Chapter 23 Sweet Daily Life of Two People
"I'm late, I'm late." Uncle Dong trotted over with an apologetic look on his face.
"What? Brother Dong overslept." Fourth Uncle joked. Uncle Dong was not annoyed. "There is nothing I can do. I am old now and cannot compare with you young people."
"How can I be considered a young person? If you want to talk about young people, they must be Zheng and the others." Fourth Uncle changed the subject to Ji Zheng.
Ji Zheng didn't say anything, just smiled.
Uncle Dong replied to him again, then picked up the whip and started to drive faster.
Ji Hean was caught off guard and almost fell out of the car. Fortunately, Ji Zheng was quick to catch him.
"Are you okay?" Ji Zheng asked quickly.
Others also cast concerned glances at him. Ji Hean was a little embarrassed and hid behind Ji Zheng, whispering, "I'm fine."
Ji Zheng checked and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the person was fine. "Hold on to me, the road will be bumpy."
Ji Hean hummed softly.
"Zheng is so considerate." Aunt Cui sighed, "He'an is also a lucky man."
Ji Zheng smiled and shamelessly added, "My family and An are naturally blessed."
As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed, especially the fourth uncle, "Young couple have such a good relationship, it reminds me of the time when I was with your fourth aunt..." A trace of nostalgia emerged in the fourth uncle's eyes.
Ji Shu, who was silent on the side, had a flash of envy. She also wanted to find a husband who was considerate of her.
Ji and An were a little shy at first, but later they lost all emotion due to the bumpy ride of the ox cart and only wanted to get to the town as soon as possible.
Ji Zheng naturally noticed the discomfort on his face, but he had no choice but to take Ji Hean's weight onto himself and try to make him feel more comfortable.
Fourth Uncle is a talkative man, and Aunt Cui is also a nice person, so we talked and laughed along the way, and before we knew it, we had arrived while they were chatting.
Ji Hean had already nestled in Ji Zheng's arms, with his face buried in Ji Zheng's arms and his hands tightly grasping the clothes on his chest.
He was sleeping soundly, and when Ji Zheng looked down and saw him like this, his heart softened. He liked the way Ji and An depended on him.
"He'an, wake up. We're here." Her voice softened unconsciously and she reached out and gently patted Ji He'an's back. There was a tenderness on her face that he hadn't even noticed.
"Are we there yet?" Ji Hean opened his eyes drowsily, his voice sounding a little sticky as if he hadn't woken up yet.
Ji Zheng pinched his red ears and smiled, "It's almost time, He Anguai, don't sleep anymore."
Ji Hean let out an "oh" and came out of Ji Zheng's arms and began to tidy up his clothes which were messed up by sleeping.
Ji Zheng was also there to help him comb his hair.
Neither of them noticed the looks the other people in the car were giving them.
Fourth Uncle had a nostalgic look on his face, as if he was reminiscing about his youth.
Aunt Cui's eyes were full of envy. Although her old man was nice to her, it was far inferior to the way Ji Zheng treated Ji Hean.
"If you can find a boy like Zheng, I, your mother, will be satisfied." Aunt Cui whispered to Ji Shu beside her. It was impossible for her to do that, and now she only hoped that her daughter could find someone who was considerate and gentle like him.
"Mom, can you please stop talking?" Ji Shu pulled Aunt Cui's clothes and said angrily.
Looking up at Ji Zheng who was helping Ji and An with their hair, she found that there was no impatience on his face, and he even seemed to be enjoying it. Ji Shu's heart moved, and she looked forward to her other half even more.
Several people got off the car and walked into the town together, but they separated because they were going to different places.
The town was still very lively. After all, Ji Zheng had been here many times, so he was used to it. However, it was the first time for Ji and An to meet.
The whole person was like a bird in a cage that had just been released, flying around everywhere, looking here and there, with sparkling eyes, and everything was new to him.
"He An, open your hands, I want to give you something?"
"What is it?" He said, and curiously opened his hand and handed it to Ji Zheng.
"Money!" Ji He'an suddenly shouted, causing people passing by to look at him strangely.
