Chapter 28 Where did the food go?
Cheng Shuyi asked the two kids to clear out the desks and put together a table to eat in the side room.
Passing by the shouting in the alley just now.
A few more kids from the same alley came over to play together.
There were also two boys from the academy who called their sisters over.
In Baima Academy, where the male-to-female ratio is as high as nine to one, Pei Ruxu doesn't have many female friends of the same age.
But in the alley, she had.
The younger sister of a classmate would sometimes go to the school gate to wait for her brother to get home from school, and that’s how they got to know each other.
After a while, Pei Ruxu made many friends of the same age who lived in the alley.
When Cheng Shuyi brought the chicken wings and rice into the house, more than a dozen children had already come in.
They are all familiar faces that I have seen in the alley.
I've been to her house before to eat watermelon.
Children of all ages gathered around the table, grabbing spicy chicken wings in their hands and eating until their mouths were full of oil.
When they saw Cheng Shuyi come in, they all greeted her politely.
"Hello Aunt Cheng——"
"Thank you Aunt Cheng for the hospitality."
"You're welcome."
Cheng Shuyi put the food down and said, "Eat as much as you can. Aunt Cheng will cut some watermelon for you."
There are twelve households in Pingxi Lane, and they all have VIP cards of RT-Mart.
She is an old customer.
After her shop opened, she started to interact more frequently with her neighbors, and Cheng Shuyi knew all the other eleven families.
In addition to Pingxi Lane, there are several alleys in front, behind, and opposite.
She also walked around the moat.
Just not familiar enough.
Today He Guangzhi told her that customers asked the store to sell ice cubes.
Cheng Shuyi agreed.
Next time the ice was delivered, she would move around more frequently.
When Pei Yanli arrived, the light in the sky had just set and the people in the alley had not yet hung up their lanterns.
But the lights in Cheng's house were already on.
In the kitchen, Cheng Shuyi had just cut a plate of watermelon and when he went out he saw Pei Yanli coming in.
"Who is in the room? Why is it so noisy?" Pei Yanli asked, pointing to the two children's room.
Cheng Shuyi was carrying a watermelon and said as he walked, "I made some fried chicken, and all the kids in the alley came over to eat it."
"Hey hey... Your Majesty."
She spoke to stop Pei Yanli from entering the door with the two children, "Don't go in, you're scary."
He must have just finished his court affairs.
The aura that intimidated the court officials has not yet faded, so be careful not to scare the children.
Pei Yanli stopped outside the door.
Look at the situation in the room through the crack in the door.
A dozen children were chatting and laughing, eating, reading storybooks and playing puzzles.
My daughter is learning the nursery rhymes that all children in Dasheng Dynasty can sing from two little girls.
The room was filled with laughter and was full of childish fun and innocence.
It makes people feel soft-hearted.
As an adult, Cheng Shuyi respected the child's own space very much. She put down the watermelon and came out.
So that the children won’t be unable to relax when she is around.
"Let's go. Go to my room and light the light first. I'll go get some food." Cheng Shuyi left a portion of fried chicken for himself.
Let's just have fried chicken tonight instead of making dinner.
Cheng Shuyi brought fried chicken and watermelon, holding his daughter's changed academy uniform in his hand.
As a father, Pei Yanli has the right to know when his daughter is bullied.
The two sat down at the desk.
Cheng Shuyi didn't know he was coming, so he only left one piece of fried chicken on the plate.
But never mind, just to satisfy my craving.
Eat two more slices of watermelon and you will feel full.
Cheng Shuyi started making it right away. Although it was a semi-finished product, after frying it, it looked the same as the ones sold in the store.
The spicy wings are relatively tender and juicy.
It doesn't taste like pre-made food at all.
Pei Yanli also learned to eat with his hands like her, and he ate chicken wings wrapped in rice.
The rich aroma of oil, mixed with the flavors of rice and chicken, plus corn kernels and peas, tastes pretty good.
It’s food that children will like.
No wonder so many children came tonight.
"The Emperor has ordered the Prince of Yan to raise funds and food to relieve the flood in Lingnan. Do you know?"
Pei Yanli took a piece of chicken wing wrapped in rice and chewed it slowly.
His eyes were fixed on Cheng Shuyi and never moved away.
When she thought of the old doctor saying that he was addicted to her, she couldn't help but curl her lips.
"Why did you suddenly call my name?" Cheng Shuyi got goosebumps. "I know, why are you asking?"
She knew about the fundraising and food donation a few days ago.
More than once, the Prince of Yan braved the scorching sun and made heartfelt appeals on Changsheng Street, walking back and forth several times.
Every day, a notice was posted at the gate of the Ministry of Revenue showing which prefecture and which family donated how much money and grain.
How could she not know about such a big deal?
She was just indifferent.
"Why, do you think I'm unkind?" Cheng Shuyi said, "Didn't I hang a sign saying 'We have food' at the door of my shop?"
“You guys didn’t buy it.”
Her sign that read "We have food" was hung prominently, visible to everyone passing by.
The King of Yan must have seen it too.
But Prince Yan's Mansion remained silent and even deliberately paused at the door of her shop when calling for help.
It's obvious that he wants to get something for nothing.
Cheng Shuyi threw away the chicken bone in his hand and said, "I forgot, Prince Yan is your father-in-law."
Just because she didn't help her father-in-law to raise food, the regent came to her to question her.
How good will her two children's future be in the Regent's Palace?
The more Cheng Shuyi thought about it, the angrier he became.
Just as he was about to explode, he heard Pei Yanli say, "The governors of the two prefectures in Lingnan are all the Prince of Yan's men. There are nine granaries in the two prefectures, and every year they are unable to produce food."
Pei Yanli had some doubts about this.
He looked at Cheng Shuyi and asked, "You've been in Lingnan for six years. Is it true that Lingnan can't collect enough grain for the annual taxes?"
This question made alarm bells ring in Cheng Shuyi's mind.
I feel very guilty.
She has never been to Lingnan. She returned to the modern era a long time ago!
At this time, Cheng Shuyi could only play dumb.
"have no idea."
As she finished speaking, she thought about the food in her hands and needed an explanation.
So Cheng Shuyi played dumb again, "Anyway, the crops I planted are pretty good."
There are always good harvests and bad harvests in farming.
There's nothing wrong with her saying that.
Pei Yanli had some suspicions about the King of Yan because he ate the food from Cheng Shuyi's store.
Lingnan asked the imperial court for food relief every year, and the people sent by the imperial court to investigate all gave the same answer.
This matter is too strange.
Pei Yanli suspected that someone was behind this.
Cheng Shuyi's reappearance further confirmed his suspicions.
Cheng Shuyi himself didn't expect this.
She was just selling goods, but by chance she helped Pei Yanli eliminate the great threat to the imperial court that was entrenched in the Lingnan area.
"That's right."
Cheng Shuyi was afraid that Pei Yanli would continue to ask questions, so she quickly changed the subject.
"This is Xuxu's clothes. There's a hole in it from an arrow."
"My daughter was bullied in the academy."
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