70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 544 Visiting the Neighbors
Because the three rooms in the main house were cleaned during the day, the children could only sleep with the adults.

"Apple, Pancake, you two can sleep with your grandpa tonight, and the three of you can sleep with me, chopped green onion, okay?" Before going to sleep, Xie Xiaonian asked the children.

"Mom, I want to sleep with you. Can't we just sleep in the same bed as when we were at home?" Pancake said reluctantly.

"The kang at home is relatively big, and it can sleep our mother and children, but the bed here is too small, and it can't sleep so many people. You can sleep with your grandfather today, and tomorrow, mother will put a bed in the room. Can you two sleep with mom again?" Xie Xiaonian discussed with Panbing.

"You brat, you're still clinging to your mother at such an age, you're not too ashamed to panic, you're going to sleep with me today!" Luo Changsong rubbed Panbing's head and said amusedly.

"Okay then." Pancake lowered her head and said in a resigned compromise.

When having breakfast the next morning, Xie Xiaonian asked Luo Changsong, "Dad, I think at noon, I'd like to drop by the two next door and get to know each other. What do you think I should bring?"

"Take whatever you want, you don't need to take anything, just talk there." Luo Changsong said indifferently.

"It's better to hold the things. After all, it's the first day we come here, and people's mouths are short. If they take our things, they will be more friendly to us." Xie Xiaonian continued with a smile.

"Don't you know how to make pastries? Then when you have nothing to do in the morning, just make some casually, and then you can take them with you. Pastries are precious, and even if you divide them up, you can get them." Luo Changsong heard Xie Xiaonian's words Finally, he made up his mind for her.

"I think it's okay. It doesn't cost money to make it yourself, and it doesn't lose face when you take it out, but what should I do?" Xie Xiaonian said with difficulty.

I didn't make any plans yesterday. If I make it today, some pastries will be too late.

"Mom, let's make jujube cake and mung bean cake, I want to eat it." Tangyuan said greedily when she heard that there was something to eat.

"To make mung bean cakes, you need to soak mung beans in advance. I'm afraid you won't be able to make them in a while. Mom will make red date cakes for you. I'll make mung bean cakes when I'm free." Xie Xiaonian nodded.

"Red jujube cake is fine. When you came, didn't your sister-in-law bring you half a bag of red dates, just in case you can use it, so you don't need to buy it." Luo Changsong nodded and said.

"Dad, do you know who lives on these two sides? I want to find out in advance." Xie Xiaonian continued to ask.

"I haven't lived here for many years. The neighbors around me must have changed, and you carry your things to check the door, and they can't do anything to you. When the time comes, you just play by ear. The houses on the side are very tight, and there will be many people living in a yard, so prepare as many jujube cakes as you can, as there won’t be enough when the time comes.” Luo Changsong instructed.

"Okay, let's play it by ear when the time comes. Anyway, even if we inquire, we don't see the real person, so we don't know the situation." Xie Xiaonian nodded and said.

"Grandpa, do you still have a bed at home? Let's move a bed to Mom's room. I'm going to sleep with Mom tonight." Seeing that Mom and Grandpa had finished talking, Pancake immediately interjected.

"Why, you don't want to sleep in the same room with me so much? Let me tell you, even if you don't tell me, I will get you a bed, and let you go with your mother. You don't know. When you sleep in the middle of the night, You kicked the quilt so hard that I didn't sleep well all night, so I covered you with the quilt." Luo Changsong said childishly.

"I didn't kick the quilt. Mom never said I kicked the quilt." Little Pancake blushed and said in denial.

"It's okay, you can sleep in the same room with me tonight, I'm not afraid of you kicking the quilt." Xie Xiaonian continued with a smile.

What Xie Xiaonian didn't say is that they all sleep in the space at night, even if the pancake kicks the quilt, they won't be frozen, so she doesn't have to worry about it at all.

"I was joking with the pancake just now, let the two of them sleep with me, otherwise how can you take care of so many children by yourself, this is not like my hometown, there is a kang in the house, it is warmer, what if it freezes Do it?" Luo Changsong said disapprovingly.

"It's okay, Dad. Anyway, I often wake up at night. Put their two beds next to mine. When covering the dumplings with the quilt, just cover the apples with them. It won't delay my sleep. You At this age, it would be a sin if you catch a cold. And I have taken care of several children for such a long time, so it's completely fine." Xie Xiaonian refused.

"That's fine, you try it first, and if you really can't take care of it, then let them follow me." Luo Changsong nodded and said.

Although he wanted to take care of the pancakes and apples, he was not young after all, and he didn't know how to take care of the children. If the children followed him, it would be bad if they got sick.

"How is it? Satisfied?" Luo Changsong looked at the pancakes and Heping smiled happily and said with a smile.

"Well, I'm satisfied, grandpa, let's move the bed quickly." Panbing put down the bowl and chopsticks, and said anxiously, for fear that his mother and grandpa would regret it.

