sinovels Chapter 776: Consolidating the Throne
Chapter 776: Consolidating the Throne
Chapter 776: Consolidating the Throne
Cloudy, icy rain.
The cool girl is waiting on the platform.
Xue Chuchu originally thought that she would wait for the next bus, or until the next day after get off work, or even later.
She had made long-term mental preparations, but at this moment, Jiang Ning disturbed the chaotic crowd and appeared before her.
It was cold and raining. Perhaps because Xue Chuchu didn't dare to look closely or because it was raining, Jiang Ning's face was vaguely visible, with only a pair of ink-like eyes that were unforgettable at first sight.
Xue Yuantong, who was behind him, poked his head out, his small face hidden under his hat, and called out excitedly, "Chu Chu, go home!"
Xue Yuantong admired Chuchu's surprised expression, and felt secretly happy, and a sense of accomplishment emerged in her heart that she had saved Chuchu from danger!
"Ah?" Xue Chuchu had never expected Jiang Ning to come, because there had never been such a precedent.
Her mood at this moment was as if she had walked in the rain countless times, alone and forward, for an endless journey, and suddenly someone came to pick her up.
Xue Chuchu carefully walked to the titanium-gray electric vehicle.
Tongtong leaned closer to Jiang Ning, "Yes, there is still room!"
Jiang Ning casually took off Tongtong's raincoat and handed it to Chuchu: "Put it on and cover Tongtong later."
Xue Chuchu: “… Yeah.”
After getting ready, Xue Chuchu got on the electric car.
In full view of everyone, Jiang Ning turned the ignition switch, and the angular body of the electric bike once again pierced through the wind and rain and drove towards the white street in the distance.
At the entrance of a small supermarket diagonally opposite the bus stop, a boy wearing an Adidas windbreaker was chatting with his classmates. He kept glancing towards the bus stop from time to time. When he saw the beautiful figure being picked up by someone, he was shocked.
The girl wearing black-framed glasses with thick lenses noticed Jin Yuanhang's change and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jin Yuanhang laughed dryly: "It's okay."
He and Xue Chuchu are classmates and know each other's personalities. Usually, he keeps to himself except for Mu Ying in the class.
It was raining outside today. After he learned that Chuchu didn't ride a bike, he wanted to find an opportunity. He kept looking and looking. He was still looking, but he didn't know that she had been picked up.
Jin Yuanhang: 'Damn!'
When the cool-looking electric car passed by the supermarket, the cold wind blew up Xue Chuchu's hair, and her messy long hair fluttered wildly. She didn't look embarrassed at all, but instead looked even more beautiful and refined.
Jin Yuanhang felt so jealous that he walked away with his head down.
The girl with black-framed glasses who had just spoken to him called out, "Hey, where are you going?"
Jin Yuanhang walked forward, waved his hands, and said in a muffled voice: "Don't worry about me, I'm going to sail far away..."
The girl with black-framed glasses laughed out loud and quickly caught up with him with her schoolbag in hand: "You're walking so fast, wait for me!"
……
Jiang Ning's electric car was very warm. This was how Xue Chuchu felt after getting on the car.
Secondly, it was extremely stable. Xue Chuchu, who often rode an electric bike to school, knew very well how easy it was for an electric bike to slip in this kind of weather. However, at this moment, she did not feel any signs of the wheels slipping out of control.
She suddenly remembered that Tongtong had once whispered to her that he was a big leader.
Xue Chuchu then asked her why she said that?
Tongtong said that many big leaders have full-time drivers, and those drivers drive very steadily, so the big leaders can't feel the bumps. When she rode in Jiang Ning's electric car, there was also no bumps. In other words, she was like a big leader.
At that time, Xue Chuchu just thought it was a joke, but now that she sat on it herself, she realized that Tongtong was not joking.
In addition, Jiang Ning rode his bike very fast, almost flying close to the ground, and the scenery on both sides quickly receded. There was no trace of cars, buses, or even the electric bike.
