Chapter 124

“It’s not the same! This is the sea as seen from a nice room! It’s prettier than what we see from the treehouse”

Xu asked, “”

Objectively speaking, it was clear that the sea on Rainbow Island was more beautiful

Because of the natural seascape over there, the seashore here has been damaged a lot due to industrial development

Instead, this hotel was several times more comfortable than their treehouse

Xu asked Dongsheng, “You like this hotel?”

“Uh-huh! It’s so big! The bed is super soft too! The food is good too”

Xu asked, “”

She was silent for a moment, and said, “Dongsheng, ma ma will take you to live in a better hotel in the future”

Not because of vanity, but think the boy should see the world, not so “no good”, the district a three-star hotel even let him so satisfied, that can not be good?

Xu Wen was determined to become a big brother’s stepmother!

“Really?” The simple Dongsheng didn’t think so much about Xu Man, and simply thought about what a better hotel would look like

“Really!” Xu Man closed his eyes, “provided you sleep well”

Dongsheng immediately jumped onto the bed and closed his eyes

Mother and son slept until four o’clock in the afternoon

After waking up, Xu Man took Dongsheng to the place where Xu Wen and his second uncle lived to make dumplings

Although Xu Man’s skill in making dumplings was not as good as Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing’s, he was still more than capable of dealing with the likes of Xu Wen and his second uncle, who were not picky about what they ate

Including the dough, it took an hour to make six or seven plates of dumplings, and she and Dongsheng ate one plate, while Xu Wen and Second Uncle cleared three plates each

The second uncle burped, wiped his mouth, and lamented, “Since I came here from Wei Zhuang Commune, this is the most delicious and filling meal I’ve ever had”

It’s not that Xu Wen’s dumplings are so delicious, it’s mainly the flavor of his hometown

Second uncle or, Xu Wen or, they were born and raised in the Taoyuan brigade, all year round to go to the farthest place is only to the county to catch the temple fair

Growing up, the city has not been a few times, not to mention the thousands of kilometers away at once

It would be a lie to say that I don’t miss home

Xu Wen, a foreign student who used to love traveling, was used to drifting around, and hadn’t really thought about it, so he apologized and asked the two of them, “Second uncle, second brother, do you regret it?”

Second uncle and Xu Wen shook their heads at the same time

“What do you regret?”

“No regrets”

The second uncle was of a higher rank, and was somewhat embarrassed at Xu Wen, “Great niece, speaking of which, it’s really thanks to you! Otherwise, I’d still be laughed at in the team! It’s a bit tiring here, but the money I earn in a month is worth half a year’s labor”

It’s not that Uncle Er is exaggerating, but many of the construction sites in Pengcheng have already begun to implement the practice of “more work, more pay” to break the tradition of equal sharing of rice

Second uncle and Xu Wen are both very hardworking and earn a lot of money

The second uncle said remembered something, touching the back of the head hehehe laughed twice: “I also saw the foreigner example! Although I couldn’t understand what he said, he gave me a thumbs up!”

Xu asked, “”

“What did you do, Second Uncle, that people complimented you?”

“Didn’t do anything, that stupid big guy didn’t bring any paper with him to the restroom, so I happened to have some extra and shared a little bit with him After coming out of the toilet, he gave me money I did not want!”

Xu Wen: “”

Xu Wen: “”

Xu Wen lived with Second Uncle for so long, he knew his character quite well, and teased, “Second Uncle, when did you become so enlightened? You don’t even want the money given to you by the foreigner?”

“That money he gave is as flowery as paper! I guess their country’s money, and I don’t go abroad, so what do I need it for that money that’s destined not to be spent?”

Xu asked, “”

Can’t help but want to remind him of what he’s missing, “Second Uncle, although I don’t know what denomination of dollars he gave you, I know that even one dollar is higher than a day’s salary for you Also, foreign currencies can be exchanged into our country’s banknotes at the bank”

“Ah!” Second Uncle slapped his thigh and was filled with chagrin, “Bad! Lost money!”

