Xue Chuchu originally thought that she would wait for the next bus, or get off work, or even later.
She had been mentally prepared for a long time, but at this moment, Jiang Ning disturbed the chaotic crowd and appeared in front of her.
It was very cold and raining. I don't know whether it was because Xue Chuchu didn't dare to look closely or because of the rain. Jiang Ning's face was looming, except for a pair of ink-like eyes, which was unforgettable at first sight.
Xue Yuantong behind him poked his head out, hiding his palm-sized face under his hat, and shouted excitedly: "Chu Chu, go home!"
Xue Yuantong admired Chu Chu's surprised expression and felt secretly happy, feeling a sense of accomplishment that she had saved Chu Chu from the danger of fire and water!
"Ah?" Xue Chuchu didn't expect Jiang Ning to come at all, because there had never been such a precedent.
The state of mind at this moment was like that of her countless times walking in the rain, alone and endless, when suddenly someone came to pick her up.
Xue Chuchu carefully picked up her steps and walked to the titanium gray battery car.
Tongtong put a sticker on Jiang Ning, "No, there's still room!"
Jiang Ning casually took off Tongtong's raincoat and handed it to Chu Chu: "Put it on and I will cover Tongtong later."
Xue Chuchu: "...Yeah"
After finishing the outfit, Xue Chuchu got on the battery car.
In full view of everyone, Jiang Ning turned the switch, and the angular body of the battery car pierced the wind and rain again and drove towards the white street in the distance.
At the entrance of the small supermarket diagonally opposite the bus stop, a boy wearing an Adidas brand jacket was chatting with his classmates. His eyes glanced at the bus stop from time to time. When he saw that beautiful figure being picked up, he was greatly shocked.
Shock.
The girl wearing black-rimmed glasses with thick lenses noticed the change in Jin Yuanhang: "What's wrong?"
Jin Yuanhang laughed dryly: "It's okay."
He and Xue Chuchu are classmates and know each other's personalities well. Except for Mu Ying in the class, he almost lives alone.
It was raining outside today. After he learned that Chu Chu was not riding a bicycle, he originally wanted to find a chance, but he kept looking and looking. He was still looking, but unexpectedly he was picked up.
Jin Yuanhang: ‘Damn!’
When the cool-looking battery car passed by the supermarket, the cold wind blew Xue Chuchu's hair, and her long and messy hair was flying freely. Not only was she not embarrassed, but she looked even more beautiful and refined.
Jin Yuanhang was so sore that he walked away with his head sullenly.
The female classmate with black-rimmed glasses who was talking to him just now shouted: "Hey, where are you going?"
Jin Yuanhang walked forward. He waved his hands and said in a muffled voice: "Don't miss me, I'm going on a long voyage..."
The female classmate with black-rimmed glasses burst out laughing and quickly caught up with him with her schoolbag: "You are walking so fast, wait for me!"
…
Jiang Ning's battery car is very warm, this is how Xue Chuchu felt after getting on the car.
Secondly, Xue Chuchu, who is very stable and often rides to school, knows very well how easy it is for a battery bike to slip in this kind of weather. However, at this moment, she did not feel any sign of the wheels sliding out of control.
She suddenly remembered that Tongtong had quietly told her before, claiming to be the big leader.
Xue Chuchu then asked her why she said that?
Tongtong said that many big leaders have full-time drivers, and those drivers drive very steadily, so big leaders don't feel bumps. But when she rode Jiang Ning's battery car, there were no bumps either. Doing some math, it means she is a big boss.
At that time, Xue Chuchu only regarded it as a joke, but now that he sat on it in person, he realized that Tongtong was not joking.
In addition, Jiang Ning was riding so fast that he was almost touching the ground. The scenery on both sides was rapidly retreating. Cars and buses could not even touch the shadow of the battery car.
The usually nearly twenty-minute journey seemed to be condensed into just a few minutes. Suddenly, Jiang Ning's clear voice came to Xue Chuchu's ears: "Hold tight."
