Early the next morning, Xi Jin woke up to the smell of food. It was still dark outside the window.
Qi Qi had a fever every two hours last night. Xi Jin and Wang took turns taking care of her, and they were both a little exhausted.
Xi Jin got up and went to the kitchen. When he saw Xie Luo making porridge, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "You must not have slept last night, right?"
Xie Luo shook his head. After arriving in Yazhou, this was the most distraction-free sleep he had had: "I slept very well, but you had dark circles under your eyes."
Xie Luo said, taking out an egg from the pot on the side and handing it to Xi Jin: "Take it and apply it on your eyes."
"You still know this." Xi Jin said with a smile.
"When I was practicing martial arts when I was young, I was afraid of getting hurt. My aunt was worried that my grandmother would find out, so she put some eggs on me and it was quite effective." Xie Luo recalled with a smile.
Suddenly, there was a slight cough behind her. Wang stood at the door of the kitchen and said with a slight embarrassment: "Daughter-in-law Xie Luo, I have caused you trouble this night. We will go back now."
"Mother Qiqi, my husband has cooked porridge. You can eat before you leave." Xi Jin asked to stay.
It would be very difficult for Ms. Wang to go back and cook breakfast when she was alone with her child.
"Yes, let's eat before leaving." Xie Luo also said.
"No, no." Wang looked at the white porridge in the pot and refused again and again.
This is polished rice, so Xie Luo loves his wife so much that he is willing to cook porridge early in the morning. This is very precious for prisoners like them. How can she and Qi Qi be embarrassed when they talk to each other.
"Husband, I want to eat egg pancakes, but I can't even make them." Xi Jin suddenly said coquettishly to Xie Luo.
Xie Luo couldn't help but tremble when he heard this. Jin'er had never acted coquettishly to him like this before.
When he saw the cunning look in her eyes, he immediately understood: "I wonder if Qi Qi Niang knows it?"
"Yes, yes, but..."
"You'll have to worry about Qi Qi's mother." Xi Jin patted Xie Luo's arm and gave him a wink, "Husband, please put out the porridge. I'll go see if Qi Qi is awake. She didn't eat last night. , it would be best to drink some light porridge at this time."
Xijin said to Wang again: "Mother Qiqi, please make a few more. My husband has a good appetite."
"Yes, make more and add more eggs. My wife loves eggs." Xie Luo also said with a smile.
Ms. Wang was not a fool. She already knew what the couple meant, so she no longer refused: "Then I'll do it quickly."
Xi Jin came to the room and saw that Qi Qi was already awake. The illness made her eyes look even more watery, with a look of pity. She woke up and lay there, neither crying nor fussing.
But when he saw Xi Jin, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Auntie."
"Good boy." Xi Jin stepped forward and hugged her, "Are you feeling better? But is there anything else that makes you feel uncomfortable?"
"Qi Qi is hungry." Qi Qi snuggled into Xi Jin's arms and said pitifully.
After hearing this, Xi Jin said happily: "Your uncle cooked the porridge, and my aunt will feed you."
"You hold Qi Qi, and I'll feed her." Xie Luo sat down aside, scooped up a small spoonful of porridge, cooled it, fed it into Qi Qi's mouth, and asked considerately, "Is it hot or not?"
"It's not hot." Qi Qi shook her little head and looked at Xie Luo with a smile, "Uncle is good-looking."
"Then I'll let you take a few more glances." Xie Luo smiled and fed him another spoonful.
Hearing this, Xi Jin couldn't help but laugh out loud. He was not humble at all.
"You can also watch." Xie Luo raised his eyes, smiled tenderly at Xi Jin, and then lowered his head to feed Qi Qi some porridge.
Only then did Xi Jin realize that he had been staring at Xie Luo for a long time. He hurriedly moved his eyes away, but he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.
I thought that someone as gentle as Xie Luo would definitely be suitable to be a father in the future.
Wang made the egg pancakes and came out. Seeing the three people talking and laughing, she couldn't help but shed tears. If Qi Qi's father was still alive, they would definitely be like this.
"Mother." Qi Qi spotted Wang and called out softly.
"Xie Luo, dear wife, the egg pancakes are ready." Wang put the egg pancakes on the table, wiped her hands, and wanted to hug Qi Qi, "Qi Qi, let's go home."
Qi Qi's head shook like a rattle: "Auntie holds me, uncle feeds me."
"You kid." Wang said helplessly.
"Ms. Qi Qi, please don't be polite to us. Let's sit down and eat together." Xi Jin picked up a piece of egg pancake and fed it to Qi Qi's mouth: "Qi Qi, the egg pancake made by your mother smells very good. Xiang, if you eat more, you will get better quickly."
"Thank you, aunt." Qi Qi obediently ate the egg cake Xi Jin fed her. Qi Qi, who hadn't eaten well for a long time, couldn't help but clapped her hands, "It's delicious, aunt eats it, uncle eats it, mother." Eat too.”
"Eat quickly." Xi Jin handed the chopsticks to Mrs. Wang, "Only when you are full can you have the strength to take care of Qi Qi."
Wang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and choked, "Then I won't be polite to you."
"Why are you so polite? It's because of you, otherwise we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious egg pancakes!" Xi Jin said ashamedly, why doesn't she know these things?
"This is very simple. I'll teach you next time." Wang looked at Xi Jin's pure appearance and couldn't help but fall in love with her.
"That would be perfect." Xi Jin said with a smile.
After several people finished breakfast, Wang returned home with Qiqi in her arms.
Xie Luo was also going to the school grounds. Before going out, Xi Jin handed Xie Luo a piece of paper with all the medicinal materials she needed written on it: "Please, when you come back later, go to the town and give these to I’ll buy it back.”
Xie Luo took the paper and took a look at it, and nodded without hesitation: "Okay, there is no need to cook dinner later, I will buy some from the town."
Xi Jin pursed his lips: "You think my cooking is not delicious?"
"No, I'm afraid it will be hard for you." Xie Luo quickly explained.
"Then don't buy it. We don't live in Yazhou for half a day. How can we rely on buying food for a long time? No matter how much money we have, we will have nothing for a day. Don't worry, I will go to Aunt Liu today to ask for advice. If it doesn't work, I will I went to Mother Qiqi for guidance, I believe I can learn it one day."
Seeing Xi Jin's persistence, Xie Luo nodded: "Okay, then I'll come back and eat the food you cooked."
After Xie Luo left, Xi Jin saw that it was still early, so he cleaned up the room, poured out all the money and counted it carefully. After excluding the previous expenses, they still had less than 500 taels of silver left.
This amount of money is naturally a lot compared to ordinary people, but if they want to live in Yazhou for a long time, they may need to take care of something. Sooner or later, this house will have to be rebuilt, and neither she nor Xie Luo is willing to It seems that people who live frugally still have ways to make money.
Xi Jin took advantage of the early light to inspect the front and back of the house.
Their house is close to the mountain, and there is a large piece of land in front and back of the house.
Xi Jin originally wanted to learn how to grow some vegetables from the book, but since he saw the neat rows of land that Lan Er Niang had tidied up, he knew that he was not good at this.
Xi Jin then thought about it, she didn't know how to grow vegetables, but maybe she could grow some medicinal materials. Wouldn't that also make a lot of money?