The journey that usually takes nearly 20 minutes seemed to be condensed into just a few minutes. In a trance, Xue Chuchu heard Jiang Ning's clear voice: "Hold tight."
Xue Chuchu subconsciously hugged Tongtong.
Then, the wheels braked suddenly, and due to inertia, the car body swung out a flowing arc on the ice surface, and from the intersection of Nanhong Road, it made a gorgeous drift and swung into Heba Road.
In a dangerous situation, Xue Chuchu pinched Tongtong and hurt her. Tongtong didn't care and shouted:
“Hahahaha, Chuchu, look how timid you are!”
When the inertia gradually disappeared and the electric bike stopped at that moment, Jiang Ning turned off the ignition switch, and the motor drove the rear wheels to spin wildly, rushing into the wind and rain from the east with a "buzz".
At the back, a middle-aged male driver of a slowly moving taxi witnessed this scene and was stunned with shock!
Middle-aged male driver: "Fuck, this is incredible technology!"
He said to the passenger in the back seat: "Sister, did you see that? There was an electric car floating there just now. It was really cool!"
In the back seat of the taxi, there was a passenger wearing a sleeveless down jacket and dressed exquisitely. Even with a mask on, she could still be seen as a beautiful woman.
She heard the driver's words and casually said, "Oh, an electric car?"
She glanced out the window: "Riding an electric bike in this weather..."
She didn't say the rest, but the contempt in her words was extremely obvious.
The middle-aged male driver had been a taxi driver for half his life, so he could naturally see through the thoughts of young women. He had no intention of chatting with her, and exclaimed to himself: "Damn, so handsome!"
The driver was so excited that he seemed to be back in his sixteen years. He subconsciously turned the steering wheel, and the car body suddenly drifted. The female passenger in the back seat screamed and fell off the seat.
This scream immediately brought the driver back to reality. He pulled himself out of his dream and faced the hardships of life again. He quickly tried to smooth things over:
"Hold on tight, little girl, the ground is slippery!"
The road to the dam was extremely smooth. When Jiang Ning was going downhill, he performed a drifting downhill move. Chuchu hugged Tongtong tightly again. Tongtong was strangled by her and felt pain. She complained to Jiang Ning about Chuchu.
Xue Chuchu felt guilty and a little embarrassed.
In the bungalow, there was a cold wind and continuous rain.
Loving mothers lean on the door, and wanderers travel hard.
When the familiar electric bike appeared, Aunt Gu felt a little relieved. She saw that today's electric bike was a little different from the past. Xue Chuchu took off her hat and revealed her face.
A very pretty girl, but unfortunately she was not her Tongtong. Before Aunt Gu could wonder, Tongtong popped her head out from under her raincoat and said with a grin, "Mom, I'm back!"
Aunt Gu glared at her and said, "I thought it was a gift!"
"Humph, I am the soul of the whole car, Jiang Ning is the groom, Chu Chu is the cargo, may I ask mom, who am I?" Xue Yuantong asked proudly.
Aunt Gu rubbed her little ears, which were warm. Jiang Ning took good care of her daughter.
Aunt Gu taught her a lesson: "You are a donkey pulling a cart."
Xue Chuchu's lips curled up slightly, and she was a little envious of the relationship between Tongtong and Aunt Gu. Her own mother rarely played such jokes on her.
Xue Yuantong sniffed her nose and smelled the steamed buns in the house. Her eyes lit up: "I'm tired of pulling the cart, I want to eat 8 buns!"
Aunt Gu: "Raising pigs!"
As she spoke, she pulled her daughter's arm and sent her to the kitchen, saying, "Jiang Ning, Chu Chu, come and have some buns too."
Jiang Ning: "I'll go home and clean up."
Tongtong yelled, "Come and eat! I'll clean it up for you!"
Now Jiang Ning eats three meals a day at Tongtong's house. He has long been treated as a family member. It is very rare to rent a house at this level.
