Chapter 1723 Treasure of the General
After purchasing from the convenience store, Li Xuehao began to prepare dinner.
Everyone is tired today, and Chiba Sayuri is no exception, so I can't bother her for dinner anymore.
Two little girls, Yuko Sawai and Tamako Aoyama, are by his side and will help occasionally. However, Yuko Sawai is mostly troubled, but Tamako Aoyama is doing it in a similar way.
"Yuzi, are you also helping your mother with housework at home? What a good child." Li Xuehao praised her without hesitation.
"Yes, brother..." Tamako Aoyama was a little shy, but was praised, and there was an unconcealed excitement in her eyes.
Yuko Sawai felt it was unfair, so why didn't she praise her? She glared and said, "Brother Hao Er, I also help my mother with housework at home."
"Is that so? Then what are you cutting?" Li Xuehao pointed to the potato cubes on the chopping board. They were just volunteering to cut them. It would be fine if they were of different sizes, but some of them were still not even peeled clean. Even if they were a primary school student, they would probably cut them better than her. I really don't understand how she cut simple things to such a complexity.
"It's Potato, Brother Koji." Looking at his "work", Yuko Sawai probably felt a little embarrassed, but she was pretending to be stupid.
"Look at what Yuzi cuts it." Li Xuehao pointed to the shredded carrots cut by Yuzi Qingshan again. It would be a bit exaggerated to say that the thickness of each root is consistent, but it is absolutely beautiful and will not make people look inconsistent due to the thickness of each root.
"Takiko is not a cut potato." Yuko Sawai rolled her eyes and immediately found an excuse. She didn't think that the blocks she cut were so outrageous, let alone the difficult cutting method of silk.
Li Xuehao ignored the excuse she found and deliberately said to Tamako Aoyama beside him: "Taki, are you all your homework classes well? "
"Yeah." Tamako Aoyama nodded, curious about how her brother knew.
Li Xuehao originally asked this just to make Yuko Sawai feel ashamed, but he didn't expect that Tamako Aoyama was really full. He looked at the little girl next to him with a grudge: "Yuko, you have to learn more from Tamako in the future. I won't fantasize about the full score of Housekeeping. Just cut potatoes and don't exaggerate it anymore."
"Hmph!" Yuko Sawai was very upset when she was belittled, but she didn't mean to be jealous of Tamako Aoyama. She grabbed her hand, "Taki, let's go watch TV and ignore Brother Hiroichi."
"Sister Yuko..." Tamako Aoyama seemed reluctant to leave and wanted to stay for help, but Yuko Sawai had already pulled her away, probably because she didn't want to stay and then form a strong contrast.
Without the help of two girls, Li Xuehao didn't think the speed would slow down, or even faster.
As time passed, the dishes for dinner were also out of the pot.
Li Xuehao placed the dishes on the dining table, almost filling the whole table, colorful, exquisite and attractive, and there was a whole piece of beef cooked in the oven, which would take some time to get better.
When Yuko Sawai smelled the fragrance, she couldn't help but come to the dining table. She even pulled Tamako Aoyama together, staring at the table full of food and almost drooled. However, the little girl was still restrained and didn't really reach out to pick it up and eat it. But the person could not wait and urged someone several times: "Brother Hao Er, when can we have a meal?"
"Do you see if Sayuri and the others get up? If they get up, ask them to come down and have dinner." While the beef was still cooking in the oven, Li Xuehao took off his apron, except in the kitchen.
"Okay!" Under the temptation of delicious food, Yuko Sawai acted very quickly, pulled Tamako Aoyama and went upstairs.
Li Xuehao shook his head when he saw it, and then changed the dishes on the dining table, which made it look even more beautiful.
"Dingdong~Dingdong~" The doorbell suddenly remembered outside.
Li Xuehao walked out of the living room to open the door. With the sense of spiritual consciousness, he already knew who it was.
Opening the door, Seto Yoko, who was wearing a short sports outfit, was standing outside, carrying two bags in her hand, and it seemed that there were a lot of things.
"Good evening, Master." Her cheeks were flushed, and there was a slight sweat on her forehead, as if she had just arrived from somewhere.
