As it turned out, Yi Xiaobai had discovered in the cellar the blue stones that Shi Lei had brought back from the Demon Python Lair for illumination.
This caused quite a bit of trouble for Xiaofang and Xizi. Xizi fetched some cooking oil and fire-starting materials from the kitchen, then made two simple torches in the firewood room. After lighting them, he and Xiaofang went down into the cellar together and finally managed to load the pickled brine dishes basin by basin onto the horse-drawn carriage.
When they finished, both of them were drenched in sweat. Xiaofang was covered in a fragrant sheen of perspiration and fell asleep once again, slumped over the carriage. Watching his elder sister fall asleep yet again, Xizi could only smile with helpless resignation as he drove the carriage toward the morning market inside the city.
Chapter 135