Now that they were all under the sun, Xiao Hai started to complain. "Brother Qi, did you take some medicine without our knowledge? We're all in the sun, so why don't you get tanned?" He was the one who got tanned the most easily among the three of them.
"What medicine can I take? I live and eat with you every day. Have you ever seen me take anything else?" Qi Siling's big hand rested on the little girl's hand on her waist, holding her tightly.
"Hey, that's weird."
When we arrived at the front yard of the guesthouse, Liu Hui was napping at the cash register of a small supermarket.
Cao An patted her shoulder with some heartache.
"Mom." In order to support their work, the mother also got up early and went to bed late, without any rest time. She wanted to hire a few more people, but she still insisted on doing everything herself.
Liu Hui slowly woke up, opened her eyes and saw Cao An, and thought she was seeing things.
“Eucalyptus?”
"Mom, why did you fall asleep here?" Cao An squatted down and looked at her at eye level.
"Oh, it's really An! When did you come back? Have you eaten? Where's Xiao Hai? Where's Si Ling?" Liu Hui grabbed Cao An's hand on her shoulder, still a little dazed having just woken up.
When Xiao Hai heard his name, a warm feeling crossed his heart. He smiled and walked closer to her sight, "Aunt, we are back."
Qi Siling pulled Xia Youyou along and followed, "Mom, we're all back."
Xia Youyou came back a few days ago and saw her mother sleeping here. She felt sad. She had promised her mother to live a good life with her, but she didn't expect her to have to worry about everything.
"Mom, why are you sleeping here? Didn't I tell you to just let the store clerk watch over you?" The brothers had already hired someone during the summer vacation.
They looked around the store but didn't see any clerk.
Cao An asked, "Mom, where's Xiaojia?"
Xiaojia, the daughter of a neighbor in the alley, was a sent-down youth. She took the college entrance exam last year but failed. She returned and took it again this summer, but still failed, which is why she's considering leaving the job. But seeing the guesthouse's booming business, she decided it would be better to stay at the Anhai Guesthouse than to get a temporary job at the factory. The pay is good, and it's close to home.
Liu Hui rubbed her eyes and said, "Mom, it's okay. Xiaojia had something happen at home, so she went back and asked me to look after him. He felt a little sleepy when the fan blew on him." She held her son's hand, feeling a little distressed.
"Why is it dark? Is it hot over there?"
Cao An's expression was gentle as he shook her hand back. "Mom, it's not hot. I just didn't have any shade when I was working, so I got tanned." Then he pointed at the other two people and said, "Look, it's just Xiao Hai and I working hard, while your son-in-law is like nothing happened."
I thought the incident of the little girl laughing at me on the road was over, but now I didn't expect that it would be retaliated against me.
Xiao Hai was envious in his heart, but agreed subtly on the surface, "Yes! I'll prove it!"
Qi Siling was speechless. "Mom, I do just as much work as they do. It's just that they have thin skin and get tanned easily. Unlike me, I have thick skin and do more work than them, but I don't get tanned."
Everyone knows how to set traps for each other, but Qi Siling has never shown weakness.
Liu Hui looked at them with amusement, "I think Xiao Hai does the most work, why is he so dark?"
An arrow hit Xiao Hai right in the middle. "Aunt, you also say I'm black." After saying that, he pouted with a look of grievance, as if he was about to cry.
"Hey, black is more manly," Liu Hui quickly said. "Neither of them does as much work as you do."
The laughter of several people in the small supermarket attracted Jin, a idler next door.
He peeked into the small supermarket and saw a few people with a look of surprise on their faces.
"Boss, you're back!"
Everyone turned around to look at him, and he felt embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "Well, you guys chat, hehe, you guys chat." After saying that, he turned his head and returned to the guesthouse.
Xia Youyou chuckled. She hadn't expected that Xianren Jin had become more human after getting married to the widow. She was a little disgusted when she thought about the first time they met.
"Mom, how long has Xiaojia been gone? Does she often ask for leave?" If she really has something to do, it's forgivable, but if she's just being lazy, then there's no need to stay.
"No, no." Liu Hui waved her hands quickly. "Something really happened in her family. I know." She didn't say what it was.
Only then did they feel relieved.
Cao An took some fruits and placed them in front of her. "Mom, these are the fruits we picked in Yangcheng. They've been washed. You can eat them first."
"Wow, this is so fresh." Liu Hui naturally knew that their space could preserve fresh fruits, but she couldn't help but be a little surprised at this time.
Cao An peeled a lychee for her and said, "No one wants the fruit over there, so we collected a lot. From now on, I'll put it in your room every day. Eat it in your room, and don't take it out, or it will arouse suspicion."
Liu Hui naturally understood the importance of it. She took a bite of the fresh and juicy lychee and nodded in praise.
"Don't you want this over there? What a pity." It's sweet and thirst-quenching, what a pity!
Cao An explained, "Due to the climate in the north and south, eating this causes internal heat in their stomachs." He then handed her a wax apple and said, "This is called a wax apple. It's difficult to store and spoils easily once picked, so it can only be hung on the tree and picked when eaten. But because of the taste, not everyone likes it, so no one wants it."
In other words, Xiao Hai loves to eat. Just one look from him and Cao An knows that he wants to eat fruit.
Thinking of this, he looked up at Xiao Hai.
really…
Helplessly, I took out two and handed them over.
"Hehe. Brother Cao still understands me!"
A smile appeared on Xiao Hai's dark face, revealing a row of white teeth, which made Xia Youyou smile too.
"Sister Youyou, if you want to eat it, take it yourself. Don't fight with me." Xiao Hai pretended to be stingy and hid the wax apple behind him.
"Hmph!" Xia Youyou stopped smiling and ignored him.
Xiao Hai took a bite of the wax apple and said, "Auntie, try it, it's really delicious! Brother Cao doesn't even eat it!" He shook his head as if it was a pity that no one ate such a delicious fruit.
Liu Hui tried it and found it sweet. Although not as juicy as lychees, it was almost as good.
"It's not bad."
"Right? I told you that Brother Cao was too picky, but he didn't believe me."
Cao An was helpless and said, "Even if there is food available, it still can't stop you from talking." He stood up, took out a sack of fruit that he had prepared, and sent it to the guesthouse next door with Qi Siling.
"Idle man's gold."
"Here!" Xianren Jin heard the noise over there and thought they wouldn't come over so soon. He had just sat down when he heard someone calling him and stood up in surprise.
Cao An curled his lips and smirked, "Here are some fruits I brought. Wash them and eat them. You can also put some at the front desk so that customers can have a taste."
After giving a brief explanation, he went back to the small supermarket.
The three of them went to the back warehouse to clear out some space, and Cao An put all the goods out. Together they sorted the goods out and put some more on the shelves, while Xia Youyou was responsible for labeling them.
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