Xu Deyong spent five cents to buy a "black taut" watermelon of more than six catties, although Chen Xueru was treated, but it was always not good to go to people empty-handed.

Xiao Li'er was full of interest when she saw the round big watermelon, and sat on the board car and saw Xu Deyong picking up the watermelon, wearing a belly pocket and bare little buttocks, so she crawled towards the watermelon.

Xu Huizhen protected her with a smile, and when she finally touched the watermelon, she grinned with two small hands on it, this picture has a sense of the times.

The children on the side were also a little envious when they saw it, and they really wanted to buy a watermelon to eat enough!

"Let's go." Xu Deyong pinched Xiao Li'er's cute little face and said.

immediately took the two to Chen Xueru's house.

"Bang bang."

There was a knock on the door.

The little nanny was about to open the door, Chen Xueru put the little Hou Kui into the bamboo car and said, "You continue to cook, I'll open the door, it must be Xu Deyong and they are here." ”

"Squeak", the courtyard door opens.

Chen Xueru's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "I guess you should also arrive." ”

Xu Huizhen said with a smile: "If we don't come, I'm afraid that you will turn around and block the door of our house." ”

Chen Xueru said: "Don't say it, I can really do it." ”

She saw Xu Deyong holding Xiaoli'er in one hand and a watermelon in the other hand, so she said, "What else are you taking here, I have bought watermelons at home, and they have been soaked in cold water." ”

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "It's okay, this one can be saved for tomorrow." ”

Chen Xueru glanced at him and said, "I still sent you a watermelon, go back and take it away and give it to your grandmother." ”

With this, the three men entered the house.

Chen Xueru asked them to sit down, made tea and said, "Speaking of which, this seems to be the first time that the two of you have come over together as guests." ”

Xu Huizhen said: "Who said no, there have been a lot of things that have happened in the past few months, and I came over unconsciously." ”

……

The two said this.

Xiao Li'er, who was sitting on Xu Deyong's lap, looked around with curiosity with her little eyes, and finally her eyes fell on Xiao Hou Kui.

"Ah......h

Xiao Li'er stretched out her finger and pointed.

Xu Deyong smiled and said, "Oh, that's my brother." ”

Xiao Li'er's small mouth opened and stared at Xiao Hou Kui.

"Well."

The little Hou Kui on the side couldn't sit still in the bamboo cart and began to call people.

Chen Xueru, who was talking, sighed angrily.

Seeing this, Xu Huizhen asked, "Isn't my aunt at home?" ”

Chen Xueru got up and said, "Go to the temple to pray for my brother's blessing." ”

As he spoke, he picked up Xiao Hou Kui and came back and sat down.

The two little ones began to stare at each other with wide eyes, looking a little pleased.

Chen Xueru turned her eyes, handed Xiao Hou Kui over and said, "Hey, you just look at both of them, I'll talk to Huizhen." ”

Xu Deyong took it with a smile, and there was one sitting on one lap.

Xiao Li'er was not happy to see this, and stretched out her little hand to push Xiao Hou Kui, babbling and saying something.

Xu Deyong hurriedly spread his legs apart a little and didn't let Xiao Li'er reach it.

Xiao Hou Kui grinned happily.

One wants to hit someone, and the other is stupid.

Xu Deyong looked at the two little guys, yes, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, are these two born a pair!

After a while, Erya cooked and said, "Auntie, the meal is ready, let's eat." ”

"Hmm." Chen Xueru nodded and said: "Let's go, let's eat, as the saying goes, "one summer without illness and three points of deficiency", I specially went to buy a duck stew, and asked Erya to make braised pork, you have to eat more." ”

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Your preparation is too rich." ”

Chen Xueru said: "A little food is nothing, you have to be mediocre, you put the two of you on the bed and let the second girl watch and play, there are toys there, let's eat." ”

Xu Deyong nodded, put the two little ones on the bed, looked at Xiao Li'er's "tiger's eye", and admonished: "Li'er, don't fight with your brother!" ”

Xiao Li'er tilted her head, grabbed the toys on the bed and played with herself.

Xu Deyong went out and sat down.

Chen Xueru raised her glass and said, "I still have to work in the afternoon, so I will replace the wine with tea today, thank you Deyong and Huizhen for your help." ”

"Sister Xueru is polite." Xu Huizhen and Xu Deyong raised their glasses.

After drinking tea, Chen Xueru said: "Come on, come on, Huizhen, you are pregnant, drink more duck soup to replenish nutrition, and you can eat more meat." ”

Xu Deyong glanced at Chen Xueru, and the politeness of this girl made him a little uncomfortable.

Could it be that so many things have happened recently that have changed the character of this proud girl?

Whatever, just eat it!

At this time, it is quite a luxury to be able to eat at this table.

While eating, Xiao Hou Kui's cry came from inside the house.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xueru frowned slightly.

