The next day, someone knocked on the courtyard door early in the morning. Behind Li Feng, there were buffalo and Xiaorui standing side by side. There was also a large bundle of dry branches beside the buffalo.
"Good morning, Sister Cao Xi," Xiaorui greeted Cao Xi sweetly, her little head still looking behind Cao Xi.
Cao Xi knew she was looking for Qin Zhao when he saw her little movements, and smiled and invited everyone to come into the hospital and wait.
The buffalo put the firewood into the woodshed according to Li Feng's instructions.
Xiaorui stood in the courtyard and kept looking at the courtyard. It was much better than the Tu Tu Temple where they lived. Such a big house was only occupied by Cao Xi and Qin Zhao, which was enviable.
"Yesterday, I asked people from the Earth Temple to make signatures together, and each 100 pieces cost 20 cents." Li Feng told Cao Xi the price of asking someone to make signatures.
"Brother Li can make the decision on this matter." Cao Xi believed in Li Feng. With his intelligence, he would not make a loss-making business.
Li Feng smiled at her upon hearing this, his smile full of sunshine.
Buffalo and Xiaorui did not leave after delivering the firewood, but stayed to help Cao Xi and the others prepare ingredients.
While Xiaorui was washing the dishes, Qin Zhao walked out of the bedroom. He cried a bit badly yesterday, and his eyes were swollen with only a crack left.
"Good morning, brother Zhao." Xiaorui had been paying attention to the movement in the room. When she heard the door opening, she quickly put down her work and greeted Qin Zhao.
Seeing that Qin Zhao's eyes were severely swollen, he hurriedly shook off the water on his hands, got up and ran to Qin Zhao, asking with concern: "Brother Zhao, why are your eyes swollen?"
When Qin Zhao woke up in the morning, he felt some discomfort in his eyes. Since he didn't have a mirror, he didn't know how swollen his eyes were. When Xiao Rui suddenly asked him this question, he remembered how miserable he cried last night and felt a little embarrassed.
After hesitating for a long time, he said: "I drank too much water yesterday." After that, he glanced at Cao Xi.
Cao Xi looked a little funny at his expression. It seemed that he had remembered what happened last night and was now embarrassed.
"Go to the well and wash your face with cold water." Cao Xi looked at Qin Zhao with a smile.
"Wash your face with cold water. It will be cold. I'll boil water for Brother Zhao." Xiaorui got up and went to the kitchen to boil water.
Qin Zhao: "No need, cold water will reduce swelling."
Qin Zhao squatted by the well, and the icy cold water made him wake up.
Cao Xi: "Everyone hasn't had breakfast. Let's eat here today."
The buffalo waved his hand quickly and said, "We have eaten. We have all eaten."
In order not to cause trouble to Cao Xi, they all came after eating at Tutu Temple.
Li Feng: "Go and eat quickly, let's deal with the ingredients first"
So Cao Xi and Qin Zhao squatted in the kitchen and took a quick bite.
Cao Xi ate the eggs Qin Zhao peeled and said, "Your eyes are a little swollen. Use a cold face towel to apply them later."
A pair of panda eyes looked out of place on his handsome face.
"No, I'll go to the academy after eating." He wanted to go to the academy early to relieve Cao Xi's burden.
Cao Xi: "Going so early?"
Qin Zhao: "Well, let's go to morning reading."
Cao Xi: "Xing" I didn't expect early self-study in ancient times.
On the way to the academy, Qin Zhao couldn't help but ask Cao Xi: "Does what I said last night still count?"
He wanted to ask her when he got up in the morning, but there were so many people at home that he never found the chance.
Cao Xi immediately expressed his position: "Of course it is true, you are my big baby."
What happened last night was vivid in his mind, and Cao Xi remembered every word he said, because it was the first time Qin Zhao cried. She was a little worried when she cried. She never wanted to see Qin Zhao like that again.
Qin Zhao felt so happy when he heard this that he seemed to be floating. He waved goodbye to Cao Xi and skipped towards the academy.
Qin Zhao greeted everyone who passed by, regardless of whether he knew them or not, leaving many people confused.
There was no one in the classroom. Qin Zhao took out the book and planned to review the lesson he was going to teach today. When he was halfway through the chapter, someone walked up to him.
