Although the name of sour plum soup only contains sour plum, it actually requires many raw materials, such as hawthorn, licorice, osmanthus, and tangerine peel. Including the control of the heat, it is far from as simple as Huacui thought.
After getting the correct recipe for sour plum soup from Zhou Keran, Hua Cui felt more at peace. It was not her problem, it was all due to the lack of raw materials!
The pot of sour plum soup she cooked with her own hands was not wasted, and it all ended up in Zhao Qiming's stomach. He drank it without changing his expression, and even boasted that it was delicious in front of the whole family.
Hua Cui admitted that she was moved, and then curled her lips, bah, you're a flatterer.
Zhao Qiming's greatest advantage is his good vision.
Of course, the consequence was that he barely touched his chopsticks during dinner, put his fist on his stomach, his face turned slightly pale, and he got up numerous times that night.
Hua Cui guessed that her sour plum soup might have been too appetizing.
Hua Cui's temper came and went quickly, and soon she was behind Li Guifang. She wanted to eat this today and that tomorrow. The whole family had to do what she wanted. She was so spoiled.
What else could Li Guifang do? As an elder, could she still hold grudges against her daughter-in-law? I can only turn a blind eye and convince myself not to care about the child.
Don't care, don't care, don't worry, as long as she doesn't go to the house to untie the tiles, she can do whatever she wants. Li Guifang has a calm mind.
Although the girl loves to toss, the third child is also very happy to be tossed. Li Guifang sighed quietly, these two enemies! Made a pair.
It's better to keep your eyes out of sight and keep your heart in mind, and try to live a few more years.
It's a pity that Hua Cui is really a person who "doesn't have to pay for her house for three days". In the past, Grandma Hua was able to control her, but now that Grandma Hua is gone, Hua Cui feels more unrestrained and free than ever before.
It was a coincidence that the original owner's birthday was on the same day as hers. At this time in the past, she had gone out to have a good time with her gang of friends, but now, Hua Cui resigned to the next best thing and sighed.
She hadn't left the village for a long time, and she just wanted to go to the county town.
Zhao Qiming had no objection and readily agreed. He originally planned to take time to go to the county town to buy the fan back. Hua Cui wanted to go to the county town and he happened to buy it back on the way.
The two of them were not in a hurry, so there was no need to walk on the mountain road into the city in the dark early in the morning. Hua Cui slept until she woke up naturally, then slowly sat on the back seat of Zhao Qiming's bicycle and put her arms around his waist.
Speaking of which, the bicycle was bought by the Zhao family when the two got married, as was the watch on her hand. Li Guifang thought that her daughter-in-law was from the city, so all the etiquette was in place, which gave Huacui enough face in the village.
Originally, she was planning to raise money to buy a sewing machine, but Huacui didn't want to use a sewing machine to sew and mend for another three years after her marriage, so she politely declined.
Despite this, this posture still made Chen Lili, the eldest daughter-in-law, envious for a while.
When they successfully rode to the village entrance, the two met an unexpected person. After seeing the person clearly from a distance, Hua Cui immediately retracted her hand around Zhao Qiming's waist and grabbed both sides of his clothes instead.
Well, to avoid suspicion.
There were so many roads in the village, so he would bump into Zhou Haiwen, the person he least wanted to bump into. Zhao Qiming felt deeply unlucky and regretted not taking other roads.
He lowered his head and rode his bicycle, wanting to ignore people and leave, but Zhou Haiwen was the first to say hello to him, so he could only stop the bike with a calm expression.
"Comrade Zhao, what a coincidence, where are you going?" Zhou Haiwen seemed to be unable to see his increasingly impatient expression, and still greeted him with a chuckle.
Zhao Qi kept his words concise and concise, and did not want to say another word to him: "County town."
Hua Cui then added with a smile: "Because today is my birthday."
"That's right." Zhou Haiwen nodded, "Happy birthday, I didn't prepare any gifts. Sorry, I'll make it up when we meet next time, okay?"
Huacui waved her hand: "It doesn't matter, as long as I have your blessing."
After saying that, she secretly winked at him behind Zhao Qiming's back and shook her head slightly, with a cute and cute look like "You're lying, don't try to lie to me."
The smile on Zhou Haiwen's face deepened. He lowered his head and coughed lightly. He was afraid that Zhao Qiming would see something and cause unnecessary trouble to Huacui disciples, so he quickly restrained his outward emotions.
Indeed, how could he not remember her birthday? The gift had been prepared a long time ago and was lying in the cabinet at the Educated Youth Point waiting for the owner to take it away.
