Huai'an City, Qiao Niang grocery store.

Fang and Han Shen were outside the store, closing the window of the shop and locking the wooden plank.

As the business in the store got better and better, Ai Qiaoqiao became more and more careful, and asked Fang to lock the door outside the store every night. Even the outside of the window is pressed with a small wooden door, which is closed and locked at night.

"Mother, I'm back!" Ai Xiaoling's voice came from afar.

Fang Clan hurriedly stopped what he was doing and followed the prestige.

Ai Xiaoling trotted all the way into Fang's arms.

"Mother, I'm out of school."

"Why are you back so late today?" Fang was a little displeased. "Did you play again on the way?"

"No, Qin Xiaobao asked me to go to her house to play, but I didn't go." Xiaoling explained.

Qin Xiaobao is the daughter of Boss Feng. Fang knew it, so when the two children were together, she was very relieved.

"Why is there so much mud on your body?" Fang Shi looked down and found that his daughter's skirt was dirty.

"It's fine. When I was playing with Qin Xiaobao, I rubbed it off. Xiao Ling smiled.

"I also said that I didn't play on the road, and my mother was worried about dying when I came back so late." Fang Shi said.

Xiaoling just listened honestly and didn't talk back.

It wasn't until Ai Qiaoqiao called Fang Shi in the kitchen that Fang Shi hurriedly entered the house.

Han Shen and Xiao Ling also entered the house later, and he looked at the little girl's skirt.

"Xiaoling, there's a broken piece on the back of your skirt."

"Ah, really?" Ai Xiaoling hurriedly turned her head to look over.

Sure enough, there was a small hole in the back of the skirt.

"I'll make it up myself, don't tell my mother." Xiao Ling raised her index finger at Han Shen and put it on her lips.

Han Shen nodded, and Xiao Ling ran back to the house lightly.

In the courtyard, Han Shen stood there for a long time without moving.

Until there was a knock on the door, he still stood there thinking.

Ai Qiaoqiao wiped her hands and came out of the kitchen: "It should be Uncle Xie who is back, right?" ”

Han Shen went to open the door, only to see a strange woman standing outside the door.

"You are"

The woman looked a little nervous, "May I ask if the owner here is surnamed Ai?" ”

"Zhu Yichun!" Ai Qiaoqiao strode over from behind Han Shen, "Why are you like this?"

Ai Qiaoqiao looked at Zhu Yichun in surprise in coarse cloth clothes. Xu was in a bit of a hurry all the way, his breath was unsteady, and his face was sweaty.

"I'm leaving Luofu." Zhu Yichun said. The tone was faintly relieved.

Ai Qiaoqiao and Han Shen opened the door and let her in.

"Did Mrs. Luo drive you out behind Luo Zisong's back?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked in a low voice.

Zhu Yichun smiled, "No, I begged to leave." ”

Ai Qiaoqiaoha sighed. slapped the other party on the shoulder, "Cousin, you are really good." ”

Zhu Yichun was coldly slapped by her and almost fell over.

Ai Qiaoqiao giggled, "If your grandmother knew, wouldn't she faint with anger?" ”

Zhu Yichun said happily, "I won't go back, if I go back, she may marry me to someone next time, Qiaoqiao, I want to live like you, you teach me well, I won't do much, but I will definitely work hard to learn." ”

Looking at Zhu Yichun's excited expression, Ai Qiaoqiao laughed and said, "Are you really willing not to be that young grandmother?" You must know that they wear silk and satin in their house. Eating delicacies from the mountains and the sea. ”

Zhu Yichun shook his head, "I also knew that the life of a high-ranking family was like a bird in a cage." No matter how good the food is, no matter how well you dress, it is not interesting, and someone must follow you when you go out of the yard. Can't talk loudly, can't move around"

Listening to Zhu Yichun's complaints, Ai Qiaoqiao smiled, "We are cooking dinner, do you want Sister Yichun to help?" ”

"Good!" Zhu Yichun responded without saying a word.

Ai Qiaoqiao took her to the kitchen, cleaned her hands, and Fang Shi brought the cut tofu over.

Ai Qiaoqiao took the tofu and asked Fang to take Zhu Yichun to cut the meat strips.

"What are you going to cook here?" Zhu Yichun asked.

