"ZB's little brat!"
As they were speaking, a young passerby sneered at Hua Yourong and left.
Upon hearing this voice, Hua Yourong's face darkened.
She didn't argue back.
But Hua's mother's chest heaved upon hearing those words, and then she opened the courtyard gate.
Hua Yourong looked at Yang Xiaole, wanting to see his reaction.
Yang Xiaole naturally knew what that person meant, just like their village's Wu Laocai.
"Go in! Not letting us in?"
Without paying it any mind, he smiled at Hua Yourong.
Upon hearing his words, Hua Yourong smiled and said, "Come in, come in, come in quickly."
Pushing open the large iron gate, inside was an ordinary courtyard.
On one side of the courtyard was a clothesline, and in the middle was a flower bed. The courtyard was neatly arranged.
There was a brand-new bicycle parked inside.
Following his gaze, Hua Yourong looked at the clothesline, her face turning red. She quickly ran over and hung the long clothes outside, blocking the small clothes.
There were only the two of them, mother and daughter, in the house, so they would hang the small clothes outside.
The Western-style building wasn't very big. The first floor had three rooms and a living room, but for this time period, it was already considered a luxurious house.
Something they couldn't even dare to think about.
There was also a spiral staircase.
The curtains were exquisite embroidered curtains, and the furniture in the house was modern and luxurious, with a terrazzo floor.
In the future, it might be considered an ordinary family's decoration.
But in the present, it was just one word.
Luxurious!
"Xiaole, would you like coffee? Or tea? If you can't drink either, I'll make you a cup of brown sugar water."
Hua's mother put the things in the kitchen and came out, smiling at him.
"Coffee, coffee! I'll make it for him!"
Without waiting for Yang Xiaole to speak, Hua Yourong went to the display window to get the coffee.
It was ground coffee powder, stored in a glass jar.
Seeing her daughter making coffee, Hua's mother didn't say anything. After all, coffee was a rare thing at this time.
She was just worried that the other person wouldn't be able to drink it.
If not, they could switch to sweet soup later.
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"Sit down! Don't just stand there."
Seeing Yang Xiaole standing there, Hua's mother urged him.
Yang Xiaole sat down directly.
To be honest, it wasn't very comfortable to sit on. It was too soft, like a sponge.
Seeing him sit down, Hua's mother smiled and asked about his situation.
How many people were there in his family.
After all, they weren't very familiar, so they could only start with the basics.
Yang Xiaole responded one by one, and then he smiled and asked about the photos on the wall.
"Auntie, can you all dance?"
Because there was a photo on the wall of the mother and daughter dancing, wearing ballet costumes.
Hua's mother followed his gaze and took a look.
She smiled gently and said, "Yes, we learned before."
It seemed like she didn't want to say too much and changed the topic, asking, "What did you go to the hospital for last time? Were you feeling unwell?"
"Oh, I've always had a weak constitution since I was young, so my dad brought me to the hospital to check it out! What about Hua Yourong? How is she? She looks fine to me!"
Indeed, she looked fine.
Hua's mother glanced at her daughter, who was quietly making coffee, and sighed, "I have a heart condition, you know? That day she said she felt chest tightness, so I was worried about passing it on to my daughter, so I took her to get checked. Luckily, there was nothing wrong."
Yang Xiaole glanced at her.
With this scale, how could she not feel tightness in her chest?
Hua Yourong's family was not lacking in nutrition, and combined with inheriting it from her mother, she was indeed gifted.
She was already almost as tall as an adult.
Feeling that it wasn't good to stare at others like this, he turned his head and asked, "Did you never get checked before?"
"I did, and there was never anything wrong. I was just worried."
Yang Xiaole nodded and comforted her, "Auntie, if the check-up came back fine, then there's nothing to worry about!"
Hua's mother nodded lightly.
"Here, try it!"
As they were speaking, Hua Yourong brought over a small cup of coffee, the coffee grounds already filtered out.
Looking at her expectant gaze, Yang Xiaole smiled inwardly.
Did she really think he didn't notice?
"You didn't put sugar or milk in it, how am I supposed to drink it?"
He could drink coffee, but without sugar or milk, he really couldn't drink it. He didn't know what was so good about black coffee.
"Hehe! You found out!"
Hua Yourong playfully stuck out her tongue and added a little sugar and milk.
Yang Xiaole smiled and made a joke, "I've never eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run!"
After saying that, he looked at a family photo on the wall, which had a thin young man wearing a Zhongshan suit and glasses.
He looked refined.
"Auntie, is it just the two of you?"
Actually, he was very curious. According to Hua Yourong's previous behavior, her father should still be alive.
Hua's mother sighed as she looked at the person in the photo.
After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Actually, there's nothing that can't be said. This lane basically knows. Yourong's father went to Magnesium Country two years ago..."
Then she explained the situation.
Hua's father went there partly because of the current environment, and partly to find a hospital for Hua's mother's treatment.
The money they brought was spent, and he barely found a job there.
But the average monthly salary there was less than three hundred yuan, and the surgery cost about thirty thousand.
Plus, he had his own expenses, so he temporarily didn't have the ability to bring the two of them over.
(At that time, foreign exchange was very precious. Foreign exchange could be exchanged for RMB, but RMB couldn't be exchanged for foreign exchange. The money sent over could only be converted into RMB.)
"Here, try it!"
Hua Yourong placed the well-stirred coffee on the coffee table and smiled at him.
Yang Xiaole picked up the coffee and took a sip.The coffee wasn't much different from what was sold in later generations, and he couldn't really distinguish its quality.
However, he still nodded, "Hmm, it's quite fragrant, with a hint of burnt rice crust."
"Hee hee hee~"
Hua Yourong laughed heartily at his description, her body shaking with mirth, "You... really have a way with words! But it's true, that's how I felt the first time I drank it too."
Hua's mother watched this scene and smiled.
Thinking of the incident at the flea market, she asked, "You were the one selling fish that day, weren't you? You're so young, where was your father? Weren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
"I was covering my face, you couldn't recognize me!"
Upon hearing her straightforward question, Yang Xiaole chuckled, "There's no choice, we're poor at home. I was just trying to earn a little extra to help out. Auntie, you're so rich, why do you need to go there? You can buy anything at the Vegetable Market, and yet you still haggle!"
This was what puzzled him.
Why would someone with money worry about not being able to buy something?
Upon hearing this, Hua's mother sighed, "I have a weak heart, and I was told to eat more fish oil to soften my blood vessels and protect my heart. Fish are only abundant at the end of the year, and big fish are rare at other times. I was just trying my luck..."
Thinking of his memory of her haggling, she laughed, "Every penny saved counts!"
Yang Xiaole nodded.
He thought about the several big fish he still had in his space. Should he sell one to her?
After all, she wasn't short of money!
"Bang bang bang... Su Ling, are you home? Are you there?"
In the middle of their conversation, there came a series of knocks and a rude shout from the door.
Hearing this familiar voice, Hua's mother frowned.
Annoyance was evident on her face.
She then stood up and said to Yang Xiaole, "You sit here for a while, I'll go out for a bit."
With that, she walked towards the door.