Chu Yehui had no choice but to agree, “Alright, the day after tomorrow then.”
Chu Xuhua was very happy. His efforts were not in vain. “Yehui, if you want to increase the order in the future, you have to tell me two days in advance. Otherwise, we won’t have time to prepare.”
Chu Yehui nodded. “Got it.”
Chu Xuhua asked with concern, “Have you eaten?”
Chu Yehui shook his head. “Not yet. I rushed back and didn’t have time to eat.”
Chu Xuhua said, “If you don’t mind, come over and eat.”
Chu Yehui smiled and said, “Sure.”
In the central room.
The sky outside had completely darkened. The tables, chairs, and benches that were used to hold the banquet had been cleaned up and moved back to the homes of the villagers. Everything had returned to normal.
At this moment, Chu Qingzhi and her family were all gathered in the storeroom where the ice cream bars were placed. This place was filled with gifts from everyone. Previously, they were busy and did not have time to tidy it up, so they piled it all here.
Li Qingyu said, “Everyone, let’s sort it out together. Put the food aside. Otherwise, it will be a pity if it goes bad.”
Everyone gathered around to open the gifts.
Chu Qingzhi took a basket of salted duck eggs. It was quite big. “Mother, we can use this to make the rice dumplings.”
Li Qingyu asked curiously, “You can make salted duck egg rice dumplings too?”
“Of course,” Chu Qingzhi said. “We can’t only have three flavors of rice dumplings. We have to make more flavors.”
Shen Ruyue turned around. “Qingzhi, other than salted duck eggs, what else can we make?”
Chu Qingzhi thought for a moment and said, “A lot. I’ll write it down for you to see.”
Shen Ruyue nodded. “Okay.”
After an hour, most of the gifts were unwrapped. There were some pastries bought in the county. There were fruits, fabrics, tea leaves, and silver. The silver was handed straight to Li Qingyu.
Li Qingyu had already counted the silver, which was about 1,500 taels. Among them, 1,000 taels was from Tang Jinghong. The rest was from the county magistrates, the secretary, the shopkeepers, Xu Wanrong, Sang Wanlu. Li Qingyu had placed all this money in Chu Qingzhi’s dowry box and locked it up. This would be Chu Qingzhi’s dowry and no one was allowed to touch it.
After sorting out the gifts, the food was placed in the kitchen. Everyone split the fruits and snacks. Li Qingyu kept the fabrics and tea leaves for use in the future.
Chu Qingzhi said, “There’s something I need to discuss with everyone.”
Li Qingyu immediately asked, “What is it, Qingzhi?”
Chu Qingzhi said, “We only have enough glutinous rice in our inventory for about ten days. We need to go somewhere further to buy it. Who’s going?”
Chu Rong said without thinking, “I’ll go. Everyone is busy. Coincidentally, I’m free during this period.”
Grandpa Chu said, “I’ll go too. The two children don’t need me to send them to school anymore, and the wheat is almost harvested. I’m free too.”
Chu Third raised his hand. “I’ll go too.”
“Leave this to me,” Ning Yuting suddenly said. He spoke in a refined and unhurried manner. “I should have a lot of stock of glutinous rice at home. I’ll arrange for someone to transport it over. Coincidentally, I haven’t been home for a few months. It’s time for me to go back and take a look.”
Everyone fell silent and looked at Chu Qingzhi.
Chu Qingzhi’s gaze swept past Chu Qingyue, who had lowered her head slightly, and she said, “Alright, but we need you to send the glutinous rice over in five days. If the glutinous rice is not enough, we’ll have time to think of another way.”
Ning Yuting agreed solemnly. “I understand. Don’t worry. I’ll do it well.”
Chu Qingzhi smiled and said, “Thank you, Yuting.”
Ning Yuting smiled and said, “Don’t mention it. It’s what I should do.”
Chu Qingyue couldn’t help but look at Ning Yuting and wonder if he would come back after going back this time.
The matter of glutinous rice was decided for the time being.
At the military camp.
Yuan Hongjun and Bao Linjiang rode back to the military camp. After dismounting, Bao Linjiang carried the food box and walked towards the main tent with Yuan Hongjun.
Yuan Hongjun opened the tent door and said in a clear voice, “Brother Tang, have you eaten? Master asked us to bring you food.”
Tang Jinghong was reading a letter. When he saw them enter, he closed it and vacated the table. “Put it here.”
Bao Linjiang put down the food box. As he served Tang Jinghong the dishes, he teased, “Brother Tang, you’re the exception for Master. She personally made the dishes for you.”
Tang Jinghong smiled. “You can also find a girl to cook for you.”
Bao Linjiang paused and said shyly, “I’m still young.”
Yuan Hongjun glanced at Bao Linjiang and did not argue this time.
After Bao Linjiang finished serving the dishes, he took out a small wine jar. “Brother Tang, don’t misunderstand. This isn’t wine. This is the milk tea Master prepared for you. It’s especially delicious. Master let us drink half a bowl.”
Tang Jinghong took the wine jar and poured a bowl. The brownish-yellow juice mixed with the fragrance of milk and tea smelled very good.
Making this milk tea was very simple. Chu Qingzhi first soaked the black tea leaves in boiling water, then poured the tea into the boiling milk. Finally, she added sugar to wrap it up. It was delicious and nutritious.
Chu Qingzhi knew that Tang Jinghong had sweet teeth and had been overworking himself, so she made him this milk tea.
Tang Jinghong picked up the milk tea and took a sip. The smile on his handsome face slowly deepened. It was his favorite taste. Qingzhi understood him very well.
Yuan Hongjun sat on the ground. “Brother Tang, does it taste good?”
Tang Jinghong nodded with a bright smile in his eyes. “Not bad.”
Yuan Hongjun smiled. “Then we’ll take our leaves. Enjoy your meal, Brother Tang.”
Tang Jinghong reminded them, “Sleep early.”
“Ok.”
Yuan Hongjun and Bao Linjiang smiled at him ambiguously and left the tent.
After returning to their tent, Yuan Hongjun took out his medicine box. There were all kinds of strange things, tools, pills, medicinal herbs, and so on.
Yuan Hongjun took out a piece of paper and walked to the table to write down today’s experience. “Little Abalone, Master is going to Yunfei School to teach tomorrow. Are you going?”
Bao Linjiang walked over to pour a glass of water. “Of course. Why not? I want to attend the lesson.”
A naughty smile suddenly flashed across Yuan Hongjun’s face. “Do you think I can test the medicine on the students from the school?”
Bao Linjiang forced a smile. “They’re so fragile. What if you kill them accidentally?”
Yuan Hongjun thought about this possibility seriously. “Indeed, they are even more fragile than you. They are like delicate flowers.”
Bao Linjiang was displeased. “Hey, do you always have to take every chance to ridicule me?”
“I’m sorry, I’m used to it.” Yuan Hongjun apologized insincerely. “Actually, you can’t blame me. 1 didn’t ask you to follow me.”
Bao Linjiang bared his teeth. He wanted to strangle Yuan Hongjun. “I’m following my master, not you.”
Yuan Hongjun continued to write about his experience. “It’s all thanks to me that you can meet such a good master. Otherwise, you would always be that frog at the bottom of the well.”
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