Siblings?
Xu Jingxi and Shen Ningning looked at each other.

Do they look alike?

"Thank you, uncle shopkeeper," Shen Ningning stood up and wiped her chubby little face with the back of her hand: "We are not picking up rags, but our clothes have just been stained, so we won't go in to drink tea."

The shopkeeper turned around and looked at the little guy, wanting to soften his heart even more.

This little person is very cute and juicy.

However, he has a fair little face with black dust on his nose and cheeks.

He was obviously wearing better clothes, but he looked gray.

The shopkeeper sighed: "How pitiful. Just wait here and I'll get you something."

He walked back to the shop, and after a while, he came out quickly, holding two large deerskin furs in his hands.

"This was originally for my brother's personal use."

"But a while ago, he followed the trend and bought a lot of cold-proof equipment. He changed it to bear skin. This one is no longer needed. You can take it away."

Shen Ningning blinked her big eyes with joy on her face.

She was about to reach out her little hand and take it.

Xu Jingxi, however, pulled her behind him like an elder brother.

His voice was calm: "How much silver do you want?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "No money, I'll give it to you."

"The world is just getting better. I don't know if you two siblings have any families."

"But this deerskin is enough for you to survive the winter. You are the brother, so you have to protect your sister. She is so young and cannot bear the cold."

Shen Ningning poked her little head out from behind Xu Jingxi.

She smiled sweetly at the shopkeeper: "Thank you, uncle shopkeeper."

"Oh, you're so good. Come on, take it." The shopkeeper put the two deer skins into the straw basket.

Only after confirming that the money was not needed, Xu Jingxi was willing to accept it.

The two returned home with a full load, but unfortunately, Shen Ningning couldn't carry her straw basket.

So, Xu Jingxi took the initiative to put all the things at his place and let him carry them.

On the way back to the university, he looked unhappy.

"Classmate Xu, why don't you smile?"

"What are you laughing at?"

"We picked up two deer skins for nothing, isn't that bad?"

Looking at Shen Ningning's round and innocent eyes.

Xu Jingxi pursed her lips before saying, "There is nothing free in my life."

"Even if it's free now, there may be a huge price hidden behind it, so I'm worried about traps."

Shen Ningning was surprised.

"Two deerskins, there shouldn't be any traps, right? The shopkeeper's uncle looks very good."

Xu Jingxi remained silent.

The little guy looked at his clear profile and was a little puzzled.

Of course Xu Jingxi also knew that she wouldn't understand.

In his life, he had encountered good intentions disguised as skin.

When the skin was opened and those people revealed their true intentions, they discovered that the word evil had already been hung over his head like a knife.

That's why he is so vigilant.

Xu Jingxi does not believe that there is a free lunch in the world.

Probably because he didn't look good, Shen Ningning changed the topic.

"Well, that's right. Everyone says what I said is a rumor. Why do you want to believe it and come out with me to pick up clothes?"

"Because I need it." Xu Jingxi did not deny it.

His voice sounded like it was covered with frost: "Even if there is no snow disaster, my house will be crushed once every year when it snows."

Because the place where he lives is too simple.

"My grandparents are old. With these cotton-padded clothes and quilts, even if the heavy snow collapses the house, they won't be able to freeze for the time being."

"I will repair the roof as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Shen Ningning's eyes widened.

The little guy felt that the life he had lived before was hard enough.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jingxi worked harder than her.

Shen Ningning thought for a moment and raised her dark, watery eyes. "It doesn't matter. I have a lot of houses. If you can't hold on anymore, come to Xiangyun Village to find me."

Xu Jingxi didn't answer.

He relies on himself for everything and never expects to rely on others.

Naturally, he didn't take Shen Ningning's words to heart.

At this time, Master Han’s shouts came from a distance——

"Hey~" Master Han pressed the hood on his head and ran over in a hurry: "Are there any leftover things you picked up? I want two of them too."

Shen Ningning chuckled and looked at the panting Master Han.

"Master, you have to pick it up no matter what!"

"Don't give it up for free. You said this. No one else believes you. Master must be on your side. No matter what, I have to take two pieces back."

Master Han said as he picked through the straw basket on Xu Jingxi's back.

"Okay, I'll take this one." He took away a cotton coat.

Looking at the gray faces of Shen Ningning and Xu Jingxi, he couldn't help laughing.

"Come on, Master, I'll treat you two to hot wontons."

Xu Jingxi said calmly: "I won't go, wait a moment..."

Before he could finish his words, Shen Ningning and Master Han grabbed his sleeves from left to right.

"Let's go! It's too late to have a bowl." The little guy said Nunuo.

Master Han also said: "That's right, why are you being polite to me?"

After half a stick of incense, the teacher and students sat at a small table on the roadside, with a bowl of fragrant wontons in front of each person.

Shen Ningning ate happily.

But Xu Jingxi didn't move the spoon.

He always feels bad about taking other people's things for nothing.

Master Han saw what he was thinking and said, "Jingxi, on the morning of New Year's Eve, you come to my house to do a favor."

Xu Jingxi agreed without thinking: "Okay."

Only then would he be willing to move the spoon.

The fact that Shen Ningning and Xu Jingxi went to the streets to "pick up rags" soon became a laughing stock in the Chinese Academy of Chinese Studies by Ye Changyi.

No one dared to tease Shen Ningning in person, but they could not avoid ridiculing Xu Jingxi.

Master Han came to Xu Jingxi's rescue several times, but found that he had an extremely calm temperament.

When others provoke him to the extreme, he doesn't even raise an eyebrow.

Nothing seemed to make him angry.

However, this situation did not last long.

Soon, the prince Mo Lingwei in the palace heard about this and issued an edict.

He ordered everyone to sell him unsold cotton-padded clothes, quilts and various cold-proof props.

Zichen Palace accepted everything according to the order, and the price was still the normal market price.

Mo Lingwei even said boldly: "I don't care what the Imperial Master says. I only believe what Shen Ningning says."

As a result, everyone immediately understood that the prince would not hesitate to spend a lot of money to support Princess Funing.

Mo Lingwei donated all the things he bought to Shen Ningning.

Not only that, the Xie family quietly occupied two spacious granaries.

Used to store purchased firewood.

Xie Suzhi kept everything Shen Ningning wanted in mind.

Early on New Year's Eve.

Shen Ningning wore a cheerful brocade red cotton-padded jacket, carried a bag of New Year's candy, and went to the village with the Black Wolf King.

Several rounds of firecrackers have already been set off, and the New Year is just around the corner, and the faces of the villagers are filled with joy.

"Uncles and aunts, happy New Year!" Along the way, the little guy saw many acquaintances.

She generously grabbed a handful of New Year candies and handed them over.

It happened that Chen Ye came back and greeted: "Miss, I just went to see you. Uncle Zhong and Aunt Yun have already greeted everyone and celebrated the New Year together, so you don't have to worry."

"He also said that after the second grade of junior high school, he would come to the village to pay New Year's greetings to the young lady."

Shen Ningning nodded in agreement. At this moment, the sound of a carriage was heard at the entrance of the village.

The villagers looked back and said with a smile: "Ning Ning, look who's back!"


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