He quickly lowered his voice and leaned towards Ji Zheng, "It's a lot of money! Can you give it all to me?"
Just a few bucks turned into a lot of money in Ji Hean's mouth. Ji Zheng felt a little sad. "Well, I'll give it all to you. Buy whatever you want."
"But... isn't that too much?" Ji Hean only took a few copper coins and returned them to Ji Zheng, "I'll just use these, you can keep the rest."
"Just use it if I give it to you. I still have money on me."
"But it will take you many days to earn this much money, it's very hard..." He knew that making money was very hard, and he originally came to the town just to take a look and didn't plan to spend any money.
Hearing the pain in Ji Hean's tone, Ji Zheng was moved and distressed at the same time, "It's okay, I recently found an easy job, and it's not that hard to make money."
This was of course meant to deceive Ji and An. Money is something that is very difficult to earn, not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times.
"Really?" Ji Hean was a little unconvinced.
"When have I ever lied to He'an?" Ji Zheng lied without blushing or beating his heart, and Ji He'an believed it.
If you ask him if it's okay to lie to your partner like this, he will just tell you that it's a white lie.
"But I still think it's too much. I'm a little reluctant to spend it." Ji Hean was overwhelmed and a little afraid to get so much money at once.
Ji Zheng thought about it and said, "Then leave it with me first. When He An wants to buy something, just tell me, how about that?"
Originally, he gave money to Ji Hean because he wanted to buy him whatever he liked. If Ji Hean was reluctant to spend the money, it would be better for him to keep the money and buy him whatever he liked when he found out.
"Okay." Ji He'an felt relieved. This amount of money was too much for him. If it was given to him, he would probably be worried about the money he had on him all the way.
"Let's go eat something first." Ji Zheng put away his wallet and pulled Ji Hean towards the restaurant.
They had only eaten two pieces of cake since this morning and were already hungry.
"Then can we eat buns?" Ji Hean looked at Ji Zheng expectantly, blinking his eyelashes.
It seems that in his heart, steamed buns have become the number one delicacy.
It was almost noon now, and Ji Zheng wanted to take Ji Hean to a restaurant for dinner, but now that Ji Hean asked for buns, he didn't intend to refuse.
"Okay, just buy whatever He An wants to eat."
The two came to the steamed buns stall and Ji Zheng ordered two meat buns.
"It smells so good." Ji Hean took a deep breath of the fragrance of the buns in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and his face was intoxicated.
Looking at him like this, Ji Zheng found it a little funny. Ji Hean was fair-skinned. If he were a little fatter, he would look like a bun eating buns at this moment.
I couldn't help but reached out and ruffled his hair.
"Don't mess with my hair, it's messed up." Ji Hean moved to the side, swallowed a mouthful of bun, frowned, and looked at Ji Zheng with an unhappy face.
Unfortunately, he looks too soft, and his voice is soft too, so his angry look looks just like being coquettish in the eyes of others.
"Okay. I won't bother you anymore. Eat quickly or it will get cold." Ji Zheng reluctantly withdrew his hand. Why was Ji Hean so soft all over? His hair was even softer than that of an ordinary person.
After taking another cautious look at Ji Zheng, Ji Hean withdrew his gaze and focused on the bun in his hand.
Although they had already bought the buns, they still had to eat. So when Ji and An had eaten half of their buns, Ji Zheng took the remaining half and said, "You still have to eat later. You have a small stomach, so don't eat the rest."
After saying that, he ate half of the bun in two bites.
Although Ji He'an was a little reluctant, he didn't say anything. After all, he knew that Ji Zheng was doing it for his own good. Besides, the bun was really big, almost as big as his face.
With the buns to fill their stomachs, the two of them were not in a hurry to eat, but walked and strolled.
It was not until the hottest time of the day at noon that the two of them found a restaurant.
"Let's go eat here?" Looking at the luxuriously decorated restaurant in front of him, Ji Hean asked uncertainly, "It looks so expensive..."
Ji Zheng held Ji Hean's hand and said, "It's not expensive."
"Have you been here?"
Ji Zheng: “…” He had never been here before. Although he went to the town every day, except for the "tuition fee" for the teahouse, he basically solved the problem with a dry biscuit.
