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Chapter 158 Take the first step

"Chocolate is like this. It will melt when the temperature is high... Don't hold it so tightly." After Si Ningning finished speaking, he looked at Hegu again with a slight smile at the end of his eyes, "Hegu, if you don't eat it, you won't be able to eat it."

It’s about to melt~”

Hegu hesitated and resisted, but in the end he could not overcome Si Ningning's expectations and encouragement. He opened the silver foil and pecked it quickly like a chicken drinking water, as if if he bit more, he would be poisoned.

Seeing Si Ningning was both angry and funny.

But when he saw He Gu's brows stretched and chewing carefully, Si Ningning's crescent eyebrows slightly raised, revealing a heartfelt smile.

Obviously, the little guy is satisfied.

"Eating is just like food, it has many aspects. Don't shrink back when it's your first time. Encourage yourself to give it a try. Maybe you will make new discoveries." Si Ningning looked around the three little ones, but he didn't feel lighthearted at the end.

Bu Zhong looked at He Gu and said, "Boys should be braver."

Zhou Xiaocui and San Yafei nodded in understanding, while He Gu looked at Si Ningning with a bulging face.

Talking too much will cause Hegu's resistance, and today is only the first day. Si Ningning is already very satisfied with the current progress.

So stop there and don’t rush for a while.

Stretching, Si Ningning's deer eyes flashed, and she said, "It's getting late, I have to go back to the educated youth spot. You guys should go home quickly. Don't run around when it's hot at noon. Wait until you have lunch.

Take a nap and come over to play again in the afternoon."

"Oh! OK!"

Si Ningning smiled lightly, and after talking to the three little carrot heads, she picked up the rice bran bag and kettle placed in the corner and walked to the educated youth point.

On the other side, He Gu is also on his way home.

Although he is young, He Gu also has his own independent thinking and can still think about some things.

For example, when I was in contact with Si Ningning today, whenever he felt that Si Ningning's actions made him uncomfortable or he resisted, Si Ningning would immediately retreat, say something else, or do something else.

There are two possibilities here:

Si Ningning did it on purpose.

Si Ningning did it unintentionally.

Hegu's thoughts were very simple. Even though he felt uncomfortable, he didn't think that Si Ningning did it deliberately, because there was no reason and no benefit.

So, it must be a coincidence, right?

"Hehe~"

Hegu coaxed himself, relaxed his frown a little, skipped and hummed into the bamboo forest path, and ran home quickly.

Huo Lang had just returned from the county. He took a drink of water and was about to go out. Before he could even take a step forward, he bumped into Hegu and returned.

Without saying a word, Huo Lang bowed and lifted Hegu on his shoulders, making Hegu chuckle.

Huo Lang carried Hegu into the house, and finally put Hegu on the bamboo bed in the main room like he was carrying a chicken. "Is Si Zhiqing going back to Zhiqing Station?"

"Yeah." Hegu sat on the edge of the bamboo bed, his two thin legs like bamboo poles swinging back and forth, and said with a grin: "I should go back to cooking."

Speaking of cooking, He Gu thought of the cold noodles he had eaten in the morning and quickly looked up at Huo Lang, "Brother, Si Ningning gave me cold noodles today. It's such a big bowl!"

As he spoke, his little hands continued to show the size of the lunch box. He Gu continued to add in an exaggerated tone: "And there is a lot of oil in it, much more than what we use for cooking at home."

Huo Lang raised his deep eyebrows slightly, catching the slightest message, "Have you eaten?"

He Gu thought he would be scolded, so he hesitated before nodding: "Well..."

After wilting for a while, he raised his little head like a newborn chicken and said: "Brother, I know this is not good, and I will never do this again! Can you give me some food?"

Ticket, please return Si Ningning’s Liangpi?”

If He Gu was a normal and healthy child, Huo Lang would definitely correct this situation as soon as possible.

But now the situation is extraordinary, and with the previous agreement with Si Ningning still in place, Huo Lang rubbed Hegu's head and relaxed his tone, "Si Zhiqing is easy to talk to. Big brother will be busy during this period. If you entrust Si Zhiqing to do it for you,

Rice, can you eat well?"

Huo Lang knew the taste of Liangpi, so he speculated in his mind: Maybe it was Si Ningning who was really good at cooking, so Hegu didn't refuse.

"Ah?" Hegu was frightened and surprised, and he couldn't react.

Surprised that the eldest brother didn't blame him, but happy that the eldest brother asked Si Ningning to cook for him?