Xu Wen and Xu Wen laughed so hard

Dongsheng didn’t quite understand, his confused little eyes darting back and forth between the three adults, not quite understanding what they were laughing at

After dinner, the bowl did not even have time to put away, Xu Wen was in a hurry to go out to set up a stall

In exchange for the usual he went early, today is in order to accompany Xu asked mother and son, later than usual out a lot, all the way to nagging prayer stalls can not let people take over

The second uncle is very tired after a day’s work, usually take a shower and walk around the neighborhood before going to bed

Now see Xu asked with Dongsheng, cordial, also followed to the night market

The night market is Xu Wen’s name, Xu Wen and the locals call this place Dongkou Stall

Once at the entrance of Dongkou Stall, Xu Wen was in a trance

After a few years of traveling here, this is the first time he has seen a night market that is so busy that it resembles a post-modern one

The stores along the street were all colorfully decorated The houses were a bit shabby, but the facades were all new and still trying to be decorated in the direction of foreign style

Just look more or less a little incongruous, not only by the starry lights a embellishment still looks very beautiful, very prosperous, very drunken feeling

Night market is very busy, everything

There are snacks, there are toys, there are Xu Wen sold labor insurance products, there are clothes, there are some more trendy things

Like Walkmans and cassettes

Some of them were considered contraband, and even in the Special Economic Zone, they were still illegal to sell

Xu Wen saw from afar one of the vendors with a pair of eyes like a searchlight back and forth on the street, sitting on the bench buttocks only a small half, legs bent, but where a little wind blowing grass can be the first time to roll up the bag to go away

Xu Wen is a new face

The moment the vendor saw Xu Man, his hand was already on the corner of the bag ready to roll up and leave, and then look at her hand holding the child, followed by Xu Wen, micro-visible sigh of relief, withdrew his hand, and patted the empty space beside him, “Wen Zi, I’ll take up space for you! Why did you come so late today?”

Listening to the accent was not a local

Xu Wen pointed to Xu Qiang, “My sister-in-law just came to see me, and we had a meal together and were delayed for a while” After saying that, he pointed to the vendor and asked, “This is Brother Cong The two of us often set up stalls together, and we’ve gotten familiar with each other, so occasionally we’ll help each other take up a spot when we see who hasn’t shown up Brother Cong also gave me a few tapes!”

“Hello Brother Cong!” Xu Man took the initiative to extend his hand, “Thank you for taking care of my brother”

Brother Cong just cared about the embankment, this moment put down the guard heart a survey Xu Man, suddenly two eyes straight, swallowed saliva, busy hand behind the back of the wipe, before reaching out to grasp Xu Man’s hand, stuttering, “Sister sister good!”

Xu Wen retracted at the touch, but was grabbed by Cong’s fingertips

Xu Wen happened to bend down to the ground to lay the baggage did not see, Xu Wen frowned

“Let go of me Ma Ma!” Dongsheng jumped up and pressed his entire body against Cong’s hand that was interlocked with Xu Wen’s

Xu Man originally only fingertips were held by him, although Dongsheng only forty pounds, but the strength is quite large, a punch away from the two people holding hands, they also face down to continue to fall

Thanks to the quick reaction of the second uncle pulled him

Cong’s face in the dim light can still be seen red into a piece, speak more stuttering: “Right right not up, I I’m not not on purpose, I ”

Xu Wen turned back in wonder, “Cong brother a day do not see how you still stutter?”

Brother Cong lowered his head, not daring to say a word

He had never seen a girl as good looking as Xu Wen since he grew up

For a moment, he didn’t even know what he was saying or doing

He chagrined and rubbed Xu Wen’s hand behind his back, he didn’t mean to take advantage of Xu Wen, he just forgot to take back his hand in the excitement

After rubbing and regretting, he took back his hand and clenched it into a fist, feeling that there was still a smooth touch on his fingertips

When he heard Xu Wen’s words, he subconsciously looked up at Xu Man

Xu Wen was busy checking to see if Dongsheng was hurt from his fall

It was only then that Cong remembered that this little kid seemed to call Xu Man his mother

His pupils dilated, shock tinged with disappointment

So young and already has such a big kid?

