Chapter 17

The pillar is a little scared, but looking at Xia Xi, who has already walked past, has to follow behind.

Seeing the pillar coming, Mr. Zhang frowned slightly.

Xia Xi stood in front of him and explained, "if there's nothing to do in the future, I won't send the fish. I'll give you the money later."

Zhang Ye's brow stretched a little, took the 500 Wen given by Xia Xi, said nothing, and turned away.

The pillar kept its head down and did not dare to look at him. After waiting for someone to go far away, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he thought of what Xia Xi had just said. His legs and feet were a little soft, "sister-in-law, sister-in-law, later, later..."

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and Qi'er is suffering too much. After that, you and Lan'er will be responsible for the fish delivery."

"But I, I, I..."

"Take your time. You can't rely on me for everything."

Zhu, who is afraid of "Guan Ye", can't lift his spirits on the way home.

In front of Xia Xi and Qi'er's face, Lan'er is not easy to say about him. She only stares at him secretly.

Today, Xia Xi bought some meat and wanted to make dumplings.

Huzi had been waiting at the door of his house. Seeing them coming back, he ran to the snack box in Xia Xi's hand.

"Wash your hands first, and I'll give it to you after washing."

Huzi was in full bloom.

The snack given by the shopkeeper is good. Huzi even wants to eat two pieces, but Xia Xi stops him.

Huzi was a little unhappy, and tears rolled in his eyes.

"In a moment, we'll make dumplings, pork and cabbage. Think about it, dumplings or snacks."

"Dumplings!"

Tiger son did not hesitate to answer, and then a small voice, "but, but, I also want to eat snacks."

"Keep the snacks and eat them slowly. After today, there will be no dumplings."

Tiger son immediately don't tangle, ran to Qi son side, see him holding a branch to write on the ground, oneself also take up a, learn his appearance to draw.

Dumplings tube enough, this next in addition to Xia Xi, everyone ate up, even has always been self-made Qi Er small stomach are full of round.

"No way!"

Lan'er waved his hand, "sister-in-law, your cooking is too delicious. When you open fire, we can't eat our own cooking any more. What should we do?"

"It's easy to say..."

Xia Xi started to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, laughing and joking, "if you are hungry for a few meals, you will feel that everything is delicious."

The crowd laughed.

After cleaning up, Xia Xi leads Qi'er and Hu Zi to eat, and slowly goes to the village, thinking about when to go to the mountain.

……

The next day, Zhu and Lan'er went to the county.

Xia Xi stays at home and teaches Qi Er to write. Hu Zi grabs her head and looks at them. Seeing them like this, she runs to join in the fun.

The woman opened her mouth and yelled a few times. Without stopping, she ran out. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she did not dare to enter. Angrily back, to the moon door to see, see Xia Xi in teaching Qi Er to write, disdain of the curl.

"Mother, you are not allowed to peep!"

Tiger saw her and cried.

The woman backed away in a hurry.

Xia Xi didn't see it.

At noon, the pillar came back and sent Lan'er the copper plate he deserved.

The stove is not dry. Xia Xi still goes to Lan'er's house for dinner.

Huzi followed.

The woman was puzzled and kept asking what the tiger ate.

Huzi's mouth was closed tightly and he didn't say a word.

The woman is very popular, but she has nothing to do.

In the past few days, he earned a lot of copper. The pillar and Lan'er were very happy and straight.

The villagers were surprised and asked with a smile, "Zhu, have you made a fortune?"

They waved their hands in a hurry, "no, No."

This is a casual question, the village people did not go to heart, but the pillar and Lan'er are alert, suppress the excitement, restore the past appearance.

This day, idle nothing, on the ground to write a few words, let Qi'er and tiger practice, Xia Xi slowly out of the door, toward the mountain.

The mountain is also very depressed. There are traces of winter everywhere. Even there are few people. Only one or two firewood collectors can be seen occasionally.

Xia Xi turns slowly on the mountain and walks along the road. The narrower the road is, and in the end, there are almost no human footprints. Xia Xi walked more slowly, and she came to the deep mountain unconsciously.

The cold air is coming. Xia Xi raises her spirits, keeps alert, holds her breath, and stands still for a while. She doesn't find anything suspicious. She takes a deep breath and is preparing to finish today's exploration and go home. A strange color in the distance comes into her eyes.

Xia Xi's pupil suddenly shrinks and squints. It's.

The foot moves, just walked a few steps, then felt not right, quickly retreated back, quickly turned back.

Every spirit grass is guarded by spirit beasts. Now she has nothing to defend herself. Going forward, she can only serve as their food.

He walked faster and faster, until he came back to the path where some people had stepped. Looking back at the direction just now, I secretly wrote it down.

Back home, Qi'er is still practicing calligraphy, but her heart is not wilting obviously. She looks out the door all the time. Xia Xi appears at the door, throws away the branches in her hand and runs to her quickly. "Niang, why have you been so long?"

Touched his head, Xia Xi soft voice, "Niang walked some far, half way some tired, rest for a while."

Qi'er has it. "I'll go with my mother next time!"

"You concentrate on practicing calligraphy at home. After a while, we'll have plenty of money. My mother will buy you pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Qi Er can't help but jump, "really? Do you really want to buy it for me? "

Xia Xi nodded.

Qi'er was just about to cheer. She thought of something, then she put down her voice, covered her mouth and laughed.

……

The next day, Xia Xi followed him to the county.

Seeing her, the chef's eyes brightened. "Madam, you're here."

With fish and boiled meat slices, the restaurant's business is getting better and better. Every day, guests come in an endless stream, mostly for these two dishes. According to Xia Xi, the chef matches different dishes according to the different requirements of the guests. When the guests eat, they all applaud.

Xia Xi nodded with a smile and joked, "look at your energetic appearance, you should have made a lot of money."

The chef laughed, "it's all thanks to my wife."

Then he said, "I don't know if my wife's seasoning is used up. I'll take some more for her."

"Thank you very much for living in a small family. We use less. What you gave us is enough for one year."

As they spoke, the shopkeeper came with silver and copper.

There are ten fish every day. When he heard that they were coming, he went directly to the cashier and took them.

As usual, the money was handed to the pillar.

The shopkeeper laughs like an old fox, "madam, I don't know if you have figured out a new dish these days?"