When Su Jianing finished saying this, Jiang Youtao looked at the bookshelf on the screen. The bloodstain that had almost soaked the sixth book had finally dissipated for the most part.
Only the shallow layer underneath is still there.
Jiang Youtao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Jianing was happy after threatening Lu Xiangqian. She picked up the lunch box beside her and went out with Jiang Youtao: "Let's go eat."
Su Jianing didn't care what Lu Xiangqian wanted to do. Anyway, she didn't want to kill Lu Xiangqian anymore, so she let him live well. How to live well?
According to scientific research, one would not die if he did not eat or drink for seven days and seven nights. She only needed to keep Lu Xiangqian alive. As for food, she only needed to give him one meal a day. Water was free, so she could let him drink as much as he wanted. She did not care.
Let her serve him wholeheartedly like a puppet, just like she did when she first crossed over, and still be doubted and insulted by him? And spend several more years slowly influencing him and warming his heart?
Eat whatever you want!
"I won't go. I'm here to do some work. I've been delayed for quite some time, and I have classes in the afternoon." Jiang Youtao had come directly to see Su Jianing. Now that she had done her job, she should leave.
When Su Jianing heard what she said, she remembered that the two girls who saved her were teachers as mentioned by Old Lady Zhang, so she immediately gave up trying to keep her and nodded.
"Okay, I'll treat you to a meal when I get back tomorrow."
Jiang Youtao said okay, then walked away with her kitchen knife on her back: "I'll take your kitchen knife. Come back to me when you get home."
Su Jianing smiled. She hadn't smiled sincerely for a long time. "Okay."
Jiang Youtao left.
After finally coming to the county town, she of course had to find Zhang Dezhun to sell the melon seeds she had accumulated for a long time. She hadn't been here for quite a while, and the two small worlds ended in a short period of time, so she had no more room for the melon seeds in her backpack.
Zhang Dezhen was very happy to see her. The melon seeds in their cinema were almost sold out again.
After the transaction, Zhang Dezhen whispered to Jiang Youtao, "Recently, several groups of people have come to me to ask about you."
Jiang Youtao thought of what those two people said about Xiao Ye when they passed by her last time: "Why are they looking for me?"
Zhang Dezhen poured Jiang Youtao a glass of water and said, "You probably don't know how popular your melon seeds are. In our cinema alone, if there were no performances, each person could only buy two bags at most. I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to last this long."
Jiang Youtao had also broadened her horizons. There were many things that could be purchased in limited quantities, but it was the first time she heard of limited-edition melon seeds.
It's true that when you live long enough you can see everything.
The amount of melon seeds she sold in the cinema this time was similar to the previous times, with all kinds of flavors adding up to more than 300 kilograms.
Zhang Dezhen hadn't finished speaking yet: "After knowing the flavor of your melon seeds, many people out there tried to make them to imitate yours, especially the best-selling cream melon seeds. Some even went to the provincial capital to buy butter and fried it together. But the result was nothing."
Zhang Dezhen said this and thought it was a little funny. A secret recipe is a secret recipe. If it can be known and understood so easily by others, is it still a secret recipe?
Jiang Youtao didn't laugh. She asked Zhang Dezhen, "I have quite a lot of stuff. Your cinema can't take in so much. Are you interested in eating it?"
As a person who deals in the melon seeds business, Zhang Dezhen has no idea how much the cost and profit will be. Jiang Youtao doesn't believe that she won't be tempted. She has been thinking about this for a long time. She is a teacher now, and her students have poor foundation. She has to work hard every day. She doesn't have time to go out and sell melon seeds like before.
The current environment is not good, and selling things on the street is still a bit risky, so it is imperative to find a distributor for yourself. She has dealt with Zhang Dezhen a lot. She is an ambitious person. If she didn't have ambition, she wouldn't have directly advocated selling melon seeds in the cinema.
Zhang Dezhen clenched her hands. Ever since she started to sell melon seeds, Zhang Dezhen had been fantasizing about this day. She asked herself countless times whether she should do it or not.
Every time she haven't manage to say to herself the answer, yet she heard herself say to Jiang Youtao immediately: "Interested!"
"Okay, where to trade?"
Zhang Dezhen pursed her lips and said, "Let's go to my house."
Zhang Dezhen did what she said and pulled Jiang Youtao towards her home.
Her home is in an alley next to the county government: "Go in from here, the second house is here, knock on the door, my mom will open it, wait for me here, I'll get it out for you right away."
Zhang Dezhen didn't wait for Jiang Youtao to finish her words before going home and taking out all the money she had saved: "I only have one hundred yuan. I'll give one hundred yuan first."
