On the way home, Xue Yuantong stuck to the back seat of the mountain bike and asked about Chu Chu.

She and Chu Chu have a very good relationship. They grew up in the same village. They often wandered together in the mountains and fields, played with glass balls, caught butterflies, picked up rags and sold them to buy snacks. They went to and from school together, forming a deep friendship.

It was only later that Xue Yuantong went to Yuzhou City with his mother and entered junior high school that they had to separate.

But the friendship with Xue Chuchu has not deteriorated much due to distance.

Now Xue Chuchu comes to the city to study in high school, and in the huge Yuzhou City, Xue Yuantong only has her one real friend.

Although she is stupid, she is not an idiot. She is worried that Jiang Ning will dislike Chu Chu. In that case, she doesn't know what to do.

Jiang Ning heard this and wondered why she asked such a question.

Xue Chuchu looks cold on the outside, but in fact she has a gentle temperament and is well-educated. I believe that few people would hate this kind of girl.

"How could it be? If you want her to come over, just call her. It's just to get an extra pair of bowls." His tone was normal.

"Hmm." Xue Yuantong felt relieved after hearing this.

Jiang Ning rarely lied to her, and saying this now showed that he didn't hate Chu Chu.

Thinking like this, she curled her lips and took advantage of the cool summer night wind to speak:

"Jiang Ning, you know, last time I chatted with Chu Chu, I realized that the only girls in our village who are still in high school are me and Chu Chu."

"Where are the others?" Jiang Ning slowly stepped on the pedal to make the wheel roll slower.

Xue Yuantong sighed: "They all dropped out of school. I heard from Chu Chu and my mother that they went out to work in factories."

Farming in rural areas is not cost-effective now. Even if your family has a few acres of land, you can only earn a few thousand yuan a year. If you want to improve your living conditions, you can only go out to work.

In their village, working is the general trend.

Jiang Ning thought for a while and said: "Our village is similar. There are only two or three boys of the same age."

The educational conditions in rural areas are much worse than those in cities. Many people go to school just to hang out, play arcades, surf the Internet, and compete with teachers every day.

At this time, I saw people around me working, especially working peers who came back every year, dressed fashionably, spoke well, and had spare money to spend on new mobile phones. After seeing this, many students naturally came up with the idea of ​​​​working.

There are very few students who can complete the entire high school.

Girls are more serious. Although Jiang Ning is only a freshman in high school, Murakami girls are already married and have children.

He remembered that by the time he was in his senior year of high school, some of them were already married for the second time.

"Well, Jiang Ning, do you think it's better to go to school or work?" Xue Yuantong asked him.

Jiang Ning thought for a while: "Okay, go to school."

Although the final result of going to school may not be better than going out to work at the beginning, the process is undoubtedly much happier.

"Yeah, I think so too." Xue Yuantong pressed him again, it was not too hot in the summer.

Jiang Ning turned the handlebar and turned from the river dam into the fields below. The mountain bike suddenly accelerated due to the force of gravity. With this force, the mountain bike rushed forward a lot.

He pedaled twice more and reached home.

"Mom! Mom! I'm on vacation!" Xue Yuantong shouted in a crisp voice. Before Jiang Ning's car stopped, she jumped excitedly and jumped out of the back seat.

Aunt Gu was enjoying the cool weather at the door. When she saw her daughter's appearance, she laughed first and then told her, "Be careful, don't fall."

Xue Yuantong immediately said proudly: "How is it possible? Such a short bicycle can't trouble me at all."

She blew a few words and then said: "Mom, I will take you to ride a horse in the future and let you watch me fly off the horse."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Aunt Gu thought that there seemed to be a small horse farm over the river dam. In the past, her family had no money and riding horses was very expensive, so she was reluctant to take her daughter to play.

Now that I have a good job, my salary is several thousand a month, and now that I have recovered, it’s time to let my daughter have some fun.

Aunt Gu was interested in it, but she didn't say it out loud. She planned to ask her daughter again, and then asked her daughter and Jiang Ning to go play.

"Mom, what are you eating for dinner?" Xue Yuantong asked.

"I came back after eating at the company." Aunt Gu is one of the chefs at Changqingye Company. She usually eats three meals a day, almost all of which she eats at the company.

The kitchen at home is almost occupied by my daughter.

"I have eaten too. Jiang Ning and I ate cold skin and meat buns, and also drank watermelon juice." Xue Yuantong explained.

Aunt Gu was concerned: "Are you full?"

Xue Yuantong touched his belly: "I'm full, I'm full."

"Are you really full, or are you pretending to be full?" Aunt Gu confirmed again.

"Mom, I'm so full!" Xue Yuantong felt that her mother was questioning her.