"There is a bed in the east wing. Let's eat in peace first. It won't be too late to move the bed out and clean it after dinner. I promise I won't delay your lunch break with your mother." Seeing that Pancake was so anxious, Luo Changsong uttered Said.

"That is, eat well for me, drink up the porridge in the bowl, and don't allow leftovers." Xie Xiaonian said sternly.

After dinner, Xie Xiaonian and Luo Changsong moved out the bed in the east wing under the urging of pancakes, handed it to his father and a few children to clean, and then went to the kitchen to make jujube cakes.

I don't know how many families live in the courtyards on the left and right, so Xie Xiaonian followed her father's instructions and made as much as possible, and the rest can be left for the family to eat.

When cooking at noon, Xie Xiaonian thought that the people on both sides should have come back to cook, so she carried a small basket and went to the west yard first.

"Is anyone home?"

Although the gate was unlocked, Xie Xiaonian didn't go in directly out of politeness, but stopped at the gate and shouted.

"Who is it? Come in, the door is open, I'm cooking." Just as Xie Xiaonian finished speaking, he heard an elderly female voice coming from inside.

"Hello aunt, I'm a neighbor who just moved here, I'm here to identify you." Xie Xiaonian walked into the yard and said with a smile.

"I said yesterday that I seemed to hear a sound next to me. It turns out that people have really lived in it. No one has lived next to me for so many years. I thought I heard it wrong." The woman hurriedly put down the spatula in her hand and smiled. Said to Xie Xiaonian.

"Your hearing is really good. We just came here yesterday. I made some jujube cake this morning, and I wanted to bring it to the neighbors to try."

As Xie Xiaonian said, she opened the small basket in her hand, squeezed a piece of date cake out of oiled paper and handed it over.

"Oh, I can't want such a good thing, you take it back quickly! We will be neighbors from now on, you don't have to be so polite, my husband's family name is Chen, you can just call me Aunt Chen." Aunt Chen quickly refused.

"I made this all by myself, it doesn't cost much, you can continue and try my handicraft." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile after stuffing the jujube cake into her hand.

"Then, then I'll accept it. Your craftsmanship is really good. I can smell the sweetness through the oiled paper. You just came here. You must have nothing. I pickled some pickles. I'll bring you some pickles." Go to the bowl, if you need anything in the future, just come to me." Aunt Chen said happily.

"No need, Aunt Chen, I brought pickles from my hometown, enough to last for a while, I'll take them with you when there are no more." Xie Xiaonian refused with a smile.

"Okay, then when you finish eating, don't be too polite. I have no other skills. The skill of pickling vegetables is outstanding. The neighbors in the neighborhood are all boastful." Aunt Chen said boastfully.

"Okay, I will definitely come to try your handicraft when the time comes. By the way, Aunt Chen, is your family living in this courtyard?" Xie Xiaonian asked after looking around.

"No, I entered the yard twice before and after, and there are a total of 10 families living in it, but most of them have dual employment and don't come back to eat at noon. Only my family, and the family with the elderly inside, cook by themselves at noon every day. " Aunt Chen answered.

Before Aunt Chen could finish speaking, Xie Xiaonian saw a head stuck out from the arch between the two courtyards.

This woman was a few years younger than Aunt Chen, but she was looking Xie Xiaonian up and down with her triangular eyes, as if she was looking at the goods, making the viewer very uncomfortable.

"Hi, I'm the neighbor next door. I just came here. My name is Xie Xiaonian." Xie Xiaonian introduced himself.

After Xie Xiaonian's introduction, this person did not answer the conversation directly, but walked outside the arch and continued to look at Xie Xiaonian.

"That's what I just told you. The family living there is called Sun Hong. You can just call her Auntie Sun." Seeing that Xie Xiaonian was a little embarrassed, Aunt Chen hurriedly introduced.

Xie Xiaonian saw that Sun Hong didn't want to talk to him very much, and he didn't make fun of himself, so he smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything else.

Although the two met for the first time, Xie Xiaonian didn't think she would be so enthusiastic about him, but Xie Xiaonian was still very angry when he made her feel so embarrassed, so he didn't plan to give her jujube cake.

"This girl is not only beautiful, but also good at craftsmanship. Look at the jujube cake she brought me just now. It smells delicious. Sun Hong, come over and try it."

Aunt Chen saw Sun Hong's eyes staring at the jujube cake she put on the case, Xie Xiaonian didn't intend to take it out any more, so she hurriedly picked up the jujube cake and said to her.

And when she said this, she was indirectly reminding Xie Xiaonian to give Sun Hong a jujube cake.

After all, jujube cake is not a particularly precious thing, if it is only given to herself but not to Sun Hong, I don't know what Sun Hong will say about Xie Xiaonian?

(End of this chapter)