Chapter 138
The two intentions of Ubuyashiki Amane when he came to see the Toru brothers ended up being unfulfilled, just as Qingxi had said before.
After having lunch here, she hurried down the mountain while the weather was still good. However, the other party came alone. Not to mention the ghost hunters, even the members of the Hidden Department did not come with her. Now that she was ready to go down the mountain, Qingxi was really worried about her going back alone.
The roads were slippery in the snow. If she slipped halfway, she would be in trouble. Even if she didn't freeze to death, she would be in trouble.
"Mrs. Tianyin, let me go down the mountain with you." Qingxi said, pulling Higekiri with him. "We will have to go down the mountain again in a few days, so we might as well go now."
"Don't worry, I'm fine on my own." Ubuyashiki Amane thought Qingxi's words were an excuse, so she comforted her.
Qingxi shook his head: "No, I really want to go to the town at the foot of the mountain to buy some things."
Ubuyashiki Amane still didn't believe it.
Qingxi: "I'm going to buy some lucky bags."
A trace of realization crossed Ubuyashiki Tenon's face.
She had heard that Mr. Beimingyu's little Axi would buy a lot of lucky bags every Chinese New Year.
She has been with her sword, Tsukumogami, every year. Not counting this year, it has been three or four years.
If this was the reason why she went down the mountain to the town to buy things, she would believe it.
"Ichiro, Muichiro, Horikawa, we're going down the mountain. If you're free this afternoon, please go to the forest and pick some wild persimmons from the trees. I'll make some persimmon candy for you when I get back."
Tokito Ichiro didn't want to go down the mountain to stroll around the town. He had no money. Instead of going down the mountain to go shopping and just look at the things in the shops, he might as well train himself more and learn swordsmanship from two masters so that he would be able to protect himself better.
Even privately, he and Muichiro followed Qingxi to make a living.
For example, how to identify mushrooms, how to go fishing in the river, and they are even planning to clear a piece of land in the yard after the snow melts in spring to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes. They are two young children with small appetites, so they can save a lot of food.
Finally, there is sugar making.
For example, the persimmon candy she just mentioned, if it doesn’t require other ingredients, it would be a no-profit business.
Even though it is seasonal, if I make it in winter like this and sell it in spring, I can make a small profit. This way, my brother and I will have money to buy some daily necessities for the next year.
"Huh? How much did you buy?" Tokito Ichiro, who was in the yard holding a wooden stick and making knife-wielding motions with his brother, turned sideways impatiently and roared at the girl who urged him and his brother to hurry up as soon as they came back from the town.
Don’t you see that they are working hard to train themselves?
Horikawa checked the time, then looked at the two brothers who had been training in the snow for half an afternoon and were sweating in the cold weather. He said, "Let's stop here for today."
Tokito Ichiro and Tokito Muichiro wiped the sweat from their faces, and then casually put the wooden sticks that had been in their hands for a while back to their old places.
"I'll go cook. Muichiro, you go take a shower."
Ever since Qingxi placed two flints in the house, there has never been a shortage of hot water at home.
Tokito Muichiro picked up the kettle next to the flint and carried it to a small compartment separated by a whole piece of cloth.
There is no way. When there are women in the family, taking a bath becomes less convenient.
If there were only two brothers, they would basically carry water outside the house, wash quickly, and then run back into the house.
But Qingxi can't do that. She wants to take a bath every ten days or half a month, and that's her limit.
Therefore, there is this small compartment in the house.
After taking a bath, Tokito Muichiro wanted to take over from his brother, but was kicked out of the kitchen by his brother, saying, "You've already taken a bath, so don't dirty your clothes."
With nothing to do, Tokito Muichiro had no choice but to return to the house.
Tokito Muichiro was stunned to see the three people sitting in the rest area and starting to unpack various packages of different sizes.
"Ah, Sister Axi, are these the lucky bags you bought?" He walked over and sat down at the edge of the floor.
Seeing the girl nod, he asked weakly, "Did you buy a little too much?"
Kiyoki looked up and blinked. She asked Higekiri and Horikawa Kunihiro blankly, "Is it a lot? The last time I bought it with Tsurumaru, he bought more than me."
"What Tsurumaru-dono said—" Horikawa Kunihiro was speechless.
How should he say this?
Comparing it with Tsurumaru-dono is not advisable in itself.
After all, it was a troublemaker crane.
Higekiri picked up a hairpin he had unpacked in front of him and inserted it into the girl's hair before she could even begin to notice it. He tilted his head and looked at her with a gentle smile. "Well, the flower is a little big, not really suitable for someone of your age."
Qingxi caught the hairpin that fell down when she moved slightly. She only took a look at it and her face was full of disgust.