"Yozi, have you just returned?" Li Xuehao asked. He remembered that when he went out to buy things at a convenience store before, there was no one at Xiaobin's house next door, and he probably only came back now.
"Yes, Marina and I went to Tokyo and just came back." Seto Yoko nodded and continued, "I saw that the lights at Master's house were on, so I know you were back from Hokkaido." While saying that, he lifted up the bag in his hand, "This is the snack I bought from Tokyo, and I gave it to Miss Ningning."
"Ning Ning didn't come back, she was still in Hokkaido." Li Xuehao said. Although Seto Yoko didn't know Ning Ning Mino's identity as a mermaid, she still knew very well about her favorite snacks.
"Ah?" Seto Yoko was a little surprised. She originally made this excuse to come to the door, but she didn't expect that the person who wanted to deliver snacks was not there.
"It doesn't matter, come in first." Li Xuehao let her in and explained, "It may take a while for her to be with Yuma Aragaki to come back."
"Oh." Seto Yoko nodded, still mechanically carrying two large bags of snacks in her hand.
After changing into slippers, Li Xuehao led her into the living room. At this time, Yuko Sawai and Tamako Aoyama came down from the upper floor. Both of them seemed a little excited when they saw Yoko Seto.
"Sister Yoko." Yuko Sawai jumped and ran over first, and Tamako Aoyama was a little slower.
"Yuko and Tamako are both here." When she saw them, Seto Yoko, who was at a loss because of unexpected things, also settled down. She liked the two little girls very much and found that she was not the only outsider, so she would not feel so uncomfortable.
"What delicious food did Sister Yoko bring?" Yuko Sawai's eyes lit up. Seeing the bag in her hand, her eyes suddenly lit up. She hurriedly ran to her face, and her hands had already reached out. Although she didn't snatch it directly, she opened the mouth of the bag and saw what was inside.
Tamako Aoyama's face was very thin, so she was not as bold as hers, and she just watched from the side.
"Wow, there are so many snacks, are you given to me? Are you given to me?" Yuko Sawai was excited and asked with hope.
"These are not for you." Li Xuehao stretched out his hand and patted her hand that she couldn't bear to let go of.
"Why? This is given to me by Sister Yoko." Yuko Sawai rubbed the place where the photographed was taken. It didn't hurt, but it was a little numb and stared at him indignantly.
"This is what Yangzi gave to Ningning." Li Xuehao corrected her narcissistic statement.
"Sister Ningning?" Yuko Zei was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that Sister Ningning also likes snacks. She usually eats more than her, but she will not give up easily, "But Sister Ningning is not here now."
"So, I will put it away and wait for her to come back." Li Xuehao seemed to have known that she would say that, and was waiting for her here.
Yuko Sawai's face collapsed and looked at Seto Yoko pitifully: "Sister Yoko..."
Seto Yoko was a little embarrassed: "Yes, I can give you some."
"Thank you, Sister Yoko." Yuko Sawai was happy in a blink of an eye, her original pitiful expression swept away, and she glared at someone next to her, "Brother Hiroshi!" She was obviously still holding a grudge to give her food.
Li Xuehao pulled her ponytail lightly, and the little girl would be fine if she had anything to eat: "Where is Little Sayuri and the others?"
Yuko Sawai ignored him, but Tamako Aoyama said, "Sister Sayuri and Sister Mai are brushing their teeth, and they are coming down soon."
"Yeah." Li Xuehao nodded, looked at Seto Yoko beside him and said, "Yoko, you just came back, stay for dinner together."
"But Marina..." Seto Yoko was very moved, but hesitant.
"Call Xiaobin to come together, I have cooked a lot of dinner." Li Xuehao knew that she was worried about leaving Marina Kohama alone, which dispelled her doubts.
"Thank you, Master." Seto Yoko was happy, put down two bags of snacks, and went out to call Marina Kohama.
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There were many people eating dinner, with ten people. Fortunately, Yuma Aragaki and Ningning Mizuno did not come back, otherwise the dining table would not be able to sit at all, because ten people were the limit.
After dinner, after Marina Kohama thanked him, she went back with Yoko Seto first.
Li Xuehao wanted to send Tamako Aoyama and Yuko Sawai home. Both girls were holding gifts, which were specialties he brought back from Hokkaido, as well as snacks that Yoko Seto had sent before, and all of them were given some.
