Grandma Li wanted to refuse An Chen's mother's medical expenses, but she couldn't get angry when she thought of the situation at home. originally wanted to do a good deed to help An Chen's mother, but now she asked An Chen's mother to spend an extra amount of money, the look on her face was a little unbearable, and she hurriedly asked An Ning and An Chen's brothers about the situation, and An Chen's mother even said that it was okay to deal with it.

couldn't stand Grandma Li persuading her to go home early, An Chen's mother asked Li Jixiang to accompany Grandma Li, and she was going to take her two sons home.

It was dark outside, and it would be difficult for An Chen to see him again if he went home. Li Jixiang was worried about increasing her popularity, she wanted to go to see An Chen, and An Chen's mother said she wouldn't let her go.

"Let Jixiang take a look for me, I'm so relieved."

Grandma Li's words made An Chen's mother refuse again, she told Li Jixiang that she had to come back quickly to take a look, and she would take Grandma Li home to pay attention to safety on the way home.

"Alas, Lao An went to the countryside to harvest beans and was not at home, so these two muddy balls will cause trouble for me. Grandma Li, you rest first, and I'll let Jixiang come back immediately. ”

An Chen had a plaster cast on his leg and An Ning's arm bandaged, and the two brothers sat on the corner bench in the surgical treatment room, staring at each other unconvinced like two fighting cocks.

Hearing the footsteps, An Chen turned his face and saw Li Jixiang, and his face suddenly became as bright as a flower.

"Jixiang, you came to see me?"

Come and wake him up, stand back diabetic, don't let him taste the sweetness, really, who wants to come to see you a bear child who was disabled by a fight, I'm here to harvest popularity. Li Jixiang grinned at An Chen and "mm-hmm" to deal with it, seeing that the string of small pink numbers became 423, the goal was achieved, and it was time to leave!

"Stinky shameless, the ghost came to see you!"

An Ning pouted at An Chen and muttered.

"Auspicious come to see me, you are jealous."

An Chen kicked his legs and tried to stand up.

"Shh

An Ning nodded at Li Jixiang as a greeting. The small pink number in Li Jixiang's mind instantly rose to 433.

An Ning likes Li Jixiang! This is really an unexpected gain, Li Jixiang is a little happy.

"You're fine, then I'll go back to see my grandma."

The task was successfully completed, and Li Jixiang couldn't wait to leave.

"Jixiang, why are you gone, my leg is injured."

An Chen looked at Li Jixiang with both hands on his injured leg, a few scrapes on his fat face that were pressed to the ground had turned into dark red scabs, maybe he pulled the scrapes when he spoke, he frowned and pouted, and his eyes flashed with water.

His brothers are so ruthless in fighting, and these two boys are not good people. Li Jixiang asked An Chen to recuperate well, but he was thinking that he would have to find some excuse to see An Chen after school in the past few days, and according to the current situation, it would take three days to gather enough popularity for 1,000.

"You two muddy boys hurry home with me and see how I clean you up when I get home. Jixiang still has to look at her grandmother, and An Chen is not allowed to pester her. ”

On the way home, Grandma Li didn't let Li Jixiang help her. Although her steps were a little unsteady, she was able to keep up with Li Jixiang's rhythm. When passing by the bathhouse, Grandma Li stopped, looked at the bright lights above the ticket window of the women's bathhouse, squinted and remembered something, and turned her head to ask Li Jixiang to help her remember that she was going to take a bath on April 3rd.

To take a bath in this kind of place, Li Jixiang would rather not take a bath for the rest of his life. Everyone stripped naked and looked at each other, which was simply dehumanizing.

"I help my grandmother remember, I don't wash."

"Why don't you wash it, let's go to see your dad clean."

"Huh?!"

Grandma Li's words made Li Jixiang excited. The dumb father has been dead for three years, and Grandma Li is old and confused.

"It's going to be Qingming Festival soon, and I'm going to wash it once a year to see him. I don't know how the ocean is doing over there, I really want to go over and accompany him sooner......"

Grandma Li chattered indistinctly, and when she heard Li Jixiang's back tingling, she always felt as if there was a shadow following her.

When she returned to the store, Grandma Li still insisted on opening the door of the store and waiting for the customers to come to buy something, sat on the small stool behind the counter, and remembered that she had not yet cooked dinner for her granddaughter.

Listening to the sound of pots and pans colliding on the stove, Li Jixiang couldn't sit still in the house, remembering that the original owner would do housework, and she couldn't help Grandma Li at all.

In the past, Li Jixiang wanted to help with the work, and Grandma Li would not refuse, but now it is different, Li Jixiang has more than three months to take the middle school entrance examination, and Grandma Li asked her to concentrate on her studies and did not let her touch a little housework. In the morning, Li Jixiang poked the coal stove to make a fire, and Grandma Li felt very guilty when she got up.

"Everything is inferior, only reading is high. Auspicious, you listen to grandma's words and go to study, if you have a good life in the future, grandma can also live a good life. I don't have much work at home, and I can do it alone. ”

Grandma Li pushed Li Jixiang into the house and closed the door, went to work on the stove for a while, and called Li Jixiang to eat.

On the table is white rice porridge and a bowl of stewed tofu with cabbage. The tofu smells a little sour, and it crumbles when you clamp it, but it tastes good, and the sweetness of the Chinese cabbage masks the sour taste of the tofu.

"Your aunt said that her family will also make tofu for a while, her craftsmanship is good, and the tofu she makes must taste better than the one on the street."

The tofu was bought yesterday, and it's a little sour but it's also very cheap. Grandma Li was worried that her granddaughter would not be used to eating, and she was secretly relieved to see Li Jixiang eating with relish. If you can buy this sour tofu again tomorrow, you just need to soak it in salted water, then cut it into slices and fry it in rapeseed oil until it is golden brown on both sides, it should be as delicious as meat.

When was the last time Grandma Li ate meat, I can't remember it anymore. When his son Li Haiyang was there, he would go to the countryside on the 26th and 7th of the lunar month every year to find an old comrade-in-arms who had retired from the army together to buy a piece of pork and come back. Early in the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, Grandma Li stewed with star anise ginger and pork, boiled over a high fire and turned to low heat to simmer, the steamed white mist filled the inner and outer rooms, and the fragrance was so fragrant that Li Jixiang swallowed directly by the pot stove of stewed meat.

"Ocean, you're too early!"

Grandma Li raised her hand to wipe her tears, and at this time, there was a jingling bell from the small shop outside the stove, and a guest came in to buy something. Grandma Li hurriedly took off her apron and walked out. The sound of jingle bullet wind chimes slapping on the cotton curtain, and the guest is gone.

Li Jixiang put down the bowl and quietly opened the curtain to look into the store, and the back of Grandma Li sitting at the counter looked very lost. The guest who had come had gone away without buying anything, and her hope turned into disappointment, and she sat on a small stool and shivered a little.

"It's time for Grandma to close the door and rest."

"Oh, it's too late......"

Grandma Li squeezed out of the counter to close the door panel, Li Jixiang went over to help, and a few wooden boards quickly covered the door of the store.

Grandma Li turned her head to look at the shelves and sighed slightly, returned to the room to open the kang cabinet, and took out a small cloth bag with a white background and pink flowers from under the cabinet, opened the cloth bag and looked at a few ten yuan and five yuan bills, her expression dimmed.