"Would this be bad?" He Gu subconsciously felt that this was not good, but his little face could not suppress the joyful smile. When he asked, he chose to respect his inner intention, "Is this okay?"

"You need to give money for meals, and you are not allowed to cry or be picky." Huo Lang patted Hegu's shoulder lightly.

"I know, brother! I help Si Ningning with her work. I, I wash the dishes for her and help her feed the pigs!" He Gu shouted excitedly, with a trace of blood appearing on his pale and yellow face.

But soon, Hegu gradually calmed down again, "Brother, will you and Sanae go with me?"

The faint smile on Huo Lang's face paused slightly, as if after careful consideration, he touched Hegu's head and said: "You and Sanae go, brother has a place to eat."

Hegu didn't think about anything else. He thought that when Huo Lang mentioned having a place to eat, the leader would arrange it when he went to work in the county, so he agreed quickly, "I know, brother, don't worry."

In the blink of an eye, He Gu lowered his head and sighed with contradiction, "Brother, this is all what you thought about, but can things go smoothly? Can Si Ningning agree? I went to the educated youth center today and found that Si Ningning seemed to be...

We have to cook for seven or eight people, and if we add my second sister and me, Si Ningning will definitely be very tired."

Huo Lang raised his eyebrows slightly, noticing the subtle changes in Hegu's body.

Huo Lang knew Hegu very well. Hegu's character could not be said to be good, it could even be said to be cunning, but when it came to matters related to Si Ningning, he seemed to have access to both Ren and Du, and could consider everything...

"I will talk about it."

Huo Lang was not a man of many words. He decided the matter directly and then told He Gu: "Be obedient and don't make trouble."

Hegu nodded first, then blushed and defended: "I, I didn't make trouble at home! No, I never made trouble!!"

"Crying while eating means making trouble." Huo Lang picked up Hegu and placed it on the ground. He tapped Hegu's shoulder with his index finger and poked the person back and forth. "Eat more and grow more meat. Little men must be responsible. They are so thin."

...If someone wants to carry Si Ningning away, you can’t stop him."

"With the big brother in the third team, no one dares to trouble female educated youths. If there is, big brother will let him go to jail!"

"Where did you learn the ability to bully others?"

"How can this be bullying others? People who do bad things will go to jail."

Hegu pursed his lips and murmured, trying like a calf to resist Huo Lang's finger, but he was still pushed back.

Huo Lang sighed that when he was close to red, he would be red, and when he was close to ink, he would be dark. He had only been with Si Ningning for a short time, and his words had almost become as sharp as Si Ningning's.

Seeing that the little thing couldn't resist his fingers, and had already begun to stamp its feet with an annoyed look, Huo Lang simply turned his hand, pressed the little thing in front of his knees and tickled it, and Hegu immediately started to laugh happily:

"Brother, big brother, stop scratching, stop scratching, I lose, I lose!"

After laughing and joking, Huo Lang helped Hegu, who had tears in his eyes, to stand still, "Okay, let's get ready, it's time to eat."

"Then I'm going to wash my hands!" Hegu said, noticing the bamboo basket next to Huo Lang's legs. The bamboo basket is usually hung on the clothes drying pole in the backyard and is only taken off when going out.

He Gu raised his little head and looked at Huo Lang, "Brother, do you want to go out?"

"Go after dinner." Huo Lang patted Hegu on the head and led Hegu to the kitchen.

Huo Lang originally planned to go find Si Ningning, but when Hegu came back and mentioned it, he realized that the time was not right now, so he put the matter aside and planned to wait until Si Ningning went to work in the afternoon.

In the kitchen, Sanae had already filled the rice and put it on the table. Hegu had eaten late in the morning and was not very hungry this time. However, he obediently picked up the bowl due to Huo Lang's pressure.

The dish is served, but if you want him to eat it, he will inevitably have to write ink for a while, such as "Brother has too much rice", "Brother, there is water on the bowl", "Brother, can you help me flatten the rice", etc.

There are endless excuses for waiting for requests.

Hegu also knew how to look at people's expressions. When he saw that everyone at the dinner table was basically going as he wanted, he stopped talking in time and started eating before his elder brother slapped the table and scolded him.

The dinner table was quiet for less than a minute before He Gu raised his head again and said, "Brother, I, I want to use your knife!"

"What do you want a knife for? Children can't play with knives casually."

Huo Lang sat upright and took a chopstick of food without raising his eyelids.

Hegu thought seriously for a moment, thinking that even if he took the eldest brother's knife, he might not be able to handle the wicker sticks, so he said again: "Brother, can you help me fold some wicker sticks? I want to make a pockmarked pole."

