Xu Qingzhi brought the other cooked dishes to the table and called her father to bring the chicken soup.

It has been like this since he was a child. If the chicken soup in the pressure cooker is too hot, his parents would say that the child cannot carry it and an adult must do it. Xu Qingzhi thus developed this habit.

When Xu Fuqiang reached out to get the soup, his eyes looked away uncomfortably, not even looking at his own daughter. He couldn't help but admonish her, "Qingzhi, you should be careful about your behavior before you get married. Don't let others take advantage of you. Do you understand?"

Xu Qingzhi agreed immediately: "Dad, I know."

Only then did Xu Fuqiang bring out the chicken soup.

The dishes were served on the table one after another.

The chicken soup is made with mushrooms picked from the mountains and is particularly delicious.

There was also a bowl of amaranth in soup, a bowl of water spinach with garlic sauce, a bowl of eggplant with beans, a bowl of scrambled eggs with green peppers, a bowl of loofah with garlic sauce, a pot of sour pepper fish, a pot of dry-fried spicy duck...

The table was filled with dishes. Fortunately, the Xu family used a round table to entertain guests, which could easily seat ten people, let alone seven.

Xu Fuqiang called the people in the yard to come in and eat.

At this time, a low-key black Bentley drove towards the courtyard.

He stood at the door and looked suspiciously, whose car was this? He had never seen it in the village.

The black Bentley stopped directly in front of Xu's house. Zhang Qi got out of the car, opened the trunk, and carried a few gift boxes containing ginseng, Maotai, and tea. In his hand, he was also holding a pure gold fortune cat covered by a transparent glass cover.

Huo Fengyan walked up to Xu Fuqiang and said, "Uncle, this is my first visit, so I asked my assistant to bring a small gift."

Xu Fuqiang was amazed when he saw it. Wow, how much would this cat made of gold cost?

"It's too expensive, Xiao Huo, you'd better take it back quickly." Xu Fuqiang waved his hands to refuse, not noticing that his address had changed.

"Uncle, it's just a little gift from me." Huo Fengyan said with a smile.

The three people who had never given any gifts and just ate for free suddenly felt ashamed.

Xu Fuqiang was still refusing. Xu Qingzhi knew her parents' personalities. She didn't know when they would postpone it. The food would lose its flavor if it got cold.

Xu Qingzhi said, "Just ask your assistant to put it in the room. Let's eat first."

Wen Shanshan was so happy looking at the table full of dishes, "Wow, today is such a rich feast, I can feast on it again."

Jiang Xiao at the side whispered to Huo Fengyan: "You must try this mushroom chicken soup made by Auntie first. It is very delicious. I can never forget it after drinking it once. You can't drink such delicious chicken soup in Kyoto. The fried duck is also delicious. Oh, and the water spinach is also very tender and tastes sweet."

Jiang Xiao couldn't wait to go to the table to eat.

Xu Fuqiang took out the medicinal wine he had collected from the house and said, "Xiao Huo, would you like to have a drink?"

Jiang Xiao quickly stopped him: "Uncle, Feng Yan can't drink strong alcohol due to his health problems."

Xu Fuqiang was frozen for a while holding the wine. He didn't know how to do anything else at the dinner table except drinking, thinking that he could use alcohol to get closer to them and to ask some new words.

Huo Fengyan's heart began to feel uncomfortable again. He couldn't help coughing and said in a weak tone, "I can drink a little."

"No, no, no, don't force yourself to drink if you can't bear it." Jiang Xiao was unwilling to let him die. If anything happened to Huo Fengyan, Mr. Huo and his father would kill him.

Xu Fuqiang took the wine back. This was the wine his family member Qingzhi made for him, so he was reluctant to give it to other people.

He was already thinking a lot. It seemed that the young man was not in good health. He had thought he was a good man, but if he was not in good health, he would never allow Qingzhi to marry him. Otherwise, Qingzhi would be very tired in her later years. If the man died early, Qingzhi would have a hard time raising the baby alone.

When Wang Yanmei came out after washing her hands, she saw that everyone hadn't started eating yet, so she enthusiastically said, "Eat, eat. Hey, what is this?"

Zhang Qi at the side took the initiative to introduce himself: "Hello, Auntie, I am Mr. Huo's special assistant, my name is Zhang Qi, and I used to be a lawyer."

"Lawyers?" Wang Yanmei's eyes sparkled and she gave a thumbs up in praise: "Lawyers are good. They can handle lawsuits. Only smart people can be lawyers."

In the village, teachers, doctors and lawyers are professions that are praised by everyone.

