We've been delayed for such a while. If we delay any further, it will be time for lunch. These days, it's not easy for anyone, so everyone will tacitly avoid going to other people's homes during meal times.

Fortunately, Fang Ping lives alone and her family doesn't need her to earn work points to support the family.

Her daughter had entered the city hospital as a chief physician two years ago. She now gets 37 yuan a month, and it is said that her salary will increase. She also gets various tickets during holidays.

Fang Ping's daughter is a filial daughter and is not married yet.

Almost half of the salary was given to Fang Ping, and Fang Ping was not allowed to go to work.

That's why Fang Ping stayed at home every day. However, she knew some medical skills, and the villagers had no objection to her not going to work. On the contrary, it was more convenient to find people when she was at home more often.

When Gu Wan walked to the door of Fang Ping's house, she could see Fang Ping processing herbs from a distance over the courtyard wall.

The houses in the village here are generally built half as high as the courtyard walls. The courtyard walls are not for keeping out villains, but rather like a way of fencing off land.

The purpose is just to mark out an area, to remind others that this area is her home. In this way, no one can interfere with what she does on the residential land in this yard, and she does not need to apply for it.

Because the courtyard wall only reaches the chest level, you can usually easily see the scene inside the courtyard by standing outside.

She withdrew her gaze, walked to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on it. The gate was taller than the courtyard wall and about two heads taller than her.

Fang Ping's clear voice soon came from inside.

"Coming, coming!" Fang Ping opened the gate to the yard and saw Gu Wan standing at the door, smiling at her.

"How did you come."

Although Fang Ping asked, she loosened her hand on the door, made room for the person to come in.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Come in and I'll help you take a look."

Gu Wan walked inside, smiling and shaking her head at Fang Ping.

"I'm not feeling unwell anywhere. I came here to see you on purpose."

Fang Ping was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't understand why Gu Wan came to see her, she knew that since she made this special trip, there must be something going on.

She smiled and pursed her lips, waiting for Gu Wan to walk into the yard before closing the door.

Then he took two quick steps, walked past Gu Wan, picked up a chair under the eaves and handed it over.

"Hurry up and sit down. I'll go get you a cup of tea."

"No need to be so polite."

Gu Wan quickly waved her hands. She came to deliver something, so how could she be troubled again?

Fang Ping put down the stool and went into the kitchen.

"What's the big deal? When you come to visit, you should always have a cup of tea." This is the rule for entertaining guests. If the conditions are good, you will naturally order tea. The so-called tea is shredded carrots and ginger sprinkled with salt and then dried for brewing tea.

Some people also like to add red dates, wolfberries and sugar in it, but most people don’t have the conditions to do so, so they just brew some tea leaves picked from the mountains, or a bowl of boiled water will also work.

You have to make a bowl of it after all, otherwise it would be impolite.

This is a rule passed down from generation to generation.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Gu Wan could only sit down angrily, put the backpack across her knees, and take out the pears from it.

Holding the pears wrapped in cloth in both hands, he looked around the yard.

Fang Ping came out at this time. Seeing Gu Wan looking at the herbs in the yard, she said:

"I prepared more herbs while the weather was good. It will be hard to prepare them when there is more rain in the fall."

When Gu Wan heard the voice, she withdrew her gaze, quickly put down what she was holding at her feet, stood up and took the tea bowl with both hands.

Nowadays, no one would buy cups to entertain guests at home. Most families use bowls to drink water, and the better ones have their own enamel pots.

After Gu Wan took the water, she slowly sat down. When she looked down, she found that it was actually a bowl of herbal tea.

I took a sip and it was a bit bitter at first, but after swallowing it, it had a slight sweetness of licorice.

Gu Wan's eyes lit up, and she took two more sips. Fang Ping took a stool and sat opposite her. Seeing her like this, the upward curve of her mouth became more obvious.

There is nothing more joyful than having your things liked and appreciated by others.

"If you like, there's more in the house. The weather is hot, so I made some extra herbal tea."

Gu Wan felt a little embarrassed as she looked at the bowl with only a bottom layer of herbal tea left.

"No, no, this bowl is already a lot."

She put the bowl aside at the foot of the stool, and then picked up the cloth bag that she had put aside when she stood up to get some tea.

"These are the pears that the educated youth center gave me as compensation yesterday. I thought I'd send you two to try!"

Gu Wan opened the cloth and handed two pears to Fang Ping.

The golden pear had star-like spots on it. Fang Ping was stunned. This was the first time she had seen this kind of pear.

There are pear trees in the village, but they are all small, the largest no bigger than a baby's fist. They are all planted from seedlings brought down from the mountains.

However, the one in Gu Wan's hand, although the stem has turned a little black and is obviously not fresh, it is big in size. One is as big as an adult's palm and probably weighs nearly half a pound.

As soon as the cloth was lifted, the fruity fragrance wafted towards me.

Fang Ping didn't think that Gu Wan was lying. After all, the people in the educated youth center came from all over the country, and many of them came from well-off and favored families.

She was not surprised at all to have these rare things. Although she found them strange and a little tempted, she also knew Gu Wan's situation.

"Take it back quickly. It's such a good thing. You can keep it to nourish your body."

Nowadays, anything you eat can nourish your body.

Gu Wan shook her head, dodged her pushing hand, and stuffed the things into her arms. "I don't have anything else, and you saved me. If you don't let me give you something, I will really feel bad."

"Oh, you kid, really!"

If it was something else, Fang Ping would have really refused, but she had never seen this pear before, and thinking that her daughter would be home to see her soon, she selfishly wanted to keep it for her daughter to have a taste.

"Well, then I'll take it. Don't think too much about it. Anyone else would definitely save it. But you still need to eat more. Your body is too weak."

Fang Ping took the pear and returned the cloth to Gu Wan. Although it was only a small piece of cloth, if she saved enough of it, she could make a piece of clothing.

If there is really no other choice, when your clothes are torn, you can mend them with this piece of cloth.

Nowadays, clothes are basically made by oneself, and cloth requires cloth coupons. In the village, it is rare to get cloth coupons, so cloth has become very rare.

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