Chapter 512
After lunch, Gu Xuefeng proposed to sit in the sun room and said to Liu Wangxue: "We know that Xu Xu likes to drink tea. Your cousin went on a business trip to Dian City some time ago and brought it to you specially. Come back and try some good tea?”
“Okay!” Liu Wangxue happily agreed, “I’ll take a photo and send it to my cousin later.”
The tea is still in Gu Xuefeng’s suitcase. When they were going to the small building to serve the food, Xu Qingsong took a moment and pulled them into the living room of the bungalow.
Gu Xuefeng went to get tea, and Song Ningwei also went with him. He also brought a small gift to Liu Wangxue, which was a rough Yuhua stone for her to use as a tea pet.
This rough stone is in the shape of a "mountain". The mountain is a circle of blue-gray vertical water ripples, but there is a horizontal circle of white on the mountainside. The seller gave this stone a nice name, "Yunshan Mist". When it comes into contact with water, the blue-grey color of the stone turns green, and the white color seems to be emulsified, making it even more hazy.
Song Ningwei found it in a stone toy shop when he was walking on the pedestrian street. He fell in love with it at first sight and thought it would look good on a tea tray for Liu Wangxue. He negotiated half the price with the shop owner and finally spent I bought it for Xiaoqian.
Seeing that Gu Xuefeng and Song Ningwei were going to unpack their suitcases, Gu Xuemei and Yuan Lianyun also went together.
When the elders went to the living room, Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong were preparing things for tea, boiling water to wash the tea sets, cutting some fruits and bringing some snacks.
The two of them had everything ready, except for the tea that their uncle had mentioned. After waiting for a while, no one came up, so they decided to go down and take a look.
As soon as I opened the door and walked to the roof of the bungalow, I saw Song Ningwei standing in the yard waving to them: "Xuxu, Qingsong, you come down first. Your aunt, uncle, and I brought some gifts to Qingsong."
These four Gu Xuemei and the others had already prepared a meeting gift. At first, they thought they would be able to meet Xu Qingsong after they arrived. Unexpectedly, Xu Qingsong's scheduled flight happened to be staggered with theirs, so they said they would leave the gift to Liu Wangxue and wait for Xu Qingsong. Qingsong came back from Beijing and asked her to deliver it on his behalf. But Xu Qingsong didn't leave and changed his ticket. At this time, the four elders took out the gifts and gave them to him.
Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong went downstairs to the living room and saw that the coffee table and the imperial concubine were almost full of things, while the large suitcases brought by the four elders were half empty.
Among these things are a few knickknacks for Liu Wangxue alone, and the rest are almost all for food brought to Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan, including those given by Liu Wangxue’s cousins prepared.
Song Ningwei took the four gift boxes stacked together on the coffee table and handed them to Xu Qingsong, explaining each one one by one: "It's not the Chinese New Year soon, it's all about us being elders." ”
Xu Qingsong accepted it generously and thanked the four elders one by one.
Yuan Lianyun joked: "Don't put too much psychological pressure on Qingsong, this is not a formal meeting gift. Uncle Xu Xu said, for the formal part, we can have a formal dinner when , we will send it again.”
Xu Qing. Song held the gift box in his hand, glanced at Liu Wangxue, his eyebrows were flying with joy, and said: "Then I will tell my parents immediately when I get home and let them arrange it as soon as possible!"
Liu Wangxue is here The four elders gave Xu Qingsong a look amid their laughter: Why are you so anxious?
Liu Nanshan noticed the look in his daughter's eyes and felt relieved. Yes, why be anxious? We just talked about this! Liu Nanshan thought, and at the same time he was satisfied with the sincerity in Xu Qingsong's words, and felt that he was really conflicted.
After the gifts were delivered, the living room was briefly tidied up, and everyone went upstairs to the sun room to drink tea.
However, not long after they drank the tea, Gu Xuemei and Yuan Lianyun felt a little sleepy and wanted to take a nap. They got up very early in the morning to catch the plane, and it was impossible to catch up on a good night's sleep on the plane. The sun was shining right now, making them feel sleepy and tired.
Gu Xuelan took her sister and sister-in-law to rest in the room next to Liu Wangxue's bedroom, and then she went downstairs to her room to take a rest.
