Chapter 41: General Xie's Eye-Opening Tonight
Most of the Xie family members gathered around the fire to keep warm, and only Xie Wuying was beside Xie Yuchuan.
Two or three steps away, there were two other former guards from the Duke's Mansion on duty. Even though they were exiled, they seemed to have maintained their living habits in the Duke's Mansion and were doing their duty to protect the Xie family, young and old.
One of the two was a son of the Xie family, named Xie Chang'an. His father was Xie Lin, the steward of the Duke's Mansion, who was now also in the exile group. Both father and son willingly left their hometown and moved to a new place with their old masters. The other, Zhou Chuan, was a hired hand of Xie Yuchuan. The master and servant had a story to tell. However, Zhou Chuan was young at the time, and the Xie family army was in a hurry to march north. Xie Yuchuan asked him to take his letter to the Duke of Huguo Mansion in the capital to settle down, as if to recruit him for his own use.
Zhou Chuan went in and out with Xie Chang'an frequently in the mansion, and their relationship grew stronger and stronger. On the day when the mansion was raided, the two of them fought with others regardless of their lives and finally escorted their masters to the ancestral hall safely.
When the Xie family gods were becoming more powerful, Xie Chang'an was better off. Having grown up in the mansion since he was a child, he knew everything about the Xie family gods. He would often wait for his father Xie Lin to return to his room after finishing his official duties in the mansion at night, and then he would pester his father to ask more questions.
But Zhou Chuan, who came to the mansion to work halfway, was not mentally prepared. When the ancestral hall caught fire and the fire was raging, he thought that was the day he would repay the young master Xie Yuchuan for saving his life.
Who would have thought that the Xie family god was indeed effective, and the shock Zhou Chuan received in his heart has not completely dissipated until today.
There was a bonfire burning over there, and he and Xie Changan were watching over here. The firelight illuminated the surrounding areas on the opposite side, but because they had been looking at the light for too long, the deep forest behind them seemed even darker.
The two of them were not roasting a fire anyway, so they tried to avoid the light in case there were any wild animals around and they couldn't keep an eye on them.
Xie Changan and Zhou Chuan bent their knees and leaned against the tree trunk in a flexible and maneuverable position, closing their eyes and listening attentively. Occasionally, they would think of something and chat to pass the long cold night.
Zhou Chuan was the first to notice what was happening on Xie Yuchuan's side.
He raised his elbow and nudged Xie Changan beside him: "Brother Changan, are you feeling unwell?"
Zhou Chuan always called Xie Yuchuan "Young Master". Xie Chang'an opened his eyes and indeed saw the Sixth Young Master rummaging through something in the basket he had bought during the day.
He rubbed his eyes and yawned, "Sixth Young Master might be looking for medicine."
Zhou Chuan said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
Xie Yuchuan had already noticed Zhou Chuan's movements out of the corner of his eye. He asked Xie Wuying to cover up for other outsiders, but he did not deliberately avoid his own family members.
When he opened the package sent by the household god, his expression froze for a moment.
There are many things he...doesn't recognize.
Tu Huan thought of this, and after confirming that Xie Yuchuan had indeed received the things she had photographed and fed him, she explained it to him directly through voice.
"Have you found the brown paper bag inside?" Tu Huan asked.
It was dark at night and his vision was unclear, but Xie Yuchuan still reached into the package and touched a somewhat hard bag. He took it out and found that there were several things like iron bars on the top, which were very thin, and there were two very short parts on the back that passed through the bag.
The voice of the household god beside him said, "In that bag, I've packed some seasonings you'll need on the road, as well as some common medicines. The instructions are written on them. If you're unsure, ask me."
"The middle part of the bundle is food. Most of it is for those who are hungry. However, in order to make it easier to cook and eat anytime, anywhere, I made sure it tasted average. The rest is about the same. I wrote you an instruction manual. It's in the bundle. You can find it yourself."
"The thing at the bottom is a heating pad for you to keep warm. Just tear off the paper and stick it on your body."
"The rest is in the instructions. Oh, and there's also clean water. I gave you a big one, you should know how to use it."
Tu Huan took her cell phone to the kitchen, opened the double-door refrigerator, and while explaining things to Xie Yuchuan, she was also thinking about what to eat tonight.
After a day of work, I don’t want to order takeout today. I plan to make some simple meals myself and relax.
When you don't know what to choose, it's always a good idea to grab a few eggs first.
Just as he put it into the bowl next to him, a sudden flash of inspiration came to him. He only remembered to feed Xie Yuchuan something that was easy to carry, and why did he forget to feed him something fresh.
"Just study over there first. I'll get you some hot eggs later."
She boiled some water and took out the eggs she had just bought from the refrigerator. How could she have forgotten this?
Cooked eggs are easy to carry and provide nutritional supplements.
When the household god was speaking, Xie Yuchuan never interrupted him. Only after Tu Huan finished speaking did Xie Yuchuan concentrate and ask the household god for advice.
"Xie Yuchuan: Yuheng is ignorant. I dare to ask if there is a foreign object in the seal of the paper bag of the household god. I don't know how to open it."
Tu Huan paused holding the vegetables, thought for three seconds, and suddenly remembered the staples she had put on the paper bag for convenience!
No wonder Xie Yuchuan was confused.
She said to Xie Yuchuan, "You can just pick open those nails, or just tear the paper bag open."
It's not something that's too valuable anyway.
However, Tu Huan was wrong. She spoke very casually, as if they were just some ordinary things, not worth mentioning. If they were broken, they were broken and could be thrown away.
But Xie Yuchuan had never seen this kind of sealing method before, so he became curious and studied it for a while. He removed the three staples intact from the seal of the paper bag, looked at them for a while, and put them away.
The seal was no longer restrained and soon it opened up.
Xie Yuchuan could see what was inside at a glance. Inside the big bag were small bags, and even the small bags were of different sizes. What surprised Xie Yuchuan even more was that inside the brown paper bag were two or three small glass bottles, both black and white, and no one knew what was inside.
When Tu Huan was cooking, she saw Xie Yuchuan's question and smiled, "Oh, those are soy sauce and vinegar, for seasoning. They come in small bottles for convenience."
Xie Yuchuan's mood was incomprehensible, and a warm feeling passed through him.
What makes the Xie family god different from other gods is that he seems to have a lot of worldly touch.
The other small paper bags didn't have wire seals, but they were able to hold the contents tightly. I don't know how they did that.
Xie Yuchuan didn't want to bother the other party all the time, so he found the instruction manual that the family god mentioned.
By comparison, I found out how to open the small paper bag: when using it, tear it open gently; when not using it, pinch the seal together from left to right.
After reading it, Xie Yuchuan hesitantly took out a bag with the word "salt" written on it, put the others down, and with his fingertips, according to the method described in the text, he was able to tear open the bag with just a little effort, revealing the snow-white salt grains inside.
Even though Xie Yuchuan was born into a wealthy family and was knowledgeable, he had never seen salt so white!
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