Upon hearing this, Qi raised the corners of her mouth and a smile of approval appeared in her eyes. Then they stood under the eaves and watched Tiedan for a long time. After making sure that it was okay for him to be alone, they went into the house.

After Qi sat down, Xia Mo poured her a bowl of water, "Sister-in-law, drink some water."

In fact, Xia Mo could probably guess the purpose of Qi's visit. After all, Tiedan just said that his father was back, so she most likely came here to talk to him about going to the city.

Sure enough, Xia Mo spoke as soon as he thought about Qi.

"Brother Ze, actually I came here just to tell you that Dayong is back. We decided to go to the city tomorrow morning. See if you have anything to buy. Remember to come to my house tomorrow morning. Dayong has already gone to borrow the ox cart from Liu Qing."

Xia Mo smiled and responded, "Okay, thank you sister-in-law for making a special trip."

Qi had just taken a sip of water. When she heard this, she looked up at him in surprise and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just a short walk."

After receiving a look from Qi, Xia Mo smiled awkwardly and stopped harping on this meaningless topic. He then asked, "What time will my sister-in-law leave tomorrow morning?"

"Let's do it at the hour of Mao. This way, we won't be too late when we get to the county town. We can first take the wild animals to the restaurant to see if we can sell more, and then go shopping." Qi replied.

Xia Mo had no objection, "Okay, I'll go there early tomorrow morning."

"Just be on time." Qi looked at Xia Mo and suddenly remembered what Dayong had told her.

It's obvious that Li is not a good person. Now he's involved with that scoundrel, and I don't know if he will have any bad intentions...

"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Xia Mo asked in confusion when he saw that she was suddenly dazed.

Qi came back to her senses after hearing the voice, smiled and shook her head, "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Xia Mo was curious.

Qi hesitated for a moment, "...when Dayong came down the mountain this morning, he saw Li and that Wang Mazi together."

"What? Li and Wang Mazi? How did they get together?" Xia Mo opened his eyes slightly when he heard this and looked at Qi in surprise.

However, he secretly thought in his heart: These two scums are actually together again, and they were caught by Liu Yong. Tsk, are they planning to do something weird again?

"I don't know." Qi shook her head.

Although she was also very curious about how these two people got together, she was not a gossipy person. She talked about them just to remind Ze Ge'er to be more careful.

After all, those two people were not good people. As for the dirty things between them, he himself felt disgusted, so it was better not to say anything to avoid dirtying Ze Ge'er's ears.

"Never mind. They are just some insignificant people. Who cares how they got together?"

"That's right..." Xia Mo smiled.

Looking at the harmless-looking Ze Ge'er, Qi sighed silently in her heart.

Alas, those people from the Liu family have come to cause trouble more than once since Ze'er married Lingchuan. Especially after knowing that Li was also so messed up, she always felt that it was not appropriate to leave Ze'er alone at home.

So he asked again: "Brother Ze, did Lingchuan say how long it would take for him to come back?"

"Yes, he said he would be back within ten days." Xia Mo raised his eyebrows slightly and answered truthfully.

"That's not bad." Qi nodded. Ten days is not a long time. "But you'd better lock the door at ordinary times. There have been thieves in our village. You are a brother and you are alone at home. You'd better be careful."

After hearing her words, Xia Mo instantly understood why she asked when Ling Chuan would come back. It would be a lie to say that he was not touched, so the smile on his face became even wider.

"Yes, I will. Thank you, sister-in-law."

Qi chuckled, "What's there to thank for?"

Xia Mo said seriously, "Yes!"

Then, the two chatted about this and that, and gradually Qi sat in Xia Mo's house for about half an hour. Xia Mo also learned from her that Liu Yong had started hunting when he joined the army in Lingchuan, so he had his own channels.

Xia Mo thought it was a great idea as soon as he heard it. This way, he could take a look at the restaurant. After all, when doing business, he would definitely refer to more than one restaurant to know which one is better.

"Dayong should be back by now, so let's go back first. Ze, remember to come tomorrow morning." Qi stood up.

Xia Mo also stood up, "Yes, don't worry, sister-in-law, I really want to go to the city. Last time I came and went in a hurry, I didn't have time to take a closer look before I came back."

"Then you can see enough this time."

"Haha, that's right."

The two of them walked out together after talking.

Qi waved to Tiedan, who was pushing the little rabbit on the swing, and called out, "Tiedan, come here quickly, it's time to go home."

Tiedan has been playing on the swing for so long that he has lost all interest in it, otherwise he wouldn’t have let the little rabbit sit on it.

So when he heard his mother's cry, he grabbed the hemp rope to stabilize the swing, then picked up his little rabbit and ran towards them.

"Look, you're sweating after playing. Let's go and say goodbye to your aunt." Qi patted Tiedan's back gently.

Tiedan immediately looked at Xia Mo and said loudly: "Goodbye, auntie!"

Xia Mo smiled and replied, "Then Tiedan, see you tomorrow."

Tiedan nodded heavily, saying that he would wait for his aunt, and then left with his mother...

next morning.

Xia Mo packed up his things early and walked towards Liu Yong's house carrying a small bag of malt sugar. When he arrived, Tiedan was sitting on the back of a buffalo showing off. Because the buffalo was tied to a tree, Liu Yong and his wife were not worried that he would not be able to sit steadily.

"Aunt, you're here!" Tiedan waved at Xia Mo.

Xia Mo smiled and said, "I didn't expect you could ride a buffalo, that's amazing!"

Tiedan was suddenly praised by him. He straightened his chest and raised his chin slightly, instantly revealing the aura of a little boss.

Unfortunately, he didn't feel proud for long before his mother ordered him to get down and sit in the back. So the next moment, he was carried to the back by his father.

Tiedan pouted unhappily and glared at his father angrily, but Liu Yong was busy helping his wife get things and didn't notice his serious dissatisfaction at all.

Xia Mo grew up in an orphanage and had come into contact with many children, so he could tell at once about Tiedan's little weirdness and climbed onto the ox cart and sat next to him.

"Tiedan, come here, open your hands, this is for you." Xia Mo said, and like a magic trick, a piece of maltose appeared in his open palm.

"Ah! It's sugar!"

As soon as Tiedan saw the malt sugar, all his thoughts disappeared instantly. He stared at it intently and then swallowed.

"Take it and eat it." Seeing that he was obviously very greedy but was reluctant to reach out his hand, Xia Mo stretched his hand in front of him again.

Tiedan looked at the maltose for a long while before he turned his head to look at Xia Mo and shook his head, "Auntie, eat it yourself. The one you gave me is still at home."

Xia Mo couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Aunt has some too, this is for you."

"Really?" Tiedan hesitated. His parents said that this thing was very valuable.

"Of course it's true." Xia Mo nodded heavily to him.

Tiedan looked at him again, and finally reached out to grab the maltose and eat it, "Hmm... delicious, thank you auntie!"

"Haha, as long as Tiedan likes it." Xia Mo said with a smile.

Looking at his happy expression, Xia Mo suddenly felt that perhaps his malt sugar would also be popular among children.

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