Thinking of this, Xu Feng ran to Qiao Jiarong's seat and said to her: "Qiao Jiarong, you don't have to wait for me tomorrow. You are late today, and Teacher Yang is very unhappy."

Qiao Jiarong smiled and nodded to her and said, "I understand."

When school was over in the evening, Qiao Jiarong asked Qiao Erzhu to tell her grandfather that she would go back later. Then, she followed Xu Feng home with her schoolbag on her back.

Xu Feng didn't know why Qiao Jiarong wanted to go home with her, but thinking that Qiao Jiarong had helped her and given her things before, she didn't say anything and took her back to her home.

Xu Feng is not from Dayushu Village, she is from Xujia Village behind her.

Xujia Village is not big, and the village is full of people who have moved from other places. Therefore, there are people with all kinds of surnames in this village, but the most people are named Xu.

Qiao Jiarong followed Xu Feng to an adobe house. Apart from this adobe house, there was only a small chicken coop and not even a kitchen. It was surrounded by open space. I wonder if there were any vegetables?

Oh! There was a tabby cat at the door of the adobe house. When Xu Feng came back, it meowed "meow, meow, meow" several times.

It was these meows that caught Qiao Jiarong's attention. Unexpectedly, there was a cat demon living in Xu Feng's house.

The aura on Qiao Jiarong's body was covered by her magic, and the cat demon didn't feel it. He thought she was an ordinary person like Xu Feng! So he didn't take it seriously and continued to lie at the door and play with his tail.

When Xu Feng arrived home and opened the door, she saw Qiao Jiarong standing at the door in a daze. He turned around and said to her: "Xiao Rong, come in and sit down!"

"Here we come." Qiao Jiarong replied after returning to his senses.

After entering Xu Feng's house, Qiao Jiarong realized what it meant to have four walls. Xu Feng's house had three adobe houses, one on each side of the east and west, and the main room in the middle also served as the kitchen.

There were no windows in the house, and there was no electricity. The only thing that had something to do with modern times was probably washing powder.

Perhaps because he didn't know how to clean up, Xu Feng's home seemed a bit messy. Everything was placed in the main room, and there were even a lot of pockets containing things in the two rooms.

In the corner of the main room was a simple stove built with a few bricks, with a chipped earthen jar on it. There was still some porridge in it, which should have been leftover from Xu Feng's morning meal.

While Qiao Jiarong was looking at the furnishings in the room, Xu Feng took out two sweet potatoes from under the table and put them on the simple stove.

Then, he said to Qiao Jiarong: "Xiaorong, let's have dinner at my house tonight! I'll fry two more eggs later. Two sweet potatoes, two eggs, and rice will be enough for us."

Saying that, Xu Feng asked Qiao Jiarong to sit for a while. She first took out the porridge from the earthen pot, washed some rice and put it in again for cooking. Then, she went to her neighbor Grandma Wang's house to pick up some spinach.

Spinach and scrambled eggs, she hadn't eaten stir-fried vegetables for a long time. The last time she ate them was on the Chinese New Year day, half a month later.

She usually boils all the dishes in a pot with water because she has no money to buy oil.

In this month and a half, she had only eaten dry rice twice. The vegetable was the Chinese cabbage that grew in the field before, because she didn't know how to take care of it. Many of the Chinese cabbage were frozen to death, so she only collected a dozen or so and kept them in the room.

These vegetables need to be eaten until the vegetables in the ground grow again, so you have to eat sparingly.

Today I will go to Grandma Wang’s house to pick out some spinach and serve it to her when it is fried later. Since Grandma Wang is alone, she can’t eat much.

Xu Feng quickly picked up half a basket of spinach and came back. She sat in a bright place at the door and started picking spinach. Qiao Jiarong also sat aside with a stool to help pick spinach.

Not long after, the rice in the pot was almost ready. Xu Feng quickly put down the spinach in her hand to take a look. Because it was cooked in an earthen pot, she had to stir the rice with a shovel constantly to prevent the bottom of the pot from getting burnt.

After the rice was cooked, Xu Feng quickly took down the earthen pot for cooking, put out the fire in the stove, and put on the half-remained iron pot.

Then, continue to pick up spinach.

The two quickly picked up the spinach, and Xu Feng took the picked spinach to Grandma Wang's house next door to wash the vegetables.

Although Grandma Wang lives alone, there is a well in her home. Her daughter and son-in-law paid for it because they were afraid that Hua would have an accident when she went to the river. Xu Feng's house was close to it, so it took up a lot of light.

Qiao Jiarong followed her to fetch water and wash the vegetables, and the two of them helped Grandma Wang wash the vegetables together.

After washing the dishes, Xu Feng came back with Qiao Jiarong. Then, she let Qiao Jiarong take a rest while she cooked the vegetables by herself.

Qiao Jiarong wanted to help, but Xu Feng's stove was not a normal stove and could not accommodate two people. She had no choice but to watch from the sidelines and occasionally help pass out seasonings or something.

In fact, there is no seasoning, just oil and salt.

It was just a stir-fry, and Xu Feng quickly cooked the dish. After the spinach was fried, Xu Feng divided the dish into two parts, and she took one part to Grandma Wang's house.

When Xu Feng came back, Qiao Jiarong saw that her bowl was still a bowl of vegetables. But instead of spinach and scrambled eggs, it was a bowl of braised pork.

Qiao Jiarong saw the food in her bowl and asked with some confusion: "Didn't you go to deliver food to Grandma Wang? Why did you bring another bowl back?"

"Grandma Wang made the dried cowpea stew today. She picked out all the meat. It was originally going to be given to me, but I happened to pass by and she poured it directly into my bowl." Xu Feng was a little helpless.

said.

Grandma Wang next door has always taken good care of her and will give her a portion of whatever delicious food she makes.

She herself had no money to buy food for Grandma Wang, so she usually helped Grandma Wang with some work. After class, she would sell eggs at the bridge next to the school.

Therefore, Qiao Jiarong rarely sees her in school.

When she came back from school, she had to go home and work. Sometimes she had to help Grandma Wang with her work, so she often arrived late and left early. The teachers also knew about her situation, so they didn't care about her much.

Anyway, there are no classes in the morning and evening. They are all self-study. It doesn't matter whether she comes or not.

Moreover, there is another reason that every teacher knows very well. Xu Feng, a classmate, probably won’t be able to go to school for long. Therefore, the teacher does not require her to be like other students.

After all, living is more important to Xu Feng than going to school.

Qiao Jiarong nodded after hearing this. It seems that Grandma Wang treats Xu Feng well. However, Grandma Wang is also old. She may not be able to do what she wants, so she can only improve Xu Feng's food a little.

That night, Qiao Jiarong had dinner at Xu Feng's house.

Before leaving, Qiao Jiarong gave her a hundred yuan and asked her to buy some things for her own use. For example, a thicker quilt, warmer clothes and shoes.

However, Xu Feng didn't ask for her money. No matter what she said, Xu Feng just didn't want it.

The reason Xu Feng didn't want Qiao Jiarong's money was because she had never seen such a big bill before. She didn't dare to spend it or take it, and she was afraid of losing the money.
Chapter completed!