country bumpkin

Chapter 428 Snowy Day

After finishing their meal, Sun Zitao and Kong Xiujuan went out to continue helping their second uncle repair the roof.

Sun Youqian ate his fill, drank the last mouthful of noodle soup, wiped his mouth with his hand, and got up to go see them repairing their house.

After cleaning up the dishes, Yunya had nothing to do, so she turned on the TV and sat down by the stove to warm herself.

The water boiled in no time. She got up to pour the boiling water into a thermos, then filled it with cold water and put it on the stove to continue boiling.

After watching TV for about half an hour, Yunya realized that her parents had gone to the front to help repair the house, so it seemed she would have to cook lunch again today.

So she decisively got up and went to the kitchen to find ingredients, only to find that the only things she had at home were radishes, cabbage, and potatoes.

She was tired of eating radishes and cabbage every day, but she hadn't had enough potatoes. She thought she might as well make some hot and sour shredded potatoes, stir-fry some scallion and egg, and make some millet porridge. That would be about right.

Without further ado, Yunya started washing and chopping vegetables, then cooked millet porridge. She skillfully shredded the potatoes, soaked them in water to remove excess starch, then chopped the scallions and beat a few eggs in a bowl.

Just as Yunya was preparing to cook, she suddenly heard a commotion outside.

Curious, she put down the shovel and went to the door to look around. It turned out to be Sun Fei's house across the street. The child of the family who rented the house had accidentally fallen in front of Yun Ya's house, scraped his knee, and was crying loudly.

Yunya quickly ran out the door, helped the child up, checked the wound, then went home to get the first-aid kit, cleaned the wound, and applied ointment.

The tenants who rented the house learned that Yunya had applied medicine to their child's injury and kept thanking her. The injured child also kept saying thank you!

After treating the neighbor's child's wound, Yunya returned to the kitchen and found that the water in the pot had almost boiled away. She quickly added some water and readjusted the heat.

Then, she skillfully stir-fried shredded potatoes with hot and sour sauce and scallion eggs. Soon, the aroma of the food filled the entire house.

After finishing all that, Yunya checked the time and it was almost 11 o'clock. She had to hurry to work.

I grabbed two pancakes, rolled them up with some scrambled eggs with scallions, and hurriedly headed out the door.

Just then, Mom and Dad returned after finishing repairs on the roof. Seeing the table full of food, they smiled with satisfaction.

The couple were followed by a man named Sun Youqian. He was too lazy to cook because of the bad weather, so he came along with his nephew for a free meal.

Sun Zitao glanced at his wife, and seeing that Kong Xiujuan didn't seem unhappy, he felt relieved and welcomed his second uncle into the living room.

Yunya didn't have time to put the dishes on the table, so Kong Xiujuan took a basket of pancakes and the indispensable dish of pickled radish, served millet porridge, and everyone started eating.

Yunya ate quickly, and after finishing her meal, she went back to her room to pack the things she needed to take to work.

After a while, she checked the time and realized she was going to be late, so she quickly grabbed her small bag and went to work.

She went into the yard, lifted the tarpaulin covering her bicycle, revealing it.

She shoved the snow off the ground and piled it into a heap. Yunya pushed out her bicycle, crunching through the snow, and began her journey to work.

The scenery along the way was picturesque, with snow covering the tree branches and grass everywhere, as if we had entered a white world.

As we gradually entered the city center, cars and buses drove by on the roads, leaving long trails behind them.

Yunya continued pedaling her bicycle forward. She slipped and nearly fell, but quickly spread her legs to regain her balance.

After regaining her footing, Yunya was still shaken and secretly reminded herself to be careful.

Just then, she suddenly heard a screeching sound of brakes behind her, followed by a muffled thud of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Yunya turned around and saw a bicycle had slipped and fallen. The rider was a young man who was getting up from the ground in a disheveled state.

Yunya quickly got off her bike and ran over to help. She picked up the young man's bicycle and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

The young man patted the snow off his clothes and said with a wry smile, "It's nothing, I just didn't notice how slippery the road was."

Seeing that he wasn't injured, Yunya said, "There's a lot of snow on the road, so you have to ride your bike slowly."

The young man nodded gratefully, and the two pushed the cart together for a while. When they reached the intersection, the young man smiled and said to Yunya, "Thank you. I have to go this way now. Be careful."

Yun Ya waved, got back on her bicycle, and continued walking towards the shoe store. Although there were many pedestrians slipping and falling on the road, she remained vigilant and didn't bump into anyone.

When I arrived at the shoe store, I found only five bicycles parked there. It seems the weather was bad today, and several colleagues had taken the day off.

When the store changes shifts, there are usually 8 people working together, but sometimes when they are too busy, they may hire 10 people to work together.

After Yunya finished handing over her work, her shift partner Han Dajiao wouldn't be able to leave until 5 o'clock.

Relatively speaking, the evening shift has more time. The proprietress checked the time and realized she was three minutes late. She didn't say anything because the weather was bad, the road was slippery, and the shop wasn't busy, so it was understandable.

Yun Ya asked how sales were going for Han Da Jiao today. Han Da Jiao replied that there were practically no customers, and they were still broke.

Yunya couldn't help but worry about her night shift. The roads were slippery and the weather was cold; there probably wouldn't be any customers at night!

The shop owner came to the cashier to check today's sales. The whole store had only sold one pair of shoes. The shop owner sighed with a worried look on her face.

When the owner saw that the weather was bad, he didn't even come to check on the shop. Instead, he stayed at home by the fireplace, warming himself and watching TV.

When it was lunchtime, the proprietress went home to eat, and the owner had already prepared fragrant rice and braised pork.

The couple sat down together to eat, chatting in their hometown dialect as they ate.

The conversation naturally revolved around topics like how difficult business is and rent is about to increase.

The proprietress is very dedicated; she doesn't even wash the dishes after eating, but rushes to the shop to keep an eye on things, leaving the owner to do the housework.

There is a fish tank with a diameter of 20 centimeters on the cashier's table in the store, which contains two goldfish.

One is bright red and very festive, while the other is golden yellow and very pleasing to the eye.

The shop owner, tired of staying at home, came to check the sales figures. He was picking his teeth as he walked when he stopped next to the fish tank.

Everyone thought he was looking at the goldfish, but to their surprise, the owner threw the scraps of meat he had kicked off into the fish tank. The girl who saw this felt disgusted.

Chen Pingping posed a crucial question: "Uncle, aren't you afraid of choking the fish to death?"

The boss chuckled and said, "How could that be? I'm feeding the fish with meat, and look how eagerly they're eating it!"

Chen Pingping: "Ugh... How disgusting..."

The proprietress rolled her eyes at the boss when she saw this, and said to Chen Pingping, "Pingping, don't pay attention to him. Your uncle just likes to mess around."

The other girls could only laugh along to ease the awkward situation.