But now facing Ji and An...
"Yes, I have been here, many times." Another white lie.
"Oh, okay then." Ji Hean said weakly.
The two entered the store, and the waiter immediately came up to them with a smile, "Who are you?"
Ji Zheng nodded.
The waiter brought everyone to their seats and asked, "What would you like to eat?"
"What are your signature dishes?" Ji Zheng asked calmly and poured a cup of tea for Ji Hean.
"Wine-cooked chicken, stewed crab meat and lion's head, braised pork head, drunken spareribs..." The waiter listed a bunch of dishes very skillfully, "What do you want?"
Ji Zheng didn't answer. He turned his head to look at Ji Hean and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"I, I don't know." After saying that, she rubbed against Ji Zheng as if she was a little shy.
The waiter was not very fast in calling out the dishes, and it was Ji Hean's first time in such a place. Even with Ji Zheng by his side, he couldn't help feeling nervous, so he listened in a daze and didn't remember anything.
Ji Zheng showed no impatience at all, and slowly and quietly said the names of the dishes that the waiter had just announced.
"I want to eat steamed spareribs with rice flour and pheasant tail shrimps..." Ji Hean said to Ji Zheng in a low voice. He didn't dare to talk to the second brother.
"Anything else?"
“No more.”
Ji Zheng reported the two dishes to his waiter brother, and added two vegetarian dishes and a soup.
"Can we finish so much?" Ji Hean asked with a frown, pulling Ji Zheng's sleeve, fearing that it would be a waste if they couldn't finish it.
"You can finish it. You know how much I eat." Ji Zheng patted his hand to comfort him.
Thinking of Ji Zheng's appetite, Ji Hean breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could finish eating, the sad expression on his face disappeared. His curiosity resurfaced and he hid beside Ji Zheng, looking around.
Those who don't know him might think he is up to something bad, but in fact he is just a little bumpkin who has never seen the world.
Seeing his expression, Ji Zheng wanted to tease him, "If you keep looking around like this, someone who doesn't know you might mistake you for a thief and catch you."
Upon hearing this, Ji Hean sat up straight instantly, his eyes fixed on the table in front of him, fearing that he would be caught as a bad guy.
Just when he was feeling uneasy, afraid of being mistaken for a thief, he heard Ji Zheng's laughter.
When I looked up, I found that Ji Zheng's eyes were full of teasing, "My He An, why are you so cute?" After saying that, he laughed again.
Even a fool would know that he was fooled. Ji Hean was embarrassed and angry, "Ji Zheng!"
"I'm here." He put away his smile and looked at Ji Hean seriously, "I'm sorry, I was wrong." He would dare to do it again next time, of course he didn't say this.
If it weren't for the corners of his mouth that occasionally turned up, Ji Hean would really believe that he was wrong, "You...!"
Before he could finish his words, the waiter came up with the dishes.
Looking at the delicious steamed spareribs with rice flour, Ji Hean's anger disappeared immediately. "It looks delicious," he exclaimed.
"Eat quickly." Ji Zheng handed him the chopsticks. "Now do you feel lucky that I helped you eat half of the bun?"
Ji Hean's hand holding the chopsticks paused. It turned out that Ji Zheng had discovered his previous reluctance. The most important thing was that he did think so just now.
Seeing his guilty look, Ji Zheng found it a little funny. Whatever his Ji Hean was thinking was written on their faces. They were really stupid, but he liked them so much.
He put a piece of pork ribs in Ji Hean's bowl and said, "Try it and see if it tastes good."
With the delicious food right in front of him, Ji Hean didn't care about anything else. He picked up the ribs and put them into his mouth. They were soft and boneless, and full of meaty aroma. Ji Hean's eyes narrowed and then lit up, "Delicious!"
"Eat more if you like it." Ji Zheng liked the happy look on Ji Hean's face, so he picked up a few more pieces of ribs and put them in his bowl.
"You eat too." A piece of pork ribs fell into his bowl. Looking at the person eating with relish, Ji Zheng felt warm in his heart. He liked that Ji Hean was thinking about him.
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