# c4: sugar cube airway blockage

Wang Lingling stood up, but Wang Ying looked at the enamel bowl eagerly.

Wang Lingling followed Wang Ying's gaze and saw that she was staring intently at the remaining bun in her bowl.

"...Here you go, here you go!"

Wang Lingling was so angry that she scolded Wang Ying dozens of times in her heart and also complained about Li Chunjuan. How could Sanya be so embarrassing! It’s like she hasn't eaten meat for seven or eight years!

If Wang Ying knew that Wang Lingling thought this way, she would definitely nod her head. She has indeed not eaten meat for seven or eight years...

Wang Ying didn't feel tired of the white and tender meat buns at all. She ate them quickly, but she wasn't sloppy either. She held the buns in both hands, her big eyes narrowed, she was wearing patched clothes, and a seam on her shoulder was broken - like a stray white cat basking in the sun, content yet a little pitiful.

Xu Shuang was carrying vegetables in both hands and saw this when he walked in.

After Wang Ying finished her third meat bun, she caught a glimpse of a man standing at the door from the corner of her eye. In this era when almost everyone was malnourished, the most outstanding thing about this man was his height. Wang Ying secretly estimated in her mind that it must be 1.85 meters tall.

Taking another closer look, the other person's appearance is even more surprising. The bridge of his nose is high, his eyebrows are deep, and his hair is shaved very short, which highlights his facial features even more; his temperament is aggressive and sharp.

All in all, he looked so handsome that he was incompatible with the two sacks of vegetables in his hand.

Looking at the handsome guy while waiting for the meat buns is like giving her eyes a break. Wang Ying secretly felt pity in her heart. This level of beauty, in the entertainment industry of later generations, can be regarded as a level where you did not need to worry about food. She can rely on her face to make a living for a lifetime.

Tsk, what a pity.

Wang Lingling held two enamel bowls in her hands and spent another 60 cents and six food stamps. Her body ached. As soon as he turned his face, he saw Xu Shuang.

Wang Lingling almost stopped holding the bowl in her hand.

It's not that she didn't know that Xu Shuang was good-looking. When she was pregnant back then, how many girls in the surrounding brigades didn't envy her? Married to a cook, the key is that the cook is so good-looking. Wang Lingling's appearance is ordinary and plain, and there is nothing unusual in her family. Being in this marriage simply makes others jealous.

Looking at Xu Shuang's face now, Wang Lingling still couldn't help but feel trembling.

After barely regaining consciousness, Wang Lingling felt that she had lost money again.

——Just a little bit of regret! If she had known that Xu Shuang was back, she wouldn't have been in a hurry to buy those six buns just now!

After all, she is also Xu Shuang's fiance. Shouldn't Xu Shuang treat her to a meat bun? With this thought in her mind, Wang Lingling said it smoothly.

"Xu Shuang, why are you back so late? It just so happens that since you're back, please refund the 60 taels of food stamps I gave paid just now. Anyway, there is no shortage of food stamps in your store."

Wang Lingling felt that she was kind enough and didn't ask Xu Shuang for any money, but only wanted the 60 taels of food stamps. Anyway, Xu Shuang is a worker and gets food stamps every month, so he has no shortage. No matter how bad it was, there were so many people coming and going in the store, it was easier for them to find someone to exchange for food stamps than it was to go to the group.

Xu Shuang still looked as cold as he remembered, with no expression on his face. He took the two sacks of vegetables to the back kitchen and put them away. Wang Lingling stayed at the counter as a matter of course and asked the waiter to return the ticket to her.

The waiter originally thought that Wang Lingling's statement about knowing Xu Shuang was a lie, but now she was not sure. Could this really be Chef Xu's relative?

Xu Shuang put down the vegetables and brought an enamel vat to the front of the counter to get hot water. The waiter came over a little embarrassed and asked: "Master Xu... um that, are her food stamps really going to be refunded to her?"

Wang Lingling was still holding the bun in her hand, and she was already a little impatient. How could Xu Shuang be so annoying! Isn't it just a refund of food stamps?

Xu Shuang lifted his head and showed a slightly confused expression to the waiter: "Why would I give the refund?"

Oops! This statement stirred a hornet's nest, and Wang Lingling had disbelief written all over her face. Meanwhile the waiter had a knowing expression: "It turns out that this is another relative from Master Xu's village who wants to take advantage of you."

Wang Lingling jumped to her feet: "Xu Shuang! I am your fiance, so why are you pretending to be a [big-tailed wolf](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]! I just asked you to refund the food stamps, so why are you so stingy!"

At this moment, Wang Lingling didn't care about avoiding Xu Shuang anymore, and her mind was filled with anger.

Speaking of which, this is also due to inertia. In her previous life with Xu Shuang, aside from a stubbornness on a few things, Xu Shuang basically relied on her in all other matters. Some men in the village like to beat their wives, but Xu Shuang didn't. Even when she thought Xu Shuang was going to raise his hand a couple times, in the end he didn't move a finger.

More often than not, Xu Shuang wouldn't even bother quarrelling with her.

Now that Xu Shuang was basically slapping her in the face, Wang Lingling's first reaction was anger. She wanted to sit on the ground and howl loudly to tell others to come and see Xu Shuang's virtue.

Xu Shuang was a little helpless. He worked in the town and had a bed in the kitchen. He usually went back every half month to deliver wages and food stamps to his mother. His mother told him what happened to Wang Lingling. The two families haven't even exchanged betrothal gifts yet, but now the other party has come to his place of work to ask for food stamps. It was really inappropriate.

"Wang...Lingling, right? Food stamps really cannot be refunded, and we have rules."