Jiang Ning parked the car and found Tongtong's kitchen. The firewood was burning in the stove and the house was filled with fragrance.
Tongtong sat on the bench eating buns and drinking sweet soup.
"My mother made several kinds of buns today!" Xue Yuantong introduced, "There are leeks, vermicelli and eggs, cabbage and pork, dried bean curd and mushroom stuffing, and shrimp and meat buns!"
"Let me tell you, shrimp and meat buns are delicious!" Tongtong took a big bite.
Prawns are very expensive and much rarer than pork. In the past, the family didn't have money and couldn't afford the luxury of using shrimp as stuffing. But now, with Aunt Gu's "hard work", the Xue family now has savings, and they have saved enough money for Tongtong to go to college. Shouldn't life be getting better and better?
Tongtong grabbed a shrimp bun for Jiang Ning. As the bun had just come out of the pot, it was so hot that it kept jumping in Tongtong's hand.
Jiang Ning took the bun with Tongtong's handprint and took a bite. The dough was fluffy and soft, and the freshness of the shrimp and the richness of the meat filling were mixed together hotly.
It was snowing outside again. I stayed in the little house, ate homemade buns, and drank a big sip of the sour and sweet pineapple and white fungus soup. I felt so at peace inside. This was the warmth that a wanderer working in a foreign land could never experience.
After Xue Yuantong finished making a palm-sized bun, she took a small steamed bun basket, put three buns in it, covered it with a cage cloth to keep it warm, and ran outside, planning to enjoy it with Chuchu.
Teacher Qian was sitting at the door, drinking noodle porridge. He stirred the pickled mustard in the bowl with chopsticks, frowned, and turned his head from time to time to look at the small Gu family next door.
Since Xiao Gu moved to Heba, he could eat the New Year's goods given by Xiao Gu's family every year, such as steamed buns, steamed bread, sugar cakes, scorched leaves, glutinous rice noodles... and even rice dumplings...
In the past two years, however, there have been much fewer, especially this year. As Xiao Jiang next door became more and more arrogant, he actually had no good fortune this year and even lost the sesame oil that he had asked others to squeeze for him!
The steamed buns in the earthen pot in the countryside are very fragrant, and there is no range hood. Once you open the lid of the pot, you will see a pot full of freshly cooked buns. When the steam comes out, all the neighbors can smell the fragrance.
When I think of Xiao Gu’s skill in steaming buns, anyone who eats them would love to try them!
Teacher Qian was very greedy. The steamed buns made by Xiao Gu were made with real ingredients, hygienic, green and without additives. Who wouldn’t like them?
In previous years, Xiao Gu would send a basket of big buns. Teacher Qian would eat them sparingly, one at a meal, and they would last him for several days.
"That's weird, you're not sending me gifts anymore?" Teacher Qian felt very upset because he didn't get any advantage.
Just as Teacher Qian was scratching his head, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Tongtong holding a small basket of steamed buns and walking towards the east.
Teacher Qian was so happy that he quickly stood up with the bowl and said excitedly: "Hey, Tongtong, you are finally here. I thought there would be no buns to eat this year!"
He glanced at the size of the steamed bun basket, frowned again, and said, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, Tongtong, but your basket is a little small, not big enough..."
Xue Yuantong gave him a strange look, then turned and walked into Chuchu's house.
Teacher Qian's words came to an abrupt end.
“No…you…I…” Teacher Qian stuttered and his words became incoherent.
He continued to drink porridge in depression. Soon, Tongtong and Chuchu went out together, returned to the door of the house, watched the snow scene outside and enjoyed the buns.
Teacher Qian couldn't help it, he came over and asked: "Tongtong, is there no buns in my house this year?"
Xue Yuantong asked knowingly: "Do you want to eat?"
Teacher Qian: “You must want to eat it!”
Xue Yuantong snorted in his heart. He used to send steamed buns to Teacher Qian's family every year, but in return, he was bullied and ridiculed by others for his orphan and widowed mother.
She replied: "You want to eat buns, why don't you make them yourself? Don't you know how to make them?"
