In winter, the wind is cold-

There were bursts of light snow outside the house, but in the small courtyard of the Hua family, it was rare to be calm.

"What are you messing up again?"

The little girl's immature and clear voice came from under the narrow eaves corridor.

Hua Shi walked unhurriedly and came out of the kitchen, carrying a wooden plate containing a few pieces of hawthorn cake that he had experimented with.

"Good stuff, come and taste it."

She beckoned, and the little flower shadow, who had been staring at her for a long time, was the first to trot over.

Hua Shi took a piece and handed it to him.

After the little guy took it, he couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth.

The fragrant and glutinous, sweet and soft hawthorn cake is sweet but not greasy, soft and smooth taste, so that Xiaohuaying, who has never eaten this kind of cake, just tasted the taste, a small piece of hawthorn cake, three or two times was stuffed into his stomach.

I didn't do much when I spent it, and there were only eight pieces in the wooden plate, which was originally used to try my hands.

After swallowing the hawthorn cake into her stomach, Xiaohuaying tilted her head and stared at the remaining pastries on the wooden plate she was holding in her hand.

Hua Shi saw the little one's thirst, "Only one piece for one person." ”

She also took another piece for Hua Xiao in the back.

Hua Xiao blinked her eyes and looked curiously at the soft and glutinous sweet cake she was holding in her hand, "What is this?" ”

She had never seen the red and bright color, but she saw that Xiaoying was eating very well, and her saliva was about to flow out......

Flower time: "Hawthorn cake, sweet, you can taste it." She explained, and her eyes fell on Hua Li, who was squatting in front of the side entrance of the hall, and shouted, "Xiao Li? ”

Hua Li turned his back to her, his eyes seemed to be staring in the direction of the inside of the hall, and he was in a daze, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, he turned his head sharply and looked over.

Hanashi had already walked over, "What are you doing?" She followed the direction in which Hua Li was in a daze and looked straight over.

In that direction was her closed door......

Hua Li seemed to be taken aback, and his expression was a little confused, "I—I didn't do anything!" ”

When he met the eyes of the flower, his voice unconsciously raised a little, and his eyes were a little evasive.

Hua Shi lowered his eyes, paused, took a piece of hawthorn cake and handed it to him.

Hua Li's eyes flickered at her, and only then did she take the soft and slippery hawthorn cake.

Hua Shi looked in the direction of the house, paused, took another piece, and put it in Hua Li's hand, "Take a piece for your second brother too." ”

In the last few days, after the fever has subsided, people are still a little weak, sluggish, and alone, rarely come out of the house.

Among the four younger siblings, Hua Yu is the one she can't figure out the most, and she can also see that Hua Yu doesn't want to get close to her, and her attitude is very cold......

Nor is there a rush to spend time.

She counted the time, and the Li family and Hua Ci went to Peach Blossom Town to try, and by now, it had been nearly fifteen days......

And the poisonous duck that she and Xie Mingchi encountered in the mountains has also passed fifteen days.

After that, she and Xie Mingchi went into the mountain a few times, and the hawthorns in the hawthorn forest were few and empty......

Until three days ago, it was the last time she entered the mountain, and she still had two large bags full of hawthorn in her house.

Because she and Xie Mingchi picked it together, and moved it down the mountain together, the hawthorn picked was divided in half, and half for one person.

However, Xie Mingchi was indeed as she guessed, he was scratched by the poisonous duck, but there was no sign of poisoning.

She also checked the wound on his arm later, and there was no sign of decay or ulceration, but within a few days, it began to heal.

And Xie Mingchi didn't seem to know that the wings of the donkey were poisonous...... Or rather, he knew, but deliberately pretended not to know......

Hua Shi asked him a question, but she guessed that Xie Mingchi must have a secret hidden in his body, everyone has a secret, just like she has a secret, which is difficult to say.

So after she found out that Xie Mingchi was hiding a secret, she didn't dig into it......

Hua Li took the hawthorn cake in Hua Shi's hand, lowered his head, and walked towards the hall in a muffled voice.

