Chapter 37: The Little Person Under the Eaves

Li Jinfeng looked at the mother and daughter outside the crowd, her gaze involuntarily falling on Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Today, Jiang Xiaoxiao was wearing a lake-green narrow-sleeved woven-pattern garment. Not only was there not a single patch, but the clothes also looked very new, as if they had just been bought. The lake-green tone set off that little face, making it white and tender. She also had two small hair buns tied on her head, looking very soft and cute.

Li Jinfeng couldn't help but bite her lip, her heart sour. Clearly, this girl used to be a sallow and emaciated ugly thing; when did she grow up to be so good-looking?

Her heart became more and more sour, and the words in her mouth couldn't help but carry a bit of sourness, "Yo, Auntie has earned a lot of money. It's not a holiday, yet you are willing to buy new clothes for Er Ya. It really makes people envious."

In the past, when their first branch family lived in town, they also had to wait until the New Year to wear a new piece of clothing. Now that they had returned to the Li family ancestral house, they worked in the fields every day, and their clothes had long been worn out, covered in dirt, and dirty.

Compared with the current Er Ya, it seemed she was the wild girl from the countryside.

Jiang Xiaoxiao endured the urge to roll her eyes, didn't even look at Li Jinfeng, treated this person as non-existent, reached out and pulled Jiang Wei's sleeve, "Mom, let's go home."

The ice cream and snow cakes for today hadn't been made yet.

Jiang Wei glanced coldly at Li Jinfeng, nodded in response, and led Jiang Xiaoxiao home.

Anyway, the Li Zheng had already notified what he needed to notify. If they continued to stay here, it would just be poking some people's eyes.

"Mom, look at Er Ya!" Li Jinfeng, who was completely ignored as a transparent person, couldn't take it, and could only pull her mother's sleeve, wanting Sun Shi to vent her anger as before.

"Yo, still calling her Er Ya, Er Ya. Xiaoxiao is no longer a person of your Old Li family. Why are you still so thick-skinned to climb up and pull." Auntie Qiulian on the side couldn't stand it and mocked a few words.

"That's right!" Zhang family's eldest sister-in-law also echoed, "Could it be that seeing people earn money, you want to go up and beg for favors?"

The villagers listening on the side laughed and couldn't help but look at the Sun Shi mother and daughter with strange gazes.

"Enough, shut your mouth, don't cause trouble!" Sun Shi was annoyed by the fact that Li Shoude was going to the state alone for the examination tomorrow. Being mocked by the villagers, she scolded Li Jinfeng angrily.

Li Jinfeng seemed to be scolded by her mother for the first time, and she was so aggrieved that tears were about to fall.

Auntie Wang on the side looked at the backs of the Jiang mother and daughter walking away, her eyeballs rolling around.

As soon as the mother and daughter returned home, Jiang Wei placed several large vats in the house and filled them with water.

Now the water in the river had dried up. Even if her family had a well, they had to deal with it, just in case the water in the well also dried up.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the busy Jiang Wei and secretly made up her mind to intensify the training of her ability, so that the ability could be upgraded as soon as possible and release more water.

Although there were only two people in her family and the water consumption was not high, the water she released every day was enough for the mother and daughter to use. But there were chickens and sheep at home to feed, and that vegetable field to water...

But in fact, Jiang Wei was in such a hurry to store water not because of the drought. She had tens of thousands of tons of mineral water stored in her space, which was completely inexhaustible, so there was no need to worry about water at all.

She stored water just to show the villagers. If there was really no water in the well in the future, and her family could still use water, it would probably arouse suspicion from others.

After filling the large vats in the house with water, Jiang Wei started to make ice cream and snow cakes.

Jiang Xiaoxiao helped on the side.

Just after breaking the eggs into the bowl, Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a gaze falling on her body, seemingly there or not.

Ever since she had the ability, her senses had become very sharp. She followed her intuition and looked out the window, and sure enough, she saw a sneaky figure hiding under the eaves and peeking.

Jiang Xiaoxiao frowned and immediately signaled Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei took a look, and without saying a word, picked up the swill bucket and splashed it violently toward the person outside the window.

Only hearing an "ah" scream, Auntie Wang scrambled out from under the eaves, cursing, "Are you sick! How can you splash water randomly!!"

She was wet from head to toe, and there were a few rotten vegetable leaves on her head, emitting the sour smell of swill. Jiang Xiaoxiao covered her nose in disgust, "Auntie, what are you peeking at while hiding under our eaves?"

"I'm just passing by and taking a look, is that not allowed!" Auntie Wang had no shame at all for being exposed, and roared without showing weakness, "This house isn't yours, who stipulated that you can't look here!"

"Not ours?" Jiang Xiaoxiao sneered, "Auntie, don't tell me you don't know that the land within a five-mile radius has been bought by our family. Whether it's this small courtyard or the surrounding land, it's all ours. Trespassing on someone else's house is being a robber, and we can report you to the official!"

"What? This five-mile radius is all your land?!" Auntie Wang opened her mouth in shock, still not believing, "Pah! You little child, what nonsense are you talking about? How could this land be yours!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao shrugged, "If you don't believe it, you can go and ask Uncle Li Zheng."

Auntie Wang was choked instantly. Jiang Xiaoxiao even moved out the Li Zheng, which meant her words were not false. This five-mile radius of land was really theirs...

"Get out." Jiang Wei spat out a word lightly, staring coldly at Auntie Wang who was stunned in place, "If you come again next time, it won't be as simple as splashing you with swill."

Facing Jiang Wei's sinister gaze, Auntie Wang felt a shudder for no reason, turned around, and left.

Looking at Auntie Wang walking away, Jiang Xiaoxiao still had some anger not yet dissipated, "What kind of people are these..."

Fortunately, the ice cream hadn't started being made yet. If she had seen the formula, wouldn't she have learned it?

"It's fine, even if she learned it, she wouldn't be able to make it." Jiang Wei sneered, her gaze falling on the loose fence outside. It seemed the matter of building the house needed to be intensified.

It would be best to build it before winter.

And build a large residence, with courtyard walls built into high and hard stone walls to prevent outsiders from climbing in and peeking.

The next day, the mother and daughter took the ox cart to town as usual, and arrived in front of Yuelai Restaurant after shaking all the way.

Jiang Wei reached into the ice cabinet, moved the ice cream and snow cakes made yesterday into the ice cabinet with her mind, and then walked into the restaurant.

Shopkeeper Zhou had been waiting early, and seeing them, he hurriedly greeted them, "You finally came!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw him sweating profusely and thought, could it be that the snow cakes were not popular and didn't sell?

However, the next second, Shopkeeper Zhou rubbed his hands and said with an embarrassed face, "Little Lady Jiang, your snow cakes are so popular, they are completely not enough to sell. Can you add some more quantity?"

Yesterday, only ten snow cakes were ordered. He originally thought snow cakes were not as popular as ice cream, but he didn't expect that those who came to the restaurant to eat had already heard the great name of snow cakes in town, scrambling to buy them, and they were sold out at once!

"Yes." Jiang Wei agreed instantly, "How many do you want?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 38 =====