"Hey, let me see who this is. What's wrong with these eyes? Could it be that I cried yesterday."
Qi Qige caught Qin Zhao's embarrassment. He surrounded Qin Zhao and stared at the pair of fishy eyes, laughing non-stop.
Qin Zhao was a little embarrassed by his stare. "Ahem, I drank too much water last night."
This lie only deceived Xiaorui, but Qi Qige didn't believe it.
Qi Qige clicked her tongue twice, "If you still lie, then you can tell from those eyes that you have cried."
He felt right, Qiqige was indeed annoying, too annoying. Qin Zhao ignored him and continued to read with his head down. Seeing that he didn't respond, Qiqige stopped teasing him, sat back down and started reading.
He had not worked so hard before. Since Qin Zhao arrived, he felt that his number one position was no longer guaranteed.
Qin Zhao progressed so fast that he overtook him on the first day of arithmetic class. Although Qin Zhao also had weaknesses, there was a faint tendency to catch up in the past two days. He cannot tolerate a country bumpkin being better than himself.
There were more and more people in the class. When class time came, the Master walked in with his ruler.
"Everyone sit down, now let's check the status of yesterday's endorsements." After that, the roll call began.
Qin Zhao was a little anxious. He spent all the review time yesterday staring at Li Feng. In addition, he cried a lot in the evening and had already forgotten all the homework left by his master.
Here's the thing, the more you worry about something, something will happen.
"Qin Zhao, memorize the last two chapters of the Analects." The class for this Analects is about to end, so I want to make a final summary.
According to his memory, Qin Zhao was pretty good at memorizing the words.
"You didn't read a book last night, did you?" the master asked firmly.
"Yes" Qin Zhao was a little cautious.
"Stretch out your hand." The master has high expectations for Qin Zhao. He is very smart. If he hadn't read a book last night, he wouldn't have been able to memorize it.
Qin Zhao stretched out his hand behind his back and slapped it twice. Qin Zhao's hand instantly became red and swollen. He stared at the red and swollen palm for a long time, his brows furrowed.
Qi Qige lay on the table, snickering so hard that her stomach ached. She was so happy. She didn’t expect this country bumpkin to be like this. He cried last night, otherwise he had no time to endorse.
As the class continued, Qin Zhao's writing hand trembled slightly and the words became even more unreadable. He frowned and continued to steady his arm while writing.
"Qi Qige, why are you always staring at Qin Zhao? Stand up and listen."
This time it was Qiqige's turn to be dumbfounded. What happened to him was why he was forced to stand.
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After the words were divided, Cao Xi sent Qin Zhao and Li Feng away and continued to set up the stall. The first customer this morning was Buffalo. Buffalo bought five skewers. He didn't want to eat any of them, and gave them all to Xiaorui.
Watching Xiaorui eating the skewers with fond eyes, she stood there and was having a lot of fun.
Cao Xi's eyes wandered between the two of them, and he suddenly felt that he had discovered something incredible. Without allowing her to think too much, the customers all came up.
Today's business is based on yesterday's, so the sales effect is better. Most of them come in pairs, and there are children. Fish balls and tofu skewers are bought relatively quickly. We need to prepare more of these two items tomorrow.
The stall's ingredients were sold out by noon, and there were still many customers who hadn't bought anything. Cao Xi could only comfort the customers by saying that they would reserve it for them in advance tomorrow so they wouldn't have to queue.
After returning home, Cao Xi mentioned making charcoal, and Li Feng also wanted to try it. After all, the charcoal business is more profitable than oden cooking.
Cao Xi found some pen and ink in Qin Zhao's room, and explained to Li Feng while drawing. She also learned it from watching short videos in her previous life. She had no idea whether it could succeed, so she could only give it a try.
Li Feng generally knew the structure of the earth kiln, and the two of them just went ahead and asked Da Zhuang and Dayong to return to the Tu Tu Temple together. They dug a pit and built the earth kiln in the open space behind the Tu Tu Temple.
With more people and more strength, the earth kiln was built quickly. They also found firewood to burn the earth kiln dry. By the time everything was finished, it was already evening.
