Ye Silai’s face was full of regret: "We have a thermos at home. Aunt Cui Lin said Niqiu always had a stomachache at night, so she said she would borrow it for use, but it hasn’t been returned since."
Xinyan was truly speechless, no wonder Director He wanted to fire her, Sister Cuilin was really going too far.
But she couldn’t go and confront the person, so she just said, "Then you can only mention it to your uncle when you deliver the meal tonight and let him handle it."
After giving Little Siyan some water, seeing him more energetic than before, she said, "There’s still some hot water in the pot, sister will help you wipe your body briefly, you must have sweated a lot last night, look at how messy these clothes are."
She didn’t have the courage to say: ’They smell.’
After finishing, she turned to Ye Silai and said, "Go find some clothes for Siyan."
Ye Silai nodded, ran inside the room, but came out quickly: "Sister, my clothes are missing."
Xinyan thought she hadn’t been clear: "I meant find clothes for Siyan."
Ye Silai’s little face was serious, without answering Xinyan’s question, he continued, "Uncle had Aunt Cheng make me a new outfit, I only wore it once, it was clearly placed in the cupboard, but it’s gone."
Xinyan looked at Ye Silai: "When was the last time you saw the clothes?"
Ye Silai’s eyes turned red, it was a set of little green military clothes, he only wore it once, because his dad used to wear green military uniforms when he came home, he wanted to wear the same color as his dad, so he would be closer to him.
But the clothes were gone.
When asked, he directly said, "I saw it just the morning before yesterday."
Xinyan asked, "Has anyone else visited the house?"
Ye Silai thought carefully for a moment and shook his head, saying, "No."
After speaking, he added, "Does Aunt Cui Lin and Niqiu count as outsiders?"
Upon hearing their names, Xinyan thought of the thermos incident: "Yes, they count."
Ye Silai said, "When I’m home, nobody else has visited, only they’ve been here."
Xinyan reassured, "Don’t worry, I will definitely help you find the clothes, but for now, don’t tell anyone."
Ever since Xinyan helped him last night, he inexplicably trusted her a lot: "Okay, I’ll listen to you, sister."
Actually, Xinyan had her suspicions, but in situations like this, evidence is necessary, she couldn’t speak recklessly.
Seeing it was getting late, she hurriedly carried Siyan back into the room, then fetched water, closed the doors and windows, quickly wiped him down, dressed him, and directly tucked him into bed: "Play on the brick bed, sister is going to cook."
She didn’t forget to tell Ye Silai to watch over his brother.
After leaving the courtyard, she casually washed the changed clothes, then went into the kitchen. With the shallots given by Auntie Xie, she already had a plan.
However, with limited ingredients, she couldn’t make anything fancy, so she simply heated a pot, set aside some, planning to prepare for He Jinxuan later, freshly made meals always taste better.
She put some white flour and cornmeal into a bowl, added water to mix them into small lumps, sprinkled them into the pot, and when they were almost done, cracked an egg sent by Sister Zhao and poured it in, finally sprinkled with chopped shallots, not only did it look good, but it smelled delicious. She thought: If only there were sesame oil, but unfortunately, she couldn’t find it.
She scooped two bowls out to cool, then put the rest into an enamel basin, washed the pot and boiled water, also adding a blend of the two flours into the bowl, but this time she was making hand-pulled noodles.