Chapter 167: Aunt Qiao, I want to eat your mixed noodle steamed buns, stir-fried

"Hmm."

Shi Ren replied with a faint smile.

Seeing Xiao Shitou treat Shi Ren like that, Shi Jin furrowed his brow, but after thinking it over he still didn't say anything.

Qiao Sheng was indeed waiting for them at the door, but she wasn't just standing there; as usual, she was chatting with Na Lan Ruo Lan while waiting.

Seeing them come out.

Qiao Sheng went up to them and said, "You're out of school, how do you feel today?"

"Mom, I'm fine."

Xiao Shitou said with a smile.

Shi Yun didn't speak.

Shi Ren said from the side, "Aunt Qiao, I'm fine too."

Shi Jin glanced at him contemptuously.

Noticing Shi Jin's gaze, Qiao Sheng didn't say anything then, and called Xiao Shitou and the others to walk over to the ox cart.

She wasn't holding anyone; she let them climb up by themselves.

Shi Jin was the first to get on.

Shi Yun was second; Xiao Shitou pushed him up, mainly because his physique was too clumsy, so climbing took some effort.

Xiao Shitou couldn't bear to watch and gave him a hand.

Shi Ren didn't get on before Xiao Shitou and Qiao Sheng; he was the last to board.

An ox cart isn't big to begin with, and once they sat down it was packed full.

Shi Jin hadn't eaten much at noon, and now he was already hungry; he looked at Qiao Sheng and asked, "Aunt Qiao, what are we having for dinner tonight?"

"What do you want to eat?"

Qiao Sheng's shop wasn't doing well today, she planned to close early, so she had plenty of time to cook them a proper meal.

Shi Jin blurted out, "Aunt Qiao, I want to eat your mixed noodle steamed buns, stir-fried wild vegetables."

Qiao Sheng: "……"

"This brat is definitely doing it on purpose!"

Xiao Shitou, who's never picky, said, "Mom, whatever you make, I'll eat."

Shi Yun only likes to eat meat.

He just said he wants to eat meat.

After hearing them, Qiao Sheng's gaze shifted toward Shi Ren.

Shi Ren understood and said, "Aunt Qiao, I'm not picky either; like Xiao Shitou, I'll eat whatever you make."

"Alright then!"

Qiao Sheng took them to the shop, exchanged a few words with Qiao Hushui and the others, then got on the ox cart and took them back to Qiaojia Village.

They got off the ox cart.

After walking a while, Shi Jin glanced at Shi Ren, seeing he wasn't frowning, he pursed his lips and kept walking forward.

They arrived in front of the Mountain God Temple.

Shi Jin chuckled and said, "It's been a few days since I've been back; I've started to miss this place. Although there are mice and bugs, and it's drafty and leaky, it still has its own charm—don't get too excited."

(He) has quite a gift for chattering on.

Qiao Sheng knew he was doing it on purpose, so she said nothing.

She opened the door and began tidying up.

After saying that, Shi Jin sneakily glanced at Shi Ren, saw his expression remained as calm as before, and suddenly felt like he'd punched a cotton ball.

Not only that.

Shi Ren also followed Qiao Sheng inside, showing no disgust, a stark contrast to how he'd been the last time he came.

Qiao Sheng no longer grows vegetables; the vegetable patch outside is bare. After cleaning up the Mountain God Temple, she summoned Xiao Shitou and the others to go out and dig for wild vegetables.

Xiao Shitou had dug wild vegetables before, but Shi Jin and the others had not.

Qiao Sheng only had one hoe, so only one person could dig at a time; she had them take turns, and when someone didn't have the hoe, they'd pick by hand.

Shi Jin and the others were quite enthusiastic, but they weren't familiar enough with wild vegetables, so they kept mixing them up with weeds.

Xiao Shitou couldn't bear to watch anymore, so he stopped digging, called them to sit together, and said, "Look, you see this? This is what wild vegetables look like; everything else is just weeds."

(End of chapter)