"That's it for today. Let it dry in the kiln overnight and it will probably be ready for use tomorrow afternoon."
Cao Xi asked everyone to rest and continue tomorrow.
Since building the earth kiln took a lot of time, Cao Xi had to ask Li Feng to go to the vegetable market to buy ingredients first, and then pick up Qin Zhao himself.
Everyone in the academy was gone, but Qin Zhao still didn't see Cao Xi. He was a little anxious. He didn't know what happened to Cao Xi. He wanted to go home by himself but was afraid of getting sidetracked with Cao Xi, so he could only stand dryly in the courtyard. Door etc.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Qiqige walked out of the academy. He didn't really want to go home. There was no one at home who really cared about him.
Qin Zhao looked at Qi Qige, wondering why he hadn't left. Qin Zhao always finished school normally and never knew that Qi Qige was the first to go to school and the last to leave.
Qin Zhao looked away and said, "I'm waiting for someone to pick me up."
"Then I'll wait with you." Qi Qige didn't care and sat on the steps.
Ever since his concubine was born, his stepmother didn't even bother to show off. No one would notice if he didn't come home at night.
Qin Zhao ignored him and kept looking around. As the sky grew dark, Qin Zhao became more and more worried about Cao Xi. It wasn't until he saw Cao Xi running from a distance that his heart dropped.
Cao Xi was panting: "It's been a long time, let's go home now."
"What happened? It's late today." Qin Zhao didn't move, waiting for Cao Xi to catch his breath.
It took a while for Cao Xi to return to normal. "I went to the Earth Temple today and built an earthen kiln there. Didn't I talk about burning charcoal yesterday?" Cao Xi explained in his mouth and went to hold Qin Zhao's hand.
Qin Zhao lightly touched Cao Xi's hand and refused to hold it.
The roots of the ears are red: "There are classmates here"
Only then did Cao Xi notice Qi Qige sitting on the steps. The little boy was looking up at him and Qin Zhao, his eyes full of envy and curiosity.
"Hello, you are Qin Zhao's classmate, and I am his sister." Cao Xi greeted Qi Qige friendly.
Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly: "She's my fiancée." The newly established relationship cannot be said to be gone.
Qi Qige, who was originally envious at first, suddenly became dumbfounded, "How old are you? You have a child bride?"
Cao Xi looked at Qin Zhao with the same surprise, saying "Is this the case" written all over his face? Before she could refute, she was shocked by the words "child bride" again, and she looked at Qiqige as if she were an idiot.
What kind of brain circuit are these? They are worthy of being classmates. Just as she was about to defend herself, Qin Zhao glared back. Cao Xi swallowed and said nothing.
"It's either a child bride or a fiancée." After Qin Zhao explained, he took the initiative to hold Cao Xi's hand and walked home.
Qiqige was left in a daze.
"Why did I become your fiancée?" Cao Xi asked, squeezing Qin Zhao's little hand.
"Last night, you said you would marry me when I grow up."
Qin Zhao looked up at Cao Xi with deep eyes. He wasn't joking at all, his expression was tense.
Cao Xi suddenly realized that it was what he said last night.
"You haven't grown up yet, so you can't say that to outsiders." Cao Xi always treated Qin Zhao as a child.
"You want to regret it?" Qin Zhao stopped and grabbed Cao Xi hard. His eyes seemed to say, if you dare not admit this, we will be finished.
Cao Xi lowered his head and looked at Qin Zhao, "Do you know what a fiancée is?"
Qin Zhao: "Do you think I'm stupid?"
"I'm serious, Cao Xi, I will be good to you, marry me." Cao Xi was shocked by the sincerity in his eyes. She didn't expect a child to say such things.
She had never been in love in her previous life, and she had never been married in her life. This was the first time someone had confessed to her, and she was still a little kid. She was a little overwhelmed and wanted to laugh.
Qin Zhao just kept staring at Cao Xi. Cao Xi took a deep breath, "I'll wait for you to grow up."
She believes that time will bring some things and take away some things.
After Cao Xi finished speaking, he walked forward. This was not the result Qin Zhao wanted, but he didn't know how to make Cao Xi believe him. I can only swear secretly that you are my fiancée, and no one can take her away, not even yourself.