He sent the two girls home. On the way back, Li Xuehao took out his cell phone, hesitated for a moment, and called Sawai Mizuno in Kyoto first.
The phone rang a few times and then connected.
"Koji." Sawai Ryu's voice sounded a bit surprising, but his tone was very calm.
"Xiao Lu, I'm sorry, I should have told you first when I go to Hokkaido." Li Xuehao quickly apologized. If she had said earlier, maybe she wouldn't have to go back to Yokohama specifically.
"Is Yuko telling you?" Sawai Miku immediately thought of who "betrayed" her.
"Yes." Of course, Li Xuehao didn't need to keep it confidential.
"That idiot... Actually, I went back to get something." Sawai Miu naturally changed the topic, "By the way, is Hokkaido fun? I heard it's very cold there?"
Li Xuehao said: "Summer is not cold, but it is much cooler than Yokohama and Kyoto. Winter is probably the coldest."
"Speaking of this, I used to want to go to Hokkaido to ski, but I never had the chance to go." said Mizuki Sawai.
"If you have time, how about I accompany you?" Li Xuehao heard the yearning in her tone and said in his heart.
"Are we the only two?" Sawai Ryu smiled softly, as if he was joking, and seemed to have a tone of expectation.
"Well, we are the two of us." At this time, Li Xuehao certainly would not disappoint her.
Hearing his promise, Ryu Sawai was obviously in a good mood: "Have you called Suzuki Fiana in recent times?"
"...No." Li Xuehao hesitated for a moment, and told the truth, "I'm going to finish the phone call with you first before contacting her."
"So, you don't know what she has done recently?" Sawai Ryu seemed to be happier, and even the tone of his speech could tell the smile.
"Huh?" Li Xuehao was stunned when he heard it. Sawai Green's words seemed to suggest that Suzuki Feiana had done something "amazing" recently.
"Don't worry, she actually just posted some strange information on the Internet..." As she said that, Sawai Ryu couldn't help laughing.
"Strange information?" Li Xuehao became even more curious.
"Yes, for example, if you want to buy something that is suspected to be a map or treasure map." Sawai Mizuki chuckled. Although it was not a ridiculous act, he obviously thought that such an approach was whimsical.
Li Xuehao was also a little amused and crying. What did Suzuki Fiana ask for a treasure map? Could it be that the previous adventures made her addicted to treasure hunting? So she used this method and wanted to take a few more risks? But how could the treasure map be bought online? Even if there are, it is a scam.
"I don't know if she has bought a valuable treasure map, Koji, wait and call her later and you can ask." Sawai Miku obviously talked about this as a joke.
"..." Li Xuehao didn't know how to respond.
The two of them talked for a while, and then they died.
Next, Li Xuehao called Suzuki Fiana in Tokyo, but Suzuki Fiana obviously had something, or the phone was not on her, and no one answered it after a long time.
He called again, and this time it rang a few times and finally connected.
"Sorry, Koji, I'm just studying a treasure map." Suzuki Fiana said with apologies, but the first sentence made Li Xuehao stunned. Sawai Mizuki just talked about the topic of the treasure map to him, but he didn't expect that Suzuki Fiana was really studying the treasure map.
"How did the treasure map come from?" He felt a little incredible. Could it be that it was really bought online?
"I posted the information online and then an antique dealer sold it to me." Suzuki Fiana explained, "I checked it. This treasure map should be real. It is made of an animal's skin, which has been around for hundreds of years."
"What treasure is it about?" Li Xuehao believed in her eyes. Since she had checked it, maybe she had also done a carbon 14 identification, which should be somewhat credible. Although it is somewhat exaggerated to post purchase information online, she is not so easy to be fooled.
"The location of this treasure map is not in Japan, but in China." Suzuki Fiana said.
"China?" Li Xuehao was surprised. This was too big.
"Yes, according to the antique dealer, this treasure map is a treasure left by a general of the Ming Dynasty in China..." Suzuki Fiana continued.
"The general of the Ming Dynasty?" Li Xuehao was even more curious, "Did the antique dealer say what the general is called?"
Chapter completed!