Chapter 166 Huo Jingchen Helps
So everyone is very curious about the news outside.
As Sangqi worked in a public institution, he knew more, so the conversation lasted until two in the afternoon.
Huo Jingchen pushed the bike into the campus and found only bundles of firewood piled on the playground.
He came to school only a few times, most of the time it was to pick up Xia Mi, and he would only stay at the door for a while before leaving.
The classrooms were empty, and the offices were deserted as well.
Fortunately, the office was not far from the kitchen, and he heard conversations and laughter as soon as he came out of the office.
Huo Jingchen approached.
A figure appeared at the door. Huo Jingchen was so tall that he blocked most of the light source.
He looked against the light and saw a large table of people sitting in the kitchen.
A trace of surprise flashed across Huo Jingchen's lacquered eyes, and he turned sideways to let the sunlight in.
"Still eating?"
The food on the table had been cold for a long time, and even the meat in the bowl had solidified. It seemed that they had been chatting for quite some time.
Principal Wang stood up first and asked, "Captain Huo, why are you here?"
Everyone else followed Principal Wang and stood up, except Xia Mi, who was a little slow. She was not used to seeing Huo Jingchen standing up immediately.
"He came to help us pull firewood, just in time for the afternoon break."
Xia Mi began to explain and everyone's eyes were on her.
Facing the superior, everyone always had an inexplicable sense of oppression when working in the afternoon, and the conversations were not as natural and leisurely as in the morning. Everyone avoided the position where Huo Jingchen was.
Fortunately, with the addition of Huo Jingchen, efficiency in the afternoon was improved.
By four o'clock, everyone had dealt with the trees that were blown down in the school, as well as the saplings and some garbage that were blown from somewhere.
Huo Jingchen pulled back two bicycles. There were wooden boards tied to the back seats of the bicycles, and a lot of chopped firewood was piled on top.
In the evening, Xia Mi and Sang Qi returned home. They were so tired that they sat at the door without saying a word and just rested quietly.
"I go to the cafeteria to get food in the evening, so I don't have to cook."
Huo Jingchen walked inside carrying firewood. Seeing the two of them like this, he felt sorry for Xia Mi.
Xia Mi agreed, "Okay, then I'll go get the bath water later. Take a bath first and then eat. It's cold at night."
Huo Jingchen came out of the kitchen after putting away the firewood and dusted off the dust on his body.
"Don't worry, wait until you have rested, or wait until I come back after getting food."
Sangqi, who was standing by, felt strange when he heard the conversation between the two.
Why are they all rushing to come? Doesn't this make him seem too lazy? He came here to recognize his niece, so he should show more.
"Let me do it. Xiao Mi, you take a good rest. Jing Chen, you should take a rest too. You have been carrying firewood and helping out, and now you have to go to the army to get food. It's a rare opportunity to rest for half a day, but you are still so busy."
Sangqi took on the task of boiling the bath water.
Xia Mi was indeed exhausted. In the afternoon, some sharp branches and the infusion had left many small cuts on her palms, which now felt painful and itchy.
She wanted to go to the space to apply some medicine.
Otherwise taking a shower later will be torture.
After Huo Jingchen left, Sang Qi asked her to go into the house and rest for a while, and he turned and went into the kitchen.
Xia Mi entered the space and quickly bought some medicine to apply.
Thinking that Sangqi might also be injured, Xia Mi prepared to take the medicine out of the space.
Before leaving, she realized that she hadn't been to the space sea for a long time, so she slipped into the sea.
She couldn't tell the growth of sea fish, but river fish grew very fast as long as they were fed grass and a portion of feed regularly.
She squatted beside and took a look, estimating that after the Chinese New Year, she should be able to sell another batch to the mall.
By then, tens of thousands of dollars will be deposited into the account.
Thinking of this, Xia Mi was thinking that the commune’s ship was now seriously damaged and the losses in all aspects were heavy.
Is there any way to salvage some of the losses? Xia Mi thought as she watched the fish swimming in the river.
After thinking for more than ten minutes, she still couldn't find a good solution. She could only leave the space first, fearing that it would arouse Sangqi's suspicion.
After leaving the space, Xia Mi came back to her senses.
She noticed that there was no smell of smoke coming from the kitchen, which made her feel strange, so she walked out.
When she reached the kitchen door, she saw Sanchi scratching his head in front of the firewood.
He had already stuffed a lot of leaves into the stove.
"Why can't it be lit?" Xia Mi walked over and found that most of the matches in the matchbox were gone, with only four or five left.
"It's probably because the leaves haven't dried completely yet and are difficult to light."
Sangqi made excuses awkwardly, saying that he grew up in the countryside after all, and it would be so embarrassing if word got out that he couldn't light a fire.
"Let me try."
Sang Qi wanted to insist, but Xia Mi said, "Jingchen will be back soon, so we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be very cold to take a shower at night, and we will catch a cold easily. The wind at the beach is also very strong."
"Then you try it." Sangqi compromised.
It wasn’t because he felt sorry for himself for taking a cold shower at night, but because he was worried about Xia Mi.
Her body couldn't compare to those two grown men.
If she catches a cold because of him, she won’t be able to recognize her niece again in the short term.
It was very difficult for him to get a vacation, and even before this time, Sanchi felt that he had no vacation.
Since taking office, he has been either in meetings or on business trips.
Xia Mi lit a match, picked up a handful of dry leaves, and lit them upside down. The fire burned quickly and shot straight up.
She put the leaves in with skillful movements, and the flames of the burning leaves spread to the dead leaves that had been stuffed in before, and a fire started all of a sudden.
Suddenly, both of them were furious.
Xia Mi found a few more branches and stuffed them in. "After this is burned, add some firewood we brought back today. The dry part has been removed, and the rest is still a little wet."
She was worried that Sanchi had put out the fire she had started.
After all, for inexperienced people, this is basic operation.
In order to avoid being looked down upon by Xia Mi, Sang Qi then worked very hard to light the fire, and the fire in the stove burned brighter and brighter.
When Huo Jingchen came back, the hot bath had already started to get hot, but it was not yet hot enough for a bath.
I had to eat first, otherwise the food would get cold, and it would be a hassle to heat it up separately.
Today we also have shrimp.
"This typhoon brought up a lot of seafood. The beach under our jurisdiction is full of them. Eating these seafoods in the near future can be regarded as improving the food for the brothers."
We ordered four dishes, three of which were seafood.
It can be seen that a lot of seafood was scraped up this time.
Xia Mi just put the braised octopus into her mouth, and suddenly felt nauseous. She subconsciously frowned and wanted to vomit.
She quickly put down her chopsticks, turned her head and retched away.
This sound frightened both Sang Qi and Huo Jingchen.
"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Huo Jingchen put down his chopsticks, stood up and walked behind Xia Mi, supporting her shoulders.
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