Chapter 80: The Visit
When Zhou Kuiruo placed the crockpot, Chun Tao cut the cooled peaches into thin skins and prepared to make dried peaches.
"Seeing that you make such fine food, those who don't know think that you are from a big family."
Zhou Kuiruo said casually, but it made Chun Tao panic. She also slowly discovered that Zhou Kuiruo had been secretly observing herself recently, as if she was suspicious of something.
"It's all in the book, and I thought it was good, so I did it." Chun Tao told the truth, but this book was not a book of this era, afraid that Zhou Kuiruo would continue to ask, Chun Tao hurriedly found an excuse to break him away.
"Can you help me wash a few utensils for dried peaches?"
Zhou Kuiruo noticed that Chun Tao was wrong, and didn't ask too much, he became more and more afraid of knowing Chun Tao's hidden secrets.
Looking at Zhou Kuiruo's carefully cleaned back, Chun Tao always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong.
What does it taste like? Chun Tao was stunned for a while, and forgot to turn over the peach slices, and the result was burnt.
Chun Tao took out the burnt peach slices in the pot and threw them away, and made a new pot.
At night, Chun Tao occupied Zhou Kuiruo's position and transcribed "Thousand Character Text", while Zhou Kuiruo sat on the edge of the bed, pretending to read by the faint candlelight, and peeking at Chun Tao.
Zhou Kuiruo glanced at Chun Tao, then at the book, at the book, and at Chun Tao for a long time, and finally kept staring at Chun Tao and couldn't take his eyes off.
Chun Tao didn't notice his gaze, just transcribed intently, and finally Zhou Kuiruo couldn't hold it back. "You're so tired during the day, rest early!"
"Hmmm! I'm not very tired. Chun Tao just replied lightly and continued to wave the brush.
"Lady!"
Hearing this sudden call, Chun Tao finally raised her head and looked at Zhou Kuiruo in surprise. "Call me?"
"Is it possible, I have two ladies?" Zhou Kuiruo walked to the desk, put the book on the table, and took the brush from Chun Tao's hand.
"You're not sleepy, but I'm sleepy, I want to sleep, you sleep with me."
Chun Tao couldn't help but swallow her saliva, her pupils kept flickering, avoiding Zhou Kuiruo's eyes. "I... I immediately blew out the candles. As he spoke, he got up.
Zhou Kuiruo grabbed her wrist, "Don't be in such a hurry, I can wait for you." ”
If Zhou Kuiruo said this in a weekday tone, Chun Tao would not think much about it, but Zhou Kuiruo deliberately said it in a very ambiguous tone.
So, as soon as Zhou Kuiruo let go of Chun Tao's wrist, she hurriedly left the desk and stayed away from Zhou Kuiruo. Unfortunately, however, she walked in too much of a hurry and tripped over the table leg.
Zhou Kuiruo stretched out his hand to grab her, but unfortunately there was already some distance between the two, his hand fell short, and the ground accepted Chun Tao.
"Ahh It hurts, it must be deliberate, deliberately making me embarrassed. Chun Tao, who fell, immediately regained her composure, and she endured the pain in her arm, and her intuition was that Zhou Kuiruo's behavior just now was to see her laugh, otherwise why didn't she pull it when she fell!
"It's okay!" Zhou Kuiruo, who had lost his hand, stepped forward to help Chun Tao.
Chun Tao coldly pushed away Zhou Kuiruo's hand and patted the dust on his body. "It's okay, aren't you sleepy? Let's sleep! ”
Chun Tao endured the pain in her arm, took off her coat, and lay down on the bed.
Zhou Kuiruo, who was rejected for kindness, stood in place, looking at Chun Tao, who had a sudden change in attitude, and seriously thinking about what angered her.
After thinking about it, Zhou Kuiruo felt that her sudden enthusiasm made her uncomfortable, so she put on a cold attitude.
Sure enough, she couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so she had to be slower.
In this way, two people with completely different ideas lay on the same bed and fell asleep not very sweet.
"Knock knock!" The next day, after selling cowpeas and having money, Chun Tao, who had money, came to the door of March's house with the Zhou family after dinner.
"Who! The door is not bolted, let's push in! March Niang heard the knock on the door and yelled directly at the door.
The three people outside the door looked at each other for a moment before pushing the door in.
"March Niang!" Chun Tao spoke first.
"Spring peach?" March Niang turned her head when she heard the voice, saw Chun Tao, and saw Zhou Da Niang and Zhou Kuiruo beside her. "Why are you all here? Have you eaten? ”
Chun Tao has not been to March's house for a long time, and in the face of the still enthusiastic March Niang, Chun Tao is a little uncomfortable. "Eat."
"Are you here to find the child's father? He's gone out for a walk, and he'll come back later, so you sit down for a while, and I'll talk to you when I'm done. March Niang talked a lot to herself, and then went into the stove room.
The children in the house heard the news of Chun Tao's arrival and all ran out.
"Sister Chuntao, why are you here?" September and October came out of their rooms.
"Spring peach? Are you here to find Big Brother? "March came out of the backyard.
"Hmmm! Is he there? ”
"Yes, you wait, I'll call." March threw the weeds in his hand on the ground and turned around to look for June.
And June happened to push the door out. "Spring Peach is here? Brother-in-law and aunt are also here? ”
Regarding the strange name of the March family, Chun Tao was quite helpless. Although the boss smiled older than Zhou Kuiruo, he called him brother-in-law, and March, who was older than Zhao Chuntao, called Zhou Kuiruo and Brother Zhou.
The point is that according to this name, Chun Tao will be called Brother June. This is absolutely unspeakable for Chun Tao, who is about thirty years old in his heart.
Zhou Kuiruo didn't care about this, and responded with a smile. "I came to my eldest brother today to talk about building a thatched hut."
Hearing someone older than himself call him Big Brother, he couldn't help but be shy even though June had a family heirloom.
"Oh! What a thing! Simple. I know you're busy, so when the time comes, you can give me the money you used to buy the materials, and you won't have to worry about the rest. ”
June patted his chest, "I promise to build you the sturdiest hut possible." ”
How can this hut be so strong? For June's embarrassing rhetoric, Chun Tao just complained silently in her heart, and Zhou Kuiruo generously expressed her gratitude.
"Then there's Brother Lao."
"What's this, Chun Tao is my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law asked me for help, so I can't be careful?"
March on the side, muttering quietly. "I haven't seen you care about me!"
Hearing March's daily scolding of her family, Chun Tao lowered her head and secretly covered her mouth and smiled. "Or? Sitting? ”
"Oh! Yeah! Sit down! Don't stand. ”
"Sister Chun Tao? What are you doing here? Layue, who ran out to play, came back from outside, and rushed to Chun Tao as soon as she entered the door.
"Something, just here."
Layue looked at the people in the yard, and whispered to Chun Tao in a voice that was not quiet: "Sister Chun Tao, can you come with me?" I have something to tell you. ”
Your voice is really... Cover your ears and steal the bell!
Although everyone heard his words, as the youngest children in the family, the older siblings pretended not to hear anything and forced a smile.
"Then I'm in." Chun Tao said to Aunt Zhou, and after seeing her nodding, she left with Layue.
And the busy March Niang took Zhou Auntie into the house to chat, and the three sisters also left the yard, so that June and Zhou Kuiruo could have a good conversation.