The three of them walked all the way with bulging bellies, and asked passers-by at the street corner before they found Zhao's Grocery Store.

The three of them walked to the door of Taohua's grocery store. The food in their stomachs had been digested a little, and they finally didn't feel so bloated anymore.

As soon as they arrived at the door of Zhao's Grocery Store, Taohua's husband, who was guarding the house, discovered them and hurried out to welcome Shen Rong and the others into the house.

It was only said that Shen Rong and two other girls came to Taohua's house with gifts to express their gratitude, and Taohua treated Shen Rong warmly as if she were a close friend.

Shen Rong had long gotten over her worries, and she was also planning on having her brother and sister-in-law open a shop in the county. When she looked at Taohua again, she felt that Taohua was as approachable and easy-going as she remembered.

The two of them sat together and couldn't help but recall their childhood, which brought back many childhood memories for Shen Rong.

Some of them were even memories that had faded long ago, but they came back to her mind through Taohua's narration.

Some things are not easy to say in front of a man, so Taohua pulled Shen Rong into the room to talk.

Shen Rong took the opportunity to ask about Taohua's newlywed life. As for the plan she had told her eldest brother before, she did not mention it, but only asked about renting a shop in the county.

Taohua immediately understood what Shen Rong meant, and she said happily: "Do you want to open a shop in the county? If you can open a shop in the county, that would be a good thing. We can visit each other and talk together in the future."

"My brother and sister-in-law from my mother's side had this idea. You know, I am learning medicine from my grandfather now. In the future, I will stay in the village to treat people with headaches and fevers. I don't have the energy to open a shop." Shen Rong explained.

Taohua was a little disappointed. "I thought you were going to live in the county too. But it doesn't matter if you don't open a shop. You can always come to the county to play with me in the future. When we have children, they should be about the same age. Then they can play together like we did when we were little..."

Taohua's face turned red as she spoke.

Shen Rong was not shy. When she heard Taohua talking about children, she thought of the child in her previous life who came late and was never born. In this life, maybe that child could come earlier, and maybe next year she would have a little one to worry about.

On the other hand, Zhao Heng, as the host, was also very enthusiastic and chatted with Shen Chunsheng about all sorts of things. He was both slick as a businessman and warm and sincere to Taohua's family.

Changsheng sat silently aside. He stared at Zhao Heng with a wary look and looked inside nervously from time to time, as if his wife would be stolen if he was not paying attention.

The three of them sat at Taohua's house for a while. Taohua wanted to stay for dinner, but Shen Rong refused while touching her belly.

"I can't eat now. You don't know how greedy Changsheng is. When we came here, we passed by a street selling food. Changsheng looked at the food and couldn't even walk. We had no choice but to eat there. The food on that street tasted really good. We ate so much that we almost couldn't walk."

Shen Rong told the story of their meal just now as a joke.

Taohua couldn't stop laughing, "Then stay for lunch."

Shen Rong shook her head again, "Don't be so polite, we still have a long time to spend together! Maybe I'll come again in a couple of days!"

Taohua nodded after hearing this and said, "Okay, next time you come to the county, you must come to my house for a simple meal.

I didn't think it through just now. If you stayed for lunch, it would be dark when you returned, and it would be unsafe on the road."

They talked for a while. Shen Chunsheng paid attention to the time. When he saw it was almost time, he took his sister and brother-in-law to say goodbye to Taohua and his wife and go home.

The three of them didn't even have time to walk around the county town, so they hurried towards the city gate.

Shen Chunsheng secretly regretted that he should not have been greedy for a small advantage and let the driver wait outside the city gate. He had made the trip to the county town with great difficulty but didn't buy anything.

I won’t talk about what happened the last time he came to the county town. This time he went back empty-handed and didn’t bring anything for his wife and children. He was afraid that his wife would complain about him.

But it was too late for him to regret. He couldn't let others wait outside the city gate for more than an hour in vain.

Several people hurried to the city gate. On the way, they passed the bun shop where they had eaten before. There were no customers buying buns at this time. The waiter was shouting at the top of his voice:

"Selling buns! Selling buns! Big, fragrant buns! Sir, would you like two? I guarantee you'll want more. Three cents for a big meat bun!"

The guy at the bun shop called out loudly, and sure enough, two people came to the stall.

Shen Chunsheng heard the hawker's shout, smelled the fragrance of the buns, and remembered the buns he had just eaten, so he stopped and said, "Sister, let's buy some more buns! I haven't bought anything in this trip."

Shen Rong did buy some snacks, but they were bought by her. Her elder brother wanted to buy them, and it was his own idea, so Shen Rong did not stop him.

"Just buy the buns. I've also bought some other snacks. I'll buy some other things next time I come."

Shen Chunsheng bought the buns quickly. Each bun was quite big and there were quite a few of them.

There was no other way. There were many people in the family, so at least one bun had to be given to each person. So many buns together made a big bag. Shen Chunsheng carried the big bag of buns and hurried to the city gate with Shen Rong and his wife.

At the gate of the county town, the old man driving the carriage was getting impatient. When he saw Shen Rong and the other two coming out, he immediately drove the carriage to the main road, "Brother, you are finally here. If you didn't come, I would have left. We agreed to come in an hour, but it's already so late. If you are any later, we will have to travel in the dark."

Shen Chunsheng held back his heartache, raised his hand, touched a bun and handed it over, "Brother, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"It's okay to wait, let's just walk." Seeing Shen Chunsheng apologize sincerely, the old man didn't say much.

"Brother, please take us home! It's not far, just to Taohua Village. How about I give you fifty cents?"

Shen Chunsheng had already made plans when he asked the family to stay. He thought that it would be early evening by the time he got back, so it would be faster to take a carriage. So Shen Chunsheng took out fifty coins and held them in his hand.

How could the old man driving the cart refuse when he saw the copper coins?

When can he earn so much in a day? Today he made eighty-five cents! When he goes back and tells his wife about it, she will surely be overjoyed.

"I'll do as you say, big brother. Come on up quickly!" The driver took the bun without eating it, but wrapped it up with a clean towel.

He always brought some steamed buns and water with him when he drove out every day, and he would have eaten them while waiting for someone.

The driver actually smelled the fragrance of the buns when Shen Chunsheng and the other two approached, which aroused his cravings, but the buns were only three cents each, which was not cheap.

He didn't expect that he could get one at this moment. He swallowed the saliva in his mouth and decided to take it back and let his wife and children have a taste.

He couldn't bear to eat such delicious and soft buns, so it would be nice to take them back and give them to his children to try.

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