Qin Huairu held the apple in her hand but did not eat it. She sat there quietly as she listened to He Yushui's words. However, her peach blossom eyes would occasionally glance at the second vendor sitting at the side.
As for the second vendor, he did not dare to meet Qin Huiru's eyes. He kept his head lowered and sat there without saying a word.
Although Qin Huiru really wanted to have a private chat with the second peddler, she could not do anything in front of Zhou Feng and He Yushui. She could only sit there anxiously.
He Yushui was tired of talking. She grabbed the apple on the table and started eating. This apple was a rare item, even rarer than meat.
If they wanted to eat meat, they could still buy it, but if they wanted to eat fruit, it was not something that ordinary people could buy.
Today, He Yushui had benefited from Zhou Feng. He ate as many apples as he wanted. In just a short while, He Yushui had already eaten three apples.
As he ate the apple, he saw Qin Huiru sitting there and said,""Sister Qin, quickly eat it. This apple is very sweet.”
"I won't eat it. Today, thanks to you, I actually have apples to eat. This is a rare item. I'll bring it back for the stick to eat. This child had never eaten an apple before.”
Qin Huairu had a smile on her face the entire time, and she spoke appropriately. When He Yushui heard Qin Huiru's words, she looked at Zhou Feng as if she wanted to say something.
Looking at He Yushui's eyes, he didn't know what she wanted to say. She sighed softly and said to He Yushui.
"Yushui, give two more apples to Sister Qin. Bring them back for the child to try.”
With Zhou Feng's permission, He Yushui immediately took two more apples and stuffed them into Qin Huiru's hands happily.
"Sister Qin, here, take these two back for the stem and the locust flower. Just eat it without worry. Hurry up and try it.”
After taking two more apples, Qin Huairu did not reject them anymore. She took a bite out of the apple in her hand, and the sweet and refreshing apple instantly conquered her taste buds.
As she ate the sweet fruits, Qin Huairu thought of her current life and felt a little sad. This person really couldn't be compared to others.
Zhou Feng was so young, but he had already become a cadre. Not only was his salary so high, but he could even give away rare things like apples. This was what life was like.
Zhou Feng did not know what Qin Huairu was thinking. He was still thinking about how to chase Qin Huairu out.
Just as the few of them were chatting, a voice came from outside the door again.
"Division Chief Li, we're here to congratulate you. Everyone has come to warm up your new house.”
Xu Damao's voice came from outside the door. Zhou Feng stood up and came out to welcome him. Although Zhou Feng was the Section Chief, he had to stand up and welcome his neighbor.
He saw Xu Damao holding an old hen in his hand and standing at the door with a smile on his face. Although Xu Damao's character wasn't very good, his methods of dealing with people were much better than Qin Huairu's.
Xu Damao came to congratulate him, but he stood outside the door. Without the host's invitation, he would not enter the house easily. Behind Xu Damao, many neighbors who had returned from work brought some small gifts.
Moving to a new house was a joyous occasion at that time. The neighbors would come to congratulate him.
Zhou Feng welcomed everyone into the courtyard and shouted at He Yushui, who was in the house,"Rainwater, quickly go boil some hot water and make some brown sugar water for everyone.”
In this day and age, using brown sugar water to treat guests was already a very high level of courtesy. Only wealthy families could make tea to treat guests.
Moreover, tea leaves were also a scarce resource. It was not something that ordinary people could get their hands on. Moreover, there were so many people here. It was unrealistic to make tea.
When everyone entered the house, they were all amazed by how big the house was and how beautiful the furniture was. Because there were many people, there were not many stools at home. Someone volunteered to go home and bring stools. Everyone sat in the small courtyard and chatted.
The second vendor came out with a tray full of candies. Each of them grabbed a few candies, as well as melon seeds and peanuts.
Except for a few greedy ones, they all put the candy in their pockets and prepared to bring it home for their children to eat. In this day and age, it was rare to be able to eat candy. Naturally, he had to cherish it.
Zhou Feng took out a peony cigarette and distributed it one by one. The smiles on everyone's faces became even brighter.
Although Zhou Feng had just moved into the courtyard a few days ago, everyone knew his name. Most of the residents here were workers at the rolling mill.
Zhou Feng's deeds had long spread among the workers, and everyone was curious about him.
Wang Dahai stood up and spoke on behalf of everyone.
"In the future, Comrade Zhou Feng will be one of our own. Everyone should help each other. After all, Zhou Feng was now a leading cadre. He would definitely be very busy with work.
I definitely won't have time to take care of the cleanliness of this small courtyard. In the future, the women at home should clean the courtyard more.”
As soon as Wang Dahai finished speaking, everyone applauded and went home to tell their wives.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Feng was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? He hadn't even agreed, so why was he helping him clean the courtyard?
As a person from the future, he was quite disgusted with others entering his house, especially those who thought they were helping him and thus entered his house openly.
"No need, no need. My yard isn't that big. I can clean it myself. Besides, isn't my sister still in the rain? She can help me clean it too.”
Zhou Feng hurriedly declined. If he allowed others to enter his courtyard, would there be any privacy left? When everyone saw Zhou Feng decline, they did not say anything else. Since he was not willing to trouble you, you couldn't just suck up to him, right?
Very quickly, He Yushui finished boiling the sugar water. Qin Huiru helped to bring it out. Everyone had a bowl of brown sugar water and drank it with relish.
After drinking the sugar water, everyone chatted for a while before leaving. When they left, some of them even helped to clean up the melon seed shells on the ground.
Soon, the courtyard regained its peace. At this moment, Qin Huiru, who had finished washing He Yushui's dishes, also came out to bid farewell and leave.
When he came, he was empty-handed. When he returned, not only did he have two big apples in his hands, but his pockets were also stuffed with candy and peanuts.
This trip was not in vain. Although he still could not find a chance to borrow money from the second vendor, the things in his pocket were enough to satisfy the cravings of the stick stem and the locust flower.
When they returned home, Qin Huiru placed the apples on the table. Jia Zhangshi saw the apples and immediately snatched them away. After she stuffed one apple into the stick, she started eating the other.
"Good grandson, eat quickly. This apple is very sweet.”
"Granny, these apples are for the two children. Why did you eat them?”Qin Huairu, who was standing at the side, felt a little heartache for that apple.
"The locust flower is so small, how can it eat an apple? Besides, she's a girl. She can't be spoiled. Otherwise, when she marries in the future, people will say that the Jia family doesn't know how to educate their children.”
Jia Zhang-shi ate with relish, completely ignoring the locust flower that was about to cry.
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