Er Ya said: "Auntie, just now the two of them grabbed toys, and Xiao Kui was beaten." ”

Chen Xueru smiled and said, "Huizhen, your daughter is powerful enough!" ”

Xu Huizhen smiled and said: "I don't know if it's powerful or not, anyway, it's not the one who suffers." ”

……

After the meal, Chen Xueru asked Erya to cut the watermelon, Xu Deyong hugged Xiao Li'er, holding the watermelon in his hand, and the little guy took a bite of it in his mouth, and kicked his calves happily while eating.

Chen Xueru looked at this scene and suddenly said, "Huizhen, I'm not as good as you!" ”

Xu Huizhen was a little surprised and said, "Sister Xueru, you don't have the temperament to admit defeat." ”

Chen Xueru said: "I am on the matter, whether it is a public-private partnership or a literacy class, you are the first and righteous, and you have the backing of the mediocre people, the work and family are smooth, I am not as good as you." ”

"Still." She then changed her voice and said, "That was before, and I will definitely compare to you in the future." ”

Xu Huizhen smiled and said: "This is the Chen Xueru I know, but in the future, we will all work for the country, and there is nothing to compare. ”

Chen Xueru said: "That can be said, the rural "free economy" is very lively now, maybe when we can run it ourselves." ”

Xu Huizhen said: "It's a matter of no shadow, it's right to live a good life, you should also hurry up and find one." ”

Chen Xueru glanced at her and said, "I don't hurry up, men can't be relied on, and I can live a good life myself." ”

Xu Huizhen said: "That's also a scorer, I think the teacher Xu Hesheng who teaches in the literacy class is okay, he is knowledgeable and educated, although he is older, but he is steady, if you are ......." ”

"Pull it down." Chen Xueru chuckled and said: "Xu Hesheng and I are not all the way, it's good to be single like this for the time being, if something really happens, just borrow your man from me for two days." ”

"Hush." Xu Huizhen glanced at her and said, "This is not borrowed." ”

Chen Xueru joked with a smile: "Look at your stingy appearance, speaking of which, I met your man earlier, and at that time, I had nothing to do with you." ”

Xu Huizhen said: "Yes, you are amazing." ”

……

Xu Deyong and Xiao Li'er ate watermelon one by one, and it was better for him not to mix this kind of topic.

For Chen Xueru, a girl, he now has a thief's heart but no thief's guts.

The two girls chatted for a while, and Xu Deyong and they said goodbye and left.

On the way, Xu Huizhen asked casually: "Deyong, if Chen Xueru had hooked her hand at that time, would you have married her?" ”

Xu Deyong smiled "hehe" and said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible." ”

"Hmph." Xu Huizhen snorted lightly, and was quite satisfied with Xu Deyong's answer.

Actually, when Chen Xueru said that before, thinking that it might really happen, Xu Huizhen was still a little uncomfortable.

And she can also see that Chen Xueru regrets it now.

……

The two returned to the tavern, and the director said from inside: "You can be regarded as back." ”

Xu Huizhen hurriedly got out of the car and went in and said, "What's the matter, the director's aunt?" ”

The director said: "I'm here to inform you that Fan Jin has been newly appointed by the street to assist me in doing a good job in the security patrol work of the neighborhood committee, and Fan Jinyou will no longer work in your tavern in the future." ”

"Of course, it's all on the same street, and the teaching of literacy classes can continue to work part-time."

Fan Jin stood aside with a reserved look, but he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Xu Deyong looked at this scene and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xu Huizhen smiled faintly and said, "Since it was the decision made by the street, we naturally have no opinion." ”

The director nodded: "Okay, although you won't work together in the future, I hope you can have a good relationship and contribute to the work of our neighborhood committee together." ”

Fan Jinyou hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, Auntie Director, I will work hard under your leadership, and I will fight wherever you point." ”

The director said: "Don't be in a hurry to make a guarantee, as long as you raise your ideological consciousness, I still recognize your work ability." ”

Fan Jinyou smiled and said, "Thank you, Auntie Director." ”

"Hmm." The director said: "Then I'll go back first, you clean up, say goodbye to your colleagues here, and report to the neighborhood committee tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I'll be there on time tomorrow." Fan Jin has a way.

"Goodbye, Auntie Director."

Xu Deyong and Xu Huizhen said hello.

As soon as the director's aunt left, the tavern was quiet.

Fan Jin had a waist and straightened up, feeling that the sky outside was extremely blue.

Xu Huizhen smiled faintly and said, "Congratulations, Cadre Fan, you can be regarded as guarding the clouds and seeing the moon." ”

Fan Jinyou smiled and said modestly: "Manager Xu, don't say that, my cadre status has not been restored, you still call me by name." ”

Ma Liansheng said: "You have all gone to work in the neighborhood committee, and it will definitely be a matter of time before your cadre status is restored." ”

As soon as the conversation began, Zhao Yali, Kong Yuqin and others also smiled and congratulated Fan Jinyou.

