Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

To express his gratitude, Zuo Yang wanted to treat Xia Qingqing to a meal.

"Xiaoyu and Yingyue, go together. I'll treat you. The director praised me at the meeting yesterday. It's the first time in the history of the world that has ever happened to me!"

Zuo Yang grinned happily. Not only did the director praise him, but his mother also called him yesterday and asked him to go home for dinner, saying that it was the old man who said so and his brothers and sisters should also go home.

After he started working, he applied for a dormitory. He seldom went home and his parents never called him to come back. This was the first time. Moreover, after he returned home, his father, who had always disliked him, praised him for the first time.

"That's right, be humble and cautious!"

Although his father had a stern face and a unpleasant tone when he spoke, he was actually praising him. Zuo Yang remained calm on the surface, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

It is not easy to get praise from his grandfather. Even his brothers and sisters are so outstanding, but they have never been praised by his grandfather.

What made Zuo Yang even happier was that his brothers and sisters also praised him and encouraged him to keep up the good work.

Zuo Yang was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, but he was still energetic in the morning, not tired at all, and even managed to catch a few more serious criminals.

"Forget about the meal, we are busy. Please buy us some Coke."

Xia Qingqing refused. There were a lot of people making clothes recently, and she and Xiao Yingyue's sewing machines were smoking, so they had no time to go out for dinner.

Coca-Cola advertisements during the Republic of China

Coca-Cola billboards on the streets of Shanghai in the 1980s

When Xiao Yingyue, who was sewing on a sewing machine, heard the can of Coke, her eyes lit up and she couldn't help swallowing.

"You helped me a lot. A few bottles of Coke are a bit light." Zuo Yang felt embarrassed.

If he was not short of money, he would like to treat everyone at the Red House Western Restaurant. Unfortunately, a meal there would not be enough for his monthly salary, and his wallet was too empty to afford it.

Red House Western Restaurant

"I'm just telling a story. It all depends on your and Officer Geng's cleverness. Just a Coke will do."

Xia Qingqing smiled slightly, not taking any credit for it.

"Officer Zuo, can I drink two bottles?" Xiao Yingyue asked.

"I want two too..."

Before Xiaoyu finished speaking, Xia Qingqing interrupted her: "You can only drink one bottle."

Drinking too much carbonated drinks will cause tooth decay, and she doesn't want a brother with gap teeth.

"Oh!"

Xiaoyu agreed obediently and was not unhappy at all.

Zuo Yang did not insist any more. He patted Xiaoyu on the head and said with a smile, "Let's go buy some Coke!"

"it is good!"

Xiaoyu followed happily behind. A few minutes later, the two of them came back. Xiaoyu was running very fast with a few popsicles in her clothes pocket. Zuoyang was walking behind with three bottles in one hand and two bottles in the other.

The bottle was opened and Sister Xu thoughtfully put a straw in it. White steam was coming out of the bottle, and it felt cool before I even drank it.

"Sister, eat popsicles!"

Xiaoyu happily ran to Xia Qingqing and asked her to take the popsicle first.

"Drink Coke first."

Xia Qingqing took out two popsicles and let Zuo Yang and Xiao Yingyue eat them, and put the rest in the refrigerator. She and Xiaoyu's stomachs could not bear the ice cola and popsicles.

Xiao Yingyue is fine. This girl has a strong stomach and drinking sulfuric acid is no big deal.

"Wow, my dear Coke!"

Xiao Yingyue took a bottle of Coke, pulled out the straw, drank half of the bottle in one breath, then burped with satisfaction, and drank the remaining half of the bottle in one breath.

"Drink slowly, no one will snatch it from you!"

Xia Qingqing frowned as she watched. She had never seen a girl who loved drinking ice water more than Xiao Yingyue. If she hadn't stopped her, this girl would eat ice as a meal. In the morning, instead of having breakfast, she would go to the store to buy popsicles. Other people would eat two or three popsicles a day at most, but this girl would eat three or four popsicles at one meal, three or four times a day.

