Chapter 136
In the end, Qingxi was unable to go to the kitchen by herself.
The reason was very simple. He was afraid that if she continued like this, not only would they fail to make lunch today, but they would also burn down the kitchen.
He can only feel at ease when Wuyilang is with him.
After chatting for so long, none of Qingxi and the other two used the hot water boiled on the stove. However, the water was not wasted at all, as it was just right for using it when processing the pheasant.
"Sister Axi, there are only some sweet potatoes and rice at home. Let's make sweet potato rice." Tokito Muichiro took out a bag with only some rice and sweet potatoes left and handed it to Qingxi, saying a little embarrassedly.
It is really rude to have guests come to your home but have nothing good to offer them.
Qingxi put the sweet potatoes and rice into a container, then poured a lot of beach rice into the empty bag. As the other party stared at her in amazement, she said, "Don't feel burdened. This is beach rice. In that world, there is a beach, and the sand there is this beach rice. No one takes it home to eat. When I was broke and had nothing to do, I often went there to fill a few sacks and take them home to eat.
During this time, let’s all eat this together.”
"Really, is there really a beach as big as rice?" Tokito Muichiro asked stutteringly, and he almost had the words "you are a liar" written on his face.
"How can I get candy if I lie to you?" Qingxi said angrily. "I've even cleared out several islands made of sweet potatoes. If you want to see, I can show you."
Tokito Muichiro's mint-colored eyes were a little eager, "Can I, can I?"
Qingxi: "Let's go to the yard."
In less than half a minute, the two of them were roared at by Tokito Ichiro at the top of his voice.
Because the fence was flattened by the mountain of sweet potatoes that Qingxi brought out, which brought more work to others.
Tokito Muichiro was holding in his arms a huge creamy sweet potato picked from the sweet potato mountain by Qingxi. Even though his brother was scolding him at the moment, he still had a smile on his face.
Since there is a sweet potato mountain, then the rice beach that Sister Axi mentioned is also real... Sister Axi did not lie to herself.
"Ichiro-san, please hand me the wooden board on the ground." Kunihiro Horikawa's voice rang out, forcing Ichiro Tokito to pause and focus on the two naughty kids who had destroyed their home.
He took a deep breath, looked up at the man on the roof and said, "I understand."
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qingxi pulled Tokito Muichiro and ran to the kitchen.
What a joke. If I don’t run away now, am I waiting for the other party to come back and continue preaching?
Tokito Yuichiro turned around and looked at the two people who only showed their backs to him, and the anger in his heart instantly rose.
He felt that he had matured quickly after the death of his parents, and now when he looked at Qingxi like this, he felt like his younger brother was being led astray.
Lunch seemed very simple to Qingxi.
The pheasant was made into beggar's chicken. There were a lot of freshly picked mushrooms. Qingxi took half of them outside to dry in the sun, and divided the remaining half of the mushrooms into two parts. One part was put into a pan with wild duck eggs to make scrambled wild duck eggs, and the other part was made into a vegetable soup with some artificially cultivated vegetables below level 1 in her food backpack. The rice was sweet potato rice.
Three dishes and one rice for five people seemed shabby to Qingxi, but it was a very good meal for the Tokito brothers.
"Can the house be repaired in the afternoon?" Qingxi asked the three people in charge of repairing the house while eating.
"If it doesn't rain in the afternoon, it should be able to be repaired." Horikawa Kunihiro tilted his head and thought for a while and said.
"In that case... then I'll go pick some mushrooms with Mushiro this afternoon," Kiyoki said. "If we can't finish them, we can dry them and store them. We can also set a few traps around here and see if we can catch some wild animals."
"We've already walked around here, so there's no danger, but we'd better not go anywhere further away," said Kunihiro Horikawa.
Qingxi nodded. She understood that if she didn't seek death, she wouldn't die.
"So when will you start teaching Ichiro and Muichiro swordsmanship?" she asked, changing the subject.
The main purpose of their coming here this time is to enable the two of them to have a certain self-protection ability while living together in the mountains.
"We're available anytime." Higekiri said with a smile.
So everyone's attention fell on the two brothers Shitou.
Tokito Ichiro and Tokito Muichiro looked at each other, and the elder brother Tokito Ichiro said, "Then... let's start tomorrow."
After a pause, he added, "Is every afternoon okay? We have to go to the mountains to chop firewood in the morning."
You can't just give up your life just to learn swordsmanship.
Higekiri nodded, but there was one thing he needed to clarify first. "My sword is a demon-slaying sword, so there is no mercy. Also, the training is very hard, so you must be prepared."
When Higekiri said this, he still had a smile on his face, but in the eyes of the two brothers, it was not the case. It was like a bad guy wearing a good guy's mask, a black-bellied man wearing the skin of a harmless person, which was creepy.
Tokito Ichiro swallowed and nodded, "If it's just hard work, we're not afraid."
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If it’s just hard work, then we’re not afraid… What the hell!!!
