Chapter 30

His body suddenly flew into the air, but Sui Sui was not at all panicked. He skillfully put his chubby arms around his brother's neck and asked slowly, "Brother, do you sound like you're talking about black hedge grass?"

After deliberately slowing down his speech speed, Sui Sui's pronunciation became much clearer, but the ending tone was dragged out long, like a sweet and soft cake, cute and soft.

A hint of a smile appeared in Jiang Mingyan's deep and sharp phoenix eyes. He held the round little body firmly with one hand, and gently pinched the small tuft on Sui Sui's head with the other hand. "Yes, brother is talking to Tang Jiu about black hedge grass."

"Hmph~" Upon hearing his brother's admission, Sui Sui puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction.

Didn’t we agree that Sui Sui would help her brother find the black vine? Now that her brother and Tang Jiu mentioned the black vine, how could she not bring Sui Sui along to listen?

This cannot be hidden from the capable boy who shoulders the responsibility of supporting the family!

Listen to it every year!

If Sui Sui hadn't noticed Tang Jiu constantly looking this way while playing with Xiao Zhou, and hadn't been worried that her brother wasn't having fun, so she'd quietly pricked up her ears and eavesdropped, and discovered this, would her brother have kept it a secret?!

That’s too much!

Sui Sui refused to obey and started to push his brother's chin with his round head, his little body arched up and down, looking very naughty.

"It's my brother's fault." Jiang Mingyan felt a little amused, but more importantly, he found that he was tender and moved by the little boy's constant care in his heart.

"Tang Jiu just told you that there's going to be an auction house selling black hedge grass in three days." Jiang Mingyan gently stroked Sui Sui's soft, thin back with his slender palm, explaining in a gentle voice, "We haven't mentioned anything else yet. Sui Sui, come and listen now, okay?"

"snort!"

As soon as his brother opened his mouth, Suisui buried his chubby face in his chest, determined not to listen!

Suisui wants to let her brother know that kids also have tempers and are not so easy to coax!

The little fat boy buried his face, looking angry, and his aura was particularly majestic and powerful.

"Brother was wrong. I didn't mean to hide it from Sui Sui. This time it was just an accident. I happened to mention the black grass. Sui Sui, think about it, when has brother ever deliberately concealed something from Sui Sui?" Jiang Mingyan was still stroking Sui Sui's little back slowly, his tone soft and patient.

"Really?" The little fat boy who was so determined and unwavering just now hesitated.

Hesitantly, he raised his round head.

Looking at the chubby little cub in his arms who was peeking at him like a fluffy little animal, Jiang Mingyan smiled gently and lifted the little guy up gently so that Sui Sui could look at him at eye level.

"When has my brother ever lied to Sui Sui?"

Sui Sui tilted his head and thought about it, that's right~

So, Sui Sui nodded obediently: "Then Sui Sui believes in brother."

"Are you reconciled already?" Tang Jiu had just finished talking to Xiao Zhou and watched him go downstairs. Turning around, he saw the two brothers had reconciled. He couldn't help but feel sour: "When you quarrel with your brother, you just coax him and it's over. But when you quarrel with me, you put on a stern face and ignore me for a long time."

"Sui Sui didn't have a quarrel with brother." Sui Sui retorted in a baby voice: "Sui Sui seemed unhappy just now. But it seems that brother understands, brother is not wrong. Sui Sui is not someone who can be coaxed!"

"Okay, you can be coaxed if you are not." Tang Jiu laughed at the fat boy: "You are my brother, so you can be coaxed if you are not."

"Hmph!" Sui Sui whined, feeling a bit embarrassed by what Tang Jiu said. However, since her brother was holding her too high up in his arms, it was difficult to bury her face in his chest, so she quietly buried her chubby face in the side of his neck.

"Okay, stop teasing him." Jiang Mingyan stopped him: "Let's get down to business."

"Business—business." Tang Jiu leaned back lazily, "Business is that you don't have any spirit stones, so you need to take out some spirit plants."