Zhang Dezhen must have saved this hundred yuan for a long time. There were various amounts of money, neatly stacked. Jiang Youtao took the money and said, "I'll bring it over in a while."
Zhang Dezhen paused and said, "I haven't gotten off work yet. I'm going to work first."
Zhang Dezhen ran to the cinema, all kinds of thoughts popping up in her mind. Would Jiang Youtao cheat her? Would she take her money and never show up again? She got this batch of melon seeds, how should she sell it? Should she sell it at the same price as the cinema? In the end, she was left with nothing.
She was drowsy throughout the working hours and ran home quickly after get off work. After seeing the familiar sack in the room, Zhang Dezhun covered her face and her heart, which had been hanging for the whole afternoon, finally settled down.
Her mother came to her side without knowing when: "Now that you have decided, work hard and make me proud."
Zhang Dezhun is her parents' only daughter. Her mother doesn't have high expectations of her. This is the first time she has said such words.
This sentence was a pressure and also a motivation for Zhang Dezhen: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely make you proud."
At this time Jiang Youtao also returned home. Xu Manqiu was not at home. She left a note saying that the village was slaughtering a pig today and she was going back to divide the pork.
There was still some time before Gu Nianwei got off work. Jiang Youtao held her cheek and thought for a while, then took out the king crab that was a reward from Xu Manqiu's little world last time.
A king crab was bigger than the enamel basin she used to wash her face at home. Jiang Youtao peeled the shell, took out the meat and roe, fried them into a sauce, and then rolled out the noodles and cooked a pot of noodles.
Gu Nianwei could smell the strong smell of crab meat outside the house.
She was from the coastal area in her previous life, so she was very familiar with this smell. After coming to this world, she often secretly cooked seafood to satisfy her cravings, but the smell of those seafoods was still a little different from the smell she smelled now. This smell was fresh just by smelling it.
She quickened her pace and walked back home. After opening the door, she put her things inside and then trotted to the kitchen: "Have you eaten? Have you eaten?"
"I've been waiting for you to come back." Jiang Youtao said, "Manqiu left a note saying that Lao Wang is here to take her home to share the pork. I'll cook dinner."
Gu Nianwei quickly sat down at the table and served crab meat and crab roe to mix with the noodles: "She told me at school."
Liushugou raised six pigs, three of which were pigs to be sold, and the rest were theirs.
Not long after winter begins, the villagers will slaughter pigs and distribute them to everyone. Some families will pickle the pork and save it for the New Year or for guests. Some families are planning a wedding and use the meat as a dish to add to the banquet.
"Eat quickly." Crabs are cold in nature, so she warmed up a pot of rice wine.
The two of them didn't say anything else. They ate crab meat noodles and drank a sip of rice wine from time to time.
As expected of the king crab rewarded by the system, it was delicious and the two of them were extremely satisfied after eating it.
After dinner, the two were chatting by the fire when there was a knock on the gate.
Jiang Youtao thought it was Old Lady Zhang. After opening the door, she was a little surprised to see Liang Shufen outside: "Aunt Gu, please come in and sit down."
Guests are welcome. Although they were not very familiar with Liang Shufen and Liang Shufen had never been to their house, they were neighbors after all, so they had to show some respect.
Liang Shufen looked around as soon as she entered the house. Seeing that the yard was clean and tidy, her satisfaction with Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei increased a little.
Jiang Youtao brought Liang Shufen to the kitchen. There was a fragrance in the room. She knew it was meat as soon as she smelled it, but it was different from any meat Liang Shufen had ever eaten.
She looked around, trying to find it.
Liang Shufen was a little disappointed that she didn't see anything. She always thought that these two children didn't know how to live, but it was a pity that these two children had nothing to do with her. But if Gu Nianwei was her daughter-in-law in the future, she couldn't let Gu Nianwei go like she let Lin Manrou go.
She thought about it carefully, the reason why Lin Manrou cheated on her was because she gave her too much freedom. In the future, Gu Nianwei would become her daughter-in-law, and she would have to hand over her salary and report wherever she went.
Liang Shufen thought about it and sat down on the stool that Jiang Youtao had brought. The heat from the fire pit warmed her.
"You guys made a great fire pit. It's so comfortable to roast." Liang Shufen regretted why she hadn't thought of it before: "I'll dig one in the kitchen tomorrow."
Jiang Youtao poured her a glass of water and chatted with her casually.
Liang Shufen took a sip of the water, but it didn't taste sweet, and she felt bad. She lived next door, and there was a good smell coming from the house next door every day, and they ate meat five days a week.
As a result, when she visited their house, they wouldn't even give her some sugar water to drink.
