Chapter 18 - You Are Inquiring About Baoshan? (1/2)

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Xiao Baoshan came back soon. This time, he brought some pig offal back again. He said that one of his peers killed pigs at home. The extra pig offal can be sold to him cheaply.

He was still thinking about the flavour of it since he ate the pig offal Ye Xiaoxian cooked yesterday so he bought more today.

Once Ye Xiaoxian saw the pig offal, she came over, took and cleaned it.

“Sister-in-law, are you going to fry the pig offal again like you did last night?” Xiao Baofeng came over and sat on his heels beside Ye Xiaoxian.

Xiao Baofeng was only eight but he looked very smart and his features were quite similar to Xiao Baoshan. He must be a handsome guy when he grew up.

“Not really,” said Ye Xiaoxian smilingly, “How can we stick to the same flavour all day long? I’ make sauté pig offal with pickled cabbage. Baofeng, you go to the next door and ask auntie Zhao if they have any pickled cabbage. If they have some, we can exchange them with some of little dried fish.”

Baofeng ran out hurriedly and excitedly and came back in a minute. He went back with a handful pickled cabbage and then he started to help Ye Xiaoxian to cook dinner.

Ye Xiaoxian suddenly felt pity for Xiao Baofeng.

“Baofeng, you’re eight years old, aren’t you?” asked Ye Xiaoxian.

“Yes, I am!” answered Baofeng while was.h.i.+ng the pickled cabbage.

“Don’t you want to go to private school?”

“I do, but Ma said that we don’t have money so I have to wait to go to private school,” said Xiao Baofeng with a sense of loss.

“What about your second brother? Did he ever go to private school?”

“Well…” Xiao Baofeng thought about it carefully and then shook his head, “I don’t know. Ma didn’t mention it. I only know that my second brother left home a long time ago and just came back recently.”