Xue Chuchu subconsciously hugged Tongtong.
Then, the wheels suddenly stopped, and due to the inertia, the car body threw an elegant arc on the ice. From the intersection of Nanhong Road, there was a gorgeous big drift, and it was thrown into Heba Road.
In the crisis, Xue Chuchu pinched Tongtong, but Tongtong didn't take it seriously. She shouted:
"Hahahaha, Chuchu, look at how timid you are!"
When the inertia gradually disappeared and the battery car stopped for a second, Jiang Ning turned off the switch, and the motor drove the rear wheels to rotate wildly, buzzing into the eastern wind and rain.
Behind, a taxi was driving slowly. The middle-aged male driver witnessed this scene with his own eyes and was stunned!
Middle-aged male driver: "Holding grass, incredible skills!"
He said to the passenger in the back seat: "Sister, did you see that there was a battery car floating really cool just now?"
In the back seat of the taxi, there was a passenger who was wearing a sleeveless down jacket and was dressed exquisitely. Even though she was wearing a mask, she could still be seen as a beautiful woman.
She heard the driver's words and said casually: "Oh, battery car?"
She glanced out the car window: "Riding a scooter in this weather..."
She didn't say the next words, but the contempt in her words was extremely obvious.
The middle-aged male driver has been a taxi driver for half his life, so he can naturally understand the thoughts of young women. He lost interest in conversation and exclaimed to himself: "His grandma is so handsome!"
The driver's excitement felt like he was back when he was sixteen. He subconsciously turned the steering wheel, the car suddenly floated, and the female passenger in the back seat screamed and fell to the seat.
This scream immediately brought the driver back to reality. He was withdrawn from his dream, faced the hardships of life again, and quickly made peace with it:
"Little girl, sit still, the floor is slippery!"
The road to the dam was extremely smooth. When Jiang Ning was going downhill, he performed another trick of drifting downhill. Chu Chu hugged Tongtong fiercely. Tongtong was strangled by her and hurt, and she complained to Jiang Ning about Chu Chu.
Xue Chuchu felt guilty and slightly embarrassed.
The bungalow is cold and windy, and it rains continuously.
A loving mother leans on her door with love, but a wanderer's journey is painful.
When the familiar battery car appeared, Aunt Gu felt a little more relaxed. She saw that today's battery car was a little different from the past. Xue Chuchu took off her hat and revealed her face.
A very handsome girl, but unfortunately she is not her Tongtong. Before Aunt Gu could get confused, Tongtong popped her head out from under the raincoat and said with a smile: "Mom, I'm back!"
Aunt Gu glared at her: "I thought it was a gift!"
"Hmph, I am the soul of the whole car. Jiang Ning is the driver and Chu Chu is the cargo. May I ask, mom, who am I?" Xue Yuantong asked proudly.
Aunt Gu rubbed her little ears, which were warm. Jiang Ning took good care of her daughter.
Aunt Gu taught her a lesson: "You are a little donkey pulling a cart."
The corners of Xue Chuchu's mouth curved slightly, a little envious of the family relationship between Tongtong and Aunt Gu. Her own mother rarely made such jokes with her.
Xue Yuantong sniffed Xiaoqiong's nose and smelled the freshly steamed buns in the room. Her eyes lit up: "I'm tired from driving, I want to eat 8 buns!"
Aunt Gu: "Raising pigs!"
As she spoke, she grabbed her daughter's arm and sent her to the kitchen, and then said: "Jiang Ning, Chu Chu, you guys come and eat some steamed buns too."
Jiang Ning: "I'll go home and clean up."
Tongtong shouted: "Come and eat! I'll clean it up for you!"
Now Jiang Ning eats three meals a day at Tongtong's house, which has long been the treatment of his own family. It is very rare to rent a house to this extent.
Jiang Ning parked the car and found Tongtong's kitchen. The firewood was burning in the stove and the house was filled with fragrance.
