The two came back with firewood.

The fire was lit in the kitchen and the leftover rice porridge from the morning was heated up and eaten.

There was still some leftover lard residue from yesterday, and Zhao Ce thought of saving it for dinner.

soon.

Two steaming bowls of porridge were brought to the table.

After Su Cai'er put all the lids in place, she sat back at the table.

Zhao Ce pushed her bowl of gruel over and said, "Try it."

Su Cai'er said with a smile: "White rice porridge, you don't need to taste it to know how delicious it is."

Zhao Ce smiled and watched the little girl pick up the bowl and take a small sip.

After taking a sip, I seemed a little confused.

The big eyes blinked.

took another sip.

After drinking, she said: "Husband, today's porridge is so sweet."

Zhao Ce smiled and said, "As long as it's sweet."

Su Cai'er quirked her eyebrows happily and took a few more sips.

While drinking, I felt something was wrong.

"This sweetness..."

Looking at the small bag of sugar next to her, Su Cai'er asked in surprise: "Husband, is my porridge added with sugar?"

Zhao Ce raised his eyebrows and admitted, "I added a little more."

Su Cai'er looked at her porridge and then at her husband. She was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

She said: "Husband, husband, I don't want this!"

"Eat it for your husband."

Sugar is so expensive, just keep it and sell it for money.

Otherwise it's the husband's turn to eat.

How can I feed it to her?

She drank so much before she remembered.

Zhao Ce picked up his bowl and repeated his old trick: "No? If you don't want to eat, throw it away."

Su Cai'er pouted a little childishly.

"Don't waste food, I eat it."

Zhao Ce drank the porridge and water in his bowl with a smile on his face.

Although Su Cai'er feels pain for these white sugars.

But while drinking the sweet white porridge, she couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.

After happily drinking a bowl of sugar porridge, Su Cai'er felt that the worries of the whole morning were over.

After putting away the bowl, Zhao Ce took out the remaining three taels of silver and asked her to put them away.

Su Cai'er took the broken piece of silver and happily went to hide the money in the room.

Zhao Ce looked at the sugar in the kitchen and thought about how to deal with it.

The firewood at home has been burned today.

If there is no firewood, there will naturally be no charcoal.

When he goes up the mountain tomorrow, he can dig some yellow mud back.

But this way, there is nothing to do today.

"A string of time is a string of gold."

"We still can't waste time."

"Go to your uncle's house to get some charcoal and come back to work."

Zhao Ce took the small bag of sugar, said something to Su Cai'er, and went out.

By this time it was already too late.

When the sun is so bright, everyone might as well enjoy the cool air and chat under the big locust tree.

Or just hide from the sun at home.

There are almost no pedestrians on the road.

When Zhao Ce walked to Zhao Youcai's home, another layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Huh~ This damn weather is too hot."

Zhao Ce wiped the sweat from his forehead and knocked on the fence door of Zhao Youcai's house.

"coming."

The one who came out to answer the door was Zhao Wenhao.

When he saw Zhao Ce, he looked unhappy.

He said bluntly: "What are you doing? You want to ask for money again?"

The last time Zhao Ce came to his house, he asked his father for five taels of silver and said he wanted to get a wife.

Could it be that I want to get another five taels of silver this time?

Although their family is much better off than others in the village because their eldest brother works as a shopkeeper in the city.

But that doesn’t mean you can just use five taels of silver to squander it.

When Zhao Ce heard what he said, he just said harmoniously: "I want to ask my aunt for some burned charcoal."

Zhao Wenhao said with a strange expression: "Want charcoal?"

"You stopped being a scholar and changed your career to become a charcoal seller?"

Zhao Ce looked at him speechlessly.

At this time, Mrs. Li heard Zhao Wenhao talking to someone at the door for so long, and followed the sound and walked out.

"Wen Hao, who is here?"

Seeing Zhao Ce, Li's face didn't look good either.

Zhao Ce was the first to say hello: "Auntie."

Mrs. Li reluctantly agreed.

He didn't mention the five taels of silver. He just said, "What are you doing outside in such hot weather?"

"Come in and drink a bowl of water first."

After saying that, he turned to Zhao Wenhao and said: "Your cousin is a scholar, why do you let him bask in the sun outside?"

"He is young and ignorant, are you young too?"

Zhao Wenhao received another reprimand for no apparent reason.

He defended a little aggrievedly: "This, this is what happened..."

"And he is only a few months younger than me. How come I am older?"

Li ignored him and said to Zhao Ce, "Don't get sunburned outside. Come inside and talk."

Zhao Ce smiled and followed Li into the house.

Zhao Wenhao was left to close the fence door in grievance.

Zhao Wensheng and Zhao Youcai were both sitting in the main room chatting.

After seeing Zhao Ce coming, Zhao Youcai happily asked him to sit down.

Zhao Ce nodded slightly to Zhao Wensheng, and then heard Zhao Youcai shout: "Daughter-in-law, make Ce'er a bowl of sugar water."

Zhao Ce quickly handed over the cloth bag in his hand and said, "Auntie, I brought some candy."

Mrs. Li looked at the small cloth bag in his hand and her expression softened a little.

But he still waved his hand.

"Keep your candy for yourself. Our family won't be without your bowl of sugar water."

After saying that, he turned around and entered the backyard.

Zhao Youcai asked: "Why did you come here on such a hot day?"

"What's the matter? It's not too late to come over later when the sun is smaller."
To be continued...