Chapter 96
96 Old Madam Wang Is Back
Qin Huai had always wanted to give the candy to Little Ah Yu. This time, it was finally delivered to her. When Little Ah Yu opened it, she realized that it was two large packs of candy. Every candy was wrapped in candy paper.
No child could resist the temptation of candy, and Little Ah Yu was naturally no exception. She immediately peeled open a piece of candy and put it in her mouth.
“It’s so sweet. Thank you, Big Brother Ah You.” Little Ah Yu returned the remaining candy. After thinking for a moment, she took it over and started counting from it. “Grandma, Mother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother…”
Chi Jia found it funny. “Ah Yu, you don’t have to count anymore. These are all for you. Take them back and share them with your family.”
“There’s too much. Ah Yu can’t finish it.” Little Ah Yu shook her head. “Grandma also said that we can’t take other people’s things.”
Little Ah Yu felt that it was not a big deal to eat one and give one to each member of the family.
But it would be wrong to take everything.
Chi Jia: “I specially bought this for you.”
After glancing at Qin Huai, he added, “Your Big Brother Ah You asked me to buy it.”
“You’re so kind, but there’s no need for so much.” Little Ah Yu still insisted.
Qin Huai silently took back the remaining candy, looking a little unhappy.
“Tomorrow, Ah Yu will come over to eat candy again, okay?” Little Ah Yu blinked, her tone filled with anticipation.
If she came over to eat, it was not considered taking.
Qin Huai turned around and tried his best to suppress the smile on his face. “…Ok.”
Little Ah Yu was so happy that she jumped three feet high.
[…]
What a fool. The Myriad Spirit Water you gave him was priceless. It directly saved his life.
Not to mention two packets of candy, even 20,000 packets of candy are not enough!
-Forget it, as long as the kid is happy.
Ever since the brat saved this person’s life, the favorability of this young man had also appeared.
Although he looked very cold to the kid on the surface, his favorability had actually increased to 90. Among all the people this brat had met, he was only second to Liu Shi.
Liu Shi’s favorability was 98.
After his favorability reached 90, it was not just that he was friendly to her, but he even trusted her very much.
If this brat was 16 or 18 years old now, he would be willing to risk his life for her.
However, this young man did not seem to have any special interactions with the kid. Yet, his favorability was actually so high. It was really magical.
After the two of them shared the candy, Chi Jia called them to eat the wild mountain sparrow. After Little Ah Yu took a bite, she was extremely surprised.
This was too delicious!
Hence, she silently asked Meatball in the spatial pocket, “Elf, can we catch this? I want Uncle Chi Jia to help roast more and bring it back for Mother and the others to eat.”
[It’s not easy to do.]
That bird was flying in the sky. Even if the kid grew wings, she might not be able to catch up.
“Alright.”
Little Ah Yu swallowed her saliva and left one of the drumsticks behind.
She could not bear to eat it and said that she wanted to bring it back for her family to eat.
Qin Huai glanced at Chi Jia.
Chi Jia: “…” He suddenly hated himself a little. He could understand the meaning of Young Master’s gaze.
Young Master, have you forgotten that I’m your personal guard?
I’m not a hunter!
Qin Huai: “Go.”
Chi Jia knew that once the Young Master spoke, he had to complete it.
“…Yes.”
He resigned himself to his fate and continued to hunt for mountain sparrows.
As he walked towards the back of the mountain, Chi Jia patted his hands fiercely.
“This pair of cheap hands! Why did I have to go and catch wild game!” Now, he could catch as much as he wanted.
Young Master meant to give each member of the Wang family one.
He did not expect that a dignified expert would end up fighting for a job with the hunters.
He must definitely keep this a secret. Those subordinates could not know!
Everyone in the Wang Family was waiting for Old Madam Wang to return. In the end, when Madam Zhang returned, Old Madam Wang was still nowhere to be seen.
Everyone hurriedly asked Madam Zhang if she had seen Old Madam Wang.
Madam Zhang was dumbfounded. “Did Mother go too? I didn’t see her. I didn’t go to Auntie’s place.”
Originally, Madam Zhang was Old Madam Wang’s niece. The two families were also a little far apart. It could only be said that they were slightly closer to Hu Family Village. However, Old Madam Wang did not let her go previously, so she only asked her parents to help send some things.
