Chapter 108: Menu 1/2

Li Qingzhi knocked on the door of Jin Xiaoye Embroidery Workshop and said,Xiaoye, I’m back.’

The next moment, the side door of the shop opened, and Jin Xiaoye poked her head out from inside.

‘Xiaoye.’ Li Qingzhi couldn’t help but smile when he saw Jin Xiaoye. ‘Are you still busy? ‘

He had thought that someone from inside the shop would open the door for him, as Jin Xiaoye wouldn’t have heard his knocking from the backyard.

‘Not much, just need to organize some goods,’ Jin Xiaoye was also in a good mood. She came up to Li Qingzhi to check on him and asked, ‘Have you eaten? ‘

Li Qingzhi replied, ‘Not yet.’

‘Then I’ll cook you a bowl of noodle soup,’ Jin Xiaoye said.

Dinner had already been finished, and the girls from Miaoqian Village had quite the appetite. With the extra rice and vegetables, they could finish it all off.

But Li Qingzhi hadn’t eaten yet, and cooking rice would take too long, so making noodle soup was the fastest option.

‘Alright,’ Li Qingzhi said, ‘I’ll go help you with the fire.’

After finishing his conversation with Jin Xiaoye, Li Qingzhi noticed the other people inside the house.

At this moment, the girls from Miaoqian Village were tidying up the goods they had made during the day, neatly stacking them.

When they first arrived that day, most of them didn’t look too good, but today, they seemed much more energetic. Each of them greeted Li Qingzhi, some calling him uncle, others calling him shopkeeper.

Li Qingzhi smiled at them and followed Jin Xiaoye to the kitchen.

He said he would help with the fire, but after lighting it and adding some mulberry branches that would burn for a while, he came to Jin Xiaoye’s side, kissed her, and held her hand. ‘Xiaoye, I miss you so much…’

When he was in Linhu County, he chatted with many people and made quite a few acquaintances.

His social desires had been fully satisfied, but he still missed Jin Xiaoye and wanted to hold her in his arms forever.

Jin Xiaoye also missed Li Qingzhi, admitting frankly, ‘I miss you too. How have you been these days? ‘

Li Qingzhi grabbed Jin Xiaoye’s hand and kissed it. ‘I’ve been fine, Xiaoye; later we…’

“Dad!” “Dad!” The shouts of Li Damao and Li Ermao came closer and closer, then they burst into the kitchen, pushing open the half-closed door and rushing in.

Li Qingzhi could only let go of Jin Xiaoye, squat down, and hug the two children. ‘Damao, Ermao, Dad misses you so much.’

“Dad, I miss you too!” Li Damao and Li Ermao said at the same time.”

All the children had arrived… Li Qingzhi didn’t have the chance to be intimate with Jin Xiaoye. Bringing Li Damao and Li Ermao to the stove, he watched the fire while talking to them. “What have you been doing these days, Li Damao and Li Ermao?”

Li Damao and Li Ermao eagerly began to speak.

Li Qingzhi listened attentively, occasionally praising them, and took out some snacks he had brought back for them to eat.

Jin Xiaoye saw this scene, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips. At the same time, she quickly took out a large bag of flour and mixed it with water to make batter.

After the water in the pot boiled, Jin Xiaoye sliced some salted meat and added it, then began to ladle the batter into the pot.

Soon, a large pot of noodle soup was ready. Jin Xiaoye asked Li Damao and Li Ermao, “Do you want to eat noodle soup?”

“Yes!” Li Damao and Li Ermao immediately replied. Although they had already eaten dinner, it was no problem to have some more.

At this time, Li Laogen, who hadn’t gone to bed yet, also heard the commotion and came over. “Xiaoye, I want some too. Please give me and Xiaodou a bowl.”

Li Laogen still took care of his nephew, Zhao Xiaodou.

Jin Xiaoye first served Li Damao and Li Ermao each a bowl, then filled three bowls for Li Laogen. “Dad, the one with more soup inside, take it to Jin Mao’er. She didn’t eat much tonight.”

