Chapter 401 Mung Bean Soup

When Old Man Wen saw a group of old men looking at him, he felt a little embarrassed: "You old woman, why did you say this out loud?"

"You're afraid others will know about your embarrassing things!"

Zhu Tao came over pulling an ox cart with several large buckets of mung bean soup on it. "Yiyi, Grandpa Wen and Grandma Wen, take a break."

"Okay, let's take a break too."

Zhu Tao tied the ox cart under the shade of a tree and fetched water for them to wash their hands.

Wen Zhenyi helped make the mung bean soup. She felt the temperature of the mung bean soup and knew it was chilled: "Did you keep it chilled for a while?"

"The weather was too hot, so I put it in the ice cellar to cool it down a bit."

When Old Man Wen heard this, he was delighted: "Little Taozi is really sensible."

Zhu Tao looked at Wen Zhenyi with a puzzled look on her face: "What happened?"

"Grandpa wanted to eat something cold, and you fulfilled his wish."

Zhu Tao smiled and handed a bowl to Old Man Wen: "Grandpa Wen, try it."

"Okay." Old Man Wen took the ice-cold bowl and drank it happily. His eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents with joy.

"Why is this old man acting like a child?" Old Mrs. Wen couldn't bear to look at him.

Wen Zhenyi smiled and handed her a bowl of mung bean soup: "Old children, old children, isn't it like this?"

Old Lady Wen took the mung bean soup from her hand and said, "You are the ones who spoil her."

Wen Zhenyi distributed the mung bean soup to the other elderly people and said, "Xiao Taozi, have you sent it to the construction site and the school?"

"Brother Jie sent it."

"That's good. The weather is so hot."

Dong Li and his friends sat in the shade of a tree, took off their hats to fan themselves while drinking icy green bean soup. "It hasn't rained much this year, but it's unbearably hot."

Wen Zhenyi sat next to them and said, "It's too hot. Don't work for a while. Let's do it later."

"That won't do. The sooner we finish this, the more at ease we'll feel. By the time we harvest in autumn, we won't have to lay out mats in the drying yard; we can just dry the crops on the ground."

"Yes, yes, this saves us a lot of trouble." Old Man Dou and the others nodded quickly.

Wen Zhenyi looked at these stubborn old men and women and said, "You can't do that in the scorching sun. You really think you're young."

"Didn't you prepare mung bean soup for us?"

Wen Zhen saw that he couldn't convince these old stubborn people, so he had to get up and go to the pharmacy to find Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan had no classes today, so he opened the pharmacy and read a book in the lobby.

"Shi Xuan."

Shi Xuan put down the book and saw the person coming in: "Why are you here?"

"I came to you to get some medicine."

"Are you feeling unwell? Sit down and let me take a look at you."

"It's not that I'm feeling unwell, it's just that the weather has been too hot lately. I'm worried they might get heatstroke, so I asked you to prescribe some medicine for them. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if they really get sick."

Shi Xuan stood up and took out a few bottles of medicine from the medicine shelf: "I prepared it for you a long time ago. I was going to send it to you when I go back to eat, but now it saves me a lot of trouble."

"Brother Shixuan, I baked a lot of snacks today, so I'll give you some to try..." Qin Yue saw Wen Zhenyi as soon as she entered the door, and the smile on her face became a little strange: "Sister Wen."

Wen Zhenyi looked at her with a half-smile, then looked at the plate in her hand: "It seems that we baked too many cakes today."

Qin Yue was a little embarrassed: "Well, I still have something to do in the dim sum shop, I'll go back first." Then she put the plate on the table and ran away.

Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head, walked over, picked up the pastry on the plate and took a bite: "Your craftsmanship has improved a bit."

Shi Xuan didn't say anything, but handed her the medicine bottle: "Just let them take one pill after lunch. This is a preventive measure. If they feel uncomfortable, come and see me immediately."

Wen Zhenyi put the bottle away and asked, "Does Xiao Yueyue often bring you food?"

"Occasionally."

"You're still so cold."

Shi Xuan was slightly stunned and didn't say anything.

Wen Zhenyi didn't tease him. She decided to let them deal with their feelings on their own. However, she should also ask about Ji Hongguang's marriage. The indenture contract was still in her hands.

When Shen Hanxing came back from the private school, he saw her sitting at the stone table in the yard with her chin propped up: "What are you thinking about?"

"I wasn't thinking about anything, I was just thinking about Brother Ji's marriage. Today I saw Qin Yue giving Shi Xuan something and then I remembered it. I had forgotten about his marriage."

"Have you found a good candidate?"

"Even if there's a good candidate, the person involved has to be willing. I can't just walk away and pair them up!"

"I don't have classes tomorrow, why don't we go to town together?"

"That's possible."

The next day, Wen Zhenyi gave Zhu Tao some medicine to prevent heatstroke and asked her to give one pill to everyone who was working after lunch.

When the two arrived in the town, they found that it was much more deserted and most of the people on the streets were gone.

Business in their store is much quieter than usual, and many tables are still empty.

When Ji Hongguang saw them come in, he quickly came out from behind the counter: "Miss, son-in-law."

"Brother Ji, has business been bad recently?"

"Everyone is busy with road construction now, so there are fewer people in town. Many customers have complained that they can't buy some vegetables and fish."

"This will have some impact. Where are Aunt Ji and the others?"

"My mother and the others are behind."

"I'll go look for her."

Chen Hanxing didn't go with them: "I'll check the account book and find you in the backyard later."

Wen Zhen nodded and went to the backyard to find Aunt Ji.

Aunt Ji and the others were busy in the kitchen. They were very happy to see Wen Zhenyi coming: "Miss, have you had breakfast? If not, I'll make some for you."

"I came here after eating. Aunt Ji, I have something to tell you."

Qin Xing took the spatula from her hand: "Aunt Ji, you go, I'll do it here."

Aunt Ji smiled and handed her the spatula: "Xiaoxing, thank you for your hard work."

"Nothing."

Aunt Ji took Wen Zhenyi to their room, which was cleaned neatly. "Miss, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Wen Zhenyi asked her to sit down and said, "Aunt Ji, I've been so busy that I've forgotten some things. Brother Ji is not young anymore, do you have any ideas?"

Aunt Ji understood Wen Zhenyi's meaning as soon as she heard it: "We don't have any ideas. We will listen to the young lady."

"It's not like you have to obey me. This marriage is about friendship between two families, not enemies. How can we be so casual?"

Aunt Ji hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke: "Miss, I, I like Qin Xing very much. She is good-looking and hardworking. Before, we knew that she had a loyal and filial nature, so we didn't dare to mention it."

"Don't you mind that she's older now?"

"I don't mind, why would I? I think this age is just right."