"Every year!" The little fat boy suddenly stood up again: "Every year!"

Suisui still remembers her brother telling her not to expose Hypericum jejunum and Hemoclotting Herb.

But when Sui Sui got anxious, his little baby voice didn't know how to express himself without mentioning Hypericum virginianum and Hemoclotting Herb. Suddenly, he was so anxious that his little fat feet were curled up and he patted his brother's shoulders with his hands: "Brother, brother..."

"Okay, brother got it." Jiang Mingyan held the little guy's chubby hand and comforted him, "Don't be anxious, Sui Sui. Look, no one is anxious. Can you speak slowly, Sui Sui?"

Suisui gradually calmed down under his brother's gentle soothing voice. He opened his big, dark eyes and looked around.

Now there are only Sui Sui, Jiang Mingyan and Tang Jiu on the second floor of the pharmacy.

Suisui looked at the patient and encouraging expressions on his brother and Tang Jiu's faces, and gradually calmed down: "Suisui and my brother picked a lot of spiritual plants in the Dusk Mountains. There are spiritual plants."

"Sui Sui is really great." Jiang Mingyan praised and kissed Sui Sui's soft cheek: "Sui Sui said it very well."

Sui Sui pursed her lips and smiled softly, saying happily, "Brother is great too!"

The black round eyes glanced at Tang Jiu: "Tang Jiu is also great!"

"It's good to have spiritual plants." Tang Jiu was praised by the little cub in a sweet voice, and the corners of his mouth were almost grinning to his ears. "What spiritual plants? If you are interested, you can leave with me tomorrow. I also want to go to the auction house this time, so I'll take you with me."

If Tang Jiu wanted to go to the auction house, he should have set off a long time ago, but he kept putting it off until now.

Jiang Mingyan looked at Tang Jiu deeply, said nothing, and took note of his kindness in his heart: "It's Chensui grass, second grade."

"Second-grade Chensui grass? How many plants?" Tang Jiu was shocked.

Jiang Mingyan: “Three.”

"That's a sure thing." Tang Jiu tapped the armrest of the chair with the jade fan in his hand, making a crisp sound. "Although the Black Hedge Grass is a third-grade spiritual plant, three Chen Sui Grass... no, even two will be enough."

Chensui grass is an indispensable spiritual plant for refining low-grade longevity pills.

As long as it is related to longevity, even if Chensui grass is only a second-grade spiritual plant, it is enough to arouse envy.

"Good luck, good luck..." Tang Jiu sighed, "Why don't you take care of me? I will definitely decorate the house with lights and go to welcome you happily..."

Jiang Mingyan lowered his eyes and looked at the little baby in his arms who was staring at Tang Jiu eagerly, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

——It’s not that good luck comes to you, but that it favors you year after year.

He took out several jade boxes from the Lan Qiuying bracelet: "This is the spiritual plant this time."

Tang Jiu didn't open it to check, but called out, "Xiao Zhou."

"Young Master, I'm here." Xiao Zhou wiped his hands and went upstairs.

"I'll exchange it for spirit stones for you, Master Jiang." Tang Jiu pointed at the jade boxes with his jade fan, "So that he can have spirit stones to buy cakes and spirit springs for Sui Sui."

"Okay." Xiao Zhou smiled and carefully put the jade box into the storage bag: "I won't make a mistake in my calculations. I won't let Master Jiang suffer any loss."

"Okay, as soon as you heard that I was buying something for Sui Sui, you turned your elbow outward, right?" Tang Jiu urged him, "Go away, go back and get to work."

Turning around, he saw the little fat boy smiling. Tang Jiu couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, our Sui Sui also knows that Xiao Zhou treats you well, right?"

"Hello, Brother Xiao Zhou." Sui Sui said softly, "Tang Jiu, please don't bully Brother Xiao Zhou."

"It's unfair, Sui Sui, look, it's your brother Xiao Zhou who's bullying me." Tang Jiu complained, "You little kid, how can you not tell right from wrong?"

