Chapter 174 Accident
But...
Human life is both long and short. If there is someone who always puts you in their heart, cares about you, takes care of you, takes you as their own responsibility, puts you first in their heart, and is always by your side, then she Is she the happiest woman in the world?
Xia Zihan fell silent.
Soon, she shook her head again.
No, she couldn't afford this happiness.
Thinking about her grandmother, thinking about her aunts and uncles who treated her as their own daughter, and then thinking about the hatred that filled her heart in her previous life.
She couldn't afford this happiness.
Xia Zihan ran away like an ostrich.
After eating and taking a bath with the four sisters of the Dou family in the afternoon, she left without saying goodbye and returned to her village.
After Chu Jingqi found out, he went to look for her in her village, but she avoided seeing her.
Chu Jingqi had no choice but to transport all the vegetables he had specially sent to her farm, and gave the names of some of Xia Zihan's favorite dishes to the head of the farm, and then went back next door lonely.
The Dou sisters seemed to know that Xia Zihan was having trouble with Chu Jingqi, so the four of them pretended not to know anything and came over to play with Xia Zihan the next day.
Xia Zihan's village has a hilltop where many animals are kept, and several thatched houses with heated kangs are built specifically for the animals to stay warm and sleep in winter.
Xia Zihan, wrapped in a big cloak and carrying a white mink fur lying on a rabbit, led the four sisters of the Dou family to the top of the mountain to play with the monkeys and deer, led by a peasant woman who raised animals.
"What a cute little rabbit, Chu Yu, look at the smallest white little rabbit, it's so cute."
Miss Dou Si was the liveliest one, and everyone got excited when she saw the animals all over the mountain. However, the most eye-catching ones were the hundreds of rabbits nesting together munching carrots against the edge of the thatched house.
Some are big or small, some are gray, some are hemp, and some are white. The prettiest and cutest one is the white rabbit.
The captain of the farm woman who raised the animals was named Chen, and everyone called her Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen is a very neat and talkative person. At first she met a group of precious and delicate little girls, who were a little reserved and timid. Later, she saw Xia Zihan and others who had no airs, unlike what she had heard. She even tried her best to introduce the animals here to Xia Zihan and the others.
Seeing that Miss Dou Si liked white rabbits, Mrs. Chen told them that these white rabbits were sent to pet shops and were usually sold to nobles as pets. Their price was one tael of silver each, but Not many people buy them, so they don't raise many white rabbits, only seventy or eighty. If they raise too many, they're afraid that merchants won't be able to sell them. When the rabbits get older, they will be sold as worthless meat rabbits.
Those gray and hemp-colored rabbits are specially delivered to restaurants and sold to people for cooking, and they cost only three hundred coins each.
Three of them only cost one tael of silver, which is really cheap.
You know, a plate of spicy fried rabbit meat at Juxianglou can be sold for ten taels of silver. A rabbit can be fried for at least three large plates, which is thirty taels of silver and three hundred coins. The gap between them is too big. Big.
The profit of opening a restaurant is so high?
Xia Zihan secretly said that she even had the urge to open a big restaurant tomorrow.
Make more money.
Seeing Miss Dou Si holding on to a little white rabbit and loving it, Xia Zihan said generously, "If you like it, I'll give it to you."
"Really, Chu Yu, you are so kind." Miss Dou Si jumped up excitedly, and then felt that it was inappropriate to ask for things from others. She hesitated for a moment, then took off her favorite perfume from her waist. Give the package to Xia Zihan.
She embroidered this sachet herself, but the fragrant powder inside cost her only two taels of silver.
This gift was not too light.
What the ancients valued most was reciprocity, and you could not refuse a return gift.
Xia Zihan accepted it with a smile and immediately hung it around his waist, lining it up with his sachet.
Miss Dou Si was very happy to see him.
Xia Zihan's move was a sign of respect for her.
Xia Zihan said to the other three sisters of the Dou family who looked at the white rabbit on Miss Dou's hand with envy, "Don't be envious of her either. I will give you one for each of you and you can pick it out yourself."
The three sisters of the Dou family were so happy that they all surrounded the group of rabbits and picked out the one they liked.
White rabbits are the most beautiful. The three sisters caught white rabbits, all of which were newborn cubs.
It was a small one, held in the hand, very cute and warm with fluffy hair, which made them all smile and smile with joy.
Of course, they all gave Xia Zihan gifts in return.
Miss Dou immediately took off the earrings from her ears and placed them on Xia Zihan's hand, "These are my favorite earrings. I bought them not long ago. They are the latest popular diamond shape this year."
The second girl Dou gave her a beautiful silver bracelet with a small red gemstone inlaid on it. It was the most expensive gift among the four sisters.