Tongtong sat on the bench, eating steamed buns and drinking sweet soup.
"My mom made several kinds of steamed buns today!" Xue Yuantong introduced, "There are leek, vermicelli and egg, cabbage and pork, dried tofu and mushroom stuffing, and shrimp and meat buns!"
"I'm telling you, shrimp and meat buns are delicious!" Tongtong took a big bite.
Prawns are very expensive and much rarer than pork. In the past, my family had no money and could not afford the luxury of filling them with shrimps. Now, with Aunt Gu's "hard work", the Xue family now has savings. Tongtong has saved enough to go to college.
, can’t the days get better and better?
Tongtong grabbed a shrimp bun and gave it to Jiang Ning, because the bun was so hot that it jumped in Tongtong's hand just after it was cooked.
Jiang Ning took the bun with Tongtong's handprint and took a bite. The dough was fluffy and soft, the shrimp was fresh, and the meat filling was mellow, all mixed together warmly.
It's snowing and windy outside. Staying in a small house, eating homemade steamed buns, and drinking a big mouthful of sweet and sour pineapple and white fungus soup makes you feel very solid inside. This is something that a wanderer working in a foreign country will never experience.
Warm.
Xue Yuantong finished making a palm-sized bun. She took a small steamed bun basket, put three buns in them, covered them with a basket to keep them warm, and ran outside, planning to enjoy them with Chu Chu.
Teacher Qian was sitting at the door, drinking rice porridge. He mixed the mustard in the bowl with chopsticks, frowned, and turned his head from time to time to look at the little Gu family next door.
Since Xiao Gu moved to Heba, every year he can eat Xiao Gu's family's special New Year's goods, steamed buns, steamed buns, sugar cakes, burnt leaves, glutinous rice sticks... and even rice dumplings...
In the past two years, there has been a lot less, especially this year, as the little Jiang next door has become more and more arrogant, he actually lost a lot this year and even lost the sesame oil he asked someone to squeeze!
The steamed buns steamed in earthen pots in rural areas are very fragrant, and there is no range hood. When you open the lid, you will find a pot full of freshly cooked buns. When the steam comes out, the neighbors can smell the aroma.
When I think of Xiao Gu’s skills in steaming steamed buns, I really think whoever eats them will appreciate them!
Teacher Qian is very greedy. The steamed buns steamed by Xiao Gu are made of real ingredients and are hygienic. They are all green and contain no additives. Who doesn’t like them?
In previous years, Xiao Gu would send a basket of big buns, so Teacher Qian would save some and eat one at a time, which would last for several days.
"That's weird, no more gifts?" Teacher Qian couldn't take advantage of him, and he felt very uncomfortable.
Just when Teacher Qian was scratching his head and ears, he suddenly saw Tongtong carrying a small steamed bun basket and heading east.
Teacher Qian was overjoyed, quickly picked up the bowl and stood up, saying excitedly: "Hey, Tongtong, you are finally here. I thought there were no steamed buns to eat this year!"
He glanced at the size of the steamed bun basket, frowned again, and said instructing: "I'm not telling you, Tongtong, your basket is a bit small, not big enough..."
Xue Yuantong gave him a strange look, turned around and walked into Chu Chu's house.
Depressed, he continued to drink porridge. Soon, Tongtong and Chuchu went out together and returned to the door, admiring the snowy scenery outside and enjoying steamed buns.
Teacher Qian couldn't help it anymore. He came over and asked, "Tongtong, are there no buns in my family this year?"
Xue Yuantong asked knowingly: "Do you want to eat?"
Teacher Qian: “I must want to eat it!”
Xue Yuantong snorted in his heart. He used to send steamed buns to Teacher Qian's family every year, but in return, others bullied and ridiculed orphans and widowed mothers.
She replied: "If you want to eat steamed buns, why don't you make them yourself? Don't you know how to make steamed buns?"
Teacher Qian was choked.
He is anxious!
