After the two looked around, they hurried to the accountant to collect the money. After collecting the money, the two stopped shopping, so they went back to the ox cart to wait for Chen's father. After the two sat down in the car, Song Xiaoling said, "Brother Guoliang, let's take a look at this book! I don't know how to read, you teach me!"

Chen Guoliang replied: "Okay." Then he turned the book to the first page of the text, pointed to it and said: "You see that this is a ginseng ......" In this way, with Chen Guoliang's teaching, there was also Song Xiaoling's exclamation, one teaching and one learning was very warm.

The time soon came to noon, Chen Guoliang led Song Xiaoling to the state-run restaurant to eat noodles, and when they arrived at the place, the two entered the house, there were not too many people, and the two children found a seat, Chen Guoliang asked Song Xiaoling to sit here and wait, while he went to the counter and said to the waiter: "Comrade, come two bowls of noodles." There is a bowl with an egg. ”

The waiter said without a smile: "Three cents plus four taels of food stamps." ”

After hearing this, Chen Guoliang took out the money and food stamps from his pocket (I asked his mother for them this morning) and handed them to the waiter, accepted the number plate given by the waiter, and then returned to his seat and sat down.

Song Xiaoling said: "Brother Guoliang, Uncle Changshan, do they have a place to eat at noon?"

Chen Guoliang replied: "If my father and they don't have a meeting at noon, they will eat in the commune canteen. If you finish driving in the morning, you won't eat, and you will go home in an ox cart to eat again. ”

Song Xiaoling said: "Oh, that's good. Then he continued: "Brother Guoliang, it seems that the book we bought is still right." You see, we have read less than half of the book (in fact, only 1/3 of it) and found a lot of medicinal herbs in it, which we have on Xiaoqingshan, so that when we go down to the mountain, we will pick more medicinal herbs. ”

Chen Guoliang said: "Yes! It turns out that lily of the valley is also a medicinal herb! This is all in pieces on Xiaoqingshan, and no one wants it." I think that if the acquisition station is to collect it, the price will be very low. ”

Song Xiaoling said: "Oh, Brother Guoliang, this is easy to do, after we finish eating, we will ask Uncle Qin, who collects traditional Chinese medicine, and ask him how much is a pound of lily of the valley? ”

"Oh, Reiko, you're so smart," Chen Guoliang deliberately complimented.

At this time, the waiter shouted: "No. 16 noodles are ready, hurry up and get them, don't waste time." ”

Chen Guoliang, after hearing this, stood up and went to get noodles, and asked in front of the window: "Comrade, which bowl is with eggs?"

The waiter didn't speak, just pointed.

Chen Guoliang didn't care, just took this bowl of noodles with eggs and put it in front of Song Xiaoling. went back and brought his bowl of noodles, sat down and said to Song Xiaoling, "Eat quickly, Lingzi, or it's time to eat it." ”

Song Xiaoling nodded, and the two of them ate, when they were halfway through eating, Song Xiaoling suddenly found an egg at the bottom of the bowl, she looked up at Chen Guoliang, and saw that he was about to finish eating, but there were no eggs in his bowl, and his heart was suddenly warm, it turned out that Brother Guoliang knew that it hurt people when he was a child. After eating the remaining half bowl of noodles, I only felt sweet in my heart. Unconsciously a smile appeared on his face.

After Chen Guoliang finished eating, he raised his head and saw the smile on Song Xiaoling's face, and he also showed a doting smile.