Hua Shi watched him push open the door and only retract his gaze when he entered the house.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw a small tail following behind me......

After swallowing the dates and eating a piece of hawthorn cake, the little guy was obviously not satisfied, and after listening to the flower and saying that there was only one piece for one person, the little guy did not give up.

He saw sharply that there were obviously four pieces left on the wooden plate that Hua Shi was holding in his hand, and if he finished dividing one piece for one person, there would be three more pieces......

Hua Shi met the big watery eyes of Little Flower Shadow, saw the naked longing in his eyes, and turned to look at the four hawthorn cakes that were still left on the wooden plate.

The little one's eyes were clearly staring at the four pieces of hawthorn cake......

Hua Shi shook his head and ruthlessly refused, "There is only one piece for one person who said that it was good, and there is no one to look at me again." ”

As soon as Xiaohuaying heard her words, her mouth was deflated, and she began to teep, and a pair of big eyes looked at her with a flutter.

Hua Shi was accustomed to the tricks of this little guy, and he didn't have anything good to eat, he didn't eat enough, and when he wanted to eat, he would always look at her like this.

And after she refused, he would be teary-eyed, wanting to cry or not, staring at her pitifully, and when he looked at people with watery eyes, he was invisibly forcing people to compromise him.

At the beginning of Hua Shi, when she couldn't see him crying, she would always be soft-hearted and compromised, but once or twice, she also learned to be hard-hearted.

Can't every time Xiaohuaying stares at her pitifully, she doesn't hesitate to give whatever she wants.

If there is no principle, it is easy to develop the inferiority of Huaying, and in the future, he will feel that as long as he wants something, he can only cry and make trouble......

Many bear children are because there is a bear adult who compromises unconditionally, and Hua Shi quickly realized this.

Sure enough, after Xiaohuaying didn't wait for what she wanted, her eyes turned red, and tears fell like this.

He cried very skillfully with tears, just silently watched her cry, but he didn't cry at all, his red eyes were full of tears, and he was aggrieved.

When you spend it, you have a heart attack.

Here it is again, every time......

Hua Shi made a wooden face, "If you want to cry, cry, I'll go back to the house first." ”

The little guy hiccuped, and looked at Hua Shi with teary eyes and pushed the door into the house, "Smack." With a bang, the door shut.

Xiaohuaying was stunned for a moment, blinked her eyes, stopped crying, and put away her pitiful expression.

He thought with a frown......

Doesn't seem to be able to cry...?

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In the house on the other side.

Hua Li frowned and whispered, "Second brother? This is hawthorn cake, she, she made ......."

He lowered his eyes, looked at the hawthorn cake in his hand, and handed it to the second brother sitting on the kang bed, his expression hidden in the shadows was a little distracted, as if he was thinking about something.

Hua Yu glanced at him and silently took the hawthorn cake in Hua Li's hand.

The soft and glutinous touch was passed from his fingertips, and he first lowered his head and sniffed the taste, the sweet fragrance of brown sugar mixed with the clear sour smell of hawthorn, which came to his nose.

The fragrant and glutinous taste, as well as a hint of sweetness, spreads from the tip of the tongue to the whole body......

Hua Yu frowned.

She's been making sweet things lately......

He doesn't like this taste, but he can't call it a hate......

A piece of hawthorn cake was in the stomach, but Hua Yu's brows were wrinkled deeper, and her dark eyes seemed to be a circle of black whirlpools surging inside.

He couldn't figure out what the flowers were doing recently......

Since he fell ill, in the past ten days, or more than half a month ago, she seems to have made a little money, in exchange for rice and noodles, and occasionally meat, and she has changed her ways to make all kinds of food, and she will not hesitate to divide these things among them......

Every day, if not, they would still be starving... Frozen ...... Yes, she bought them a thick coat......

If all these things had been done before, she would not have done what she is now......

Yes...... Why?

"Second brother...? Second brother? ”

Hua Li suddenly spoke, interrupting his deep train of thought.

Hua Yu lifted her eyelids and looked at him.

Hua Li's brows furrowed, and he never let go.

