160: Chapter 36 You’ve Grown Up _1 160: Chapter 36 You’ve Grown Up _1 There’s no denying it, the trick with the fried spicy chili was incredibly effective.
Not only did Xu Xiaoyan shout from her side, she imdiately rushed over.
However, before entering the small courtyard, she yelled from the doorway: “Xiaofei, co out now, what on earth are you doing?”
It’s not that she didn’t want to enter; she simply couldn’t.
In such a small courtyard, with smoke billowing from the kitchen side, and the entire place filled with a harsh spicy note, it was impossible for her to walk in.
Just as Xu Xiaoyan’s words fell, Yan Fei popped out from behind her, sneakily waving at her: “Stop shouting, let’s talk inside later.”
“Ah…
what the heck are you up to?” Xu Xiaoyan was startled by him.
She turned her head to see him and, unable to hold back, chuckled, “What’s going on?
I saw your motorcycle going back and forth earlier, and now you’re hustling over here.
What happened?”
At this mont, Yan Fei’s image wasn’t exactly impressive.
A towel could cover his mouth and nose, but not his eyes!
Even with his strong body, after playing with fried spicy chilis by the stove for so long, both of his eyes were slightly red.
This image, combined with the cautious sneakiness, was utterly ridiculous.
Earlier, when Xu Xiaoyan shouted from next door and started walking outside, he heard her footsteps, so he quickly started waiting behind the blacksmith’s shop door.
But she walked straight inside, which startled him.
“Co in and wait, don’t stand in the room.” Yan Fei said, closing the door on the street as he spoke.
As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, Xu Xiaoyan started sneezing and quickly pulled out a handkerchief to cover her nose, muttering: “What is this about?
You’re being so mysterious.”
“Heh heh, it’s nothing, just wanted to invite you for a al!
Have a seat, I’ll fan away the spicy sll first.” Yan Fei, after closing the door, also ran back with a couple of worn-out palm-leaf fans and started vigorously fanning in the courtyard.
“What al?
It’s still early!” Xu Xiaoyan was puzzled.
In the sumr, with the hot weather, people generally eat dinner late, and the sun was still high in the sky.
Was this lunch or dinner?
Yan Fei was left with a silly grin.
“Heh heh, I was afraid you wouldn’t have any at when you got ho, so I ca here to cook.
Why didn’t you co over to play this afternoon?”
“What are you grinning about?
My older sister ca back, and we were discussing college applications this afternoon!”
“Didn’t your parents decide not to pay for your university?”
“Who knows what they’re thinking now!
They haven’t said anything about not letting apply; both my sisters support my studies, and they’re helping choose a university!”
“What did you pick?
Haven’t you already made a choice?”
“Hee hee…
I told them, my results weren’t good, so I probably won’t get into a Yanjing school, so I have only applied to a local one.
Anyway, I didn’t check my scores, but based on my usual performance, getting into a local university won’t be a problem.”
“Hmm!” Yan Fei, hearing her words, imdiately thought of what Ma Yongming had said.
He didn’t know what else to say but quietly set the table and called out: “Co eat sothing.
We’ll just eat less for dinner.”
“All this running around and making all this noise just to invite for a al?”
“Heh heh, yeah!
It’s not like I ran around that much, right?
I just went to the east side, yeah, to Brother Fa’s to see how his shop was doing, and thought about going back; but halfway there, I thought it would be too troubleso to go back and forth, so I just turned around.”
“Oh…” Xu Xiaoyan gave him a sideways glance, clearly not believing him.
“Really, there’s nothing else?”
“No!” Yan Fei laughed stupidly.
Before, he had wanted to et her and felt like he had a stomach full of things to say.
But now that he saw her, he was speechless and just gazed at her, happily entranced.
After being stared at for a while, Xu Xiaoyan beca a bit uncomfortable: “What’s wrong with you?”
