Cheng Xi secretly stretched out his hand and pinched Xu Sanlang dissatisfiedly, this person is sometimes, he is quite smart, but sometimes he is really a wood, Shopkeeper Xia loves vain and hypocritical people like this, he directly refuses like this, isn't this rushing to offend people.

After pinching Xu Sanlang, Cheng Xi hurriedly said with a smile, "We also want to follow Shopkeeper Xia, in the end, there is a future, but you look at the wooden temperament of my father-in-law, it is definitely not good to greet guests in front, and it is not good for my daughter to greet guests in front." ”

Shopkeeper Xia glanced at Xu Sanlang, and then thought about the appearance of rejecting himself just now, it was really like a piece of wood as Cheng Xi said, and it was indeed not very suitable for greeting guests, and Cheng Xi was reluctant to show up in front, and a girl was indeed a little inappropriate, although Shopkeeper Xia wanted to win over the two to get in touch with Boss Zhao, Cheng Xi, who could hear it, had to dispel his thoughts, thinking that as long as the two of them were in the restaurant, they would definitely have a chance, so he said, "Okay, if you have any difficulties in the back kitchen, just tell me, You should go and rest for a while, the rain has stopped, and I am afraid that it will be busy again at night. ”

Cheng Xi responded, "With Shopkeeper Xia here, if we have any trouble, then we will go over first." ”

Shopkeeper Xia looked at Cheng Xi, who knew the current affairs, and was very satisfied, and responded with a smile, "Go ahead." ”

After leaving the lobby of the front hall, Cheng Xi exhaled and said to Xu Sanlang on the side, "You should be careful when you speak in the future, there are some people we can't afford to offend, and if you offend people directly, you will cause us trouble." ”

Xu Saburo frowned and responded, "I don't like him." ”

Cheng Xi didn't expect that Xu Sanlang, who usually had no opinion on what he said, would express his opinion this time, looked up at Xu Sanlang, sighed, and said helplessly, "You think I like him?" There's no way, when we don't have the ability to offend others, we can only endure it. ”

Xu Saburo stopped, looked down at Cheng Xi with a helpless face, and said very seriously, "I will work hard so that you don't have to swallow your anger in the future." ”

Cheng Xi saw the firmness in Xu Sanlang's eyes, and seemed to feel for a moment that his words would definitely come true, but as soon as he smelled the smell of oil smoke in the back kitchen, he quickly returned to reality.

Since Zhao Ke came over and said that he was going to leave in a few days, Cheng Xi was always looking forward to the two elder brothers coming over, and he didn't want to wait for a few days, so he only waited for Old Man Wang to bring them a letter, because there was something in Fucheng and he was in a hurry, and the two brothers didn't have time to come over to greet her, and as soon as they arrived in the county, they followed Zhao Ke to Fucheng together.

Although Cheng Xi has regrets, he is not too sad, after all, for Cheng Xi today, no matter how much he has known him, his feelings are not so deep.

After that, the days returned to calm, Chef Zhao's eldest son left not long after, Cheng Xi officially apprenticed to Chef Zhao under the witness of Steward Xu, and Xu Sanlang still worked alone on top of two people.

The most rare thing is that Shopkeeper Xia actually agreed to Steward Xu to increase the salary of the two, and now the two of them add together, and they have a salary of 1,200 wen a month.

Cheng Xi thought in his heart, to pay 600 wen to the Xu family, the usual cost of 100 wen, you can save 500 wen every month, six taels of silver a year, save for two years, and have some capital, so you can go to set up a food stall with Xu Sanlang by yourself, and the days will always get better and better.

During this time, Cheng Xi also learned that the most secure thing here is that he has land, so Cheng Xi thought that when he earns money, he will buy more land, and it is not bad to be a small landowner's wife.

As for the plan to leave, when he knew what else he needed to guide him to go out, he was temporarily shelved by Cheng Xi.

went to visit Xu Sanlang's fourth uncle, Cheng Xi mentioned it twice, and both times Xu Sanlang was perfunctory, and Cheng Xi stopped mentioning it, judging from Xu Sanlang's emotional expression every time, Cheng Xi felt that Xu Sanlang's fourth uncle was not as simple as it seemed, and Cheng Xi also tried to ask, but every time he couldn't ask why, so he gave up.

When he has time, Cheng Xi will go to see Wang Ying, who is in the county seat, not too far, and by the way, he also inquired from Wang Ying about the situation of the two elder brothers in Fucheng, but the communication in this era is too backward, and there will be no news at all in a short time.

Two months have passed in a flash, although the days are hard, but they are very fulfilling, Cheng Xi has almost forgotten the messy people in the village, and he doesn't want Xu Saburo to suddenly mention that he wants to go back to the village to see.

Cheng Xi also remembered the family members at home, the two brothers were gone, and he didn't know what to do, so he responded and took a three-day leave from Steward Xu, planning to go back to see.

Steward Xu thought that the two had never rested since they came to work, and when he heard that the two were going home to have a look, he agreed without saying a word.

