95 Meeting Xia Ye
Xia Wan looked at the dishes on the menu and said, “Boss, I’d like three bowls of rice, a plate of red braised pork, mapo tofu, one fish, and a vegetable dish.”
Seeing Xia Wan order so generously, the boss’s smile became even brighter. “Okay! Please wait a moment. It’ll be ready soon.”
“Wait, please pour us three more cups of tea. I’m a little thirsty. Thank you, boss.”
Xia Wan saw teapots on the other tables, so she guessed that this shop provided tea for free. As soon as she said that, the boss politely asked someone to pour tea for her.
After the boss left, Xia Chen said, “Little sister, didn’t you order a little too much? I think two dishes should be enough for the three of us.”
He was already content to have meat to eat. Why did she have to make it so sumptuous? Even if there was a pile of money in his bag, Xia Chen would still be reluctant.
Xia Wan knew that her brother was being thrifty, and she smiled and said, “Brother, we have to eat our fill before we have the strength to work. You have to think of it this way. Now that we eat well, we can work harder and earn more money.”
Xia Feng was more open-minded than Xia Chen in this aspect, and when he heard Xia Wan’s words, he also persuaded Xia Chen. “Brother, sister is right. We’ve used up a lot of energy today, and we need replenishing. Besides, I think we’ll definitely be rich if we work for sister.”
As he spoke, Xia Feng looked into Xia Wan’s eyes with deep admiration. He realized that his sister had really changed. In the past, she was a little vain and never put her heart into her studies. All she could think of was to make a mess. This time though, she seemed to put all her heart into making money, and she wasn’t as vain as she used to be. Xia Feng was very satisfied with this. He felt that his good sister had returned.”
Xia Wan could see Xia Feng’s admiration. She smiled and touched his head. “You sure know how to talk,” she complimented him.
Seeing that the two’s minds were made, Xia Chen didn’t say anything.
Very quickly, the dishes were served.
Since they had ordered, Xia Chen and the others ate it all. Not wasting food was a good habit to cultivate.
Just as they were about to pay the bill, a discordant voice was heard. “Xia Wan, what are you doing here?”
Xia Wan looked in the direction of the voice. It was Xia Ye, who had a few people, both men, and women, with her. Xia Wan had some impression of them. They should be from her school.
Xia Wan didn’t really want to talk to Xia Ye, so she said coldly, “If you can be here, why can’t we be?”
Xia Ye choked, and in front of her classmates at that. This embarrassed her deeply, so she immediately raised her voice and shouted, “Xia Wan, didn’t you say that you weren’t feeling well? You even asked your father to save for your treatment. I see that you’re fine now. So, you cheated your father of his money and came here for some good food. Just you wait. I’ll definitely tell grandma about this, and she’ll punish you.”
Xia Wan cursed her bad luck in her heart. She did not expect to meet Xia Ye during a meal.
At the same time, Xia Wan realized that the clothes Xia Ye was wearing were new. She guessed that Xia Ye must have gone to buy clothes before coming here to eat. The place where she sold clothes happened to be near the place Xia Ye bought her clothes.
Xia Wan realized that she had to find an excuse for herself. Otherwise, with the scale of her clothing sales, she might be seen by the people in the same village at any time. Besides, many of them had relatives in the town. It was hard to guarantee that they would not run into her.
As she thought about this, Xia Wan suddenly had an idea. She said directly to Xia Ye, “I’m different. You only know how to spend money every day, while my brothers and I have found a job selling clothes. The three of us can earn ten yuan a day. Although it’s not much, it’s enough for us to eat. Why don’t I see you looking for a job?”
Xia Chen was a little anxious at first, afraid that Xia Ye would find out that they were selling clothes. Now that Xia Wan had blurted it out, Xia Chen was relieved. “Xia Ye, we’ve been swamped the entire morning. What about you? you must have gone shopping. Grandma knows that you still have money to buy new clothes. Do you think grandma will question you?”
For the past two days, Li Jin had been crying about how poor she was, lamenting the huge sum she had to spend on Xia Yu’s treatment. Now that Xia Ru was sick, she was trying to get money from her family.