There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 63

After paying the bill, Zheng Cang lifted the small package in his hand, nodded to Qiaoqiao who winked playfully at him, and then threw the small package towards her.

"Hey~~" Qiaoqiao didn't react for a while, and threw the rag in her hand to the ground in a hurry, took the package, and hugged it tightly: "What is this~~" Looking up, both of them have disappeared shadow.

Qu Zhiwen raised his eyebrows, said to Zheng Cang who was walking side by side, let's go first, took a big step, walked in front of him, turned and disappeared at the entrance of the alley in the distance.

Qu Zhiwen returned to his own military tent, threw off his shoes, leaned on the wooden bed, stared at the curtain of the military tent for a long time, his expression changed back and forth, and finally got up suddenly, and walked to different places with a pair of cloth shoes. A pen, ink, paper and inkstone were borrowed from a small military tent in the distance.

After grinding the ink, I picked up the pen and hesitated for a while before writing.

He wrote very intently, frowning tightly, with almost no pause in the middle, writing in one go, covering two full pages with almost no gaps.

He didn't stop after writing. After returning the pen and ink, he put the letter paper in his arms, and went to another place dressed neatly.

Qiaoqiao pressed the small package wrapped in blue thick cotton cloth with her hands to confirm the feel, then lowered her head and secretly laughed twice, and ran to her own small room at the back.

Quickly unbuttoning the package, there is not only a close-fitting little padded jacket inside, but also a pair of thin cotton trousers, grasped in the hand, soft, sticking to the face, a warm and soft feeling, Qiaoqiao took With a smirk, he put the padded jacket and small cotton trousers on his face one by one for a long time before putting them down. Regardless of the cold weather, he put the latch on the door, took off all his clothes, and hurriedly changed the clothes on himself , Wrapped in a quilt again, and bounced vigorously on the ground for several times before warming up.

Raise your arms, put on your coat, and walk around the room a few times with your stride. It fits well. There is no sense of tightness brought by new clothes. Feeling the heat and turning around, Qiaoqiao packs things up. up front.

The jacket she was wearing outside was still the same, so basically there was not much change, but Qiaoqiao's overly obvious expression still attracted a few nagging words.

"Xiaoqiao, what's the good thing for you? You can't even close your mouth?" Liu Jian hummed with his mouth curled up in disapproval.

Qiaoqiao grinned and gave him a bigger smile, then turned her head and continued squatting on the ground to wash the vegetable leaves.

Liu Jian was stunned for a while, touched his head and muttered something in a low voice, then started working.

It is getting colder every day, but the business of the small restaurant is getting better every day. The food in the army is not too bad, but if the time is delayed, it will be a bit cold, and in the small restaurant, it doesn’t cost much money. , steaming noodles, a couple of cups of warm wine, and a gathering of three or five friends, how comfortable it is to be together. What's more, this year, there is another baked sweet potato in the small restaurant, which has attracted many people. Few people took out three or five copper coins to buy a small sweet potato to satisfy their hunger.

Wearing the cloth gloves he sewed, Qiaoqiao pulled out a few sweet potatoes from the pile of soot, pressed them with his index finger, felt the softness, and then took them out with fire tongs.

"Okay, whoever wants it, come and pick it!"

Before the words were finished, a few people came over, the big one and the small one were gone, and after they were selected, they all ran to the boss to weigh them, and after paying the money, they peeled them open and ate them, even if they were hot and wheezing, they couldn’t eat them. Shouting delicious.

Qiaoqiao went to the corner of the kitchen and lifted the sackcloth. There were not many sweet potatoes left in it, so she picked a few more and put them in to roast.

"Liu Jian, come here."

"what?"

"Look, we only have so many sweet potatoes left. Everyone likes to eat them. Why don't we give the boss some advice, let's buy more and store them away. Anyway, this thing is not afraid of being spoiled, okay?"

"Okay, no problem." Liu Jian looked at the few sweet potatoes on the ground reluctantly, and scratched his hands: "I don't know when the person who sells these sweet potatoes will come back, or let's tell the boss , shall we go directly?"

Qiaoqiao nodded her head fiercely a few times with an expression that suits me.He stretched out his small hand and slapped Liu Jian on the hand.

"That's fine, why are you hitting me?"

"Huh? You're here?" Qiaoqiao pulled out the last few ripe sweet potatoes from the inside, and as soon as she got out of the kitchen door, she saw her cousin sitting at the dining table and waving her hands to greet her.

After dividing up the sweet potatoes in his hand, there happened to be two left in the end. Qu Zhiwen asked the boss to weigh them and put them in front of him.

"Come, sit here and eat."

"kindness."

Qiaoqiao sat there unceremoniously, directly took a piece and tore open the skin to eat, narrowing her eyes in enjoyment, and let out a long and comfortable sigh.

After several mouthfuls, Qu Zhiwen was sitting there watching himself not eating, and his face became hot: "You eat too."

"Well, okay, you can eat."

"Huh? Here? Here, sit here?" Qiaoqiao raised her free right hand and waved desperately to the people who came in from the door.

When he waved his hand, he opened his clothes slightly, Qu Zhiwen opened his eyes suddenly, and then stared at it for a long time, until someone sat down beside him, and it was the person he hadn't liked to see recently, then he looked away bow your head.

He clearly saw that Qiaoqiao had changed into a brand new little padded jacket, but it wasn't the one he made for her, it was another one, and thinking that Zheng Cang also brought a package with him yesterday, and threw it to Qiaoqiao before leaving. Coincidentally, the chopsticks in his hand were tightened unconsciously.

"Sit here, here, eat this. It's delicious. I baked these today. The heat is very good, fluffy and sweet. I deliberately saved these delicious ones for the end. In order to stay, let's eat." Qiaoqiao broke off a piece of sweet potato and handed it to Zheng Cang who had just sat across from her.

Zheng Cang took it with a smile, tore off a piece and threw it into his mouth under Qiaoqiao's gaze.

"good to eat?"

"good to eat!"

"Look, let me just say, today's food is very delicious." Qiaoqiao raised her chin proudly.

"Yes, yes, then you should eat more."

Qu Zhiwen lowered his head, raised his cup and drank it all in one gulp, and finished his meal silently amidst the chatter and laughter of the two.

Qiaoqiao got up late that day, it was already very bright outside, she wrapped herself in the quilt and opened the window to look, and decided to take the little padded jacket she had worn for a few days to dry in the sun, thinking of this, she suddenly remembered, My cousin seemed to have brought himself a padded jacket that day, so I hurriedly found it out and tried it on, and it fit very well, was soft and comfortable as well.Qiaoqiao suddenly felt embarrassed, and had forgotten about it these few days.

Wearing the little padded jacket her cousin gave her, she took the one Zheng Cang gave her outside, clamped it up, and hung it in the yard to dry.

After careful inspection of the flowers she had planted, Qiaoqiao stretched her muscles and bones in the yard again. Amid Boss Hu's yawning, she went to the front yard to boil hot water and started her day's work.

I didn’t see anyone all day today. Isn’t everyone in the barracks so idle? After leaving the store, let the chef and Liu Jian go first, and the two of them cleaned up for a while and went to the backyard.

As soon as Qiaoqiao walked to the backyard, she saw Boss Hu standing at the door talking to a man, and when she was about to enter her room, she heard the man calling her.

"Ah, Second Uncle? It's you?" Qiaoqiao exclaimed in surprise.

(End of this chapter)