Ever since he expressed his feelings to Hua Cui last time, Zhou Haiwen wanted to see Hua Cui all the time. Even if he didn't say or do anything, the simple exchange of eyes made him feel extremely happy and fulfilled.
But now she was entangled with Zhao Qiming, and the two of them had very little time to be alone together. This time they met by chance, Zhou Haiwen had countless words to say in his heart, and he had thousands of affectionate thoughts, but in the end he could only say "Happy Birthday" again.
Zhou Haiwen gritted his teeth secretly, Zhao Qiming was really an eyesore.
The two were disgusted with each other, and Zhao Qiming was equally impatient. His nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes. What does Cuicui's birthday have to do with him?
How many more times is he going to say it! Did he not have a chance to celebrate his next birthday?
Zhao Qiming laughed: "Comrade Zhou is so enthusiastic and handsome. No wonder many girls in the village like you."
Hua Cui: Oh, Brother Xiao Ming suddenly used such an advanced idiom!
This was a mockery of his "meddling in other people's own affairs" and wanted to throw dirty water on him for messing around with flowers. Zhou Haiwen's eyes darkened, but he was not easily angered. "Comrade Zhao is joking, I am a person who is afraid of trouble. I will say more when I meet someone I like.”
"Oh, by the way, it refers to the love between friends. Don't get me wrong, Comrade Zhao. Although Cuicui has moved out of the educated youth center, our former friendship is still there."
Zhao Qiming didn't think he had misunderstood anything. He felt sick in his heart. How could there be such a shameless person with no sense of etiquette, justice and integrity!
"Hey, it's getting late." Hua Cui didn't like this strange atmosphere of Shura Field. One was her beloved husband and the other was her beloved boyfriend. Both of them were very important. A bowl of water had to be leveled, she said. Zhao Qiming said at the corner of his clothes, "Brother Xiao Ming, it's time for us to set off."
After saying that, she looked at Zhou Haiwen and softly mouthed: See you in the evening~
Zhou Haiwen understood what she meant and nodded slightly.
Zhao Qiming didn't want to stay for a moment longer. After riding for a certain distance, Hua Cui hugged Zhao Qiming's waist again. His waist was very thin and his hand felt very good, just like Zhou Haiwen's.
Thinking about her boyfriend in her previous life, Hua Cui couldn't help but sigh that she was indeed a long-term lover and her hobbies had never changed.
Because it was not a market day, it was close to noon when they arrived at the county town, and there were not many people on the street. Huacui decided to splurge and go to a state-owned restaurant for lunch. She had only eaten steamed buns sold in state-owned restaurants, and had not actually sat in the restaurant. Had a meal inside.
Zhao Qiming has no objection to this, and he never refutes her.
A plate of soy sauce beef, a plate of braised short ribs, and a dish of steamed black fish. Because today is Huacui's birthday, Zhao Qiming went to the kitchen to pay extra for the chef to make a bowl of longevity noodles.
Huacui sighed: "It would be great if I could eat these every day."
The state-owned hotel is indeed a state-owned hotel, and the chefs inside are all top-notch. Huacui has not been so "luxurious" for a long time, and she suddenly felt that the delicacies she had eaten in her previous life were far inferior to the home-cooked dishes in front of her.
Zhao Qiming was slightly distracted listening to her words. Although he felt distressed, he was dissatisfied with the stable status quo for the first time. No one does not long for glory, wealth and a better life.
Even he, who doesn't pay much attention to his appetite, has to admit that the food his mother cooks at home is not as delicious as the food cooked in a state-owned restaurant. It's not his mother's problem, but the family simply can't afford to eat fish and meat every day.
He is young and has endless strength. He can do a lot of work in a day, but no matter how much he digs the ground with his hoe, he still cannot make his family live a better life.
The Zhao family can barely be considered a "big family" in the village, but they can only maintain enough to have enough food and clothing. No matter how much they have, they are gone.
Such a self cannot give Hua Cui what she wants. How much can she achieve if she works hard all her life? Zhao Qiming doesn't want to admit it, but compared to Zhou Haiwen, he lost from the beginning.
"Brother Xiao Ming? Brother Xiao Ming?"
Zhao Qiming slowly came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"
Huacui gave him a piece of dried chili dipped in the ribs and urged him, "Why are you so dazed? If you don't eat, the food will be cold."
"Yeah." Zhao Qiming swallowed the pepper she brought over, thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Cui Cui, do you think those 'speculators' in the black market are worth it?"
