It had been quite a while since Xu Tang transmigrated into this world, yet this was her first time coming to town. She had wanted to come for a long time, but Zhao Guifang always felt that her head had not fully recovered and was worried about letting her travel too far.
Last night, Zhao Guifang had given her ten yuan and some grain coupons, telling her to buy a meal at the state-run restaurant and get some snacks as well. She was afraid Xu Tang would go hungry.
Xu Tang took out thirty cents and handed it to Uncle Wang, who was driving the tractor.
Uncle Wang reminded her, “We’ll be heading back at four this afternoon. Don’t miss it.”
“Okay, thank you, Uncle Wang.”
After saying goodbye to Yang Lulu and Xu Xiaoyun, Xu Tang left.
Using her cloth bag to conceal what she was doing, she took a meat bun out of her system backpack. She had been in too much of a hurry that morning to eat breakfast.
As she walked along the streets, she saw no towering buildings. Most of the houses were simple single-story structures with gray tiles and brick walls, while the occasional person rode past on a bicycle.
Xu Tang checked the time displayed in the system shop. It was only nine o’clock.
She decided to look around the supply and marketing cooperative first.
The place was bustling, but she didn’t buy anything.
She could simply purchase things through the system shop. Once she returned home, she could just say she had bought them in town.
Seeing that there was nothing particularly interesting to look at, Xu Tang left the supply and marketing cooperative.
She wandered around for a while. When it was almost time, she headed toward the state-run restaurant.
When she arrived, she saw a red-brick building with a tiled roof.
Xu Tang stepped inside.
Everyone in the restaurant immediately drew in a sharp breath.
Xu Tang was wearing a white blouse, a black cloth skirt, and carrying an army-green cloth bag. The moment she walked through the door, everyone had the illusion that a fairy had just walked in.
Xu Tang barely reacted to their gazes, nor did she find them unpleasant.
In her previous life, whenever she saw a handsome man or beautiful woman, she would stare too. Sometimes, she herself was even captivated by her own beauty, let alone other people.
Seeing that it was still half an hour before eleven, Xu Tang walked up to the service window and smiled at the woman collecting payment.
“Big Sister, I’d like an order of dumplings.”
The woman at the window was already in her forties. Hearing such a beautiful young girl call her “Big Sister,” she covered her mouth and laughed.
“Young lady, you sure know how to sweet-talk people. That’ll be one yuan and twenty cents plus one grain coupon. You’ll have to come pick it up yourself when it’s ready, okay?”
Xu Tang smiled sweetly. “Okay, thank you, Big Sister.”
After paying, she casually found a seat and sat down.
Everyone nearby was secretly glancing at her.
Xu Tang pretended not to notice.
After all, people naturally couldn’t help admiring beautiful things. There was nothing wrong with that.
At the table in front of her sat two men.
The man sitting with his back to her had broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Even through his clothes, it was obvious that he had an excellent physique.
Wow…
Xu Tang couldn’t help taking a couple of extra glances.
Zhou Jinghe had noticed Xu Tang from the moment she entered the restaurant.
Just like everyone else, he had been stunned by her beauty.
He only felt that the heart that had remained still for twenty-one years had suddenly begun pounding wildly. His blood seemed to be boiling through his veins, making it impossible for him to calm down.
His eyes remained fixed on her, unable to look away.
When Xu Tang sat down behind him, he instantly became so nervous that every muscle in his body tensed.
He didn’t dare move at all.
He had never experienced anything like this before.
Every reaction in his body was telling him the same thing—
He had fallen for this young woman whose name he didn’t even know, and he didn’t even know whether she was already married.
After a while, Xu Tang heard the woman at the counter announce that her dumplings were ready.
She walked over, carried them back to her table, and picked one up with her chopsticks, slowly savoring it.
Not bad.
The dumpling skin had a nice chewiness, and the meat filling was generous.
There were simply too many of them, though, and she didn’t think she could finish the whole plate.
She didn’t want to waste food, so she took an aluminum lunchbox out of her cloth bag—though in reality, she had bought it from the system shop…
She transferred the remaining dumplings into the lunchbox, put it back into her bag, then returned the dishes and utensils before going back to her seat.