Under her strict supervision, the girl now only eats five or six sticks a day at most. She is so greedy every day that she stares at Sister Xu's store with green eyes, just like a weasel seeing a chicken.

Xiao Yingyue stuck out her tongue and slowed down her drinking of the second bottle of Coke, but only relative to herself. Xiaoyu had only finished one-third of the Coke. She had already finished two bottles and reached out to grab the ice cream.

She tore off the wrapping paper, bit off half of it, chewed it two or three times and swallowed it, faster than Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit. There was half an ice cream left, and she probably only took one bite.

"Sister Qingqing, you don't understand, this is the way to enjoy it!"

Xiao Yingyue finished the last half of the ice cream and flicked the popsicle into the trash can. She patted her cheek with satisfaction, staring at the sparkling popsicle in Zuo Yang's hand.

"for you?"

Zuo Yang felt embarrassed by her gaze and wanted to give it to her. Xiao Yingyue reached out to take it but was stopped by Xia Qingqing.

"If you keep eating like this, I won't care if you die of pain next time!"

Xia Qingqing's face was stern and frosty, she was really angry.

Xiao Yingyue suffers from severe dysmenorrhea, and is in excruciating pain every time she has her period. Ding Yumei didn't take much care of her since she was a child, and didn't teach her what to pay attention to during her first period. This girl didn't avoid raw, cold, or spicy food during her period, and even took cold showers, which led to dysmenorrhea.

Xia Qingqing found a prescription for dysmenorrhea among the prescriptions passed down by Xia's ancestors, but it was missing a few ingredients. The medicines bought from the pharmacy were not very effective. She bought seeds and planted them in the medicinal herb field, and she would be able to prepare the medicine in a few days.

Before the pills are prepared, Xiao Yingyue must be monitored and she must abstain from certain foods. If she doesn't change her bad habit of eating ice, when she gets older, she will suffer from all kinds of gynecological diseases and her quality of life will drop sharply.

Xiao Yingyue obediently retracted her hand and whispered, "If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it."

"Eating ice cream may make you feel good for a while, but it will kill you with menstrual cramps. If you spend the time eating ice cream, you might as well spend more time sewing on the sewing machine!"

Xia Qingqing's tone was colder than ice. Xiao Yingyue shrank her neck and stepped on the sewing machine obediently.

In fact, she could knock Sister Qingqing down with one hand, but as soon as Sister Qingqing put on a stern face, she dared not even breathe. It was impossible for her to fight back. It would be more like Sister Qingqing beating her up.

When Xia Qingqing got angry, Zuo Yang ate the ice cream. If he didn't eat it, he was afraid of being scolded by the girl.

Sure enough, after teaching Xiao Yingyue a lesson, Xia Qingqing turned her gaze back and prepared to teach Zuo Yang a lesson. He deserved a scolding for buying so many ice creams. However, when she saw Zuo Yang eating the ice creams on his own initiative, she snorted and stopped scolding him.

"I'm going to work, Xiaoyu, please help me return the bottle. Bye!"

Zuo Yang finished the Coke in the bottle, got up and left.

"Okay, Brother Zuo Yang!"

Xiaoyu agreed obediently. The canteen sold Coca-Cola at 4.5 cents a bottle, and there was a 5-cent deposit for the bottle, but Sister Xu didn't take it. It would be fine as long as she returned the bottle later.

The little guy put the five empty bottles in a basket and took it to return them.

"Sister Qingqing, what do you think Xiao Zhiguang and Ding Yumei are doing? Why are there no movements at all?" Xiao Yingyue suddenly asked.

She has been away from home for more than ten days, why don't these two dogs react at all?

"Why rush? What's coming will eventually come. Just wait!"

Xia Qingqing spoke in a calm tone. Mr. Ba had told her everything about what the couple had been doing these days.