Old Lady Liu hurriedly tried to keep them: "Principal, Secretary, it's not easy for you to come all this way. Why don't you stay for a simple meal before leaving? The food is almost ready, and we can eat any minute now."
Secretary Xie waved his hand in refusal. "No, we both still have things to do. We won't trouble you."
"Then I'm sorry to have made you come all this way."
Old Lady Liu escorted them to the courtyard gate with her daughter.
Su Qiao and Xiao Jingsheng followed behind them. Only after they could no longer see the others did they return indoors, chatting and laughing.
After eating, Su Qiao dragged Xiao Jingsheng to the river to fetch water and water the vegetable patch.
"Dummy, we're one step closer to buying our house."
The city had been quite generous, giving them a 2,000-yuan reward, while the school had given them another 300.
"I'm not a dummy." He could accept being called honest, but not a dummy.
A dummy was an idiot.
If he really were an idiot, how could he deserve Qiao'er?
"You're anything but a dummy. Then do you know why I introduced you that way just now?"
"Secretary Xie is Xie Hui's father."
Xiao Jingsheng had mulled it over half the night and had figured it out long ago.
"Oh, so you really aren't a dummy."
Xiao Jingsheng looked at her very seriously. "I'm not a dummy. I just don't like talking to anyone except you. I didn't ask anything because I promised you I would listen to everything you said."
"Not bad. You deserve a reward."
Su Qiao had not expected him to think that way, and she was in an excellent mood.
As if performing a magic trick, she pulled a black fountain pen