Gu Xuefeng and Song Ningwei were not sleepy, so they continued to drink tea and bask in the sun.
After drinking another pot, Gu Xuefeng suggested going for a walk in the village or fields. Liu Nanshan took him and Song Ningwei out with Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue accompanying them, and the three little ones naturally followed.
The village is much more lively now. The children studying hard for the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination are on vacation, and most of the people who went out to work have returned. Walking around the village, in addition to meeting familiar old people and children, you can also see "new faces" from time to time. Liu Wangxue and the others introduced and greeted each other along the way.
Walking from one end of the village to the other, stopping from time to time to chat with the villagers, and then walking around the fields, returning along the asphalt road that Liu Wangxue and the others had jogged in the morning. evening.
Gu Xuelan and the other three sisters got up after sleeping for more than half an hour. They also went out for a walk. The route was different from Liu Wangxue and the others. They also came back early, took a short rest, and were about to go to the kitchen. Prepare dishes for dinner.
It is not easy to cook food for eight people, so Gu Xuefeng suggested: "Why don't we just stop cooking and let's go to the town to eat? When I came back in the morning, I saw that there were restaurants in the town. Are they all specialties here? Go and try them."
"Okay." Everyone responded positively to Gu Xuefeng's suggestion.
I've been coming here for a long time, and it seems that it was only in the first few days when I couldn't open the door that I ate outside. From then on, as long as Liu Nanshan or Gu Xuelan were at home, they would cook their own meals. Even if they were alone at home, Liu Wangxue would rarely go to restaurants in town to eat.
Liu Wangxue's family only has two battery cars, and Xu Qingsong's only has one, which is not enough, so these three cars are given to the elders first, and they go to Tao Huayu's house to borrow one.
Tao Huaxin happened to be at the entrance of the hospital, and Qiu Xiangrong followed her to protect her. Some young parents had just come over with their children to buy biscuits. After she sent them out, she stood at the door and chatted for a while. When he heard his purpose, he called Tao Huayu inside and asked him to push the battery car out.
Qiu Xiangrong's private bakery, like his studio, will be closed from the 28th day of the lunar month and open again on the 8th day of the lunar new year. Anyway, the courier is also on holiday during the Chinese New Year, so even if he did it, he wouldn't be able to deliver it.
Originally, I planned not to make any, but Tao Ma said that I should make some biscuits. Sometimes people from the village would come to buy them, and I could also give them to relatives and friends.
When Tao Huayu went to push the battery cart, he met Tao's dad coming out of the baking room. He heard that they were going to town for dinner. Tao's dad even recommended a restaurant, which was a farmhouse restaurant.
Dad Tao said: "This store has been open for a long time. Last month, my relatives invited me to have dinner at this store. The price is affordable and the taste is good. There are also private rooms on the second floor. Go and take a look. ”
Thanking Dad Tao, Xu Qingsong got on the car and took Liu Wangxue to the town. It was windy and cold at night, and Xiaoci didn't want to put it in the basket of the car, so Liu Wangxue held it in his arms, snuck it into Xu Qingsong's coat pocket, and ran beside the car.
Liu Nanshan and the others had already taken the lead. Not long after, they called Liu Wangxue and told them the location of the restaurant and asked them to go directly. When the two of them arrived, they saw that it was the farm restaurant recommended by Tao's father.
When ordering, Liu Wangxue ordered a small pot of meat bones boiled in white water for Pengpeng, and some fish and shrimp for Xiaoci. The rations for Nuoluo were only a small amount, and she bought them from home. Brought here in a package.
After the meal, the group wandered around the town for a while. While shopping, the men and women left separately, and then gathered at the door of the restaurant to go home.
Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong rode directly to Tao Huayu's house to return the car. They didn't sit there for long after returning home. Gu Xuemei and the others said they wanted to rest early, so Xu Qingsong said goodbye and went back next door.
There were three empty rooms in the house, so Gu Xuelan asked them how they would live there.
Gu Xuemei was unabashedly happy. She no longer had to live in the same room with Song Ningwei and could be clean and tidy these days.