Yan Fei hesitated for a mont, then muttered, “It’s nothing, it’s just that at noon I was thinking and thinking, and finally realized how good you’ve been to .”
This guy was actually not dumb.
He did not ntion the fact that he was not too ashad to ask Ma Yongming for advice.
“Hehe…” Upon hearing his words, the young girl was embarrassed and, like him, could only laugh awkwardly.
Surprisingly, this ti around, they didn’t chat incessantly.
Instead, their ti together was largely marked by silence.
The weather was quite hot, and there was no wind in the courtyard.
The leaves on the Jujube Tree were motionless.
Seeing that Xu Xiaoyan had hardly eaten any of her food, and that a few strands of her hair were stuck together with sweat, Yan Fei started to fan her with his broken mat fan.
As he kept fanning, the girl laughed, “Why don’t you sit on this side to fan?
On that side, the wind doesn’t reach .”
“Oh!” Yan Fei responded, quickly moving to sit next to the girl.
Now it was better; as he gently fanned, both could feel the breeze.
Nevertheless, it could have been because of the heat, the girl’s cheeks turned subtly crimson.
The outside sun gradually set, and seemingly in the blink of an eye, the western sky was left with just a beautiful red dusk that matched the girl’s blush.
It made Yan Fei gaze at her, oblivious.
“Third Ni’er, Third Ni’er…” Xu Xiaoyan’s mother’s voice suddenly broke out from next door, jolting the two of them as though they were awakened from a dream.
“Ah!
I’m coming!” Xu Xiaoyan responded, but remained seated, motionless.
After a while, she turned to face Yan Fei, “Yan Xiaofei…”
Those three words, which he had heard countless tis before, sohow, now sounded different and caused Yan Fei’s heart to flutter.
“What’s wrong…?”
“You’re all grown up now!”
“Hehe, I was already growing taller.
I’m about to be taller than you soon!”
“Idiot…” Xu Xiaoyan glared at him teasingly.
“I’m leaving.
Don’t co over tomorrow.
If I get a chance, I’ll co see you.
We’ll have to fill out the volunteer forms in a couple of days.
Will you fill them out with ?”
“Yes!” Yan Fei responded firmly.
“Well, I’m leaving now…”
After seeing Xu Xiaoyan out, Yan Fei felt inexplicably happy.
Whistling a tune, he cleaned up the dishes, hopped on his motorcycle and headed back to the cattle farm.
Even after arriving at the cattle farm and being alone in the house, he was still brimming with joy.
It stayed that way until Ma Chao ca by in the evening to ask him sothing, “Xiao Fei, didn’t you say you wanted to sell the cattle a few days ago?
When are you planning to do that?”
Only then did Yan Fei rember that particular matter.
After thinking for a mont, he said, “There’s no hurry.
I’ve been thinking it over and feel that it might be better to sell the pigs first, and then gradually replace them with piglets.”
“The price of at isn’t very high at the mont,” Ma Chao pointed out.
“No worries, we won’t lose much.
If we sell now, we can raise a new batch by the New Year, so we won’t be short of pork.
If we wait, the piglets won’t grow in ti, we won’t be able to even cut Gift Strips, plus there’s a higher chance we won’t get a good price,” Yan Fei explained.
“Oh, alright, then I’ll go ask about the prices later.
Tomorrow I’ll co early, and we can do it together.
I’m heading ho now!” Seeing that Yan Fei had given it considerable thought, and his reasoning seed solid, Ma Chao chose not to object.
In fact, Yan Fei had initially decided to sell the pigs in a hurry to raise so money due to the issue with Xu Xiaoyan, and only later did he realize that selling now was a good timing, enabling the next batch to mature by the New Year.
Having made a decision, he didn’t dwell on it.
Selling the pigs wasn’t sothing that could be achieved in a day or two anyway, so he would deal with the other matters later.
Right now, with his heart filled with joy and unable to sleep, he decided to go to the sea island and unload his excess energy!
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