Chapter 61 Making Tea
Several days had passed since Qing Bai returned from the back alley with a full bag of food. His life was not much different from before, except that his three meals a day and snacks were now specially provided by someone.
Lotus seeds can be boiled, stewed, roasted, or served cold, and no meal is repeated.
However, the effect was minimal. I watched as the small coal ball, which was originally the size of a slipper, changed day by day, and worked hard to grow from a lady's slipper into a man's slipper, but Qing Bai still looked like a little snowball.
Although the body is small, it seems like there is a bottomless pit inside. No matter how much pure spiritual power comes, it will be rejected like a drop in the ocean.
If this continues, Qing Bai will start to suspect that he may not be Lingxi, but a Pixiu.
...Should the underworld recruit Pixiu employees?
Due to his size, Qing Bai's daily routine now consisted of nothing more than eating, drinking, and sleeping, with nothing left but serious, daydreaming. Jiunian, however, showed no sign of worry. Not only did he no longer transform into a cat and sit on the windowsill in isolation, he seemed to have become addicted to feeding Qing Bai, and was dangerously shifting from raising Lingxi to raising pigs. He spent twelve of the twenty-four hours a day in the kitchen, and the food he prepared went from simple and plain to... fancy and extravagant.
However, the more this went on for nine years, the more guilty Qing Bai felt.
Qing Bai looked at the candied lotus seeds shaped like miniature candied haws in front of him, and Jiu Nian, who exuded a gentle and down-to-earth air with her long hair tied up in a loop, and felt a little complicated. "...Just cook it into porridge, there's no need to go through so much trouble."
After hearing his offensive "confession", he was still willing to serve him so attentively. Anyone who saw this would praise the magnanimity of the Lord for repaying evil with kindness.
Jiu Nian, who was tidying the stove, stopped what he was doing when he heard this. Although the long sleeves were tied neatly with the shoulder loops, the cross-collared robe was still not suitable for work. Although there were no dirt or wrinkles after tossing it around, the collar, which was originally wrapped neatly and tightly, inevitably became loose, revealing a small piece of snow-white skin and the faintly visible collarbone.
Jiu Nian looked up at me. Because of the height of the stove, he was bent over. This half-tilted angle made him look gentle and pitiful. "You don't like it?"
Qing Bai swallowed, looked away uncomfortably, and said vaguely: "...I like it."
I like it so much that I can’t wait to take a bite.
Jiu Nian lowered his eyes and continued to clean the stove. He smiled and said, "As long as you like it."
Qi Xiaopang stood at the door of the kitchen, hesitant to go in, feeling that he shouldn't be there at this time, but turning around and leaving seemed too deliberate...
"Why don't you come in? What are you standing at the door for?" Qing Bai's greeting promptly relieved Qi Xiaopang's confusion and embarrassment, but it also made him inexplicably feel awkward as a guest in someone else's home.
It was rare to see Qi Xiaopang so shy, so Qing Bai asked again, "What's the matter?"
Jiunian also looked up.
Oh no, that feeling of being a guest is even more obvious... Qi Xiaopang shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the random thoughts in his mind, and said with all his strength: "I'm here to congratulate you!"
Qing Bai was puzzled: "What good news?"
When talking about serious matters, Qi Xiaopang instantly became really energetic and a little proud.
"Meiliu will go to the toilet at a fixed time!"
"Congratulations." Qing Bai said, "Your shoes are saved."
Qing Bai said this sincerely. After all, the little black dog was picked up by Qi Xiaopang. Although it has a kind and docile personality and can chat with passing sparrows, it is still closest to Qi Xiaopang. The way the little dog gets close to people is not only rubbing and licking, but also "marking". Qi Xiaopang's slippers are the worst affected by this, and they smell very sexy every day. In the morning, Qi Xiaopang can often be seen holding a hoe and burying pure natural "fertilizer" in the flower vines by the wall... This is probably the reason why the transplanted flowers and plants can grow so well in a short time.
Qing Bai's words reminded Qi Xiaopang of his daily routine of washing shoes and shoveling shit. He shrugged his nose in disgust, but his eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled. He raised his hand as if to make a bold statement, but unfortunately, his hand collided with Qing Bai's words.
"Next goal - teach briquettes how to flush after defecation!"
"Next you should teach those chicks to keep their distance."
The two were stunned, and after digesting each other's words, they spoke in unison again.
Qi Xiaopang: "Can you order chicken at a fixed time?"
Qing Bai: "Is the coal briquettes in the toilet at the designated location?"
Both were shocked by the message in the other's words.
After these days of 'training', Qi Xiaopang's ability to accept things had greatly improved. After a brief moment of shock, he began to think about where to place the toilet for the chicks. "How about teaching them to go to the toilet by the roots of the flower vines by the wall? Fully automatic fertilization, great! But unfortunately, Coal Ball has already memorized the toilet location. Tsk, what a waste!"
Qing Bai didn't want to discuss the fertilizer issue with Qi Xiaopang anymore, but thinking of the little black dog, which was not much bigger than a slipper, he felt a bit of sympathy for his own kind and couldn't help but remind him, "Even if you want to teach Coal Briquette how to flush water, don't rush it. It's still small... It's hard to get it out if it falls into the pit."
