Reborn in the 60s and adopted

Tang Mei was pushed into the yard unexpectedly. After a stagger, she steadied herself and looked up. She saw Lin Xiao pushing a bicycle and parked there. He had a bright smile on his face and was looking in her direction.

"Are you ready to leave now too?" Tang Mei said.

Seeing this, Liu Lin gently patted Tang Mei on the head and said, "You clever little thing, why are you becoming less and less polite? You don't even know how to greet Brother Lin. Lin Xiao is going home today too, and I was wondering why he hasn't left yet. It turns out he's waiting for you here. This way, you can ride your bikes back together, which is better than you walking alone."

Tang Mei rubbed her head which was a little painful from being hit and replied: "I know, Mom."

At this moment, Liu Lin realized that she had just hit her daughter a little too hard, so she asked her daughter with concern: "Does it hurt?"

Tang Mei shook her head, indicating that she didn't feel any pain, and responded playfully: "It doesn't hurt at all, this is your full love for me, mom."

Liu Lin couldn't help laughing after hearing this. She looked at Tang Mei with loving eyes and said, "You are the most slick talker. Hurry up and leave. Don't delay Lin Xiao's time to catch the car."

Tang Mei nodded obediently, then walked to Lin Xiao's side.

"Aunt, I'll leave first. Please take care of my parents during this time." Lin Xiao's words were full of sincere gratitude.

Liu Lin scolded coquettishly, "Little guy, why are you so polite to your aunt? Your mother and I get along very well. Maybe in the end it will be your parents who will take care of us. Come on, stop dawdling. Go quickly and remember to come back to visit your mother when you are free during the winter and summer vacations."

Lin Xiao bowed deeply towards Liu Lin's direction, expressed his gratitude and said, "Okay, thank you, aunt." Then he turned the handle to turn the car around.

Tang Mei, with her schoolbag on her shoulder, hurried out the door.

Then, the two of them rode on their bicycles together and slowly moved forward along the stone road in the village that had been paved in recent years. Due to the bumpy road surface, the bicycles kept shaking up and down.

As she rode along, Tang Mei felt as if her buttocks were about to be shaken apart, the pain was unbearable. She had never expected that riding a bicycle on a stone road would be so bumpy.

Just when she was about to be unable to endure this torture, they finally arrived at the entrance of the town, and Lin Xiao stopped the car.

Tang Mei jumped off the back seat of the bicycle nimbly and said with relief: "You go quickly, I can go to the compound by myself." As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and prepared to leave.

Lin Xiao stopped the car steadily and called her as she was about to leave. As he spoke, he took out a delicate little box from his pocket.

"Xiaomei, this is for you!" Lin Xiao handed over the box with a smile.

Tang Mei took it curiously, gently opened the lid, and suddenly a beautiful Shanghai brand ladies' watch appeared in front of her. She looked at Lin Xiao in surprise.

"This is too expensive, why don't you keep it for yourself?" Tang Mei pushed the box back to Lin Xiao without hesitation, without a trace of reluctance or entanglement in her eyes.

Lin Xiao did not reach out to take it, but continued: "Aren't you going to technical secondary school soon? It will be very inconvenient to check the time without a watch. Just accept it, and think of it as a gift from Brother Lin Xiao for your high school entrance examination."

Tang Mei was touched when she heard this, but she still said stubbornly: "You are too cheesy! You are only a few years older than me. It's ok that my parents force me to call you brother at home, but I will never admit that you are my brother outside! And this watch costs more than a hundred yuan..."

At the end, Tang Mei's voice became smaller and smaller, and her eyes revealed a little hesitation. She knew that this watch was expensive, and Lin Xiao gave it to her so generously, which made her feel surprised and a little embarrassed to accept it.

However, Lin Xiao smiled nonchalantly, as if he had seen through Tang Mei's thoughts. "I don't care whether you admit it or not, I am older than you anyway, and your mother asked you to call me Brother Lin Xiao. And I don't need the extra hundred bucks, as long as you like it!" His tone was a bit stubborn and doting, as if he had returned to the somewhat arrogant boy a few years ago.

Tang Mei looked at him and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Okay, I'll take it. Next time if I have something good, you have to give me your address and I'll send it to you."