Xu Qingzhi suddenly felt that the voice sounded familiar, and raised his eyes suddenly, "Zhang Lu?"

Zhang Qi thought the voice sounded familiar, so he asked tentatively, "Miss Xu?"

The two people had had a voice conversation before, so once this name was used, they knew who the other was.

"What a coincidence." Zhang Qi was ecstatic. He never expected that he would go on a business trip to the vegetable seller's hometown.

When he was surfing the Internet before, he saw that everyone was curious about what the vegetable vendor’s home and vegetable garden looked like, and what the environment was like to grow such delicious vegetables, so he wanted to come and travel.

Unexpectedly, he came.

"Welcome." Xu Qingzhi curled the corners of his mouth slightly and introduced him to her parents. This was the lawyer who had helped her before.

Upon hearing this, Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei became even more enthusiastic.

"Xiao Qi, come here, come and eat. How many days will you stay here? Where will you live? If there is anything you are not used to, tell your aunt. If there is any dish you like, tell your aunt and she will cook it for you."

"We didn't buy any drinks at home, not even a drink. We really didn't treat you well enough." Xu Fuqiang saw the bayberry wine on the side and then remembered, "Qingzhi, is this bayberry wine drinkable?"

In fact, it was drinkable a few days ago. Xu Qingzhi took a sip and thought it was good. "It's drinkable now."

Xu Fuqiang immediately brought out bayberry wine to entertain the guests, one cup for each person.

Zhang Qi was quite nervous at first, after all, he followed Mr. Huo to eat for free, but he relaxed immediately after being warmly entertained, "Thank you, uncle and aunt."

Jiang Xiao, who was standing by, wanted to take Huo Fengyan's cup, but Huo Fengyan held the cup down.

This bayberry wine seems to be full of spiritual energy. Drinking it will only benefit his body and not cause any harm.

Jiang Xiao was helpless, but fortunately the fruit wine had a low alcohol content, so he just ignored it.

Xu Qingzhi took a sip first. This bayberry wine is delicious, with a strong aroma of fermented bayberry. The alcohol content is very low and does not burn the throat, but because it is wine, it tastes mellow. After entering the throat, the mellow fragrance seems to wander in the body.

Wen Shanshan, who was standing by, also took a sip and narrowed her eyes slightly in satisfaction, like a kitten basking in the winter sun. "Qingzhi, this bayberry wine is delicious. It tastes completely different from the sour plum soup we had before. There is a refreshing fragrance even when I open my mouth and talk."

After tasting it, Jiang Xiao began to regret, "I should have saved some bayberries for making wine, oh~"

Once the bayberries were put on the shelves at the boutique supermarket, they were sold out in no time, even though the quantity was limited every day. He really regretted it, and could only look forward to the bayberries bearing fruit next year, when he would make some bayberry wine.

Wang Yanmei also thought it tasted good and asked Xu Fuqiang to try it quickly.

Zhang Qi had never eaten the bayberry from his boss's house. His wife only bought some vegetables in the group. He took a sip of the bayberry wine from the cup and his eyes lit up immediately! He thought to himself that his wife must love this bayberry wine.

Unfortunately, his wife is pregnant and can’t drink now.

It would be nice if he could buy some vegetables from the boss, but the boss probably wouldn't agree. She hasn't replied to his WeChat message yet.

Zhang Qi felt disappointed for a moment, but when he saw everyone starting to eat, he also picked up a piece of water spinach with chopsticks, and it tasted even better than the water spinach he cooked! He then looked at the other vegetables and tasted them one by one.

Even if it was the same dish, it tasted better than what he made! His eyes fell on the bowl of spicy duck again.

At this time, Jiang Xiao on the side tried his best to recommend: "Feng Yan, eat this duck, it's especially delicious. This is the duck raised by Qing Zhi in the back mountain. It's a farmer's duck that only eats grain, and the meat is excellent."

Huo Fengyan picked up a piece of duck meat and took a bite. The duck meat had been stewed in a pressure cooker and was not dry at all. The meat could be easily bitten off, but the texture was not very soft and rotten. It still had a little chewiness and was coated with the fresh, spicy juice, which was particularly fragrant.

Zhang Qi also picked up a piece of duck meat, tasted the meat and drank three mouthfuls of rice. All the fatigue on his face as a social animal and worker disappeared, and his eyes were shining. The duck meat was so delicious and went well with rice.

He ate bowl after bowl, and after finishing three bowls of rice, he felt embarrassed to get more.

