The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

Qiao Xi was only happy for a moment, then put away her smile and looked around cautiously.

She didn't see any strangers, so she walked towards the figure with confidence.

"How about it?"

Although there was no one around, Qiao Xi asked in a low voice for safety reasons.

Xu Yi slowed down his pace, feeling that this was not the place to talk, so he whispered back to her: "I'll tell you in detail when we get back."

"Okay!" Qiao Xi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After the two entered the house, Qiao Xi wanted to close the door, but she was afraid that others would misunderstand her, so she had to leave the door half-closed.

I don’t know if it was out of tacit understanding, but they walked side by side without saying anything, but their directions were surprisingly the same - both towards the mourning hall.

When they reacted, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Qiao Xi rarely saw a hint of satisfaction in Xu Yi's eyes.

Xu Yi saw a hint of surprise in Qiao Xi's eyes, but that surprise quickly disappeared because the two of them had already arrived in front of the spirit tablet.

Qiao Xi took two sticks of incense with ease, lit them with the candle in front of the spirit tablet, and then divided them into two parts, holding one in her hand and handing the other to Xu Yi.

*

After burning incense and leaving the mourning hall, Xu Yi finally spoke: "I'm sorry that my sister-in-law was frightened yesterday. Did those people disturb her?"

Hearing his concern, Qiao Xi wanted to roll her eyes at him, but thinking that he had given her the opportunity to choose, she had to hold it in and said quietly, "No, no, I slept very soundly last night. I don't even know when they came or when they left."

Since he took the initiative to bring up what happened last night, Qiao Xi naturally followed up, "How did you deal with Nie Guizhou and the others?"

"Of course, we should hand them over to the right people."

"Cuckoo..."

As soon as Xu Yi said a word, he heard an untimely sound.

He couldn't help but stop and look at Qiao Xi.

Seeing him looking at her, Qiao Xi knew he had heard it. Her cheeks turned slightly red and her eyes looked away unnaturally.

She thought to herself, this belly is really something. It didn't protest earlier or later, but protested when he was talking. Isn't this embarrassing for her?

"Cuckoo..."

Suddenly, another inappropriate sound was heard.

Qiao Xi subconsciously covered her stomach, but then she realized that it wasn't her stomach that was growling. Could it be -

Looking up, I saw that Xu Yi's cheeks were unnaturally red, and even the tips of his ears were red.

Seeing him like this, Qiao Xi's shyness instantly disappeared, and she comforted Xu Yi openly: "It's okay, it's okay. People have to eat grains to survive. I'll go make porridge."

Xu Yi was about to nod, but suddenly thought of her cooking skills, and frowned slightly: "I'll help my sister-in-law."

Looking at his expression, Qiao Xi roughly guessed what he was thinking, but she was not the kind of person who would suffer for the sake of face, because she really wanted to live.

In fact, he doesn't need to worry too much. After all, there is only rice at home. He can just cook porridge and doesn't need to stir-fry any vegetables, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Thinking like this, how could Qiao Xi refuse one more person to help?

The two of them went into the kitchen, one was responsible for lighting the fire, and the other was responsible for washing the rice and then putting it into the pot.

"Now, can you tell me specifically who you handed Nie Guizhou over to?"

Xu Yi looked up at her and asked instead of answering, "Sister-in-law, who do you think is the most suitable person to deal with Nie Guizhou in Lingxiao City right now?"

Qiao Xi's eyes turned, and she thought of someone, blurting out: "The one from upstairs?"

Xu Yi nodded.

"You're just going to send him directly to the government office?"

In that case, Xu Yi would be exposed. If Nie Guizhou's spies saw it and knew it was Xu Yi who did it, they would definitely come to Xu Yi to settle the score.

Hearing this, Xu Yi smiled coldly and said casually, "Sister-in-law, do you know how much the reward is for capturing Nie Guizhou?"

Josie shook her head.

They came back yesterday evening, so she had no chance to see the notice posted.

"The notice said that anyone who could provide information on the whereabouts of Nie Guizhou and his son would be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Anyone who could capture one of them would be rewarded with 500 taels of silver. If all were captured, there would be a reward of 1,000 taels of silver.

Just one hundred taels is enough for ordinary people to live for a long time, let alone one thousand taels of silver.

Who wouldn't be tempted? So I just need to throw Nie Guizhou at the gate of Lingxiao City, and there are plenty of people willing to send them to the government office to claim the reward."

"Is Nie Guizhou worth so much silver?"

Qiao Xi was so surprised that she shouted out.

Xu Yi gave him a warning look.

Qiao Xi almost understood what he meant and immediately realized the problem. She quickly shut her mouth and looked at Xu Yi with an apologetic look on her face to apologize.

Seeing that she was alarmed, Xu Yi did not blame her, but said calmly: "Yan Zheng also feels that Nie Guizhou is not worth that much money. Not only him, but also his father Nie Shufeng is not worth that much money.

However, only in this way can the people be willing to take risks.

Besides, the higher-up's concern isn't just to capture them."

"What's the consideration?"

Qiao Xi looked at Xu Yi with confusion, waiting for him to continue.

"The person above is worried that if the Nie family father and son manage to escape this time, they will definitely come back in the future, and they may even become more arrogant.

"The people will suffer then. And he may not have another chance to come and rectify the situation. So this time, he must rectify the situation thoroughly before returning to Baidi City to report."

"Is that so? Then give me more silver." Qiao Xi looked as if she had suddenly realized something.

But she still felt a pity in her heart, not because of anything else, but because the silver should have been theirs, but they gave it to someone else. Wow, that was five hundred taels of silver.

Thinking about suddenly losing five hundred taels of silver, her heart ached a little.

"The meal seems to be ready!"

Qiao Xi was just regretting the money when she suddenly heard Xu Yi say this.

She quickly came back to her senses, sniffed lightly, and sure enough, she smelled the fragrance of rice.

I stood up and lifted the lid of the pot. The porridge in the pot was crystal clear and the soup was thick. It looked very tempting. It was indeed ready.

So she quickly took a bowl and served the porridge.

*

Qiao Xi held the bowl and drank the porridge in small sips. When she looked up, she saw that Xu Yi had finished drinking.

Looking at the table again, there was nothing there except their respective bowls of porridge, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

Are they going to have to rely on porridge to survive in the future? That would be such a boring life.

"Are we only going to eat this from now on?"

Qiao Xi couldn't help but put down the bowl and looked at Xu Yi and asked.

She had finally come to this world where she could move around freely, but ended up eating even worse than before, which made her feel a little unhappy.

"I've been busy lately. When Yan Zheng has some free time, I'll study how to cook."

He originally wanted to ask her to learn how to cook, but when he thought about what she cooked last time, he really couldn't open his mouth.

If he cooks some "scary" dish again, he will be the first one to suffer.