She lightly touched her lips, then placed the cup on the wooden stool beside her: "Xiao Gu, how old are you this year?"
Liang Shufen chatted with Jiang Youtao for a few words, and then asked Gu Nianwei.
Gu Nianwei paused and said, "Twenty."
Liang Shufen clapped her hands and said, "That's perfect. My son is 25 years old. Xiao Gu, you have seen him. He is very handsome, tall and masculine. He has a bright future in the army..."
Before Liang Shufen finished her words, the smile on Gu Nianwei's face fell instantly. She interrupted Liang Shufen: "Aunt, everyone in the commune knows how outstanding your son is. But I don't understand why you come to me and say this."
Liang Shufen didn't expect Gu Nianwei to be so disrespectful to her. Then she heard her say that everyone in the commune knew how outstanding her son was, but no one in the commune could see her son's current excellence. All they could see was the green grassland above her son's head.
Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao understood what Liang Shufen meant.
Gu Nianwei had never had a serious relationship with Liang Shufen, but from the words of her neighbors, she knew what kind of person Liang Shufen was.
She seems to be easily influenced and has a good personality, but she is also extremely stubborn. Once she makes up her mind about something, no one can change her mind, just like she firmly believes that Lin Manrou is a good child.
Gu Nianwei didn't give Liang Shufen a chance to refute: "Aunt, in the past one or two years since I went to the countryside, many people have introduced me to potential partners. They are all very outstanding, but their excellence is theirs, and it has nothing to do with me. Do you understand what I mean?"
This sentence is a clear rejection.
Liang Shufen's face suddenly turned ugly. She glanced at Jiang Youtao, who smiled and said, "Our Weiwei is only 20 years old. She is still young, so there is no need to rush. If she wants to get married, there are many people who can marry her. They all have bright prospects. She is still young and it's her first marriage. Right?"
The last sentence Jiang Youtao asked was directed at Gu Nianwei, who nodded in agreement.
Liang Shufen's face turned pale and blue. She stood up and walked outside. Jiang Youtao walked her out the door.
She went home angrily. Zhang Yubing's wife happened to be taking out the trash. Seeing this, she hurried over to ask, "Why did she go to your house?"
Liang Shufen is now a secluded person who rarely goes out. When she comes out from Jiang Youtao's courtyard, how can Zhang Yubing's wife not be curious?
Jiang Youtao didn't want to save her face: "She's eyeing our Weiwei as her daughter-in-law."
Zhang Yubing's wife's eyes changed immediately. Since Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao moved into Xingfu Lane, the boys from Xingfu Lane would pass by the gate of their yard four or five times a day. Now there are also many more boys going to school to pick up their younger brothers and sisters than before.
Jiang Youtao has a boyfriend, Xu Manqiu is still young, and everyone's target is Gu Nianwei. Liang Shufen is so shameless that she came to talk with someone about her second-married son.
And she is not sincere at all. If she is really sincere, she will find a family with whom both parties have a good relationship to test the waters. Only if the woman is also interested, will the man go to the family.
People like Liang Shufen simply don't respect the woman.
"Your Weiwei didn't agree, right?" Zhang Yubing's wife frowned.
"No, our Weiwei is a grown-up girl, why would she marry a divorced man?" It's not that second marriage is bad, but why would you marry a divorced man when you can obviously find someone better.
After Jiang Youtao said this, she went back to the house. In a short while, Zhang Yubing's wife told everyone in Xingfu Lane about it.
Liang Shufen was wiping tears at home again. Gu Hanqing and Gu's father ignored her. They had already told her that they would not be happy about it, but she had to go to their house to cause trouble. There was no need to cry.
Liang Shufen became even sadder when she saw the indifferent looks of the father and daughter. Father Gu was really annoyed by her crying and said a few words to her, and she jumped up suddenly.
"You always talk about me. I knew you were that kind of person. From the time we got married until now, you have never been interested in me." Gu Hanqing has heard this sentence many times since she was a child, and she walked away.
Father Gu also felt annoyed. He and Liang Shufen were becoming increasingly unable to communicate. They had been married for nearly 30 years, and no matter what they quarreled about, it always came back to this issue.
When Jiang Youtao returned to the room, Gu Nianwei had already covered the fire in the fire pit with ashes. The two talked for a few words about this matter and went back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day at noon, when Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei came back from school, they saw that it was very lively at Su Jianing's house in No. 2. Su Jianing was standing in the yard, and a group of people were standing opposite her.
"I'm going to say this. If you want Lu Xiangqian's compensation, you can. But take Lu Xiangqian back and I'll divorce him. You can take the two children with you and this house will be mine. Otherwise, no deal."