C104 (1/2)

Xu Yin anxiously sat in front of the gate and rushed in, while shouting. Yu Lingling, you little girl, are you still cooking or burning your house?

”Mistress, you're finally back. I didn't do it. It's him, that's right, that's him! ” Yu Lingling ran out of the room with a face full of grime. Seeing how angry Xu Yin was, he knew that he must be looking for trouble with her, so Yu Lingling looked around and saw a pillar running out from the kitchen to fetch water, and immediately pointed at him.

”Pillar!” Seeing Yu Lingling say that, Xu Yin immediately believed him. She ran to the front of the pillar in a flurry of movements, tugging at the collar of the pillar with no regard for her image and said fiercely, ”Speak!” What did you do to my kitchen! ”

The pitiful pillar, had no idea what was going on with Xu Yin, she had just gone to grab some firewood for Yu Lingling, and upon returning, she saw what Xu Yin had seen.

She looked at Xu Yin with a wronged expression, and said, ”Lady Xu, I didn't do anything to your kitchen.” Xu Yin's eyes narrowed dangerously, and she couldn't help but feel a little afraid when she looked at the pillar. The pillar immediately looked at Yu Lingling with a pleading gaze, but the latter was looking at him while begging him, and was continuously gesturing to him to please.

Seeing him, it was going to be troublesome. It seemed like he would have to take the blame.

With a bitter face, Pillar sighed, ”Ms. Xu, about that, your kitchen, uh, was burned by me. How about I compensate you with money?”

Pillar One felt wronged, he had only come under the orders to protect Miss Yu. Now, before the person was sent back, he had already spent all his money. This was either buying things for Yu Lingling or losing things for her.

”Humph!” ”At least you're sensible!” Xu Yin's eyes lit up when he heard about the compensation being paid. He let out a cold snort and let go of the man's collar.

Pillar was wronged, but no matter how wronged he was, it was useless. One reason was that he could not offend him, and the other was that he did not dare to offend him. So, he could only admit it.

The pillar looked at the money that Xu Yin snatched away with a pained expression. Right, it was snatching!

Xu Yin looked at the bunch of red notes in front of him, her eyes opened even wider, as though a greedy rich person had seen a mountain of gold.

Yu Lingling speechlessly rolled her eyes, she couldn't help but to look down on this mistress of hers. She was truly a greedy person's master.

”Pillar, put out the fire!” The moment Xu Yin received the money, she carefully counted it several times. After seeing that it was real money, she felt at ease and carefully kept the money in her pocket. The moment she turned around, he saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

Pillar and Yu Lingling rolled their eyes together. Pillar gave her enough money to repair quite a few kitchens, yet she was still yelling about fighting fire.

However, neither of them dared to say these words out loud. They could only think about them.

Yu Lingling and the pillar carried a bucket and ran towards the well. Seeing that the fire was getting bigger, Xu Yin knew that the two of them would not be able to protect the kitchen, so she immediately joined the fire brigade.

About ten minutes later, the fire was put out successfully.

The three of them were too tired to move, so Yu Lingling, who rarely moved, collapsed onto the ground.

Yu Lingling looked at the sky and asked a question that she really wanted to know, ”Mistress, why is it that no one is coming to save you when you are on fire?”

Pillar listened, too, for fear of missing a word.

Upon hearing Yu Lingling's words, Xu Yin immediately rolled his eyes and said, ”When you have time, go out and walk around, don't stay at my place.” With that, she stood up and left, leaving behind the puzzled Yu Lingling and Zhu Chi who stared at each other.

Yu Lingling and Pillar only found out about the truth of this matter when they were about to leave. Xu Yin's residence was really quite far away from the crowd, and everyone was in the fields during the day. This was also the reason why no one came to save the fire while Xu Yin's house was on fire. In fact, the two of them had always thought that it was because Xu Yin was too solitary and did not have a good relationship with the people in the village.

Yu Lingling and Pillar rested where they were for a while, having recovered most of their stamina, they went to the main house. Although the kitchen was not burnt up, it was temporarily unusable. Yu Lingling skillfully used the electric cooker to cook a pot of rice, the three of them ate with the pickled vegetables for a few days, then Xu Yin called for people to repair the kitchen.

Xu Yin was afraid that Yu Lingling would burn the kitchen down again, hence she took the money she got from the pillar to buy a few electromagnetic ovens for Yu Lingling to learn how to cook.

When Yu Lingling saw the electric stove in Xu Yin's hands, she laughed so hard that her face bloomed. Seeing Yu Lingling being so happy, Xu Yin felt that the money was worth it. However, she seemed to have forgotten that the money wasn't hers, but was given by the pillar.

When everything was gathered, Yu Lingling once again began her journey of study. After a month of studying, her cooking skills had improved by leaps and bounds, even Xu Yin was extremely satisfied with her disciple.