Chapter 23: Not Leaving
"Okay, okay, I won't leave you." Ji Zhisui patted Pei Tiantian gently and comforted her. How could family members be separated?
When the time comes, she will make it clear to the Pei family that she does not want to be Pei Yian’s wife, but only wants to be his brother and sister. Then she will be Tiantian’s sister.
With Ji Zhisui's gentle comfort, Pei Tiantian's sad mood disappeared and she gradually fell asleep. The frequency of Ji Zhisui's patting movements became slower and slower, and she also closed her eyes and fell asleep.
This was the first night the Pei family arrived in Qizhou County. They had a good sleep under the dim moonlight.
Ji Zhisui got up early quietly, looked at the rising sun in the east, and stretched.
In this era without mobile phone network, her daily routine has become extremely regular. She goes to bed early and gets up early every day, and she is full of energy and motivation.
She twisted her waist and planned to exercise, only to find that she was not the only one who got up. Pei Yian was standing in the yard. He seemed to be practicing martial arts. To be precise, the moves were like Tai Chi.
As expected of the male protagonist in the book, he is the most popular one.
Feeling the gaze, Pei Yian stopped what he was doing and greeted Ji Zhisui, "Good morning, my lady."
It seemed that not long ago, his sleep quality began to improve, the number of nightmares he had day and night was decreasing, and even his crippled body was not as uncomfortable as before.
He did not know the reasons for these changes.
It seems that he has to find the miracle doctor from southern Xinjiang as soon as possible. Before being exiled, he got the news that the miracle doctor planned to travel in Qizhou County for a year.
I just don’t know whether the miracle doctor is still in Qizhou.
Ji Zhisui was now immune to this name. Perhaps because he called her so many times, she was used to it. She responded calmly, "Good morning, An Ge'er."
Seeing Ji Zhisui heading to the kitchen, he said, "Madam, do you need me to help you light the fire?"
Ji Zhisui really couldn't refuse such a request. Ancient stoves could only be burned manually, unlike modern electric stoves that can be adjusted by oneself.
She is the only one who has to cook and light the fire, and she really can't take care of it all.
Ji Zhisui looked at the food reserves at home and planned to make some mushroom porridge. After selling the recipe to Shopkeeper Lin, he didn't even let the Pei family taste it!
Eating porridge alone was not enough to fill her up, and she would get hungry easily, so she took her helper out and planned to buy some pancakes and steamed buns.
It was still early at this time and there were not many people on the streets, but when I walked out of the residential building and onto the street, I saw quite a few pedestrians coming and going, and the food shops and stalls were all open.
Ji Zhisui looked at these stalls one by one and found that most of the food sold were steamed buns, pancakes, mixed noodles and other foods, which were very filling and cheap.
She became interested and planned to go to South Street to see what was going on. When she went there yesterday afternoon, many people had closed their stalls.
South Street is more lively than North Street, and the food variety is more abundant, including wontons, steamed buns, noodle soup...
Passing by the bun shop, the buns just out of the oven were steaming hot. The steam floated along the air to Ji Zhisui's nose, carrying the fresh aroma of pork, teasing her taste buds. The fragrance was so strong that she couldn't walk.
I haven’t eaten meat buns for a long time and I’m a little craving for it. Who can resist the temptation of the aroma of meat!
The big meat buns with a strong aroma beat steamed buns and flatbreads.
"Boss, give me seven big meat buns." Anyway, she still had some money on her hand, so it was fine for her to buy some meat buns.
"Okay! Four cents each, a total of twenty-eight cents!" When business came, the bun shop owner quickly packed ten meat buns for Ji Zhisui.
After paying the money and holding the meat bun in her hand, Ji Zhisui found that the torture had just begun. The aroma of meat followed her everywhere she walked, penetrating into her nose and completely arousing the greed in her stomach.
She even had the urge to open it immediately, take out the meat bun and put it in her mouth.
Passing by the wonton stall, she stopped again.
The wontons in the big pot are like naughty little fat fish, with thin skin and big fillings, rolling up and down and turning left and right in the boiling pot.
She stared at the wontons in the pot and decided not to cook porridge. Since she had bought big meat buns, she might as well buy some wontons to go with it. It would be a perfect breakfast.
"Boss, give me seven bowls of wontons."
"Thirty-five coins in all."
Ji Zhisui gained a lot from this shopping trip, but he spent a little too much, spending more than sixty cents.
The consequence of spending money recklessly is overspending, but she was only heartbroken for a short while. As long as you spend money, you earn money, and making money is not difficult!
The thing in her hand smelled really good, and she was afraid that if she continued, she would keep buying more and more.
No, she has already spent enough, she has to hold back!
She handed the buns and wontons in her hands to Pei Yian, and her meaning was obvious.
Pei Yian took it obediently, "Madam, let's go back!"
Ji Zhisui knew that he was in the wrong and that if he continued shopping he might have to spend money, so he didn't dare to say anything and followed Pei Yian closely.
Back on North Street, Ji Zhisui discovered that there were many more stalls selling vegetables and fruits.
The vegetables were green and covered with dew, and they were so fresh that you could tell they had just been picked from the vegetable garden.
Ji Zhisui grabbed Pei Yian's sleeve and looked at the vegetables eagerly.
"Go!" Pei Yian looked at the little man squatting down to choose dishes, and thought that he was penniless at the moment. He had to find a way to make money, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to support his wife.
Only after seeing Pei Yian agree did Ji Zhisui dare to step forward and ask the price. Fortunately, he was there, otherwise she would probably go crazy buying things along the way. It feels so good to spend money!
"Young lady, these vegetables are one penny a bunch. I just picked them. Would you like some?" The old man greeted warmly.
Ji Zhisui spent ten cents at the vegetable stall to buy a lot of vegetables. He thought of the abandoned vegetable plot in the yard. He planned to use it when the time comes so that he wouldn't have to go out to buy vegetables every day.
Producing and selling by oneself can save costs. When she was a blogger, she was obsessed with farming for a while and learned a lot about growing vegetables.
When the two of them returned home, Pei Yian was carrying a lot of things in his hands, and so was Ji Zhisui. They were all food, and the total cost was about one hundred coins.
Mrs. Pei saw that the two people were holding so many things, and she quickly stepped forward to take them. "Sui Niang, I'll give you the money."
"No need, grandma, these are what I want to eat. Besides, they didn't cost much, so you don't have to pay for them." He had placed the order on impulse, so there was no need to let the Pei family pay for it.
The old lady firmly disagreed, and finally, under her strong request, Ji Zhisui had to symbolically take a few cents.
Mrs. Pei was not stupid, nor was she blind. How could meat buns and meat wontons be worth a few coins? Sui Niang was being considerate of them. She directly gave Ji Zhisui a hundred coins and started packing up.
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