Exile

22

Su Qingbai felt powerless. "I really have nothing special with him." At least not now.

Su Huai turned around. "Then I'll go and find Grandpa."

"Wait..." Su Qingbai gritted his teeth and looked at Su Huai.

Su Huai looked at him.

"I have nothing to do with him but friends... But if you want to see him, I'll take you there."

The next day Su Huai got up early in the morning with Su Qingbai.

With a steamed bun in hand, Su Huai stood at the entrance, gnawing bun, and saw Su Qingbai pulling the cart over.

"Let's go, Little Uncle."

Su Qingbai looked at him. "What's the rush?" After that, he stopped at their house's entrance.

Su Huai swallowed the steamed bun. "Little Uncle, let's go quickly. You can't get away with it."

"Who said I was going to get away with it?" Even with that in mind, Su Qingbai firmly refused to admit, "I'm waiting for someone."

That's true.

A few days ago, Su Ni's legs gradually improved, and she insisted on carrying a basket of vegetables to the county. Su Qingbai could not bear to see it, so he pulled the vegetables together for Su Ni, which was also a reward for her help before.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, Su Ni's mother went to look for a marriage partner for her and did not let her out.

Two days later, Su Ni wanted to go to the county to sell vegetables as usual, and Su Qingbai figured that the marriage might not have been negotiated.

Seeing Su Ni, Su Huai felt uncomfortable. He pulled Su Qingbai aside. "Little Uncle, how could there be a girl?"

Su Qingbai ignored his discomfort, pulled Su Huai, and said to Su Ni, "This is my nephew and your peers. He's older than you, so regard him as is your Zu-xiong1."

This young lady Su Ni was a little embarrassed. Through the moonlight [not yet dawn], she looked at the tall and handsome Su Huai in front of her eyes. Then she quickly lowered her head and whispered to call him Zu-xiong.

Su Huai was uncomfortable.

Su Qingbai also introduced Su Ni to Su Huai.

After saying their greetings, Su Qingbai caught a glimpse of Su Ni's legs trembling under the pressure of the basket on her back and said, "Quickly put your vegetables on the cart first."

As soon as Su Qingbai spoke, he saw his nephew put the steamed bun into his (QB) hand which he had just gnawed and showed an unmatched eagerness to take over the girl's basket and put it on the cart.

Su Ni whispered thanks.

But Su Qingbai understood his nephew. Although Su Ni was not particularly good-looking, she still could be considered a beauty in this town.

Along the way, Su Huai spoke to Su Qingbai with a rare gentleness. He grabbed Su Qingbai's handcart and said, "Little uncle, you're short and not very energetic. Let me do it."

Su Qingbai heard this and his face blackened. He stuffed half of the steamed bun Su Huai had just put in his hand into his mouth. Finally, he clapped his hands in disgust and said, "There is saliva on the steamed bun."

Although Su Qingbai was reluctant to admit it, it turned out that Su Huai was taller than him and stronger than him. Without notice, they arrived at the county soon.

Su Huai saw Jiang Mao was absent and looked at him suspiciously. Did little uncle give the man a tip? That's why the man didn't come.

Su Qingbai, of course, knew what he was thinking. He felt helpless. "Don't look at me. I really don't know why he didn't come. Maybe something happened. Besides, he and I have no relationship, where would he have so much leisure time to accompany me every day to sell vegetables?"