Chapter Fifty-two Negotiation

  The prince stood up, and with a hint of embarrassment, said to Zhao: "I'm really sorry, I was in a hurry when I left the house and didn't bring any silver." Chen Tianfa smiled brightly, "What's the big deal? It's just a small thing. We couldn't accept your money anyway. The Zhang family has shown us such great kindness, we'd be happy to repay them even if it means working as oxen or horses."

  Looking at Wang Zihan still having an uneasy expression, Xi Mei could only go forward to comfort him, "Alright alright, I won't tease you anymore, just bring me some delicious food next time you come."

  The little brain thought, his family is so rich, there must be countless delicious things to eat, haha, as long as he dares to keep disturbing big sister, hum, she will make an effort to eat his family's food, see if she can't bankrupt his family!

  Hey, silly girl, isn't this inviting a wolf into your home? Don't you ever think, how much can you eat, how can you bankrupt someone else? Maybe they just happen to have an excuse to come over again.

  As expected, Wang Zihan heard Xi Mei say this and was already overjoyed in her heart, but on her face she still had a honest and innocent expression. "Okay, when you have time come to my house as a guest, I'll prepare a table of delicious food for you, let you eat your fill."

  After finishing speaking, he seemed to remember something, "Speaking of which, my younger sister is about the same age as you. When I have time, I'll take you to my house. She will definitely be very happy when she sees you."

  Upon hearing this, Xi Mei curiously asked: "You have a sister? How old is she?" Wang Zihan saw that he had finally caught Xi Mei's attention and excitedly said: "She's about the same age as you, around this tall?"

  She drew a line on her sister's head with her hand and hesitated for a moment before saying "No, no, it should be this high?"

  At this time, Wang Zihan had thoroughly fallen into the question of how tall his own sister was. He let him compare on his own head, and lazily yawned, saying that he was stupid, really, didn't even know how tall his own sister was, had his brain kicked by a donkey?

  It's not surprising, really - Wang Ziheng is busy every day and doesn't have the time to notice how tall his own sister has grown. Bringing it up was just a way of going along with Xi Mei's topic and trying to get on her good side. Who knew that Xi Mei had been annoyed for a long time already, but didn't dare to lose her temper because of her parents' presence.

  In addition, Xǐ Jú was also curiously looking at him with a smile, so he became even more nervous, wanting to show his best in front of the beauty, who would have thought that the situation was getting more and more out of control?

  Finally, after a long time, he roughly drew out his height and lightly gasped for air. "Next time, next time I'll definitely bring her to play with you."

  Finally ending this topic, Xi Mei hastily nodded repeatedly, "En en, okay okay." Her tone was as perfunctory as possible.

  He didn't realize until later that he wasn't very welcome by the younger sister, so he rubbed his nose and stood up to bid farewell. "I won't disturb everyone this time, I'll make up for today's money tomorrow."

  Zhao's repeated explanations were no longer needed, and Wang Zihan still had a resolute face, but in Xi Mei's eyes, he was just looking for an excuse to come back tomorrow to see her older sister. Humph, don't think you can escape her sharp eyes.

  It's not easy to see off the indecisive young master of the Wang family, but Ruihao was excitedly shouting on the spot, "Oh oh, he's finally gone, we can go eat something delicious now."

  Ma was immediately scolded by Zhao's family with a few curses, looking at Ruihao who was embarrassed and stuck out his tongue. In fact, Xi Mei had just said so in her heart too. The annoying guy finally left, but the second brother spoke first and got scolded as well. Fortunately, I didn't say anything.

  "Let's go." Chen Tian packed up his things, handed over the stall to a nearby vendor to watch, and the group of people happily went shopping.

  All the way, Xihe and Ximei looked at the buildings by the road in surprise, from time to time exclaiming "wow" and were teased by Ruihao as country bumpkins.

  After successfully provoking two people and being "chased to kill", however, he seems to be enjoying it. The adults saw the three children playing and didn't stop them, after all, this is the nature of young children.

  After walking for almost an hour, everyone had something in their hands. Xi Mei was also tired and couldn't walk anymore. She opened her mouth and called out: "Mother, I'm hungry, let's eat something before we go on." When they passed by a noodle stall, she finally couldn't help it.

  "Alright, whatever our little girl says goes. Let's eat first and then go for a stroll." Chen Tianfa said with a smile.

  As soon as he heard his father's words, Ruihao immediately sat down on the stool with a thud, fanning himself with his sleeve and sticking out his tongue, exclaiming "I'm going to die from the heat, I'm going to die from the heat."

  Everyone burst out laughing at his comical appearance. Seeing everyone laugh so happily, Ruihao himself couldn't help but laugh foolishly too.

  "Come on, folks! Try some of our noodles. We've got everything you need right here. I guarantee you'll want to come back for more after just one try... and after two tries, you'll be hooked!" The noodle seller kept promoting his own noodles nonstop.

  "Alright, then let's have a bowl of your specialty noodles each." Chen Tianwang said with a hearty tone. "Okay, you folks just wait for a moment, the noodles will be right out." The boss enthusiastically greeted them, with a towel draped over his shoulder.

  The noodles arrived, and Xi Mei didn't care if they were hot or not. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating, her serious expression making many people think that the noodles must be incredibly delicious. Suddenly, several more people gathered around the stall, all wanting to try some of these supposedly amazing noodles, which delighted the boss.

  Just as the children were eating happily, Chen Tianfa said to Zhao's mother: "Mother, since we've come all this way, shouldn't we go visit the Zhang family? After all, they've helped our family a lot."

  Zhao thought to herself, let's not mention the matter of Xi Mei for now. This time, Chen Tian has made a big move and put in so much effort. It would be embarrassing not to go, but if she goes, she doesn't have much cash on hand either. She just went to buy some medicine for her father-in-law and bought some fabric to make clothes for the kids. Otherwise, going to their house with all of them wearing patched-up clothes wouldn't do. Not to mention Ruihao's pants are a whole section too short.

  "After thinking for half a day, he said: 'Let's just forget it this time. We don't have much money on hand, and taking too little would make others laugh at us. Let's set up the stall for another two days, and when we have some money, we'll go to Zhang Fu to thank him and prepare some gifts for Master Zhi, to show our gratitude for his kindness in saving the people.'"

  Xue heard the conversation between the two and nodded in agreement, saying: "That's right. Although they may not care about our small gifts, we can't be impolite ourselves. Brother and sister are right, let's have the kids send some tofu tomorrow, at least it's a kind intention."

  "En en, Ba Niang is right." Xi Mei nodded in agreement while eating with gusto.

  Xue's finger tapped her forehead, "You're right, I'm afraid you don't know what I'm talking about. You just hurry up and eat your noodles." After finishing speaking, she took out her handkerchief and carefully wiped her face.

  After finishing dinner, Zhao looked at the time and thought it was getting late. She estimated that her sister-in-law should have finished her work as well, so she packed up her things and prepared to head home.

  What about Xi Mei? Still the same old way, with a bundle hanging from her neck, packed with heavy copper plates, being carried by Zhao's back towards home.

  Although it's very hot now, everyone has a joyful smile on their face. Xi Mei even considerately holds up an umbrella to shade her mother.

  It's truly a deep and far-sighted move to be praised by others. The little girl swung her legs, grinning from ear to ear, and said with a stinky tone: "Of course, I'm also Mom's intimate little cotton-padded jacket. Auntie, come over here, let me fan you." Someone with an extremely sweet mouth was showing off there.

  Like this, all the way along with Xi Mei's jokes and teasing, Zhoujia Village was getting closer and closer...