The Seventh Young Lady Arrives

  The eleven long holidays are mostly a day worth looking forward to for working people, students and families. Working people and students get a holiday, and their families have the opportunity to be with them.

  For Zhao Yang, he belongs to the latter.

  Cao Jia will return to Yulong Town on October 1st. In January, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also on October 3rd, he will come over again.

  It's been a month since he last saw them, and Zhao Yang also misses them a bit.

  "Dry mother, Zhao Yang brother, I want to die for you!"

  Cao Jiaran hadn't even entered the door when her voice had already burst in.

  It's eleven o'clock in the morning. Zhao Yang is shirtless, building a platform in the east house, while Sun Zhenxiang is busy in the kitchen.

  Hearing Cao Jia's cry, Sun Zhenxiang hurriedly stopped chopping vegetables and walked out of the kitchen.

  Cao Jia wore a white top and red plaid skirt, carrying several bags in one hand as she entered the yard. Seeing Sun Zhenxiang, she immediately ran up to her, put down the bags and hugged her, excitedly shouting "Auntie!"

  Sun Zhenxiang was overjoyed and couldn't close her mouth, saying: "Good! Good! Good child!"

  Chen Xue heard the noise and also poked her head out from the main room, Cao Jia took a look, called out and ran over to pick her up, kissing her tender face several times.

  At this time, Cao Huaxiang and his wife also followed them in.

  "Has she arrived? Come on in, come on in, hurry up and take a seat!" She then turned to the east room and shouted: "Yangyang, Jiajia is here, hurry up and stop what you're doing!"

  Zhao Yang put down the brick and walked to the well to scoop up water to wash his hands.

  Cao Jia let go of Chen Xi and stood in front of him, her eyes shining as she shouted: "Brother Zhao Yang!"

  Zhao Yang washed his hands while looking at Cao Jia with a tilted head: "So sweet, did you drink honey this morning?"

  Cao Jia reached out and touched Zhao Yang's arm, feeling the round and firm muscles: "Tsk tsk, this body of tendon meat, really makes me want to take a bite and taste it!"

  Zhao Yang suddenly poured the dirty water between the two of them, and Cao Jia was so frightened that she let out a sharp cry and jumped backward.

  "Go sit in the house!"

  Sun Zhenxiang washed the teapot with hot water, went out to pour water, and said to Zhao Yang: "You are not allowed to bully Jiajia!" And then said: "Call your dad and let him come home!"

  Cao Jia walked forward with a pleased smile, Zhao Yang pretended to splash water on her, but she puffed out her chest and said: "You try splashing water on my clothes, see if Auntie doesn't beat you up!"

  Zhao Yang had no choice but to quickly wipe his face, pick up the clothes hanging on the rope and put them on. Cao Jia stepped forward, holding his arm and asked: "Where's Mei sister?"

  Zhao Yang took out his old Lenovo mobile phone and said while searching for the number: "You can just call her sister from now on!"

  Cao Jia's eyes lit up and she asked in a low voice: "Did you succeed?"

  Zhao Yang had just dialed the number and hadn't even connected yet, when he heard this, he immediately hung up, saying in a tone of "hating iron for not becoming steel": "Where did these ideas of yours come from?"

  Cao Jia retorted, "You people are too hypocritical! Look at you, you're not even a real man, right? I'm telling you, brother, you're just too indecisive! You won't even eat the fat on your lips, what kind of man are you? If I were you, Mei Jie would definitely not let me off, Yuan Yue would have to be taken care of, and Shang Laoshi couldn't be allowed to run away... huh?"

  Zhao Yang was so shocked that she felt a chill on her head, and she grabbed a piece of dried sweet potato that had been left out to dry and stuffed it into her mouth!

  Cao Jia grabbed Zhao Yang's arm and gave him a good scolding, then puffed out her cheeks and glared at him with a "dog biting Lu Dongbin, not knowing the kindness of others" expression, saying: "I'm all for your own good...". After speaking two sentences, she took out the dried persimmon from her mouth and said panting: "I'm all for your own good, why did you sneak up on me?"

  Zhao Yang pointed at the dried pumpkin in Cao Jia's hand and said: "This was specially dried for you, how does it taste?"

  Cao Jia gnashed her teeth a few times, although it wasn't dry yet, but already had some bite to it, and the flavor was surprisingly good. She hummed a tune, finishing the sweet potato strips in her hand, then saw Zhao Yang finish his phone call and hugged his arm again: "Zhao Yang gege, do you see any changes in me?"

  It's been a month since they last met, and Cao Jia's complexion was even more rosy. Her originally somewhat dry and thin skin had also become plumper. Zhao Yang smiled and said, "Yes!"

  "What's changed?" Cao Jia asked.

  "You've gone from 2D to 2.5D!"

  Cao Jia shouted "Ah ah" and bit down on Zhao Yang's arm, Zhao Yang hastily said: "3D! Can't you just stop at 3D?!"

  Cao Jiasong spoke up, saying discontentedly: "Is that all the change there is?"

  Zhao Yang gently stroked her nose and smiled: "Of course it's become even more beautiful, if only you were a bit more sensible it would be perfect!"