Huo Lang paused with his chopsticks and looked up at him, "You want to play with the little guy on the team?"

"...Hmm." Hegu nodded hesitantly.

Si Ningning likes to play with the pockmarked pole, and Hegu's original intention was to play with Si Ningning.

But according to his understanding of Si Ningning, if Zhou Xiaocui, Sanya and the others wanted to play together, Si Ningning would definitely agree.

So when he said he was playing with other children, he wasn't lying at all.

Huo Lang was silent for a while, then tapped his fingertips on the table, "Eat."

"Brother, do you agree? Will you help me?" He Gu asked, and it wasn't until he saw his eldest brother nodded that he smiled with satisfaction.

Under the scorching sun, the green bamboo forest swayed like duckweeds in the wind. The Chen family courtyard was particularly lively that afternoon, with the little girl's laughter and the little boy's serious instructions constantly heard:

"Sanae, when you go to the educated youth center with me from now on, you must wash your hands and face... Si Ningning usually cleans up very cleanly. When we go there, we can't let other educated youth think that we are dirty kids."

"Hehehehaha, second brother, I know, I will definitely wash my hands cleanly with honey locust!"

"That's pretty much it... that's right! Sanae, we went to Si Ningning's place and we have to help with the work! We must not cause any trouble, you know?"

"I know, I know." Sanae said with a smile, her little fleshy face bulging out, revealing a row of neat little teeth, "Second brother, I heard everything the eldest brother said."

"Oh!" He Gu responded, frowning, lowering his head seriously, thinking about what else he didn't tell him, and he must tell Sanae clearly before going to Si Ningning's place.

At the same time, on the other side, the educated youth point:

After returning to the educated youth spot, Si Ningning took advantage of his free time to ice a pot of lemon tea. After the meal, everyone sat around drinking tea and enjoying the coolness. Si Ningning took out the notebook he had used to keep accounts and sat down.

Writing and drawing at the table in the main room.

Xu Shuhua was sitting opposite. Seeing this, she propped herself up on the table and looked this way, "Ning Ning, what are you writing?"

Jiang Yue and Song Xiaoyun heard the commotion. They sat next to Si Ningning and looked at it curiously.

"Didn't you talk about buying meat yesterday?" Si Ningning reached out and put the loose hair on his left cheek behind his ear. He shook his head and looked around the crowd. His eyes were crooked and he explained with a smile: "I went to the team today and wanted to ask for leave, but I happened to meet him.

Comrade Huo Lang...he said he was going to the county tomorrow, so I thought I wouldn't have to ask for leave, so I told him to help bring some meat back."

Song Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Would this be bad?"

"Should it be okay? If you have it, take it with you. If you don't have it, don't take it with you. Besides, people can take a small car to go to the county. Isn't it faster than us running on our legs?" Si Ningning said.

Anyway...

This is just an excuse, and she didn't really entrust Huo Lang to help.

But having said that, Si Ningning tapped the book with her glowing fingertips, "Then, everyone should pay what is due, and issue tickets where they should be issued."

When it comes to buying meat before, everyone just discussed how much they would pay, because the "asking for leave" had not been finalized yet and no one had handed over the money.

Now that you have asked others to bring it back, you must give the money to others first. Eighty cents is not much more, not much less, but there is no reason to let others take care of it.

"Okay, I have four points over there, I'll get them!"

It would be a good idea to ask someone to bring you back along the way, so that you don't have to ask Si Ningning to ask for leave alone, and then your work points will be deducted for delaying work.

Xu Shuhua thought about it, and shouted towards the door before entering the room: "The gays over there should hurry up too!"

Ever since, Si Ningning wrote down everyone's names in a notebook, and every time he received money from a person, he would write it down one stroke at a time after the corresponding name in the notebook.

When they were all collected, Si Ningning counted them.

The rough calculation before was that I could collect a pound and three taels of money and tickets. This time I collected it and counted it, and found that there were still two taels more than the last time.

"I told Comrade Huo Lang when I got to work in the afternoon that I can buy as much as I can with this amount of money. If I have any remaining money later, I will calculate it and return it to everyone." Si Ningning stretched out the money ticket and flattened it.

Then put them away one by one.

She also holds a pen between the index and middle fingers of her right hand, and her slender little finger is raised up. Her small hands are white and beautiful, and the orchid fingers that are raised inadvertently are also beautiful, and it does not delay her at all in counting money and votes.

(End of chapter)