Chapter 64 A group came to freeload a meal

"Look, we've got a tacit understanding, haven't we? 'Shengxun' has expanded beyond the city, and merchants from Yecheng also want to buy its goods!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Xia thought to herself that something was going to happen, and her starry eyes stared intently at the boy's mask.

"We've tentatively ordered 800 jin (400 catties) per week. Can you supply that much?"

"That's enough, twice as much would be fine too!"

After discussing the payment cycle and the proportion of various fruits and vegetables, the two signed a purchase contract.

Yun Xia was overjoyed to have secured such a big deal. After exchanging a few pleasantries, she was about to leave with Jiang Chao when Gu Xun stopped her.

Is there anything else?

The boy pointed to the empty paper cup and said quietly, "Brown sugar water, 40 cents a cup!"

"I'll make you regret this!" The girl, who looked like a pufferfish in anger, pulled four coins out of her bag, stuffed them into his arms, turned around and pulled Jiang Chao to leave, but was stopped by him.

He blinked slightly, and said with a forced smile, "There are other paid services, right?"

"Uh, that's pretty clever," he said, shaking the empty paper cup. "One cup costs 10 cents!"

"When I first met you, it seemed like you didn't charge for the cup."

"Can a glass cup and a paper cup be the same? One can be washed and reused, while the other has to be thrown away after use."

Unable to argue with him, Yunxia pulled out another 10 cents and angrily stuffed it into his palm.

“Boss Gu, once is enough, twice is too much, but not three times. If you keep teasing her, Yunxia will lose her temper.”

"I have a good temper, I won't get angry!"

Amidst the hearty laughter of a certain unscrupulous youth, Yun Xia pulled Jiang Chao away in a few strides.

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"Bai Ye, Mei Qiu, Uncle Zhang, are you here as guests?"

Phew, luckily I stopped at the market halfway there and bought a few pounds of meat and ribs, otherwise I wouldn't have had any food to serve my guests.

"Yes, I came here specifically to eat Aunt Wu's shepherd's purse and pork dumplings. Here, I brought you some nutritional supplements—rose brown sugar. Want to try making a cup?"

Having just drunk the "sky-high price" brown sugar water, Yunxia said she didn't want to try it, but she couldn't refuse his hospitality and had to make a piece.

Brown sugar is sweet and replenishes qi, while roses have a wonderful fragrance!

Wow, it tastes pretty good!

“Yun girl, the young master spent a long time shopping in the mall before choosing this gift.”

"Oh, Bai Ye, thank you!"

"Don't be shy, as long as it suits your taste."

"Ugh! It's so sweet it's sickening! Aren't you afraid of getting sick of it?"

Jiang Chao's sharp tongue was unmatched, and fearing that he might offend people with his careless words, they simply pushed him into the kitchen.

"Ah Chao, come here and help Mom chop the filling. I must say, the shepherd's purse that Bai Ye brought is so tender and fresh."

Caught between two attacks, Jiang Chao had no other choice but to pick up a cleaver and start chopping the filling!

Wow, that stance is clearly someone's about to chop someone up.

"Aunt Wu, do you need any help?"

The warm, deep voice immediately told her it was Bai Ye. To prevent a 'war' from breaking out, Yun Xia casually made up an excuse to pull him out, and incidentally chased the overly excited husky into the kitchen.

"Coal Ball, are you from Africa?"

The child shook his head, and Jiang An continued to ask, "Then why are you so dark-skinned?"

Because of his skin color, Coal Ball often faced disdain from others. Faced with the little boy's innocent question, he pouted and couldn't utter a single word, though he also wanted to know the answer.

"An'an, if you're naughty, Jiang Chao will beat you up!"

“You’re being good, Coal Ball Brother. Come on, An’an will take you to draw.”

Long-term malnutrition has made Coal Ball short and thin. He looks not much older than An An. Jiang An was overjoyed to finally meet someone who looked to be his age.

