C58 (2/2)

The hand that was massaging Xu Hui's shoulder could not help but descend. Xu Hui's face turned red as she moved her elbow backwards, pushing away Xiao Dazong. She stood up and shot a glance at Xiao Dazong, ”I'm not listening to you anymore. I'm going back to sleep.”

”Wifey, wait …” How could Xiao Dayong let his daughter-in-law go at that moment? He could not help but reach out to grab Xu Hui's arm. Xu Hui quickly retracted her arm and walked to the door of the kitchen. He turned around and smiled at Xiao Dayong, ”What are you waiting for?” ”Do you want me to go to the kang and wait for you?”

Xiao Dazong looked at Xu Hui's coquettish smile, her eyes burning with anger. She saw Xu Hui turn her head and walk out of the door curtain in a relaxed manner. Rubbing his little brother, Xiao Dayong sighed and said to himself, ”Just bear with it. Sooner or later, it will be my own meat. When the time comes, I'll eat whatever I want!”

With five taels of silver in his pocket, and everyone's strong hopes of celebrating the new year, Xiao Dazong set off for Mingzhou City with the sledge team from the Qian Hu Inn two days later.

After Xiao Da Yong left, Xu Hui felt that something was amiss. She remembered that Xiao Da Yong had said he was going to Ming Zhou Province to get the New Year gifts prepared by the command. He didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it, but after some thought, he didn't seem to have heard of anyone returning the items to their subordinates for the New Year. If it was something given by the imperial government, they wouldn't need to be pulled.

Xu Hui could not help but ask Gou Sheng, who blinked her eyes and said, ”About that, our command is Lin Qianhu's uncle, and Lin Qianhu also prepared some New Year gifts or something like that. We will send it over this time, saying that command has a gift in return, so we can pull the gift back.

”What did you say?” Lin Qianhu's uncle is our Mingzhou's command, command Lin? ”My dear uncle?” Xu Hui widened his eyes in shock. How did she only know about such an important matter now?

Gou Sheng was at a loss, he did not understand why Xu Hui had such a huge reaction. He scratched his head and asked, ”Yes, yes, command Lin is Lin Qianhu's biological uncle.

What happened to me? I don't care! Xu Hui almost yelled out loud. How did she only know about such an important piece of information now? She was so stupid!

No wonder he felt that the Lin Qianhu looked familiar the first time they met, she actually looked similar to that cold and scary Lin command. Thinking about it carefully, other than Lin command's temperament being even colder, just from his appearance, Lin Qianhu and Lin command looked like 50% of each other.

command Lin was the Lin Qianhu's blood uncle and was the biggest official in the Ming Province. If they could hug such a thick leg, let alone take it off, they would even be able to earn a reputation.

Seeing that Gou Sheng and the rest were looking at him weirdly, as if he was acting strangely, Xu Hui wanted to sigh helplessly, but he waved his hand and said, ”I'm fine, I was just surprised.”

”I thought you knew, but that's not a big deal. The Lin Qianhu didn't climb up there by relying on relationships, otherwise, you wouldn't have come to the Kepin. It's fine to be poor.”

That's right, he is not his biological father, so he can't take care of too many people. As long as he is capable, it would be the same no matter where he goes. Gou Sheng and Xiao Xiuer both smiled and nodded.

Xu Hui felt like sighing even more. To put it nicely, it was called ”contentment and joy”. To put it bluntly, it was called short-sighted. She could only see the land under her feet and hope that she would not think about the future. For people like Gou Sheng, as long as they ate their fill and slept together, they would have nothing to ask for. Any future prospects were not as important to them as being able to eat and sleep comfortably today.

Xu Hui sighed. She was not destined to be such a person. Peace and joy were what everyone wanted, but all of this was built on status and power. Class society did not have status and power, so they did not have the ability to protect themselves. This was also why Xu Jingan and the others were pursuing their future. However, they did not understand these things, and even Xiao Da Yong did not fully understand it.

Although he did not know how thick Lin Qianhu's thigh was, he did not neglect it in the slightest when he thought back to what he had done in the past few days. Based on the current situation, the Lin Qianhu still had some connections with his family. After all, they were able to eat food that was sent to his family every two or three days. Xu Hui could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

Although he really wanted to hug the Lin Qianhu's leg, Xu Hui could only smile bitterly. Even though he knew the background of the Lin Qianhu, it seemed that he could only be like before and send some food and drinks to liaise with him. After all, she couldn't even get out of the alley, so what could she do? However, since the Lin Qianhu had arranged for people to go and buy New Year's food, it meant that he could spend it in the Kepin. If the Lin Qianhu was here to celebrate New Year, it would not be a bad idea to ask Xiao Dayong to invite him to dinner.

Having made up his mind, Xu Hui waited anxiously for Xiao Dayong to come back as soon as possible. If he could buy all the things on her list, she would have enough food for the New Year's Eve feast.

It wasn't until the day before the new year that Xiao Dazong and his team returned with a great deal of hope.

It was not an exaggeration to say that the term ”return with a full load” was used. Six sled wagons had been sent over, each filled with food. Apart from the cotton clothing, vegetables and meat, there was even a stone grinder.

It was said that when the people from the Camp's kitchen saw this huge millstone, they immediately cheered. Not to mention the effort, the ground noodles were still not thin enough. This was also why Zhao Tiechui and the others liked to come to Xu Hui's house to eat.

This time, the stone mill was specially pulled by a sleigh car, it was a two feet and four inches large stone mill, the middle part of the upper fan was slightly concave, it was convenient to pile up the grain, and it was equipped with a grinding rod. The grinding rod used the principle of the lever, by pushing or pulling animals, the upper fan would move in a counterclockwise direction, which was much easier compared to the stone mill that was purely driven by people.