mid-year.

There is a new cloth shop in the town. Today is the first day of opening, and the sound of firecrackers is going off.

“Today it’s only half the usual price, and you get a free gift if you buy it. It’s a great deal.”

"It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, you can go in and have a look."

"Auntie, do you want to buy some cloth? I have some embroidery, come in and have a look."

...

After the sound of firecrackers, the waiter shouted vigorously at the door. People passing by stopped because of curiosity. In a short time, a small group gathered around the door of the store.

Once they heard that it was half price, many people were still willing to go in and take a look.

There are three clerks in the store, who are busy measuring the cloth. In another part of the store, there are embroidery items, and there is a person who is busy:

"Look at this purse again."

"This color is nice and looks more suitable when worn."

"And this, I'll get it for you."

....

The woman who spoke had a soft and soft voice. She was wearing a light blue gauze skirt, tied around her waist with a white soft cigarette, highlighting her slender waist. She looked small, with delicate facial features, white skin and delicate hair, and blond hair.

Comb it into a feminine bun.

There are more and more people in the store, and the four people are constantly busy.

At noon, the number of people finally disappeared, and Ji Huai walked in with a baby in his arms. The baby had a chubby face and lay on his shoulder. He saw the little lady selling embroidery and grinned.

, crystal saliva remained along the corners of his mouth.

When he was happy, he narrowed his eyes, raised his little head, danced and stretched out his hands towards the other party, so happy.

When Tang Xiuer saw him, her brows softened, and she walked out from the counter. Before she could reach him, the little baby reached out, grabbed her clothes with his little fleshy hands, and threw himself into her arms.

"Young Master is anxious." The maid behind Ji Huai joked with a smile.

Now they live in a new house, and Ji Huai has bought a few servants and maids. However, Tang Xiuer is not used to being served by others and takes care of her son and his affairs personally.

When she visited the village, she went out to inquire about it and learned a lot about it, so she was very well prepared.

"I've been standing for a long time. Let's take a rest." Ji Huai walked to her side and said.

"I'm not tired. It's better than I imagined." Tang Xiuer smiled heartily and walked to the backyard with her son in her arms. He stayed with her on her shoulder, playing with her mother's soft hair with her little fleshy hands.

She held her milky-smelling son in her arms and loved him tightly.

"Eat something." Ji Huai took the food box from the maid's hand, followed her in, and said to the maid behind him, "Go and help first."

"Yes." The other party turned and left.

There was a room in the backyard where they could rest, and the family of three walked in. Tang Xiuer sat down, held her son in her arms and talked to him.

The other party couldn't speak yet, so she responded to her with babbling sounds and a wide smile.

Ji Huai put the food box on the table and took out the pastries in it bit by bit. He also asked the maid to cook a bowl of mung bean porridge, which is heat-clearing and detoxifying, and took it out and placed it in front of her.

When the baby saw the food, he reached out from her arms to grab it.

"You can't catch him." Tang Xiuer quickly stopped him and held his son away.

"!#..." His mother refused to let him catch her, so he immediately made a bitter look on his face, or looked like he wasn't crying. He looked at Tang Xiuer and continued to lean towards her.

"I'll hold him while you eat something." Ji Huai took the child from her arms and sat a little further away.

The little baby kept fussing and looked at her pitifully. Where could Tang Xiuer eat?

She ate half a piece of pastry and fed another piece to Ji Huai. Looking at her son who was drooling all the time, she took a spoon and scooped up some mung bean porridge soup and put it to his mouth.

The baby's tongue immediately stretched out, licking and drinking.

The soup is sweet and he likes it very much.

That look of enjoyment made Tang Xiuer laugh. She arched her eyebrows and continued to feed him a little more, while also feeding Ji Huai a piece of cake.

The little baby drank the soup and saw his mother feeding cakes to his father. He reached out to take it.

"You can only drink this." Tang Xiu'er held her hand and wouldn't let him touch it.

The baby's mouth was deflated and he stopped drinking the soup. He twisted several times in Ji Huai's arms and looked irritable as he wanted to take it.

"Still making trouble." Ji Huai patted his butt gently, "If he makes trouble again, he won't even give him any soup!"

‌I don’t know if he understood it, but on the contrary, he felt a lot more at ease.

Tang Xiuer smiled and held her son's hand, "I'll feed you when you grow up."

The baby looked at its mother and continued to drink the sweet soup.

