After getting off work, Zhou Xin pushed out his bicycle from the carport, looked at the National Day coming from afar to catch up with the two, and rode the bicycle and said to the two:

"I'm going to leave first today."

After finishing speaking, he waited for the pedal to set off, ignoring the two shouting "Where are you going?" from behind. Something like that.

Zhou Xin is going to go to the door of the cinema today to see if Zheng's mother and Guangming are there, as far as Zhou Xin knows, marriage events in this era are more likely to follow the advice of his parents, and there are still relatively few special cases like Zhou Rong.

What's more, Zheng Juan herself is an extremely filial person, so if she brushes her favorability here with Zheng's mother, it will be much more convenient, and it will not be particularly abrupt.

When Zhou Xin was about to go to the cinema, he saw Zheng Mu and Guangming standing behind a small cart holding rock sugar gourds from a distance, Zhou Xin rode to the two of them and asked directly:

"How much is a string of rock sugar gourds?"

"Two cents."

"Then bring me two skewers."

After speaking, Zhou Xin took out 4 cents from his pocket and handed it over, and took 2 strings of rock sugar gourds from Zheng's mother, Zhou Xin took a bite of it, and praised it:

"It's good, sweet and sour."

After Zheng's mother heard this, a smile leaked from her face, and Zhou Xin didn't plan to stay, after leaving a sentence: "Auntie, I'll come to you next time to buy it", she pedaled her bicycle and went home.

According to Zhou Xin's plan, Zhou Xin is going to buy sugar gourds from Zheng's mother many times, and after the two get acquainted with each other, find an opportunity to meet in Taiping Hutong and help Zheng's mother push the cart to chat and further deepen the relationship.

When Zhou Xin rode to the door of the house, he saw Qiao Chunyan waiting at the door, and Qiao Chunyan also saw Zhou Xin at this time, and waved his arm with a smile.

After Zhou Xin stopped in front of Qiao Chunyan, Qiao Chunyan saw that Zhou Xin had 2 rock sugar gourds in his hand, and directly grabbed one with a smile and took a bite, and said:

"Brother, did you know that I would come to you today, so you bought an extra bunch for me, then we really have a heart."

Zhou Xin didn't say anything after hearing it, so he pushed the bicycle and walked to the yard, Zhou Xin was too lazy to explain, now Qiao Chunyan is useless for you to explain, she will only treat you as a cover-up.

Qiao Chunyan saw that Zhou Xin was about to leave, so she hurriedly bit the sugar gourd in her mouth, dragged the back seat of the bicycle with her free hands, and then held the sugar gourd in her mouth, and made a strange sound:

"Brother~Brother~ Don't go, I have something to do with you."

Zhou Xin barely heard what Qiao Chunyan said, stopped and turned to look at her, Qiao Chunyan looked at Zhou Xin looking at herself, let go of her hands, took the sugar gourd off her mouth with her right hand, smiled on her face, and then continued:

"Brother, I just want to ask if you are free after work tomorrow, let's go to the movies together."

After Zhou Xin listened, he turned his head without saying a word, and quickly pushed the bicycle and ran to his yard, Qiao Chunyan was still shouting in the back:

"Brother, if you want to go or not, you should give me a quasi-word."

After Qiao Chunyan watched Zhou Xin push the bicycle back to his yard, she didn't turn her head to reply to herself, so she stomped her foot fiercely and went home unwillingly.

"Bingkun, hurry up and wash your hands and eat."

Zhou Xin, who had just entered the door, heard Li Suhua's voice, and after Zhou Xin answered, he took off his coat, washed his hands, and went to the table to eat, after the two finished dinner.

Like yesterday, Zhou Xin continued to read the book, while Li Suhua was also knitting a sweater, and the two went to bed quietly until 9 o'clock.

……

The next month was basically like this, going to work during the day, going home to read and study at night, and avoiding Qiao Chunyan's attacks from time to time.

didn't let go of the plan to brush Zheng's mother's favorability, and went to the door of the cinema every once in a while to buy sugar gourds, as the two slowly got acquainted, Zheng's mother has begun to take the initiative to ask Zhou Xin when she will come next time, and she will leave Zhou Xin the best 2 strings of sugar gourds.

