Bang bang bang!

The door of the small courtyard where Chen Xu rented was being knocked on urgently.

This urgent knocking seemed somewhat familiar.

Yet, Chen Xu was now quite different from before; even though he was still in the kitchen, his Divine Thought had already spread instantly, and he immediately sensed that the person knocking was a neighboring aunt from next door.

The landlady called her "Aunt Xiao."

At this moment, Chen Xu was smelling the fragrance of food, while a wisp of invisible flame in his Dantian was flickering ambiguously.

The flame seemed to show signs of continued growth, yet appeared to be lacking a few breaths in its haze.

Chen Xu could have ignored the person knocking on the door, and simply stayed within the courtyard to practice in seclusion, to ponder deeply.

But then, his mind stirred lightly, and he suddenly instructed the two Little Demons: "Ah Yuan, Ah Shi, set the tableware and start eating, I'll be right back."

The little mouse had his own set of rules and immediately said: "Scholar, I won't eat first, I'll wait for you."

Wei Yuan also quickly said: "Brother Chen, you go, we'll wait for you."

Chen Xu didn't insist, he gently patted the heads of the two Little Demons, stood up and left.

The knocking outside continued for a while and suddenly stopped by itself.

Until Chen Xu suddenly opened the courtyard door, Aunt Xiao was raising a hand, about to continue knocking.

"Oh my!" Aunt Xiao's face instantly filled with a smile, she quickly put her hands to the side, giving a quick formal bow and said, "Young master, you finally opened the door.

Don't blame me, my eldest daughter went outside the city early this morning to pick some wild vegetables.

A big basket of them, including Lionweed and Wheelgrass, these are all good things!

I was thinking, today Madam Xu said there's a new tenant in the courtyard who I should take extra care of, and that's why I came to you with these wild vegetables.

Take them, save yourself having to go to the southern market to buy them.

The stuff sold outside is expensive and not good, having passed through several hands, really not worth it."

While speaking, she directly pushed the basket of wild vegetables she was carrying on her wrist towards Chen Xu.

Her words and attitude were extremely enthusiastic.

Chen Xu reached out and took the handle of the basket, ready to accept it.

Unexpectedly, when he tried to take it, the other person's grip was strong.

When Chen Xu moved gently, the basket was clearly still tightly held by Aunt Xiao, with no intention of letting go.

This was interesting, Chen Xu then used a clever trick, suddenly hooked a single finger on the handle of the basket.

"Oh my." Aunt Xiao couldn't help but exclaim.

The basket was thoroughly in Chen Xu's hands.

Aunt Xiao: "..."

No, she just wanted to be polite, she wasn't really intending to give the wild vegetables, even if she were, this wasn't the way to do it!

Aunt Xiao widened her eyes, unable to voice her complaint.

Chen Xu's Dantian flame was instead more active, he understood: Aunt Xiao merely passed by the courtyard gate, and didn't really plan to give wild vegetables to him.

Offering wild vegetables was just an excuse, her real thought was probably those meat pies in Chen Xu's kitchen.

With the meat pies' fragrance enticing Aunt Xiao, it wasn't surprising at all, really.

Actually, the neighbors were all attracted.

Aunt Xiao merely led the charge, yet the charge seemed about to fail.

Chen Xu took the wild vegetables and returned to the courtyard, smoothly closing the gate.

Aunt Xiao was left dumbfounded, her lips nearly turned white with anger.

Just as her anger was rising, the courtyard gate suddenly opened again.

At that time, Aunt Xiao was raising a hand, appearing ready to fiercely pound the door.

"Ah..."

Unexpectedly, two meat pies were handed over, their domineering aroma instantly invading all of Aunt Xiao's senses.

Her eyes widened, emotions fluctuated nearly to disbelief: "This, this is..."

Chen Xu smiled and said: "Thank you, Aunt, for the gift of wild vegetables, these two meat pies will serve as a return gift. Also, Aunt's basket, please take it back."

Aunt Xiao was pleasantly surprised, stammering: "Oh my, how can I accept this? Wild vegetables aren't worth much, these meat pies are precious..."

Though she said this, she quickly snatched the meat pies wrapped in oiled paper from Chen Xu's hands, hurriedly tucking them into her bosom.

The meat pies were so hot she cried out, yet she hurriedly added:

"Young master, it wasn't that I wanted to take advantage of you, wild vegetables are tasty too, you'll know when you blanch them.

In times of famine, wild vegetables are life-saving, I heard the doctor at the street corner say that wild vegetables can even be used as life-saving medicine at times.

I didn't take advantage of you, I really didn't, haha..."

She was speaking rapidly, clutching the two meat pies in her arms, rushing towards her home, nearly forgetting the vegetable basket.

Chen Xu called her back, she took the empty vegetable basket, then still hastily ran home.

While walking at a fast pace, she kept saying aloud: "So hot, oh… so fragrant! Mother, I really can't stand it, I must take a bite! Fragrant, so fragrant..."

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It's quite interesting, the likes are not only from Aunt Xiao but also from the neighbors hiding nearby to watch.

Aunt Xiao exchanged wild vegetables for meat pies, prompting other neighbors to no longer hold back.

A few dozen breaths later, Chen Xu's courtyard gate almost turned into a vegetable market.

Neighbors came drawn by the aroma, all wishing to exchange for his meat pies.

Some brought homemade sauces, others brought millet dry rations, and there were those who brought a few broken vegetable leaves, purely intending to take advantage, various others, all sorts included.

And those attempting to take advantage were intentionally pushed forward by everyone, wanting to see if they could truly take advantage of Chen Xu.

The scenes of the bustling street life, merely through these two meat pies at the gate, seemed to unveil an early glimpse.

Setting these aside, what's intriguing is——

Though all present were ordinary folks, due to the aroma of Chen Xu's meat pies permeating nearly half the street, in such a short time he surprisingly received over [800] likes.

In such a lively scene, Chen Xu sighed lightly, suddenly pointing at the person holding the rotten vegetable leaves, said:

"Old man, why are you carrying on your back a person missing half an arm?

He is behind you shedding bloody tears, holding a jar as if he intends to smash it against you."

The man holding the rotten vegetable leaves shuddered instantly, panicking and shouted: "What are you saying? Don't talk nonsense…"

Chen Xu said: "Why would I bother to deceive you? Haven't the others seen it? This person is saying, Zheng Guan'Er, return my life."

"Ah!" Old Zheng immediately jumped up in panic, unable to argue further, he loudly threw away the rotten vegetable leaves and ran.

In reality, there was never anyone behind Old Zheng.

The man holding the rotten vegetable leaves shuddered instantly, panicking and shouted: "What are you saying? Don't talk nonsense…"

Chen Xu said: "Why would I bother to deceive you? Haven't the others seen it? This person is saying, Zheng Guan'Er, return my life."

"Ah!" Old Zheng immediately jumped up in panic, unable to argue further, he loudly threw away the rotten vegetable leaves and ran.

In reality, there was never anyone behind Old Zheng.

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