Quick Transmigration: Passer-by Craftsman System [MTL]

Volume Four: Eating in the Countryside [Chapter 37]

After returning from work, he took the borrowed straw hat and prepared to return it to the kind neighbor, but unexpectedly found a few eggplants on the eggplant tree in the corner of the yard that had turned dark purple, like big, drooping purple noses. It's also like a string of purple wind chimes, touching each other when the wind blows, making them laugh silently.

"Ah, is it eggplant?"

He couldn't help but stop and watch, but this made the host's little girl cover her mouth and sneer, "Isn't there something like this in the city?"

"I've eaten it before, but this is the first time I've seen it growing on a tree." He smiled sheepishly. Although his face was a little tanned, it was still much fairer and longer than farmers who worked in the fields all year round. He is very handsome, with a little baby fat, and his smile looks particularly shy.

But across from her was a little girl who didn't know anything yet. She didn't know how to appreciate a man's color yet, so she still covered her mouth and smiled - this child just lost two front teeth, which is embarrassing.

The housewife who was in the kitchen came out of the house and saw him holding a polished straw hat. Knowing that he was here to return the hat, she said politely, "This is not an important thing. We are not short of it at home. Why are you in a hurry?" Return it?" He called his daughter again, "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Why don't you go get a bowl of water?"

The girl made a face at him and ran into the house with a squeak, her two pigtails swinging out in a straight line.

"This child." The woman laughed and cursed.

"I just bought a new one from Uncle Sanshui's house. Why do I keep keeping it?" he said while returning the straw hat. The straw hat had been washed and dried yesterday, and even the damaged brim had been carefully repaired. It smelled like soap.

The woman liked it at first sight. She took the hat and felt that the weight was a little wrong. When she saw it, there was a small oil paper bag inside. The square oil paper bag was stained with oil and turned into translucent and neat. It was packed and tied with a thin red thread on the outside, carefully and cleanly, just like the young man in front of me.

"The sesame cake I bought in the town before was a bit thoughtful."

"Why are you so embarrassed?" The woman hurriedly declined. Although it was already 73 years ago, the supply of food in the village was still in short supply, especially fine grains. The value of work points in their village is not high. They only earn about a hundred yuan throughout the year. After deducting food rations and living expenses, it is considered good to have a surplus of twenty or thirty yuan at the end of the year.

There are such high-priced snacks in town that don't require food stamps. Even during the Chinese New Year, I can't bear to buy more. I only buy some broken sweet mouths when distinguished guests come or children pester me.

The two rejected it several times, but the woman finally accepted it, but she was still embarrassed. She just borrowed a straw hat, how could it be worth giving back a pastry? He was a little older, fifteen years old, and he would still be half a child in the countryside. He traveled all the way from the capital to this remote place in the backwoods, and took his things as if he were bullying a child. The woman held the pastry and felt it was hot to her hands.

The little girl next to her may have noticed her mother's embarrassment. She covered her mouth with one hand and pointed at the eggplant tree, "Brother Zhaoming was staring at the eggplant just now. He thought he was greedy and wanted to eat it."

The woman was delighted when she heard this and said, "People from the mountains have nothing else. These are the most common things. Xiumei, go and cut some."