nycdaug Chapter 201 Return Gift
Chapter 201 Return Gift
knock knock knock.
Just as Yun Ci and the others were having dinner, there was a knock on the door.
Chu Ziming was about to get up.
"It's okay, I'll go."
Yun Ci walked over and opened the door.
Chu Ziming and the other kids followed Yun Ci to see who had arrived.
Looking at Xia Zixuan who came over at night, Yun Ci asked with some confusion, "Are you going to buy some food?"
Upon seeing Yun Ci open the door, Xia Zixuan's eyes lit up. He coughed, then clasped his hands in a fist salute and said...
"Yun Ci, thank you for the milk tea you gave me last time. I've come to return the favor."
return gift?
Yun Ci blinked.
Xia Zixuan took out all the things that Xia Tangzhu and his wife had given him.
Yun Ci looked at the things on the ground and immediately said, "No need to return the gift."
He only gave Xia Zixuan a few bamboo tubes of milk tea, and besides, Xia Zixuan always buys a lot of food, so he's a regular customer!
Upon hearing this, Xia Zixuan said, "How can that be? My father said that there should be give and take in our interactions. No, you must accept it."
Yun Ci, “…”
Is it possible to force someone to return a gift?
As he spoke, Xia Zixuan took out the Crimson Spirit Fruit. "Yun Ci, this is the Crimson Spirit Fruit, which is helpful for cultivation. However, you can only eat half a fruit at most at a time, otherwise you won't be able to handle it."
Yun Ci stared wide-eyed at the large red strawberry in her hand.
Isn't this a strawberry?
Each strawberry was as big as a fist, and the air around them was filled with a rich strawberry fragrance.
Yun Ci exclaimed excitedly, "This is a strawberry!"
He can smell the strawberries!
It smells so good!
Xia Zixuan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Strawberry, what is a strawberry?"
Chu Ziming interjected, "Isn't this the Crimson Spirit Fruit? Is there some other record of it in the book?"
Is this world called the Crimson Spirit Fruit?
Looking at the strawberry in her hand, Yun Ci asked, "Is this fruit very rare?"
Chu Ziming nodded and then shook his head. "My master said that the Crimson Spirit Fruit only bears fruit once every hundred years, but it is said that a single tree can produce many fruits."
Several years ago, his master brought back a lot of them. If Yun Ci likes them, he will go back and ask his master.
A century's worth of results?
Yun Ci suddenly felt that the strawberries were too hot to handle; they must be very expensive.
He looked at Xia Zixuan, "How many spirit stones is this one?"
If he can afford it, Chu Ziming and Xiaobai will each get one!
If you can't afford it, then... buy one.
They each took one!
However, thinking of that scene, Yun Ci felt a little sad.
My family was poor, so we had to share a single strawberry.
"Xia Zixuan, I want this Crimson Spirit Fruit, so I'll keep it. The others are too valuable, I can't accept them."
Xia Zixuan immediately frowned.
The head of the hall's son also lost his temper, "Why can't I accept it? It's a return gift. No, you can't refuse it. If you don't accept it, I won't be able to explain it to my mother when I get back. She'll beat me to death!"
Yun Ci, “???”
What an exaggeration!
Xia Zixuan refused to take the rest of the items back, saying only, "Don't throw them away, I don't want to go back and get beaten up."
Yun Ci looked at the heater on the ground and the clothes on it.
The general store also has heaters; these heaters, which are filled with Crimson Fire Heavenly Stones, cost several hundred spirit stones each.
It wasn't an extremely valuable item, but strawberries were somewhat precious, and Yun Ci planned to give Xia Zixuan a Star Sea Stone as a return gift later.
Thinking of this, Yun Ci stopped worrying and looked at Xia Zixuan with a genuine smile, "Xia Zixuan, thank you!"
Xia Zixuan was stunned for a moment, staring at the extremely handsome person under the moonlight...
My gaze slowly shifted to the left, then to the right... looking at the sky, then at the ground...
"Hey! No need to thank me, you're welcome!"
Yun Ci, holding three large strawberries, smiled and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to something delicious."
Upon hearing this, Xia Zixuan's eyes lit up immediately, and he swallowed hard.
