Xuan Qing's hand around Jiang Li's waist was a little hard, coupled with his slightly displeased words just now, such a move could even be said to be possessive, making Jiang Li slightly dazed.
Although Xuan Qing was a little jealous because of Qian Yuanwai's matchmaking between herself and Qian Qingqing, but this is the first time such an obvious move. Jiang Li thought of the fact that when he woke up in the morning, the system notified him that his favorability had risen to 43%, and he couldn't help but wonder, did something happen after he left Xuan Qing's room last night
At this time, the little girl who fell to the ground uttered: "It hurts!"
Her voice interrupted Jiang Li's train of thought, and as soon as he came back to his senses, he saw her tearfully looking at him: "Brother Jiang Li, why didn't you catch me?!"
Jiang Li learned from Yuanshen's memory that this little girl was named Lu Xianxian, and she was the youngest daughter of the proprietress of the makeup shop next door. Because the two families are close to each other, Lu Xianxian often came to Jiang's inn to play when she was a child. Yuanshen always treated her as a younger sister. In her spare time, she even taught the little girl to recognize characters and read books.
Jiang Li saw that she fell hard just now, so he temporarily put aside the matter of favorability, walked over and helped her, and asked with concern: "Does Xianxian hurt from the fall?"
"It hurts to death." Lu Xianxian grabbed his hand and got up from the ground. The moment she hit the ground just now, although she reacted extremely quickly and covered her face with her hands, she still fell heavily.
Lu Xianxian has just turned sixteen this year. In modern times, she would be the age of freshman in high school. To Jiang Li, who has lived for several lifetimes, she is just a child, a little sister. Jiang Li saw her pouted, looking aggrieved, and couldn't help being a little amused. He reached out and stroked her hair, and said, "Brother will make you breakfast in a while."
"Did you do it yourself? Yes!" Lu Xianxian's eyes lit up, seeing Jiang Li nodding, she was so happy that she forgot the pain from the fall just now.
"How do you know I'm back?" Jiang Li asked her, it was still early, and he hadn't gone out yet.
Lu Xianxian said: "I went shopping with my mother-in-law in the morning and met Uncle Cai. She told me."
"I see." Jiang Li nodded.
Xuan Qing watched the interaction between the two, frowned slightly, and looked down at the hand that was holding Jiang Li's waist just now, always felt that after Jiang Li walked away, there was an inexplicable feeling of emptiness in the palm of his hand , making him uncomfortable.
After Lu Xianxian came over, she kept wandering around with Jiang Li. Whatever Jiang Li was doing, she followed to help. Jiang's father also watched her grow up, knowing that she had a close relationship with Jiang Li since childhood, so it was not surprising.
On the other hand, Xuan Qing, looking at her graceful pink figure, felt dazzling no matter what.
Uncle Cai, who came back from buying vegetables, saw that Xuan Qing had been staring at Jiang Li and Lu Xianxian, and said casually, "Hey, Xianxian is here. Master Xuanqing, let me tell you, these two children grew up together, and their feelings It's good."
He just passed by and said casually, and after he finished speaking, he took the vegetables and went into the room, so he didn't notice Xuan Qing's face suddenly turned cold after he finished speaking.
After all the preparations for the opening of the inn, Jiang Li went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients needed for today. Although there are not too many guests at present, he can't neglect any of them.
Lu Xianxian originally wanted to follow Jiang Li, but was called back by the boy in his shop.
As soon as Xuan Qing stepped out, Father Jiang stopped him, dragged him to a table beside him and sat down, made him tea and served some snacks himself.
Seeing Father Jiang's gentle smile, Xuan Qing couldn't refuse. After saying "thank you", under his earnest gaze, she took a sip of tea.
Only then did Father Jiang feel satisfied, humming a little tune, he went back to the checkout counter, and started counting yesterday's bill with his abacus.
In the kitchen, Jiang Li and Uncle Cai worked together to marinate the ingredients that should be marinated, adjust the sauce and other ingredients, and put the soup into the earthen pot to simmer.
