Chapter 421 Return to Tianshui Village (Part 3)
After dinner, Lu Xiaoxiao took a hot bath and went to sleep on the kang. She felt very tired after a busy day, so she decided not to practice tonight.
The next morning, Lu Xiaoxiao got up and went to the main room. When she saw the folded quilt on the kang, she knew that Zhang Xu had left. So Lu Xiaoxiao lit the kang in the main room again and went into the space to wash up.
After Lu Xiaoxiao washed up, she drank a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge in the space and left the space. Then she took out a box of Beijing Eight Pieces from her luggage bag, wrapped it in cloth, and went out to the captain's house.
"Knock knock knock... Knock knock knock... Is anyone home?" After knocking on the door, Lu Xiaoxiao shouted something into the house and then stood at the door waiting for the person inside to open the door.
"Xiaoxiao, you're back?" Aunt Cauliflower said with surprise after opening the door to the yard and seeing Lu Xiaoxiao.
"Yes, I arrived yesterday afternoon." Lu Xiaoxiao replied.
"Come inside with me, it's too cold outside. Your face has turned red from the wind."
"good."
"Old man, Xiaoxiao is back." Aunt Caihua shouted inside before she even walked into the main room.
Lu Xiaoxiao followed Aunt Caihua into the main hall and saw that there was no one else inside except the captain, so she said to the captain, "Uncle, I'm back."
"I'm glad you're back." The captain said after taking a puff of his pipe.
"Xiaoxiao, you don't know, when your uncle saw that you didn't come back within the specified time, he would go to your yard to check on you every day at noon. When he saw that you didn't come back, he got so anxious that he smoked a few more cigarettes every day." Aunt Cauliflower looked at Lu Xiaoxiao and said.
"I'm sorry for making you worry. Something happened during my trip to Beijing, so I was delayed in coming back." Lu Xiaoxiao said to the captain with an apologetic look on her face.
"I'm glad that everyone is okay." The captain said to Lu Xiaoxiao.
After hearing what the captain said, Lu Xiaoxiao nodded, then opened the cloth bag in her hand, took out the Beijing Eight Pieces from it, handed it to Aunt Caihua and said, "Aunt, this is the most famous pastry in Beijing City, Beijing Eight Pieces. You and uncle can try it and see how it tastes."
Aunt Caihua took the Beijing Eight Pieces handed over by Lu Xiaoxiao and said, "This box looks festive. I know it will taste good without even eating it."
"Xiaoxiao, how much is a box of these Beijing Eight Pieces?" the captain asked Lu Xiaoxiao.
"It's not much, what's wrong, uncle?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked the captain with a puzzled look on her face. She didn't understand why the captain suddenly asked about the price.
"We can't keep accepting gifts from you, and this Beijing Eight Pieces doesn't look cheap, so we can't just take it for free."
When Lu Xiaoxiao heard what the captain said, she understood what he meant, so she said, "Uncle, if you are like this, I won't dare to come to your house when I have something to do. Haven't I asked you for help often? Take the roof of my house, for example. If the three brothers hadn't gone to help reinforce it before it snowed, the roof of my house would have collapsed by now."
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, the captain said, "I'll take it this time, but don't do this again in the future."
"I understand, uncle."
"Xiaoxiao, you must be out of vegetables at home now. Bring some back from my house when you go back later." Aunt Cauliflower said to Lu Xiaoxiao.
"Thank you, Auntie. I really don't have any vegetables at home."
Lu Xiaoxiao chatted with them at the captain's house for about half an hour, and then she walked home carrying a few radishes and a cabbage.
(End of this chapter)
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