Wang Yanmei saw through it and enthusiastically served the food directly into the bowls. "Eat, Xiaoqi. You haven't eaten anything on the way from Kyoto. You must be starving. Just treat this place as your own home. Don't be polite."

Zhang Qi felt warm in his heart, "Thank you, Auntie."

So he ate another bowl.

After lunch, Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei began to clean up the dishes, asking the young people to go out to digest the food or sit down and rest for a while. The two of them went to the kitchen and started whispering.

"When did Qingzhi tell you that she had a boyfriend?"

Wang Yanmei defended herself: "I didn't say that. I really don't know. I just said it casually before."

"Okay, that's the way it is now. Xiao Huo gave us a gift, did you pay for it?"

Seeing how happy his wife was, Xu Fuqiang snorted twice, "It's not as good as the gold necklace I bought. When Xiao Huo leaves, we should also prepare something for him to take with him. We should be polite and not take advantage of others."

Wang Yanmei agreed: "Okay, I've made some money from selling vegetables recently."

Xu Fuqiang sighed and said, "Although Xiao Huo is handsome, his health is not good. If he dies early, our daughter will be a widow. This is not good. Besides, he looks very weak. He is definitely not as good as our Qingzhi in hoeing the fields."

Outside the house, under the persimmon tree.

Huo Fengyan's face darkened.

Xu Qingzhi was lying on a chair, holding a white cat in his arms, stroking the cat's fur, and chuckled.

Wen Siran was busy with the online shopping mall, and Wen Shanshan was busy with the new women's clothing products of 'WEN'. Both of them went back, and Jiang Xiao followed them.

Zhang Qi was taking a nap in the house. At this moment, there were only her and Huo Fengyan under the persimmon tree.

Huo Fengyan looked up at the persimmon tree and said with his spiritual sense: "After you left, the persimmon tree in the Sky Palace never bloomed again."

"Yeah." Xu Qingzhi also responded with his spiritual sense.

Huo Fengyan: "Why don't you ask me why I followed you?"

"If you want to say it, just say it. I'm not curious." Xu Qingzhi said indifferently.

Huo Fengyan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Xu Qingzhi yawned and felt a little sleepy. He had been dreaming for a while and didn’t sleep very well even though he wanted to.

The white cat jumped off her, ran into Huo Fengyan's arms, and rubbed its head against his palm affectionately.

Xu Qingzhi lay on the recliner with her eyes closed and her head slightly tilted. The breeze brushed across her cheek. The hot wind became cooler as it blew through the persimmon tree, and she fell asleep in a moment.

Huo Fengyan stroked the white cat's fluffy head.

He looked at the familiar face in front of him, his heart ached and itched. He took a deep breath and moved his gaze away.

This is exactly what she said when she was drunk.

She said she missed home. There was a huge persimmon tree in front of her house. When it bloomed, the tree was full of small white flowers. When it bore fruit, the tree was full of her favorite persimmons. She loved lying under that huge persimmon tree the most.

He went to the human world to find the largest persimmon tree and planted it for her in the courtyard of his Sky Palace.

Grandma said that if you like someone, you should treat her well.

Whatever she wanted, he gave her.

She liked fishing, so he accompanied her to the West Sea where the fish were the fattest.

She liked to admire the moon, so he held her in his arms and flew to the highest point of the sky to admire the moon.

The wound on my heart began to ache again, as if it was being eaten by ants, and it hurt so much that even my bones seemed to be soft.

The sword she stabbed him with has not healed yet after more than a hundred years, and coupled with the fact that he traveled through time and space and his cultivation was gone, the wound became even worse.

Huo Fengyan raised his hand to his heart, forcing down the pain.

Xu Qingzhi slept for a while, but woke up because his sleep was not very good.

Zhang Qi also woke up, having just finished chatting with his wife. After all, it is a married man's duty to always report to his wife. He talked about the delicious chicken soup and duck meat for lunch, which made his wife very greedy.

He thought of his wife who couldn't even get a leaf of vegetable, and felt sorry for her who was pregnant and couldn't eat well, so he shamelessly went out and asked tentatively: "Ms. Xu, can I buy some vegetables from your farm and send them to my wife?"

Xu Qingzhi rubbed his eyes, his voice still a little unclear after just waking up: "Just call me Qingzhi, which vegetables do you want? Some are running out."

For example, she plans to keep the tomatoes and cucumbers for her own consumption and for seeds, and she can't sell too many.