There was no need to discuss the room allocation. Yuan Lianyun knew that Gu Xuemei definitely wanted to stay away from Song Ningwei, so he turned to the topic and said, "How about Xuemei and her brother-in-law live in the room next to Xu Xu on the second floor? Xuemei and I Feng lives over there in the bungalow. "Oh, I'm lazy and don't want to carry my luggage up there." Gu Xuemei immediately walked up the ladder and said, "Sister-in-law, we're going to take a nap in the room next to Xu Xu. Why don't we just stay like this? I'll help you carry your luggage up." ”
Before Song Ningwei opened his mouth, he was blocked by Gu Xuemei: "We ladies have an area, and you men have an area, so we don't disturb each other. Brother, what do you think?"
Song Ningwei watched quietly. He glanced at Gu Xuefeng and saw that he had no objection, so he had no choice but to shut up.
After the room was booked, Gu Xuemei really wanted to help Yuan Lianyun take the suitcase upstairs. Yuan Lianyun didn't let her do it. She was just joking. It's not like she couldn't carry it.
After settling down and washing up, they all went to bed.
Gu Xuemei and the others got up early the next morning. When Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong took the three little ones out for a morning run, they also went for a lap together and came back.
After breakfast, there was nothing to do. Liu Nanshan rode a battery car to the town to buy some ingredients and came back. The vegetable market was closed for several days since New Year's Eve, and the morning market was not open either. You need to prepare the ingredients for the New Year’s Eve dinner and the next few days first.
When he was in his hometown, Liu Nanshan stopped preparing for the New Year many years ago. Even if he did buy, he would usually prepare some Spring Festival couplets, window grilles and the like. Most of the food could be bought at any time. Still fresh.
It will be the same this year during the Chinese New Year. Most of the things he bought before were for use. But one thing here is different from my hometown, that is, there are no large supermarkets. So take advantage of this last day to buy what you need to buy quickly.
There were a lot of things, and he would definitely not be able to carry them all by himself, so Gu Xuelan went with him on a battery car. Song Ningwei also wanted to follow and help, so he also rode on Xu Qingsong's car.
On this day, Gu Xuefeng sat in the sun room on the second floor for almost the whole day, drinking tea, soaking in the sun and reading, which was comfortable and comfortable. He also called Xu Qingsong up. The two of them didn't know what they were talking about. They seemed quite congenial and harmonious.
Occasionally, Gu Xuemei and Yuan Lianyun would go up and sit there. Seeing Gu Xuefeng's contented look, Yuan Lianyun said, "You are really right. You always feel like you have nothing to do at home, right?" , I think you have nothing to do here, why don’t you see you sighing and frowning?”
Yuan Lianyun’s words are a bit exaggerated. When Gu Xuefeng just retired, he always felt weak. It's comfortable, and no problem can be found even if I go to the hospital. Yuan Lianyun felt that his mental discomfort was caused by his sudden leisure time, so he asked him to join the dance team in the community and dance every day, so that he could exercise and socialize, so as to avoid being bored at home.
Gu Xuefeng actually went, but only once. He was considered a beginner. He didn’t know where to put his hands and feet when he first started. He couldn’t learn simple movements after two or three times. He was not confident enough. I was so shocked that I said I would never go back.
Later, he found things to do on his own, went out to find places to drink tea and listen to music, met a few old friends, and often made appointments to go on one-day or two-day trips to the surrounding areas, and suddenly he became full of energy again. .
"It's different," Gu Xuefeng said, holding a small teapot and adding a cup of tea to Yuan Lianyun, "It's completely different. There is nothing to do here, it is respect for life."
Xu Qingsong heard Yan lowered his head and sent a message to Liu Wangxue, relaying Gu Xuefeng's words exactly.
Liu Wangxue had just finished writing a plot at this time, closed the computer and was about to go out - she was revising the script in the bedroom. She also sat with her uncle in the morning. While chatting, she suddenly had an inspiration, so she went back to her room. She only came out once for lunch, then went in again after eating, and has been sitting in front of the computer until about four o'clock now. .
Liu Wangxue turned around and saw that the screen of the phone was on. He picked it up and smiled when he looked at it. He replied to Xu Qingsong: [This means that I don’t respect life]
Xu Qingsong : [Have you finished writing? Then why don't you come out for a sip of tea and respect me again? 】
Liu Wangxue: [Just come]
The day passed like this. Before dinner, Qiu Xiangrong came over to give Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong his newly made "Spring Festival Limited Edition" biscuits. ——The Nian beast and the dragon.
