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"Let's go, Little Xia Yi." Leng Qianjue's voice suddenly sounded.

He held Xia Yi's basket in one hand, and stood not too far away from Xia Yi.

"Uncle Leng, aren't you going to follow him?" Xia Yi came back to reality and asked.

Leng Qianjue's face revealed a meaningful smile: I still have things to do at the Spirit Mountain.

"Mu Lin, he …" Xia Yi suddenly wanted to understand more about Xiao Linmu, but she didn't know where to start.

Leng Qianjue said: "Young Noble's martial arts are not inferior to mine, you don't have to worry."

Xia Yi nodded silently.

Xiao Linmu suddenly leaving had a great deal to do with Leng Qianjue coming to find him early in the morning.

When Xia Yi saw Leng Qianjue, Leng Qianjue had already went to look for him.

"Young master, Wu Ling has sent news. I think the Southern Water Affair is …" It's time for you to go back. " Leng Qianjue said.

Xiao Linmu nodded: "I understand."

The Xiangshui River had passed through the entire West Liang, so the water calamity in Southern Xiang was bound to have a major impact. If Xiao Linmu returned now, it would be best if he volunteered to help the Emperor by helping him with the management of the water calamity.

Xiao Linmu could naturally distinguish between priorities.

"Then let's go now?" Leng Qianjue asked.

Xiao Linmu glanced at Leng Qianjue, "Stay behind and take good care of Xia Yi. If she's missing a hair, you're the only one to ask. "

"…" Leng Qianjue had been secretly guessing what Xiao Linmu thought of Xia Yi this entire time. At this moment, he felt that everything had been made clear.

Xia Yi's family lived on the side of the mountain, and as they spoke, they had already reached the entrance.

Xia Yi first went to Granny Liu's home to bring Xia Yang and Xia Yue back.

Once Xia Yue entered, she rushed towards the front hall, but Xiao Linmu was not there.

"Big sister, where's Brother Mu Lin?" Xia Yue raised her head and asked.

Xia Yi had already planned to wait for Xia Yue and Xia Yang to ask first, but she did not expect to find that Mu Lin was no longer there the moment she entered the door.

Xia Yue squatted and said to Xia Yue: "Yue Yue, Brother Mu Lin has something to attend to so he can't leave for a while."

"Leave?" Xia Yue's eyes flashed as water vapor gathered in her eyes, "Where did Brother Mu Lin go? Will he come back? "

This question stumped Xia Yi, she didn't know how long the period of time Xiao Linmu was talking about was.

It just so happened that Leng Qianjue put the bamboo basket into the kitchen and came out. Xia Yi immediately said: "Yue Yue, Brother Mu Lin will definitely come back, look, Uncle Uncle Leng is still here, right?"

Xia Yue naturally knew that Leng Qianjue was following behind Xiao Linmu, and only after seeing Leng Qianjue did she feel a lot more at ease.

"Uncle Uncle Leng, when will the Brother Mu Lin return?" Xia Yue asked.

Leng Qianjue thought for a moment before replying, "It should be quick."

He would only be back in two or three months at the most to treat the flood.

Xia Yue did not continue, but Xia Yi could clearly see the disappointment on her face.

Xia Yi heaved a sigh of relief, luckily Leng Qianjue was there, if she hadn't, she really wouldn't know how to explain it to Xia Yue so that he wouldn't be so sad.

Returning back to the house, Xia Yi saw a few areas on the ground that were wet.

Xia Yi immediately looked towards the roof. The roof did not have any obvious cracks like Leng Qianjue's room, but Xia Yi still found some clues on the wall.

There were water marks in several places where the roof was connected to the wall.

Clearly, the house they were living in was also leaking.

Xia Yi immediately checked the other rooms. Luckily, other than the living room, there were only two water leaks in the kitchen, the rest of the rooms were fine.

The house was dilapidated, and sometimes the wind would blow strongly, causing Xia Yi to be worried that the house might be blown down.

Looking at the still gloomy weather, Xia Yi didn't know if it would continue to rain. She decided to fix the roof first so that it wouldn't leak out again.

When Xia Yi borrowed the ladder from the Granny Liu, she found that Leng Qianjue was already on the roof.

"Uncle Leng, you still haven't left?" When Xia Yi went out of the door earlier, she thought that Leng Qianjue had already left.

Leng Qianjue said: "When I went to the kitchen to place the bamboo shoots, I saw that your roof leaked."

With that, Leng Qianjue climbed down the roof.

He glanced at the ladder that was lowered by Xia Yi and said to Xia Yi: "If you need anything in the future, just look for me. I have already eaten so many meals of yours, it's time for me to put in some effort."

Xia Yi was slightly surprised, hearing the meaning behind Leng Qianjue's words, it seemed that he would be staying in the Lingshan Town for a period of time, so she asked: "How long does Uncle Leng intend to stay in the Lingshan Town?"

Leng Qianjue revealed a meaningful smile: "I think I'll still be staying for a while."

The mission that Xiao Linmu left him before he left was to protect Xia Yi, so he probably wouldn't leave until Xiao Linmu returned.

With that, he continued, "In the future, I might even come over to eat often. Don't get annoyed."

Xia Yi laughed: "It's just the matter of having a few more chopsticks, if Uncle Leng wanted to come, I can come immediately. I just happened to find a fresh bamboo shoot on the mountain yesterday, Uncle Leng can stay and try it."

"Then I'm lucky." Leng Qianjue said.

The bamboo shoots Xia Yi dug out from the mountain did not plan to deliver them to Ruyi Manor.

They all knew that no one dared to come up to Spirit Mountain to cause trouble, so if they were to be found out, it would definitely cause some trouble for the Ruyi Manor.

Now that the dishes on Ruyi Manor were sufficient, there was no need to take such a risk just for a bamboo shoot.

Taking out the food she needed to eat and the portion she needed to send to Granny Liu, Xia Yi cut all the remaining bamboo shoots into pieces and stayed in the kitchen to dry. After two days, when the weather was good and she took them out to dry, he would be able to keep them for a long time.

Leng Qianjue saw that Xia Yi had cut almost all the bamboo shoots, so he asked: "Why did you cut so much? You can't finish it, right? "

Xia Yi said: "Making the bamboo shoot stem is easier to store."

"Can I eat dried bamboo shoots?" Leng Qianjue really could not think of what the smell of the dried bamboo shoot was. From what he could tell, the smell of the bamboo shoot should be similar to that of the bark.

They had lived on the mountain for two years, and they had eaten nothing but bamboo shoots in the spring.

As soon as spring comes around, the bamboo shoots will grow old, and you won't be able to eat them even if you want to.

Xia Yi said: "Of course you can, once the bamboo shoot is dried and fried, the flavor will be different, it's pretty delicious."

"Then I'll have to try it when the time comes." In his eyes, Xia Yi was a natural born chef. If she said it was delicious, then it couldn't be wrong.

Leng Qianjue left after he finished eating. When he left, he did not forget to give Xia Yi his current address, telling him that he could look for Xia Yi if there was anything else.

Just as Leng Qianjue left, the sky started to fill with drizzling rain again.

Xia Yi brought back the ladder from Granny Liu's house, and also brought some bamboo shoots she brought down from the mountain.

Just as he walked out of his house, he met Xia Changsheng.

It was still early, so Xia Changsheng should be inside the Bean Curd Shop, not at home.

Looking at the dejected Xia Changsheng, Xia Yi knew that Xia Changsheng had probably met with some trouble.