Xu Anruo asked a few more questions in an indirect way, but still didn't get anything out of him. The father on the other end was impatient and hung up the phone directly.

This made Xu Anruo frown and wonder while standing outside the door.

Anyway, he didn't hear anything from his father about Cheng Xuanyu.

It seemed that Uncle Cheng came to have a meal, and then his father was particularly happy, treating such a small matter as a big deal.

After thinking for a while, Xu Anruo roughly understood.

Dad said that he and Uncle Cheng have been friends for decades, which is true.

They have been classmates since junior high school, and then went to a vocational school together, and then worked in the same unit. After they got married, they lived opposite each other.

It's just that since Uncle Cheng went into business to set up a factory, the two families have visited less.

Especially after the Cheng family moved from this community to the villa area in 2005, Xu Anruo has never seen Uncle Cheng step through her door again.

The two families were similar before, but suddenly one of them became rich and moved away.

The relationship behind is self-evident.

Xu Anruo also knows what kind of personality his father Xu Guangcheng has.

He is an honest man, but he has a scale in his heart and knows better than anyone else.

If Uncle Cheng doesn't come to see him, he won't take the initiative to find him, for fear that others will say he is marrying above his station.

But if Uncle Cheng comes to see him, he will be just like now, open-hearted, just like in the past.

At this time, the Tan Zijin sisters had already cleaned up the table.

Then Tan Zijin walked to Xu Anruo's side, his eyes only looked at the teacup in Xu Anruo's hand, and said in a thin voice:

"Give me the cup, I'll change the tea for you."

"No, I'll go back later."

Xu Anruo smiled and waved his hand.

He still had to go back early.

Dad was happy, and he couldn't let his dad's mood be upset.

Seeing that Tan Zijin wanted to say something, Xu Anruo quickly added:

"Did I eat a little too much at noon?"

"Ah? No, not much. I was afraid it wouldn't suit your taste."

Tan Zijin whispered.

But Xu Anruo could still hear the happiness in his voice.

"Not much? Three bowls of rice, so many dishes were also eaten by me half. I don't eat so much originally. Oh, there's nothing I can do. Who told you to cook so deliciously!"

Xu Anruo was generous with his praise.

Tan Zijin was embarrassed again and shook his head:

"No, no, no, my cooking skills are not good."

"Whether it's good or not depends on the people who eat it. Look at my stomach, and listen to what Zipei says? Sister's cooking is the best!"

Xu Anruo even imitated Zipei's accent.

Tan Zijin was amused by him again. She pursed her lips to hold back her laughter. Her face was red and she didn't know what to say. She didn't want to stay or leave.

This is much better than when Xu Anruo first met her.

She ran away without saying a word at that time.

"Okay, go and do your own thing."

Xu Anruo took the initiative to help this silly fool out.

He sat at the door of the woodshed again and stroked the rhubarb.

Tan Zipei also brought a small stool from the house, holding a book, and sat next to Xu Anruo, reading quietly.

It was a little after two o'clock in the afternoon.

Xu Anruo felt that it was about the same.

The main reason was that he was not used to being a guest.

Although he could feel that Tan Zijin was closer to him, the change in personality was not so fast, so he slowly felt a little idle.

So he rubbed Zipei's pot-covered hair, got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Tan Zijin and grandma were busy in the kitchen, and no one knew what they were doing. Xu Anruo leaned against the door and said to them:

"Grandma, Tan Zijin, I have to go back soon."

"Xiaoruo, why are you in such a hurry? Eat dinner first!"

"Forget about it in the evening. I have to go back. My dad just called twice and said that there will be guests at home in the evening."

Xu Anruo told the truth.

In this way, grandma really couldn't keep him.

Tan Zijin didn't say anything. He turned and ran into the inner room, took out several red convenient bags, and started to pack things.

Xu Anruo suddenly realized it.

He hurried in to stop her:

"Tan Zijin, what are you doing?"

"Xiaoruo, don't worry about it. If you do this, grandma will be angry with you!"

The grandma, who had always been smiling kindly, pulled Xu Anruo's hand, and suddenly looked at Xu Anruo with a stern face, as if she was really angry.

Xu Anruo had no choice again.

She could only watch Tan Zijin pack up the old hen that he had killed before.

Then he packed forty local eggs and several bags of dried goods that Xu Anruo didn't recognize, which looked like wild vegetables from the mountains here.

When Xu Anruo came, he was not free.When Xu Anruo left, the family did not let her go empty-handed.

What they could give was the best thing for the family.

Especially the old hen that laid eggs. It had been raised for at least two years. Knowing that Xu Anruo was from the county town, they killed it and chopped it into pieces and packed it up.

Xu Anruo pushed the scooter to the road, and then said to grandma and Zipei:

"Grandma, you can go back. You don't have to see me off."

"Zipei, be good. Tell your brother when you finish reading the book, okay?"

After a long chat, they finally let grandma and Zipei go back.

Xu Anruo then turned around and saw Tan Zijin standing there without saying anything, so she smiled and said:

"Didn't the school award you that money? Go to the electrical appliance store on the street and buy a refrigerator for your family, and it will be delivered to your home. Leftovers in the cupboard are prone to breeding bacteria, and the elderly don't understand these things. What if you go to college...right?"

"Well, I, I know."

Tan Zijin's voice trembled slightly, and her eye sockets turned red again.

Xu Anruo still couldn't bear to see her like this.

So he waved his hand and said goodbye, saying:

"Okay, you go back too, I'm leaving."

"You, go slower on the road."

"Don't worry!"

After saying that, Xu Anruo turned the throttle and left.

Then he rode a long way, looked in the rearview mirror, and found that Tan Zijin was still standing stupidly on the side of the road.

...

It was just past three o'clock when Xu Anruo got home.

My parents said they had left work early but hadn't come back yet.

He was in no hurry to return the scooter to Fatty, so he went upstairs and put the things he brought back from Tan Zijin's house into the refrigerator.

As for when his mother asked him later, Xu Anruo said that he bought them on the way.

In fact, there was nothing to clean up at home. It was already very clean, and Xu Anruo just tidied it up briefly.

It was a little after 4:30.

Mom and Dad came back with a few big bags of vegetables.

Both of them seemed very happy.

Seeing that Xu Anruo had tidied the house, they didn't say anything.

Xu Anruo was a little upset.

He saw that he had nothing to do, so he was about to go back to his room, but his mother, who opened the refrigerator, called him.

"Xu Anruo, what's going on in this refrigerator?"

"What?"

"Where did these chickens and eggs come from? And these wild bamboo thistles and dried wild bamboo shoots, I don't remember having them at home?"

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