"Eat meat, eat meat."
When Mendun'er smelled the aroma of meat coming from the kitchen, he could no longer sit still. He threw away his brush and twisted his body to get downstairs.
Jun Haoyue let him go helplessly, and Munduner ran out. No need to look, he must have gone to eat first.
He also stood up and prepared to collect the papers on the table. Xu Xingchen put his hands on the table and called out, "Jun Haoyue."
“…”
Although Xu Xingchen always called Jun Haoyue by his full name, this time Jun Haoyue inexplicably felt that Xu Xingchen had some ulterior motive in calling him that.
As expected, Xu Xingchen's next sentence was: "You can draw, right?"
"so what?"
"We can also make money by selling calligraphy and paintings. Don't waste your great talent." Xu Xingchen was faintly excited.
In this backward place, there are few educated people, and even fewer who can paint and write. The wealthy families in town have to go to the city to buy calligraphy and paintings. If Jun Haoyue writes and paints to sell, wouldn't that also be an industry? One painting a month would be enough.
Before Jun Haoyue could say whether he agreed or not, Xu Xingchen pulled him up again: "Come on, let's eat first. It's better to work after having a full stomach."
After the meal, the three of them each took a baked potato and ate it. The potato was baked until it was soft and crunchy, no worse than the mashed potatoes on her planet. You could tell how delicious it was by looking at the mashed potatoes that were all over Mendun'er's face.
Seeing that they were almost done eating, Xu Xingchen brought up the matter of calligraphy and painting again. Jun Haoyue agreed readily, which made the person who brought it up suspect that he had some ulterior motives.
Jun Haoyue looked at her suspicious eyes and felt a little amused. It was her who asked him to draw her, and now she was the one who doubted him.
However, Xu Xingchen did not really doubt him. He quickly planned the next step and persuaded Jun Haoyue to go to the town together.
As for what to do, she was going to buy painting tools and colored ink, and of course she was Xu Xingchen's porter.
In case Jun Haoyue disagrees, she also mysteriously says that Jun Haoyue is a foreigner and doesn't know about an important custom in the village, trying to arouse his curiosity.
Jun Haoyue really didn't know what the important customs she was talking about were. In order to find the "truth", he "reluctantly" agreed to Xu Xingchen's "instigation".
After eating and cleaning up, the two of them wrapped themselves up tightly. Xu Xingchen even took the remaining white steamed buns with her just in case. Even though Jun Haoyue said there was no snow, she still insisted on taking them with her.
As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, I met the village chief and the fat aunt who were driving an ox cart. The cart was full of large and small bags, and it seemed that they had just returned from the town.
Auntie Pang greeted them warmly, "Hey, what are you doing, Miss Xu and Cousin Jun?"
"Village chief, Aunt Fat, let's go to the town." Xu Xingchen replied.
"What are you buying?"
"Just buy some and take a look." Xu Xingchen didn't want to express his thoughts for the time being.
Auntie Pang jumped out of the car and took her wrist. "Well, just tell me if you need anything. Don't be polite. My old man and I just came back from town and bought some New Year's goods. You two are all alone, so Auntie Pang will treat you two to dinner at my house. I just bought some peach charms. Didn't I ask my cousin Jun to help write them the other day? I'm on my way."
"Uh..." Xu Xingchen hesitated. She wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist Aunt Pang's enthusiasm. She had to buy the tools next time.
When they arrived at the village chief's house, they found that the village chief had invited more than just the two of them, and many people from the village were also there.
Aunt Pang said to Xu Xingchen apologetically, "Don't be angry, Miss Xu. My old man just wants everyone to have a lively meal together. You know that my wife and I don't have any children..." As she spoke, her eyes became red.
Xu Xingchen hurriedly comforted: "No, no, we don't mind."
While the two were talking, Jun Haoyue walked away alone. A figure appeared in front of him and the two left the yard.
Aunt Fat was called away, and Xu Xingchen, who had been dragged along and chatted for a long time, felt relieved. He turned around and found that Jun Haoyue was gone.
Xu Xingchen thought that when women talk to each other, men feel a little uncomfortable in front of them.
She then strolled around the village chief's house, which was located in the east of the village. You could see the sun in the morning and the moon in the west. It was a perfect place.
Unconsciously, she walked around to the backyard, where there were two apricot trees planted. Although they were two bare branches now, in spring and autumn, the fragrance of apricot blossoms would fill the garden, and just thinking about it made her feel refreshed.
"...Mr. Jun, I, I am attracted to you."
Xu Xingchen paused and froze in place. If she had heard correctly... this was Zhang Xiaochun's voice. Then who else could be the Mr. Jun in the village except Jun Haoyue?
She hesitated whether to leave here, but for some reason, her feet felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds and she couldn't lift them.
Because she didn't hear Jun Haoyue's rejection.
Could it be because she didn't hear it? Thinking of this, she held her breath and continued to listen, when suddenly someone called out from behind: "Xu Xiaoniang——"
There was a faint scream and hurried footsteps, and Xu Xingchen thought to himself that it was over, and people knew that she was confessing her love.
Aunt Pang called again, and Xu Xingchen hurriedly left the place. When he arrived in front of Aunt Pang, he replied, "I'm coming, I'm coming." The two of them returned to the front yard while talking.
After a few words, Aunt Pang went to greet other people. Xu Xingchen spontaneously went to the kitchen to help. Two women from the same village were busy in the kitchen.
Xu Xingchen sat in the corner to help pick vegetables. With a bang, the kitchen door was pushed open and Zhang Xiaochun came in with an angry face.
"Widow Xu, you have no shame!"
Xu Xingchen frowned, "Zhang Xiaochun, please speak properly."
"No matter how bad my words are, they are better than you eavesdropping!"
Hearing the sound, the other two women stopped what they were doing and started eating the melon. All they needed was a plate of melon seeds.
Xu Xingchen sighed inwardly. She wasn't listening on purpose. "Your voice is so loud, anyone can hear it."
"You are lying. Why did you run to the backyard for no reason? I think you were eavesdropping on purpose." Zhang Xiaochun shouted.
It must be that Widow Xu doesn’t want Mr. Jun to be with her and wants to break them up!
Zhang Xiaochun kept talking without mercy, and Xu Xingchen's face turned cold. "Do you think everyone is as shameless as you? Do you understand that sound is transmitted through the air? If you don't want others to hear, don't show your love to others in public."
The two women who were eating melons exclaimed "Wow" exaggeratedly. They didn't understand what the word "air" meant, but they were more surprised by the word "declaration of love". The word "declaration of love" in this era was extremely explicit and could be said to be vulgar.
Zhang Xiaochun's face flushed red. He was embarrassed by Xu Xingchen's overly explicit words, and also angry about what he said to Xu Xingchen.
"The Zhang family members are really more courageous than each other."
"Who says it's not true? No wonder she's still unmarried at this age."
Zhang Xiaochun heard the two women's whispers, and she stamped her feet in anger, covered her face, and left the kitchen.
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