When Lu Tiantian was half asleep, she vaguely smelled a fragrance.
She rubbed her groggy eyes and crawled under the bed, following the scent, and finally reached the kitchen door.
Seeing Xia Yao working in front of the stove, her eyes lit up, and she hugged Xia Yao's hand with a sigh of relief: "Aunt! You're back!"
Listening to Lu Tiantian's milky voice and sweet words, Xia Yao felt so heartbroken.
She pinched Lu Tiantian's nose: "Wait in the main room, aunt will prepare something delicious for you!"
The name of the medicinal meal Xia Yao made today is simple and crude - ginseng stewed chicken.
The ginseng was just picked this morning. It is still fresh and has the most medicinal properties.
Opening the lid of the pot, the chicken soup is golden brown, the chicken is fresh and tender, and the ginseng is cut into pieces and scattered everywhere in the chicken soup. The aroma is so delicious that it can make people's noses fall off.
Lu Tiantian took a deep breath of the aroma and obediently moved the small bench to sit outside.
She didn't even notice Lu Jing sitting by the stove watching the fire.
Seeing Lu Tiantian leave, Lu Jing's face darkened and he raised his eyes to look at Xia Yao.
Xia Yao raised his eyebrows at him: "I can't help it, I'm just so popular."
"Okay, bring out the chicken soup."
Xia Yao took the bowls and chopsticks and walked out with a relaxed pace.
Lu Jing held the chicken soup with mixed emotions and followed Xia Yao.
The aroma of ginseng stewed chicken instantly filled the entire space. Lu Tiantian and Lu Changbai sat on one side and the other on the right. Their eyes were firmly fixed on the chicken soup that Lu Jing was holding.
Xia Yao opened the pot lid and gave one person a bowl of chicken soup first.
Lu Jing knew that Xia Yao was willing to eat it, but after seeing the ginseng slices inside, his eyelids twitched: "You..."
"There are so many roots." Xia Yao didn't care, "I just used half of it, which is just enough for the four of us. After all, we are weak and can't make up for it."
Among the four of them, only Lu Jing is in good health. However, Lu Jing has been hungry in recent years, so he also needs to supplement his nutrition.
Xia Yao deliberately controlled the amount of ginseng to ensure that everyone could drink this bowl of chicken soup.
Lu Jing's eyes were complicated. Ginseng was not cheap. Even if it was placed at a purchasing station, it could be sold for a hundred yuan a piece.
He didn't expect that Xia Yao would use half of it in this pot of soup.
A few years ago, he wouldn't have cared about this, but now he knows the importance of money.
However, Xia Yao looked indifferent, and Lu Jing still didn't speak.
The two little beans were already happily drinking chicken soup. Even if he proposed to compensate Xia Yao now, what would be the point? He had money, but he had to break every dollar in half and spend it.
He could only keep this incident in mind and compensate Xia Yao later.
After a moment of silence, Lu Jing drank the chicken soup.
Xia Yao's eyebrows were curved, and she had been paying attention to Lu Jing's actions out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that Lu Jing didn't say anything to make up for it, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She believed that as long as she and Lu Jing kept going back and forth, their cooperative alliance would become stronger and stronger!
A pot of chicken soup is shared among four people, and some noodles are served with the chicken soup, and the dinner is over.
Xia Yao sat in the yard, looking up at the sunset above her head, listening to the sound of Lu Jing washing dishes outside the door, feeling very good.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Xia Zhiqing!"
Aunt Niu's voice came in.
"Changbai!"
Ergou was also shouting outside.
When Lu Changbai heard his friend's voice, his eyes lit up and he immediately opened the door.
Standing outside the door were Aunt Niu's family of three.
She carried the two dogs and brought them to Xia Yao.
"Xia Zhiqing, we are here to thank you!" Aunt Niu held Xia Yao's hand with tears of gratitude, "You must not dislike it!"
Uncle Niu is a man who is not good at words. As soon as Aunt Niu finished speaking, he carried the things in.
Xia Yao suddenly saw several chickens tied together.
She vaguely remembered that, apart from Aunt Osmanthus, Aunt Niu's family raised the most chickens - but she didn't raise them at home, she raised them in the back mountains.
Many people in the brigade did this, so no one reported Aunt Niu. Her small chicken farm continued until a real chicken farm was built in the village.
So, Aunt Niu raises free-range chickens! It’s definitely delicious!
"No!" Although Xia Yao coveted these chickens, he still firmly rejected Aunt Niu, "This is not what I wanted to save Ergou."
Aunt Niu was even more moved after hearing Xia Yao's words.
"No!" Aunt Niu stuffed everything into Xia Yao's hands.
The chicken in his hand was still alive and kicking. Xia Yao's scalp was numb and he didn't dare to think about how these chickens felt.
Aunt Niu didn't know Xia Yao's psychological activities, and she kept mumbling: "Xia Zhiqing, I know you are a good person! But by saving Ergou, you saved our family's lives! If our family didn't have much money, we wouldn't I’ll just give you a few chickens!”
"Just accept it!" Aunt Niu said, "I heard from Aunt Guihua that you like chicken the most! You can eat one every day!"
"Home-raised chickens are worthless!" Aunt Niu advised while stuffing the remaining items into Lu Changbai and Lu Tiantian's hands.
