"Me?" Zhou Qian'an looked at her and suddenly remembered that He Jing's eldest brother was the captain of the village production team and she couldn't let her know about the pig farm in the mountains.

"I'm here to see a friend." Zhou Qian pointed in a direction casually, "I just came out after finishing my work."

"Are you going home?" Zhou Qi'an didn't want to reveal too much information, so he asked her, "I'll take you home."

"Yeah." He Jing was going back anyway.

"Let's go." Zhou Qianan walked in front to lead the way, saying as he walked, "I'll go into the mountains in the afternoon."

"Are you going there again at noon?"

The place Zhou Qian was talking about was the thatched hut where she went to take a bath yesterday.

He Jing understood and shook her head, "I didn't sweat much today, no need."

She didn't do anything at home, but she had to change clothes too many times. Her family would definitely notice it.

He Jing didn't want her family to know.

Zhou Qi'an understood and nodded, "Okay."

"Whenever you want to go, just tell me in advance." After saying that, Zhou Qian'an felt something was not right. He also thought that He Jing would not come over to tell him specifically, and it was very likely that she would run over by herself.

"It's more convenient for me to come to you." Zhou Qian'an changed his words.

He Jing frowned and asked him, "Why are you looking for me?"

"Come to the house?"

"Hmm." Zhou Qian was silent, and he thought, "How about I take a walk around your house? You have some iconic things in your house, and I'll know what they mean when I see them."

"..." He Jing fell silent after hearing this.

Zhou Qian'an didn't think there was anything wrong with it. This is how he did business and it was very safe.

"Don't you find it weird?" He Jing looked at him indescribably. This kind of behavior was like that of a man and a woman secretly dating.

But that's not the relationship between them.

It's just weird.

Unable to speak.

Very bad.

He Jing disagrees.

"It's not strange." Zhou Qian shook his head. "As long as you don't put anything weird, no one will notice."

He Jing: “…”

After a moment's silence, there seemed to be no other particularly good solution.

"Okay, I'll think about it." He Jing agreed.

Zhou Qian'an was very happy, and then he thought of what she had said before. He silently calculated his savings and decided that it was not impossible to buy a house in the town.

"Do you really like that tube building?"

He Jing glanced sideways, "Not bad."

“The environment is pretty good.”

But in reality, the tube-shaped building is not that convenient, as the kitchen and bathroom are shared.

The whole building will know what this family cooked for lunch, and everyone will know immediately what that family quarreled about.

He Jing doesn't like it. She prefers commercial housing with separate kitchen and bathroom.

"Okay, I understand." Zhou Qian'an could ask someone to help see if there were any houses for sale nearby.

"What do you know?" He Jing felt that the other party might have misunderstood, so she asked immediately, not wanting to cause any misunderstanding.

Zhou Qianan shook his head and answered honestly, "I just know that the environment there is very good."

"Really?" He Jing looked at him suspiciously.

Zhou Qian laughed, "Otherwise, what do you think it is?"

Just for a moment, He Jing thought that Zhou Qian would buy the house over there, but she also felt that it was impossible.

Houses in this era are much cheaper than those decades later, but in this era, buying a house still costs a lot of money.

What's more, nowadays you can't just buy a house whenever you want. These are all units' houses and cannot be resold privately.

He Jing remembers that it was not until after 1980 that individuals were allowed to buy houses.

Wanting to buy a house now is really unrealistic.

He Jing shook her head and quickly denied the idea.

"nothing."

Zhou Qianduo took a look and said nothing.

On the way back, Zhou Qian didn't talk about the house, but he talked about a lot of interesting things that happened in his childhood.

He Jing listened in a disjointed manner and found it very strange. She didn't really want to know how Zhou Qian played with others when he was a child.

It can be seen that Zhou Qian'an was so excited when he spoke, but He Jing didn't say anything. She just listened quietly, nodding from time to time, or asking questions out of curiosity.

Overall, the conversation along the way was relatively harmonious.

It can also be said that Zhou Qian'an enjoyed the speech very much.

Arrived at Hekou Village.

"I won't go with you." It is still necessary to avoid suspicion.

After Zhou Qian'an finished speaking, he looked at the entrance of the village again. He didn't see anyone else, so he still wanted to walk a little further with her, and it would be best if he could send her to her doorstep.

But He Jing agreed.

"Okay, goodbye." After saying goodbye, He Jing turned around and left.

Zhou Qian didn't move. He just stood there and watched her back as she walked away. Then he frowned and muttered in confusion, "Why do you seem to be in a bad mood?"

"Was I wrong?" Zhou Qian decided to find some time to ask the married men in the pig farm.

He Jing did not take the main road, but walked towards the small road, and stopped by the vegetable garden to pick some cowpeas she grew herself.

The vegetable garden in my backyard is planted with sweet potatoes.

He Jing is a little tired of eating sweet potato leaves every day.

She just happened to know that there were cowpeas at home, and she wanted to make some pickled beans.

just come over.

The cowpeas in the vegetable garden are all supported on wooden racks, with the cowpeas hanging down, still very green and tender.

It is most suitable for making sour beans.

He Jing picked a lot, probably about four or five kilograms.

When she came back with a bunch of cowpeas, she hadn't finished work yet, so she still had time to light the fire, cook, wash vegetables and stir-fry.

They also had to eat cowpeas at noon, so He Jing cleaned them all, leaving some and taking out the rest, placing them on the screen and then taking them to the roof to dry.

Wash the remaining cowpeas, remove the two ends, tear off the middle fibers, cut into small pieces, and set aside.

He Jing then lit the fire and heated the pot.

There was no meat at noon, only one dish - braised cowpea.

The preparation of this dish is also extremely simple.

After the minced garlic is stir-fried with lard and becomes fragrant, add the cowpea and stir-fry for a while. Then add an appropriate amount of water and cover the pot to simmer.

Simmer until the juice is gone, and it's done.

The He family also came back.

The first four to return were the four children.

Jinbao, Yinbao, and Jinbao didn't even put down their schoolbags. Knowing that He Jing was cooking, they ran straight to the kitchen.

Miaomiao was left behind, but unwilling to fall behind, she rushed in as well.

The four children had smelled the fragrance a long time ago and looked into the stove one by one, but could not see anything.

"Aunt, what do you want for lunch?"

"Aunt, what are you doing now?"

"Aunt, can we have a taste first?"

"Aunt, I really like the food you cook." Miaomiao fell behind, her little face was fair and clean, and her black eyes were as bright as purple grapes.

Seeing this, He Jing's heart was almost softened, "Let's eat cowpea today."

"Thank you Miaomiao for your love." He Jing squatted down and looked at everyone at eye level. "I'm also cooking cowpeas now."

“You can’t try it today.”

"We can eat later."

She answered everyone's questions one by one.

"Okay, go wash your hands and face."

"Okay." The four children ran out happily again.

The room was lively for a while, then became quiet again.

Shi Chunlan watched them leave from the kitchen door before going in. "Is there only cowpea for lunch?"

“Add two more eggs.”

There are more than a dozen people in the family and they were busy for the whole morning.

How can you justify yourself if you don't eat something good?

"We have four old hens laying eggs at home," Shi Chunlan explained. "There are enough eggs for the children."

He Jing found out and also discovered that Shi Chunlan was very generous when it came to food.

In the past few days since she came back, He Jing can tell what her neighbors are eating by the smell of the food. It's all vegetables fried in water with a little bit of oil on the chopsticks.

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