I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"Wow! Aunt Nian is amazing!"

The young dragon looked at her with eyes full of admiration.

"Yes, with a little more effort, Xiao Huijie can do it just as easily as I can. These almonds are quite sweet."

"...You're really boring."

Xi looked at her silently.

"Hey, let's play games with Xiao Huijie."

Year picks up an almond and leans towards the sunset.

"Xi, come here, ah~!"

"what are you doing?"

As Xi watched Nian approach, she frowned slightly, raised her sketchbook, and patted Nian's hand.

"Sigh, this is a loving gift from your older sister, and you refused it without any mercy. What a heartless sister you are, Xi."

The disliked Nian shook the almond in his hand, then revealed a mischievous smile.

"Or... would you only eat if my adorable little white thing fed you by hand?"

"Stop talking nonsense..."

Before Xi could finish speaking, an almond was handed to her.

It is daytime.

"Sir, please try it, it tastes very good."

"You two..."

The iridescent eyes stared at the daylight, a hint of resentment swirling within them.

Silly Ah Xi...

"Hey, as expected, Xiaobai is still the best."

"...The taste is not bad."

Xi swallowed the almond and gave a fair assessment.

The year wasn't lying, these almonds are indeed very sweet.

only……

Xi reached out and took a few almonds from the small dish, then continued flipping through the picture book. She ate one almond after turning each page.

"Xiaobai, I've revised the script. Can you take a look at it for me?"

"it is good……"

While Nian was picking up the script, Bai Zhou glanced at Xi, who was sitting upright.

"what happened?"

Perhaps sensing his gaze, Xi looked up and asked in confusion.

"No...it's nothing."

Bai Zhou took the script and slowly flipped through it, pointing out some minor flaws to Nian while silently enduring the resentment from Wei Ba.

"Sigh, being a director is definitely not an easy job."

Having received numerous scripts that year, which resulted in many mistakes, his high spirits were significantly dampened.

"Your casting ability and resources are top-notch, and you have plenty of experience, so why can you only write such a third-rate script?"

Xi, who had also read the new script written by Nian, was very puzzled.

"Is it true that with every gain there is a loss?"

Despite Xi's words, Nian looked quite satisfied.

"But for Xiaobai's sake, I still need to work harder!"

"If this is all the scripts you can write, I'm afraid the day your movie is released will be the day you retire from directing."

"It's not that exaggerated...maybe."

But if he had only written a script of this caliber, he himself would have some regrets.

"Should we ask someone to help us polish the calligraphy..."

"Don't even think about it!"

With a loud bang, Xi slammed her hand on the table and glared angrily at Nian.

"You, go revise the script. I refuse to believe that Ah Xi and I together can't straighten you out!"

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, you scared Xiao Huijie."

Seeing that her words were working, Nian decisively picked up the script and obediently went to the side to revise it. Xi got up and watched her closely, ready to correct her mistakes at any time.

(Pull~, pull~)

Bai Zhou silently picked up an almond and fed it to the baby dragon beside him.

“Your Aunt Xi and that person don’t get along very well. If you listen to your Aunt Nian, it will seem like your Aunt Xi is weak for no reason.”

"Oh……"

Although I don't really understand it, it sounds interesting... no, it sounds like it's very troublesome.

"Hmm, I'll bring Xiaota a mobile communication device next time I visit her, so Huijie can chat with her too."

"Really, Ancestor!"

When his older sister was mentioned, a joyful light shone in the young dragon's eyes.

"Of course it's true."

Although mobile communication devices on the market can only communicate normally near specific base stations, the Yan Kingdom, having unlocked the Aoneng technology tree, has launched a [Nationwide Communication Network]. As long as one has a [Corona] brand mobile communication terminal produced in the Yan Kingdom and is in the Yan Kingdom, one can join the Aoneng network that runs through the entire Yan Kingdom and can talk and communicate with the people one wants to see anytime, anywhere.

Moreover, with further technological advancements, even video communication will be possible.

"I love our ancestors the most!"

The young dragon hugged Bai Zhou with a big smile on its face.

"Then Huijie needs to study hard. Xiaota is living abroad and has difficulty moving around, so she has fallen behind Huijie in terms of knowledge. In the future, she may need Huijie to teach her when she encounters difficulties."

"Yes! I will definitely study hard!"

Holding onto the belief of teaching her older sister, Chen Huijie devoted herself wholeheartedly to her studies.

The grand plan to return to Talulah at number 59 (progress 1%)

"Alina, are we out of salt at home?"

Young Draco, who was trying to cook, looked at the empty salt shaker and called out to the other woman in the house.

“I remember there were some… wait, Talulah, did you put too much salt in the mashed potatoes you made last night?”

The deer girl suddenly remembered that the mashed potatoes from yesterday were very delicious; it wasn't a flavor that could be achieved by adding just a tiny bit of salt.

"Huh? But I only put in four small spoonfuls."

Talulah held up a small spoon, about the size of a thumb, and gestured to her to prove she wasn't lying.

"Okay, okay, I believe you."

Alina came over to her and rummaged through the cupboard, then shook her head helplessly.

"We're out of salt at home, and the merchant won't be here for a while."

"Then I'll go to town this afternoon to buy some?"

The village isn't far from a small city; with a little extra effort, you can get back in a day.

"No."

Alina rejected her suggestion with a serious expression.

“Those black bugs are about to come and sweep through. If you go out now, it's... well, walking into a trap. It's too dangerous.”

It's too reckless for someone to send themselves right under the noses of those inspection teams just for a little salt. Alina is quite worried about her somewhat simple-minded companion.

"I'll go borrow some from the old lady next door."

"Sigh... well, I guess I'll have to ask that old lady for help."

Although Talulah had a plan to evade the inspection teams, as Alina said, it was indeed not very prudent to put herself in danger for a little salt.

"Huh? Alina, wait a minute."

Talulah called out to Alina, who was already wearing her coat and ready to go out, with a smile on her face.

"I received a message from the old man."

"Old man..."

The deer girl blinked, then realized what she meant.

"Could it be..."

"Grandpa came to see me this afternoon, and I asked him to bring me some salt. Oh, Alina, have you ever tried salt from Yan Country?"

"They're all salt... there's no difference, right?"

Alina looked at her with a puzzled expression.

They all taste salty; they can't be sweet salt, can they?

"Of course they're different. Salt from different regions is produced in different ways, so the taste of it when added to food will also vary."

Talulah tilted her head slightly as she explained the differences between different types of salt.

"Oh, right, besides salt, I can also ask Grandpa to bring some other things. I remember Alina wanted to buy some art supplies, so I'll ask Grandpa to bring them along too."

Before Alina could respond, Talulah had already made the decision for her.

"Wouldn't this be too much trouble for the old lady, Talulah...?"