Zhao Huai's cooking skills, not to mention the top, but at least he still has the strength to cook a table of dishes.

After half an hour of busyness, the dishes were finally ready.

"It's so fragrant, it's worthy of being a husband."

Yu Qinghan couldn't help but sniff, and then smiled and praised.

Zhao Huai wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand and said with a smile: "Eat it while it's hot, this tempeh fried fish is guaranteed to suit your appetite." ”

When Pei Xiangyun saw this table of dishes, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

She didn't expect what her sister said to be true.

I have grown so big, except for the servants, I have never seen a few men who can cook.

Now, she seems to understand a little bit why her sister likes him.

Because even her mother basically doesn't cook, a few years ago, her father was sometimes not at home when he was fighting, and the two rarely ate together, let alone cook for the other party.

At first, she thought that her sister was wasting time learning to cook, but now this idea is so naïve.

Pei Xiangyun picked up the chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of steaming snow-white fish, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.

What's going on, the taste is surprisingly good.

"How? Your brother-in-law's cooking skills are good. ”

Yu Qinghan smiled.

"It's okay indeed." Although Pei Xiangyun didn't want to admit it, the deliciousness in his mouth was difficult to eliminate for a long time, and it was difficult to lie.

In order to save the dignity of the sister-in-law, Pei Xiangyun added another sentence and said, "But I heard that the gentleman is far away from cooking, don't you know?" Or are you not a gentleman at all? ”

After speaking, the corners of his mouth showed a touch of pride.

Zhao Huai smiled lightly, and his attitude was very indifferent: "This is what you don't understand." ”

"This sentence is said by the ancient sage, Meng Fuzi, and the whole sentence is 'A gentleman cooks far away, and he can't bear to see his death when he sees his life'."

"This sentence means that when a gentleman encounters a slaughtered creature, he only wants to see it alive, and he can't bear to see it die, which is the reason why the gentleman cooks far away, and what he really admires is a benevolent heart."

"My husband's knowledge is really profound." Yu Qinghan admired it very much.

After explaining, Pei Xiangyun was stunned and dumbfounded!

I wanted to make things difficult for this bastard, but I was killed by the explosion?!

Zhao Huai couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this.

His nine-year compulsory education was not in vain.

For the rest of the day, the three of them ate slowly.

Zhao Huai and Yu Qinghan chatted while eating, talking and laughing.

Only Pei Xiangyun was sullen and ate food on the side.

She felt that she was superfluous, and she suffered ten thousand blows in her heart.

Knock knock.

When Zhao Huai was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, there was a knock at the door of the pawnshop.

"Husband, I'll come, you go open the door."

"Okay."

Zhao Huai is also accustomed to it, and the number of times he has been knocked on the door at night recently is not a few.

When I opened the door, I saw a shirtless man and an aunt in her forties and fifties.

It seems that it should be ordinary people, and there is nothing special about it.

"Shopkeeper, we're here to pawn it, let's see how much this piece of jade is worth."

The aunt looked anxious, and hurriedly took out a piece of turbid jade in her arms and handed it to Zhao Huai.

"This is my family's ancestral treasure jade, I will be here with you first, and I will rush to buy a coffin for my son to bury."

"Okay, please wait."

Zhao Huai has also encountered this special situation, there was a sudden big change in the family at night, the money for treatment was not enough, the gambling was lost, the person died and had no money to be buried, etc.

These are all understandable.

Zhao Huai took the treasure jade and launched the treasure appraisal life.

After a cursory glance, I found that this was just an ordinary piece of inferior jade, and there was nothing in it, and the flaws were very large, and it belonged to the inferior jade.

At most, it can be sold for a few dozen taels of silver.

"About fifty taels of silver."

Zhao Huai finally gave the price.

When the aunt heard this, she begged: "Shopkeeper, can you do it well, a little more bet, my son is buried, and the money to buy food has not been much recently, this jade is the last hope, can you add another five taels of silver?" ”

Zhao Huai listened to his aunt's words, thought for a moment, and said slowly:

"It's really not easy to see your family do a funeral, so let's count it for you to fifty-five taels."

The eldest aunt finally knelt down directly and said gratefully:

"Thank you, shopkeeper! Thank you, shopkeeper! ”

"Remember, the interest is normal, and not a penny less."

Zhao Huai reminded.

He is a businessman, not a philanthropist, so naturally his heart cannot be too soft.

If you can help, you will help, but you won't cross that line after all.

"I know the rules."

The aunt nodded vigorously, and after taking the money, she also left in a hurry.

Zhao Huai saw that the shirtless man behind him hadn't left yet, and said in surprise: "It turns out that you are not a group?" ”

The bare-chested man shook his head and replied, "Naturally not, but we are also doing funerals, and recently several brothers from the Spirit Mine have died, and I will do the funeral for them." ”

"This is a spirit stone, the shopkeeper will see how much the pawn is."

The bare-shouldered man took out a faintly flickering spirit stone.

When Zhao Huai saw the spirit stone, he also knew it very well, and gave the price at a glance: "One hundred taels." ”

Then he was very surprised: "Are you all workers in the mines?" ”

"What's going on lately, a lot of people have died?"

"Yes."

The bare-chested man nodded solemnly.

"The shopkeeper doesn't know that there has been a strange thing outside the city recently, but anyone who passes by that hillside in the middle of the night will die the next day."

"My brothers all worked night shifts, working overtime, and when they came home in the early morning, they had to pass through that hillside, and they all died the next day."

"If I hadn't asked my brother's wife, I wouldn't have known about it, and I guess the aunt just now was also because of this."

Hearing these words, Zhao Huai's brows frowned deeply, and he couldn't help but ponder.

Could it be a monster again?

Or is it the Black Wind Grandma who escaped?

"Shopkeeper, you see when the money will be given to me, the coffin shop is in a hurry."

The bare-chested man broke Zhao Huai's thinking and couldn't help but say.

"Okay, I'll give it to you right away."

Zhao Huai walked into the shop, took two ingots of silver, and handed them to the man.

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

The bare-chested man took the silver and quickly left.

Zhao Huai glanced at the spirit stone in his hand, shook his head and said, "The recent demons are really uneasy. ”

"Chirp!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of bird chirping in the shop.

Zhao Huai fixed his eyes and saw it, wasn't it the starling he bought?

Now it's actually out loud, really fake?

He walked quickly to the front of the birdcage, and found that the starling, who had been lazy, now poked up a small head, and his eyes like small beans were full of longing.

Staring at the spirit stone and treasure jade in his hand.

Zhao Huai obviously noticed this as well, so he handed over the thumb-sized spirit stone.

As a result, this starling swallowed the spirit stone in one bite.

After a while, another stone was spat out.

Obviously, it was still the spirit stone just now, but the aura inside had disappeared.

"Wow!"

"I'm blanching, so you're such a bird."

Zhao Huai immediately stood up and scolded the starling brother unceremoniously.

"I'm blanching, so you're such a bird."

Soon, the same words blurted out from the starling's mouth.

The degree of the correct and round words is not much different from what he said.

Looking at the starling in front of him tilting his head and looking at himself, Xiaodouzi's eyes were big and innocent.

Zhao Huai really wanted to beat it up.

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