Chapter 84: Chapter 84 That Boy Looks Pretty Good Chapter 84: Chapter 84 That Boy Looks Pretty Good Bai Fei was somewhat puzzled.
“Why?”
She also thought it was unjustified; she was beautiful and kind-hearted, but other than Heizi and Lanzi, it seemed like she had no other good friends?
It seemed a bit too few.
“Because you want to be first in everything and show off, who wants to be with someone who boasts about being the best every day? And on top of that, they have to flatter you…”
Wasn’t everyone a little princess anyway? No, the original owner wasn’t; she was pitiful.
“Uh… your words are quite harsh, so we two make the best friends, no, we are sisters. Let’s go, let’s go home and eat something delicious.”
Bai Fei wasn’t angry because, although she looked carefree, she could feel who sincerely cared for her. Otherwise, why would she only share delicious things with Lanzi, Heizi, and those two younger brothers?
It wasn’t just because they were willing to put up with her, but also because none of them had malice.
Her brother had said, an idiot can have an idiot’s luck, but shouldn’t be foolish; one must learn to see people for who they are.
She was still learning pretty well.
“Can you still eat?”
Bai Zhi looked scared; Bai Fei had already eaten so much.
Honestly, she had to admire that, real-world girls can only eat a few bites per meal because if they eat one more, they’ll get fat…
Worrying about getting fat from eating or drinking, and for fruits, they had to consider the sugar content, let alone snacks and junk food.
As for her, who cares if getting fat is more important than food? Of course not.
So her life was still flavorful. Of course, her body was, cough cough cough… round.
As for now, with her skinny-as-a-stick body, she didn’t have to worry at all; instead, she needed to put on weight, otherwise, walking around at night could be a bit scary with her naturally pale complexion…
If she walked down the street at night wearing a white dress, with her hair down and red makeup on her face, it definitely could become a horror film.
So, she wasn’t worried.
The two of them arrived at the place where they had first picked thorny pears, Bai Zhi went to look and found that there was no one there anymore, alright then.
She had initially thought to bring the boy back down the mountain if he was still there, but now there was no need.
“That boy was pretty good-looking, I wanted to ask for his name.”
Bai Fei didn’t know when, but she had another mountain pear to munch on…
Of course, it was just a passing thought.
Bai Zhi didn’t know what to say anymore; she went to pick some more thorny pears to take home.
“Zhizhi, why are you picking these?”
Bai Fei was a little surprised; they were sour and barely sweet, while mountain pears were at least somewhat sweet.
“I’m going to make wine with it, for Grandpa. These thorny pears are high in vitamins and good for brewing wine.”
Nobody wanted these thorny pears because nobody liked them, so Bai Zhi just put them all into her basket.
As the two sisters started walking, halfway through, Bai Zhi suddenly said something.
“Why do you call me Zhizhi? It’s so strange.”
She suddenly felt that it was too intimate.
Her response was a bit slow…
“Because you’re my cousin, calling you Bai Zhi feels somewhat distant, from now on I’ll call you Zhizhi.”
“Alright…”
She found herself somewhat at a loss for words, as if nothing was amiss with this situation.
Upon returning home, it was already afternoon. The two sisters shut the gate to the yard before bringing all the items out.
They split the August melons and grapes equally. As for the mountain pears, Bai Fei only took some because she found them a bit sour. She was just going out for fun, and in the past when she went out with others, she didn’t even bring anything back home.
Bai Zhi didn’t say anything. She planned to make some canned fruit to see how it turned out, and if it worked well, she might make more to sell. Of course, it was all for the sake of earning some small money.
Bai Zhi washed all the mountain pears, planning to start working on them later.
Seeing that it was getting late, Bai Zhi decided to make dinner, keeping it simple because of the mountain pear work. She planned to steam eggplants and braise green beans with potatoes.
She fried the potatoes and green beans together. Once the green beans changed color, she added salt and water, then covered the pan.
The soft potatoes made the green beans even more delicious.
When Bai Dan returned home, dinner was already prepared. After eating, Bai Zhi hurried to process the thorny pears. Bai Dan enjoyed a drink now and then, so there was always liquor at home.
Once she finished processing, Bai Zhi dumped them directly into a large glass liquor bottle fitted with a spigot for easy pouring.
Bai Dan noticed when he went to pour a drink,
“Xingxing, did you deal with the thorny pears? Those have so many thorns, what if you hurt your hands? Grandpa is planning to plant green onions tomorrow; there are hawthorns there too. Do you want me to bring some back for you?”
July is for planting onions, August for planting garlic – the timing was just right to plant onions now. Since Bai Dan and Bai Zhi were fond of eating noodles, planting more was no problem.
“Yes, yes, Grandpa, I’ll come with you. I don’t have anything on tomorrow. I’ll go right after my run.”
Climbing the mountain was too tiring, so Bai Zhi switched to running. She ran around the village and stopped when she reached her limit. If she had time, she’d still climb the mountain.
“Alright, I’ll wait for you.”
Bai Dan didn’t try to stop her. He was too happy that his granddaughter wanted to join him.
Since they were running low on sugar, Bai Dan hurried to the village store to buy some, getting ten pounds of it, along with rock sugar. The shopkeeper thought he was going to visit his daughter and commented, but Bai Dan just smiled without a word.
Now, ten pounds of sugar cost nearly 30 yuan, a substantial gift indeed, considering that even a drink at a feast would only cost 20 or 30 yuan.
When Bai Dan returned home, Bai Zhi had already cleaned the mountain pears and jars. There were plenty of jars at home; they were leftover from Bai Zhi’s grandmother, who used to make various pickled vegetables, and Bai Dan knew how to make some as well.
So they had enough jars, complete with lids.
Making preserves was nothing new for Bai Zhi, and she did it in several batches.
She peeled the mountain pears and soaked them in light saltwater.
After processing them all, she prepared the jars and boiled them in oil-free water, finally adding rock sugar and white sugar.
She preserved everything in jars, the only regret being that they must be consumed within half a month. But they were fresh, which was a consolation.
Everything was done by late at night. Although Bai Dan had been helping, he was still worried about Bai Zhi. His Xingxing was always so capable.
But this also indicated a problem: she was tired.
You see, Bai Fei knew nothing, but she lives happily and carefree. He would prefer Xingxing to be the same.
…
At that moment, in Bai Da’s family’s courtyard, for some reason, Bai Da had not yet returned home, and the atmosphere was not very pleasant.
The reason was the arrival of two uninvited guests.
They had gone to the mountains to pick walnuts when the group pet found two unconscious boys. Acting on her kindness, she had Bai Ye rescue the two and brought them back, preparing hot water to wash their faces and even inviting the village doctor to examine them. They had been bitten by a snake, but they were quickly getting better after receiving medicine.
Bai Yu was frowning the entire time, feeling that they shouldn’t rescue strangers, but the group pet looked at him with her big eyes, silently pleading. That look made it impossible for him to refuse.
He was now even tasked with making porridge for them, which soured his mood considerably.