Chapter 157: Pull an orange and try it?
Chapter 157: Pull an orange and try it?
You can't fall in the same place twice, right, Qingqing?
After spitting out all the bitter fruit in her mouth, Qingqing came back with a bitter face.
She walked to Xiao Su, stuck out her tongue, then pushed her little head against his legs and fell into autism.
"It's not tasty~" The little guy's baby voice was filled with depression.
Xiao Su let go of the fruit in his hand, bent down and rubbed her little head, and laughed.
"It's not cooked yet, so of course it's not tasty. Wait a little longer."
"But Qingqing has already raised it, why is it still not tasty?"
When she lived with her father, she only needed to add a very small amount of energy to the fruit and it would be edible, but this time she put so much in it and it still tasted terrible.
Sensing the little girl's disappointment, Xiao Su coaxed her from another perspective.
"Because it's trying to make itself tasty right now, so let's give it a few more days."
"Is that so~" Qingqing raised her soft, pale little face and looked at him confusedly.
"Qingqing just started kindergarten, uncle, please don't lie to me."
Xiao Su was amused and couldn't help laughing, "Really, the slower it grows, the tastier it tastes when it matures."
"Okay~"
Looking back at the small oranges on the branches, Qingqing lazily lay on Xiao Su's body and was carried away.
The little oranges behind me are still green and round, well cared for and very beautiful.
The pleasant smell unique to oranges spread, attracting many passing birds to stop here.
From today on, not only Qingqing is looking forward to their maturity, but the birds nearby also fly over to see them two or three times a day. They have developed a habit of it, just like checking in.
This orange tree is quite hardworking. When it was first harvested, the fruits were only the size of quail eggs. After one night, they grew a little bigger.
The branches sank down, heavy with fruit.
Not only were the servants of the Xiao family attracted to it, but even the hall masters who came to see Xiao Qingdai from time to time and ask her to report and approve accounts could not help but stop for a moment when passing by here.
At 9:30 in the morning, the several hall masters who usually waited outside the meeting hall half an hour in advance were still nowhere to be seen.
When Frost went out to ask, he found out that they were all attracted by the small orange tree outside.
They were all adults in their thirties and forties, but now they surrounded the small orange tree tightly like children.
"Why do you think this orange tree smells so good?"
"Can I eat it? I want to pull one out and try it."
The person who spoke stretched out his dirty hands, but didn't dare to pull, just touched it curiously.
"I heard that the young lady planted it for the master. If you pull it, be careful that the master will slap you."
"Okay." The man withdrew his hand in disappointment. He smelled the remaining fragrance on his hand, and his eyes became much clearer.
"I'll try to do better this month. When things are mature, I'll see if I can ask the owner to give me some back."
This statement was unanimously agreed by several people.
It’s not that they are greedy, it’s just that the little oranges smell delicious.
The orange flavor is refreshing, and when you get close to it, you can feel that the air is harmonized.
One of them looked at the watch on his wrist and realized that they had been gazing at the orange tree for more than ten minutes without realizing it.
His eyelids twitched and he quickly called out to the others.
"Let's go, stop looking. Go back and make some dried tangerine peel to soak in water to satisfy your craving. If you don't go now, the frost will come soon."
The few of them were startled awake, checked the time, and hurried to the meeting hall.
On the way there, I met the butler with a very happy face and stopped to say hello to him.
Looking at the butler's brisk back, several people fell into self-doubt.
"Why do I feel that the butler looks more energetic than the rest of us?"
"This guy is so agile, he's almost as nimble as a young man."
Normally, these people wouldn't dare to say a word in front of Xiao Qingdai, but they talk a lot outside.
They would discuss every flower or plant they saw on the road for a long time, just like a modern version of Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.
"It's really different. I feel like the air quality at home is much better this time."
"Look at this little flower blooming and this little tree growing, how beautiful it is."
"You don't know this."
One of them curled his lips proudly and told what he had learned a few days ago.
"Our young lady's status is not ordinary. Before she was found, she was a disciple of Professor Tan Hongru of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was very favored. Whenever Professor Tan made progress in his research, he would send it to the young lady first."
"I've heard that, but why send so many at once?"
"Of course, our young lady is a wonderful person. However, I heard that she still uses the Fu family's surname. I will propose to the head of the family later that the young lady's name be changed back as soon as possible. Although the Fu family has done us a favor, she is still a child of our Xiao family. What's the point of always using the Fu family's surname..."
Several people staggered and talked all the way.
Even though he was almost late, he still kept talking.
Until I ran into Frost with a dark face.
Frost glanced at them and saw that they were panting, so he didn't say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"The master has been waiting for you inside for six minutes."
They all saw that the young lady had returned recently and knew that the master was in a good mood, so they acted a little more unrestrained.
If it had happened before the young lady came back, who would have dared to do this today?
Frost walked over to open the door of the meeting hall and said in a chilling voice, "This won't happen again."
They walked in with smiles on their faces, and when they saw Xiao Qingdai sitting in the upper seat, they vividly demonstrated what it meant to be stunned.
It was like a bomb exploded in their heads.
I haven't seen him for two days. Did he go to suck human blood? How could he change so much in such a short time?
This is incredible!
Xiao Qingdai had a blank expression on her face, and her voice was as cold and lazy as usual, as calm and relaxed as a breeze, but the sense of oppression in her words came easily.
"Are you wearing that watch for fun? Otherwise, I'll stand at the door and treat you guys later?"
Several people: “…” Terrible.
The head of the family is still the same head of the family. She is just gentle to the young lady and as cold to them as ever.
The person who had just vowed to propose changing Qingqing's surname also became dispirited, and followed the previous procedures honestly, not daring to say a single extra word.
But there was one brave man among them. When he was about to leave, he was thinking about the oranges outside, so he made up his mind and spoke out.
"Um... Master, that little orange tree outside is growing well."
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