Chen Xingling beckoned his friend to sit down and handed chopsticks to Sister Ma March.

"You're welcome, eat whatever you like. They are all female compatriots here, so there is no need to be restrained. ”

Ma March smiled shyly: "...... Good. ”

Jia Shuanghua didn't dare to look at the hard dishes on the table, she looked left and right and was very curious.

"Ling Ling, when I used to look at the design draft, I couldn't guess that it was so beautiful! It's really elegant, retro and modern! ”

"I'll see when I'm full." Chen Xingling urged: "Eat quickly." ”

Jia Shuanghua looked left and right, and secretly swallowed her saliva: "I still want to go upstairs to have a look." ”

"Okay!" Chen Xingling said generously: "I'll take you up to see it after eating, let's eat, let's eat." ”

Jia Shuanghua looked at the sumptuous, almost full of hard dishes, and once again envied the real financial resources of her good friend's family.

"Ling Ling, your lover's salary should be very high, right?"

Chen Xingling's eyes flashed slightly, and he lowered his voice: "It's mainly my mother's money, plus some of my own savings. ”

When Jia Shuanghua heard this, her eyes immediately lit up.

“…… My parents wanted my cousin and I to get married sooner. They also said that they would give me the small house issued by the unit as a dowry. It's just east of the city, close to my school. ”

Chen Xingling smiled: "That's good!" ”

"What's good?" Jia Shuanghua muttered: "My aunt is very satisfied, but my uncle opened his mouth and said that he would have to turn three times and one ring." He said that my parents are just one of my daughters, and the dowry is rich, which can make the neighbors and his colleagues envious. ”

Chen Xingling smacked his tongue a little and asked, "Three turns and one ring?" How much does that cost? ”

In this era when social materials are still scarce, "three turns and one ring" are all practical and good objects, referring to bicycles, sewing machines, watches and radios.

Jia Shuanghua explained depressedly: "I said that the bicycle should have a 'permanent brand', my father asked, and it will be at least more than 130." If you don't have a ticket, you'll have more. The sewing machine should be a 'flying man', at least eighty or ninety yuan. The watch said that it wanted a Shanghai brand, and even a women's watch would cost a hundred. The radio also pointed out that if you want a 'red star card', you will get seventy or eighty yuan. ”

Chen Xingling couldn't cry or laugh: "Even the sign is clear? ”

"Yes." Jia Shuanghua pouted: "I grew so big, and it was the first time I found my uncle so hateful." He also said that the workers of their towel factory are now pursuing 'three turns and one ring'. My cousin and he both work over there, and you can't lose if you lose, so you have to be prepared. ”

Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask: "Seventy-seven-eighty-eight is also worth about four hundred yuan - can your family get it together?" ”

Jia Shuanghua shook her head: "How can it be possible to take so much in one breath." My parents usually save money, and they save more than 200 yuan for a few years. My cousin said that my aunt and I would find a way to make up for a hundred dollars. ”

"Then don't let your uncle know." Chen Xingling reminded.

Jia Shuanghua nodded: "Where do my cousin and aunt dare to let him know." This summer, my mother didn't dare to add a single piece of clothing, and she didn't dare to buy meat for more than ten days, just to save a little more money. My aunt and cousin are similar. Uncle just loves face too much, so we suffer one by one. ”

Chen Xingling hurriedly sandwiched a large piece of barbecue meat for her and lowered his voice: "Eat more." There is still a large piece of bacon left in the kitchen that has not been cooked, and there are too many hard dishes tonight, so I can't eat it at all. I'll wrap it in newspaper later, and you can take it back to satisfy your cravings occasionally. ”

"Ling Ling~~" Jia Shuanghua's eyes flashed stars: "Why are you so good~~ Eat and take, will you be embarrassed?" ”

Chen Xingling blinked: "There's no need to be polite between us." ”

Jia Shuanghua grinned and asked, "Are you ready for the start of school?" ”

Chen Xingling shook his head: "What are you going to prepare?" ”

“…… It doesn't seem to take any of them. Jia Shuanghua laughed: "We don't plan to stay at all, we don't need to prepare bedding, we don't have to pack clothes and daily necessities." ”

Chen Xingling smiled: "Yes! It is much closer than when I went to Chongwen Middle School, and it takes more than ten minutes to go to the east of the city. ”

"You don't need to ride a bike." Jia Shuanghua whispered: "The big gift is said, and he doesn't plan to stay in the house." He also said that you paid him a lot of salary, and the tuition fee was covered by the state, so he suddenly felt a lot easier. ”

Chen Xingling chatted with her in a low voice, and from time to time beckoned the two sisters of the Ma family to eat.

