The days in winter are short and lingering, and the day has passed. In the evening, it is getting colder and colder outside. It has become dark at five o'clock, and the workers have all gone home together after get off work.
Quietness returned to the factory. At the gate, Doudou squatted there dutifully, looking at the gate. When he saw someone walking past the gate, he barked twice.
"It's me, Doudou, stop barking!" Ling Xiaowei came in from outside the gate. She had just gone to Grandma Xiao's house.
Just come back now!
"Why did you come back so late? Have you seen Grandma Xiao?" Zhang Cuifen asked standing at the door of the kitchen.
"I saw it. Grandma Xiao fell while walking yesterday evening and fractured her elbow. Fortunately, grandpa sent her to the hospital in time." Ling Xiaowei said with emotion.
"It's really uneasy for Grandma Xiao to live there alone." Zhang Cuifen sighed, "How come she has no relatives left!"
"I heard someone say that Grandma Xiao's man was killed by Japanese soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War. Her son joined the army and died on the battlefield. Her daughter-in-law was in poor health and died of illness, leaving only one granddaughter in the family." Yao Hong.
My aunt interjected and said that she heard this from the elders in the village.
"But why does Grandpa Shi care so much about Grandma Xiao? It seems that Grandma Xiao is much older than Grandpa Shi." Zhang Cuifen gossiped.
"I really don't know. Many old people in the village are curious, but some people say that Grandma Xiao saved Grandpa before, but I don't know if it's true or not," Yao Hong said.
Ling Xiaowei listened with surprise, but she always felt that this statement was quite similar.
She always felt that Grandpa Shi would stay in this village just for Grandma Xiao.
She had just gone to Grandma Xiao's place, and Grandpa Shi was taking care of her. She looked like an old couple, and like a pair of old friends who had been friends for decades. Anyway, they got along quite comfortably and harmoniously.
After listening to the gossip, Ling Xiaowei went back to the room, went to bed, taught Mingming how to read, and waited for dinner.
As soon as dinner was ready, the peas outside the house barked several times.
"When the rice is ready, the dogs will start barking at the smell." Zhang Cuifen laughed.
Doudou doesn't bark because he smells rice, it must smell human.
After a while, Mingwei opened the kitchen door curtain and entered the house.
The kitchen was filled with mist and steam. At a glance, he saw Ling Xiaowei sitting by the stove warming herself by the fire. With a slight smile, she walked to Ling Xiaowei's side and stretched out her hand to warm herself up.
"Why are you here again? It's because you smell the aroma of my food!" Ling Xiaowei joked.
Shi Mingwei's eyes darkened slightly, with a hint of sadness, and he glanced at Ling Xiaowei, "Why, you don't want to see me so much? If you want me to come in the future, I won't be able to come!"
There is something in these words! The tone was so arrogant, Ling Xiaowei chuckled, "How dare I not wait to see you? Young Master Shi, if you come, it will be really brilliant. I wish you could come every day."
"Haha... you can do it, are you making fun of me?" Shi Mingwei shook his head and laughed, looking at Ling Xiaowei with brighter eyes.
The adults around him all laughed at Ling Xiaowei's words.
Aunt Yao Hong, who was lighting the fire at this time, took out two sweet potatoes from the stove and said, "Xiaowei, the sweet potatoes are ready!"
"Okay! Wow, it smells so good."
Ling Xiaowei couldn't wait, but the freshly roasted sweet potatoes were still a bit hot.
"What is that?" Shi Mingwei saw only two black charcoal on the ground. How could the sweet potatoes be roasted like this!
He has eaten steamed sweet potatoes and sweet potato balls, but he has never eaten roasted sweet potatoes. They are so burnt and black, how can they be eaten!
"Want to eat?" Ling Xiaowei looked back at Shi Mingwei who looked curious.
Shi Mingwei nodded with a sincere look on his face. He wanted to eat it and was a little curious about how it would taste when baked.
"Just two, one is mine and the other is Mingming." After Ling Xiaowei finished speaking, she shouted to the next door room: "Mingming, come out to eat roasted sweet potatoes."
"Roasted sweet potatoes!" Ming Ming shouted excitedly in the house. He heard his voice before he saw him.
After a while, Mingming ran over like a monkey, eager to eat roasted sweet potatoes.
Shi Mingwei stared at Ling Xiaowei with a look of resentment, she did it on purpose, this girl is really too bad.
Ling Xiaowei squatted on the ground, took a few corn husks, wrapped the sweet potatoes, and then peeled off a little bit of the burnt skin on the outside of the sweet potatoes. Her fingers were thin, long, and white, and the way she carefully played with the sweet potatoes was as quiet and beautiful as
painting.
Even if she doesn't eat sweet potatoes, watching her peel them, it feels like she has eaten them. Shi Mingwei feels a little sweet in his mouth.
"Here, Ming Ming gives it to you. Take it and eat it carefully." Ling Xiaowei handed the sweet potato wrapped in corn husks to Ming Ming.
Ming Ming happily blew the sweet potato and took a bite, "It's so sweet! It's delicious."
Ling Xiaowei smiled and continued peeling off the other one.
After peeling it off, she divided it into two and handed one half to Shi Mingwei, "Here, do you want to eat it?"
This kid had been staring at her peeling the sweet potatoes. He must have been so greedy. When he handed the sweet potatoes to him, Shi Mingwei had an expression of surprise and joy on his face, "Eat it, why don't you eat it."
Shi Mingwei reached out to take the sweet potato, and his hand accidentally touched Ling Xiaowei's slender fingers. His heart trembled inexplicably, and he calmly pretended as if nothing happened, and bit the sweet potato.
"Ah... so hot!" Shi Mingwei exclaimed, opening his mouth and waving his hands to disperse the heat in his mouth, the expression on his face was even more ridiculous.
"Haha... You're so stupid. You know how to blow it before you can eat it. It's really worse than even knowing it." Ling Xiaowei laughed.
Zhang Cuifen and Yao Hong on the side also laughed, "Slow down, these roasted sweet potatoes are very hot! We used to use this to warm our hands." Zhang Cuifen said with a smile.
Shi Mingwei glared at Ling Xiaowei, how funny it was! She dared to compare him with Mingming. One day, he would let her know that he was not as good as Mingming.
Hum! Shi Mingwei blew on the sweet potato angrily and took a big bite.
Ling Xiaowei ate the sweet potato slowly, taking small bites, elegant and clear. Shi Mingwei was stunned for a moment, staring at Ling Xiaowei's pink lips for several seconds. When did she look so good when eating?
The sweet potato in her hand feels delicious!
"What are you looking at?" Ling Xiaowei turned to look at Shi Mingwei and met his eyes.
A hint of panic flashed through his clear and bright eyes, "I think your sweet potatoes seem to taste better than mine!" He expressed his inner thoughts.
"The same sweet potato can taste different! If you want to eat mine, there's no way!" After Ling Xiaowei said that, she stood up, left, and went back to her room.
"Xiaowei, there is still something in the fire, it will be fine in a while." Yao Hong said, she thought Shi Mingwei didn't eat enough.
"Oh, thank you!"
"Thank me for nothing. Children in the city are just polite." Yao Hong said with a smile.
