Chapter 55: A Gold Ingot
Jiang asked Wu Lang to come over to entertain the guests, and called Lihua to run errands: "Lihua, go and tell your father and grandfather to come home quickly, and tell them that you are home."
Lihua responded crisply: "Hey! I'll go right away!"
She smiled at Li Gan and the others, then turned around and walked out. The young grandson, who was lying on Li Gan's shoulder, was stunned again when he saw her beautiful smile.
The grandson whispered to Li Gan in what he thought was a very quiet voice: "Uncle Li, she looks so beautiful when she smiles! She looks almost the same as you when you don't wear a face mask!"
Xia Daohua couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this, thinking to herself: "Children's words are not to be underestimated. Children will be absolutely and unconditionally partial to the person they like!"
Lihua turned back before leaving the yard. When she saw Xia Daohua, she couldn't help but glare at her:
"Daohua, you are such a worry-free person, but you saved me a lot of effort!"
After saying that, he laughed again.
It turned out that as soon as Lihua walked to the gate of the courtyard, she met Old Man Xia and Xia Youtian.
The father and son came back with their trouser legs rolled up, carrying straw sandals and hoes, and were walking hurriedly towards the yard!
The news that Xia Daohua invited Li Gan and his friends to her home for dinner in front of Mr. Shen Qi spread from the moment she took Li Gan and his friends away.
At this moment, in less than two incense sticks’ time, the news had spread throughout the village.
In fact, Xia Daohua has always known that, perhaps because there are too few entertainment activities, gossip in the village spreads very quickly.
But this speed still surprised her a little.
However, since Beiguan Village is located on the border, it has been more or less influenced by the customs of the northern barbarians.
So even though Grandpa Xia and Xia Youtian came back to entertain the guests, they did not do anything to make Jiang and the children avoid them - although farmers also have certain obsessions with etiquette, they never play tricks.
Since Li Gan left the Dongxiang Marquis's Mansion with a tough attitude, he has really seen a lot of human warmth and coldness. It is easy for him to keep people at a distance, and it is also easy for him to get close to people.
But today his ability failed to work, or rather, he encountered a small accident.
During the meal, with just a few words, Li Gan made the adults including Mr. Xia, Xia Youtian, and Jiang let down their guard.
However, Lihua, Daohua, Wulang, and Linghua, who was busy eating, all had some reservations about Li Gan.
The more Xia Daohua looked at his face, the more uncomfortable she felt.
She even began to vaguely suspect that this guy had performed the legendary disguise.
Looking at the appearance of the people around him and listening to the tone of their voices, I always feel that they don't look like Tartars. Whether it is the South Yue or the North Barbarians, their accents are not as pleasant as that of the Great Chu.
Watching how these people were having their meal, I felt their speech and behavior were not like those of common people or peddlers, but rather like those of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
Listening to them speak, there is also a sense of a mixture of Jiangnan accents and Central Plains Mandarin, most of them should be people from the capital of the Great Chu Dynasty. This feature is especially obvious when they speak to their own family.
Thinking about the fair and tender baby and the words that she blurted out before, Xia Daohua was already 70% certain: the monkey in front of her must have changed its appearance! At least it had put on makeup!
If he was wearing makeup, it would be understandable why his skin color looked like this.
However, can we judge whether this person can be trusted based solely on what we have observed so far?
Xia Daohua couldn't help but frowned slightly.
She herself didn't care. Even if she made a wrong judgment, the worst that could happen was that she could hide in the space supermarket, change the map quietly, and start over.
But the Xia family wasn’t bad to the original owner, they have a big family!
If anything goes wrong, it will be no joke!
Li Gan and the others saw Xia Daohua frowning.
Among these people, even the youngest grandson knew how to read people's expressions. Moreover, Li Gan had been paying attention to Xia Daohua intentionally or unintentionally, and his attention was not diverted too much by other people in the Xia family.
There was something about this child that Li Gan couldn't explain, and it made him pay special attention to her.
She is special.
But he didn't know what was special about her.
Maybe it was because the kid had been secretly observing him?
Li Gan is a martial artist after all.
At first, he didn't pay much attention to Xia Daohua's gaze because she was a half-grown child. Later, when it happened more and more times, he wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but he couldn't do it!
Besides, the meal was indeed delightful.
Different varieties of wild vegetables, no matter how much, are inevitably a bit bitter, but they all have their own unique and delicious taste.
The Crown Prince and the Grandson were both very satisfied with the meal.
It seems that what they taste is not wild vegetables, but the vitality of spring returning to the earth.
Li Gan was paying sincere attention to the crown prince and the grandson, dealing with the topics that Old Master Xia and Xia Youtian had tried so hard to find in a friendly and easy-going manner, and paying attention to the children of the Xia family who were wary and distrustful of him with a little surprise, and occasionally glancing at Xia Daohua's various expressions with his peripheral vision...
He keeps his eyes on all directions and his ears on all sides, his heart is divided into eight parts and he is always busy.
Xia Daohua suddenly raised her eyebrows and smiled.
She took advantage of the fact that Old Man Xia and Xia Youtian were at a loss for words and interrupted:
"I have seen the person in the portrait before."
Li Gan and his group immediately became excited, especially Li Gan. He knew that this little girl was arranging to treat them to a meal for a reason!
But why did this kid bring it up only now? Could it be...
Li Gan paused for a moment, and seeing that the crown prince and the grandson had put down their chopsticks, he took out a gold ingot from his bosom and handed it to Xia Daohua: "Little girl, this meal is as delicious as you said. This is for you, keep it for fun!"
Mr. Xia, Xia Youtian, and Jiang were all panicked in an instant. He was not an ordinary person who casually took out a gold ingot!
They hurriedly humbled themselves:
"No! No! Don't torture her!"
"You are so kind. This is too expensive! We can't accept it."
"They are all wild delicacies, and they don't even cost a few copper coins. Why would you spend so much money?"
Seeing that Xia Daohua was unmoved, he calmly took the gold ingot and hurriedly shouted at her to stop:
"Daohua, why are you so ignorant?"
"Daohua, my good child, stop it! Don't be greedy! Return the gold ingot to the owner!"
"Daohua, we really can't accept this gold! Not to mention that this meal didn't cost much, even if it cost a lot of money, since we are inviting people to dinner, how can we let the guests pay for it?"
Xia Daohua glanced at Li Gan with a smile that was quite meaningful.
Li Gan hurriedly said: "Everyone, everyone, please listen to me."
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