"Liu Ergou, you dare to touch me? I'll call my dad and have him wipe you out!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Ergou grinned mischievously and said, "Where's your dad? You're just trying to scare me."
Then, he touched Zhou Man's face with his hand and said, "Ah, your face is so smooth, like tofu."
Zhou Man sat up angrily, slapped Liu Ergou, and staggered away.
"Hey, Manman, don't run away! I haven't touched you enough yet."
Liu Ergou touched his slapped face and shouted loudly from behind.
Zhou Man ran frantically, tears streaming down her face.
She encountered Ma Dazui on the road, who immediately spat out the sunflower seed shells in his mouth and asked with concern, "Zhou Zhiqing, did you fall into the river? You're all soaking wet."
"Um."
"Then you should go back quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
When Lu Xiao and the other two returned to the educated youth settlement, Liang Xuan kept sneezing, so she hurriedly went back to her room to change her clothes.
Zhang Shang asked Lu Xiao, who was standing next to him, "Do you have brown sugar?"
"No, what would I need that for? What do you need brown sugar for?" Lu Xiao asked curiously.
"Soak in water".
"Oh, I'll go back to my room now."
After Liang Xuan finished changing her clothes, Zhang Shang quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Are you still sneezing? Do you have any brown sugar? Make yourself a bowl of brown sugar water to relieve the sneezing."
"Brother Zhang, I don't have this."
"It's okay, I'll borrow it from someone else."
As he spoke, Zhang Shang walked to Su Tian's door and knocked.
Su Tian sat up immediately when she heard the knocking. Who was knocking on her door?
She got up and opened the door, only to find it was Zhang Shang. "Zhang Zhiqing, is there something you need?"
“Su Zhiqing, do you have brown sugar? I’ll trade you money for it.”
"Yes, wait a moment." Su Tian took out a small packet of brown sugar from the cabinet and handed it to him. "Hmm, brown sugar."
"How much?"
"Two cents."
"Here you go, thank you."
"You're welcome."
Su Tian noticed that Liang Xuan, who was not far away, was looking in her direction and was sneezing from time to time while covering her mouth.
It turned out that Jiaren was sick. Just as Su Tian was about to go into the room, she saw Zhou Man return to the courtyard gate looking disheveled.
Sun Xiaolan immediately stepped forward and asked with concern, "Manman, what's wrong?"
"I'm fine. Could you boil some water for me? Here's a penny."
"Okay, I'll go right away. You go back to your room and rest first."
Sun Xiaolan happily ran into the kitchen to get busy, just in time to meet Zhang Shang, who was carrying a bowl of brown sugar water.
"Zhang Zhiqing, is this cooked for Manman? Give it to me, I'll serve it."
"No, don't get involved."
"Xuanxuan, the brown sugar water is here, come out and drink it." Zhang Shang called from the doorway.
"Tch..." Sun Xiaolan continued with her work.
"Here you are, thank you, Brother Zhang."
"You're welcome, drink it while it's hot."
Liang Xuan drank her brown sugar water and gave Zhang Shang a grateful look.
When Zhou Man saw this, she was so jealous she felt like she was going crazy.
Thinking about what Liu Ergou had done to her today, her eyes welled up with tears of hatred.
Their childhood friendship couldn't compare to that of a woman they'd only known for a month.
He had followed him wholeheartedly to the countryside, sharing his hardships, and yet he watched helplessly as that woman kicked him into the river without doing anything to stop her.
Hmph, she'd had enough of this suffering. He was just a man; after all, he'd never cared about her.
If he falls in love with someone else, then he's dirty, a dirty man, and she disdains liking dirty men.
Thinking of this, Zhou Man felt much better.
"Manman, the water is boiled. I've carried it to the bathroom for you."
"Okay, thank you. Xiaolan, can you ride a bicycle?"
"Yes, I know how. What's wrong?"
"After I take a shower, I'll borrow a bicycle later. Can you take me to town? I'll give you a dollar, plus the cost of boiling water, that'll be one dollar and one jiao. Want to do it?"
"Yes, I'd love to."
"Okay, then wait for me to finish showering first."
“Okay,” Sun Xiaolan replied happily.
Hehe, I made another dollar today, which will last me a long time, hehe...
She wouldn't mind if this happened a few more times, as long as there was money involved.
Looking at Sun Xiaolan's fawning attitude towards Zhou Man, Su Tian wondered if Sun Xiaolan had been eyeing her before in an attempt to make money off her in the same way.
Thinking about it this way, it makes sense that Sun Xiaolan had been staring at her earlier; she probably wanted to make money off her.
Su Tian sat in the sun by the door of her room for a while, when she saw Zhou Man, who had just finished taking a shower, walk up to her.
"Su Zhiqing, may I rent your bicycle for a few hours?"
"Okay, two cents."
"Okay, I'll go back to my room and get the money for you."
"good."
Su Tian watched Zhou Man walk back to her room and noticed that she was a little different from before. She was no longer spoiled or arrogant.
Su Tian took out the bicycle keys from the drawer and came to Zhou Man. "Here are the bicycle keys. Hold on tight."
"Okay, here's your money, thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Xiao Lan, take the key to unlock the bike and push it over here."
"Okay, I asked Lin Miao to ask for leave for both of us, saying I'm taking you to see a doctor."
"Oh, thank you."
"Hey, you're welcome."
Sun Xiaolan followed Su Tian to the bicycle, unlocked it, and pushed the only bicycle in the yard to the gate.
"Manman, is it ready? Come out quickly."
"It's here, it's ready."
Zhou Man sat on the back of the bicycle, and Sun Xiaolan pushed off with all her might.
Neither of them spoke the rest of the way; only the whistling wind could be heard.
After arriving in town, Zhou Man called out to Sun Xiaolan to get off the bus at the post office, "Xiaolan, wait for me here, I'll come out after I finish making the call."
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