After hearing this, Ji Fengyi reached out without hesitation: "Give it to me!"
Ji Changying chuckled and handed the letter over. Ji Fengyi put the letter into his sleeve and looked at her helplessly: "Have you eaten?"
Ji Changying touched her belly and almost forgot about it if she hadn't been told.
"not yet···"
Ji Fengyi took out an egg from his arms and handed it to her: "Feel good for now. After you go out and eat, go find your mother and the others! After you finish shopping, you can go back first. I might be back a little late today."
Ji Changying didn't expect her uncle to be so considerate. Holding the still-warm egg in her hand, she was deeply moved and asked curiously, "Why are you working at the county government office?"
Ji Fengyi hadn't expected such a coincidence: "I originally wanted to take some copying work at a bookstore, but unexpectedly, the literary style here has declined, and several bookstores are in need of handwritten copies. One bookstore owner saw that my handwriting was good, so he recommended me to come to the county government to help."
Otherwise, I might have returned empty-handed today.
"Okay! Then I won't disturb you from working. I'll go find Auntie and the others first. If there's a lot of stuff, I'll go home with them and come pick you up later!"
Ji Changying smiled widely and ran away with the egg.
Ji Fengyi watched her leave the door, then turned around helplessly and went back to continue working at his desk.
The colleague next to him took a look and said, "Your daughter?"
Ji Fengyi said with joy: "My niece, dear."
"Oh! My family is full of brats. They make me angry every day. My brother has a girl. When she has nothing to do, she always makes clothes for my brother. When she comes home, she asks about his well-being. I envy her so much. But my niece is timid and doesn't like to go out. She is not close to me."
When his colleagues looked at Ji Fengyi, the word "envy" was almost written on their faces.
He felt relaxed and at ease watching it: "My family is also full of boys, but my niece has always been close to me."
Ji Changying was completely unaware of her uncle's pride.
She went out and ate the eggs in her hand in a few bites, then found a small stall on the roadside and ordered a bowl of noodles.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be delicious.
The noodles were chewy and springy, the meat sauce was fresh, spicy and refreshing, and the spicy taste of the dogwood was very overbearing. After eating a bowl of noodles, Ji Changying's forehead was sweating.
A bowl of noodles cost ten cents. Ji Changying paid the money readily and rushed to where the mule was tied.
Before we even got there, we saw Mrs. Hu standing by the mule cart, hands on her waist, directing people: "Yes, stack them up!"
Zhou stood aside, looking around boredly. When she saw Ji Changying, her eyes lit up: "Aying is back!"
Ji Changying walked over and saw that the old vegetable seller was piling baskets of cabbage and radishes onto the cart.
“Buy so much?!”
She was shocked to see that he weighed over 200 pounds.
"Haha, you're joking, young lady. This is nothing! We need to prepare at least three to five hundred kilograms for the whole winter. If this lady hadn't said she wanted to buy more tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we wouldn't normally give away this little bit of stuff."
The old man said with a smile.
"I see everyone else is buying this, so I can't fall behind! I'll buy some meat and flour tomorrow. I've almost finished buying oil, salt, sauce and vinegar today."
Mrs. Hu counted the money on her fingers and pointed at the things she bought.
The old man who bought the vegetables quickly unloaded the vegetables, took the money from Mrs. Hu and left.
Looking at the carriage filled with various daily necessities, Ji Changying was silent for two seconds: "Where should we sit?"
Hu slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! I forgot that someone has to sit down!"
"Or...you can sit inside and hold the food?"
"...Since there are too many things, my uncle told us to go back first. He is still helping out in the county government office and can't leave for the time being."
Ji Changying greeted the person who was looking after the mule, took down the rope and planned to sit outside and drive the mule.
Mrs. Hu quickly pulled her aside and asked what was going on.
While Ji Changying found a place to accommodate the two people, she avoided the main point and talked about her encounter with Ji Fengyi in the county government office.
Zhou believed her words without a doubt, but Hu quickly grasped the key point: "Wait, why did you go to the county government office and spend most of the day there?"
In this family, the one with the simplest heart is her own mother!
Ji Changying sighed inwardly.
"Nothing... I just saw a notice in the county town that someone was looking for a gardener to treat Aihua, so I went to the county government office to ask..."
Ji Changying briefly explained it and said that he would go again tomorrow. He also handed over the twenty taels of silver he had earned that day.
Mrs. Hu looked at the silver she handed over and was a little stunned: "There is still money at home. You can live a carefree life."
"That's nothing! Auntie, I like dealing with flowers and plants, and I also like to grow things. It's not all about money."
Ji Changying's face lit up when she talked about this.
Mrs. Hu was relieved: "Then you can keep some of this money for daily expenses, and I will save the rest for you."
Hu took the ten taels of silver and let Ji Changying keep the rest.
Zhou stared at the money in her hand, her eyes full of desire.
Ji Changying winked at her, indicating that the old lady was still there.
Zhou took one look and understood. She quickly turned her head away and pretended not to care as she instructed the mule to speed up: "Go!"
The mule snorted loudly, ignored her, and continued walking slowly.
Zhou was furious: "This mule is deliberately going against me, right? If you provoke me again, I will chop you up when I get home!"
Ji Changying gently slapped the mule's butt: "Go!"
The mule spread out its four legs and started to trot.
Zhou was so angry that she cursed all the way and finally got home.
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