After preparing the ingredients, Jiang Li told Uncle Cai to keep an eye on the soup in the crock, then washed his hands and went out to the front hall.
As soon as he arrived there, a guest came down from upstairs. It was the man from last night, with a four or five-year-old boy beside him.
The man took his son and sat down by the window, and raised his voice and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have any delicious introductions?"
The only boy in the inn had already come over. Seeing the man sitting down and nimbly holding the teapot to greet him, Jiang Li took the teapot from him and said, "I'll do it."
The young man was new here half a year ago. Although he knew that Jiang's father had a son who was studying in other places, he had never met him. He was taken aback for a moment and said, "Guest officer, you..."
Seeing this, Father Jiang said, "Little Douzi, this is my son."
Xiaodouzi seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. Although his appearance was ordinary, he was indeed clever, so he immediately called out to Jiang Li, "Hello, young master! I'll do the rough work, and you can rest aside. "
"You don't need to rest, go to the kitchen and see if Uncle Cai can help you." After Jiang Li finished speaking, he carried the teapot and walked towards the man.
Xiaodouzi looked at him, then looked at Jiang's father next to him, and seeing that Jiang's father had no objection, he said "Okay", then turned and went into the kitchen.
Jiang Li went over to pour tea for the man, gave him a long list of dishes, and asked him what he would like to eat.
The man was very satisfied with the noodles Jiang Li cooked last night, so he specifically asked if Jiang Li was cooking today. After getting confirmation, he ordered several dishes in a row, and then ordered another soup before stopping.
When Jiang Li came back from ordering, Father Jiang reminded him in a low voice: "Xiao Li, in the dishes you ordered just now, we don't have crispy bamboo shoots roasted chicken and golden shredded fish bones here, why don't you ask the guests to change them?"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as there are materials, I'll do it."
After eating the noodles made by Jiang Li last night, I have to say that Jiang's father still looked forward to his dishes, so he didn't change the dishes.
Jiang Li was afraid that Xuan Qing would be bored sitting alone, so he went to say hello to him before going to the kitchen, and began to prepare breakfast for the guests.
The few dishes he ordered had already prepared the ingredients just now, and it was not difficult to make. With the help of Uncle Cai, four dishes and one soup were quickly prepared.
A steamed short rib, a dish of almond choy sum, a dish of braised chicken with crispy bamboo shoots, a dish of grilled fish bones with golden shreds, and a dish of consommé soup with fresh mushroom and tofu.
When he was cooking, Uncle Cai, who was helping him, smelled the aroma, and he couldn't help feeling hungry again after eating the buns in the morning. The dishes are also much better than mine, thanks to the fact that I have been a chef for so many years, I am ashamed to compare with you!"
Jiang Li said with a smile: "Uncle Cai, don't be modest, your cooking skills are obvious to all, I will teach you what I know later, our family's business still depends on you and my father to support it."
Although he knew that what he said was polite, Uncle Cai still listened very comfortably, and said a few words "Where is that?"
After making the guest's breakfast, Jiang Li made his own breakfast by the way. Xuan Qing didn't eat meat, so he specially used a new pot to cook some vegetarian dishes for Xuan Qing.
After eating the breakfast made by Jiang Li, Jiang's father had a better understanding of his son's cooking skills, especially when the man with the child was eating and full of praise, he suddenly felt that maybe what his son said It is not impossible to change the inn into a restaurant.
After that, as long as there are guests coming to eat, Jiang Li will cook, and all the guests are very satisfied with his cooking skills.
After the guests had settled their bills and left, Father Jiang took the initiative to ask about the renovation of Jiangli Inn.
Jiang Li could hear that he was already moved, and he opened up about the current shortcomings of his inn. Now that the business in the inn is so bad, even if the restaurant does not change, it will not last long if it continues to operate.
Father Jiang didn't know about the problem he mentioned, but this store has been open for so many years, and it has been unable to make ends meet in recent years. If it really needs to be remodeled, it will need a lot of money.
