early morning
Cao Xi woke up from a bout of chest tightness. When she lowered her head, she saw Qin Zhao's head resting on her chest and half of his body pressed against her. Cao Xi wanted to hold his forehead, so she gently put Qin Zhao on the bed and got up to make breakfast.
I heated up the leftover braised pork from last night and made spicy shredded pork and braised rice.
Since opening a Malatang shop with enough staff, Cao Xi has gradually had more time and no longer messes around with food.
After everything was done, Cao Xi came to Qin Zhao's bedroom, pinched his red face twice.
Qin Zhao felt slight discomfort on his face while sleeping, so he pulled it down with his hand and turned over to continue sleeping. Cao Xi suppressed a smile and pinched his other cheek.
Qin Zhao opened his eyes drowsily and saw Cao Xi smiling maliciously at him.
"Cao Xi" Qin Zhao rubbed his eyes and looked at her.
Cao Xi looked at him with a smile and said, "Get up and have breakfast."
"Oh." After saying that, he stood up to change clothes. Halfway through, he looked back at Cao Xi and said doubtfully, "I'm going to change clothes."
"Change it." Cao Xi deliberately sat on the edge of the bed and stared at him.
"That's not okay, you have to get out."
Qin Zhao pushed Cao Xi out of the door in a daze and closed the door with a bang. Cao Xi outside the door touched his nose and knew that day and night were different.
After a while, Qin Zhao packed up and walked out. Cao Xi had already laid out the food, and the two of them sat at the table and enjoyed the food.
"Well, this is for you." Cao Xi handed Qin Zhao a purse. The purse was dark blue and had no patterns. Cao Xi accidentally discovered it while shopping and thought it suited Qin Zhao very well, so he bought it.
"Why are you giving me your wallet?" Qin Zhao was a little confused. He didn't have any use for his wallet.
Cao Xi: "I put some broken silver and copper plates in it. How can you not put any silver in your body when you are too old?"
Qin Zhao: "I've accepted the purse, so there's no need to keep the money in it."
After saying that, he poured out the money from his wallet and pushed it to Cao Xi.
Cao Xi wondered, "What's wrong?"
Qin Zhao said, "I'll fill it up." He picked up his purse and shook it at Cao Xi.
Seeing him like this, Cao Xi remembered how he made money. So he said, "I forgot to tell you yesterday. Stop talking in your hand and don't delay the exam." Cao Xi gave Qin Zhao a piece of meat and motioned for him to eat quickly.
"Well, the manuscript will be finished tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I won't start writing this book for the time being."
Since he made some money by selling the schoolbag drawings, Qin Zhaoxiang started a new function, adapted the stories Cao Xi told him and compiled several sets of storybooks, providing master copies for the study, and earned a lot of money.
After breakfast, the two of them walked out of the courtyard together. When they reached the end of the street, one went to the academy and the other to the shop.
"Sister Xi is here." When Cao Xi came in, he happened to see the buffalo preparing seasonings.
Cao Xi: "The dishes are all here."
Buffalo: "It's here. Xiaochuan and the others are cleaning it in the backyard."
"Then I'll go over and help."
In the backyard, Xiaochuan and Xiaorui were cleaning mushrooms, and Li Feng was cutting dry tofu.
"Sister Xi" Xiaorui greeted Cao Xi with a smile, then glanced behind her and continued her work when she saw no one.
Cao Xi walked to a pile of vegetables and squatted down, picked up the vegetables, broke them open and removed the roots. People in the yard were preparing for the new day.
Cao Xi turned around and asked Li Feng: "Brother Li, how are Da Zhuang and Dayong doing?"
Except for meeting once on the opening day, they had never seen each other again. They had been burning charcoal in the Tutu Temple. For the convenience of work, the two brothers never left the Tutu Temple.
Li Feng: "They are still like that, very motivated. I heard that they are going to buy two connected houses on the edge of the town for their wedding."
When you mention the two of them, you will think of their dark appearance. They are both happy and sad. They are good partners.
"They are getting married. Brother Li should consider finding a sister-in-law for us." Buffalo walked out of the front hall and took the washed vegetables.
Xiaochuan joked: "Brother Li is not quick to find a sister-in-law, so he just looks at his appearance and his net worth, so he can't find anything he can't find."
Li Feng has been working hard to make money these years, and his childhood experience made him not trust anyone.
The only ones that caught his attention were Qin Zhao and Cao Xi. One was too lucky and the other was too capable. He thought he was lucky, but he didn't expect everything to change.
"I'll be with you every day. Where can I find a sister-in-law for you?" After saying that, he glanced at Cao Xi again and found that she was no different, feeling a little disappointed.
This is what happens in the shop. There are busy times but also free times. There is not a lot of traffic in the morning, and all the pressure comes at noon and evening.
After finishing the backyard work, Cao Xi returned to his post and continued to stand at the counter collecting money and settling accounts. There was no way that the whole team knew how to read just her and Li Feng, and Li Feng would not let her play spoon in the kitchen.
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When Qin Zhao came to the academy, Qi Qige was sitting in the shade of a tree in a daze, looking a little desolate and lonely. Don't know what to think. This person doesn't like to go home. He always comes very early and leaves very late. If he didn't have a place to live, he probably wouldn't even return home.
"What are you doing sitting here?" Qin Zhao was standing beside him, but he didn't respond.
"Ah, it's so cool." He came to his senses when he heard Qin Zhao's voice. His answer was perfunctory, but Qin Zhao didn't go into details. Everyone has secrets.
"Stop sitting, go back to class and read. The exam is coming soon." After Qin Zhao finished speaking, he continued to walk into the class without waiting for him. He likes to read over new information before going to class.
"Wait for me." Qi Qige quickly turned over and stood up, followed Qin Zhao in a hurry, and changed back to his previous appearance, smiling heartlessly, which was in sharp contrast to before.
Qi Qige was about to reach out and put a hand on Qin Zhao's shoulder, but was knocked down mercilessly by Qin Zhao.
Qi Qige: "I said you have a golden body and can't be touched." After so many years, you still have the same attitude of keeping strangers away.
Qin Zhao said calmly, "It's unbecoming of a gentleman to walk with your arms and legs crossed."
"I saw you and your fiancée holding hands last night."
That expression seemed to be accusing Qin Zhao of why he could hold hands with her but not let me put his shoulder to shoulder. Qin Zhao turned his head and looked at him as if he were a fool.
"What kind of look are you looking at?" Qi Qige glared at him dissatisfied.
Qin Zhao looked away. On the surface, he was calm but in his heart, he was comforting himself. Don't argue with fools.
In the morning, I studied "The Doctrine of the Mean". The master came here with the exam papers from last month, and his gloomy face was dripping with water.
"Last year's test questions asked you to answer like this. I'm embarrassed to see it. It was a complete mess. You don't plan to take the college test, right?"
The master glanced at the students with sharp eyes, and the test papers were handed out to his hands one by one. Qi Qige stretched his neck to look at Qin Zhao's paper. He was a little unconvinced because he had less corrected words than him.
Master, "it depends on yourself". From first to second place, you don't know how to work hard, and you have the nerve to read other people's test papers.
Qi Qige smiled sheepishly at the Master, who was so smiling that his face turned green.
Qin Zhao has been ranked first ever since he was beaten. Qi Qige's family doesn't care about him. When there is no younger brother, his father will ask about his studies. Since he has a younger brother, in his father's eyes There is no more him.
The stepmother wished that he would die outside and not come home. The academic competition with Qin Zhao was the only difference he could feel.
