The house was full of women, what was he doing barging in?
Grandma Song gave Song San Xiao a fierce glare and told him to get out quickly.
When he stepped inside, Song Sanxiao realised that he had acted inappropriately, but it would be too deliberate if he just withdrew, so he made an excuse, “Is there still hot water in the pot? Bring it over and I’ll boil some more.”
Grandma Song obediently picked it up and handed it to him, waiting for him to take it out before smiling and saying, “Whatever Miss Qi wants to eat feel free to say, not only is Yue’er’s cooking good, but your Aunt Xu and I are also very good at it.”
Song San Xiao, who was still standing in the hall and had not left, perked up his ears again.
The moment Song Sanxiao entered, Qi Ying lowered her gaze, and hearing Grandma Song ask, she smiled back with her face as usual, “Yes, I’ll try Grandma and Auntie Xu’s cooking today.”
He was thinking that Qi Ying must have been freezing since she had ridden all the way here, and that eating hot pot would warm her up.
“Alright then, your aunt and I will go and prepare, you and Yue’er can talk inside.”
Grandma Song went into the kitchen and let out a long sigh. Xu knew why, but there was nothing they could do, Song Si didn’t have the heart for it, so they couldn’t persuade him hard, not to mention that Song Si would soon be going to the capital to catch his exams, and they couldn’t let him be distracted at this time.
She gently advised, “As time goes by, Miss Qi will naturally lose her mind.”
It was because of this that Grandma Song sighed, what a good girl she was, she had missed out.
Inside the house, Song Wan Yue took in all of Qi Ying’s reactions, sighed softly in her heart, and spoke, “I was just talking to my grandmother and mother, preparing to go to pay respect to Uncle and Aunt Qi on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.”
“Why wait until then, I see that you don’t have any guests at home today, why don’t you come with me later and stay at the dartboard for a few days. You don’t know, during the New Year, my father has taken a few dart trips and most of my brothers and teachers have been sent out, even my elder brother and second brother are not here, the dartboard is going to be cold.”
Song Wan Yue waved her hand, “Give me a break, I can’t stand it anymore, not to mention riding with you to the county town, maybe even before I leave Song’s village.”
“You haven’t learnt martial arts?”
Qi Ying was “surprised”.
Song Wan Yue looked as usual, “I did, but you know, I’ve only been learning for two months, I haven’t learned the basic skills yet.
“Basic skills are indeed important, it seems that your master is not a charlatan.”
Song Wangyue couldn’t stop laughing, “If my master heard that, he would run to the dart board to settle the score with you.”
Qi Ying also laughed.
The atmosphere in the room was cheerful.
Qi Ying put the water jar in his hand on the table and sat down next to Song Wan Yue, “A big event has happened in the county these days, causing people to be on edge, even the number of people visiting the New Year on the street has decreased.”
Song Wan Yue was curious.
“There is a rich family in the county surnamed Zhang’s housekeeper one day …… right, the day of your accident, suddenly disappeared. The wife of the Zhang family sent people around to look for it, but they couldn’t find it and reported it to the official. The magistrates searched for some days without finding him. What’s even more frightening is that the Zhang family’s master, who had gone out to do business, was not heard from for months. However, a year ago, when a servant of the Zhang family went out on the street, he saw a punk wearing a finger that looked like his. He had someone keep an eye on it while he reported it to Madam Zhang, who immediately brought her men to stop the punk and took off the finger and saw that it was Master Zhang’s. He was immediately taken to the authorities and guess what?”
Song Wan Yue’s eyes widened with curiosity, “What?”
“That punk picked it up at a mass grave outside the city, and Master Zhang had long since turned into a pile of white bones.”
Song Wangyue’s little face turned white with fear.
“The county magistrate deduced that it was a figure of fortune that killed him, and anyone in the county who has a bit of money is now afraid to go out.”
“Then, then you talk to uncle and aunt, say, I, I’m temporarily, for the time being, also not to, go over to pay my respects.”
Song Wangyue was so frightened that she stammered.
“It’s okay, I’ll come and pick you up on the sixth day.”
“Better not.”
Song Wangyue was obviously frightened, “You don’t know that I went after the carriage that abducted Erma that day out of sheer determination, thinking that if Erma was lost, I wouldn’t be able to explain to my family, but when I got back I was scared, what if I was abducted too. I was afraid to go out alone after that, so I asked Gu Yi to go with me on a matter I had to do.
“That’s good, you can stay at the dartboard for a few more days.”
“No, I can’t.”
Song Wangyue’s little head shook into a rattle, “I really don’t dare to go, it’s too scary.”
Qi Ying didn’t expect her to be scared and slapped her forehead in remorse, “I shouldn’t have given you that.”
After saying that, she changed the subject, “By the way, what do you want to cook for me.”
At the sound of cooking, Song Wangyue immediately forgot her fear, “There are ready-made ingredients at home, I’ll make a spicy and sour fish, spicy chicken pieces and pill soup, how about that?”
“Sure.”
Qi Ying was excited and pulled her up, “You go do it, I’ll give you a hand and learn from you, so I can show my mother a hand when I get back, so she won’t say I can’t do anything but practice martial arts.”
“Auntie is just saying what she wants to say, she sees that sister Qi is very good.”
The two of them went to the kitchen and the dishes that Grandma Song and Xu wanted to cook were packed up. When they saw the two of them come in, Grandma Song said, “Miss Qi, the kitchen is dirty, don’t come in.”
“It’s okay, I’ll give her a hand and sneak in the division by the way.”
“How can that be?”
“Don’t be polite with me, Grandma, you and your aunt go and rest, we’ll do it.”
“This ……”
“Let sister Qi do it, how can we let her succeed in stealing a lesson today?”
Several people were amused.
Grandma Song shook the apron around her waist next and helped Qi Ying put it on, Xu also put hers on for Song Wangyue, “I’ll be right outside, call out to me if you need anything.”
……
Song Wangyue moved quickly and cooked a simple spicy hotpot and stir-fried four other dishes in addition to the hot and sour fish, spicy chicken pieces and meatballs.
The old man and Song Lin had gone out for a drink today, so they were the only ones in the house, and since they all knew each other, Grandma Song didn’t shy away from letting Song San Xiao eat with her.
Grandma Song sat at the main table, Song San Xiao sat down next to her, Xu sat on her other side, followed by Song Wan Yue and Qi Ying.
“It smells so good.”
Qi Ying couldn’t help but praise, just now when she was burning the fire, she was almost drooling from the smell.
“Eat more if it smells good, don’t be polite.”
“I’m not polite.”
Qi Ying picked up her chopsticks, reached into the bowl of meatballs in front of her, picked up a meatball and was about to put it in the bowl when her chopsticks slipped and the meatball fell back into the bowl, splashing the soup onto her face and body.
“Oops ……”
Song Sanxiao didn’t even think about using her own sleeve to help her wipe it.
Snap!
Qi Ying slapped him across the face.