Although there were still two seasons to go before the Fall Quarter Examination, there was nothing wrong with reading more books.
Jiujiu thought for a moment. "Since you didn't sleep well last night, you should go back and rest."
Xiang Bei said, "You can't slack off on studying. I'd better finish today's lesson before going back to rest."
Speaking of the lesson, Jiujiu suddenly remembered that the two children were still lying in the room. She quickly said, "Unfortunately, the two children are a little feverish. They just took their medicine and are still sleeping. I'm afraid they won't be able to attend the lesson today."
Hearing that the two children were sick, Xiang Bei asked anxiously, "Are the children okay?"
Jiujiu shook her head. "They took their medicine and their fever has dissipated. They're just feeling sleepy."
"That's good."
Since Jiujiu said that the two children were sick, it wouldn't be good to continue the lesson. Xiang Bei nodded at Jiujiu and returned to his room.
However, after returning to his room, Xiang Bei didn't rest as Jiujiu said. Instead, he went to his desk and started painting.
It was a casual sketch, but in the end, it unconsciously turned into a portrait of Jiujiu.
Looking at the lifelike portrait of Jiujiu on the desk, Xiang Bei's face heated up. He quickly put the portrait away and picked up a book to recite silently.
However, no matter how hard he recited, Jiujiu's face seemed to be branded in his mind. He couldn't get it out of his mind.
In the afternoon, the two children were still a little tired after their fever dissipated. They were obviously in a much better state than they were in the morning.
Jiujiu dressed the two children and let them play in the yard. She went to the kitchen to cook porridge.
After being sick, it was naturally better to eat light food.
The fragrant, soft, and sticky white rice porridge, coupled with the crispy and refreshing pickled vegetables that Jiujiu had pickled in winter, and the cold green vegetables, were simply too appetizing.
After feeding the two children, Xiang Bei hadn't returned yet. Jiujiu put the food that she had prepared for Xiang Bei into a lunchbox and personally delivered it to him.
When Jiujiu knocked on the door, Xiang Bei was holding a book in a daze.
Xiang Bei quickly got up and opened the door. He saw Jiujiu standing outside with a lunchbox in her hand. Xiang Bei quickly took the lunchbox. "I'm sorry to have to make you come here personally."
Jiujiu pursed her lips and smiled. "Since we have nothing to do, let's eat while it's hot. After we're done, just bring the bowl and chopsticks over to me."
Xiang Bei sighed and returned to the table with the food box to eat.
. Jiujiu went straight home.
In the afternoon, Xiang Bei sent the clean bowls and chopsticks over. Looking at the two children sitting in the courtyard embroidering and playing beside Jiujiu, he inexplicably felt that this scene was exceptionally beautiful.
Even if he looked at it for a few more decades, he wouldn't get tired of it.
Actually, Jiujiu had the idea of opening a ready-made clothing store after embroidering for a while.
However, Jiujiu extinguished the idea as soon as it appeared.
First of all, the owner of the embroidery shop was a ready-made clothing store. She was indebted to the owner. If it weren't for the owner, she would never have been able to live such a good life. If she opened a store, she would inevitably steal the owner's business. It wouldn't be good to repay evil with good.
Second of all, she was preparing to go to the capital with Xiang Bei. It was only a few months away from the capital. In addition, she would have to travel for a month. She was afraid that the ready-made clothing store would close before it was on the right track. Instead of wasting time, she might as well wait until she reached the capital to open the store.
In this way, Jiujiu suppressed the matter of the ready-made clothing store.
In the blink of an eye, it was summer.
Jiujiu and the children changed into light clothes.
Because of Xiang Bei's teaching of the two children, Jiujiu went directly to the owner of the embroidery shop to buy a few sets of summer clothes for Xiang Bei.
When Jiujiu delivered the clothes to Xiang Bei, Xiang Bei was packing his luggage.
Jiujiu was stunned when she saw the luggage on the table. "Are you going on a long trip?"
Xiang Bei had wanted to tell Jiujiu about it later. However, she hadn't expected that Jiujiu would suddenly come over and see them.
A hint of melancholy appeared on Northward's face.
Xiang Bei sighed deeply and looked at Jiujiu. "Big Sister, the fall examination is coming. I have to go to the capital to take the exam. I'm afraid that I won't be able to continue teaching the two children to read and write."
There were still three months before the fall examination. Jiujiu had thought that it would be done one and a half months earlier. Unexpectedly, Xiang Bei had to travel three months earlier.
"So early?"
Xiang Bei smiled at Jiujiu's confusion. He pretended that he didn't know that Jiujiu didn't know the distance between here and the capital. He put down the luggage in his hand and explained to Jiujiu softly, "We are more than 500 kilometers away from the capital. We have to stop a lot along the way and have barely reached the capital."
Jiujiu didn't know how far Xiang Bei meant by 500 kilometers. However, since Xiang Bei said so, she thought that it was better to leave as soon as possible and said, "In that case, let's go together."
Xiang Bei wanted to bid farewell to Jiujiu, but Jiujiu suddenly said, "Let's go together."
Xiang Bei was stunned. He asked in confusion, "Big Sister, what do you mean?"
Jiujiu pursed her lips and smiled. "I used to hear that the capital was very beautiful, so I always wanted to take the children there to see it. I wanted to wait until the children grew up. Since you are going to the capital to take the exam, you will be staying in the capital after you graduate from high school. In that case, let's go together."
Xiang Bei said, "But the journey is 500 kilometers. I'm afraid the children won't be able to take it."
Jiujiu smiled slyly. "If I say that I want to go, I will naturally find a way. Don't worry."
Jiujiu put down the things in her hands and turned around to pack the luggage for her and the children.
The next day, Xiang Bei saw the man who helped to tear down the wall earlier leading a horse carriage to Jiujiu's house.
Jiujiu pointed at the man and said to Xiang Bei, "This young master is the coachman I hired. You can call him Bai Ze from now on."
Bai Ze was handsome and had an aura that made people feel good about him.
Xiang Bei immediately cupped his hands and said, "Brother Bai."
Bai Ze smiled and said, "Hello."
Jiujiu put all the things that she didn't need to use into her space. She put the things she used outside and asked Bai Ze to move them into the horse carriage. Then, she moved Xiang Bei's things into the horse carriage.
There was a small space left in the empty horse carriage. It was just enough for Jiujiu and the two children to sit inside.
As for Bai Ze and Xiang Bei, the two men sat outside the horse carriage.
The first day was spent packing. On the second day, Jiujiu gave the remaining embroidery pieces to the owner of the embroidery shop to pay back the money. She asked the owner of the embroidery shop to look after her house when she wasn't around. Only then did they set off for the capital.
The three months that Xiang Bei said was the time it would take to walk.
Now that they were using a horse carriage, although the two children would walk slower, it only took them a month and a half to reach the capital.
After arriving in the capital, Jiujiu first asked for three rooms in a hotel.
She asked Xiang Bei to stay in the hotel to study while she and Bai Ze looked for a suitable shop.
Jiujiu had planned to open a clothing store before, but she didn't because of the owner of the embroidery shop. Now that she was in the capital, she naturally wanted to open a clothing store.
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