Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 229 Worried and Happy

"The elbow is here!" Mrs. Zhao was still enthusiastic when she saw Zhou Zhi: "Come here, see what grandpa wrote! This is a worm!"

"Let me take a look." Zhou Zhi took the letterhead from Ms. Zhao's hand, on which was a scribble of cursive words: "This old man is addicted to words, it's beautiful! Ms. This is mine, I'll hang it up with a mirror in the next year!"

Mrs. Zhao never took this thing as a treasure: "Just say what you wrote!"

Zhou Zhinian said: "The tender sheath buds just came out of the forest, and the price in Yuling is as heavy as gold. There are countless lands and seas in the imperial capital, and I can't bear to cut Lingyun an inch of my heart."

"What is this?" Mrs. Zhao said she didn't understand at all.

"Li Shangyin's poem, the old man really wants to eat winter bamboo shoots!" Zhou Zhi folded up the letterhead, and put it in his bag honestly: "Why don't I ask Xin Yi to bring squid and ham over tomorrow, and you can make it for grandpa. Three delicacies?"

Ms. Zhao patted Zhou Zhi on the shoulder: "You just want to embarrass your lady!"

"Then I'll send Xin Yi over when I'm done." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Don't say that Grandpa Zhao's teeth are really strong, that's what my grandma envies the most."

"Your grandma's appetite is not bad." Mrs. Zhao is also happy: "Grandpa Xin Yi is also very envious."

"Then it's settled. I'll send out squid when I get home tonight." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Then Madam Zhao and Xin Yi will see you again. I'll send Shu Yi home."

After speaking, he shouted to Zhang Xinyi's bedroom in the back room: "Ziwan! Why don't you come out to say hello?!"

At this moment, the recent heady music sounded: "Mountains and rivers can't carry too much sorrow, and the years can't stand too long a wait..."

"You don't need to come out! Just keep watching!" Zhou Zhi knew what was going on inside. This year's big drama, Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi's "Joking about Qianlong", even his own grandmother could watch it.

"Then we won't come out, Elder Brother Elbow, come and eat three delicacies with us tomorrow!" Zhang Ziwan said loudly inside: "See you tomorrow!"

"This child is not polite at all." Madam Zhao said angrily, and stretched out her hand to straighten Zhou Zhi's collar that was messed up when he untied his apron after cooking: "Don't be angry with her, Elbow, she treats her like your own brother." of."

"Actually, what Zi Wan said is very reasonable." Zhou Zhi couldn't help being amused: "It's best to cook and eat fresh squid. Then I'll just bring the ingredients here tomorrow."

After speaking, he shouted to the room: "See you tomorrow, Zi Wan!"

"Ok!"

As usual, Zhang Xinyi sent Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi downstairs, past the camphor forest, and next to the stone staircase.

Zhou Zhi turned around and said to Zhang Xinyi: "My mother told me that you can eat at my house when you can eat at my house this holiday. She said she doesn't believe that you won't get fat."

"Ha, Madam Yao is really funny." Zhang Xinyi couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint her."

"Actually, as long as you have enough meat porridge, you'll be fine." Zhou Zhi even had a plan in mind: "You and Shu Yi are both ruthless people, so you really need to use the holiday to rest and make up for it."

"Understood, let's go. Don't be too late." Zhang Xinyi waved hands with Jiang Shuyi: "Goodbye Shuyi, come to my house together tomorrow."

Coming down the stone ladder, Jiang Shuyi walked quietly beside Zhou Zhi.

The festive atmosphere has begun to spread in the county. There are already many firecracker stalls on the side of the road. Some children who have money but can't help it have already bought firecrackers and put them on the side of the road.

The quality of firecrackers is also improving now. In addition to the traditional black gunpowder with yellow clay heads, there is an additional explosion with ideal sound and light effects. Green clay paste heads and printed letters are green coated instead of old-fashioned paper twist firecracker.

Because the powder contains potassium nitrate and aluminum powder as additives, this gunpowder is silver-gray, and it is more difficult to ignite than traditional gunpowder, which means that the ignition point is higher than traditional gunpowder, and it is relatively "safer"; Traditional gunpowder is much larger and relatively more dangerous.

Young men and women like Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi who walk together alone are the target of pranks by the firecrackers. They will not be so stupid as to throw firecrackers directly at them, but they will "ambush" in advance and set off the firecrackers. Quietly, in a way that he thought was concealed, he threw it on the way the two were going forward, calculated the time difference, and hoped that the two of them would land nearby when the firecrackers exploded.

Jiang Shuyi's eyes are not good, she was often bullied like this in the past, but now that she has Zhou Zhi, it's different, several times Zhou Zhi even ran up a few times, and boldly kicked back the firecrackers that were still burning to the brats. , On the contrary, Iwa screamed in fright.

Of course, you can't just ignore the brats at all because of your eyesight and quick feet. Occasionally, you still have to let a firecracker explode near you, otherwise they will never end.

There is another advantage of doing this, that is, after two times, Zhou Zhi took the initiative to hold Jiang Shuyi's hand: "Shuyi, don't be afraid, there is nothing else but to speak louder."

Jiang Shuyi nervously clenched Zhou Zhi's fingers until he passed the firecracker-selling section of the new highway and the road stopped, then let go of Zhou Zhi's hand with a flushed face, "Yes...I'm sorry, Zhou Zhi. "

"Ah? What are you sorry for?"

"There are too many people who know you. I'm afraid...I'm afraid that someone will tell Auntie if they see it."

"You really think too much, and it's not possible that everyone in Jiachuan knows me and my mother." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Don't worry about it."

In fact, Jiang Shuyi has always been a little worried and apprehensive: "I know that my aunt likes Xueshan, and also likes Xinyi; grandma likes Xinxin. I... I can't compare with Xueshan for being able, I can't compare with Xinyi for being close, and I can't be for being hardworking and cheerful." But Xinxin, I don't want... to be deducted points again."

"Shu Yi, do you really think so?" Zhou Zhi's question seemed to be concerned, but his expression and tone had already betrayed his inner joy.

"Well... what I said was the truth..." Jiang Shuyi was actually very embarrassed, and didn't dare to look up at Zhou Zhi. When she realized that Zhou Zhi's tone was wrong, she looked up and saw the happy expression on his face, and she immediately felt very sad: "Zhou Zhi... what expression do you have? How can you do this?!"

"Ah? No, don't get me wrong." Zhou Zhi hurriedly grabbed Jiang Shuyi, and the two stopped by the side of the road: "Shuyi, look at me."

Jiang Shuyi stopped obediently and looked up at Zhou Zhi.

"I am indeed a little happy, but the reason is not because you are not as good as Xueshan, Xin Yi, and Ye Xin."

"It's not like you said, you are worse than them in the hearts of my mother and grandma."

"Let me first talk about why I am happy. The reason why I am happy is because your thoughts, whether right or wrong, are all produced because you care about me. I am happy just because of this."

"You!" Jiang Shuyi was really annoyed and ashamed. The annoyed thing was that Zhou Zhi expressed his worries about Feng Xueshan and the others so bluntly. The shameful thing was that, just as Zhou Zhi said, it was because she cared too much about him that she did it just now. Such an idea was born.

She was originally an introverted character, but now she just wanted to run away quickly, she shook her twice, but she couldn't shake Zhou Zhi's hand holding her.

(End of this chapter)