It's not surprising that Aunt Gu was questioning, in fact her daughter was more capable. She remembered that Chu Chu's parents invited her to a restaurant before.

Whenever she told Chuchu's mother, don't add more food, Tongtong is full, then her daughter would always slap her in the face with her strength.

"Boss Shao came to the kitchen today and asked us to bring some food. I brought a box of fried snails. You and Jiang Ning will eat them in the evening." Aunt Gu said.

Xue Yuantong said in surprise: "Mom, your boss is so nice. Those delicious pastries you brought home last time were also given to you by your boss!"

Aunt Gu smiled and said: "Of course, your mother is an old employee."

She was recruited into Changqingye before it became big. Fortunately, she didn't suspect that she was a liar, otherwise she wouldn't have been treated as well as she is now.

Since she joined the company relatively early, Boss Shao is relatively familiar with her, which makes people in the kitchen department think that she and the boss are relatives, so Aunt Gu is now very comfortable in the company.

Although Aunt Gu repeatedly stressed, no one in the company believed her, so she stopped explaining.

Xue Yuantong had a conversation with her mother and went to Jiang Ning's house to play with him.

Aunt Gu looked at her daughter's running back. Her weather-beaten face had become younger, revealing a gentle smile.

Aunt Gu sat back at the door, got up and headed east. After a few steps, she arrived in front of a bungalow, and the lights were on.

Aunt Gu called out: "Aunt Pan."

Soon, a fat middle-aged woman who looked older than Aunt Gu came out of the room, and she brought a little boy of four or five years old with her.

Aunt Pan moved a bench for her and started talking in front of the door.

After chatting for a while, Aunt Gu explained the purpose of her visit: "Aunt Pan, I heard from Uncle Tang that your family plans to sell the house?"

Aunt Pan: "Yes, my eldest daughter has gone to college, and my family has opened a shop outside. We don't see her very often throughout the year. That's not the solution. I'm thinking of selling the house and taking the children to buy a house elsewhere."

Aunt Gu listened to her quietly and asked, "Have you found a good person to sell the house now?"

We all live next to each other, so Aunt Pan told the truth: "It's not easy to sell because it's too far from the city."

"How much do you plan to sell it for?" Aunt Gu asked.

At this point, Aunt Pan came to her senses and looked at Aunt Gu: "Xiao Gu, are your family also planning to sell their house?"

Aunt Gu didn't hide anything. She got straight to the point: "Well, there is a man in our village who plans to settle down in Yuzhou. I'm going to sell his house and see if I can buy it."

"Why are you buying my house? Don't you have a vacant house? Why don't you rent it out now? It would be more convenient to sell it directly to people in your village!" Aunt Pan said, it would save trouble.

Aunt Gu smiled: "It's for Jiang Ning."

Aunt Pan was right after thinking about it: "Your family and Jiang Ning have become a couple."

She was envious in words. Jiang Ning was tall and thin, friendly and amiable, and his grades were pretty good. He would definitely do well in the future. He would definitely be good enough to be paired with Tongtong.

"Aunt Pan, if you really plan to sell it, I'll call the people from my village over in a few days and you guys can talk about the price." Aunt Gu said.

Aunt Pan was happy: "That's a good relationship!"

Her house is on the outskirts of the city. It used to be a rural area. It has been around for some years. Nowadays, when people buy houses, they all buy them in the city.

As for demolition, who will demolish this place in the wilderness? No one in this row thinks of demolition.

After Aunt Gu settled the matter, they chatted some more and then returned home.

She planned to tell Chuchu's mother about this.

If the Chu Chu family buys this house, even if Tongtong and Chu Chu go to college in other places in the future, she and Chu Chu's mother will live together, and they can be a companion, so they will not be alone.

…

While Jiang Ning was playing the game, he turned his head and glanced, and he immediately frowned:

"What are you doing?"

I saw Xue Yuantong 'walking' in the house. To be precise, she was walking sideways.

Xue Yuantong pursed his lips and hummed: "I am a crab now."

After she finished speaking, she spread her legs, raised her hands, and acted recklessly.

Jiang Ning was speechless and continued to play the game, too lazy to talk to her.

After a while, he used his spiritual sense to observe Xue Yuantong. She was still playing, and her movements had improved greatly compared to before, and she was more recognizable as a crab.

"Even if you eat crabs tomorrow, you won't be like this, right?"

Xue Yuantong: "You don't understand me."

Jiang Ning really didn't understand her inner world.

After playing a game, Xue Yuantong touched him: "Jiang Ning, it's so cool outside and there's still wind. Let's go out to enjoy the cool air. My mother brought snails."
To be continued...