“Then did Mother go or not!” Wang Chuanfu was anxious. “Why don’t I go to Grandmother’s place to take a look?”
Actually, the Wang family had yet to go to Old Madam Wang’s maiden home. Every year, when they wanted to return to their maiden home, Old Madam Wang did not go. Usually, no one else was allowed to go.
In the first few years, people came over from time to time to take advantage of the situation. In the end, they saw that the Wang Family was even poorer than them. After a while, they did not interact much.
However, during festive seasons, Old man Wang would sometimes get someone to send them something to show his etiquette.
Old man said calmly, “Your mother has an idea. Since she has made up her mind to go over, she should be fine. Don’t cause trouble.”
Although everyone was worried, they did not dare to disobey Old man Wang. After all, Old man Wang was the head of the family.
In the afternoon, Old man Wang came out with a kite.
Little Ah Yu brought the kite to the river to fly it. When the other children in the village saw this, they also clamored for their adults to make kites for them.
It was very simple to make a kite. The bamboo materials on the outside were naturally cheap. The most expensive was the thin layer of paper in the middle. Every spring, Old Master Hu would take out some paper and let everyone make a kite.
After Little Ah Yu obtained the kite, only a day had passed. The entire village was already filled with children flying kites.
Little Ah Yu’s kite was a butterfly kite, but it was only in the shape of a butterfly. It had no eyes or nose, let alone any patterns.
Early the next morning, Little Ah Yu brought the kite to invite Qin Huai. Qin Huai looked at the kite with disdain.
“Ugly.” Qin Huai refused to fly the kite.
He felt that his physical condition had improved a lot in the past two days, so he wanted to take advantage of this time to read a few more books so that he would not have any regrets after he died.
“Grandpa made this. It looks very good!” Little Ah Yu pouted and was a little unhappy. “It’s not ugly at all!”
Qin Huai stopped talking. He brought the kite over and placed it on the table in the courtyard.
Beside him, Chi Jia understood and took out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from the room.
Chi Jia grinded the ink for Qin Huai. Little Ah Yu watched from the side for a while and hurriedly said that she wanted to help. Chi Jia also gave the brush to her.
Little Ah Yu picked up the ink block and grounded it. Qin Huai dipped the brush in ink and drew on the kite.
With a few strokes, the blank butterfly immediately had a strong aura.
Looking closely, it was an exquisite black butterfly. Coupled with the yellow color of the straw paper, it actually formed some beautiful patterns.
It looked vivid.
“Wow, it’s so beautiful! Brother Ah You, you’re really amazing. You know everything!”
Little Ah Yu was immediately happy. She pulled Qin Huai and held her special kite, immediately wanting to show it to her friends in the village.
In the end, when everyone saw the kite, they all begged Qin Huai to help draw theirs.
Qin Huai immediately rejected them with a cold expression.
The children in the village said, “You’re so boring. We asked you to help because we wanted to be friends with you!”
Little Ah Yu stood in front of Qin Huai with her hands on her hips. She imitated her grandmother’s usual appearance and raised her chin. “Grandma said that if you ask for help, the other party must be willing to help. If the other person is unhappy, you can’t force them to help. It’s not right for you to do this!”
Everyone’s faces turned red from Little Ah Yu’s words, and they were too embarrassed to force Qin Huai.
However, she still borrowed Qin Huai’s brush and ink and drew randomly on her kite.
Each stroke was uglier than the other.
Chi Jia’s eyebrows twitched as he watched from the side.
That brush was bought for 20 taels of silver. And the brush hair was about to split!
Half of the ink that was bought for ten taels of silver had been worn away.
Seeing that everyone was painting happily, Little Ah Yu also crawled in and out like a butterfly. Qin Huai looked at Little Ah Yu from the side with a smile in his eyes. Clearly, he was also happy.
Chi Jia: “…”
-Forget it, as long as these children are happy.
In the afternoon, Old Madam Wang finally returned.
This time, she came back with a long stick and an old man carrying it.
When the people from Hu Family Village saw the old man, they all looked at him with gossipy gazes.
Especially Third Aunt Hu. She shouted from afar, “Aiyo, Donkey Zhang, where did you get this new lover from?!”