The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

Xu Da said, "Sister, the tavern is being renovated. I will stay here for a few days. I hope I won't disturb you."

Stepsister? What the hell?

"What did you say?" Jiang Muxia looked at him in amazement, as if he were a monster.

Seeing her big reaction, Xu Da couldn't help but laugh, "Sister, why make a fuss? Your father has agreed."

What, my dad agreed?

Jiang Muxia was speechless, "I haven't..." She stopped talking before she finished.

Yes, being Xu Da’s sworn sister... seems to have many advantages.

She changed the subject and smiled, "I'm not ready yet, so I can't say it out loud at the moment, please forgive me."

"It's okay. I have no father, no mother, no brothers or sisters, and I don't know how to be a brother. Please forgive me if there are any things I can't do." Xu Da sat down at the table against the wall. "Sure enough, it's really warm here."

What Jiang Muxia wanted to tell him was that after work, the fire in the kitchen stove would go out and the shop would become cold.

Forget it, it’s his own fault for coming here and taking over the magpie’s nest without even saying hello.

"Where do I stay tonight?" Xu Da asked.

"Don't you live on the second floor? You have carried all the bedding up there." Jiang Muxia asked doubtfully. Could it be that this man had lost his memory? Did he forget what he had just instructed Fuzi to do in the blink of an eye?

Xu Da glanced at her coldly, "Do you want to freeze me to death in the middle of the night?"

"Ah." Jiang Muxia laughed secretly. It turned out that he knew. "But the three rooms in the backyard are occupied."

"How about this." Xu Da made his own arrangements, "Let your father and Li Jiyi live in one room, and the others can live in the tavern."

Jiang Muxia's eyes rolled. This man has always been steady and never shows his emotions, so why did he act so frivolously today?

"You have to talk to them about this."

"Master Xu is really good at forcing people to do things." The door was pushed open again, and three people came in. The leader was Tang Zhongbai, who was dressed in a dark official uniform.

Tang Si said, "Master, it's really warm here."

Xu Da smiled and bowed to him, "Tang Juecao, you are worrying too much. The shop is mine, so I can live wherever I want."

The three of them found a table and sat down. Tang Zhongbai smiled and said, "That's right. But Miss Jiang is an unmarried woman. If she gets too close to a man like you, it might ruin her reputation."

Xu Da laughed again and said, "Tang Juecao is being overly suspicious again. We are brothers and sisters, so why should we be afraid of rumors?"

Tang Zhongbai was stunned. Brother and sister? When did they become brother and sister?

Jiang Muxia sat at the counter, watching the two people bickering back and forth with cold eyes, feeling it was childish.

A family head and a judge, what are they talking about here?

"With Uncle Jiang's permission today, I have acknowledged Mu Xia as my adopted sister. Will Tang Juecao no longer think that it is inappropriate for us to get along as siblings?"

"Oh, I see." Tang Zhongbai let out a long sigh and said with a smile, "Of course not."

As long as he doesn't miss her, anything is fine.

Fuzi brought out the food from the kitchen. It was already noon, so it was time to eat.

Tang Zhongbai and the other two saw the food placed on Xu Da's table, including grilled lamb chops, stewed pork, scrambled eggs, three-fresh soup, and the staple food was white rice.

Xu Da caught a glimpse of their salivating faces and called out, "How about we eat together?"

Tang Zhongbai agreed readily, stood up and sat down at Xu Da's desk.

"Fuzi, add three sets of bowls and chopsticks. Ask Li Jiyi if he can add two more dishes." Xu Da ordered.

Jiang Muxia really disdained their behavior and stood up from the counter, "You guys eat, I'll be out for a while." She remembered that Li Jiyi was going back to the village after lunch, so she turned back to the kitchen and specifically told him to rent a ox cart and go to Uncle Guan's blacksmith shop to pull the finished stove fire wall back to the Li family.

Lu Chaoyun is coming to the county anyway, and if I keep them at home someone will find a way to take them away, so it’s better not to take any of them to the Jiang family.

Jiang Muxia left the shop and walked straight to the West Market.

She had to check out the ingredients first, but unfortunately Li Jiyi had to go back to the village, as he was an expert in this area.

After she came out, she waited until those people had left before going back. Thinking of Tang Zhongbai in the shop, she felt upset and didn't want to go back.

The weather is cold, although it hasn't frozen yet, but there are far fewer street vendors than when the weather is warmer.

She walked aimlessly and looked around. The only seasonal vegetables were cabbage and radish, and occasionally coriander and spinach.

These vegetables were not used much in the shop, so she did not stop. When she was about to reach the end, she turned around and went to the butcher's shop.

Suddenly I noticed a woman in the corner, wearing thin clothes and huddled up in a ball due to the cold. In front of her were two baskets, one was empty, and the other still had three or four cabbages left in it.

The woman looked familiar, so she couldn't help but walk over. Only when she got closer could she see her face clearly.

This woman is Ruan Fenfang.

"Sister Fenfang, why are you here selling vegetables?" Jiang Muxia asked with a smile.

Ruan Fenfang was stunned for a moment before she realized that the girl standing in front of her stall was Jiang Muxia who had helped her that day.

"Oh, it's Mu Xia. I haven't seen you for a long time. You look more and more beautiful. I didn't recognize you." She smiled, and her eyes dimmed. "I have been setting up a stall here for a long time, but the weather is getting colder and colder, and I can't sell for much longer."

Jiang Muxia saw that her cheeks were red from the cold and she kept rubbing her hands together. She sighed in her heart, thinking that life is really not easy for women.

Ruan Fenfang thought she was coming to the county with her family to buy things, so she picked up two cabbages from the basket and stuffed them into her arms.

"I don't have anything good to offer. Take these two cabbages home and eat them."

Jiang Muxia tried to refuse. These things were her life-saving things. How could she accept them?

Ruan Fenfang kept persuading her to accept it, saying that if she didn't accept it, it would mean that she looked down on her.

The two of them pushed and pushed each other, and Ruan Fenfang's enthusiasm made Jiang Muxia unable to resist.

"How about this?" Jiang Muxia thought that the shop was still short of staff, so she might as well let her work as a cook in the shop. "I work in a shop, and I'm going to open a restaurant the day after tomorrow. I wonder if you'd like to work as a cook."

Ruan Fenfang never thought that such a good thing would happen to her, and asked doubtfully: "But, can you make the decision?"

Jiang Muxia smiled and said, "The head of the family is my sworn brother, I can make the decision."

Ruan Fenfang was relieved and quickly agreed, "Of course I am willing, Mu Xia, you really helped me a lot."

"Pick up the vegetables and come with me." Jiang Muxia gave up going to the butcher shop and took Ruan Fenfang back to the ferry.

He took her to introduce herself to the shop, "Sister Fenfang, the shop provides food and accommodation, and the monthly salary is one tael of silver. Go back and pack your things, and come to work tomorrow."

When Ruan Fenfang heard about such good conditions, she was overwhelmed with gratitude towards Jiang Muxia and went home with many thanks.

The people at the table against the wall in the shop lobby hadn't finished eating yet, and Tang San and Tang Si had disappeared somewhere unknown.

Only Tang Zhongbai and Xu Da were chatting animatedly.

Jiang Muxia accidentally heard Tang Zhongbai calling Xu Da "brother".