Second update, seeking votes

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  Four people at a table, Xia Xiuren was the quietest. He hardly spoke, ate very little, and seemed to have no appetite. However, when everyone else was talking, he would occasionally lift his head and flash a kind and assenting smile.

  The other three people were quite at ease, eating and chatting as they pleased.

  Li Xia had written the letter to Xia Zhi, but Xia Xiucai was present and didn't know whether he should take it out or not. So he glanced at Xia Zhi. At this time, Xia Zhi already had an idea in her mind, she slightly nodded to Li Xia.

  With Xia Zhi's permission, Li Xia no longer held back. He took out a paper scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Zhi: "Here, I just finished writing it, and I picked the best one for you. Take a look at it on the 16th, if it's not good enough, I'll go back and rewrite it."

  Xia Zhi took the paper roll and looked at it. Li Xia's handwriting was round and smooth, but with a hidden sharpness, very powerful. Xia Zhi thought this handwriting was great. "I'll just take a look at this one. Li Xia, your handwriting is really good."

  She said, and saw Xia Xiuzai raise his head to look over. Xia Zhi handed the character written by Li Xia to Xia Xiuzai: "Dad, help me take a look. Is this character written well by Li Xia?"

  Xia Xiuzai took the scroll and examined it carefully, then praised Li Xia: "Young master's handwriting is getting better and better, with a dignified framework, round and smooth, yet powerful."

  "It's still sharp, but my handwriting is not up to par." Li Xia said with a smile.

  "This is the characteristic of young master, no need to be too particular." Xia Xiuren said. He carefully examined the words written by Li Xia, this was what he was good at, and his whole person seemed to have loosened up from his previous stiffness.

  "Mr. Xia's teachings are naturally good." Li Xia smiled and expressed her gratitude.

  Xia Xiuzai saw that Li Xia had written the three words "Zhuangyuan Zong", and he naturally thought of the signboard of Xia Zhi selling zongzi. He looked at Xia Zhi, then at Li Xia, his eyes filled with suspicion.

  Xia Zhi smiled and explained to Xia Xiucái, "...... Those were the words I wrote, not written well. Li Xia helped me write them again. I plan to go back later and change the sign."

  Xia Xiuzai's face changed slightly. He thought this was not good, and he wanted to scold his daughter a few words in his heart, but in front of Li Xia and the little servant, he had to leave some face for his daughter. Moreover, looking at Xia Zhi in front of him, he couldn't say the scolding words either.

  He often spent years at Wenshan Academy, and even when he returned to Daxingzhuang, the time he spent with his youngest daughter was scarce, and his attention to her was even less. However, he still noticed that his youngest daughter had become more and more lovely, more and more cheerful, and more and more unfamiliar.

  It's not that Xia Zhi's appearance has changed much, but the aura emanating from her body is vastly different now.

  Facing such a summer solstice, Xia Xiuzai instinctively added a few more cautiousness, as if there was also a thread of fear. Although Xia Xiuzai always smiled in front of him and was very polite to him.

  After hesitating for a while, Xia Xiuzai finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "How can we trouble the young master like this? This is absolutely not right. Does Shan Chang know?" These words came out somewhat stuttering.

  "It's just a small matter. Father doesn't know yet, but I'll tell him. Even if he finds out, he'll only approve. Mr. Xia, don't worry too much. Father really likes the sixteen zongzi..." Li Xia smiled and said, letting Xia Xiuzai not have any worries.

  "...I'm afraid it's still not suitable." Xia Xiuzai slightly furrowed his brow and glanced at Xia Zhi.

  "Dad, if I don't say who wrote this character, then it's fine." Xia Zhi probably guessed what Xia Xiuzai was worried about, so he said so.

  After hearing her words, Xia Xiuzai's eyebrows did indeed relax a lot. However, he still muttered to himself that it wasn't right.

  "Big brother, what's wrong with this? I think it's fine. This is between me and Sixteen, you can't help anyway, so don't bother." Little Black Fish got annoyed by his muttering and reached out to take the paper roll from Xia Zhi to put away properly.

  Xia Zhi smiled and put away the scroll. This wasn't that she didn't listen to Xia Xiuren's words, it was her uncle who made the decision for her.

  "Li Xia, what flavor of zongzi does Shanchang like to eat the most, and what about you? Tell me, I'll go back and personally wrap some for you, guaranteed to be better than store-bought." Xiatou said gratefully to Li Xia after she wrote the advertisement.

  Li Xia certainly wanted to eat the zongzi that Xia Zhi had personally wrapped for him, but he thought about it and realized that Xia Zhi must be extremely busy these days. At this time, if he let Xia Zhi wrap zongzi for him again, wouldn't that exhaust Xia Zhi? Thinking so, Li Xia smiled and shook his head.

  "It's fine, this kind of zongzi is good enough. Sixteen, let's talk about it later when you're less busy."

  Li Xia said so, and Xia Zhi naturally understood that he was thinking of himself. At this time, he just smiled and didn't say anything else.

  The three of them chatted, their conversation warm and engaging. Xia Xiuzai sat at the edge of the table, slowly becoming distracted. After dinner, Li Xia had originally planned to send Xia Zhi and Xiao Heiyu back home. But he also noticed that Xia Xiuzai wanted to talk to Xia Zhi about something.

  Li Xia hesitated for a moment and looked at Xia Zhi with her eyes to ask.

  Xia Zhi naturally saw that Xia Xiuren had something to say to her, but he was hesitant because of Li Xia. Moreover, he hesitated and missed the opportunity to speak.

  It's easy for her to avoid Xia Xiuzai, but Xia Xiuzai is her father. She can hide today and tomorrow, but she can't always hide. So, she gave Li Xia a wink.

  Li Xia understood, so she deliberately slowed down a step and didn't say anything about sending Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu back. Only when everyone had packed up and was heading out did Xia Xiucai speak up, saying he wanted to send Xia Zhi and Xiao Hei Yu back to Xi Shi Street.

  The stalls for the summer solstice were all packed up and put on a single-wheeled cart. When they came, it was Longsheng's suite car that brought them, but when they left, if Li Xia sent them off, they would naturally take a ride too. However, since Xia Xiuzai wanted to see them off, no carriage was hired.

  Xia Zhi was about to push the unicycle by herself. She had already pushed it up when Xia Xiucai suddenly felt something was off and hurriedly stepped forward to take over from Xia Zhi. "You're not good at pushing this, let Dad do it instead."

  Xia Zhi reluctantly gave in and finally let Xia Xiuzai push the cart.

  Xia Xiuzai was dressed like a scholar, but when he pushed the unicycle, he was very steady. Although he looked somewhat absent-minded, he didn't seem uncomfortable or embarrassed about it.

  Xia Xiuzai never put on airs because of his own xiuzai identity, which is also one of his advantages.

  Xia Xiūcái pushed the cart, Xia Zhì and Xiao Hei Yuér one holding a money bag, the other leading Dà Qīng, followed closely behind Xia Xiūcái. The three of them walked very slowly.

  For a long time, Xia Xiuzai didn't speak. Xia Zhi and Xiao Heiyu also didn't open their mouths, only Da Qing occasionally let out a happy hum.

  As they walked into a small alley, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. Xia Xiuzai suddenly stopped the car. "Sixteen, Father has something to say to you."

  Xia Zhi had been waiting for Xia Xiucai's words all along, so he also stood still as if nothing was wrong.

  "Dad, go ahead and say what you want."

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