"Ah?" Ah Chou obviously didn't expect such words to come from Kong Wenjie's mouth. She was startled, then hurriedly shook her head and said, "It's not hard, it's much better than being in the capital before. It's easy and free here. It's pretty good."
"That's fine," Kong Wenjie said. He paused. He looked at Ah Chou again, "Come to me if you have any problems."
"It's okay, there's really no need to trouble you!" Achou said hurriedly.
"Did you send me wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Kong Wenjie asked again after a pause.
"Oh, yes," Ah Chou muttered to herself, "You are asking even though you already know the answer." But she didn't dare to say it. She smiled again and said, "It's not a good wine, Guard Kong, please don't despise it."
Kong Wenjie didn't say anything. He just stared straight ahead without blinking. He laughed dryly at Ah Chou for a long time. Then Ah Chou silently rubbed his cheeks that were sore from laughing.
"Guard Kong, if you have something to do, go do your thing first." When they were almost at the market, Ah Chou told Kong Wenjie that she still had to go shopping and hurry back to do her embroidery. She didn't have time to walk with him so slowly. Besides, how could a girl like to walk with a grown man on this quiet path? If she wanted to walk, it would be with Zhong Mingwei. When Zhong Mingwei's leg healed, she would definitely help him walk around. Zhong Mingwei must be bored after being cooped up in the house for so long.
"Don't worry," Kong Wenjie said slowly, turning his head to look at Ah Chou and studying her dark eyes. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Haha," Ah Chou was busy smiling again, pointing at the big bamboo basket behind him and said, "I... I still have to go to the market to buy things, right?"
"I'll go with you." Kong Wenjie said in a deep voice.
"Isn't that necessary?" Ah Chou waved his hands and said, "I'm just going to buy some vegetables and meat. Why would I need Guard Kong to go with me? There's really no need to bother you. Guard Kong, just go and do your thing!"
"I'm not busy today." Kong Wenjie was as talkative as before, but once he opened his mouth he would not allow anyone to refuse.
"Oh." Ah Chou didn't dare to refuse anymore. She followed behind Kong Wenjie silently, looking at his black boots. She complained about how he was so tactless. Who wanted to go shopping with him? At the same time, she was jealous of the leather boots on his feet. She thought that after finishing the embroidery, she would make a pair of the same for Zhong Mingwei... No, she couldn't make such leather boots. She had to go out and buy them.
Kong Wenjie was really free. Not only did he follow Achou to buy vegetables, he also took Achou to stroll around this short street from beginning to end twice. He took Achou into every store to have a look, regardless of whether he wanted to buy anything or not. Achou felt so embarrassed when she saw the shopkeepers nodding and bowing that she almost lowered her head to the ground. But Kong Wenjie still took her into every store one by one. Achou had no idea what Kong Wenjie was up to.
"Guard Kong, I really don't want to buy meat," Ah Chou stood in front of the butcher shop and refused to go in. "We still have meat at home. I pickled a piece last time. It's enough to eat for a few days."
The pork in Ningguta is extremely expensive, and it is not cost-effective to buy it by the pound. Achou always buys a pig leg, which is cheaper. There are still two or three pounds left from the last Mid-Autumn Festival. Achou plans to buy meat next time he goes down the mountain.
"I forgot to tell you just now that the prefectural government has allocated funds to buy meat for you at a cost of two cents every ten days," Kong Wenjie said to Ah Chou slowly, gently playing with the whip in his hand while looking at Ah Chou leisurely. "Originally, it started from this month. I was too busy to send you meat before, so I have accumulated six cents of pork this month. If you don't want it, then I will..."
"I want it! I want it, I want it!" Ah Chou was so busy that he interrupted Kong Wenjie's words. He ran to Kong Wenjie with joy, his eyes narrowed into two lines, "Guard Kong, we can't eat six silver coins worth of pork in a month. Well, can you see if... you can buy the meat with three silver coins, and you can just give me the remaining three silver coins?"
Kong Wenjie's mouth twitched: "...Are you short of money?"
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