Second update, asking for monthly tickets

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  Xia Zhi didn't mention the matter of Guo Xi's wine shop again. Everyone continued to stroll along Xishi Street. Chang Sheng was holding Xia Yang and also had to take care of Wu Yue, Qi Yue, and Xia Zhu. These three seemed to be visiting the night market on Xishi Street for the first time, and they wanted to go see everything. Seeing how much trouble Chang Sheng was having taking care of them, Xia Zhi told him not to worry about her and Xiao Hei Yu Er.

  "We're all familiar with this place. Don't worry, Longsheng. I'll just take a stroll with Uncle and come back soon." Xia Zhi told Longsheng. Wu Yue and Qi Yue loved to look at those stalls selling jewelry and handkerchiefs, but they didn't dare show any interest in front of Xiao Hei Yu.

  When there are many people walking together on the street, with different interests, they can only split up.

  Changsheng was still worried about Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu'er. Since Xia Zhi couldn't keep up, Changsheng let her accompany Wu Yue as they walked ahead, while she and Xiao Hei Yu'er slowly followed behind.

  At the night market, there are all kinds of vendors selling various snacks. Xiao Hei Yu and Xia Zhi have been coming here for days and have already tried all the snacks at the night market. As they walked to a stall selling roasted meat, Xiao Hei Yu slowed down his pace and even rubbed his little belly.

  Xia Zhi saw it, but deliberately pretended not to understand. She also said to Xiao Hei Yu: "Old uncle, we ate so much at night, and seeing the barbecue doesn't make me want to eat at all."

  Xia Zhi should have been full, but he wasn't. He ate half and ran out. But this matter couldn't be told to Xia Zhi. Xiao Hei Yu really wanted to eat barbecue, but still endured it, dragging his little steps to follow Xia Zhi forward.

  Xia Zhi looked down at the small black fish and couldn't help but laugh to himself. Just as he was about to leave the barbecue stall, Xia Zhi suddenly stopped in his tracks. "Suddenly I feel like I can still eat a little more."

  Xiao Hei Yu's big eyes lit up immediately. "Sixteen, I think I can still eat a little."

  Xia Zhi smiled wryly, what else could she say? "Old uncle, let's just eat a bit more then."

  Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei walked to the front of the stall. The uncle and nephew were already quite familiar with this barbecue stall. The roasted lamb here was particularly delicious, and the owner added cumin and perilla to the seasoning, which suited their taste very well. In addition to the roasted lamb, there were also grilled scallops at this meat stall.

  Beizhen Prefecture has a coastal area under its jurisdiction, and there are also many islands of various sizes. The fishermen in these areas make their living by going out to sea to fish. Lishui Town is even closer to the sea than the prefectural city. Whether it's at the large gathering in Lishui Town or on the streets of the prefectural city, you can buy seafood. Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei love to eat the roasted lamb and roasted scallops here.

  Because she guessed that Xiao Hei hadn't eaten enough, Xia Zhi ordered over ten strings of roasted lamb skewers and asked the vendor to add more cumin and perilla leaves. In addition, she also ordered some scallops. Then, the uncle and nephew sat down at a small table next to the stall to wait.

  The night market on Dragon Boat Festival, there were more people eating barbecue than usual. The stall owner was well-prepared and also gave special treatment to Xiao Hei Yu and Xia Zhi, so the two children only waited for a short while before they got to eat roasted lamb.

  Summer solstice mainly accompanied Xiao Hei Yu, so I took a slow roasted string and ate it while laughing at Xiao Hei Yu eating lamb one string at a time. "It's really delicious," said Xiao Hei Yu while eating, "Sixteen, when we get back, we probably won't be able to eat such delicious roast meat."

  There is also roasted lamb at the market in Linshui Town, but it doesn't taste as good as this family's.

  "Uncle, if you want to eat it, we can go back and get a stove, then buy some seasonings, and roast it ourselves." Xia Zhi said casually.

  "That's good. Sixteen, is that really okay?" Little Black asked seriously. He knew Xia Zhi had money now, if it were in the past he wouldn't have asked like this.

  Xia Zhi nodded. Although it was a bit of trouble, this matter wasn't difficult to handle.

  The little black fish was delighted and chuckled with glee.

  Next to them, people eating barbecue were chatting and actually talked about the incident of a dead mouse being fished out of the wine at Guo Xi's wine shop. "It's also an old store on this street. When Guo Xi's father was in charge, it was still doing well, but when it came to Guo Xi, it didn't work out."

  "They're particularly stingy, sometimes they even watch you serve the dishes and add water to the wine. At least that's still somewhat clean, but now it's gotten worse, with dead mice being fished out of the wine vat. There's wine with cockroaches in it, wine with long worms in it, but I've really never heard of mouse wine before."