Looking at the dark eyes of the second brother, he swallowed his throat with difficulty, and said hesitantly, "Second brother, I always feel that there is something hidden in her house......"

Hua Yu: "What is it?" ”

Hua Li shook his head, "I don't know now," he paused, seeing that the second brother didn't react, he thought he didn't believe it, and continued: "I'm not talking nonsense, you see that she always closes the door tightly, there must be something hidden inside, and we can't let us not know." ”

Hua Yu's expression didn't change much, "Even if it is, what?" What the hell are you trying to say. ”

Hua Li obviously still has unspeakable conjectures in his heart, but he was seen through by his brother at a glance.

When Hua Li hesitated, Hua Yu didn't interrupt him.

"Second brother, I think there is Xiaobai hidden in the house when I spend time, I seem to hear the barking of a dog, that is Xiaobai's barking."

After a pause, Hua Li finally said what he thought.

Hua Yu raised his eyes and thought for a moment before remembering what Xiaobai he was talking about......

On that day, Hua Li insisted on bringing back the little white dog?

Hua Yu frowned unhappily, looked at the cowardly and incompetent brother, and his voice was a little cold, "You want to know, why don't you go and see for yourself and tell me what's the use." ”

Hua Li heard the unhappiness in the second brother's words, and pinched his fingers a little helplessly, "Second brother......"

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"Knock knock!"

The quiet courtyard was suddenly broken by a knock on the door.

"Who?"

Hua Xiao, who was sweeping the snow in the courtyard with a broom, was stunned for a moment when she heard this orderly knock on the door, and shouted at the courtyard door.

She shook the snow off her body, trotted over, and pulled the door open.

"Smack."

Hua Xiao frowned: "Who are you?" ”

The little girl only opened a crack in the door, poked her head out, and looked out of the door, with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

He Jiang scratched the back of his head, looked at Hua Xiao, and grinned: "My name is He Jiang, you are Hua Shi's sister, right?" I'm looking for her. ”

Hua Xiao blinked, looked him up and down, and only after half a ring did she make sure that he had no malicious intent, opened the door, and let him in.

"Come in, I'll call her."

Hua Xiao felt that he was a little familiar, as if it was him who knocked on the door last time, but last time it was two people, but this time it was only him.

The milk hasn't come back yet, and there are only a few of them at home, so it's okay to let him in......

Hua Xiao thought about it, and asked He Jiang, who had already walked in, to wait in the courtyard, while he trotted over and came out when he called for flowers.

"When you spend, someone is looking for you!"

When she was feeding the little white dog the flowers of hawthorn cake in the house, she suddenly heard Hua Xiao's voice calling her at the door.

"Here it is." She answered.

She walked over and closed the open back door with a straw curtain and patted the head of the little white dog that was wrapped around her feet.

The black cat and the white fox, who had just eaten a small piece of hawthorn cake, had just gone out through the back door to forage for food, and at this time only Hua Shi and the little white dog were left in the house.

"Stay in the house obediently, don't come with you."

Hua Shi lowered his voice and said to the little white dog.

The little white dog barked in a low voice, "Wang ......"

It watched as Hanashi opened the door and walked out, then nestled back into its nest, keeping its eyes fixed on the door that had been closed again.

From the beginning of vigilance and rejection, to now raising a little half a month, the little white dog has obviously relaxed his vigilance against Huashi, and most of the time, he listens to Huashi's words and does not bark anymore.

Hua Xiao, who was standing at the exit of the hall, turned around and walked away after Hua Shi came out.

"Sister-in-law, it's me!"

He Jiang in the courtyard, as soon as he saw the flowers, greeted him eagerly.

"He Jiang?"

There was some surprise when flowering.

He Jiang's expression was very excited, and he took two steps closer in the direction of Hua Shi, "Yes!" I'm here this time because I have good news for you! ”

His face was red from the cold, and now it was even more red because of excitement or excitement.