He could smell the aroma just now!
Once inside the courtyard, Yun Ci made him a plate of takoyaki. "Here, help yourself. It's on me today!"
Xia Zixuan couldn't wait to take it, picked up a small meatball, and put the whole thing in his mouth.
Yun Ci also inserted a small dumpling into her hair. Upon seeing this, her eyes widened immediately.
"It's hot inside."
Even the little ginseng, who was eating several small meatballs skewered on a chopstick and running around in the yard, was stunned.
"Daddy, isn't he hot?"
"Baby, be good, don't follow his example."
Yun Ci educates her child in a very serious manner.
"Uh-huh!"
The little ginseng nodded.
"Cough cough, it's so hot!"
Xia Zixuan's eyes welled up with tears from the burn.
But he didn't vomit.
What a joke! Yun Ci made this; how could he bear to spit it out?
He chewed while exhaling, roughly swallowing the takoyaki in his mouth.
Cough cough, it's so hot...
But this is so delicious!
Yun Ci's cooking is always delicious!
He took a quick bite and tasted something chewy inside; the outer coating was also delicious...
Xia Zixuan held the plate and started eating takoyaki one after another.
After ten rounds...
Xia Zixuan started eating takoyaki again.
"Mmm, delicious, delicious."
In the end, everyone ate their fill of takoyaki.
This dinner was extremely satisfying!
When Xia Zixuan left, as a return gift, Yun Ci gave him several Star Sea Stones that emitted a blue light, as well as other treasures. He'd heard that the sect leader's wife liked soufflés and milk tea.
Yun Ci made soufflé, milk tea, and caramel pudding.
They also made a lot of takoyaki (small and large takoyaki balls) and asked Xia Zixuan to take them back for Xia Tangzhu and his wife to eat.
The caramel pudding smells incredibly sweet.
The top is caramel-colored, and the pudding underneath is smooth.
The little ones also started clamoring for food.
Yunci made extra as a dessert.
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night.
Grandpa Huaiyuan, Elder Chengxuan, and Sect Leader Cangxuan arrived one after another.
"Xiao Ci, Grandpa got some Crimson Spirit Fruit today, I'm giving it to you..."
"Zi Mo, Xiao Ci, you can only eat half of each of these Crimson Spirit Fruits at a time..."
"Xiao Ci, this Crimson Spirit Fruit will benefit your cultivation, but you shouldn't eat too much..."
Yun Ci and Chu Ziming looked at the table full of Crimson Spirit Fruits... even some that had fallen to the ground.
Yun Ci: Mom, there are so many strawberries, I don't have to eat them sparingly anymore!
Chu Ziming turned his head and saw Yun Ci was happy, so he chuckled to himself.
Blackie and a few little guys were also there.
The yard was filled with laughter.
......
night.
The three boys returned from bathing at Lingquan Peak, and each of them ate half a strawberry.
Seeing that Xiaobai ate the whole thing, Yun Ci was worried.
But seeing that Xiaobai was alright, Yun Ci felt relieved.
In the room.
Yun Ci and Chu Ziming were meditating with their eyes closed, absorbing the spiritual energy within their bodies.
Xiao Bai also closed his eyes and cultivated on the roof.
Only moonlight streamed into the room.
After an unknown amount of time, the spiritual energy around Yun Ci and Chu Ziming changed drastically and emitted light at the same time.
Both of them advanced at the same time.
Yun Ci's cultivation level was lower, so the effects of the Crimson Spirit Fruit were more pronounced, and he directly reached the middle level of the fifth stage of Qi Refining.
When they opened their eyes, they both saw the happiness in each other's eyes.
The two fooled around in the dark for a while.
"Go to sleep, I'm so sleepy."
Yun Ci yawned.
Chu Ziming lay down as well, hugged Yun Ci, and looked at Yun Ci, who had her back to him, "Yun Ci, turn around."
Yun Ci turned over, his eyelashes trembling, his eyes closed. He nuzzled Chu Ziming with his head and reached out to grab Chu Ziming.
Chu Ziming was happy this time.
He leaned over and covered Yun Ci's back with the blanket, then held Yun Ci as they slept.
Goodnight, Yun Ci.