During the two weeks of living in the mountains, I watched the two brothers get up early in the morning to chop firewood, then carry two baskets of firewood down the mountain to sell. By noon, either all the firewood was sold out or there was some left. Then it was lunch. In the afternoon, I did basic training with Higekiri and Horikawa Kunihiro with wooden swords. After a hard afternoon, I had dinner, washed up, and fell asleep... At this time, Kiyoki felt that Tokito Ichiro might want to take back what he had said before.
The autumn rain brought a chill. Qingxi cut the thread with scissors and then covered the two brothers, who were so tired that they fell asleep and were still snoring, with two new quilts.
As for the old quilt that was covering them, which was only a thin layer left and was clumped together, she took it out and planned to go down the mountain in a few days to buy some new cotton and mix it with the old cotton to make it thicker.
"I'll go down the mountain tomorrow." After folding the old quilt and putting it in the box, Qingxi said to the two people sitting on the mattress who had no desire to sleep at all.
During this period, she would occasionally go down the mountain to visit Grandpa Qin and Grandma Su's house. By the way, because of her arrival, Grandma Su took up her "homework" again.
But this time she came down the mountain for other reasons.
"This time, I will accompany you down the mountain, my master." said Horikawa Kunihiro.
Ever since he encountered the man-eating ghost here, Horikawa Kunihiro and Higekiri never let him go anywhere too far alone, regardless of whether it was daytime or not, or whether the sun was shining or not.
And every time she wanted to go down the mountain, two of them would take turns accompanying her.
Qingxi hummed in agreement and lay down next to Tokito Muichiro, covered with the quilt. She yawned, "Your clothes have worn out too quickly during training recently. Although they can be mended, you should prepare a new set of clothes first, so that you don't have to make new clothes when the clothes are worn out and can't be worn anymore. It takes more than a day or two to make them."
"Ichiro-san and Muichiro-san are very talented in swordsmanship, but even talent takes time to hone. Master, we may have to stay here for the New Year this year. Is that okay?" Horikawa Kunihiro asked, sitting very straight. "Should I have Jiro go back and tell everyone?"
Qingxi leaned sideways and thought for a moment, "It's only the end of September now, isn't it a little too early to send a letter back?
However, we can start preparing for the New Year’s shopping.”
Horikawa Kunihiro opened her mouth. She had just said that it was still early, but now she said that they had to prepare New Year's goods, so it should still be early.
"Are you planning to make some pickles yourself?" Higekireto also lay down, his face facing the girl's sleepy face.
"Yeah." Qingxi had already closed her eyes. "Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the sea, eat by the sea. Around this time a few New Years ago, I would make a lot of bacon, smoked meat, pickled meat, chicken, duck, goose, fish, and mushrooms... I would keep some for myself and give the rest away.
I know a lot of people, and there's no way around it."
"Oh, right." The girl's eyes, which had been closed, suddenly opened. "Horikawa, remember to remind me to buy soybeans tomorrow."
Kunihiro Horikawa was stunned when his name was called, but he immediately reacted, "I understand. But, Master, what are you buying soybeans for? Are you planning on making tofu?"
Qingxi closed his eyes again, as if about to fall asleep. "Well, Xingming is a monk and doesn't eat meat. It's okay on normal days, but during Chinese New Year, the whole family is feasting on meat and fish, but he's the only one who eats vegetarian food. How pathetic. You also said we can't go back this year, so I'll just make some extra tofu, vegetarian meat, bean curd sheets, and other things here. When the weather drops below zero, they'll be easier to store, and then Jiro will send them back.
Oh, by the way, have to do a little more this year.
Madam Tianyin, Madam Ruhuo, and Granny Su all really like vegetarian meat. Grandpa Qin likes to eat hard tofu and stinky tofu. I know a lot of people at Butterfly House, so I have to give them some...
The bean dregs left over from making tofu cannot be thrown away. Hinai and Rika both like to eat bean dregs pancakes and bean dregs balls made with it... Children just eat those as snacks. I guess Ichiro and Muichiro would like them too... In the past two years, there were only Tsurumaru and I, and no matter how much we made, it would be gone if we shared it. This year, we have more people.
It’s that stinky tofu…” Her voice paused, and her peaceful sleepy face wrinkled. “Let Grandpa Qin worry about the stinky smell when he eats it.”
Higekiri wanted to say something to Kiyoki, but after waiting for her response for a long time, he was sure that she was asleep.
Horikawa Kunihiro leaned forward, looking past Higekiri at the girl who had already begun snoring. He murmured softly, "Ah, she fell asleep so quickly. This Shinsengumi-sama is truly different from the two who took over from us before."
He blew out the candle beside him, lay down under the quilt, and would give amulets to himself and Higekiri-dono when they were summoned.
Note that it is "fa". Although it sounds very cheap, he and Higekiri-dono have an amulet that they can protect alone.
Instead of doing it like in the Honmaru, where everyone in the Honmaru takes turns wearing the six amulets.
"Yeah." Higekiri responded in the darkness, "If you like, then stay. I'll take care of everything after you go back."
Kunihiro Horikawa covered half of his face with the quilt, "But, but, is this really okay?"
"Hmm..." Higekiri said optimistically, using Tsurumaru Kuninaga's words, "We can just take care of her."
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