"It's okay that this flower is big, but it's also so rough. Which woman would want to wear it?" Qingxi complained.
After trying to hold back, she couldn't help herself and took out the tools from her gourmet backpack to dismantle the hairpin in her hand.
While manually modifying it, she continued to complain, "This flower shape is an imitation of a peony, but it's too ugly. The color of the petals is ugly, and they even wanted to make a gradient. There are only two or three leaves. The green is too dark, and it doesn't support the whole flower at all. It doesn't make people feel bright... I, who don't know how to make this, made it look better than the original. The shop owner who does this business has such poor taste.
No wonder when buying lucky bags, not only are the prices cheap at this store, but you can buy a large bag at a time.
I guess the shop owner is planning to sell these things and change his business."
The girl muttered to herself, and from time to time she did not forget to look at Higekiri's lucky bag.
Suddenly, she shook her head. "This lucky bag isn't good. There's nothing nice in it, and I had to modify it myself... What a loss."
Higekiri simply pushed his lucky bag, which had received a bad review from Kiyoki, to her.
"In that case, the owner should modify them now," he said. "If you think you can modify them later when you have time, then you might as well just leave them there."
Qingxi thought about her own personality and nodded immediately.
Higekiri is right.
She is very likely to do such a thing.
So she pushed the unopened lucky bag in front of her toward Tokito Muichiro, "Muichiro, you open these." She moved behind her, making some space, "I want to transform all these accessories."
Suddenly, a huge bag of lucky bags was stuffed into his mouth. Tokito Muichiro's eyes widened. He asked uncertainly, "Ah, are you letting me open all of these?"
"Tear it down, tear it down," Qingxi said casually. "Keep the useful things, and put away the useless things that you can't think of a use for right now. You can take them out later when you can think of something to do with them."
Perhaps it was because Qingxi's actions were too casual and there was no barrier, just like a family member, so Tokito Muichiro did not feel that he was taking apart other people's things but rather taking apart things that his family asked him to help take apart. He naturally took off his shoes, sat on the floor and started taking apart with the other two.
When Tokito Ichiro came from the kitchen to ask someone to serve the food, he saw a room full of people sitting in their resting and sleeping areas, with large and small burlap bags piled up next to them.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and at this moment Tokito Ichiro began to doubt himself, suspecting that he was not a little kid, but the illusion of the head of that group of naughty kids.
"We can tear it down later. Now, it's time to eat." He said weakly.
"knew."
Looking at the four people, big and small, putting down their things and putting on their shoes, Tokito Ichiro said: ...
The illusion just now has become even more serious.
After dinner, it was dark and everyone, who had been busy all day, stayed indoors.
However, today everyone was not busy staying in bed, but instead divided into two groups and gathered in front of the fire stone to boil persimmon juice.
The method and ingredients for making persimmon candy are very simple. Remove the stems of the persimmons, pour them into a pot and mash them into a paste. Then filter them with a gauze with several layers. Then squeeze out the juice and put it into the pot and boil it repeatedly until the juice is boiled into a paste. The persimmon candy is almost ready.
Finally, let them cool and harden.
This kind of weather is very good in winter. You can put them outside for a few hours, then bring them in, break up the hardened persimmon candies and put them away.
When you want to eat candy, pick up a piece of crushed persimmon candy and put it in your mouth. Hold it for a while, the sweetness of the persimmon itself will spread in your mouth, and even your mood will get better.
"Youyilang, how many persimmons did you bring back?" Qingxi asked weakly, his hands sore from stirring.
Compared to the girl who wanted to call it a day and go back to sleep, the boy, whose long hair was tied into ponytails on both sides, looking like a little girl, was full of energy. He said expressionlessly, "I took them all back."
Qingxi looked at the persimmon juice in the pot for a while, and then she said, "...I'm tired."
"Then let's switch." Tokito Ichiro said without raising his head.
"No." Qingxi refused decisively.
If stirring the pot was considered an easy job, then pounding persimmons was definitely a physically demanding job.
"Then get to work quickly." Tokito Yuichiro said viciously with a fierce look on his face.
It's all about money, and it's a business with no capital investment, so why not do it?
If all the persimmons on the wild persimmon tree on the mountain had not been picked by them, he would have wanted to go pick more and bring back a basket.
Of course, there may be some in the deeper forest, but that is too dangerous. It is snowing now, so even if we find a wild persimmon tree and pick the persimmons, it will be very difficult to transport them back.
Thinking of this, Tokito Ichiro felt secretly regretful and a little resentful at the same time.
If Qingxi had said that wild persimmons could be made into persimmon candy when they were ripe, he would have picked them in that snow-free weather.
No, she also picked them back, but she made them into dried persimmon cakes and kept them for herself...
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