girls outside?"
Chen Jianguo was confused. "Mom, what do you mean? Someone is gossiping in your ear."
"Don't believe it, it's not true."
Seeing that her son denied it, Zhou Xiuying became anxious and slapped him on the arm.
"You stinky boy, the girl has come here through matchmaking, and you're still lying to me. Are you worthy of Bai Ge?"
"Your cousin came over this morning, saying she was here for your cousin-in-law's niece. She also said you two knew each other before, and she wanted to introduce you to someone."
Chen Jianguo was bewildered. "What are you talking about? My cousin is just kidding. I've only met that girl once, and nothing happened."
The mother and son were talking in the room, and the father and daughter at home didn't know what had happened.
Jiang Baige was bored at home, so she took Siyan to the back mountain to collect firewood.
Autumn was approaching, and they still hadn't stocked up on firewood.
She took an axe and picked up the trees that had died in the summer or were diseased, and she could only pick those inconspicuous trees to chop down.
She didn't expect that even if she had money here, firewood was something she couldn't buy.
During the Great Steel Production Campaign a few years ago, all the big trees were cut down for steelmaking. The trees on the mountain now were planted later. The largest ones are only as big as a bowl. The villagers were not willing to cut down any of them.
The villagers use fire to cook, and they burn weeds and leaves.
I heard that there are coal-burning places, but the place where they collect coal briquettes is a bit far from here, and since there is no one to take her, she didn't go.
Without acquaintances, it would be difficult to get it even if you have money, let alone transporting it back from far away.
Besides, even if Grandma Meng buys coal, she may not be able to use it. If she gets poisoned, they will be doomed.
In later generations, many people died of poisoning from burning coal, so they didn't join in the fun.
After Chen Jianguo explained everything to his mother, Zhou Xiuying slapped him twice. This unfounded incident made her feel uneasy for the whole afternoon.
In the end, I just told him to stay away from female lesbians in the future, otherwise if people misunderstood him, he wouldn't be able to explain himself even if he had ten mouths.
After her mother left, Chen Jianguo had no plans to return to the Armed Forces Department tonight.
He came back when he wanted to, and he had to see his little girlfriend before leaving.
He didn't dare to go to Jiang Baige openly, but just peeked at the next door from the edge of the courtyard wall.
Grandma Meng was carrying bundles of grass in the yard, going in and out several times, but she didn't even see Jiang Baige.
Chen Jiaojiao was collecting clothes in the yard, and Chen Jianguo whistled at her.
"Jiaojiao, come here."
Chen Jiaojiao had long seen her brother looking towards the next yard from time to time, and she was waiting for her brother to come to her and beg her for help, so that she could get pocket money from her brother.
He came to his brother with the clothes in his arms and asked, "Brother, did you call me?"
Chen Jianguo jokingly said, "If it's not you, then maybe Four Eyes?"
Chen Jiaojiao pouted and said, "I don't want to pay attention to you."
Then go into the house.
Seeing his sister was about to leave, Chen Jianguo hurriedly pulled her away.
"Hey, stingy guy, I was just kidding you."
Chen Jiaojiao asked: "What do you want me to do?"
Chen Jianguo smiled at her and said, "Go see what your sister Jiang is doing. Invite her to your house to play."
Chen Jiaojiao raised her eyes and stared straight into her brother's eyes.
She blinked softly, then smiled at him.
Chen Jianguo understood immediately and took out fifty cents from his pocket.
"That's enough!"
Chen Jiaojiao took the money and gave the clothes in her arms to her brother.
"These are Daddy and Mommy's clothes. Take them in. I'll go play next door for a while."
She chuckled and ran away.
Chen Jianguo chuckled, "Little girl, you are quite clever."
He thought he was about to meet his partner, so he quickly took the clothes in.
When Chen Jiaojiao came next door, she learned from Grandma Meng that Jiang Baige had gone out. Without delay, she hurried home to report.
Jiang Baige picked up firewood along the way and walked quite far.
Poor Four Eyes followed along, humming and groaning. He was not even as tall as the weeds, and it was too difficult for him to walk all the way up the mountain.
As Jiang Baige walked, she picked up fallen branches from the trees and put them into the space.
As she bent down to pick up firewood, she heard the voices of an old man and a child.
The child asked, "Grandma, where is the persimmon tree you mentioned? How long does it take to walk there?"
The child's grandmother whispered back, "We're almost there. Let's go! It's just ahead."
Jiang Baige looked at the backs of the old man and the child in front of her, feeling a little lonely.
Jiang Baige also saw the old man picking wild vegetables as he walked.
Half of the basket has been picked. The wild vegetables are quite old now, and they are not tasty enough.
Jiang Baige followed them quietly for a while, and then saw the grandfather and grandson stopped.
When others stopped, she also found a place to rest.
Siyan was very tired, so he found a big tree, lay down to rest, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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