Zhang Qi, who had been prepared to be rejected, was overjoyed when he heard that the boss actually agreed. He stuttered with excitement: "I... I'm fine with it. I'll take whatever vegetables are available. Miss Xu... Qingzhi, I'm really sorry to bother you. My wife has had severe morning sickness recently. She only enjoys the vegetables from your farm. I haven't been by her side these days. She can't eat or sleep well because she's pregnant. I feel bad for her, so I shamelessly asked for it."

Hearing that the other party's wife was pregnant, Xu Qingzhi took it more seriously. "Pregnant women should eat something good. I'm going to weed the fields this afternoon. If it's convenient for you, you can go with me to the vegetable field for a walk. Ask your wife what she likes to eat and how much she wants. You can pick some yourself. However, if she wants to eat it herself, don't pick too much at once. Pregnant women still need to eat something fresh. You can pick some every day. I'll send it by express every day."

"Thank you so much, Qingzhi." Zhang Qi clenched his hands together excitedly. His wife's food was saved!

In the afternoon, Wang Yanmei went to the county town to practice driving again.

Xu Fuqiang arranged for people to pick vegetables, and his eyes would occasionally glance at his daughter.

Huo Fengyan rolled up his sleeves, revealing two slender, white but slightly muscular arms, and was weeding with a hoe.

It seemed to prove that he was not as weak as he looked and he still had the strength to hoe the ground.

No one in the world of immortal cultivation would have thought that Feng Yan, the feared man, would now be weeding in the fields with a hoe in order to prove his strength.

Xu Qingzhi ignored him and took Zhang Qi to visit the three vegetable gardens one by one, and finally picked some tomatoes, cucumbers, amaranth and loofah.

Shanyue really didn't expect there was loofah. The boss seemed to have never served loofah before. It was a new dish! She could also choose the sold-out tomatoes and cucumbers. She was so happy that she danced on the sofa.

Zhang Qi was on the video side, coaxing her softly: "My dear, don't get too excited, take care of yourself."

After eating a mouthful of dog food, Xu Qingzhi quietly moved away so as not to disturb the loving relationship between the couple.

Finally, when sending the express delivery, Xu Qingzhi specially packed a box of eggs. There were 20 eggs in the box, which could be eaten for half a month, and said it was a delivery.

Her mother told her that the conditions for giving birth were not as good as they are today, so they all gave birth at home. She lost a lot of blood when she gave birth, and the conditions at home were not good during the confinement period, so she didn't even eat many eggs.

It is very hard for women to be pregnant, it is painful to give birth, and it is tiring to take care of the child after giving birth.

Moreover, the rumor was also solved thanks to Zhang Qi's mediation as a lawyer. Xu Qingzhi basically didn't put in any effort, and sending a box of eggs was also a kind gesture.

Zhang Qi expressed his gratitude several times, and told his wife as soon as the express delivery was sent out.

Shanyue didn't expect there were eggs, and she typed a reply to her husband's WeChat message: "The boss is so nice."

"Many people online said she was too cold and disrespectful to customers for not replying to messages, but that's all false!"

"How can you be so cold? You are such a warm-hearted person."

Zhang Qi saw that his boss had not yet responded to the WeChat message he sent to him. He remembered that he had not seen his boss take out his phone all day. He smiled and replied to his wife: "It's not that the boss is aloof and doesn't reply to messages. I haven't seen her take out her phone all day today."

Shan Yue: "This boss is so special." -For several days in a row, Huo Fengyan worked actively in the fields and helped pick vegetables.

Jiang Xiao's skin had already been tanned, and because of the strong sun in the past few days, it became even darker, but Huo Fengyan's skin was still glowing white.

Wen Shanshan was very envious: "Skin that doesn't get tanned is so great."

Within just a few days, gossip about Xu Jiaxin began to spread in the village.

When Xu Qingzhi was riding her tricycle to deliver food to her grandpa, she met several old ladies asking her questions.

"Qingzhi, I heard that your boyfriend from Kyoto is here. He's quite handsome."

"Qingzhi, I heard that you are getting married at the end of the year? Tell your aunt when you are ready, and I will go to your house to help you."

"I heard from others that you are pregnant? Your boyfriend came to your house to discuss marriage. How is the discussion going? How much is the betrothal gift?"

"Kyoto is still a little far away, Qingzhi. Your grandpa loves you the most and he would definitely not want you to marry far away."

…

The rumors are becoming more and more outrageous. It is estimated that she will be giving birth in a few days.

Xu Qingzhi would still clarify to those old ladies who had no ill intentions and were simply concerned about her that it was not true.

If it were those people who gossiped, she would just ignore them.

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