Inside the courtyard, Uncle Zhang held an axe, and with a swift stroke, he split a thick piece of firewood in two. Behind him, the firewood fragments were stacked neatly.

"Tsk tsk, Uncle Zhang has... OCD, doesn't he?"

Bai Ye pondered for a long time before understanding the meaning of 'obsessive-compulsive disorder'. He chuckled and said, "Uncle Zhang served in the army, and he still keeps the same habits he had when he was in the team."

"I see!"

No wonder he's so aggressive, yet so meticulous in his actions; he must have received professional training. A moment later, a dejected Feng Jingling emerged from the kitchen. "Little Butterfly, I got kicked out! Jiang Chao said the dumplings I made looked like they were chewed by a dog, boohoo!"

Well, you shouldn't have had any illusions about a husky's cooking skills.

"You talk to Bai Ye for a while, I'll go check on the kitchen and cook a few dishes while I'm at it."

Watching the little girl run off into the distance, the boy asked in confusion, "Stir-frying?"

"Hmph! Little Butterfly's cooking skills are superb, Young Master Bai is in for a treat today!"

"Young Master Feng, there's no need to be so sarcastic in your words."

"Hehe! You stay here by yourself, I'm going to find An'an."

"Other people's children" are a childhood nightmare for everyone!

Feng Jingling's childhood trauma was Bai Ye. She heard too many comparisons between the two of them since she was a child, including their grades, temperament, special skills, personality, and business talent, and she hated him from the bottom of her heart.

"Young Master, is there some misunderstanding between you and Young Master Feng?"

"Oh, no misunderstanding, it's just that I don't like it."

She left behind a single sentence and walked to the apricot tree in the courtyard.

The apricot blossoms, white with a hint of pink, were quite beautiful. Their fresh, delicate fragrance was invigorating. On the main stem, there was a fine scratch, and Bai Ye recognized it at a glance as Big Beard's stuff.

Peaches take three years, apricots four, pears five, and jujubes can be sold for money in the same year.

It's really rare to see an apricot tree that blossoms and bears fruit in just one year!

The boy stood by the tree for a long time, only snapping out of his daze when the little girl came to call him for dinner.

Looking at the apricot blossoms covering the tree, Yunxia thought to herself, "Oh no, Uncle with the big beard, you've got great stock! Look at this apricot tree, how abundant the blossoms are!"

"The peach tree I chose only had a dozen or so blossoms, and after a spring rain, they all fell to the ground."

"They're different kinds, so they can't be compared. The food's ready. Come on, let me take you to wash up."

There's a hand pump well in the corner of the yard. Add some water to it to increase the suction, pump it a few times, and you can get water out.

"Bai Ye, you've never seen a well handbrake before, have you?"

Water pipes have been installed, but water bills are too expensive, so many ordinary working-class families are secretly drilling wells.

"Of course I've seen them, my grandfather's house has some."

As he spoke, he unbuttoned his shirt and wiped his neck with a damp towel.

"Hey, the wound on your neck still hasn't healed?"

"Yes, the doctor said it might leave a scar, but I'm a man, so it won't be a big problem."

Yunxia took out a small tin box about the size of a coin, dipped her fingertip in some ointment, and stepped closer. The boy instinctively stepped back.

"Don't move, I'm applying medicine!"

Seeing that he was no longer moving, she pulled open his collar and applied the light green ointment evenly to the wound.

Bai Ye: It's icy cold, which is quite comfortable!

"Here, take this. Apply it three times a day, morning, noon, and night. Within a week, it will be completely restored. See, do I still have any 'red lines' on my face?"

"It's gone! My skin is even better than before!"

"Right! Just apply this, and apply it on time!"

"good!"

After washing up, the two sat down at the table.

"You're so slow and indecisive, you have no manliness at all. Little butterfly, your brother will take you out to play this afternoon."

"Ha, you dare to talk about others?"

As the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." The husky's mouth is starting to resemble Jiang Chao's more and more.