Zhou Xin knew that he could plan the next contact place, and in this month, Zhou Xin had already understood the path of Zheng's mother to go home.

After getting off work that day, Zhou Xin went home for a meal first, and then waited for Zheng's mother on the way home, about 1 hour later, Zhou Xin saw Zheng's mother walking with a bright car from a distance.

Zhou Xin walked up head-on, and when he saw Zheng's mother, he pretended to be surprised, and said:

"Auntie, do you live around here?"

After Mother Zheng looked up and saw that it was Zhou Xin, she said with a smile:

"I live not far from the front, why did you come here, Xiao Zhou?"

"I'm just here to see a friend."

After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he walked directly to Zheng's mother, and began to push the small cart forward with his hands, while saying:

"You're also tired from the movie theater for a day, so I'll push you back."

Of course, Zheng's mother was embarrassed, so she caught up with the small cart that grabbed Zhou Xin's hand, and then said:

"It's okay, it's not far ahead, I'll go back soon, you can go home first when it's so late."

"You also said that it was not far away, and it would not take much time to delay, so I should be paid for the best rock sugar gourd you left me in the past few days."

Zhou Xin opened his mouth to return, after all, he was planning to meet Zheng Juan today, and he definitely couldn't let go.

Zheng's mother saw that she couldn't resist Zhou Xin, so she agreed, and then the two chatted along the way, Zhou Xin revealed a little bit of her family from time to time, Zheng's mother heard that Zhou Xin was a city hukou or a regular factory worker, and began to think silently about something in her heart.

So the two people who were careful walked to Zheng's house like this, and after Zhou Xin pushed the cart into the yard, he was about to say goodbye, but Zheng's mother quickly stopped and said:

"Bingkun, I'm bothering you all the way, let's drink saliva in the first room and then leave, otherwise I'm really embarrassed."

Zhou Xin looked at Zheng's mother's insistence, so he nodded directly, and Zheng's mother knocked on the door and shouted:

"Juan'er, Mom and Guangming are back, you open the door."

After finishing speaking, Mother Zheng turned to Zhou Xin and said:

"Wait a minute, my daughter is home alone, so she locked the door."

"Auntie, I can understand."

About 2 minutes later, the door opened from the inside, and Zhou Xin saw Zheng Juan, who was still a girl, tied with a thick ponytail, wearing a flower cotton jacket that looked a little rustic, and her face was a little unopened, but she had already begun to show that charm.

Mother Zheng saw Zhou Xin looking at her daughter, and Xiao Jiujiu in her heart also fought, and hurriedly introduced:

"Juan'er, this young man is Zhou Bingkun, this is the young man I said a few days ago who came to buy sugar gourds every 2 days, and he helped me push the car back today."

Zheng Juan also looked at Zhou Xinlai, who looked better than anything she had ever seen in this alley, and was also tall and big, and said after looking at it:

"My name is Zheng Juan, thank you for helping my mother push the car back."

Zhou Xin scratched his head honestly, and hurriedly waved his hand a little embarrassed, before he said:

"No thanks, that's just a matter of convenience."

After seeing that the two of them finished speaking, Zheng Mu hurriedly said to Zhou Xin:

"Let's go into the house."

He turned to Zheng Juan again and said:

"Juan'er, you go and pour a glass of water for Bingkun."

The four of them entered the house, and after entering the door was a very small outer room, the walls were black and smoky, Zhou Xin followed into the inner room, and sat on the kang that occupied 2/3 of the house, Zheng Juan's house was really small, about less than half of his own house.

At this time, Zheng Juan came up with a glass of water and put it on the small table next to Zhou Xin, and sat on the other side by the way.

Mother Zheng didn't speak, so she hurriedly pulled up the topic:

"In order to take care of me and my blind brother, I didn't go to the mountains and the countryside, and now I don't have a hukou or a job to do odd jobs to maintain the family."

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

Zheng Juan asked her mother a little unhappily, and Zheng's mother winked at Zheng Juan and continued to talk about how virtuous Zheng Juan was. What filial piety.

Zhou Xin followed suit, and didn't stay long after Zhou Xin finished drinking water and left.