The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner.
I don't know where He Tingchuan got a bag of loquats from, they were so yellow and looked so delicious.
After washing them clean, He Tingchuan picked two for Xiao Niangao to play with, and placed the rest in front of Yun Jin: "I tasted them, they're not very sour, I'll peel one for you to try."
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Chuan!" Yun Jin smiled and winked.
He Tingchuan's ears felt slightly warm. She kept calling him "brother," which made half of his body go numb. He couldn't help but smile. He deftly peeled a loquat for her and even removed the pit.
Yun Jin took a big bite of loquat flesh from He Tingchuan's hand.
The next second, she felt a mask of pain.
The little rice cake playing with loquats was completely stunned.
Yun Jin almost threw up: "It's so sour! You actually said it tastes okay?"
He Tingchuan didn't believe it. He ate the rest. It wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't eaten it, but once he did, he didn't say a word. It was so sour that he also showed the same mask: "It is quite sour. Why wasn't what I ate before sour?"
"I guess you're just lucky." Yun Jin was saying when she saw Xiao Niangao take a bite of a loquat, which was just as sour as theirs, making her eyes water. This prompted Yun Jin to nudge He Tingchuan: "Look at your daughter."
Looking at Xiao Niangao's face, which was numb from the sourness, He Tingchuan felt sorry for her and took the loquat flesh out of her mouth: "Silly child, you can't eat the skin. It's too sour, so we won't eat it. Dad will buy you something delicious another day."
"Delicious!" The small rice cake was crunchy, but she didn't eat it herself and instead gave the loquat to her father.
He Tingchuan couldn't refuse the hospitality and had his mouth stuffed with loquats. After eating them, his teeth were completely sour.
The remaining loquats made Yun Jin's teeth ache just looking at them.
When Sister Gao's children passed by, they saw the loquats on her table and wanted to eat them. Yun Jin gave them all of them, and they ate them all while wearing pained expressions.
In this day and age, let alone loquats, even cogon grass roots are rare treats.
Sister-in-law Gao said she was going to make mugwort cakes for the Dragon Boat Festival, and she and Yun Jin were going to buy some sugar and peanuts.
Yun Jin happened to have nothing to do, so she pushed Xiao Niangao and Sister-in-law Gao around the supply and marketing cooperative.
He Tingchuan's salary is not low now. He hands it over on time every month and also gets ten yuan of pocket money.
The ten yuan of pocket money was ultimately spent on Yun Jin and Xiao Niangao.
The supply and marketing cooperative was the same as before, with nothing interesting to browse. After buying what she wanted, Sister Gao went to look at the fabrics, saying that her eldest daughter was growing up and starting to develop, so she wanted to buy her some fabrics to make clothes.
At this time, the underwear was all made of pure cotton, not the bra style.
To be honest, there's no difference between wearing it and not wearing it.
Even so, Yun Jin couldn't just walk around in front of He Tingchuan wearing only her undergarments, otherwise he would always feel like he was flirting with him.
Yun Jin was both amused and exasperated. If he were to see those QQ clothes from later generations, he would be dumbfounded and his worldview would be shattered.
Thinking of this, Yun Jin couldn't help but smile.
When Sister-in-law Gao returned from buying the fabric, she saw Yun Jin grinning foolishly and asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"
"I thought of a joke." Yun Jin certainly wouldn't tell the truth, so she just gave a perfunctory reply.
Sister-in-law Gao didn't mind, and just said, "I'll borrow your cloth coupons and pay you back when we get them next month. We really don't have any this month, and the children need them. It's not summer anymore, and the clothes are thin. I feel embarrassed not to wear them. I'm a grown woman now."
Yun Jin nodded calmly: "I understand. I'm not in a hurry to use it. You can use the cloth coupons first, and you can pay me back later when you have them."
"Sigh, I should have had fewer children back then. Now I realize you're better off with only one child, Xiao Nian Gao, and you don't have to worry about food, drink, or clothing." Sister-in-law Gao regretted having her husband sterilized too late.
I should have gone after I gave birth to my eldest son.
Anyway, I have sons and daughters, so I've done right by the Gao family.
Yun Jin smiled but didn't say anything. Everyone has their own choices. She only cared about herself and didn't care about other people's lives.
After buying some things, we strolled back home. Little Nian Gao had come out for a walk and was happy and quiet.
Little Bean Bun got tired from walking, so it went home and drank water. After it was full, it lay down next to Little Rice Cake.
Yun Jin laid a mat on the ground and let Xiao Niangao play on it. As long as she could see her mother, she wouldn't cry or make a fuss and was very well-behaved. If she got sleepy, she would snuggle up next to Doubao and fall fast asleep.
Little Rice Cake is willing to get close to Bean Bun, and Yun Jin is also hygienic, giving Bean Bun a bath every few days. Bean Bun doesn't shed fur, doesn't have much body odor, and even knows to wipe its feet when it comes back.
That's right, Doubao always wipes the doormat by the door a few times before wandering around the house when it comes home; it's very clever.
After Sister-in-law Gao finished making the mugwort cakes, she sent a plate to Yun Jin. After eating Sister-in-law Gao's food, Yun Jin thought about going to the city to buy some Dragon Boat Festival gifts to give back to her. She couldn't just eat without giving anything in return.
He Tingchuan knew she was going to the city. He regretted that he had an important training session the next day and couldn't take leave to accompany her and her daughter. He told them to be careful and not to wander off.
Yun Jin hugged him and said, "I'm not a three-year-old child. I can't get lost. Don't worry, your wife would never want to lose herself. With such a good husband, who would want to!"
He Tingchuan's Adam's apple bobbed as the softness pressed against his back made his blood rush. Looking at the little girl nibbling on his toes, unwilling to sleep, He Tingchuan gave her a meaningful look: "Little girl should go to sleep."
Yun Jin could easily understand his subtle hints. This guy was really something else; youth made all the difference. He would stop every few days, which was only possible because of her good stamina. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to put him through all this trouble. "You can coax him to sleep yourself. Once he's asleep, you can do whatever you want with him."
He Tingchuan raised an eyebrow, his deep eyes bright. He scooped up his soft and adorable daughter, holding her close, and said, "Let's have a contest to see who falls asleep first. Whoever falls asleep first will ride a horse tomorrow."
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