"Yeah, Coal Ball's current size is quite dangerous. Today, it almost fell down when it was sticking its butt up to poop..." Fat Qi nodded subconsciously, then looked at Qing Bai with a strange look as if he had thought of something.
Qing Bai felt uncomfortable being stared at by Qi Xiaopang, so he curled his tail and paws and shrank back. He naturally understood Qi Xiaopang's expression... He was now a little smaller than a coal ball!
But he has lived for more than twenty years after all. Even if he falls on hard times, he still has some ability to take care of himself!
Qi Xiaopang had a lot of questions in his mind, but few of them he dared to ask out loud. He could only consciously skip those questions that would embarrass his brother Qing. However, there was one question he had been thinking about for a long time, and he really couldn't hold it in any longer.
Qi Xiaopang glanced at Jiu Nian, who was diligently cleaning the stove, like a thief, and asked in an encrypted conversation, "Brother Qing, have you made up your mind? Do you really want to pick up... that person?"
He'd been pondering this for the past few days while observing with a cold eye. It wasn't that Jiu Nian was a bad person; on the contrary, he was incredibly good. Just based on the meticulous care he gave Qing Bai, Fatty Qi was willing to hand Qing Brother over to him without a second thought. Besides, Jiu Nian wasn't even human! This might sound like an insult, but it was a huge advantage between the two. After all, if you rounded it off, they were the same kind, and there was no need to suffer the bitterness of being a human, a ghost, or a demon.
The reason why Qi Xiaopang asked this question was because of Qing Bai. He had no doubts before. After all, he knew it from seeing his brother Qing instantly turning on the hooligan mode every time he met Jiu Nian... He didn't know whether Jiu Nian was tea, but the water in his brother Qing's pot was undercurrent and had been boiled for a long time. Whether it could be accomplished depended on whether the water was used to make tea, or the tea jumped into the pot on its own.
Knowing that the black cat was the one from the ninth year, Qi Xiaopang was secretly sighing in his heart. In the end, it was Cha who couldn't hold back anymore. No one in this world could resist the charm of his brother Qing. Not ghosts, not monsters, not even the handsome guy transformed from a spirit beast.
When Qing Bai accidentally shrank back to his original cub form, he took care of her closely for nine years without leaving her side. In Qi Xiaopang's eyes, the two of them had almost reached the happy ending of living together until old age.
As a result, Jiunian suddenly returned to the state when he first came here, maintaining his original form and pretending to be a cat all day long. Brother Qing tried to approach him dazedly and cautiously like a student who had made a mistake.
After a trip to the incense and candle shop, he finally returned to normal after nine years. However, his brother Qing took the initiative to distance himself from him and acted like a serious person in an awkward manner.
The back-and-forth between these two people made him, an outsider, extremely anxious... Mainly, this was really not his brother Qing's style.
Whether in study or life, although Qing Bai seems to be taking things as they come and not caring about anything, he is never a person who is indecisive.
Especially when it comes to relationships, he takes the initiative to tease, and then suddenly retreats after getting a response from the other person. It really seems like he's playing with other people's feelings...a scumbag.
Qing Bai was still immersed in the embarrassment just now and was a little slow to react: "Who?"
Qi Xiaopang coughed twice in a pretentious manner, and Qing Bai quickly reacted, but he didn't know how to answer. And Qing Bai's hesitation was seen as deliberate stupidity in Qi Xiaopang's eyes.
Fat Qi couldn't bear to see his brother Qing deceiving himself, so he raised his voice anxiously, but he didn't dare to really name him, so he had to remind him indirectly: "It's... it's your little dragon boy!"
"What?" Xiaolongnan Bennan suddenly spoke up, almost scaring the guilty Qi Xiaopang to death.
"Haha, why are you here after nine...nine years..." Fat Qi was so stupid that he performed a full set of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms in his mind.
After nine years, he rolled down his sleeves and transformed from a gentle househusband into a graceful and elegant handsome man in a second: "I have always been here."
Qi Xiaopang did not hesitate to discredit himself: "...I'm sorry, I was blind and didn't see it."
Qing Bai also agreed: "Yeah, that's right, he has been blind for a long time."
Jiu Nian looked at the two of them suspiciously. Although he knew that they were trying to fool him, he didn't say anything. He just nodded and walked away.
Seeing him like this, Qi Xiaopang sighed silently, what a gentle and considerate person he is...Brother Qing, why don't you just collect your magical powers and make him hot while it's hot!
The atmosphere in the kitchen suddenly turned cold. Qing Bai had no idea that Qi Xiaopang was secretly urging him to pick up people. He really didn't want to bother finding topics to talk about, so he simply buried his head in chewing candied lotus seeds. As long as he had something in his mouth, he wouldn't be the most embarrassed one.
The sight of the kitten gnawing on the candied lotus seeds was so appealing and alluring that the air seemed to be filled with a sweet aroma. Fatty Qi couldn't help but reach out to ask for one: "Brother Qing, give me one to try."
Jiu Nian's lips moved, but before he could say anything, Qing Bai, whose mouth was full of candied lotus seeds, slapped away the fat hand that was stretched out in front of him with one claw.
Jiunian's expression relaxed a little.
Qi Xiaopang pouted in grievance and was about to pretend to cry when a bald man suddenly rushed in from outside the door.
"Donors! It's urgent!" Ai Chan said with a sad face, "My temple is gone!"
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