"This is spicy tofu, and I'm going to fry a sweet and sour tenderloin later, Xiaoling and Aunt Fang like to eat this the most." Ai Qiaoqiao said as she threw a small handful of peppercorns into the oil pan and stir-fried until fragrant, then poured in a small bowl of minced meat and stir-fried.

When the minced meat was cooked, she added a small bowl of half-boiled water, boiled for a while, and then added tofu cubes.

Fang Shi and Zhu Yichun had just cut the meat strips, and Xiao Ling shouted outside, "Uncle Xie is back!" ”

Xie Feng recently went out of the house, because Ai Qiaoqiao wanted to buy a lot of cauliflower, so Xie Feng and Boss Feng went out together a while ago.

"Master Xie is back." Ai Qiaoqiao couldn't leave the kitchen with a spatula in his hand, so he greeted him outside the door.

Xie Feng picked up Xiaoling with a smile and lifted her up suddenly.

Xiaoling screamed and screamed, and her excited little face turned red.

Fang complained in a low voice, and Xie Feng put Xiao Ling down.

"Go and change your clothes and wash your face. Dinner is almost ready. Fang Clan urged.

Xie Feng smiled and agreed, but when Fang turned around, he suddenly pulled something out of his sleeve and inserted it into Fang's hair.

Fang Clan was startled. Reaching out to touch his hair, Xie Feng had already walked away.

Ai Qiaoqiao and Xiao Ling looked at a silver hairpin inserted in Fang's hair with a smile.

"Mother is so beautiful." Xiao Ling smiled.

Fang's wanted to pick the hairpin, but Ai Qiaoqiao said, "Master Xie is really generous, but he's afraid he's going to drink the northwest wind next month." ”

She paid Xie Feng one or two silver a month, although it was not as good as Xie Feng's work in the back kitchen of those restaurants, but he was happy to do this job. Lai was in her grocery store and refused to leave.

Fang touched the hairpin on his head, he couldn't pick it up, and he didn't keep it.

"It looks like Uncle Xie will be hungry next month." Xiaoling also gloated.

Fang Shi glared at her daughter angrily.

"But my mother is here. She won't let Uncle Xie go hungry and thin. Xiao Ling followed up again.

"You kid, talk nonsense again" Fang Shi pretended to raise his hand to beat.

Xiao Ling slipped away and hid behind Han Shen.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zhu Yichun stood in the kitchen and watched dumbfounded.

These people are obviously not a family, why do they seem to be more lively than a family.

It wasn't until after dinner that Fang and Xiaoling cleaned up the table that Zhu Yichun had the opportunity to talk to Ai Qiaoqiao.

Ai Qiaoqiao simply said the life experiences of these people here.

Whether it's Fang's or Xiaoling. Or Xie Feng and Han Shen, their life experiences shocked Zhu Yichun.

"If you don't want to go back to your grandmother, you can stay with me for the first time. Anyway, I'm going to open more shops in a while, and even on the edge of this shop, if you're not afraid to show up, just help me here, and I'll count your wages then. ”

"Okay." Zhu Yichun responded happily.

She originally came to the door with the idea of trying it out, although she didn't talk much to Ai Qiaoqiao in Xiaofang Village, she was very envious of her life.

Unexpectedly, after she left Luofu, she would be able to live like Ai Qiaoqiao, even if she left her family.

Ai Qiaoqiao first placed Zhu Yichun on the side of the shop.

Early the next morning, Ai Qiaoqiao and Xie Feng talked about the purchase of cauliflower in the south.

"After being introduced by Boss Feng, I have already met the young owner of the Ye family's caravan, Ye Yun." Xie Feng said, "I brought back some dried stone cauliflower, you can see how the quality is, whether it can be used." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao buried her head and carefully looked at the stone cauliflower handed over by Xie Feng, and suddenly heard Fang Shi muttering outside the door, "Where did Han Shen go?" I also wanted him to go to the market to buy some vegetables and come back, why did he disappear early in the morning. ”

Ai Qiaoqiao and Xie Feng raised their heads at the same time when they heard this.

"Han Shen?" Xie Feng thought for a while, "I saw Xiao Ling following him when he went out just now."

Now the store is not busy, Xiaoling goes to Ruohuaixi's private school every day to study.

Xie Feng thought for a moment and stood up and walked out of the door, Ai Qiaoqiao also followed closely out of the door, and the two followed Xiaoling's way to the private school, looking for it all the way

(Po Sing Shek Academy)