Help with a row? Pattern wrong?

I need alittle help. I’m relatively new to crochet but I have done a few. I just finished row 8 of this pattern and row 9 well? Has no x ? So I just do the few stitches it says? Or repeat it over and over till end of row? Both scenarios don’t end up with (30) though? Am I missing something? Also row 4 I just did what it said and started the next row 2 stitches sooner, if that makes sense? Because that didn’t add up either... I’m really starting to wonder :/ can anyone help?