Chapter 195
195, My Heart Aches (1 Update)
Xie Zhinuan didn’t know what these three little girls were thinking, but seeing their anxious yet hopeful faces, along with a pitiable look that couldn’t quite be described, she couldn’t bring herself to refuse them, “Then you can help me pick the vegetables!”
She didn’t dare let them do anything else.
After all, they were not acquainted, and Xie Zhinuan was afraid they might tamper with something.
Li Hengyi was a prince, and a real problem would be no laughing matter.
Even though it was just picking vegetables, the three girls were very happy.
As long as they served the noble person well, they wouldn’t be sent back home.
With many siblings at home, there was neither extra food nor extra space for them to live in; working at the posthouse allowed them to earn money, eat their fill, and have clothes to wear, which was far better than living at home.
Xie Zhinuan had bought a variety of vegetables, but not in large quantities; she only needed to cook for Li Hengyi, and incidentally for herself, the silly girl, and Yuanbao, and then the meal would be ready.
Xie Zhinuan busied herself in the kitchen, washing what needed to be washed, chopping what needed to be chopped, and filling the water tank. She called a maid to help light the fire, and then she started cooking.
When the silly girl came in, Xie Zhinuan’s porridge was already done. She asked her to serve the porridge and called Yuanbao to carry the dishes.
“Yes!”
The silly girl immediately went to do so.
When Yuanbao came to carry the dishes, she chatted with Xie Zhinuan at the doorway, “Miss Xie, did you know? The one across, he’s been sent back to the capital!”
“Hmm, I know a little; your master has mentioned it to me!” Xie Zhinuan replied, adding salt to the pot and tasting the flavor.
She thought it was quite good.
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She told Yuanbao to take it over. Taking the dish, Yuanbao carried it to where Li Hengyi was seated. Xie Zhinuan worked at an extremely fast pace. Despite sweating profusely from tending two pots, she was ready to wash her face with the water that the maid brought over after she was done cooking.“Thank you!”
The little girl blushed with shyness.
Xie Zhinuan looked at the remaining vegetables, “The rest is for you to eat!”
“…”
Though they were overwhelmed with joy and thanked her repeatedly, “Thank you, Miss!”
“No need to be polite, this is your reward, you’ve earned it!”
The three of them smiled, one of them plucked up the courage to whisper, “Miss, you smell really nice!”
“?” Xie Zhinuan sniffed herself, couldn’t detect anything particular, and let it go.
Xie Zhinuan carried the soup out of the kitchen, and the silly girl already took it from her.
“The meal is ready, the master has asked me to invite Miss over to eat!”
“Hmm!” Li Hengyi was indeed waiting for Xie Zhinuan to come over and eat together.
Seeing Xie Zhinuan drenched in sweat, he felt deeply concerned.
Thinking about his problem with not being able to eat food, he considered that he should change this habit. He couldn’t always expect Xie Zhinuan to cook for him, especially in such hot weather…
“You all start eating, I’ll go change my clothes and come back!” Xie Zhinuan returned to her room, found clothes, and changed completely, inside and out.
Although her hair was still damp, the change to dry clothes made her feel instantly better.
When she came back out, Li Hengyi was still sitting on the stool. Xie Zhinuan chuckled, “Why wait for me? Start eating!”
She washed her hands in the basin set aside.
Then she sat down beside Li Hengyi.
Yuanbao and the silly girl stood by, but they didn’t sit down to eat.
“…”
Xie Zhinuan was surprised, but ultimately said nothing and started eating from her bowl.
She and Li Hengyi only ate from the dishes in front of them, not rummaging through the plates, knowing that Yuanbao and the silly girl would eat later.
Xie Zhinuan finished her meal quickly; her appetite hadn’t been very good these past few days.
But Li Hengyi drank an extra bowl of porridge.
Although he felt that the porridge was lacking something, he still managed to eat it and enjoyed it very much.
He knew clearly that it had nothing to do with the water from the well; he simply could eat anything made by Xie Zhinuan.
Chapter 196