Zhao Xiaoxing was busy all afternoon, and she was already very hungry at this time, but her mother-in-law was present, she didn't dare to eat enough, so she could only bury her head and eat quietly and silently.

Li Ying and Gu Miao devoured it, constantly attacking the best plates on the table, and ate very happily.

Gu Xuan has always disliked strangers, nor does he like to deal with strangers, but when he saw that there were three more strangers eating by his side, he became even more restrained.

If it weren't for the delicious food on the table, she might not have been able to eat it.

Ma March and her sister also gobbled up, although they deliberately slowed down their movements, but there were too many hard dishes, and they really couldn't control themselves, so they could only bury their heads as much as possible to save embarrassment.

Chen Xingling was very enthusiastic, picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched meat for them, and shouted Zhao Xiaoxing to eat more, saying that she was the hardest today, and she should eat more, and sandwiched the biggest roast duck leg to her.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhao Xiaoxing couldn't help but secretly glance at her mother-in-law.

Li Ying is busy eating, where can she take care of her.

Gu Miao peeked at the Ma March sisters from time to time, her eyes and face were full of disgust, just because the clothes on their bodies were full of all kinds of patches, and the shoes on their feet were very old, but they didn't write the word "poor" on their heads.

She boasted that her family's economic conditions were good, and she was favored by her old mother, so she had to go to the department store to buy the latest clothes when she bought clothes, and she resolutely did not buy fabrics to find a master tailor, and she resolutely did not wear patched clothes, as long as they were a little old, they had to be replaced immediately.

Therefore, she "stared" at the Ma March sisters with her lofty eyes, and even always reached out to them to get the sea shrimp, with a look of "I am the master and I am qualified to eat".

Chen Xingling quickly found out, and hurriedly blocked the roast chicken in front of Gu Miao, separating her hands.

"You like roast chicken, eat it."

Gu Miao unceremoniously pinched a big chicken leg and gnawed it down.

Chen Xingling gave Sister Ma March a chicken wing, and said gratefully: "Fortunately, you came to help in time today, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to rely on me and Xiaoxing alone." Come on, great heroes, please don't be polite, eat with an open stomach, don't be restrained. ”

Ma March and Ma Sifang smiled shyly and ate happily.

The meal was enjoyed by the guests, until more than seven o'clock, when the male guests were slightly drunk and helped each other to leave.

Gu Qi was not at ease, so he rode his bicycle out to send people off.

Ma Dali and Gu Yi helped clean up the living room, while Ma March and her sister washed the dishes and chopsticks with Zhao Xiaoxing.

Chen Xingling took Jia Shuanghua and her cousin to visit the inside and outside of the Three Gardens, and then saw them off.

Jia Shuanghua reluctantly held her hand, and held the packaged bacon in the other hand.

"Ling Ling, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you in my heart. If it weren't for the fact that you're too busy, I'd have come to you a long time ago. ”

"Come and stay with me tomorrow." Chen Xingling smiled: "I've been too busy these days, I have to take a good rest in the next few days." ”

Jia Shuanghua said: "I'll come to play with you the day after tomorrow." ”

Chen Xingling agreed and promised to wait for her at home the morning after tomorrow.

The cousin smiled and said goodbye and drove his lover away.

Chen Xingling hurriedly went into the house to help clean up and clean up some leftover meat and vegetables.

The man has a big appetite, there is almost nothing left in the living room, and there is still half a roast chicken and half a roast duck left on the table in the study, plus some seafood.

Li Ying picked her teeth and beckoned lazily: "Put them all away, I'm going to take them back and eat them tomorrow." ”

Chen Xingling didn't bother with her, and let her screw it away.

Gu Qi happened to come back, turned around and sent the old mother and two younger sisters back to the first floor of Linjiang, only to come back tired.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the door, I saw the factory director's car parked at the gate of his new home, and Director Guo was standing at the door of his house laughing and chatting with his wife!