Hearing his mother's call, Tai Chi jumped off the carriage, put his head close to his mother affectionately, and licked each other's fur.
Xue Huan simply got out of the car and walked slowly.
When I met children on the road, I would grab a handful of candy from my purse and hand it to them, which brought me a lot of happy smiles.
When they returned home, everyone in the village knew that the Xue family had returned from the city.
Many aunts and sisters came to visit.
As a representative of the successful family that moved to the city, the Xue family achieved the transformation from hunters to merchants, and the villagers were very curious about their family.
"Huani'er, why haven't your mother and the others come back yet?"
Xue Huan: "My mother works in an embroidery workshop and will be busy until the end of the year. Ah Yao is an apprentice in a blacksmith shop. Jun'er is not in good health and will come back with my mother and the others when the time comes."
As Xue Huan spoke, she put out the snacks such as sunflower seeds she had brought back and invited everyone to eat.
He also asked Pei Ji to boil water and make tea for the guests.
"Hey, Hua Ni'er, stop busying yourself. We are just here to sit down and we will go back to cook soon."
"I haven't seen you for half a year. Hua Ni'er has become even more beautiful. I didn't recognize her at first glance."
In response to this kind of praise, Xue Huan didn't need to say anything, just respond with a polite smile.
"This dress is also very beautiful. Was it made by your mother? Hui Niang has very skillful hands. The flowers she embroidered are very lively and vivid. We are clumsy and can't embroider them like that."
A woman came up and touched Xue Huan's clothes, her face full of envy.
For this kind of thing, Xue Huan just had to praise it back and that was it.
Xue Huan: "Auntie, you are so modest. You have such a skillful hand. The morning glory on your cuff is so beautiful, it looks just like the real thing."
"Oh, Hua Ni'er has such a sweet mouth."
"Huani'er, you and Master Huo have been married for over half a year, why is there still no movement?"
"Mr. Huo's nose shows that he is a powerful one. I'm afraid he has been pestering our Hua Ni'er a lot at night, right?"
The topic was developing in an indescribable direction. Xue Huan was not really married, and she could not stand the teasing of these experienced married women. She hurriedly made an excuse to go to the kitchen to check the fire and avoided their ambiguous and teasing questions.
It was almost noon and everyone left reluctantly. There was no choice but to go home to cook and serve the whole family.
Xue Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after lunch, the Xue family became lively again.
There were many more people coming than in the morning, and there were also many children, so there was no room inside or outside the house.
This time, not only Xue Huan, but even Pei Ji became the target of everyone's ridicule. Although he always had a cold attitude towards others, his face was really handsome, attracting young girls, wives, aunts and grandmothers to look at him.
Pei Ji was really unable to resist and looked at Xue Huan for help.
Xue Huan said, "Akang, go pick some vegetables from the garden. We're out of vegetables at home."
Pei Jiru was pardoned, "Okay, I'll go right away."
Tai Chi also ran after him happily.
Xue Huan was left alone to deal with the enthusiastic and gossipy villagers.
In the evening, everyone left satisfied.
The ground was littered with melon seed shells, peanut shells, and candy wrappers, and the flowers and plants in the yard had been damaged by the children. Xue Huan sighed, performed a cleaning spell, and the house and yard were clean again.
Just as he was watering the flowers with spiritual spring water, Pei Ji, who had hidden away, came back, holding a string of fish in his left hand and a basket of vegetables in his right hand.
He first looked around the yard and found that there were no outsiders. Then he walked in with confidence, handed the fish and vegetables in his hands to Xue Huan, and gave a flattering smile.
Xue Huan glared at him, stepped forward and rubbed his face, "So good! You left me here alone to deal with the guests, while you ran off to find some peace and quiet."
Pei Ji didn't hide either, but bent down to make it easier for her to rub him so that her hands wouldn't get sore from holding it.
I apologized to her sincerely: "I'm sorry, Huanhuan, I was wrong."
Just admit your mistake first.
He has already mastered the essence of "getting along with his wife".
Xue Huan didn't really blame him. She took the fish from his hand and said, "You went to the river? Next time, don't go there alone. What if you accidentally fall in?"
It was completely the tone of advising a child.
Pei Ji hugged her from behind, rocking her and acting coquettishly: "No, I caught this fish in the ditch in the garden. The fish in there are very stupid, huddled together and don't know how to run. I can always catch one."
"Really? I'll go check it out tomorrow." Xue Huan heard from her grandfather that in the past, when the sky was blue and the water was clear, there would be a lot of loaches, turtles, and fish in the ditches beside the fields after it rained. You could catch a whole basket of them with just one grab.
She had been longing for it then, and now she finally had the chance to experience it herself.
"Ahem." There was a sound of clearing the throat outside the door.
Xue Huan hurriedly took Pei Ji's hand away, stepped out of his arms, and looked outside the door.
"Uncle He."
The person who came was He Shen.
"Uncle He, is your leg okay?"
"Well, it's okay, thanks to your care these days. These are some pills and ointments I made myself. The effects and instructions for use are on the bottles. Please keep them." He Shen handed over a small medicine box.
Xue Huan took it and said, "Uncle He, have you eaten yet? I'm just about to cook. Why don't you stay and eat with us?"
"No, I'm still warming the porridge on the stove." He Shen waved his hand and was about to turn and leave.
"Uncle He, wait a minute." Xue Huan called him over and took out a bag of dim sum. "I made this myself. Take it home and try it."
When it comes to human relationships, there has to be give and take, and He Shen didn't refuse.
Xue Huan opened the medicine box he gave her. There were several bottles and jars inside. She picked them up and looked at them one by one. There were ointments for strengthening the stomach and digestion, for clearing the mind and improving eyesight, for treating bruises and injuries, frostbite ointment, etc. It can be said that all the ointments used in daily life were included in it.
Although Uncle He didn't say it explicitly, he obviously remembered that she had saved him, brought him food, and had people take care of him. So as soon as his injury healed, he made so many medicines for her.
Xue Huan couldn't help but feel warm in her heart and put the medicine box away carefully.
After dinner, Pei Ji washed the dishes and boiled water. After washing up, the two of them went to bed.
Although it was completely dark, it was actually still very early, probably not even eight o'clock, so it was too early to go to bed at this time.
So she took out a storybook and started reading it while leaning against Pei Ji. Pei Ji hugged her and read with her.
The storybook is called "Mountain Temple Records". It tells the story of the male protagonist who, in the process of seeking immortality, stayed in various mountain temples and encountered a series of strange foxes, ghosts, flowers and monsters.
It is somewhat similar to Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, in that a mountain temple is a strange story, but the whole is connected together and there is only one protagonist.
Xue Huan was most interested in stories about monsters and ghosts, and read them with great gusto. However, the style of this storybook was not mysterious, but rather fresh and delicate. The local customs and beautiful scenery encountered by the hero during his journey were portrayed in detail, making her feel like she was traveling around with the hero and gaining a lot of knowledge.
Who would have thought that everything was going well before, but the author suddenly arranged a romantic encounter for the male protagonist.
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