CHAPTER 13

The orange-red afterglow elongated the man's figure, and the thin strip was mixed with colorful lights.

In ten minutes or so, the day would be completely dark.

The old donkey at the entrance of the alley was still obediently waiting where he was. When he saw Qiao Jingming, he raised his head and rubbed against Qiao Jingming.

Qiao Jingming was about to slap the donkey's head away when a clear female voice sounded behind him.

"Hey! Brother Jingming!"

He casually untied the donkey's rope tied to the tree trunk, and when he turned around, he saw Gao Hongmei walking towards him in sandals in surprise, with the glow of the sunset glowing in his eyes.

"It's really you! Why are you here?"

Qiao Jingming grabbed a handful of hay from the carriage and stuffed it into the donkey's mouth.

"Is there something wrong?"

Gao Hongmei smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm just curious, when did you come, I didn't see you."

Unexpectedly, Qiao Jingming didn't give her any face, turned around and got into the donkey cart, yelling and walked out of the street.

"gone."

"Hey--!"

Gao Hongmei looked angrily at Qiao Jingming's leaving back, and watched him disappear into the field of vision until she realized the point.

"No way, the donkey cart...why did Brother Jing Ming bring it, wouldn't those furniture also be..."

what! What is the origin of the new neighbor, why are all the men rushing to help her!

So angry!

Su Yue cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner at home for three days in disbelief, but as expected, none of the meals could be swallowed.

Although all the food went into her stomach in the end, it really made her sick.

The old lady's cooking skills are actually not much better than her own. Two culinary idiots live together, and this day can't be passed.

One day, when Su Yue came home from work, she cooked two bowls of instant noodles for dinner, one for the old lady and one for herself.

She planned to go downstairs to find Yang Xiuling after eating the instant noodles to inquire about Qiao Jingming's situation.

Unexpectedly, the noodles had just been soaked, and someone's child went upstairs, just as the old lady was out for a walk and the door was open, the child stood at the door and looked in, and saw Su Yue sitting in the living room eating instant noodles.

"It smells good."

The little boy muttered, and the halazi was about to flow to the ground.

Su Yue picked up the noodles with her chopsticks and paused, then heard a burst of hurried footsteps.

The little boy's parents came up, took the little boy's arm and pulled it to his side. With a wave of his big hand, he got a sharp slap on the buttocks.

"What are you running around! I owe you a beating!"

The little boy hugged his fucking thigh to prevent her from beating her up: "I was wrong about my mother! I just smelled a very sweet smell, so I wanted to come up and take a look."

Ma Huaihua squeezed her two fingers, and twisted her son's right ear: "What are you looking at, what's so good about it!"

The little boy repeatedly begged for mercy: "Don't dare! I don't dare to watch it anymore!"

His mother just let her go, looked back into the room, and saw Su Yue who was eating noodles.

The parent was quite polite, bent over, and glanced into the room: "I'm sorry, big sister, my son is not sensible, so he ran up here."

Su Yue smiled lightly: "It's okay."

The little boy put his feet on his feet and looked desperately at the big round table in the living room, and then he was dragged downstairs by his mother.

He inhaled the scent of instant noodles in the air hard, and before he left, his curious and longing eyes made Su Yong laugh and helpless.

After quickly finishing the noodles and washing the dishes, Su Yue went downstairs.

At this point, every household was eating, passing by a hut, someone saw Su Yue coming downstairs, and warmly invited her to come in for dinner.

In fact, it's all just a few polite words. These days, every household is poor and lacks food and clothing. If it's okay, no one will invite you to eat at home.

It's all just a formality, a mere formality, and those with discerning eyes will not enter.

Of course Su Yue would not go, she greeted them with a smile, and only glanced at their dining table from a distance.

Not very fresh rough tea and light rice, mushy, steamed buns, pickles...

To be honest, these foods are definitely worse than the old lady's vegetarian hodgepodge.

Because their food is not only free of oil and water, but also has no extra seasoning, so they put some salt in it.

Furthermore, the ingredients are also very poor, like the black-faced steamed buns that are eaten as staple food, which are hard and astringent, with small stones and sharp teeth, which are hard to swallow; or rough cornmeal that cuts the throat.

Everyone's economic situation is even worse than Su Yue imagined, especially in a family of factory workers, which is much worse than that of a dual-career family.

After walking around, Su Yong found that the conditions of living in the small courtyard were better further outside, and the conditions of the people living in the inside were worse.

People who live outside can still see some fresh vegetarian dishes, steamed buns with rich and strong noodles, and three-in-one steamed buns, while those who live inside have everything to eat.

In short, there is only worse, not worse.

The Gao Hongmei's family and Yang Xiuling's family live on the outermost side, and there are neighbors in the middle. As for the family in the innermost part of the small courtyard, Su Yong doesn't know who it is. She has never seen that family since she moved to the small courtyard.

She couldn't help thinking that these days, ordinary residents in provincial capitals are in such a state, let alone counties, towns, and villages. Su Yue is glad that she has space, otherwise she might not be much better off than them.

It's a pity that she has no ingredients but no craftsmanship.

