The carriage clattered into the crowded alley, with low, single-story courtyards made of blue bricks and stone tiles on both sides.
A cluster of green leaves and red flowers stretching out from their yard is like the only life in the decaying life, and it is particularly eye-catching.
The carriage stopped in front of the wooden door, and Li Sisi jumped out to open the door.
Shen Baiying looked at Li Sisi in shock as she took the key to open the door: “Sisi, are you renting the side yard of Brother Pei’s house?”
"Yes." Li Sisi stood beside the carriage, taking over the things that Li Nian passed to her from the carriage, and recounted the process of her acquaintance with Pei Yu'an.
Shen Baiying came back to her senses and began to help carry things into the house, thinking to herself, this will be another reason to come to the Pei family in the future, so great!
At this time, Aunt Pei just walked out of the yard of the house next door.
"Hey, why is Baiying here?" She found Shen Baiying helping Li Sisi and the others move things, and asked puzzledly, "Do you know each other?"
Shen Baiying explained: "We met them in the shop. When we saw that they had just arrived, we took them to buy things. We didn't expect that they actually rented the side yard of your house."
"Is that so?" Aunt Pei came forward to help, smiling, and said, "Since you're here, why not stay for dinner? The kitchen in Sisi Courtyard isn't cleaned up yet, so you and your sister can come and eat with us."
"How can I do that? We've been eating your food for the past two days." Li Sisi felt quite embarrassed. She and Nian Nian had been fed by Aunt Pei for several meals.
Aunt Pei said with a smile: "Hey, what's the big deal? Meeting is fate. You met Bai Ying on the street today, which means we are destined to be together!"
Hearing her say this, I thought that by the time I finished cleaning the kitchen in my yard, it would probably be dark.
"Then I won't be polite and will have another meal with you," Li Sisi said with a smile.
"You're welcome. Why are you being polite to me?"
As they were talking, all the things had been moved.
Li Sisi was packing things in the yard, Li Nian went to help Aunt Pei, and Shen Baiying also followed Aunt Pei to the kitchen in the front yard.
Aunt Pei was very accurate in calculating the time when her eldest son would go off duty.
Pei Yanli arrived home almost as soon as the meal was ready.
Four women helped to serve the dishes on the table and set the table.
Seeing her usually deserted house suddenly so lively, Aunt Pei smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into thin lines, and she enthusiastically helped the three girls pick up food.
Table manners in the northwest are not as strict as in Beijing. People can talk about everything at the dinner table and no one will say you are rude or anything.
Shen Baiying's peripheral vision kept drifting towards Pei Yanli, and she poked a piece of meat with her chopsticks, and took the lead in bringing up the topic: "Old Man Wang's family hasn't sold meat recently. In the past, I could smell the aroma of his stewed meat every night from two blocks away."
No one replied.
The two best friends wanted to respond but couldn't, after all, they didn't understand the matter at all.
Only Aunt Pei responded to her: "Yes, ever since the government investigated the ghost story in their house, they haven't stewed meat at night."
Seeing that Pei Yanli didn't respond, Shen Baiying simply took the initiative to ask him: "Brother Pei, have you officials found out what happened to his family? Was it really the work of ghosts that caused the sudden fire in their house?"
Aunt Pei responded immediately: "Oh my, if it's not a ghost, what else could it be? They can't possibly have set the fire themselves. What's their intention?"
Listen to what they say and combine it with what I heard during the day.
Li Sisi bit her chopsticks and suddenly thought of an unlikely possibility.
He hesitated and said, "Actually, the idea that will-o'-the-wisp is the lingering spirit of a person after death is incorrect. When a corpse decays, it decomposes phosphorus, which has a low ignition point. Under sufficient conditions, when the heat reaches its auto-ignition point, it will cause spontaneous combustion."
Seeing everyone looking at her in confusion and surprise, Li Sisi wondered if they didn't understand or if they simply didn't believe it.
Ah...how could she possibly explain this in detail? She only had some common sense.
The atmosphere was silent for a moment.
Pei Yanli frowned and suddenly asked solemnly, "According to you, it will burn in the air for no reason?"
Li Sisi nodded: "Yes." She didn't expect Pei Yanli to believe her and understand her!
Pei Yanli pondered for a moment and asked, "Then how do you explain its movement?" As if afraid that Li Sisi would misunderstand, he added, "I have personally seen that ball of blue flame flying in the air, and it even chased me."
Li Sisi continued to explain: "That's because it's very light. When the wind blows, it will move. It chases you because when you move, the air around you moves."
Seeing that Pei Yanli fell into thought again, he even stopped eating.
Aunt Pei reminded: "Yanli, when you are eating, just eat well and don't think about work."
Shen Baiying also agreed with a smile: "Yes, Brother Pei, do you want to participate in the horse race in a few days? My second brother has been talking about it these days, saying that it has been a long time since he raced with you."
Pei Yanli frowned and said in a cold tone: "I've been very busy recently and have no time to attend the Marseille." He looked at his younger brother, "Yu'an, take mother to see the excitement."
Pei Yuan nodded and said, "Okay."
Li Sisi was also looking forward to the Marseille and automatically extended an invitation: "Auntie, my sister and I also want to go. We can go together in my carriage."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Pei smiled and said, "That's great! It saves me from having to borrow a horse again."
Li Sisi paused while chewing her pancake and asked in surprise, "Auntie, can you ride a horse too?"
"There's no one here who doesn't know how to ride a horse. Even an eight-year-old kid can ride a horse."
"I don't know how to ride." Li Sisi looked expectantly between Aunt Pei and Shen Baiying, "Can you teach me how to ride a horse?"
Just as Shen Baiying was about to agree, Aunt Pei said, "Let Yu'an teach you. He's a very good rider and I guarantee he'll teach you how to ride in a day."
Li Sisi looked at Pei Yuan.
The other party nodded slowly and replied, "Okay, I happen to be free tomorrow. When do you plan to learn, Miss Sisi?"
Li Sisi said happily, "Then tomorrow. I have nothing to do anyway, so any time is fine."
Pei Yuan: "Well, then come to the study and call me tomorrow."
Shen Baiying hurriedly said: "Then I'll go too. It's more fun to ride with more people."
The three of them made this appointment.
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