  Cao Jiaxi smiled and said, "Really? Hehe, of course I'm being considerate, look how good I am to you!" As she spoke, she stuck out her little tongue and licked the spot where she had bitten earlier, narrowing her eyes to ask, "Doesn't hurt anymore?"

  Zhao Yang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  Lunch is still a home-cooked meal. At this time, most vegetables have entered the off-season, but there are still cucumbers and bell peppers, so I made a cold dish and a stir-fry. The flat beans are in season, first boiled and then dried, then stewed with five-flower pork to make it fragrant and chewy. The mung bean sprouts made from newly harvested green beans are crispy and refreshing when burst open. The soybean sprouts made from newly harvested yellow beans and new tofu are even more fragrant when stewed together.

  In addition to the above dishes, there are various meats, but what everyone praises is a dish of braised dried bean curd.

  These crawling bean sprouts on the ground are specially kept, each one becoming soft and tender, no longer crispy and sweet as before. The method is to chop them up, stir-fry with peanuts in a wok, then pour them in and stir a few times, add some salt and water, and cook. When eating, wrap a package in a thin pancake baked on the griddle, if you like to dip in scallion sauce or chili sauce, or if you don't dip anything, the original flavor will have a light sweet bean fragrance that is also very delicious!

  Cao Huaxiang sighed: "I'm old, and I can eat such a meal now!"

  Sun Ju glared at him and said: "You're being unreasonable, aren't you? At home, if there's no meat, you won't eat, but now you say this is the only kind of food you can eat?"

  Zhao Bingxing pointed to several large pumpkins on the floor of the western house and said, "In a while, bring back two, and use this method, which is also good with rice!"

  Cao Huaxiang smiled and said: "Pumpkin is a good thing!"

  "Old thing, you're taking and eating at the same time!"

  Everyone at the table burst out laughing.

  Cao Jia then stuffed the thin pancake with red chili sauce into her mouth, chewed and swallowed it, gazing longingly at the beans in the bowl, patted her belly, and sighed: "I said I was so thin before, it's because the food on that side is too hard to eat!" Then she coquettishly asked Cao Huaxiang: "Grandpa, tell my mom, let me transfer schools to this side!"

  "County schools can't compare to provincial city middle schools," Sun Zhenxiang hurriedly said. "You should just stay in the province for school. If you want to eat your godmother's cooking, just come back during holidays and she'll make all your favorite dishes!"

  Cao Jia smiled sweetly and said: "Thank you, Auntie!"

  Wherever Cao Jia appears, it seems to be always filled with joy!

  ……

  After finishing dinner, Sun Zhenxiang said to Zhao Yang: "You just focus on eating! I reckon XiXi's mom may not have eaten yet, you hurry up and send it over!"

  Zhao Yang thought for a moment, Chen Mei was alone in the shop, if she was busy, she really didn't have time to eat! He hurriedly said: "Mom, prepare some food, I'll take it over right away!"

  "Ready long ago!" said Sun Zhenxiang with a smile.

  Cao Jia heard that Zhao Yang was going to send breakfast to Chen Mei, and said he missed Sister Mei, so he followed along.

  With Cao Huaxiang's car, it took more than 20 minutes to arrive at the entrance of "Chenchen's Wardrobe".

  Although it is a small county town, there are many people coming and going, and eleven people still have a lot.

  Chen Mei was standing next to a woman in her forties, holding a coat and saying something to her. Soon, another young woman who looked like she had just tried on some lingerie came out from inside, but it seemed that she needed to pay. She first put the clothes on the rack, found the money for the young woman, and then picked up the coat again to compare with the woman.

  Seeing Chen Mei so busy, Zhao Yang hated himself a bit. Why didn't he think of this situation earlier? If he had known earlier, would he have been able to eat at home so peacefully?

  Care and love are not just lip service, but thinking for her, considering her difficulties, and taking concrete actions!

  He took a deep breath and walked into the store.

  Cao Jia was already calling out "Mei Jie" as she rushed to Chen Mei's side, hugging her waist and saying: "Mei... sister-in-law, my brother and I have come to help you!" And then to the woman: "You just buy this purple one, my mom has a purple one too!"

  The woman listened to Cao Jia and thought that her mother should be about the same age as her, so she smiled: "Good, I'll take this purple one!"

  Chen Mei packed her clothes and found the money, then said to Zhao Yang: "Let's go!"

  Zhao Yang looked into Chen Mei's eyes and said: "I should have come earlier!"

  Cao Jia's eyes darted back and forth between the two faces, and upon hearing their conversation, she burst out laughing, saying: "Haha, Zhao Yang gege, don't be jealous, let Auntie go eat first!"

  Zhao Yang hastily said: "Right, you hurry up and eat!"

  "After eating, rest for a while, I'm here!"

  Zhao Yang said: "Right, us too!"

  Chen Mei smiled, wanting to say something else, but Cao Jia took the lunchbox from Zhao Yang's hand and handed it to Chen Mei, saying: "You're still being polite with my brother? This is already a lot! Eating is what matters!"

  Zhao Yang said: "Right, eating is important!"

  Chen Mei took over the lunchbox and walked out the door, heading up to the second floor via a special staircase.

  Cao Jia saw Chen Mei leave the door and pushed Zhao Yang a little, saying somewhat sourly: "Don't look anymore, get to work!"