When I turned the corner, I saw Li Feng waiting at the door of his house. There were two large bundles of firewood beside him.
"Brother Li" Cao Xi walked over quickly
Li Feng: "If I'm not busy today, I just want to carry some firewood and deliver it to you."
He smiled warmly and felt that delivering firewood was just a casual matter, making people feel no pressure.
Cao Xi: "That's great. I planned to go to Kanchaina, the Tutu Temple, with Qin Zhao today, but I didn't expect you to send it here." As she spoke, she unlocked the door and led Li Feng into the hospital.
Li Feng put the firewood into the woodshed with ease, and then went to the well to get himself some water.
Cao Xi: "Brother Li, let's eat here for lunch. I still have some braised pork I made yesterday. You can try it too."
Li Feng: "Of course that's good, I like to eat the food you cook the most."
Qin Zhao disliked Li Feng's expression the most. He always felt that there was something hidden under his smile, which made people unable to see clearly. He also always liked to get close to Cao Xi, which made him upset.
Cao Xi made a cold dish of the remaining braised pork, fried a spicy pepper sausage, and put the remaining vegetables and steamed buns into the pot to steam them.
As soon as Li Feng arrived, he took over the task of lighting the kitchen. Qin Zhao could only lean on the door frame and watch them talking and laughing while they were busy.
He would just wait to eat like an outsider. He doesn't like this feeling, nor does he like the way they get along.
"Qin Zhao put the dining table under the jujube tree. Let's eat outside today." Before Qin Zhao could answer,
Li Feng then said, "I'll go. How can I let my cousin do the work while I'm here?"
Listening to these words, it feels like being at home, wanting to occupy a dove's nest, which is a beautiful thought.
Qin Zhao: "Let me go. I'm a guest. How can I keep you working?"
As he said this, he glanced sideways at Li Feng and turned around to set the table.
Cao Xi: "Just let him go. Children need to exercise more."
Li Feng smiled and said nothing. At the dinner table, Cao Xi gave Li Feng several pieces of braised pork and asked with a smile whether it was delicious.
Li Feng: "Your cooking has never disappointed me."
Although it was his first time to eat braised pork, he was sure there was no such dish on the market. If you sell it, you will definitely make a lot of money.
"If you like it, eat more." Cao Xi gave Li Feng two more chopsticks of braised pork.
Seeing Cao Xi keep picking up food for Li Feng, Qin Zhao wanted to stop him but he couldn't find a reason, so he could only keep coughing to attract Cao Xi's attention.
Li Feng said, "If my cousin feels uncomfortable, drink some water." His tone was gentle and warm, but Qin Zhao could hear the sarcasm.
Cao Xi knew that Qin Zhao had an old habit, and he couldn't see himself being nice to others. Once he found out, he started making all kinds of little tricks to attract her attention. She always thought it was a child's possessiveness.
"Ah..." Cao Xi took the braised pork with chopsticks and handed it to Qin Zhao's mouth, gesturing for him to open his mouth.
Qin Zhao's intention was discovered, so he had the nerve to open his mouth and let her feed him.
His thoughts were a little stuck, and he saw Cao Xi turning the chopsticks in a different direction and putting them into his mouth. He looked at Cao Xi in disbelief, why did he just take it away? He was about to open his mouth.
Cao Xi saw the eagerness in his eyes. He held back a smile and picked up a piece of chili pepper and handed it to his mouth. Without seeing clearly what Cao Xi was holding, Qin Zhao opened his mouth and swallowed it. When he realized what he was doing, he was already spicy. His face was red, and he could neither vomit nor swallow.
His expression made Cao Xi laugh out loud. Li Feng watched their interaction with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
After this interaction, Qin Zhao had long forgotten the cause of the matter and just lowered his head to eat, not even having the courage to look up at Cao Xi.
After lunch, Qin Zhao was squatting by the well washing dishes. He looked at Li Feng under the jujube tree and rolled his eyes, "Why don't you rush to help me with the work now?" He knew that he was surrounding Cao Xi.
Li Feng ignored Qin Zhao and asked Cao Xi another topic: "What are your future plans? Will you continue to sell bamboo dragonflies?"
Cao Xi: "I won't sell anymore. I plan to set up a stall on the street and make some food for sale."
Li Feng: "What are you doing? Is this the braised pork you eat today?" He became very interested in today's braised pork and was also curious about Cao Xi's new ideas.
"Instead of doing that, I plan to make oden." Cao Xi briefly introduced oden.