"Sui Sui is still young, what can he know?" Jiang Mingyan defended.

"That's right, sir, why bother with a child?" Xiao Zhou went to the cabinet next to him to get a storage bag and said, "Children don't understand."

"Okay, okay, you are attacking me again." Tang Jiu was sad and angry.

"These are the spirit stones obtained in exchange for the spirit plants that Young Master Jiang sent this time." Xiao Zhou has become accustomed to his young master's erratic behavior. After all, the young master would behave strangely every few days.

He said to Jiang Mingyan calmly, "Mr. Jiang, I have replaced all the spirit stones with low-grade spirit stones as you requested and put them in the storage bag."

Tang Jiu, who was ignored, stood up with a sigh, took the storage bag from Xiao Zhou, and handed it to the round-faced little cub in Jiang Mingyan's arms: "They are all bad. They only give the spirit stones to us Suisui."

Suisui held the storage bag tightly in her arms, smiling broadly as she retorted, "Brother isn't bad, and neither is Brother Xiao Zhou! Only Tang Jiu is bad!"

"Hey, you little rascal." Tang Jiu pinched Sui Sui's soft cheek and muttered, "You biased little rascal."

Tang Jiu didn't use any force, and Sui Sui ignored him. She just held the storage bag and smiled sweetly to herself.

Spirit stones, plenty and lots of spirit stones!

Every year I buy new clothes for my brother, cakes for Uncle Chen, and big bones for Dahei to eat!

The fat little cub is getting happier and happier the more he thinks about it. He’s about to turn into a sweet and soft little candy cake.

"Okay, we still have to go visit Uncle Chen." Jiang Mingyan separated Tang Jiu's hand and said, "I'll bring Sui Sui to the pharmacy to see you tomorrow morning."

"By the way, do you know where to buy spirit beast milk?" Jiang Mingyan asked casually as if he remembered it inadvertently.

"I don't know." Tang Jiu withdrew his hand and replied lazily, "I told you last time, no one drinks this stuff, and it's quite troublesome to make. Which store would do such a thankless job?"

"What? You still haven't given up and want to make milk cake for our Sui Sui?" Tang Jiu looked at the fat on the little fat boy's round face and felt a little itchy. "Leave Sui Sui with me for a day, and I'll send someone to make it for you. I promise to get you a full bucket and find a chef from a pastry shop so that you can learn to make fragrant and sweet milk cake in one day. How about it?"

"No need." Jiang Mingyan glanced at him calmly: "I can handle my family's affairs myself."

"Besides, you just said you didn't know last time."

"Your home, your home." Watching Jiang Mingyan carrying Sui Sui out, Tang Jiu said angrily, "It's okay for you to know it's your home, right?"

"Did I really just say I didn't know last time?" He touched his chin, a little suspicious: "Jiang Mingyan is lying, right?"

"Besides, isn't this common sense? How can humans drink spirit beast milk? Only a guy like Jiang Mingyan, who dotes on his brother, would think of making weird things all day long."

"Goodbye, Brother Xiao Zhou! Goodbye, Tang Jiu!" Suisui was still immersed in excitement, lying on her brother's shoulder, waving her short hands, her round eyes shining, the little tuft of hair on her head shaking, and wearing a colorful and beautiful garland, she looked like a little fairy child sneaking out of a pure wonderland.

Tang Jiu couldn't help but smile again: "See you every year."

Jiang Mingyan's tall figure gradually disappeared into the distance, and the trembling little hair on the little guy's head also became blurred.

Tang Jiu sighed: "What a little scoundrel."

"Young Master." At this time, Xiao Zhou suddenly pulled Tang Jiu's sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Tang Jiu leaned lazily against the railing and said, "Tell me what's going on, Master."

"Can you please put away that smile on your face before you sigh? It looks creepy." Xiao Zhou muttered softly.

Tang Jiu: “…”

"knew!"