Then wouldn’t he have no chance?

Cong thought in dismay, it was so hard to have a girl he fell in love with at first sight, but she was already a child’s mother

That’s fine! If she’s not a child, it seems like she can’t keep her company

Xu Wen and Xu Wen do not know that Cong’s inner richness has already played a drama

Xu Wen was busy arranging all kinds of labor insurance supplies on the cloth baggage one by one

Xu Man and Second Uncle helped him set up the popcorn pot

“Grandpa will pop a pot for you first!” Second Uncle volunteered to make popcorn for Dongsheng

Dongsheng was particularly interested in this stuff

Second uncle put corn kernels and sugar into the cavity of the pot, sealed the lid at one end, and put it on a low shelf made of several thin steel bars, under which was a small charcoal pot, and after putting coal in the charcoal pot to light it up, he held the crank at the other end of the boiler and kept cranking it

Crank also has a meter, not a schedule is a pressure gauge, shake the popcorn pot when the speed can not be too fast nor too slow, to ensure even heat

Seeing that it was almost time, Uncle told Xu Man: “Cover the child’s ears!”

Xu asked, “Cover the ears of the child!” Xu knew that this thing will bang, and hastily covered Dongsheng’s ears, and saw the second uncle carrying the black pot to the bamboo basket with a long tail, the long tail is actually a cloth bag, a moment of popcorn will run into it

See the second uncle is ready to open the lid of the pot, quickly closed his eyes and gritted his teeth

Bang!

A very loud sound, like a flat thunder

Xu Man shivered, but on the contrary, nothing happened to Dongsheng

Xu Man opened his eyes again, the bamboo basket that cloth tail has been bulging full of popcorn

The second uncle is not skillful in the business, but also fell out a lot

Dongsheng broke away from Xu Man’s hand, happily came to the front of the bamboo basket, grabbed a handful of popcorn and put it in his mouth

While cleaning the popcorn pot, Uncle Er asked Dongsheng: “Is it sweet?”

“Sweet! It’s delicious!”

“Eat slowly, when you’re done, Second Uncle will get you another rice popped popcorn!”

“Second Grandpa is the best!” The bribed Dongsheng did not mince words in his praise

There were quite a few passersby who were surprised by this cry, some of them gathered around with interest and inquired about the price of the popcorn

Uncle Two looked at Xu Wen

“Fifty cents for a big basket, twenty cents for a small basket”

Not popcorn that bamboo basket, some small bamboo gimlets he wholesaled

“Give me a basket for twenty cents!”

“Me too!”

Xu Man was in charge of collecting the money, Xu Wen was in charge of distributing the popcorn, and the second uncle started to prepare the big rice kernels for Dongsheng

A pot of popcorn was quickly sold out, Xu Man pinched two dollars and handed it to Xu Wen, “Brother, where did you get this popcorn pot?”

“An old fellow at the construction site had a craving for popcorn and secretly made it I looked good and bought it from him”

Xu Wen complimented him, “I didn’t expect my brother to be so business-minded!”

Xu Wen took the money from Xu Man’s hand and asked her, “Do you know how much this whole pot costs?”

“Fifty cents?”

“Around forty cents”

“Ooh!” Xu Wen was shocked, “So profitable?”

Xu Wen nodded, remembered something and added, “This pot is definitely more than forty cents”

This was the rice flower that Second Uncle had purposely added several extra spoons of sugar to coax Dongsheng to pop

While the siblings were talking, Uncle Er made another pot of popcorn

This time, Dongsheng did not need Xu Man to cover his ears, he covered his ears with both hands and ignored the repeated warnings of the second uncle to follow the side of the second uncle and watched

Xu Man himself covered his ears, closed his eyes, like an ostrich, pretending not to look at it will not ring

However, the next instant, there was another familiar sound: bang!