Fan Jinyou said reservedly: "Everyone colleagues, although there were some things about this and that before, but they have all passed, I hope everyone is well, and when I have time after work, I will also come over to drink." ”

Xu Huizhen said: "Then thank Comrade Fan Jinyou for taking care of our business." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, everyone will see you back." Fan Jin has a way.

After speaking, he smiled and said to Xu Deyong: "Goodbye, goodbye, to be honest, I envy you a little." ”

The corners of Xu Deyong's mouth raised slightly, and he said noncommittally: "You are polite." ”

Fan Jinyou smiled, waved with everyone and strode out of the tavern.

It didn't take a few steps before the smile on his face vanished.

His fists clenched slightly, and for some reason, the laughter of the two always made him feel disgusted and made him a little unhappy.

"Hmph, don't give me a chance, or I'll make you laugh."

Thinking about it, he walked down the street with his head held high again.

He, Fan Jinyou, is back!

……

It's the weekend in a blink of an eye, and this day happens to be the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is the Qixi Festival.

The Qixi Festival evolved from the worship of the stars, which is the birthday of the Seven Sisters in the traditional sense, and is called "Qixi Festival" because the worship of the "Seven Sisters" is held on the seventh night of July.

After that, the evolution of the beautiful legend of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" became "Valentine's Day".

"Seventy-seven" is the life cycle again. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing, Su Wen, Ancient Innocence": "Men are not more than eighty-eight, women are not seven or seven, and the essence of heaven and earth is exhausted." “

It says that men have a cycle of eight years and women have a cycle of seven years.

So "Qiqi" is Daughter's Day again.

In the evening, Xu Deyong took the mother and wife back to the courtyard.

Passing by the mouth of the alley, there was a person who came from the suburbs and countryside to sell water chestnuts and chicken head rice with a flat shoulder, only to hear him shout: "Chicken head rice is coming, Ercang is delicious!" ”

There are three kinds of chicken head rice: tender, two cang, and old (the second cang, which is the best).

The old one is black and has a hard shell, which is called the head warehouse. The old and not tender are earthy yellow, the shell is soft, and it is called the second warehouse.

The first warehouse rice must smash the hard shell up, because the nuts are old, the taste is far less chewy than the second warehouse, and the second warehouse has a unique mellow flavor and refreshing texture.

Although chicken head rice is delicious, picking and peeling chicken head rice can be dangerous. Because the leaves, stems, and skin of chicken head rice have sharp thorns, you can get your fingers pricked if you are not careful.

Therefore, picking chicken head rice and peeling the fruit from the chicken head are very technical hard work. The flowers of the chicken head rice are very beautiful, a bit like the arrow lotus, which is purple-red, but smaller.

Picking chicken head rice, generally holding a sickle, is really like cutting the neck of a chicken, cutting off the chicken head rice.

The leaves of the chicken head rice are floating on the surface of the water, and the green leaves are large, with irregular ridge-like protrusions on the flat leaf surface, and there are black spikes. Therefore, no one picks the leaves of chicken head rice, unlike lotus leaves, which can be used as a straw hat on the head when plucked.

The old chicken's head, which has just been plucked, has red scales like hair, and a curved yellowish-white chicken's beak-like pointed head, like a large chicken head. Peel back the shell, and inside are round peas-like fruits.

Because it looks like a chicken head, the people of Sijiu City call it the old chicken head, just like the name of the old tofu, but it is actually the most tender chicken head rice.

During the period of the old capital, Shichahai, the Forbidden City, the second gate outside the East Gate, can pick chicken head rice.

Many people don't know about it now.

In the past, when children were picking chicken head rice in Shichahai and other places, they would hold a special tool for picking up chicken head rice, and a nail was hammered in front of a small stick to peck people to pick the remaining chicken head rice.

As for the water chestnut, it is also called dragon horn, in the past, the water chestnut of Shichahai was blue-brown, only the size of a bottle cap, with two sharp horns.

When picking water chestnuts, you need to use a hook to fish out the water chestnut as a whole, and then turn over the stems and leaves of the water chestnut, and pick the water chestnut one by one by hand.

After the water chestnut is landed, it is generally cooked and sold, and some are eaten raw.

In the past, vendors selling water chestnut had a special pair of guillotine-type scissors, which would help customers cut off the two sharp corners of the water chestnut, and then break the water chestnut with two petals.

The cut water chestnut is placed on the emerald green lotus leaf, and the inside is a fine white water chestnut meat, which is very delicious.

Xu Deyong and the others bought three cents of water chestnut and chicken head rice, and carried a watermelon into the courtyard.

……

(End of chapter)