There was a vague guess when it took time, "What's the good news?" ”

He Jiang didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said straight to the point, "The iced dates you made last time were favored by the young owner of Juewei Building, and he covered them all." ”

He said, paused, and hurriedly continued, "Jueweilou, you may not know, but he is the largest restaurant in Peach Blossom Town, and that young owner is a wonderful person, others say that he is gluttonous, and he likes to taste food the most, and there are very few things that can be admired by him, and I didn't expect him to fall in love with the frosted dates made by his sister-in-law!" ”

He Jiang said, his expression became excited again.

"Sister-in-law, the good news I want to tell you is that the young owner wants to buy your recipe for frosted dates, and he is going to launch this menu in the Juewei Building!"

Hua Xiao paused: "Buy my formula?" ”

She didn't expect this to happen......

He Jiang nodded and said, "The young owner said that he was willing to pay twenty taels to buy the formula!" ”

When he mentioned twenty taels, He Jiang's voice trembled a little.

Before Hua Shi could speak, Hua Xiao, who had been listening secretly with his ears pricked up on the side, was the first to explode, "What?!" Twenty taels!! ”

Twenty taels! That's twenty taels of silver!

Ordinary people don't know how much land they have to plant and how much grain they have to sell in exchange for these twenty taels of silver!

Such fantastical numbers, Hua Xiao never thought about it, she was shocked at first, and then glared at Hua Shi.

Hua Shi paused, and seemed to be a little surprised, "Twenty taels...?" ”

He Jiang hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, sister-in-law, twenty taels is a lot, and it's worth it!" ”

He seemed to be a little afraid that he would not agree, and his voice was a little excited, "That young owner is very sincere, and even let me bring the silver here, as long as you write me the formula." ”

He Jiang said, taking out the silver ticket from his arms, which he had hidden tightly, and carefully turned it out.

When Hua Shi saw the thin silver ticket he was holding in his hand, his eyes changed: "Yes, I can write the recipe to you." ”

Twenty taels to buy her share of the recipe is simply not too worth it to her, it's just ......

"It's not difficult to make iced dates, so in the building of the young owner, is there no cook who can study it?"

Hua Shi asked out with some curiosity.

The frosted dates are indeed not difficult for her, if someone in the industry has tasted it, as long as she studies it a little, she should be able to make it, so why spend an extra amount of money to buy the formula in her hand, this is more than worth the loss, it is true that there are some things that should not be ......

He Jiang was stunned, then reacted, and also restrained the expression on his face, thinking, remembering the smiling face, and said, "Xu really didn't study it, so he made this decision." ”

The young proprietor is as cunning as a fox, and he is a businessman, how can he let himself trade at a loss......

"Sister-in-law, don't think about it, since he is willing to pay for our formula, and there are contracts, I brought them over, written in black and white, and I am not afraid that he will repay the debt."

He Jiang carefully flipped out the two contracts that had been written, handed them to Hua Shi, and asked her to read them.

Hua Shi took it, and it was clearly written with pen and ink, and she looked at it carefully several times, and there were indeed no loopholes.

It's just the right to transfer the formula, and nothing else, and there is the autograph of the young owner in the lower right corner, and the red finger print.

The money was brought, the contract was also there, and everything was complete, and it did seem to be full of sincerity......

Hua Shi nodded, "Okay, I'll go back to the house and get a pen and paper to write down." ”

Twenty taels of trading, at present, it seems that the advantages do outweigh the disadvantages, with these twenty taels, it can be said that there is no need to worry about this winter......

When He Jiang saw that she agreed, he was also overjoyed, and nodded again and again.

This is done, he can also get a reward of three taels of silver, and the young owner is really generous, and it is not in vain for him to make these few more trips......

However, the question that Fang just asked is really worth thinking about, and when I return to the town this time, I can try to explore the tone of the young owner.

Didn't you really come up with this decision because you couldn't study it...?

When she turned around and went back to the house, her thoughts were also a little erratic, she was really surprised that she didn't expect good things to happen from the sky.

But soon, she paused, and her brow furrowed.

When she walked away, the door was obviously closed, but at this time, it was wide open......

There seemed to be a slight movement in the room......

The brow of the flower was even tighter.

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