He lowered his voice very low, just enough for the two of them to hear.
Huacui did not answer him directly and asked: "Do you want to give it a try?"
In a few years, the country's market economy will develop rapidly, and the black market will disappear soon, and everyone can do business openly. Huacui knows that there are already a group of people who have become rich first through "speculation."
She glanced at Zhao Qiming, but she didn't expect that this guy still had some courage.
Zhao Qiming: "I want to ask what you mean." After all, there is a certain risk.
Hua Cui pinched his ears and said with a smile: "But I hope Brother Xiao Ming is safe and sound. I don't want to worry about you every day. It's enough that you are safe and sound."
These words were gentle and considerate. Hua Cui thought that Zhao Qiming would look stupidly moved, but she didn't expect that he just looked at her silently, with an indescribably deep and strange look in his eyes.
Just when Hua Cui thought he had been seen through, he finally nodded and said with his usual expression: "It's because I didn't think well, so I just listen to you." Hua Cui breathed a sigh of relief.
The concern is naturally false. She will leave in the end anyway. Even if Zhao Qiming really achieves something in the future, she will have left long ago. Her luck has nothing to do with her. If she takes risks now and gets into an accident, she will be implicated. .
Huacui didn't want to engage in such a loss-making business, so she tried her best to dissuade him. She thought indifferently, wouldn't it be good to just stay in the countryside and farm for the rest of her life?
Live your life smoothly, why are you always fussing over things that shouldn't be fussed over?
After eating with satisfaction, Hua Cui held up her chin and stared at the scenery outside the window in a daze. After eating and drinking, she had lost the desire to go shopping. There was nothing to go shopping here anyway. She came to the county town just because she had stayed in the village for a long time. Really boring.
However, when she heard that Zhao Qiming was going to buy a fan, Hua Cui immediately cheered up and urged him not to waste time and go to the mall quickly to avoid running out of money and running out in vain.
The two of them were lucky. When they arrived, there happened to be the last light blue electric fan left.
In this small county town, there are not many electric fans in stock, and not many people buy them. There is only one left, so the salesperson was particularly enthusiastic when introducing it, for fear that the two of them would regret not buying it.
Huacui nodded: "Yes, we bought it, and we want this one."
Zhao Qiming listened to Hua Cui in everything. After she nodded, he immediately took out the money and tickets to give to the salesperson. Suddenly a man came out from beside him and slapped the money and tickets on the table: "I'll buy it first, I want it!"< br>
The salesperson looked at Huacui in embarrassment, not knowing what to do for a moment.
"Sorry, there is only one left now"
Hua Cui had never experienced such cowardice. Looking at the man with a sinister face in front of her, she rolled her eyes and said, "Go to the back and line up. I was here first."
She reached out and waved aside the money the man slapped on the table, and then rubbed it against Zhao Qiming, as if she had touched something dirty.
This action instantly angered the man. He looked ugly. He stretched out his hand to push Huacui because of his size. However, before he could touch the person, Zhao Qiming pinched his wrist. He said solemnly: "You want to hit someone?"< br>
He used Qiao Jin, but it didn't look like he was exerting much force. In fact, the man felt that his wrist was numb from pain.
He quickly begged for mercy: "No, no, no, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."
"There's no next time!" Zhao Qiming reluctantly let go of him.
"Yes, yes." The man wiped the sweat from his forehead. Seeing that he was too hard, he wanted to be soft. He looked flattering, "Two brothers and sisters, you should think of it as doing something good. My wife is pregnant. , the weather is hot now, I really can’t bear to see her unable to sleep due to the heat at night, I don’t know when the next supply of this fan will be available.”
He looked at Huacui and saw that she had no reaction, then turned to the salesperson: "Sister, it's okay for me to be warmer, but I feel sorry for my wife and children."
The salesperson was even more embarrassed. She was more willing to sell to Huacui. The little girl looked well-behaved and polite. The man who came after her seemed to be disrespectful and not easy to mess with, but he said so.
Moral kidnapping, but unfortunately she has no morals at all. Hua Cui sneered: "Daughter-in-law? Pregnant?"
The man nodded.
Hua Cui patted his belly: "The wife you are talking about is yourself, right? Look at this belly, how many months is it?"
The salesperson was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what she was doing, she tried her best to hold back her laughter until her face turned red.
"You, you, you." The man's face turned dark. He didn't expect that Hua Cui not only had no sympathy, but also spoke so viciously. He was so angry that he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
Hua Cui handed the money ticket in Zhao Qiming's hand to the salesperson and said warmly: "The money and tickets are here. You count them. If there is no problem, we will buy it."
