Chapter 305 Willing to Be a Cook
Xie Mubai didn't say anything.
Looking at the old abbot's thin face, my nose felt sore.
He straightened his clothes and then bowed respectfully.
"What are you doing?" the old abbot was shocked. "Get up quickly!"
Xie Mubai didn't get up.
He bent down, his eyes determined: "Please accept my greeting, or I won't be at peace."
After hearing this, the old abbot seemed to understand something.
His eyes were red, and his hoarse voice trembled violently: "You...what is your relationship with the Duke?"
"My name is Xie Mubai." Xie Mubai said in a hoarse voice.
Upon hearing these words, the old abbot's expression suddenly changed.
"My Lord, please get up!" He trembled as he helped Xie Mubai to his feet, tears welling up in his cloudy eyes. "You are embarrassing me."
"I also fought in the war with the Duke, but was later injured and unable to fight, so I took refuge in this Amitabha Temple."
"I thought I could pray for the Duke here, but I didn't expect to hear the news that he was killed in battle."
"Tell me, is the Buddha blind? Why can't he protect a good man like the Duke?"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and bitter tears rolled down his wrinkled face.
Xie Mubai's eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "Don't worry, the bad guys will definitely get their comeuppance."
"As long as I have breath left, I will seek revenge and use the blood of those evildoers to clear the injustice of the soldiers who died tragically at Yumen Pass!"
Upon hearing this, the old abbot immediately grabbed his hand, shaking with excitement: "Take me with you!"
"Although I can't fight now, cooking for the soldiers is not a problem."
Looking at his frail body, Xie Mubai shook his head: "Leave the revenge to us young people."
"Old Abbot, please just stay here and take care of these children."
"Taking good care of the orphans of these soldiers is the greatest merit."
In the Battle of Yumen Pass, the dog emperor accused the fallen soldiers of treason on the grounds that the Duke of Zhenguo had colluded with the enemy.
In this way, the court would no longer have to pay pensions to their families.
Most of these soldiers are the breadwinners of their families, and they rely on the meager military pay to support their families.
Nowadays, even the pensions are being withheld, leaving the bereaved families without even the most basic security for living.
After hearing this, the old abbot's eyes suddenly dimmed.
He raised his head and looked at the little monks who were chopping wood in the wind and snow, his face becoming increasingly ugly.
"I'm useless." He smiled sadly and choked up, "I wanted to take good care of these children, but now..."
"I am guilty, I have let their parents down!"
At this time, a rich aroma of rice wafted over.
"Don't stay outside, come in!" Shen Wan walked out of the dining hall and looked at the little monks with a smile, "Leave this job to Uncle Black Hawk, come in and warm yourself by the fire."
After hearing this, Black Hawk immediately took the axe from Chen's hand and started chopping with force.
"What is that little monk doing?" Lechen wiped his nose with the back of his hand and looked up at Chen Wan.
Shen Wan smiled and said, “Come in quickly and drink the ginger soup!”
"Look at your little face, it's almost frozen into a purple eggplant."
The youngest monk heard this and pointed at Liaochen's little face and said jokingly, "Wow, Brother Liaochen has turned into a purple eggplant. We can make eggplant to eat tonight."
"How good do you think you are?" Lechen said somewhat unconvinced.
In fact, he was not wrong. The situation of these little monks was not much better.
Their little faces were blue from the cold, and two long snots hung under their noses like earthworms.
"Okay, stop talking!" Chen Wan walked over to wipe the youngest monk's nose and said with a smile, "Go in with me and drink some ginger soup. We'll have dinner soon."
The old abbot was surprised to see such a clean and pretty girl wiping the little monk's nose.
"She...she is the young lady?" he asked uncertainly.
Xie Mubai nodded slightly, his eyes showing some approval: "Yes, she is Chen Wan, the second lady of Xiangyang Marquis Mansion, my future wife."
After hearing this, the old abbot looked at Shen Wan seriously for a while.
For some reason, he frowned slightly.
Xie Mubai didn't care either.
After all, Shen Wan’s reputation was too bad before, so it was normal for the old abbot to dislike her.
Shen Wan brought the little monks into the dining room and asked them to wash their hands with hot water before serving them the ginger soup.
"I don't want to drink it, it's too spicy!" The little monk took a sip and frowned.
Shen Wan smiled and said, “But you all caught a cold. If you don’t drink ginger soup, you will get sick.”
The young monk thought about it and shook his head.
"Hurry up and drink." Liaochen scolded him, "The temple is out of money. What if you get sick again?"
The little monk felt wronged and wanted to cry.
Shen Wan looked at it and quickly smiled and said, “Being sick is more uncomfortable than drinking this ginger soup.”
"If you are willing to drink, sister will give you candy!"
When the little monk heard that there was sugar, he didn't care about the spiciness and drank the ginger soup quickly.
After finishing the drink, he quickly raised the empty bowl and said, "Sister, I drank it all!"
"So good!" Shen Wan looked at him and handed him a piece of chocolate candy with a smile.
The little monk took it over excitedly after seeing it.
He peeled off the candy wrapper casually and stuffed the candy directly into his mouth.
"Wow, it's so sweet!" He opened his eyes wide in surprise, "Sister, I've never eaten such delicious candy!"
"It's sweet and smooth, like milk with a lot of sugar added."
When the other kids heard this, they quickly drank up the ginger soup in their bowls.
"Sister, let's drink too!" They raised their bowls and said one after another.
When Lechen saw this, he immediately became anxious: "You can't do this!"
Unfortunately, the little ones didn't listen to him at all.
They raised their little faces and looked at Shen Wan eagerly.
Shen Wan smiled and distributed the candies to them: "You must rinse your mouth after eating the candies, otherwise worms will grow in your teeth."
When the little ones heard this, they immediately nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
"Sister, I want to eat too!" At this time, Ling Xiaoxiao also squeezed over and said coquettishly, "I'm small too."
Shen Wan was a little amused and helpless by her, so she could only give her a few.
"I want more!" Ling Xiaoxiao said immediately when she saw that she still had some in her hand.
Shen Wan shook her head: "The remaining ones belong to Lechen, Ranqiu and Black Eagle."
"I don't eat candy." Black Hawk said as he chopped wood.
Ling Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up: "Just right, he won't eat it, give it to me!"
"Give me Ranqiu's first, I'll send it to her right away!"
"She's bored sewing cotton clothes, so I just want to chat with her."
Seeing that the little monks were wearing too thin clothes, Shen Wan took some cloth and cotton from the space and asked Ranqiu to make cotton clothes for them.
It is freezing cold. If these children don’t have cotton clothes to keep warm, no one knows whether they can survive this winter.
After hearing this, Shen Wan gave the Black Hawk and Ran Qiu portions to Ling Xiaoxiao.
Here, she only had a few candies left in her hand.
"This is yours!" Shen Wan bent down and handed the remaining candy to Chen.
Looking at the candies, after a fierce ideological struggle, Lechen finally took them.
Seeing him so cute, Shen Wan was about to tease him, but saw Xie Mubai coming over: “The old abbot said he has something to say to you alone.”
Shen Wan couldn’t help but feel curious.
It was strange, she was not familiar with the old abbot, so what could they talk about?
Could it be that he wanted to thank them in person for giving them food?
While she was daydreaming, Shen Wan had already arrived at the old abbot's room.
The old abbot stood there with a cane, his sharp eyes falling on her like X-rays, making Shen Wan feel extremely uncomfortable in every pore of her body.
"If one day you could return to your real home, what would you do?" the old abbot suddenly asked.
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