Chapter 968: Unexpected Gains
Xiao Xixi hadn't eaten the snacks outside the palace for a long time and missed those delicious snacks very much.
She clamored to go to the night market.
Luo Qinghan frowned: "Your internal injuries haven't healed yet, and the weather is cold, so you can't wander around."
Xiao Xixi: "But my intuition tells me that going to the night market this time might yield some unexpected gains, so let's go~"
She hugged Luo Qinghan's arm and began to act coquettishly.
Luo Qinghan couldn't persuade her, so he could only let the carriage take a detour to Pingyang Street.
Dusk is approaching and the lights are coming on.
The flow of people on Pingyang Street has increased instead of decreased. There are many shops on the street. Vendors are either hawking their wares along the street or busy greeting customers. Children are running from the beginning to the end, with laughter and joy rising and falling.
Xiao Xixi got off the carriage and looked at the lively scene in front of her, and couldn't help but smile with joy.
She pulled Luo Qinghan and walked quickly forward, muttering as she walked.
"I haven't been to the night market for a long time. I must eat my fill today!"
Luo Qinghan had been in the palace for a long time and had become accustomed to the quiet environment. He was suddenly pulled into this mundane world. The hustle and bustle was overwhelming, and he actually felt a sense of unreality and trance.
When he came to his senses, he and Xixi were already sitting on a small wooden stool with a small low table in front of them.
An old lady placed two bowls of steaming wontons on the low table and smiled as she told them to eat them while they were hot.
Xiao Xixi couldn't wait to pick up the spoon, scooped up a wonton and put it into her mouth, and she immediately gasped because of the scalding heat.
"Hiss! It's so hot!"
But even though it was scalded, she still refused to spit out the wonton and insisted on eating it.
Luo Qinghan has become accustomed to her behavior of wanting to eat anything but her life.
He asked the proprietress to help pour two bowls of warm water and handed one of them to Xiao Xixi.
Xiao Xixi quickly drank some warm water, and then she felt her mouth feel better.
Luo Qinghan: "Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."
Xiao Xixi also knew that it was not good for her to eat too fast, but she had gotten used to it. After all, when she was in the welfare home as a child, the food she was given each time was too little. If she ate slowly, the food would easily be snatched away by others.
She won't steal other people's things, but she won't allow others to steal hers either.
So she would always finish her share of food quickly. Once the food was in her stomach, no one else could take it away.
Over time, she developed the habit of eating very quickly and being very protective of her food.
Xiao Xixi ate the wontons bite by bite.
Probably due to cost constraints, there is very little meat filling in the wontons, but fortunately the boss lady is very skilled. The wonton skin is rolled very thin, and the soup is slowly boiled with pork bones, which is fragrant and rich, and shrimp skin is added to enhance the flavor.
Xiao Xixi finished the wontons quickly, and drank up the soup in gulps, leaving no residue at all.
After she finished her portion, she noticed that the wontons in Luo Qinghan's bowl were basically untouched, and couldn't help but ask.
"Why don't you eat?"
Luo Qinghan pushed his bowl in front of her and said, "I'm not hungry, you eat it."
Xiao Xixi immediately burst into laughter: "Okay!"
She picked up the spoon again and started eating.
The proprietress who was busy clearing tables nearby saw this scene and couldn't help but look surprised.
Normally, she often saw young ladies who could not finish their meals and asked their husbands to help them deal with the leftover food, but today the situation was completely reversed.
This young lady looks fair and tender, why does she have such a big appetite? !
Not only the proprietress, but other diners also had the same idea when they saw this scene.
Luo Qinghan ignored the strange looks around him.
He quietly watched her finish her second bowl of wontons and asked, "Would you like another bowl?"
Xiao Xixi touched her belly and said, "No, I need to save some space for something else."
The guests who heard this were even more surprised.
This young lady ate two large bowls of wontons and was still able to eat something else!
Her appetite is as big as a cow's!
Luo Qinghan called the proprietress to settle the bill.
Xiao Xixi gave the proprietress a thumbs up.
"Your wontons are delicious!"
The proprietress was so pleased with the compliment that she beamed with joy.
After she collected the money, she specially packed a portion of raw wontons for Xiao Xixi and asked her to take it home and cook it.
Xiao Xixi smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, sister!"
The lady boss covered her face and said, "Oh, I'm already over 30, why do you call me sister? You should call me auntie."
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes wide and said in surprise: "How is that possible? I thought you were only in your twenties!"
The proprietress let out a series of clear, barbell-like laughs: "Hehehe!"
She immediately spoke to Luo Qinghan who was standing silently beside her.
"You are so lucky to marry such a beautiful and lovely lady!"
Luo Qinghan: “…”
You're lying. When you were sneaking a peek at us just now, you looked like you were disgusted with Xixi for eating too much.
The lady boss continued, "Although she eats a little more, it is a blessing to be able to eat!"
Luo Qinghan: “…”
Oh, women are indeed fickle.
The two of them ate while walking.
After visiting the night market, the two did not encounter any unexpected gains, but Xixi got a belly full of food.
Luo Qinghan felt that Xixi was most likely using this as an excuse to trick him into coming to the night market.
He had no intention of pursuing the matter, so he just forgot about it and prepared to take Xixi back to the palace.
When the two passed by a small stall selling miscellaneous items, Xiao Xixi suddenly stopped.
There were many odds and ends on the stall, including vases, porcelain bowls, inkstones, brushes, jade pendants, purses, sachets, earrings...
There is all sorts of chaos and everything is arranged in a very messy manner.
The stall owner was a short man wearing the usual dark coarse cloth, his cheeks and nose red from the cold.
He squatted beside the stall, his hands in his sleeves, glancing around.
When Xiao Xixi pulled Luo Qinghan closer to the stall, the stall owner immediately stood up and greeted them eagerly.
"What do you two want to buy? I have good stuff here, just pick it up and buy it if you like it. I guarantee it's good quality and cheap!"
Xiao Xixi took off her gloves, stretched out her slender white fingers, rummaged through the pile of debris, and finally found the sachet.
She brought the sachet close to her and smelled it.
The stall owner hurriedly said, "Young lady, you have good taste! This sachet is of top quality in both workmanship and materials. You won't find such good stuff anywhere else. I got it by chance. There is only one. If you like it, I can sell it to you at a lower price!"
Xiao Xixi's gaze stayed on his face for a moment, and she smiled innocently.
"You're really brave to sell stolen things."
When the stall owner heard this, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.
He first looked around warily, then said with a sullen face.
"What nonsense are you talking about, little girl? I bought all these things seriously. If you want to buy them, buy them. If you don't want to buy them, get out. If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
(End of this chapter)
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