At this time, the clerk in the store came over and saw Ji Huai anxiously saying, "Mr. Cheng of the Cheng Mansion is here. Do you want to go out to greet him?"

Who in the city doesn’t know Mr. Cheng?

Mr. Wei had raised a purple chirp many years ago, but it died not long after he had raised it. Now there are five purple chirps in Cheng Mansion, which is a nest.

Except for Mr. Cheng, no one owns the purple chirp. If you want to see this rare bird, you have to go to the Cheng Mansion to see it. It’s not something you want to see. It’s the county master who can see it.

Give him three points.

At the end of the year, there is a bird fighting competition. I heard that the purple chirp is different from other birds. If it fights, it will definitely win. Everyone is waiting for the bird fighting competition to see the true appearance of the purple chirp.

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"I'll go take a look." Ji Huai stood up, gently put her son in her arms, and followed the waiter out.

Mr. Cheng fanned himself while looking back and forth in the store.

Behind him was Heizi, who was excited when he saw Ji Huai, but had to suppress it and reminded Mr. Cheng, "Shopkeeper Ji is out."

Mr. Cheng looked at Ji Huai and walked towards him.

"Master Cheng." Ji Huai was the first to call out.

Mr. Cheng waved his hand and walked aside with him, his tone a little impatient, "How did you catch the purple chirp last time? Can you catch it again this time? You only took the baby bird, what about the big bird?"

"Isn't five enough?" Ji Huai replied.

"It's not not enough. There will be a bird fighting competition at the end of the year. These five birds cannot be trained at all. They are not as good as the hill birds. What if they are embarrassed by the time? What if I use the hill birds?

What do you think? The big birds are all waiting to see the purple chirps." Mr. Cheng said and fanned again impatiently, "I don't think it's better to be wild than to catch the big bird, that's the wild one."

Seeing this, Heizi thought he was hot and wanted to step forward to take a fan to fan him, but he stopped him.

Ji Huai couldn't agree more.

That male purple chirp is indeed very wild and has a bad temper. After training for so long, he became more obedient and tamed, but he had to be coaxed.

Because he had dried black mulberry fruits and understood his nature, he was quite handy.

"Heizi was still able to train him at first, but now he is becoming more and more disobedient and is going against the grain. I don't know what's wrong." Mr. Cheng said anxiously.

Hearing this, Heizi next to him looked at Ji Huai as if asking for help and did not dare to speak.

He relied on the dried black mulberries given to him by Ji Huai to coax the young birds. Mr. Cheng valued him more and more, and his status gradually surpassed that of Cheng Jiu. However, there was always a time when the dried black mulberries were finished, and he did not control himself, and soon...

Finished.

Now the purple chirping bird is not as likely to win as Cheng Jiuxun's hill, and he is so anxious that he is running around in circles.

Before Ji Huai spoke, Mr. Cheng looked at his shop and said directly, "If you can find the big bird in the mountain, I will give you one thousand taels. When will this shop earn one thousand taels?"

If he wins the Bird Fighting Tournament, he will become famous, which cannot be measured by money.

It’s only a thousand taels, so worth it.

Ever since he bought those five purple chirps, they have been crowded with people, and everyone wants to see a few of them. Who in the city doesn't know that he has five purple chirps?

There are so many people who want to interact with them. Even Dou Niao’s old man, the respected old man Wei, found excuses to visit them several times.

His father, who used to scold him as a loser, stopped scolding him.

The winner of this bird fight must be him, and he must win with Zi Jiu. Only in this way can Zi Jiu's status and his status be preserved.

"I caught the big bird in the mountains some time ago." Ji Huai replied to him.

Mr. Cheng was startled suddenly, his eyes widened, "Are you sure?!"

Ji Huai: "One male and one female. They laid six eggs when they came back."

Not only Mr. Cheng was confused, Heizi was also wide-eyed.

"Are you going to sell it? To whom? I bought it." Mr. Cheng immediately said, his attitude can even be said to be tough, "You can't sell it to others, I will buy it all!"

He is the only one in the city who has Zijiu, and this has brought a lot of benefits to Cheng ‌. If Ji Huai is sold to others, then ‌ is not the current situation ‌.

"I don't plan to sell." Ji Huai shook his head.

"I want that male purple chirp, please give me a price." Mr. Cheng said again.

Ji Huai did not hesitate: "I don't plan to sell."
To be continued...