The salesperson glanced at the man, lowered his head and took it: "Okay, please wait a moment."
The man looked on blankly, never expecting that he would encounter Hua Cui, who would neither take advantage of others nor suffer losses. He could only watch helplessly as the last electric fan fell into Zhao Qiming's hands.
"You, wait!" The man could only say harsh words angrily.
Hua Cui didn't take it seriously, she laughed and made faces: "Yeah, yeah, I'll wait, hurry up and go home crying to your parents for comfort~"
The man was so angry that he waved his hands and left.
Huacui pursed her lips. After buying the electric fan, she went to the grain and oil station to buy the ingredients needed to make sour plum soup, including hawthorn, licorice and tangerine peel. She bought them one by one.
I can’t believe it failed this time!
Zhao Qiming had a big bag in his hand, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"
Huacui thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No."
"Then let's go home early." Zhao Qiming always felt a little uneasy, "I'm worried that the man before wouldn't just let it go."
"Does he dare to do so in broad daylight?"
Hua Cui thinks Zhao Qiming is too worried.
In her previous life, she lived in a society with good security and the rule of law, and her family was well off. Even if Hua Cui acted wildly and arrogantly, no one would dare to trouble her. Although her identity has changed in this life, Hua Cui's arrogance is still the same.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they don't even realize that there are subtle differences between this era and a few decades later.
No, when she saw the pig-headed man who had snatched the fan coming with several of his brothers, Hua Cui was stunned for a moment in disbelief, and then stared at Zhao Qiming.
Crow's mouth!
The pig-headed man looked at Huacui fiercely, turned to the man next to him and said, "Brother, it's the two of them! Finally found them!"
Hua Cui followed his gaze and saw that the man known as "Big Brother" looked fierce, with a half-inch scar from his chin to the corner of his mouth.
Scar's eyes were sinister: "You robbed my brother's things? Now return the things and kowtow to us a few times. Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll let you go."
Huacui let out a "poof". She was afraid, but she still held up her middle finger.
Dao Scar didn't understand what the middle finger meant, but based on Hua Cui's expression, he probably understood that it didn't mean anything nice. His face darkened: "I think you're toasting instead of eating, so I won't teach you a lesson today. You guys?" I don’t know who the boss is here!”
The pig-headed man took the opportunity to fan the flames, shouting that "blood debts must be repaid with blood."
Who doesn't know how to speak cruelly? Hua Cui gritted her teeth: "You'd better think clearly about the consequences of doing this. Do you know who the person above me is? Either kill me today, or wait for me!"
In short, the momentum cannot be lost!
Scar hesitated for a moment.
The pig-headed man became anxious when he saw this: "Stop bragging! I don't care who the person above you is, I tell you, this area is all under my eldest brother's control! The rest are just minions!"
Hua Cui and Zhao Qiming were blocked at the entrance of the alley. There were wolves in front of them and tigers in the back. She knew very well that it was useless to be soft at this time. Being soft would only be more humiliating. The other party did not look like a good person and would never let go easily. Pass her.
While Hua Cui and Ren were talking harshly, Zhao Qiming had already quickly thought of countermeasures. If he couldn't escape, he could only minimize the damage.
He protected her behind him and lowered his voice: "There is a breakthrough behind, there are only three people, I will count one, two, three, you go first..."
Huacui answered quickly: "I'll leave first, you hold them back."
Zhao Qiming didn't hesitate at all. He was just glad that she was so straightforward, pulling her and running behind him.
The pig-headed man smiled proudly, knowing that those girls were just bluffing! At this time, you are not so scared that you just want to run away!
When someone is caught, he must avenge his previous humiliation!
"What are you waiting for? Not yet! Hurry! Catch them quickly!"
On the other side, Zhao Qiming relied entirely on brute force to fight his way out.
He was so strong that he didn't care about the fight, and he actually led Hua Cui out of the encirclement for a while. However, in the end, it was difficult for the two of them to escape with just two fists. leave.
"Exit the alley, turn left...you go."
Zhao Qiming finally pushed Hua Cui further away, and then reached out to stop the person who wanted to chase Hua Cui. With his bare hands, he blocked the road and bought Hua Cui more time.
(End of chapter)
The author said: Cuibao, I like it, suki~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: female f male c will always drop 1 god;
Thank you to the little angel who irrigates the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Sansan (￣へ￣); only male virgins (5 bottles were deleted for spreading flowers; 1 bottle of ink dyed green clothes, what to say);
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!