Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1327 - 1149: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1327: Chapter 1149: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Xia Dabao drove the carriage with great adeptness, clearly a regular at handling the reins, looking very dashing from behind.

From home to the entrance of the village, they encountered quite a few villagers who were already accustomed to Xia Dabao driving the carriage out; however, the youth following behind her was very conspicuous, and one after another, people stopped to look.

"Such a handsome young man, Abao, who is this?" Every villager they met would ask.

Xia Dabao’s carriage sprinted, only managing to throw back a sentence, "A distant relative from afar!"

...

The market was quickly reached, and Xia Dabao was obviously very familiar with it. She didn’t even dismount the carriage, but simply directed it beside someone else’s stall.

At the candy section, she called out, "Shopkeeper, two jin of candied fruit!"

At the dried goods section, she shouted, "Shopkeeper, do you still have dried daylilies? One jin... That’s right, relatives are visiting, I’m going to make some soup..."

In front of the herbal medicine shop, she called, "Shopkeeper, two packets of tonic herbs for making soup, for chicken soup."

She knew that once Uncle Long’s family arrived, the chickens they raised at home were definitely going to be slaughtered.

Long Aixi sat at the back of the carriage, smiling as she watched Xia Dabao go from stall to stall making purchases. While waiting for the shopkeepers to pack her goods, she would casually rest her leg to one side, skillfully counting out the money and silver, then exchanging both with the shopkeepers with one hand for the goods.

This demeanor, both carefree and imposing, was truly a few degrees more magnanimous than many of the folks from Jianghu.

Long Aixi felt something fluttering faintly in his chest - at thirteen, it was the first time he had experienced such a feeling.

Xia Dabao continued along the market, and the goods piled up behind her slowly. She had yet to step down from the carriage. However, as they passed the hawthorn candy skewers, she suddenly jumped down: "Shopkeeper, three skewers of hawthorn candy skewers."

Apparently, the allure of hawthorn candy skewers was that powerful! Long Aixi couldn’t help but marvel.

With this, he couldn’t call her Sister Dabao anymore; she was clearly just a simple young lady.

After purchasing the hawthorn candy skewers, Xia Dabao immediately turned around, giving one to Axian and one to Long Aixi, "Here, Axian, your favorite hawthorn candy skewers!"

Axian was very pleased and bit into one straight away, but Long Aixi hesitated a little; he wasn’t much of a fan of sweets.

But since it was Xia Dabao who offered, he decided to try a bit, and so he too began to eat.

Seeing Long Aixi eat, Axian seemed very happy, and became more talkative as a result:

"Brother Xiao’ai, have you eaten this before?"

Long Aixi nodded: "I have."

"Do they sell hawthorn candy skewers in your place too? What fruit do they use?" Axian asked.

"Hawthorn, strawberries, all kinds," Long Aixi said.

"So it’s the same! Even in your distant place, there’s hawthorn candy skewers to eat; seems like hawthorn candy skewers are everywhere, huh... So, how many days did it take for you to come here?" Axian inquired further.

"Just five or six days. My father is not in the best of health and can’t withstand the fatigue of travel by boat and carriage. Normally, it would take about three or four days," replied Long Aixi.

"..."

Listening to the patient answers from Long Aixi at the back, Xia Dabao couldn’t help but smile.

Axian, the ever-curious child, had finally found someone new to bombard with questions.

...

The news of Long Aixi’s arrival spread quickly, and now most of the villagers knew; they were saying that a very handsome young man had come to the village, resulting in quite a few people wanting to come and see Long Aixi.