  Everyone who heard it laughed.

  Another person picked up the conversation and said, "It's just that no one is competing with his business. If a wine shop were to open nearby, his business would definitely be finished."

  "That's for sure. Speaking of top business, when will Guixiangzhai and Guifangzhai stop fighting on this stage?"

  "This is not something we can talk about. Let's just say something else instead."

  Everyone laughed and changed the subject.

  The little black fish listened with great relish, after finishing the roasted mutton, he continued to eat the roasted scallops. Xia Zhi took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the oily mouth of the little black fish. The little black fish obediently let her wipe it.

  "Uncle, their business is none of our concern, let's just ignore it from now on." Xia Zhi said in a low voice.

  The little black fish's mouth stopped chewing, and his big eyes stared at Xia Zhi. Xia Zhi smiled and helped him wipe his mouth again. The little black fish slowly came to himself, humming softly, but didn't say anything else.

  Xia Zhi no longer mentions this topic.

  After eating the roasted skewers, Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei continued to move forward. At this time, they had already opened up a considerable distance with Chang Sheng. Xia Zhi could only see Xia Yang on top of Chang Sheng's shoulder. It was also because May and July always bought things, so they didn't walk very fast either.

  Xia Zhi didn't want to catch up with them, so he continued to walk slowly forward with Xiao Hei Yu. Along with a "Sixteen, Old Uncle", Tian Lai Bao jumped down from a nearby step and stood in front of them with a smile.

  "Haha, I knew you guys would definitely come out to stroll the night market. I've been waiting for you here for half a day." Tian Lai Bao said with a big laugh.

  Good friends suddenly appeared, Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu were surprised and delighted.

  "Lai Bao, did you come alone? Can your parents feel at ease?" Xia Zhi asked first, then saw two half-grown young servants following behind Tian Lai Bao.

  Tian Lai Bao let the young servant come over to pay respects to Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu Er. "It's hard to get me out, and yet you still have to follow, annoying!" Then he also exaggeratedly greeted Da Qing, "Hey, Da Qing, you're also here to stroll through the night market." Da Qing called out to him, making Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu Er both laugh.

  "Lai Bao, you're late. Just now I had skewers with Shi Liu and they were delicious." Xiao Hei Yu said to Tian Lai Bao, "Do you want some? Shi Liu and I will treat you."

  Tian Lai Bao naturally came out after eating his fill, but after hearing Xiao Hei Yu say so, he also wanted to try some. Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu led Tian Lai Bao back and forth, buying a few skewers of roasted meat and scallops from the barbecue stall.

  Xiao Hei Yu'er sat down to eat with Tian Lai Bao. Xia Zhi sighed again, a child's belly is just a bottomless pit! She was worried that Xiao Hei Yu'er would overeat and not digest well, so she ran to the pharmacy across the street to buy a packet of large hawthorn pills.

  When she came back, she saw Xiao Hei Yu and Tian Lai Bao whispering to each other. Tian Lai Bao saw her first, quickly pushed away Xiao Hei Yu, and smiled at her with narrowed eyes.

  The two kids finished eating the roasted skewers and then got up, and everyone continued to stroll forward. Tian Lai Bao also said that the roasted skewers were delicious. "I should come out more often, I didn't know there was such a delicious thing."

  This barbecue stall is not an old brand and has only recently appeared in the night market. So Tian Lai Bao had never eaten it before.

  Summer handed over the big hawthorn balls to Tian Lai Bao and Xiao Hei Yu, letting them each eat one. Then she secretly observed these two children. The two kids seemed fine.

  "What were you guys talking about behind my back just now?" Xia Zhi asked.

  "Nothing was said." The two children almost chimed in unison.

  Summer is coming, and they are getting restless, so I have no choice but to warn them: "No mischief allowed, no troublemaking permitted."

  "Of course, of course." Tian Lai Bao smiled at Xia Zhi, then turned his head and deliberately provoked Xiao Hei Yu, "Old uncle, sixteen is still in charge of you."

  "Sixteen is none of your business. Sixteen is good for me." Little Black said proudly.

  Tianlai Bao chuckled.

  The two children seemed nonchalant, but Xia Zhi always felt that they were hiding something from her. Tian Lai Bao and Xiao Hei Yu Er, either one of them alone was already difficult to deal with. The two together would also give Xia Zhi a headache.

  They chatted and laughed as they walked, and soon saw vendors selling bird cages, cricket jars, and katydid cages. Xia Zhi only took a glance, and Xiao Hei Yu said she would go home to make her an even more beautiful one. "I'll catch two birds with nice songs for you."

  It's fun in the city, but after many days of coming, Xiaohu has some nostalgia for his more free and easy life at home. People are all different. For example, Xia Ershu's family thinks that city life is better everywhere. And then there's Xiaohu, who thinks that city life is good, but rural life is also interesting.