Teacher Qian choked.
He is anxious!
Teacher Qian said hurriedly: "I know your buns, they are delicious! My family is not well-off, right? How about this, you ask your mother to make some buns for me, and I will pay you!"
"The buns sold in restaurants outside are one yuan each. We are neighbors. How about you charge us the cost price, 3 yuan each? I will give you 10 yuan now. You steam 30 buns for me. The remaining 1 yuan is your hard work fee!"
Even the thrifty Chu Chu found it difficult to accept this price.
After hearing this, Xue Yuantong curled his lips and said, "Are you still alive in the Qing Dynasty?"
Xue Chuchu subconsciously replied: "The Qing Dynasty is gone."
After saying this, she felt a little embarrassed.
Teacher Qian's face straightened and he said solemnly: "We are all neighbors, shouldn't we charge the cost price? We should not be too greedy."
After Xue Yuantong heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Teacher Qian, you are right."
Teacher Qian was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll pay you when you finish steaming the buns!"
This tactic of receiving the goods first and then paying for them really broadened Xue Chuchu's horizons.
Xue Yuantong: "Okay, wait for me!"
Teacher Qian went home with satisfaction and waited for the steamed buns to be ready. He had already spent money on them. Teacher Qian reminded him, "I want pork stuffing. Put more pork in it."
Xue Yuantong: "Just wait patiently!"
Tongtong ran back to the house, found Jiang Ning and her mother, and told them that Teacher Qian wanted buns.
Aunt Gu has a lot of resentment towards Teacher Qian. She has given him a lot of things over the years, but in return, he has not taken care of her daughter.
Aunt Gu is a rural person, a kind woman in the traditional sense. Her understanding of human nature is relatively simple, and she does not have any sophisticated means to build good relationships. Her idea is, if I treat you well, you will treat me well too. Unfortunately, the river dam is not safe, and people’s hearts are treacherous.
Aunt Gu: "Let him wait!"
Xue Yuantong: "Humph, that's it!"
Xue Yuantong was almost full after eating two big buns. She filled a bowl of pineapple soup and ran to the door to drink it. Jiang Ning followed her.
Butcher Zhang from next door was holding a bottle of white wine and sitting at the door, drinking and gnawing on a big bone.
During the Great Cold, after drinking strong liquor, Butcher Zhang exclaimed: "What a delight!"
Liquor makes one brave. Butcher Zhang looked at Jiang Ning who was drinking soup next to him and shouted, "Xiao Jiang, come and drink with uncle!"
Xue Yuantong immediately grabbed Jiang Ning. She didn't want Jiang Ning to drink. Butcher Zhang was drunk and liked to act crazy. It was scary!
Jiang Ning waved his hand: "No."
Butcher Zhang: "Young man, what kind of man are you if you don't drink? Come on!"
Jiang Ning said, "When your Ruyun is on winter vacation, I will have a couple of drinks with him."
Butcher Zhang's face changed. He drank every day, so he knew that alcohol was not a good thing. He would never let his son drink a sip of alcohol. When it came to his only child, Butcher Zhang shouted, "Haha, you're kidding!"
He no longer invites for drinks.
Jiang Ning looked up and saw the icicles on Butcher Zhang’s roof.
The so-called icicles are the snow on the eaves that melts into water and freezes into icicles as it flows down, with the tips hanging on the edge of the eaves with the tips facing down. There are a lot of these things in Anhui Province in the north.
Jiang Ning reminded: "Uncle Zhang, you should clean up the icicles on your head, or they will fall and hit you."
Butcher Zhang laughed loudly: "Can this thing hurt me?"
"You young people are really afraid of death!"
Jiang Ning casually slashed with his hand, and an icy stick flew off the eaves and hit Butcher Zhang on the head.
Butcher Zhang howled in pain, his wine bottle knocked over, and the big bone in his hand fell out. The big wolf dog Xiaoben went up and took the bone away.
(End of this chapter)