"It sounds pretty good. It's a small-scale operation that suits you right now." Li Feng is very optimistic about this business.
Cao Xi wanted to recruit Li Feng to join the gang, so he invited him, "Come and do it with me."
Li Feng is fourteen years old, considered an adult in ancient times, and working with him also takes care of each other. With her current small body, it is difficult for her to push a cart, let alone set up a stall.
Cao Xi: "How about we split the money we earn in half?"
Li Feng: "Okay. Let's give it a try." There are tens of millions of businesses, and you can do whatever makes money.
The oden was finalized during the conversation between the two.
Next, the two of them divided their labors in purchasing. Li Feng was responsible for buying cars and charcoal. He took the drawings drawn by Cao Xi and went to the blacksmith shop to make utensils. Cao Xi is responsible for the detailed work such as buying ingredients and seasonings, cutting skewers and threading skewers.
Cao Xi: "What are the buffalo doing recently?"
Li Feng: "He is still weaving baskets for sale."
Cao Xi: "Ask him for me if he can send me bundles of dry firewood every two days. It's ten cents a time based on the amount you get."
"I'll just give it to you, whatever he chooses to do."
Cao Xi: "You still have to do business with me, how can you have time to chop wood?"
Li Feng: "Then I'll ask him, and he should agree that selling firewood is much easier than weaving baskets for him."
Cao Xi: "Don't delay his serious work, just let him bring him over when he sells baskets."
Li Feng: "I understand, I will convey it to you."
In the afternoon, Li Feng left the small courtyard to prepare the things needed for oden cooking.
Qin Zhao: "Why did you talk for so long?"
Cao Xi: "Talk about making money, what are you doing?"
Qin Zhao: "I looked through the books I bought. I'm going to school tomorrow. I don't know what to talk about yet, so I just read them in general."
"Why are you so good?" Cao Xi raised his hand and pinched Qin Zhao's face.
"Let's go into the house." After saying this, regardless of Qin Zhao's resistance, he hugged Qin Zhao's shoulders and walked into the house.
Qin Zhao was so hugged that he staggered and almost lost his balance.
His face was rosy, and he was mentally criticizing Cao Xi for always being irritable and irritating. However, his hands unconsciously rested on Cao Xi's waist, and the two brothers entered the house with good posture.
Cao Xi took out the fabric she bought in the morning, measured it with a ruler, and drew on the fabric with chalk.
"What are you doing?" Qin Zhao was lying on the bedside watching Cao Xi work, a little confused.
Cao Xi: "I'll make you a schoolbag." Seeing Qin Zhao looking up at her, she felt happy for no reason, and she quickened her movements.
Qin Zhao: "Don't bother, I'll just go with the book." Qin Zhao didn't want Cao Xi to be so tired.
Cao Xi glared at him, "How can that be okay? It's easier to walk with a schoolbag. Besides, you can't just walk around carrying bowls and chopsticks."
Qingsong Academy provides lunch, but you must bring your own tableware. What's more, life must have a sense of ritual. After all, this is the first time he has faced the unknown.
During about half a cup of tea, Cao Xi pieced together the fabrics he had cut out, and a small schoolbag took its original form.
Cao Xi: "It's your turn, sew it together according to the shape I made."
She didn't feel there was anything wrong with her behavior at all. Anyway, her needlework was not as good as Qin Zhao's, so she might as well leave it to Qin Zhao.
"You are really outstanding." Qin Zhao reluctantly picked up the needle and thread and sewed according to Cao Xi's method.
The two small figures were close together. Cao Xi kept giving instructions, which made Qin Zhao scurry. It wasn't until late at night that the small schoolbag was finally completed.
Cao Xi put the pen and the book into his schoolbag, picked up the schoolbag, shook it vigorously, and finally put the schoolbag diagonally across Qin Zhao's body.
Cao Xi circled around Qin Zhao and said, "How is it? Isn't it very convenient?"
"It's really convenient and very light. It's not as heavy as a book box." Qin Zhao touched the new schoolbag with his hand and walked a few more steps in the room, feeling pleased with himself.
In the evening, Cao Xi told Qin Zhao "Journey to the West", because Sun Wukong also had no father or mother, and was born and raised by nature.
Qin Zhao listened with great interest. He felt that Sun Wukong's IQ was much higher than that in the previous stories.
Seeing that it was getting late, he not only lost sleep but became more and more energetic, and was finally forced to sleep by Cao Xi. Qin Zhao's dreams were full of monkeys that night.
