In the room on the other side——

Hua Shi put the dishes and chopsticks on the wooden table beside her, then walked towards the kang bed and put the black cat on it.

"Meow……?"

The black cat squatted obediently on the kang bed, staring at Hua Shi with its dark blue eyes.

Hua Shi pulled out her own cat bowl from under the table. It was a cylinder cut from a round bamboo tube and then smoothed out, about the size of a palm.

This was when Hua Shi was cutting bamboo in the backyard to weave bamboo baskets. She cut some bamboo tubes and smoothed the thorny edges with a knife to give the black cat water, which was a bit reluctant.

The opening was a little small, and Xiao Hei's head couldn't fit in, so she had to hold it up and tilt it to feed it every time.

She wanted to go to the small kitchen to get a wooden bowl for Xiao Hei to drink water from, but every penny of the food in the small kitchen had been calculated by Li.

If something was missing, Li would quickly discover it, and there were no extra wooden bowls to take out.

There was no other way. She couldn't let the black cat drink from her hand every time, so she could only drink from this bamboo tube...

"Have some water."

Hua Shi filled a bamboo tube with water and placed it directly in front of the black cat's head.

The black cat raised its head and looked at her, then lowered its head, moved closer, buried its head in the bamboo tube, and licked the water in the bowl with some difficulty.

Listening to the black cat drinking water, Hua Shi kept his eyes fixed on the cat facing him, the conspicuous bald head...

The black cat was completely unaware, and with Hua Shi's help, it quickly drank all the spring water in the bamboo tube.

The cat's legs and the broken skin healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the bald spot hadn't grown any hair back...

Hua Shi patted its head, touched the bald patch of skin, and said helplessly, "The hair in this area can only wait for it to grow back slowly."

The slow-witted black cat waited until Hua Shi touched its bald head before it seemed to react belatedly.

It slowly raised its paw and scratched its forehead...

Bald?

Is Hua Shi disliking it?

"Meow meow meow?, Meow meow meow... Meow meow!"

The black cat reacted quickly and used its claws to block Hua Shi's hand, making a series of cat meows.

There seemed to be a hint of frustration in the tone of the cry, and the round cat eyes were as big as copper bells.

It yelled angrily at the flowers, "Meow meow meow...! Meow meow meow, meow meow!"

Hua Shi retracted his hand and looked at Xiao Hei's obviously angry cry. He seemed to understand why he was angry and said with a bit of a smile,

"I don't dislike you. What are you thinking? How could I dislike you?"

"Meow?…"

real?

The black cat cried out a little excitedly, but after being coaxed by Hua Shi, it calmed down again, staring at Hua Shi seriously with its round eyes.

It seemed as if he was evaluating the truthfulness of what she said...

Seeing that it was in good spirits and had no time to complain that she despised it, it was obvious that nothing serious was wrong.

Hua Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and picked up the noodles that had been placed aside for a long time and were a little clumpy. She ate half a bowl herself and poured the remaining half into a bamboo tube for the black cat to eat.

After a whole day of running around, so many things happened today that Hua Shi was not in the mood to do anything. He just wanted to lie down on the kang bed and have a peaceful sleep.

After the black cat finished eating the remaining noodle soup, Hua Shi used a wet and wrung-out cloth to wipe its dirty hair and claws before carrying it to bed.

A man and a cat huddled together on the cold, hard kang bed, falling asleep.

The night was as cold as water. Outside the tightly closed windows and doors, the wind and snow howled, each wave louder than the last...

Unable to warm her hands and feet, Hua Shi couldn't sleep peacefully. Listening to the sound of wind and snow outside the window, she felt like she was sleeping in an ice cellar, with coldness spreading through her limbs...

In a daze, I couldn't resist the sleepiness that swept over me and finally fell asleep. However, it seemed that I didn't sleep for long. Suddenly, a noisy and trivial sound was heard outside the house.

Hua Shi opened her eyes suddenly, and through the gap in the closed window, she could vaguely see the scattered light coming in from outside.

It's already dawn...

The black cat curled up beside her hand, sleeping with its limbs spread out, was like a small stove, emitting warm heat all the time.

Hua Shi couldn't help but touch its smooth fur, thinking in a daze.

She didn't wake up from the cold in the middle of the night thanks to this automatic and unlimited heating patch that was like a small stove.

Over this period of time, Hua Shi has obviously become accustomed to the presence of the black cat...

“Ka-ka…”

There was a faint burst of noise coming from outside the yard. Hua Shi, who had already woken up from his sleep, heard it clearly.

Hua Shi rubbed his hands and feet, slowly got up from the bed, and put on his shoes.

She had already made plans. Today's task was very heavy. She had to use the sugar she bought for 500 coins and the remaining basket of winter dates to process them into candied winter dates within the next two days.

She had never been to Taohua Town, thousands of miles away, and didn't know much about the town's economic development, so she wasn't sure if the snacks she made would sell...

But last time, I was able to sell all the winter jujubes in that basket. There must be quite a few wealthy people in town...

She thought that after spring came, she would take some time to go to the town to see what the weather was like, and then she could make her plans for the future.

Of course, the time to take depends on Li’s attitude.

Although Li basically ignored her now and felt that she was an eyesore even if she looked at her for a second, Li's temperament was unpredictable, so who could guarantee what she would do...

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