Jiang Li heard that he was worried about the cost, and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about this, I have it here."
"You have?" Jiang's father was puzzled, although he tried his best to give Jiang Li the best life within his ability, but what he could give was still limited.
Jiang Li looked at Xuan Qing who was at the side, and said: "Little master, please do me a favor, the bank note I gave you that day, first..."
"Upstairs." Xuan Qing interrupted him, "I took your money for you."
He accentuated the tone of the words "your money", which made Jiang Li laugh. He originally wanted to borrow money from Xuan Qing, but Xuan Qing saw through his intention and said yes in front of Father Jiang. his money.
Father Jiang listened to his words, and looked at Jiang Li inexplicably: "Money? Where did you get the money?"
"Is such that… "
Jiang Li briefly talked about what happened at Yuan Qian's house, skipping over Jiang Feihua's danger, so that the old man would not be worried.
After Jiang's father finished listening, he looked at the two of them with admiration, and said with a smile: "You have worked hard, and you have done the right thing."
After the money is settled, Jiang's father will not have too much to worry about, and the matter has been settled for the time being, but the detailed renovation plan needs to be discussed again.
After Father Jiang agreed, Jiang Li took Xuan Qing out of the inn, intending to take him to have fun in Qingshui Town.
Qingshui Town got its name from the Qingshui River, which surrounds the entire town, giving it a taste of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the place here is not particularly big, it has beautiful scenery and simple folk customs, which is very suitable for sightseeing.
The folk customs of this world are more open than the ancient times in Jiang Li's impression. There is no too serious difference between men and women, and there is no rule that women should not go out on the street. The streets here are very lively all year round, and there are endless hawkers on both sides. , The business of all shops and restaurants on the street is very good.
When passing by a hawker selling candied haws, Jiang Li paid for two bunches, and said to Xuan Qing with a smile, "Little master, thank you just now, I will borrow the money from you."
When he laughed, his eyes curved into a crescent shape, and his dark pupils glowed with a little starlight under the sunlight, which made Xuan Qing, who was looking at him, feel his heart skip a beat, wanting to reach out and touch his eyes impulse.
"… thanks."
Xuan Qing suppressed the sudden throbbing in his heart, reached out to take the candied haws he gave, and took a bite under Jiang Li's urging, the sour taste of hawthorn spread in his mouth, he looked at the person in front of him, but was inexplicable. I feel sweet.
"Congratulations to the host, the male protagonist's favorability has increased by 5%, and the current favorability is 48%." The system prompted aloud.
Hearing this, Jiang Li tightened his hand holding the candied haws, laughed in a low voice, and opened his mouth to take a bite.
A little sour, but still very sweet.
The two walked around the market with candied haws. There were shouts all around the street, and more and more pedestrians came and went. When Jiang Li found out that Xuan Qing was not around, the people around him had already changed several times.
It was Xuanqing's first visit to Qingshui Town, and Jiang Li was worried that he would not find his way back, so he hurried back to find him.
It's just that there were too many people on the street, he searched for a long time but didn't see anyone, so he became a little anxious at the moment, regardless of being on the street, he raised his voice and shouted: "Xuan Qing!!"
Just as he finished speaking, his wrist was suddenly pulled from behind, and a familiar voice came from behind: "I'm here."
Jiang Li hurriedly turned his head and saw Xuan Qing standing behind. While he was relieved, he couldn't help admonishing him: "Where did you go? I searched for a long time and couldn't find you, you..."
His words stopped suddenly, and his gaze was fixed on the white hair ball that Xuan Qing held up in front of him with one hand.
Xuan Qing explained: "When I saw this just now, I thought you would like it, so I bought it."
The pedestrians on the street suddenly seemed to be frozen, and the noisy shouting stopped. Jiang Li looked at the white hair ball in front of him, and saw it raised its head and called out to him: "Meow~"
Seeing the little guy's dependent eyes, at that moment, he felt like his heart would melt.