  Xiao Hei Yu'er misses home again, Xia Zhi thinks in her heart, in a few more days, they should also go back.

  After walking for a while, I somehow ended up with May and July's group. May was standing in front of a stall selling all sorts of hair flowers and accessories, she and July each held two or three things in their hands, smiling as they watched Changsheng take out his wallet to pay. Xiaozhu followed behind Changsheng, carrying a birdcage, a package of pastries, and a package of sugar.

  May saw Xia Zhi first, then her eyes fell on Tian Lai Bao's body.

  "Sixteen," May warmly welcomes the summer solstice.

  Xia Zhi could only bring Tian Lai Bao and Xiao Hei Yu Er with him as he walked over.

  July and Xia Zhu saw Tian Lai Bao, both of them didn't say a word, and they turned their heads away. Wu Yue, however, did not do so, she greeted Tian Lai Bao as if nothing had happened.

  "What a coincidence, everyone can meet here." May's face was smiling, but her eyes were quietly scanning Xia Zhi and Tian Lai Bao's faces, as if trying to find something from them.

  "I heard that Old Uncle has come to the city, and I came specifically to find him." Tian Lai Bao said with a smile.

  Xia Zhi will introduce Chang Sheng to Tian Lai Bao soon. Chang Sheng knows Tian Lai Bao's family background and politely addresses him as Young Master Tian. However, Tian Lai Bao follows Xia Zhi in calling Chang Sheng "Ge" (older brother) and tells him not to be too polite, just call him by his name.

  Then, he didn't know what his purpose was, and he actually called out to Xia Zhi to come over: "Sixteen, take a look at what you want, I'll buy it all for you."

  "You must have taken the wrong medicine." Xia Zhi immediately glared, thinking Tian Lai Bao had gone crazy. She raised her hand and gave Tian Lai Bao a slap in the face without any courtesy, stunning Chang Sheng, Wu Yue, Qi Yue, Xia Zhi, and Xia Yang.

  The little black fish was very calm, he thought the big hawthorn ball just now was quite delicious, and then asked Xia Zhi for another one to put in his mouth to eat. Tian Lai Bao was scolded and beaten, but his face didn't change at all. He didn't dare ask Xia Zhi to buy him anything again, but he walked over and stretched out his hand to Xia Zhi. Xia Zhi also gave him a big hawthorn ball, which he threw into his mouth to eat, then laughed at everyone.

  I don't know why, but in May, she suddenly lost interest and didn't bother to buy anything anymore. In July, Xia Zhu and others all looked up to her, and afterwards they all behaved very well.

  Summer solstice, Xiaohu and Tianlai Bao fell behind two or three steps, doing whatever they wanted. After strolling down the entire street, Xiaohu and Tianlai Bao still had some unfinished business. Tianlai Bao bought a lot of small things, saying he wanted to go back and give them to his mother. Xiaohu also took him to eat a bowl of green bean mung bean flour, Tianlai Bao said this taste was very strange, but not bad.

  "Old uncle, who is actually from Fucheng between the two of us?" Xiao Heiyu's familiarity with Xishi Street surprised Tian Laibao.

  The little black fish smiled triumphantly.

  Chang Sheng turned around and said, "Lao Shu has been here for days, and whenever he's free, Shi Liu takes him out for a stroll. Now I don't even dare say I'm more familiar with this street than Lao Shu."

  In May and July, Xia Zhu couldn't help but cast a jealous glance at Xia Zhi. Xia Zhi noticed it and glanced back. Xia Zhu hastily withdrew his gaze.

  The summer solstice has a bad feeling. Xia Zhu this child rarely talks to her, but his gaze at her is very strange. When did this child start hating her?!

  Back at the Guo family's grocery store, it was already very late. Tian Lai Bao didn't enter the house and left with two young servants; his horse carriage was parked not far away, making it convenient to head back. To mention it, the two young servants had urged him several times already.

  Before entering the courtyard, Xia Zhi glanced at Guo Xi's wine shop. The shop had already closed its shutters and was quiet inside with no signs of human activity.

  Back in Xia Dagu's courtyard, I hadn't even entered the house when I heard Xia Ershu and Xia Erniang's voices. These two people, even though they had moved into the city, still hadn't changed their habits.

  Butt sinking, going out for a stroll and basically having no idea when to return home.

  In May, everyone came back. Xia Er Shu and Xia Er Shu sat for another half day. Summer Big Aunt asked them to stay overnight, but they reluctantly got up and bid farewell. Everyone saw them off, still in the car hired by Zhang Sheng.

  Before Xia Ershu got on the bus, he looked towards the wine shop and mumbled to his brother-in-law Guo, asking him to tell Guo Xi: "If anything happens, look for me."

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