When the pears are green

"Sister Song, I haven't seen you for a long time." When Lingling saw Song Li and Song Yue walking into the shop together, she hurriedly ran over and hugged Song Li.

Song Li smiled and patted Lingling on the back, and whispered to Lingling that she missed her too.

Lingling pulled Song Li to sit on the stool, and then went to take Song Yue's handkerchief. Lingling recorded the number of handkerchiefs in the account book as usual, and then gave Song Yue copper coins.

The three of them chatted for a while. Song Li thought of Jiang Qingzhou still selling bean sprouts at the market, so she and Song Yue said goodbye.

Lingling reluctantly sent Song Li and Song Yue to the door of the shop, then returned to the shop, looking back every few steps.

After a while, Hu Zhimin came over. He looked at Lingling, who was lying on the counter bored, and asked softly, "Lingling, what's wrong with you?"

"Sister Song came. She and Xiaoyue only stayed for a while and then left. I was so bored." Lingling said without raising her head.

Hu Zhimin walked to the counter with a smile. He picked up Lingling and placed her on his lap. Then he took out the restaurant's account book from his sleeve, reached out to take the abacus on the counter, and began to teach Lingling how to do the accounting.

Lingling blushed and struggled. Her eyes kept drifting towards the door of the shop. She whispered, "Zhimin, put me down quickly. Someone will come in."

"I know your shop. No one will come here at this time." Hu Zhimin said confidently.

Hu Zhimin had just opened the account book and hadn't moved the first bead when he heard a scream.

Lingling and Ruyi's eyes met, and she hurriedly jumped off Hu Zhimin's legs, and the basket in Ruyi's hand also fell to the ground.

Ruyi picked up the basket, lowered her head and handed the handkerchief to Lingling who also lowered her head.

Lingling counted them quickly, quickly opened the shop's account book to record the number, and then opened the wooden box with a "clang" to count the copper coins for Ruyi.

Ruyi took the copper coins and put them all into the basket. Then she ran out of the grocery store carrying the basket.

Hu Zhimin looked at the two people who had not communicated the whole time, lowered his head and smiled.

Lingling heard the laughter, she walked to the counter and pounded Hu Zhimin on the back a few times, blushing and blaming Hu Zhimin: "It's all your fault, how can I meet Sister Ruyi in the future?"

Hu Zhimin turned around and held Lingling's hand. He looked at Lingling and said, "It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Come, I'll continue teaching you."

This time it was Lingling sitting on the chair, and Hu Zhimin stood behind the chair, holding Lingling's hand, and slowly moving the abacus beads one by one.

Ruyi ran out with her head down, totally unaware that she was about to crash into a paulownia tree on the side of the road.

A hand reached out and grabbed Ruyi. Ruyi looked up quickly and found that it was the constable she had seen in the ancestral hall of Jiangjia Village. Ruyi was a little panicked and wanted to hide backwards.

Chen Yuan saw that the little girl was a little afraid of him, so he let go of her sleeve and asked with a smile: "Why are you running? You didn't even look at the road. If I hadn't grabbed you, you would have hit your head against this tree."

After saying that, Chen Yuan pointed to the sycamore tree two steps away and showed it to the little girl.

Ruyi looked at the tree trunk that was so close to her and hurriedly thanked the constable.

"Little girl, what's your name? My name is Chen Yuan." Chen Yuan asked.

Ruyi replied in a low voice: "My name is Zhang Ruyi, sir, I want to go home and leave first." After that, Ruyi bravely walked forward.

Chen Yuan quickly caught up with Ruyi and asked her, "Can I call you Miss Ruyi? You can call me Chen Yuan."

Ruyi originally wanted to refuse, but when she saw the ruler in Chen Yuan's hand, she nodded a little fearfully, for she was afraid of making Chen Yuan unhappy.

It's just a name, it doesn't matter, Ruyi kept comforting herself.

Chen Yuan saw Ruyi nod, and he pointed at Ruyi's basket and said, "Miss Ruyi, if you put the copper coins in the basket, they will make a clanging sound when you run. This is too dangerous."

Ruyi looked at the copper coins in the basket and regretted her carelessness. She was so concerned about feeling embarrassed with Lingling that she forgot to put the copper coins into her purse.

Ruyi looked at the people coming and going on the street, and she looked at Chen Yuan with a little embarrassment.

Chen Yuan took the basket with a smile. He stared at Ruyi's movements and her slightly rough hands, thinking that this must be a hardworking girl.

After Ruyi packed the copper coins, she took the basket from Chen Yuan and thanked Chen Yuan again.

Chen Yuan said to Ruyi meaningfully, "Miss Ruyi, I am on patrol today, so I can take you to the market. Today is a market day, and the streets are full of people of all kinds. There are many thieves who specifically target girls like you who walk alone. It will be safer if I go with you."

Ruyi remembered the purse she lost at the Mid-Autumn Festival party.

Chen Yuan looked at Ruyi's annoyed expression and asked softly, "Miss Ruyi, what's wrong with you?"

Ruyi recovered and whispered, "Nothing, I just remembered the purse I lost during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Ms. Ruyi, you can come to me if you have any problems in the future. I won't brag, but you can still find something or check someone in Heihe Town." Chen Yuan patted his chest and said to Ruyi.

Ruyi glanced at Chen Yuan and thanked him with a smile.

Chen Yuan sent Ruyi to the edge of the market, and then watched Ruyi walk towards Zhangjiagou.

A constable came over and asked with a smile, "Chen Yuan, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing, I just feel like spring is coming." Chen Yuan said and walked away.

The constable standing by was already used to it. He looked at the tender yellow willow branches beside the Heihe Town stone tablet, nodded and said, "Spring has really come."

Song Li sent Song Yue to the ox cart, and when she returned to the stall, the bean sprouts were almost sold out.

Song Li looked at the few bean sprouts left in the basket, and she told Jiang Qingzhou the scene where she saw Ruyi and Chen Yuan together.

Jiang Qingzhou has always regarded Ruyi as his own sister. He feels that although Chen Yuan looks gentle, he is actually quite ruthless, and Ruyi may not be suitable for him.

"I'm going to tell my aunt that I don't think they are suitable for each other." Jiang Qingzhou packed up his things and prepared to go directly to Zhangjiagou.

Song Li hurriedly stopped him and asked softly, "Qingzhou, Ruyi and Chen Yuan haven't even started dating yet, why are you so anxious? How do you know they are not suitable?"

Jiang Qingzhou thought for a moment, then he put down the backpack and said softly to Song Li, "Xiao Li, Ruyi is gentle, but Chen Yuan is ruthless. I think their personalities don't match."

Song Li laughed.

"Xiao Li, what's so funny about this?" Jiang Qingzhou asked in confusion.

Song Li stopped laughing, she took Jiang Qingzhou's hand and said, "Qingzhou, do you remember what the vendor in the bun shop said that day? He said that Constable Chen is always better than other constables. It is precisely because Ruyi has a gentle temperament that if she finds a gentle husband, she will be easily manipulated in the future. Chen Yuan is just right for her. Of course, this is not up to you and me. When I have the chance, I will ask Ruyi."

Jiang Qingzhou felt that what Song Li said made sense. He looked at the bean sprouts in the basket and asked, "Xiao Li, are you still selling these bean sprouts?"

"Let's not sell it. Let's take it home and eat it ourselves. There aren't many left." After Song Li finished speaking, she picked up the backpack and walked home with Jiang Qingzhou.