Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 110 - 109: Going Out (Rewarded by Wu Xiaomi+)

Xia Jianguo nodded. He held a lot of respect for Xia Baoguo, his erudite and promising younger brother. He also felt that he had indeed been too indulgent with Zhao Xiaolan, which resulted in their two children being poorly disciplined by her and her family.

Thinking of his eldest daughter, Xia Fei, who was out of touch in the countryside, Xia Jianguo let out a heavy sigh.

At night, the families of Xia Baoguo and Xia Jianguo crowded into the old house to sleep, while Zhao Xiaolan, Xia Xiang, and Xia Yan did not return, evidently spending the night at her parents’ house.

The next morning, Xia Xiao woke up early, but she hadn’t expected Mrs. Xia to be up even earlier.

"Grandma, why don’t you sleep a bit longer?" Xia Xiao said. It was only five o’clock, but she was accustomed to waking up at this time since the production team sometimes started work at just past four.

"I’m used to it," Mrs. Xia replied to Xia Xiao. "Why are you up so early, Xiaoxiao?"

"The production team starts work around this time, and I usually wake up then," Xia Xiao said. She could see that due to the issue with the elder branch of the family, both Old Man Xia and Mrs. Xia probably hadn’t slept much that night.

Thus, early in the morning, Xia Xiao and Mrs. Xia watered the vegetable garden together, weeded, and also made breakfast together.

By seven o’clock, everyone gradually woke up. Mrs. Xia said, "Hurry up and wash up for breakfast. This is what Xiaoxiao prepared early this morning; it won’t taste good once it gets cold."

"Not bad, Xiaoxiao," Xia Jianguo praised aloud, but as he thought of his own children, he felt somewhat embarrassed.

Xia Jianguo’s children—Xia Xiang and Xia Yan—resembled the Zhao family, so they were most favored by them and had been doted on from a young age.

Xia Fei preferred quiet, was good at her studies, and occasionally helped Mrs. Xia. But ever since Xia Jianguo listened to Zhao Xiaolan and the Zhao family, and sent Xia Fei to the countryside, the elderly couple had been taking care of everything at home. Zhao Xiaolan and the other two children frequented their maternal home and never helped upon their return. They just waited for meals, and their clothing would be left unwashed for days; it was Mrs. Xia, having free time and feeling it was unacceptable, who ended up doing the washing.

Thinking this through, Xia Jianguo’s face flushed with shame.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, you’re so diligent. My mom even says I’m lazy," said Xia Wei, yawning.

"I’m used to waking up early," Xia Xiao said. She wasn’t trying to show off; she had become accustomed to not staying home long, and knew it would be more than ten years before she could return to the city. Occasionally helping out when she came home was nothing to her.

On the first day of the New Year, neither Zhao Xiaolan nor Xia Xiang nor Xia Yan returned home. Each of the Xiaoxiao siblings received three cents for their New Year’s money: one cent from Mrs. Xia, one from Wang Jinying, and one from Li Wenjuan.

Xia Jianguo wanted to give them some as well, but all the money at home was with Zhao Xiaolan. He didn’t have a cent on him, not even the rolled cigarettes he smoked; they were given to him by Xia Baoguo.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, let’s go out for a stroll," Xia Wei suggested as she linked arms with Xia Xiao, then called to Xia Chunrong and Xia Kang, "Brother Rong, Xiaokang, do you want to come along?"

"I want to come too," Xia Jing chimed in quickly.

Xia Hong and Xia Lin also voiced their interest, and Xia Chunrong and Xia Kang nodded in agreement. "Let’s go; we can all take a walk outside together."

The adults showed no interest, so the group headed out the door, only for Xia Hua to start crying and run after them.

"Waaaah..."

"Take him with you, or else he won’t stop crying," Li Wenjuan said.

Xia Wei pouted, "It’s no fun to bring a kid."

"It’s fine; I’ll carry him," said Xia Kang as he walked over and picked up Xia Hua.

So the group of eight set out, each carrying their New Year’s money. They went out not only to have fun but also to have something to eat.

"Where shall we go first?" Xia Xiao asked.

Xia Wei said, "Let’s go eat soup dumplings and spiced tofu, along with oil noodles first—I know a place that’s really tasty."

"I want to eat pan-fried buns, Nanxiang small steamed buns, and three-delight wontons," Xia Jing immediately listed off several snacks.

"I want to eat oil tofu vermicelli soup and scallion oil noodles."

"I want to eat Haitang Cake, crab shell cake, Pork Rib Rice Cake, rice cake, and Mint Cake."

"Chicken porridge from Xiao Shaoxing and stir-fried snails."

Listening to everyone naming famous snacks from S City one by one, Xia Xiao was speechless. "Can you all even finish these, and also, is your New Year’s money enough?"

"We’ll just have a taste—we can buy one and each take a small bite," Xia Jing suggested.

Xia Wei nodded in agreement, thinking the idea was feasible.

At this point, Xia Xiao was completely speechless. Although she had money, it wasn’t appropriate to show off in front of Xia Wei and Xia Kang, so she could only take out her own share of New Year’s money and join everyone in tasting the street food.

So the siblings of the Xia Family went to the snack street and ate their way through, with even Xia Hua feeling very satisfied, not to mention the others.

Of course, Xia Xiao still spent a bit of money, but everyone was happy eating.

"Xiaoxiao, let’s go up ahead," Shitou suddenly spoke up. He usually didn’t talk much, but there was a hint of urgency in his voice at this moment.

"What’s wrong?" Xia Xiao whispered.

"Just go, you’ll see," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao walked towards the front while Xia Chunrong said, "Xiaoxiao, that’s antique street over there. We don’t need to go there."

Antique street was for treasure hunting, where it was possible to find a bargain and land some good stuff or end up spending money on inferior goods—it all depended on luck and a discerning eye.

But they didn’t have much money on them, so treasure hunting was out of the question, and they couldn’t even afford the cheapest items.

"It’s okay, looking doesn’t cost money, and it’ll be good to learn something. Sister Xiaoxiao, if we don’t go for a walk, you won’t even know the city anymore," Xia Wei was eager to try.

"How about you all go back, and I’ll take a look?" Hearing it was antique street, Xia Xiao glanced at the line of children behind her, other than Xia Chunrong, and felt hesitant to go there. Even if she wanted to hunt for treasures, it would be inconvenient with them—it would be like bringing along a whole bunch of kids.

Xia Wei, Xia Kang, Xia Jing, along with Xia Hong, Xia Lin, and Xia Hua, appeared like a group of children in Xia Xiao’s eyes.

"I want to take a look; I haven’t seen it before," Xia Jing said, grabbing onto Xia Xiao’s arm, with an expression that showed she was determined to follow.

Well, Xia Xiao had no choice but to let big brother take them all there.

In her previous life, Xia Xiao had never been to antique street, so now she was looking left and right, her eyes wide-open with curiosity.

"Xiaoxiao, do you see that stone on the ground? Buy it," Shitou instructed.

"Is this an energy stone?" Xia Xiao asked.

"It’s a broken stone, it has a bit of energy, but not much." As soon as Shitou finished speaking, Xia Xiao immediately squatted down to take a closer look, but instead of asking about the price of the broken stone, she pointed at another large stone and asked the vendor, "How much for this stone?"

"You have no eye for quality, that’s jade. Don’t come over if you don’t understand," the vendor obviously didn’t have a good temper and showed a proud façade while looking down on Xia Xiao.

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