Qiu Xiangrong didn’t know when he started preparing, but what he brought over was a gift box.
The gift box looks very delicate at first glance. In the center of the top is the brand logo of "Not Sweet". The little girl with braids on the LOGO has a full-body look, wearing a very festive Tang suit, standing on a big red lantern, holding a couplet banner, smiling brightly. On the left and right of the little girl are cartoon versions of the Nian beast and the dragon respectively. The two little girls are holding Spring Festival couplets, looking very naive.
Liu Wangxue fell in love at first sight and asked Qiu Xiangrong.
Qiu Xiangrong smiled broadly and said, "I came up with this idea after New Year's Day. The designer Hua Yu found worked quickly and slowly to finalize the draft. I only received the packaging box the day before yesterday."
Liu Wang Xue asked again: "Brother-in-law, why didn't you ask me to take pictures of the products? Is it still too late to take pictures? Will it affect your sales?" This is only for the Spring Festival. She thought, Qiu Xiangrong's private baking business is so good, it is guaranteed to be online once it is launched Just sold out.
Qiu Xiangrong signaled her not to worry: "I originally didn't plan to take out. To be honest, making these biscuits is quite troublesome. I didn't make many in total, and the gift boxes were all made on demand. I just wanted to I’ll give you some as gifts for the year.”
He originally wanted to give them to you tomorrow or on the first day of the new year, but Xu Qingsong will go back to Beijing early tomorrow morning, so it will definitely be too late, so he will do it today. A few boxes were packed and brought over.
Qiu Xiangrong pushed three boxes in front of Xu Qingsong: "Qingsong, these three boxes are for you. I remember you said that your cousin and his cousin have three children. You take them back and give them to They eat it, and the kid should like it very much.”
When the "Not Sweet" mini program was first launched, Xu Qingsong bought biscuits and sent them to Beijing, including his own home, his grandparents' home, and the homes of several uncles and uncles. Everyone’s feedback is pretty good, especially my cousin’s three children who like to eat it very much. From now on, whenever Qiu Xiangrong comes out with new products, Xu Qingsong will place an order and send them over, giving each of his three children an extra copy.
Xu Qingsong was not polite and accepted it: "Then let me thank Uncle Qiu for them first. I guarantee they will like this New Year's gift very much!"
The one given to Liu Wangxue is also Three boxes, Qiu Xiangrong also knew that her cousin's family had one child each, and her cousin's family also had one child.
After Qiu Xiangrong returned, Liu Wangxue couldn't wait to open the gift box and take a look.
Gu Xuemei and the others also knew that Qiu Xiangrong was a private baker. When Liu Wangxue's family of three promoted it in their circle of friends, she bought a lot and sent it back. Gu Xuemei and the others also like to eat biscuits. Nowadays, if they want to eat biscuits, they don’t even have to go out to buy them. The mini program can open the next order and it will be delivered within two days.
The gift box has three layers in total. The first layer is the Nian beast, the second layer is the dragon, and the third layer is the interaction between the two cute little Nian beasts and the dragon. There are eight pieces in each layer, each piece has a different shape, vivid movements, lifelike facial expressions, traditional Chinese style color matching, the front and back are like double-sided embroidery, and are still vacuum packed.
Gu Xuelan exclaimed: "No wonder Xiangrong doesn't do takeout. It's troublesome to make, but just looking at the production steps is cumbersome."
Gu Xuemei also said: "It's so exquisite, who can do it? Are you willing to eat?”
The family gathered together and praised Qiu Xiangrong while watching.
Liu Wangxue put the cookies back one by one, closed the gift box and put it back in the handbag, and said: "Just in time, aunt and uncle, take them all back when you go home. The three of you in the family There are two children, and my cousin’s Qiqi, give them a share.”
Yuan Lianyun waved her hand and said with a smile: "You can keep it for yourself. Lele has tooth decay. Your cousin-in-law has been very strict with her recently and won't let her touch anything sweet."
Liu Wangxue pointed at the brand LOGO and said, "Auntie, look, it's not sweet."