Chapter 242: Where have you two reached? [1 more]

Chapter 242: Where have you two reached? [1 more]

Chapter 242: How far have you two come? [Three more chapters]

The first day of the holiday, Osmanthus Lane.

Bai Qingxia was wearing an old dark-colored coat and sitting on a small stool in Zhang Li's house. She hugged her calves obediently and raised her head to ask Zhang Li curiously, "Sister Li, what are the New Year's goods?"

Sister Li was folding the quilt and responded to the girl: "New Year's goods, I haven't bought much of this stuff... Alas, after all, I'm alone, so I'm always sloppy during the New Year."

Bai Qingxia knew that Sister Li’s hometown was not in Lucheng. She came here alone to work and hardly ever went home every year.

After folding the quilt, Sister Li sat down beside the bed. She was on vacation today, so she didn't wear as heavy makeup as usual. Sister Li looked very ordinary without makeup, the kind that you wouldn't be able to recognize in a crowd of people.

"New Year's goods... probably peanuts, melon seeds, meat, Chinese sausage, some drinks, oh yeah, and Spring Festival couplets."

After saying that, Sister Li smiled and said, "I never thought about these things before, why do you care about them this time?"

Before Bai Qingxia could answer, Sister Li seemed to have just figured it out: "Oh~ I forgot, our Xiaoxia is a rich man now."

Bai Qingxia felt a little embarrassed by what she said and put her chin on her knees awkwardly.

The benches in Sister Li's house are all short. Every time she sits on them, she hugs her calves. This posture is very comfortable and gives her a sense of security.

"Not a rich man..." the girl mumbled softly.

Sister Li couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

"It just so happens that I have a day off today. Let's go shopping together this afternoon?"

Bai Qingxia quickly raised her head and replied, "Okay."

She seemed to be waiting for Sister Li to say this.

At this time, the cell phone rang. Bai Qingxia took it out of his pocket and answered it without avoiding Sister Li.

"Where's the little swan~"

Lu Yuanqiu's disgusting voice came from the phone. The girl's beautiful eyes widened in an instant, and she clenched the phone with both hands. Zhang Li's face was tense, and she quickly stood up and tidied the closet, pretending not to hear it.

"Yes...what's the matter?" Bai Qingxia turned slightly to the side embarrassedly.

Lu Yuanqiu said seriously: "It's holiday now, come to my house for dinner tonight."

"I... am not going." Bai Qingxia replied, and at the same time secretly glanced at Sister Li. Sister Li was still tidying up the closet. She looked busy, but no one knew what she was busy with.

Lu Yuanqiu said "Okay", and then continued: "By the way, go to the supermarket later to get some of the things I mentioned yesterday, they won't be sold out."

"No, no, I just happened to be going out to buy some with Sister Li this afternoon."

"Ah... buy it yourself. Fine. I'll hang up now. I have to wipe my butt. My poop is almost dry."

With a beep, the phone hung up.

Bai Qingxia: "..."

Sister Li finally finished her "work" and turned to look at Bai Qingxia and asked a nonsense question: "Xiao Lu?"

Bai Qingxia nodded.

Zhang Li smiled and said, "Are you going to spend the New Year with him this time?"

"How did Sister Li know?" Bai Qingxia raised her little face.

In another week I will follow Lu Yuanqiu back to the countryside.

Zhang Li had the right expression on her face: "Why would we need to guess... So how far have you two come? Tell me." She moved a small stool and sat in front of Bai Qingxia. The girl's face froze when she was asked. She straightened up as if she understood, and frowned: "What... which step?"

Sister Li said, "You're still pretending. I'm still waiting to attend your wedding. To be honest, I just don't know if I can attend as a relative of the bride, hahaha."

Bai Qingxia said nothing, her face flushed pink, as if the room was a little stuffy.

"Don't you two like each other?" Sister Li asked puzzledly when she saw Bai Qingxia was silent.

The girl looked up at her and said quickly, "I'll go wash clothes first." After she said that, she stood up and quickly walked out of Sister Li's room.

"This girl..." Zhang Li raised her head, a little confused.

She could see that Bai Qingxia had changed a lot recently. She smiled more and talked more than before. If it were before, Zhang Li would never ask her this. It was precisely because she could see that Bai Qingxia had become much more cheerful recently that she curiously asked about the progress.

Zhang Li thought Bai Qingxia would be braver than before and would reveal a little, but it turned out that this girl was even more cautious than she had imagined, and was willing to keep her thoughts to herself forever, and would never reveal them even if she died...

They are almost adults... This really proves the saying that the emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuchs are. Thinking of this, the woman sitting on the bench suddenly laughed at herself.

in the afternoon.

Bai Qingxia went out with Zhang Li to the Qingnian Road Vegetable Market. She came there in high spirits, but when she got there she was still reluctant to buy anything, even though she had nearly two thousand yuan in her hand.

Finally, with the help of Sister Li, Bai Qingxia bought some pork, vegetables, a small amount of bacon and sausage, as well as a pair of Spring Festival couplets and a piece of blessing paper.

While crossing the road, Bai Qingxia looked at the Spring Festival couplets and blessing paper in her hands, her expression dazed for a long time.

The last time I bought this thing was during the Spring Festival in 03, and I haven’t touched it since.

"What's wrong with the Spring Festival couplets?" Zhang Li asked curiously when she saw Bai Qingxia staring at the couplets in a daze.

The girl turned her head and smiled: "Bid farewell to the old and welcome the new."

Zhang Li nodded quickly: "Yes, that's what Spring Festival couplets mean. I was too lazy to put them up before, so I'll try putting them up this year to see if it will change my luck. God, please let me get rich."

Listening to Sister Li's muttering, Bai Qingxia laughed out loud on the side of the road.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Bai Qingxia had prepared dinner, but her father still hadn't come back.

She only works the night shift now, while Bai Songzhe works the whole day, but he gets off work at 5:30 in the afternoon and then gets home around 5:50, almost never later than 6 o'clock, very punctual.

But it's already seven o'clock.

Just as she was standing on the balcony and preparing to call Uncle Lu to ask, a woman suddenly came up the stairs.

"Excuse me...is this Brother Bai's home?"

Bai Qingxia turned her head and looked, and Zhang Li also came out of the house when she heard the voice.

The woman looked to be in her thirties, with short hair and simple clothes. She would look good with makeup, but her face looked tired, as if she was overworked and not in good spirits.

When the woman saw Bai Qingxia, she was a little surprised, but she quickly returned to her humble appearance.

"Yes." Bai Qingxia responded quickly.

The woman then said, "He was kind enough to help me move a lot of heavy things on the road. I thought he was lost, so I brought him home. The neighbors told me and I learned that he actually lived here and had a daughter..."

When the woman saw Bai Qingxia, she knew at a glance that the "daughter" was her. The father and daughter had very similar eyes. She didn't expect the father to be so handsome and the daughter to be so beautiful. The father and daughter didn't look like ordinary people at first glance, but how could they live in this place...

(End of this chapter)