Teacher Qian hurriedly said: "I know your steamed buns are so delicious! Aren't my family's conditions unconditional? Well, tell your mother to make some steamed buns for me, and I'll pay you according to the price!"
"The steamed buns sold in restaurants outside cost one yuan each. We are neighbors. How about you charge the cost price, 30 cents each? I will give you 10 yuan now, and you can steam 30 steamed buns for me, and you will get the remaining 1 yuan.
, it’s considered hard work!”
Even the diligent and frugal Chu Chu found it difficult to bear this price.
After hearing this, Xue Yuantong curled his lips: "Are you still alive in the Qing Dynasty?"
Xue Chuchu answered subconsciously: "The Qing Dynasty is dead."
After saying that, she felt a little embarrassed.
Teacher Qian's face straightened up and he said solemnly: "Shouldn't we, our neighbors, charge the cost price? You can't be too greedy."
After hearing this, Xue Yuantong thought for a while and said, "Teacher Qian, you are right."
Teacher Qian was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled broadly: "Okay, when you finish steaming the buns, I will get you the money!"
This trick of receiving the goods first and then giving the money really gave Xue Chuchu a lot of experience.
Xue Yuantong: "Okay, just wait for you!"
Teacher Qian went home satisfied and waited for the steamed buns to be steamed. He had spent money now. Teacher Qian told him: "I want pork stuffed buns, so make more pork buns."
Xue Yuantong: "Wait well for you!"
Tongtong ran back to the house, found Jiang Ning and her mother, and told them about Teacher Qian's request for steamed buns.
Aunt Gu has a lot of dislike for Teacher Qian. She has given her many things over the years, but she has not received any care from others in exchange for her daughter.
Aunt Gu is from the countryside, a kind-hearted woman in the traditional sense. Her study of human hearts is relatively simple, and she doesn’t have any sophisticated methods for building a good relationship. She follows the idea that if I treat you better, you will be better to me.
, it’s a pity that the river dam is not safe, and people’s hearts are sinister.
Aunt Gu: "Let him wait!"
Xue Yuantong: "Humph, that's right!"
Xue Yuantong was mostly full of two big buns. She filled a bowl of pineapple soup and ran to the door to drink. Jiang Ning joined her.
Butcher Zhang next door was sitting at the door drinking a bottle of white wine and gnawing on big bones.
In the great cold season, after drinking strong wine, Butcher Zhang shouted: "Happy!"
Wine strengthens one's courage. Butcher Zhang looked at Jiang Ning who was drinking soup next door and shouted: "Xiao Jiang, come and have some wine with your uncle!"
Xue Yuantong immediately grabbed Jiang Ning. She didn't want Jiang Ning to drink. Butcher Zhang was drunk and liked to act drunk, which was scary!
Jiang Ning waved her hand: "No."
Butcher Zhang: "Young man, what kind of man is he if he doesn't drink? Come and do it!"
Jiang Ning said: "When your family Ruyun goes on winter vacation, I will have a drink with him."
Butcher Zhang's expression changed. He drinks every day, so he naturally knows that wine is not a good thing. He will never let his son touch a sip of wine. When it comes to his only son, Butcher Zhang shouted: "Haha, you're kidding!"
He stopped inviting drinks.
Jiang Ning looked up and saw the ice on Butcher Zhang's roof.
The so-called ice slips are made when the snow on the eaves melts into water and freezes into icicles as it flows down. The vertebrae hang downward on the edge of the eaves. There are many such things in Huizhou Province in the north.
Jiang Ning reminded: "Uncle Zhang, it's time to clean up the ice on top of your head. Don't let it fall and hit you."
Butcher Zhang laughed loudly: "Can this thing hurt me?"
"You young people are so afraid of death!"
Jiang Ning made a casual stroke, and a piece of ice came off the eaves, hitting Butcher Zhang hard on the head.
The pain made Butcher Zhang scream in pain, the wine bottle was knocked over, and the big bone fell out of his hand. The big wolf dog Xiao Ben got up and ran away with the bone.
