Jiang Ligang and Heiduo on this side cleaned the lamb chops, put them into the pot and added water to prepare for stewing, when they suddenly smelled a burnt smell.
"What's that smell? Why does it smell like burnt food?" She sniffed and turned her head to look around.
His eyes were fixed on Xiao Liuzi behind him.
The fish that was still grilling in front of him had turned black and even the fire was emitting thick white smoke, which choked Xiao Liuzi so much that he kept coughing and couldn't even open his eyes.
"Xiao Liuzi, the fish is mushy!"
Jiang Li quickly ran forward and took the grilled fish back from his hand.
He used a wooden stick to stir the fire, and sporadic flames gradually appeared and the white smoke gradually decreased.
Seeing the fire gradually getting bigger, Jiang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and threw the fish that had been roasted into charcoal aside.
"Jiang Li, I'm sorry, I ruined the fish." Xiao Liuzi lowered his head, pointing back and forth with his two index fingers, looking very aggrieved.
Jiang Li smiled lightly, "It's okay, I don't blame you. You have never grilled fish before, so I'll do it."
Seeing that Jiang Li was not angry, Xiao Liuzi raised his head as if nothing had happened and forced a smile.
"By the way, you haven't answered me yet, how are your fruit sales at the market?"
Jiang Li turned the fish on the fire back and forth without raising his eyelids, "It's sold out."
"Sold out?" Xiao Liuzi widened his eyes in surprise and couldn't help swallowing. "How many spirit stones does it cost to sell it?"
Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, "I haven't counted them."
She doesn't have much concept of money. If she has it, she spends it. If she doesn't have it... she can still live...
After selling the fruits, she just glanced at the spirit stones and gave them directly to Aunt Qiao when she got home, so she didn't know how many spirit stones she had sold.
"Then they must have bought a lot of orcs." Xiao Liuzi muttered softly.
But Jiang Li also heard it.
She raised her eyes to look at Xiao Liuzi, her expression calm and her words tinged with a hint of joking.
"What do you want me to do with you?"
Xiao Liuzi's body stiffened, and he opened his lips slightly and asked tentatively, "Can... can I?"
Jiang Li raised his eyebrows and pretended to hesitate.
He nodded slowly in the look of expectation in Xiao Liuzi's eyes.
"sure."
Originally, she was planning to bring the Black Bear tribe along with her.
If they are not taken with them on this money-making opportunity, they will definitely be hated, and there is even a chance that many people will try to trip them up along the way.
It is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.
She didn't want to get into conflict or dispute with the orcs here.
But at the rate the fruit is being sold today, those few trees alone won’t last long.
She wants to ask the system for more fruit tree seedlings.
"After you have eaten, come with us to pick fruits. Many people have reserved them. Let's pick more tonight. Tomorrow you can also come with us to sell fruits at the market."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Liuzi rubbed his hands excitedly and nodded in agreement quickly.
“Okay, okay!”
After finishing their meal, they said hello to Aunt Qiao and prepared to go pick fruit with bamboo baskets on their backs.
"Why are you going so late? Don't you want to take a rest?" Aunt Qiao asked.
"No, after picking the fruits, I'll go to the market as early as possible tomorrow." After all, the orcs who had made verbal reservations had agreed to wait for her at the stalls.
She was also afraid that people would get anxious waiting.
"Xiao Li, let's go with you." Xiao Jie and Xiao Gui walked out of the house.
Jiang Li shook his head. "No, a few of us can go. You guys stay at home and take good care of Xiao Rui."
Seeing that Jiang Li had made all the arrangements clearly, Xiaojie and Xiaogui nodded and agreed to follow her instructions.
Arriving under the fruit tree, the three of them quickly filled three bamboo baskets.
Jiang Li straightened up and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.
Looking at the three large baskets of fruit in front of her, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Done!
"It's getting late, let's go back."
As he spoke, Jiang Li bent down and prepared to pick up one of the bamboo baskets.
But before his hand could touch it, it was snatched away by another strong hand.
Confused Jiang Li looked up and saw Hei Duo carrying the bamboo basket on his back and picking up another bamboo basket and holding it to his chest.
"Let me get it." He said in a low and soft voice.
Jiang Li slowly straightened up, and without being polite to him, he just smiled and nodded in agreement.
Xiao Liuzi, who was standing by, saw it, crossed his arms across his chest, and looked at Heiduo with dead fish eyes.
"Hey, Heiduo, I can't move it either, would you like to help me move it?"
Hei Duo didn't even look at him, and silently said, "Get lost."
She walked straight past him without a trace of warmth.
"Heiduo!"
Xiao Liuzi picked up the bamboo basket and put it on his back, and even a crabapple fruit accidentally rolled off the basket.
"You value women over friendship! After all, we are brothers who grew up together, how could you do this to me?"
Jiang Li behind him picked up the fallen crabapple fruit, blew on it with his mouth, rubbed it with his hands, and took a bite of it without any care.
She followed Heiduo and Xiaoliuzi silently, watching their joking argument with crooked eyes.
After returning home, they put the fruits away and Xiao Liuzi left.
Inside the house, Aunt Qiao was lying on a straw mat, with Jun Rui, who was already asleep, next to her.
"Aunt Qiao." Jiang Li walked over quietly and called softly.
Aunt Qiao turned around when she heard the voice.
"Xiao Li, you're back?" Aunt Qiao sat up slowly, afraid to disturb Jun Rui who was beside her.
"Aunt Qiao, thank you for your hard work."
Aunt Qiao smiled and shook her head. "It's not hard. You should be the ones who are hardworking. Well, now that you're back, I'm going to go back and rest."
"Yeah, okay."
Jiang Li came to Jun Rui's side and lay down gently.
The little guy is still sleeping soundly.
But she couldn't forget her own affairs.
Jiang Li slowly closed his eyes and kept calling the system in his heart.
"System system."
"Uh-huh, I'm here."
Jiang Li, "..."
"What's wrong? You called me out but then ignored me~"
"Can you please speak normally?"
Jiang Li's face darkened and he clenched his hands into fists.
If I could see it, I would definitely pin it to the ground and give it a good beating.
"Okay, okay, you really don't understand romance at all." The system's voice became normal.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"I want to ask you for more fruit tree seedlings, and the nutrient solution you gave me last time is all gone."
"Okay, carry out the task. We will give you as many saplings as you want." The system answered promptly and clearly.
However, when Jiang Li heard the words "do the mission", he couldn't help but frowned slightly.
There was no other reason, it was just that the last mission left a small shadow on her.
"Is this mission still that dangerous?"
Last time it really cost her half her life.
Even though orcs are tough and can recover from wounds quickly, there's no way to play with them like this, right?
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