Miss Dou San gave a handkerchief, "It was newly embroidered by me. Don't think it's a light gift. A light gift means a lot of affection."
Xia Zihan said a few polite words to them, and accepted them one by one with a smile. He also told Mrs. Chen, "If there are any small cages, find a few."
"Yes, there are small rattan cages here. Gou Shengzi's father learned to weave cages before, so I asked him to cut some canes on the mountain and make some." Basically, the cages for animals sold in Zhuangzi are all for dogs. The leftover son was compiled by his father. There are a lot of wild animals raised in the village, and a lot of them are sold every year, and a large number of cages are needed. Therefore, this job is not easy, and it never stops all year round, unless it is on the top of this mountain. No more animals.
Mrs. Chen took out the small cage and kept introducing various things.
The father of Gou Shengzi in her mouth is her own husband, and her son is called Gou Shengzi.
When Xia Zihan heard this name, the corner of his mouth twitched.
Miss Dou Si was the most direct, bursting out with a series of laughter, but when Miss Dou glared at her, she held it back.
Her cheeks were flushed and her shoulders were hunched, and you could tell how uncomfortable she was.
The peasant woman was not angry either. She was good-tempered and explained with a smile, "We are illiterate and will not give our children nice names, but my mother-in-law said that the children should be called Gouwazi, Gou Shengzi, Goudanzi." Something easy to feed.”
"The children here all have names like this: Niuwazi, Ergouzi, Sanmaozi."
Parents of children from poor families don't have much hope. They just hope that they will grow up healthy and without getting sick.
People from poor families cannot afford to get sick. How many people die of illness because they have no money to treat them? How many people are sick and their families are too poor to take the blame.
In his previous life in Caojia Village, Xia Zihan had never seen such a poor family.
After playing around on the top of the hill for a while, the four sisters of the Dou family each carried a small cage and returned to the next door with satisfaction.
When Chu Jingqi saw it, she was so jealous that her eyes turned red.
Ayu avoids him, but spends all day playing with his cousins. How long will she be angry with him?
She won't always avoid him, right?
When she thought of that possibility, Chu Jingqi's heart ached.
He has always been precocious, and he has a pair of loving parents who never avoid his flirting. He knows more about men and women than boys of the same age, and he vaguely seems to understand what love is and what love is. like.
When Xia Zihan blocked the knife for him, he was moved by her expression of not hesitating to die.
A woman could die for a man without hesitation. How could he not be moved by such strong affection?
From then on, Ayu's face would appear in his mind from time to time, and he couldn't help but think about her, miss her, and care about him.
If he didn't see anyone for three days, he would think about her all the time, and he wouldn't even be able to concentrate on practicing until he saw her.
Therefore, he found various excuses to go to Chu's house to see her.
Sometimes she would ignore him, but he would cling to her shamelessly, pursuing her relentlessly and stalking her.
Even if she glares at him, he still likes her.
In fact, he was very distressed and flustered like this, but Ayu could actually influence his mood.
But he can't help but think about Ayu, and he can't help but go see her. What can he do?
It's better now. It made Ayu anxious, and even he disappeared.
Chu Jingqi was really distressed now, and she was blowing air-conditioners on several cousins. Miss Dou sympathized with him, "Cousin Aqi, how about you go next door with us tomorrow?"
Going with them, Xia Zihan was embarrassed not to see him.
Chu Jingqi's eyes were bright, as if his dead heart was beating again. The next day, after breakfast, he urged his four cousins to go next door.
Sure enough, Xia Zihan had no nerve to avoid seeing the four sisters of the Dou family. However, the moment she saw Chu Jingqi, her smiling face suddenly cooled down, and then...then ignored him.
His heart was empty at that moment.
Suffocating with pain.
Like a fool, he followed them blankly. When they went to admire the hot spring pool on the top of the mountain, he stared at her intently, admiring her every smile and every move.
They stood on the top of the mountain and admired the vast white Fragrant Mountain not far away, as well as the temple on the Fragrant Mountain.
He reluctantly looked away, still staring at her intently.
If eyes could eat people, she would have been eaten thousands of times, but his intense gaze could not attract a single glare from her.
Suddenly, Miss Dou Si, who was walking in the front, missed her foot and fell to the side.
Next to it, that's a hillside.
In a panic, Xia Zihan, who was walking in third place, quickly passed the frightened Miss Dou 2 and quickly grabbed Miss Dou 4.
Miss Dou Si was rescued, but the unlucky Xia Zihan slipped on her embroidered shoes and fell down the hillside uncontrollably.
Chu Jingqi, who was walking at the back, was shocked and rushed towards her without thinking. Before he could catch her, he hugged her and the two of them rolled down the hillside.
(End of chapter)