As for Lu Jing... Aunt Niu didn't dare to take another look at Lu Jing's cold face.
Xia Yao tried to push back, but Aunt Niu had already dragged the two dogs and ran out.
Xia Yao didn't have time to stop him and quickly stuffed the remaining money in his pocket into Er Gouzi's hand.
Er Gouzi was still dazed when he was dragged out of Lu's house by Aunt Niu.
Uncle Niu was taciturn. When he met the eyes of Xia Yao and the others, he ran away with his face flushed.
Xia Yao sighed: "I just stuffed ten dollars into Aunt Niu's pocket."
But buying these five or six chickens may not be enough.
"The remaining money will be used as Ergou's medical expenses." Lu Jing said.
Xia Yao could only nod in agreement. She could see that Aunt Niu really wanted to thank her. If she and Aunt Niu were too clear about it, Aunt Niu would feel uncomfortable.
We are all in the same village, and we can't see each other even when we look up. It's best if we come and go.
After leaving the Lu family, Aunt Niu patted her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, our legs and feet are fast! Xia Zhiqing can't catch up with us! Otherwise, we would have to carry those chickens home." "
Thinking of the chickens she had worked so hard to raise, Aunt Niu felt distressed for a moment, but looking at the lively two dogs, she secretly said in her heart, let alone six chickens, even if it was sixty chickens, she Also willing to give up!
But Aunt Niu hadn't been happy for long before she saw the obvious unity on Ergou's hand.
"Who gave it to you!" Aunt Niu raised her eyebrows coldly, and she knew it must have been given by Xia Yao without having to guess.
"Why are you so useless!" Aunt Niu said, "We went to give Xia Zhiqing a thank-you gift! Why did you get the money back!"
Ergou blinked his eyes and replied in a low voice: "You ran too fast. You're here before I even said anything."
Aunt Niu was so angry that she couldn't breathe. She pointed at Er Gou's head and was about to curse, but Uncle Niu stopped her: "Okay, I think Xia Zhiqing is not in good health. When she goes to work, you can help her." Doing more is also a thank you gift.”
Upon hearing this, Aunt Niu nodded immediately: "Yes! I will cover all Xia Zhiqing's work by then!"
Mrs. Tian passed by Aunt Niu's family, and her eyes were red with jealousy after hearing this. With just a few moves, Xia Yao got six chickens from Niu's family? And Aunt Niu works as a coolie for her!
She can too! It’s just a few punches in the stomach!
"Don't be deceived!" Mrs. Tian laughed sinisterly, "Who knows if that peach core was fed to your two dogs by that brat from Lu Changbai? What kind of good person can a brat from a landlord's family be? "
Aunt Niu was about to curse as soon as she heard this, but Ergou was one step ahead of her and rushed towards Old Mrs. Tian like a small cannonball, knocking Old Mrs. Tian over.
"I ate it myself! You are evil!" Ergou was only six years old and didn't know how to express his inner thoughts clearly, but he stared at Old Lady Tian, and when Old Lady Tian opened her mouth, he bumped into Old Lady Tian again. posture.
Before Mrs. Tian could slap her legs and scream, Aunt Niu picked up the two dogs and spat fiercely: "Bah!"
"You're still sowing discord with your level? Who doesn't know that your Tian family is the most vicious! We won't be fooled! Let's go!"
After Aunt Niu finished speaking, she left without looking back.
Mrs. Tian just wanted to blackmail the Niu family, but the Niu family all left. The people around watched her fall to the ground. Without exception, they all took a detour, as if she, a living person, did not exist.
"They are all a bunch of cold-hearted people!" Mrs. Tian held her waist and cursed all the way, "When our Tian family becomes prosperous, we won't be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor!"
Early the next morning, the sky was slightly bright.
Xia Yao walked out of the door amidst a rapid knock on the door.
Captain Zhou had an old face and stood there shaking off his pipe.
Seeing that it was Xia Yao who opened the door, he was stunned: "Where is Lu Jing?"
Xia Yao yawned: "He went out."
As soon as he heard that Lu Jing was leaving, Captain Zhou immediately became vigilant, his eyes darting around as he looked around the Lu family.
Could it be that that kid Lu Jing didn't listen and went to the mountains again?
Captain Zhou was extremely anxious and did not dare to show it in front of Xia Yao.
"Uncle Zhou."
It wasn't until Lu Jing's voice sounded that Captain Zhou came back to his senses.
"You kid!" Captain Zhou patted Lu Jing's shoulder, "Where have you been so early in the morning?"
"I went to pick some vegetables." Lu Jing held the green vegetables in his hand.
Captain Zhou saw this and nodded with satisfaction. He was not doing those speculative things!
"Get ready and come with me to the county."
"Going to the county?" Xia Yao's beautiful eyes widened, "Why are you going to the county?"
"A few more educated youths are coming down." Captain Zhou was very angry. "We, the cadres of several brigade, have gathered together and want to go to the county to find an explanation from the leaders!"
"Educated youths come here every year, but they never go back. It would be fine if they were all hard-working people, but in the end, there are a lot of charming young masters and ladies! Our brigade only has so little rations..."
When Captain Zhou said this, he realized that Xia Yao in front of him was also an educated youth, and he closed his mouth in embarrassment.
But Xia Yao had a question in his heart.
This group of educated youths...is Xia Qingqing also among them?