When Lin Xiao heard her say this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll remember it. I'll write to you when I get to the army."

Tang Mei nodded, and without further thought, she said, "Why... aren't you leaving yet? You'll miss the bus soon."

"Let me take you to the compound. You're just a little girl, and I'm worried about you being on the road by yourself."

In this way, the two of them rode their bikes to the government compound where Wang Jiaojiao lived.

The government compound is filled with rows of two-story red brick buildings.

Although Tang Mei had been to Wang Jiaojiao's house countless times, she still knocked on the door politely.

"dong dong"

Wang Jiaojiao was sleeping soundly in the house. She had studied hard with Tang Mei, the "exam king" in the past few years. She finally had a chance to relax these few days. She was so exhausted at home that she slowly got up when she heard the knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Wang Jiaojiao's voice was a little lazy and reached Tang Mei's ears along with the sound of the door opening.

"It's me. You little lazy bug, why are you still sleeping?" Tang Mei looked at her with a smile.

When Wang Jiaojiao saw that it was Tang Mei, she immediately rushed over and said, "Oh my dear sister, is the sun rising from the west today? You actually came to see me on your own initiative, come in, come in!"

Tang Mei pulled Wang Jiaojiao out of her arms and said, "Stand still. I won't go in. There's someone behind us."

Wang Jiaojiao looked over from behind Tang Mei and saw a tall, handsome man following behind her. Jiaojiao's eyes sparkled as she looked at Tang Mei with gossip, as if to say, "You'd better tell me the truth!"

Tang Mei didn't make eye contact with her, but turned to Ling Xiao and said, "I'm here, you can leave."

Wang Jiaojiao quickly grabbed Tang Mei's hand and said, "Come on, you haven't introduced her to me yet! Who is she? Besides, it's already time for dinner, it's so hard for her to send you off. Let's go, I'll treat you two to dinner at the state-owned restaurant."

"No need, he has to catch the bus." Tang Mei was about to refuse.

Lin Xiao's voice came from behind Tang Mei: "Let's go eat together. It's still early to catch the bus. It's not too late to go after eating. We can just catch the last bus today."

When Wang Jiaojiao heard the handsome guy say that they wanted to have dinner together, she ran into the house excitedly, shouting, "Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes and leave."

Within two minutes, Wang Jiaojiao came out after changing her clothes.

"let's go!"

Wang Jiaojiao took Tang Mei's hand and pulled her along, jumping and running forward.

Lin Xiao was left pushing his bicycle and slowly following the two of them.

The three of them arrived at the state-owned restaurant. Lin Xiao locked the car and said to Tang Mei and Wang Jiaojiao, "Xiao Mei, you and your good friend go and grab a seat. I'll go buy some food."

Wang Jiaojiao opened her arms to stop him: "It's my treat, you guys go sit down."

"You are all girls. In this situation, the men have to pay." Lin Xiao walked around her and went straight to the counter.

"Young man, what would you like to eat today?" The girl selling food was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She usually had a cold face at work, but today she saw that Lin Xiao was handsome and greeted him with extra enthusiasm.

Lin Xiao looked up at today's menu on the blackboard: "Two servings of braised pork, one braised eggplant, one mapo tofu, one tomato egg soup, and three servings of rice."

Seeing that he ordered so much, the girl became even more enthusiastic. She calculated the bill and said, "Two yuan per pound of food coupons."

Lin Xiao took out the money from his pocket and counted it for her. Within two minutes, she came out from behind the door with a wooden tray with the dishes just ordered on it. Lin Xiao took the tray and placed it in front of Wang Jiaojiao and Tang Mei.

"Wow, what a rich meal, Comrade Lin, thank you." Wang Jiaojiao's eyes lit up when she saw the delicious food. Comrade Lin was really generous.

"You're welcome," someone said coldly, picked up a piece of braised pork with unused chopsticks, turned around and gently put it into Mei's bowl, saying, "Xiao Mei, eat more."

Wang Jiaojiao's gossipy eyes were about to spark, and she muttered to herself: If these two are fine, I'll take off my shoes and chew them!

As soon as everyone saw the delicious food on the table, they started eating without saying a word.