Joe's Farming

Li Xin struggled to free herself from Ling Lie's hands a little uncomfortably and said unhappily, "What are you doing? I haven't eaten enough yet!"

Ling Lie kept walking until he reached a secluded place before he put his hand down. He coaxed her softly, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. I'll pack a lunch box for you and you can eat slowly."

Only then did Li Xin nod with satisfaction.

"Tell me quickly, why are you pulling me out in such a hurry?"

Ling Lie opened the wooden box somewhat shyly, which was totally inconsistent with his usual flamboyant style.

"I'm embarrassed to open your gift to me in front of my brothers. This box is so beautiful."

Ling Lie nervously opened the box and saw a handkerchief inside that looked very expensive.

The fabric is soft and the embroidery is exquisite. The plump orange-red persimmons symbolize good luck in everything.

Ling Lie carefully took out the handkerchief, raised his lips and said, "Did you choose it specially for me?"

Li Xin raised his chin: "Of course. I have good taste, don't I?"

"Yeah." Ling Lie treasured the handkerchief and put it in his arms.

"Not cheap, right?" Ling Lie asked happily.

Li Xin restrained his smug expression and said, "It's not expensive, just three taels of silver."

Ling Lie suddenly felt that this handkerchief was even more valuable.

Li Xin was actually willing to buy him such an expensive thing.

I was happy for a moment, but at the same time I felt that Li Xin's spending was a little too... high compared to other guys.

"I...I will keep it well."

Li Xin nodded: "Well, I won't take care of it if it's lost. Don't ask me to return your handkerchief again."

Ling Lie laughed out loud, stretched out his hand and rubbed Li Xin's head: "Of course not."

"Come on, I'll go back and prepare some crickets for you. Come down and tell me what you want to eat next time, and I'll bring it up to you when it's ready."

Li Xin didn't expect that just by returning a gift, Ling Lie's attitude towards him would change so much.

Sure enough, these three taels of silver were well worth it.

"Actually, there's no need to be so troublesome. The food cooked by Sister Lan, Sister Xia He and my brother is also very delicious."

Ling Lie was so nice to him that he felt a little embarrassed.

Ling Lie smiled and said, "It's not a problem. It doesn't matter if you don't have it. If you want to come down for dinner, tell me in advance and I'll cook something special for you."

Li Xin's eyes widened: "You are using my brother's kitchen to cook for me. Isn't that a bad idea?"

"Don't worry, my boss has calculated my wages, which is enough to give you special treatment."

Ling Lie felt frustrated when he thought about the fact that his monthly allowance was not even as much as the handkerchief Li Xin bought for him.

I don't know if I can talk to my employer about asking for a salary increase.

After hearing what he said, Li Xin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell you in advance when I want to eat something."

The two returned to the villa having a pleasant conversation.

The guards had already finished eating, but were all sitting at the table waiting for them to come back.

No one knew where Song Xiaoyu had gone.

I didn’t dare touch the spicy cicadas on the table and left them all for Li Xin.

Xiaowu and Xiaoliu call Li Xin affectionately.

"Xiao Xin, come and eat, I've saved it for you."

"Yes, Xiao Xin. Come and sit down, let the boss eat with you."

Li Xin sat down and wondered, "Why don't you guys eat? I can't finish it all by myself."

Ling Lie glanced at them from outside, and they all stood up immediately.

"Hehehe, take your time eating, we still have to go on patrol."

"Yes, Boss, take your time to eat with Xiao Xin."

"Yeah, let's go, let's go."

Ling Lie asked with a smile: "Do you want me to put it up for you?"

Li Xin was too embarrassed to sit here and eat alone with Ling Lie, and it was almost dark, so he was too embarrassed to use the oil lamp in the villa.

"Please help me pack the lunch box."

Ling Lie quickly ran back to the kitchen, took out bowls and food boxes, and packed everything for Li Xin.

"Aren't you going to save some for yourself as a midnight snack?"

Li Xin asked.

"No, we can make it anytime we want."

Ling Lie packed the food for Li Xin, stood beside Li Xin with the food box and said, "Let's go. I'll take you home."

"Oh, oh, okay."

Li Xin always felt that Ling Lie was too friendly to him today.

But his former friends were also quite nice to him, so he thought Ling Lie might have realized the benefits of making friends with him?

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng were holding Gu Heng in the yard to digest their food when they saw Li Xin and Ling Lie coming up the stone steps, chatting and laughing.

Qiao Yu: "When did they become so close?"

Gu Feng looked at Ling Lie and shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

Qiao Yu: "This is good, it's better than fighting each other."

"Well, as long as Xiaoxin likes it."

Qiao Yu looked at Gu Feng suspiciously: "Do you know something that I don't know?"

Gu Feng held his son's little fist and shook it, saying, "Daddy doesn't know anything."

"Hehehehe."

Gu Heng smiled happily at the look in Qiao Yu's eyes and kicked his legs.

In a blink of an eye, Li Xin and Ling Lie arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

Ling Lie handed the lunch box to Li Xin: "It's here. I'll go back first."

"Row!"

Ling Lie took two steps down, and Li Xin added: "Thank you for the delicious food you made today."

Ling Lie smiled and turned back to wave: "Don't be polite to me, go back quickly."

"Well, goodbye." Li Xin also waved at him.

"Goodbye." Ling Lie replied in the same tone as Li Xin.

He walked down two more stone steps, then turned around to look at Li Xin.

Finding that Li Xin was gone, Ling Lie grinned, shook his head and continued walking down the mountain.

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"Stop!" Qiao Yu shouted, staring at the food box in Li Xin's hand.

"What are you carrying?"

Li Xin smiled and walked over to open the lunch box, saying attentively, "Brother, midnight snack! Ma Xiao!"

Gu Feng understood and asked, "Did Ling Lie do it?"

Li Xin nodded vigorously and said happily, "He didn't know what had happened. His attitude towards me changed drastically today. Not only did he do this for me, but he also said that I could ask him to cook for me when I go to the villa in the future. Brother, remember to collect the money for his cooking."

Qiao Yu:......

"What did you do to make him suddenly like this?"

Li Xin said honestly: "I didn't do anything. I just gave him a handkerchief worth three taels of silver."

Qiao Yu held his forehead with his hand: "When are you going to change your wasteful spending habits? People can't even earn that much money in a month, no wonder they look at you with new eyes."

Gu Feng wanted to say that this was not the case, Ling Lie was not that kind of person.

But suddenly he felt that it was good that Qiao Yu and Li Xin were so innocent, and he also wanted to see if Ling Lie really had feelings for Li Xin.

At night, the children are not here.

While Gu Heng was asleep, Qiao Yu got up and had a midnight snack with Li Xin while watching the moon.

"Second brother won't come out to eat with you?" Li Xin asked while peeling shrimps.

Qiao Yu smiled happily: "He said he would not disturb us from chatting in our native dialect."

Li Xin nodded thoughtfully: "Second brother is so nice, he must feel that he can't understand what we are saying, but he is embarrassed to disturb us."

"Yeah! He is just too good, so sometimes I feel like I am just having a beautiful dream that I can't wake up from."