Everyone is "a clever woman can't cook without rice", but she can only hope for plums to quench her thirst.

The small courtyard is the most lively in the evening, and the neighbors like to gather together to chat and chat about family affairs.

However, it's been five or six days since she moved here, and Su Yue hasn't come down to meet everyone. The novelty makes her always be the focus of everyone wherever she goes.

Without squinting, Su Yue went straight out of the courtyard.

"Miss Su Yue has come down!"

She was wearing a simple white shirt with a long black skirt today, and she floated in the air as she walked, not to mention how pretty she was.

It is very foreign, and instantly attracts a lot of attention.

Aunt Wang waved her hand:"Oh, Su Yue is here, come here, just come here to chat with our old sisters, you don't like to come down to play after so long."

Su Yue smiled apologetically, and called out to Yang Xiuling: "I'm sorry everyone, I have something to ask Miss Yang."

ah? Looking for Yang Xiuling again? These two people are too "sticky".

"Okay." Yang Xiuling patted her buttocks and stood up, and said with a smile to everyone: "You guys talk first, I'm going to talk to sister Su Yue."

After speaking, he led Su Yue into the courtyard, and then opened the door to enter the house.

This is Su Yue's first time entering Yang Xiuling's home. Compared with the one in the yard, her condition is slightly better. It is a hut with two small rooms connected together. The inner room is a bedroom and the outer room has a bed. It is the wardrobe wooden box and the dining table.

Because there are too many things piled up, the aisles in the house are extremely crowded, and some sundries can be rubbed against if you walk carelessly.

Su Yue came in and walked cautiously, but still kicked some boxes on the corner of the table uncontrollably.

And Yang Xiuling and her daughter walked very flexibly, shuttling through it wantonly.

Su Yue sat down at the dining table, Yang Xiuling poured her a glass of water, Zhao Xiaotang was choosing dishes at the table, and when she saw her, she sweetly called her elder sister.

The little guy wore two shofar braids and light red short-sleeves made of calico. His trouser legs were two centimeters shorter, and if he was any longer, he would reach his knees.

Su Yue touched Xiaotang's soft face, and took out two fruit candies from her pocket.

"Ah! Thank you sister!"

Zhao Xiaotang got the big white rabbit and was so flustered that he even forgot what he was doing. He got up excitedly and wanted to show off, but was stopped by Yang Xiuling.

"Don't go out to show off, or everyone will come to pester your sister Su Yue for candy in the future."

These days, anyone who has good things has to hide them and use them, otherwise they will be seen by some people and they will say sour words.

It's nothing, I'm just afraid to take advantage of you, there are many such people!

Zhao Xiaotang has lived in the compound for six years and has a deep understanding of the pros and cons.

She stopped eagerly to try, and continued to sit obediently at the table to choose dishes: "Okay, then I will secretly eat by myself."

Yang Xiuling pushed her away amusedly: "Go out and play, I'll choose, I'll call you after dinner, don't run away."

"Okay!" Zhao Xiaotang quickly slid down the bench and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Yang Xiuling looked at her little daughter amusedly, until everyone had run away, then turned around and asked with a smile: "Sister Su Yue, what is your business with me?"

"It's nothing important, didn't it delay your cooking?" Su Yue looked at her fast and skillful movements, and said, "If it's inconvenient now, I'll come back to you later."

"No, I'm off work. I'll be fine later. It doesn't matter if I have dinner later."

Yang Xiuling waved her hand indifferently, and held her back, "Tell me, what do you want from me? I will help if I can."

Su Yue smiled gratefully: "I'm not asking for your help, I just want to ask... Sister Yang, you know that Qiao Jingming..."

Yang Xiuling's actions of choosing vegetables stopped suddenly. She looked up and looked at her in surprise: "What are you talking about? Qiao Jingming?"

"Eh." Su Yue scratched her head, "Sister Yang, what's your expression?"

She seemed shocked.

Seeing Yang Xiuling looking at her with a half smile but not a smile, Su Yue had a bad feeling in her heart.

"I've been so busy recently that I forgot, I didn't have time to tell you about that kid Jing Ming."

Yang Xiuling covered her mouth and smiled. She wanted to ask her if she wanted to date Qiao Jingming, but she was afraid of scaring her when she said something. After all, she only had two months to reach adulthood, right?

But now that Su Yue took the initiative to ask him, Yang Xiuling couldn't wait any longer.

So she leaned over, winked at Su Yue and said, "Are you also interested in our Jingming?"

Su Yue was stunned.

What is "also"?

Could it be that there are many people who like him?

Then I thought about that man's handsome face... Well, it's normal for lesbians to like him.

But Yang Xiuling's expression looks a bit like she wants to be a matchmaker for two people?

Su Yue shook her head harder than a rattle: "Sister Yang, don't get me wrong, I'm just curious, didn't you call him to help me fix the radio last time, and later sent me furniture, I thought he was a very powerful person of......"

No, it gets weirder the more I say it.

Yang Xiuling looked at Su Yue's flustered and faltering look, and felt more and more that the guess in her heart might be true.

Miss Su Yue won't fall in love with that boy Jing Ming, will she?

Ouch! That would be great!

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