Su Erzhuang was used to eating soup every day, but he forgot that Jinbao couldn't get used to it.
"What can we do..."
"Give this to Jinbao." Liu Shumei secretly stuffed a steamed sweet potato into Su Erzhuang's hand.
"No, I can't accept this."
Before Su Erzhuang could continue to refuse, Liu Shumei hurriedly said: "Don't worry, this sweet potato belongs to me, not from the production team. I originally wanted to keep it for my mother-in-law."
"Then I can't take it anymore."
"If you don't think it's appropriate, just treat it like I lent it to you, and you can give me back a sweet potato tomorrow, do you think that's okay?" Liu Shumei said with a slight blush on her cheeks.
Su Erzhuang thought that Jinbao couldn't get used to the mushy soup made from wild vegetable powder, so he should be able to eat sweet potatoes.
Since it's a borrowed one, I can just give it back to her tomorrow, and that doesn't seem to be a problem.
"Okay, Xiaoliu, thank you."
"You're welcome, I just see how cute Jin Bao is."
Hearing her praise her niece, Su Erzhuang's eyebrows filled with smiles, "I am the only daughter of the fifth generation of my old Su family, how can I not be cute?"
Liu Shumei knew that he liked his daughter, "I hope my sister-in-law can have a daughter this time."
"It would be great if I could really have a daughter. I don't have any hope so as not to be disappointed again..."
"People nowadays favor boys over girls. It's really rare to like girls like you. People who have read books may be different."
Su Erzhuang laughed when he heard this, "What kind of books have I studied? I graduated from elementary school."
When it came to his academic qualifications, he couldn't help but praise: "Jinbao's father is very talented. He graduated from college and can design and manufacture large machines. I don't know how complicated those drawings are..."
"Wow! It's really amazing! Your brother is a college student, and Accountant Su, you must be very smart too!"
"Xiao Liu, you are really good at complimenting people. I don't even know how to answer this." Su Erzhuang said embarrassedly.
"I'm just telling the truth."
As soon as Liu Shumei finished speaking, Jinbao tugged on the second uncle's sleeve and said with a milky voice: "Second uncle, Jinbao is hungry, eat..."
"Okay, I'll feed Jinbao some sweet potatoes. Wait a minute, the second uncle will peel them for you first."
Su Erzhuang said, lowering his head and carefully peeling off the outer skin of the sweet potato, and ignored Liu Shumei anymore.
"Shumei, what are you doing?" A middle-aged woman said loudly, "Come and get food."
"Okay, here we come."
Liu Shumei responded and hurriedly walked to the big pot where she was cooking. As she walked, she looked back at Su Erzhuang from time to time, as if she was thinking about it.
Jinbao wondered if this girl was really interested in his second uncle, right?
What is she planning? I don’t understand.
Although the second uncle looks pretty good, wears a pair of glasses, and looks polite, fine lines have appeared at the end of his eyes, and he also has middle-aged nasolabial folds.
Jinbao thought so, and after looking around for a while, he saw many young men staring at Liu Shumei, pushing me and pushing you.
Two bold people came up to talk to her, but she ignored them, which was very different from her attitude towards her second uncle just now.
"Jinbao, open your mouth." Su Erzhuang dug out a small piece of sweet potato with a spoon and fed it to Jinbao.
Xiao Jinbao withdrew his attention from Liu Shumei, opened his mouth, took the sweet potato in his mouth and chewed it. It was not sweet, but it was much more delicious than the soup.
After eating, she was carried into a simple office by her second uncle. There was a desk in the room with paper and pens on it, and a cabinet behind it.
He is busier during the summer and autumn harvest seasons. He is busiest at the end of winter, when he has to help the production team with the year-end accounts. Spring is the most leisurely time.
"Jinbao, let me play with you." Su Erzhuang calculated last month's work points statistics for a while and gave Jinbao a big abacus to play with.
Xiao Jinbao fiddled with the abacus with her little fingers. She remembered that she seemed to have learned the formula before: one up, one up, two up, two, three down, five divided by two...
What comes next?
Su Erzhuang looked at the way Jin Bao lowered her head and played with the abacus, her eyes filled with adoration. He felt that she was so good, she didn't cry, she didn't make a fuss, she was quiet.
If his two sons were one-tenth as well-behaved as Jinbao, he would be satisfied.
Just as I was thinking about it, a voice suddenly sounded outside, "Accountant Su, your nephew is looking for you."
"nephew?"
Su Erzhuang just stood up and saw his eldest brother's three sons standing by the door.
"Why are you here?"
Just as he was wondering, Dagouzi saw Jinbao sitting at the table and let out a long sigh, "So Jinbao is at your uncle's place. You scared my grandparents to death."
"Don't you know that Jinbao is here with me? I asked Jungen to tell his grandma, but he didn't tell me?"
"No," Ergouzi shook his head and said, "Grandpa wanted to kill Jungen, but he ran away without saying anything. Grandma thought Jinbao was missing."
Hearing that his father was going to kill Jungen, Su Erzhuang frowned and cursed: "What trouble did that brat get into again? Really!"
Thinking of this naughty little son, he felt a headache, "You brat, he's jumping up and down all day long. He can't even deliver a message."
"Second uncle, can I take Jinbao back? So that grandma won't worry at home." Dagouzi said.
Su Erzhuang was worried, "You are still a child, how can you hold Jinbao?"
He glanced at the information on his desk and thought that there wasn't much work to do. He could finish it in half a day after he took Jin Bao home and came back.
"I'll take Jinbao back."
After Su Erzhuang finished speaking, he scooped up the little Jinbao with his big hand and let her lean on his shoulder.
"Second uncle, Jinbao... can walk..."
"The road here is difficult to walk. Jinbao, you will fall if you walk on your own." Su Erzhuang said.
Big Gouzi immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, it rained a little last night, and there is still water in many places. It will stain Jinbao's shoes."
The shoes Jinbao wore were small red leather shoes that her parents had exchanged for her at the supply and marketing cooperative. They looked very expensive at first glance.
After hearing what his second uncle and cousin said, Jin Bao no longer insisted on leaving on his own.
She also knew that she couldn't walk very far. After jogging around the house for a while, her legs couldn't stand and she couldn't help but want to sit down.
"Brother Huahua..."
On the way home, Jinbao asked Dagouzi: "You're worried about...Jinbao, aren't you?"
"Well, Xiao Wu is also worried about you. They guessed that Jun Gen might have seen you in the morning, and he and my father went to the mountains to look for Jun Gen."
"Shanshan, where are you?"
"It's the mountain above the village. It's a big mountain, covering this whole area, but we usually don't go too deep for fear of getting lost or encountering wild animals."
Unexpectedly, the eldest brother went to the mountain to look for him. Su Erzhuang regretted: "I shouldn't have taken Jinbao away! Oh, it's all the fault of that boy Jungen. I clearly asked him to tell your grandma. That boy is so unreliable."
Got it!"
Afraid that his parents would be anxious at home, he quickened his pace and hurried home as quickly as possible.
"Oh, Jinbao...my darling, are you okay? Grandma was scared to death..."
Li Xiu'e, who was standing uneasy by the door when she saw Jin Bao, finally felt relieved.
She took Jinbao from her son's arms and scolded her second son, "Why did you take Jinbao away without saying a word? Do you want to scare your mother to death?"
"Grandma, my second uncle asked Jungen to tell you, but Jungen didn't say anything." Dagouzi explained to his second uncle.
Er Gouzi led his brother behind and returned home soon.
He glanced into the yard and asked, "Where's dad? Haven't he and Xiao Wu come back yet?"