No matter how much more Xu Shuang wanted to say, if he followed suit, wouldn't he ruin her reputation? Just by looking at the way the other party was making trouble, Xu Shuang was already unwilling to get married to the person his mother arranged.

"And the food stamps in the store are all pre-ordered. I don't have any food stamps in my hand, so I can't make up for them."

This was true. Xu Shuang also had a brother who went to college in the provincial capital. After his food stamps are issued, he will exchange them for national food stamps and send them to his brother. However, his mother is not very old and can still work now. Although Xu Shuang can't save much of anything working in the state-owned hotel, he can still afford a decent meal.

Wang Lingling was doused with two more basins of cold water by Xu Shuang, and her mind gradually became clearer.

It was because of her haste that the two families had not started to formally talk about the wedding ceremony, so Li Chunjuan and Xu Shuang's mother just talked about it verbally.

However, this is basically the case in this era. Once the two adults have made an agreement, it is settled. They pick a time to come to the door and give a gift. It is considered settled, and then they can directly get married within a few months.

What else did Wang Lingling want to say? Wang Ying couldn't wait any longer.

The half-time break has never been so long! But she never realized that the fiance Wang Lingling didn't want was so good-looking. Then again, no matter how good the person looks, they cannot be eaten as a meat bun.

"Sister, I'm starving to death. Why don't you come over?"

Wang Ying came over and pondered for a moment. She gently and deftly put the two bowls of steamed buns in Wang Lingling's possession into her own bowl.

Wang Ying originally wanted to call him "brother-in-law", but it seemed that both parties were reluctant. Wang Lingling had stopped talking. There were quarrels at home for several days where she insisted on not marrying Xu Shuang. And this Xu Shuang didn't even give her a few taels of food stamps, and he didn't seem to care about her much. Wang Ying was stunned in her heart, this marriage was probably going to be a waste.

Wang Ying brought the meat buns and was about to go back and sit down to eat. Wang Lingling quickly grabbed her with her quick eyes and hands.

"Xu Shuang, this is my second uncle's daughter, her name is Wang Ying. She graduated last year and is one year younger than me. She is eighteen this year."

Wang Ying was stunned for a moment, what was going on?

Xu Shuang glanced at the girl he had seen when he entered the door just now. She looked like a pitiful stray cat then. Now her eyes were round and looked very frightened by Wang Lingling.

"……Hello."

Without reaching out her hands to greet the smiling man, Wang Ying also nodded: "Hello."

She turned her head: "Sister, I'm really hungry..."

Although Wang Lingling was not satisfied with the performance of Xu Shuang and Wang Ying, she thought that this was enough. After all, neither of them liked to talk. It was good that the two of them could say hello in front of her.

As long as there are a few opportunities for the two of them to meet again, regardless of whether they mean it or not, she can convince them of this matter!

"Okay, let's go back and eat."

Wang Ying couldn't wait to rush back to her seat. There were six buns, and she had to eat them slowly this time to savor them. Wang Lingling sat next to her, holding plain water in her hand and drinking it without any taste. She spent a dollar in her hand but ate only one meat bun.

...How can this damn girl Wang Ying be so good at eating!

Wang Ying finished eating, touched her belly, and turned around: "Sister..."

Wang Lingling: "No more! No more money! Sanya, wait until next time."

Wang Ying glanced at Wang Lingling resentfully, "What?" She thought she meant she could eat whatever she wanted when she said she brought enough money, but she ended up eating only nine.

"Sister, let's come back to eat in a few days. I smell some shredded pork noodles in the store. Can you treat me to shredded pork noodles next time?"

Wang Lingling originally wanted to say back, "Do you deserve to eat shredded pork noodles?," but then she thought about it. Wouldn't this be an excuse to bring Wang Ying back next time? That time, she might as well leave Wang Ying to eat here alone, since it would be hard for these two losers to talk to each other with her there.

"OK!"

When the two of them went back, they were lucky enough to happen upon the donkey cart of the brigade.

The driver was Uncle Tian Er from the brigade. He had some problems with his legs and feet and could not use much strength to work in the fields, so the brigade assigned him the donkey cart. It was a coincidence that today, he came to the livestock station to trim the donkey's hooves. Wang Ying called according to the name in her memory, and the other party enthusiastically let them both ride in the car.

Anyway, the two girls are not heavy. In addition to the grandson of Uncle Tian Er's family in the car, there is also the youngest son of the brigade's family.

The two children, both about four or five years old, came to see the donkeys getting their hooves trimmed. They also went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy each a candy, holding them in their mouths with great joy.

Wang Ying didn't want to walk. The road back from the town was not close at all. It took more than half an hour to walk. Why not choose the more convenient way, a donkey cart?

Wang Lingling half-covered her nose in disgust. The donkey smelled so bad that she wanted to sit on the back of the car.

Uncle Tian Er's grandson is called Erzhu. He usually loves this donkey the most. Seeing that Wang Lingling disliked it, he leaned over and whispered in the ear of the captain's youngest son, Shitou.

"She dislikes little donkeys."

"She's bad."

Wang Ying couldn't help laughing. Shitou was about to say something, but was interrupted by a bump from the donkey cart, and Erzhu burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, look at you, you bit your tongue because of the bump, right?"

Shitou covered his mouth and couldn't speak. Uncle Tian at the front also laughed: "Be careful, it will be bumpy all the way."

Shitou still had his mouth covered and slowly put his hand on his chest again, making a loud sound in his throat.

Wang Ying knocked on Uncle Tian's shoulder and shouted to stop.

Wang Lingling was very impatient: "Sanya, what are you making trouble for?"

Wang Ying's voice was serious: "Hurry, the child's candy bar has entered the trachea, and he will suffocate if it's not treated quickly."

[^1]: Acting high and mighty.


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