The change in the attitude of the Xia shopkeeper towards the two of them, Xu Steward also saw it in his eyes, although he was very disdainful of Xia Shopkeeper's behavior, but through this time, Xu Steward was more and more fond of Xu Sanlang and Cheng Xi, but he was happy with the attitude of the Xia shopkeeper towards them, for example, the two wanted to take leave and go home, if the other people in the kitchen took a leave for three days, it is estimated that they would not be used in the future, but I heard that it was Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi, and the Xia shopkeeper agreed without saying a word, only saying that the two of them did not need to worry, just come back after they were busy with the things at home.

Steward Xu only rolled his eyes when he heard this, of course he didn't have to worry, anyway, he didn't have to worry about anything in the back kitchen, and he could still find some fault from time to time and go to the proprietress to apply eye medicine to their back kitchen.

Thinking that it was quite far for the two to go back, on the afternoon of the first day of Cheng Xi and their return, Steward Xu let them go.

In the past two months, Cheng Xi bought a new set of clothes for each of them, although they are all coarse cloth clothes, but they are new clothes, which are much better than the original old clothes.

The two of them usually had to work and were reluctant to wear them, thinking that they wanted to go back, Cheng Xi found new clothes, but Xu Sanlang didn't wear them when he got the clothes, but said, "Dad should be able to wear these clothes, take them back to Dad." ”

Cheng Xi rolled his eyes speechlessly, this person called his father, but he was smoother than her, "Let's go buy it for my father and them later, you can wear this first." ”

Xu Saburo shook his head, "Then keep it for now, don't wear it back, let my family know that there will be trouble again." ”

Listening to Xu Sanlang's words, thinking of the group of people in the Xu family, Cheng Xi sighed, still listened to Xu Sanlang's new clothes put away, and the two of them still left the restaurant wearing the original old clothes.

The two of them went around the street, bought some things to take back, and planned to go out of the city, everything was bought by Cheng Xi, of course, it was also bought by her family, she would not be stupid to buy things for the conscienceless white-eyed wolves of the Xu family, Xu Sanlang didn't say anything when he followed aside.

Of course, Cheng Xi still asked politely, Xu Sanlang only shook his head, and said that he would just send the money back.

During this period of work, Cheng Xi also exercised by himself from time to time, but his physical fitness was much better than before, but he still tired Cheng Xi enough, and he sat on the side of the road sweating profusely halfway through and didn't want to move.

The sky is gradually darkening, Xu Sanlang is worried that it will go on like this, and he is afraid that it will be the middle of the night when he goes back, looking at the fact that there is no one on this road, the round of Xuanyue hanging in the sky, hazy and can only barely see the road ahead, Xu Sanlang squatted directly in front of Cheng Xi.

During this period of time, the two of them can be regarded as acquainted, Cheng Xi really can't walk, so he unceremoniously lies directly on Xu Sanlang's back, anyway, with his small body, it won't be too heavy, just Xu Sanlang's strength, Cheng Xi is not worried that he can't carry himself.

Feeling the weight on his back, Xu Saburo's usually expressionless face gradually changed, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, his eyes were warm, and there seemed to be a taste of happiness circulating on his face.

All the way to Shiqiao Village, Xu Saburo was walking briskly, and it seemed that the weight on his back did not exist at all, and it was not until he reached the entrance of the village that Xu Saburo was a little reluctant to put down the person on his back.

Cheng Xi was groggy on Xu Sanlang's back and almost fell asleep, waiting for Xu Sanlang to put himself on the ground, then rubbed his hazy eyes, and said in a daze, "Have you arrived?" ”

This kind of Cheng Xi is rarely seen by Xu Sanlang, and the usual Cheng Xi always shows a mature and calm that does not match her age, and is more mature and calm than Xu Sanlang.

Looking at Cheng Xi like this, Xu Sanlang couldn't help but reach out and rub Cheng Xi's hair, which was originally a little messy, and responded in a gentle tone, "When you get to the entrance of the village, go back to your mother's house first?" ”

Cheng Xi nodded, it was originally said before.

Although Xu Saburo felt that it was a little inappropriate to go to trouble Cheng's house so late, but when he remembered the situation in his house, there was nothing in the thatched house, and there was no way to live at all, and it was even more impossible to go to the Xu family's yard, so he could only go to Cheng's house.

Coming back so late also has an advantage, that is, they will not meet the people in the village, and without the pointing and pointing of the villagers behind their backs, the two of them quietly went to Cheng's house.

There was a knock on the door, and it took a while for Wu's voice to come from inside, "Who?" ”

Cheng Xi stood at the crack of the door and answered, "Aunt Wu, it's me and Xu Sanlang." ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a light in the house, and soon the courtyard door opened, and Wu stood at the door with an oil lamp, looking at the two of them frowning and worried, and asked, "Isn't it in the county seat?" Why did you come back so late? Let's go first. ”

The two of them followed into the house, and Cheng Xi explained to Wu, "Let's come back and see, it's late to start from the county seat, and there is no ox cart, so it's a little late to walk back." ”

Wu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, led the two into the hall and asked, "You haven't finished eating, you sit down for a while, I'll go get you something to eat." ”

After that, he took another oil lamp on the table and lit it to the kitchen, Cheng Dagui came out of the house with a cane, and the two of them hurriedly helped him over and sat down.

Cheng Dagui looked at Cheng Xi with a smile on his face, and even looked at Xu Sanlang with a rare face, and asked, "Are you okay in the county?" Tired or not? Have you eaten enough? ……”