This time is the bean size oval rice flower, white and chubby, especially lovely

Dongsheng stuffed a handful into his mouth, slurring, “Rice flower is better than corn flower”

“Then why don’t you stay here with grandpa?” Second Uncle teased Dongsheng, “Can you stay and let your mom go back by herself when you leave?”

Dongsheng shook his head without even thinking

Xu Wen was also curious, “Why not?”

“Dad said, Ma Ma is a woman, I am a man When I go out I can’t leave Ma Ma’s side, I have to protect Ma Ma! If there are bad people who want to get close to Ma Ma have to fight off the bad people!”

When Dongsheng said this, his gaze was still not forgetting to look in Cong’s direction

Satoshi, who had been keeping an eye on them, or rather on Xu Wen: “”

Coughing lightly, he lowered his head sheepishly

Even though he hadn’t done anything, it still felt like he was the bad guy

Xu Wen tsked and complimented Dongsheng, “Dongsheng is so brave!” He looked up at Xu Wen again, “Why do I feel that he’s not worried about you and has arranged for a little ‘supervisor’?”

Xu Wen rolled her eyes, “You think too much!”

The two of them sneaked out this time, Lu Yuanzheng didn’t even know about them, so where could they find a ‘supervisor’?

What Dongsheng said was what Lu Yuanzheng taught Dongsheng when the three of them were chatting at home, literally

More and more people are coming to Xu Wen’s stall to buy things

Most of the men bought some wire gloves and rubber shoes, and most of the women bought some sleeves and so on

As Xu Wen wrote to her earlier, labor protection products are really in demand here, and both men and women will buy some

Most of the uneducated men are willing to sell hard labor and work on construction sites, while the educated ones who want to save money will enter joint ventures or foreign-funded factories

Xu Wen does not know if there are electronic factories now, only to notice the arrival of the stall to buy a few young girls dressed quite clean

However, it was possible that they had changed their clothes after work

They passed by the stall, Xu asked to look at their hands and face, the light is very dark, not really see, should not be uncle such as hard labor laborers

The second uncle’s side of the business is also good, one pot after another, Dongsheng is a little more interested in the popcorn pot, offered to help

In fact, he wanted to try shaking the popcorn pot

After a short period of work, Xu Wen smacked his lips: “Although I came late today, why do I feel that business is much better than usual? Could it be that business is better when you’re late?”

Xu Wen was a bit puzzled

Cong interjected, “No, can’t you see that there are a lot more young people buying from your stall today?”

He gave Xu Wen a meaningful look

Xu Wen followed and looked at Xu Man, then suddenly realized, “Yell! Ask my son! Your face is still useful for this? Come, come, come, you help brother yell!”

Xu Man: “”

What kind of strange and bizarre name is that?

“How about later?” Xu Man refused, “I’ve only just gotten here and want to go for a stroll”

Xu Wen let out an oh, “That’s fine!”

Xu Man greeted Dongsheng and walked away

It wasn’t that Xu Man was petty and refused to give her brother a hand, she had just suddenly had an idea, she wanted to go for a stroll and see how likely the idea in her mind was to be realized

This street is quite spacious, there are a lot of people, bigger than the temple fair Xu asked to catch in the county town before, selling everything

The age range of the people who come here is also large

There are small children and old people, middle-aged people and young people

There were locals, foreigners and foreigners

After strolling around, Xu Man and Dongsheng grabbed some snacks in their hands and walked back while eating

Dongsheng was holding an egg egg boy in one hand and a furry toy in the other

Xu Man, on the other hand, was carrying a box of fruit salads

It wasn’t the kind of fruit loaf made with yogurt or cream that I remembered

In fact, it is a fruit mix, all kinds of fruit cut into pieces on the pedal tricycle carriage, give a small pot to choose your own