Jin Xiaoye didn’t serve meat to Jin Mao’er, and there were only two or three pieces of noodle in the bowl. The main component was the soup.

With such a meal, Jin Mao’er’s stomach should not be affected.

Li Laogen acknowledged and took the bowl of noodle soup out, intending to give it to Jin Mao’er first before coming back to eat his own.

However, not long after Li Laogen left, his face suddenly changed, and he rushed back in. “Xiaoye, Xiaoye, something big has happened!”

“What’s wrong?” Li Qingzhi asked, frowning towards the door. He seemed to… hear the sound of children crying?

“Xiaoye, someone threw a girl at the door!” Li Laogen said urgently.

Upon hearing this, Jin Xiaoye immediately thought of what happened during the day.

She felt sorry for the child at the time, but she couldn’t just bring every pitiful person she saw back home—there were too many unfortunate people in the world!

Moreover, that young man was able-bodied; he could have easily found work to support his niece.

So she gave him two buns and left, and now… Could it be that the young man left his niece at her shop door?

Jin Xiaoye hurriedly ran to the door and found the girl lying there crying—the same girl she had seen during the day.

The girl was sick, crying weakly but still intermittently calling out, “Uncle, uncle…”

“What’s going on?” Jin Xiaoye asked.

A girl anxiously spoke up, “I heard someone knocking on the door, and when I opened it, I saw this child…”

“Is there anyone else outside?”

“No, I went out to look, but I didn’t see anyone,” Li Laogen squeezed over. “This girl must have been abandoned by her family!”

Jin Xiaoye helplessly looked at the crying child. At that moment, Li Qingzhi also came out.

As soon as Li Qingzhi arrived, he saw the girl lying on the ground.

He immediately went forward to pick up the child, checked her, and was surprised by what he found.

The child had a fever!

In modern times, a normal fever isn’t a big deal; taking some fever medicine can reduce it. But in this era, a child’s fever could easily lead to brain damage if not properly treated.

Li Qingzhi glanced in the direction of the darkness and said to Jin Xiaoye, “Xiaoye, this child has a fever. Let’s take her to the clinic.”

Although Li Laogen didn’t see anyone else, Li Qingzhi felt someone was watching them from the darkness.

But chasing after them now would only make the person run away. The priority was to get the child treated.

Jin Xiaoye felt the girl’s forehead in Li Qingzhi’s arms and also felt that she was burning up.

In fact, she had felt that the child was sick during the day, and now it seemed even worse…

“We have to go to the clinic again. This is the second time today,” Jin Xiaoye said helplessly.

“What happened earlier?” Li Qingzhi was surprised.

“Jin Mao’er had diarrhea,” Jin Xiaoye said, feeling the money pouch on her body. She said to Li Qingzhi, “I’ll carry her.”

“I’ll do it,” Li Qingzhi said.

The girl’s clothes were dirty, and now he had also gotten his clothes dirty. There was no need to dirty Jin Xiaoye’s clothes as well.

“If you can’t carry her, just let me know,” Jin Xiaoye said.

“…,” Li Qingzhi thought to himself, “It’s been almost a year since I transmigrated; I can still carry her!”

The two quickly headed towards the clinic.

Not far away, Chang Zhan saw this scene and hurried to catch up.

He couldn’t hear what Jin Xiaoye and Li Qingzhi were saying, so he didn’t know where these two were taking his niece.

When his father and older brother had trouble, his niece was just learning to walk. She was so young, and he had watched her grow up.

His niece was too important to him. Before he sought revenge, he had to make sure his niece was well taken care of.

Li Qingzhi felt someone was following them. Without a doubt, it was the girl’s relative.

If it were in modern times, Li Qingzhi would think it was extremely unreasonable for someone to abandon a child like this. But this was ancient times… That person must have had their reasons.

Regardless, he couldn’t watch a child suffer in front of him.

“I saw this child during the day. At that time, her uncle was holding her…” On the way, Jin Xiaoye told Li Qingzhi about what happened during the day, “That ‘uncle’ seemed to care a lot about his niece and insisted on leaving her with me.”

“He must have seen that you are a good person,” Li Qingzhi said.